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London, England, 1828-03-14 00:00:00

person more coneersant ort- the subject, or more snit•
pine as to the great and general advantages to be
derived frous an extensive and welt regulated system of
emigration. His approval of the situation selected for
commencing on'.tva)Afcc ided and unqualified ; and of
such high impottanect• the security and welfare
ci
British North America einerally, bur more particularly
to New Brunswick, does he consider the opening the
new proposed great line of communication towards the
Canadas, that he offered, during the intervals of official
occupation, his personal assistance in laying it out, or
in any manner connected With it, wherein he could be
made useful. Amongst 'other papers herewith trans-
mitted, you will find a. letter from Mr. Botsford, ad-
dressed to me some time after I had left him, and in
which, after time for further consideration, you will
perceive he recapitulates the same opinions. His ob-
servations respecting the consequences which have arisen
from the very extensive and unrestricted choice of soil,
hitherto allowed to persons obt iining lands in the Co-
lonies, ate highly valuable, and repeated proofs of their
accuracy have come within my own knowledge.
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On the 20th of May; accompanied by Mr. Botsford,
I left Westcesk for Bay Verte, a harbour for small
vessels on the,dulf of St. Lawrence, and one side of
which is in New Brunswick, the other in Nova Scotia.
One of the objeAs of this visit was to see an old esta-
blished and very respectable settler of the name of
Chapple, of whose pirictical knowledge in every point
connected with new 'settlements Mr.Botsford had a high
opinion. Tiom both Mr. Chapple and his son much
useful information was obtained ; and here again I had
the gratification of finding my previous opinions and
calculations fully confirmed.

On the 21st of May, we left .Day Verte, and after
pasting through a beautiful country, reached Amherst,
in N rya Scotia, where I took leave of my excellent and
serOirs frieuel the Judge, and proceeded the same even-
ing on my route to Truro. After leaving Amherst, the
country became less settled until I had passed the
cobequid Mont-11in ; but on entetin; the township of
Loncondetry, I again found myself in t' se midst of
flout ishing settlements; and the same favourable ap
pearanee may, generally speaking, be said to have
prevailed doling the remainder of my tour in N..va
Scotia. On arriving at Truro, on the 22 I of May, I
received your letter of.the 9th of March. Or the 23J,
I was employed making inquiries respecting the vacant
lands in the township; the only person, however, who
proved qualified to give information on the subject, was
Mr. Miliet,the deputy surveyor of the district, by whose
account it appears that the quantity still remaining to
be dispo.ed of is inconsiderable.
On the 24th, Mr. Maclauchlan and Mr. Smith ar-
rived, 'and I was much gratified at receiving most
encouraging accounts of the lands they had been em-
ployed to expldre. Tne Shepody Tract (that which
Mr. Smith had last passed through) proved in every
respect equal to the very fatourabie accounts received
of it at Petecoudiac. Mr. Maclauchlan's account of
' the lands he had passed through was also decidedly
good; and this, together with the former Report of Mr.
Smith and that of Mt. Layton, received while I was at
bVetcticit, and irarioui-orber opinions and testimonies
to the sane effect, put me entirely at ease as to the tract
lbetween Petetoudiac and Miratnichi being fit for settle-
are'nr. From Titiro Ms. Smith retained by the Bay of
Fundy and St. John's, to Fredericton; and on leaching
he latter place, was to commence, under the superin-
tendence of the sarieyot general, the different maps
End pl,ans which I requited to take to EnAla .d, and
4hisy he had an Ago qualdied hit:twit to make out for-!
reCtl Your 1,66 of the 7th of February, iiceived at
logiirassasbi. Ening enj..ined the putting off as muck'
101 l to as Tate a period as possible, the inturtill any
lipase for the special purpose of Emigration during
the present year, I was of course most anxious to delay,
'as long as ciicumsrances would safely admit of my so
doing, the carr)ing into effe.t that part of my instruc-
tions, which directed that the necessary measures should
be taken fOr having SOO,OOO acres of the waste lands of
the Crown- surs eyed, and I therefore gladly availed
ofyself cat Mr. Maciauchlatt's voluntary and very
handwrite offer to continue with me until 1 reached
Halifax, thinking it very pre.bable, on arriving there, I
might receivc still later directions from you.

