men to emigrate. had sent his younger brother Donald with a band of mechanics to erect buildings and make some preparation for the accomodation of those who were to be tenants on the Glenaladale estate. In this pioneer band was one McRae who had house a few miles above the portage where the 'Alexander' anchored, in a district Which. in opposition to the old French fort they had passed on their way from Port-LapJoie, the emigrants dubbed Scotch Forts. a name it retains to this day. d

It is probable that HcRae's house was the first erected and that his fellow artisans sought its shelter after their days work was over. as well as in the months when the storm King rode abroad in the forest and on the river. driving even these hardy mountaineers in doors to seek the comfort of a blazing wood fire and a consoling nine.

How they must have tnlked of home on such occasions, end visited in 'rlrit

the misty lochs and rugged isles, where their dear ones were praying for the absent. and looking forward to the coming summer when they too. should free

the untried future in the new world. Tradition tells. that. in one compartment of that first 103 house, the faithful would distinctly hear the words of the 3017 Mass, 38 if an invisible priest, were offering the sacrifice for them in their midst, even the tones of his voice were clearly audible as he addressed the almighty in tho grand invocations of the Canon. The old people further tell you that when Father James McDonald landed from the ”Alexander" his first mass on Canadian around was offered in McRae's house. and those who had preceded the priest into exile recognized his tones as those they had heard during the past winter when no mass was being celebrated within many miles of their cabin. Be that as it mny. it was in that part of Tracadie known as Scotch Fort and

in the hours A“ n~w~1a Vcfiro that father 31:2: ”2:332:11 took up his abode,

and from thar- he started in his canoe voyages to minister to the sick in other

parts of the proflsce.