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pressive landlord system which so long prevailed in this province not only interfered with the prosperity of the country, but kept away the best class of im- migrants, who under different conditions would have made their home in the Garden of the Gulf and done much to advance the prosperity of the country. The early settlers of the province endured great hardships and privations. The length and severity of the winters, the scarcity of provisions, and their complete isolation from the mainland, reduced them to such straits that, it is said, upon one occasion at least, in order to preserve 1ife,human flesh was eaten. In the year I771 a number of immigrants arrived from Argyleshire and settled at Richmond Bay, and during the following year another lot arrived from the same place and settled in Malpeque, now called Princetown. About the same time a considerable number of Highland Catholics arrived and took up their abode in Tracadio. In 1774 and I775 an ad— ditional number arrived from Perthshire and settled in Cove Head and St. Peters, while others who ar- rived about the same time from Morayshire settled in Cavendish, and a considerable number from Dum— frieshire settled in Georgetown and surrounding places. After the restoration of peace in 1784, Be- deque received a considerable number of American Loyalists. At this date, however, the number of settlers was few and these were widely scattered. The late Rev. James McGregor, D. D., of Pictou, Nova Scotia, was the first Presbyterian missionary to visit Prince Edward Island. His first visit was

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