On. the _evening of the 24th of May I arrived at
Pictnu. On the 25th saw. Mr. Crerar, the deputy sur-
veyor, whose report ha, already been alluded to, and
ascertained that the vacant lands in the district did cut
exceed.so.ooo. acres altogether, but tho e were easy of
access. In the evening 1 embarked-on board the Go-
vernment vessel Chebuctoo, which Sir J.tmts Kempt,
anxious in every way to facilitate the service 1 was en-
gaged in, had sent to meet me, with ors.crs to the master
to place himself under my directions.
.On the 26th of May I reached Prince Edward's
Island, where I remained till the 30th, on the evening
of which day I again embarked on board the Chebucton, for Cape
Breton. During my stay at the Island, I employed each day in
visiting different patent it. The climate, soil. and situation are an
highly favourable, but the lands remaining at the disposal of the
Crown would not amount altogether to upwards of 30,000 or
40,000 acres. Of these, about 15,000 are situated in Township 55,
and 12,000 in Township 4. I saw the Surveyor General of the
Island, but could obtain ndadditional information from him. On
the 4th of June, I landed at Louisburg, formerly the principal esta-
blishment of the French in the Island of Cape Breton and in those
days a place of considerable extent. The harbour is one of the
finest in America, and never frozen up. From Louisburg where
there are at present but a few fishermen's huts) I proceeded at
once to Sydney. The distance is about twenty-five miles, the first
twelve: of which are wretched, and through a country which ap-
peared to be rocky and stony, though producing in some places
a growth of hard wood. Previous to my leaving Halifax, Sir
James Kempt had written to Captain Crawley, the Surveyor-
General of Cape Breton, apprizing hint of the period about
which I might be expected to visit the island, and requesting
him to obtain every possible information, and have a map, simi-
lar to those already described, prepared against ray arrival. On
reaching Sydney, anti putting myself in communication with the
Surveyor-General; I had the satisfaction of finding that the insane-
tiona of Sir James Keamt bad been in every way fulfilled; and
the map of Cape Breton herewith transmitted (compiled and
hniNhed by Mr. W. H. Crawley, the Deputy Surveyor-General of
the Island) may, I have no doubt, be entirely relied on, and cer-
tair.ly is a document to do credit to any office. The climate and
pituation of thi► island are much on a par with Prince Edward's.
The soil, though or different description, and not of the same even
quality throughout, may in many plates be considered equally pro.
ductree. The vacant labds are more extensive, and may altogether
certainly be estimated at 500,000 acres; of these the tracts ex-
tending trona the St. Denys River to the road leading from Port
Hood to Wbykukamah Basin, and containing about 50,000 acres,
and that below or to the southward of the St. Denys, and extend.
ing to the road leading from Hawksbury to St. George's Channel,
and containing a bout 60,000 acresonay be considered among the best.
These tracts are merely divided by the River St. Denys and the
meow line of settlements established on its banks. The tract
extending from the sources of the Aliray River to St. Peter's Bay,
and lying between the Atlantic Ocean and the Bras d'Or Lake,
' also contains from 50,000 to 110,000 acres of land, generally speak-
, ing, supposed fit fur settlement. The above make up but a small
proportion of the disposable lands; but I have quoted them as
being better known, and very generally spoken of aa good. The
lands on the shores of the Bras d'Or Lake have nearly all been
granted.
On the 6th June, having obtained all the information which
could be required at and in the neighbourhood of Sydney, I set out
for St. Preter:s Bay, taking the route by the Portage and Bras d'Or
Lake. Tbo total distance is about fifty miles, thirty.five of which
were by means of this most beautiful of all water communications.
At St. Peter's, I obtained muck model information from the 14,,e.
Mr. 11.49 d, the Catholic Clergyman, and from Mr. Kasen b