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APPENDIX 3. Background information on the recorders of relevance to their forest descriptions, with a list of the types of comment that they recorded

on the forest.

RECORDER

Rollo (1758) (military commander)

Anon. (1762) (military officer)

Holland (1764) (military surveyor)

Holland (1765: March) (military surveyor)

Holland (1765: October) (military surveyor)

Rogers (1765)

(soldier and adventurer) Francklin (1768)

(acting governor of Nova Scotia) Anon. (1768)

(thirty-two absentee proprietors)

Morris (1769) (assistant surveyor for Nova Scotia)

Length of time spent on Length of time spent Parts of the island Type of forest or tree the island prior to the elsewhere in North visited/seen prior to the record record America rior to record record

0. two months 0. three months probably only Port La-Joie and - forest comment on a specific the rivers flowing into the area. present Charlottetown harbour.

at least a couple of months unknown the entire periphery of the - timber resource comments island. and especially the areas on specific areas that had been settled by the - forest fire comment French.

c. 8 years 0 general forest comment - partial tree species list

5 months 0. 9 years certainly the Hillsborough River - partial tree species list and the north coast between - timber resource comment on Rustico and St. Peters Bays; specific areas probably much more, and - forest fire comment elsewhere by proxy. . some game mammals

one year c. 9 years certainly the Hillsborough River ° timber resource comment on and the north coast between specific areas (in his table) Rustico and St. Peters Bays; - partial tree species list probably much more, and - forest fire comment elsewhere by proxy. - ecological comment - game birds and mammals

_ 34 years _ ° timber resource comment

_ 16 years _ . foreSt Clearance comment variable; probably little or none - timber resource comment none for most of the 32.

several months 38 years probably the Charlottetown. - tree species list for a specific Princetown and Georgetown area areas. as well as the Lot 13 frontage on Malpeque Bay.