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a considerable proportion being emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, and the remainder, descendants of the settlers placed there by the original grantees of the lots, and of the French who escaped deportation at the hands of the English. Up to within comparatively recent times the French lived quite apart and kept up the traditions and customs of the past.

The Gaelic tongue is still spoken in many localities. But the spread of education, improved travelling facilities, and other influences are fast eradicating these racial distinctions. The progressive increase of population is shown by the following :—

In 1728 the population numbered 300 1749 11 ll 1,000 1765 11 ll 1,400 1784 n n 3,000 1806 I! n 9,676 1822 11 n 24,600 1825 11 H 28 600 1827 II II 23,266 1833 11 u 32,292 1841 n 11 47,034 1850 n 11 55,000 1861 :1 II 80,552 1871 n 11 94,021 1881 It 11 108,891 1891 H 11 109,078

THE INDIANS OF P. E. ISLAND

HE Indians are of the Micmac tribe a branch of the great Algonquin race. There are 81 men, 79 women, and 143 children, a total of 303. In 1871 they numbered 323, and in 1881, 281. There are two Reserves. One is situated on Lennox Island, in Richmond Bay and contains 1,320 acres. The other is at Morell, Lot 40, in King’s County. On the Lennox Island Re- serve, is a school attended by 28 children, and a fine church. All the members of this band are Roman Catholic. These