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and Ireland. The rest are descendants of the settlers placed there by the original grantees of the lots, of the French, who escaped deportation from Prince Edward Island at the hands of the English after the two falls. of Louisburg, and of the Nova Scotian Acadians who evaded the great exile from that Province. 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 localities, the Highland Scotch and men from the northern isles being slow to forget the language and characteristics of their fore- fathers. 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 1,000 1765 1,400 1784 3,000 1806 9,676 1822 24,600 1825 28,600 1827 (The Ist' Official Census) 23,266 1833 32,292 184I 47,034 1850 55,000 1861 80,552 1871 94,021 1881 108,891 1891 109,078 1901 103,259

glljiiclgdians of The Indians of Prince Edward Island belong Edward Island to the Micmac tribe, a branch of the great Algonquin race. There are two Reserves, one at Lennox Island, in Richmond Bay, containing 1320 acres; and the other at Morell, in Lot 39, King‘s County, containing 204 acres of good land.

The population by the census of 1901 was 316—84

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