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alogist of acknowledged ability and deeply versed in the history of the 
Order “it is a duty we owe to ancestors, a positive duty, that the record 
they leave behind them of a meritorious career should not be passed over 
and forgotten.” ?? 
Let not those, however, who claim these ancient dignities, do so 
arrogantly and in a spirit of defiance to the great Heraldic Officers ap- 
pointed by the Crown, whose duty it is in these matters to sift the wheat 
from the chaff, but with calmness befitting men whose honours are de- 
rived from a Prince whose patient dignity under harsh misjudgement is 
their fine example. 
The Royal Charter of King Charles the First spoke language of no 
mere empty phraseology, when it described this Order with all its rights 
and privileges as being erected for ever; for, from the very nature of its 
constitution, the Baronetage of Nova Scotia must exist as long as the 
forest-clad mountains of the Royal Province stand, and the transmission 
of its ancient dignities flow on through the centuries as long as Nova 
Scotia’s rivers run. 
THE COGNIZANCE. 

Cognizance of a Baronet of Nova Scotia. 
The Order of Baronet of Nova Scotia having been established the 
great work of settling the Royal Province steadily advanced. 
