330 J. G- BOUKINOT 



d'union fédérale pour les provinces de l'Amérique Anglaise" (1S5S); " Census of Canada for 1871 and 1881 " (Gov- 

 ernment of Canada), OlUwa; Fontaine's edition of " De Diéreville en At:adie " (Quebec, 1S85). In au elal.orate 

 paper by the Abbé Casgrain on " La Dispersion des Acadiens," (' Trans. Koy, Soc. Can.,' v, sec. 1) the reader will 

 find numerous references to the Acadians of Cheticamp and oilier parts of Cape Breton. A paper in the 'Collec- 

 tions of the Nova Scotia Historical Society ' for 1889-91 (Halifax, 1891), by Dr. Allison, superintendent of educa- 

 tion (see pp. 55-59), estimates the number of Acadian French in Cape Breton at only 271 in 1767— too low an 

 estimate, not supported by the information I have gathered from all sources. Dr. Taché's estimate of all the 

 French in the island in 1765 at 800 is nearly correct. In 1766 a considerable number came into the island, as 1 

 have sliown in the lext, sec. X. 



XV. — GbNEKAL BlBl.IOGIl-VPUICAL NoiES. 



Sir Hovenden Walker printed in London a vindication against cliarges of incompetency and peculation that 

 were made— and properly too, we can believe, as to the first count— against himself. His account of his visit to 

 the harbour of Sydney, mentioned in the text of this monograph, is necessarily brief, and evidently written to 

 show that he had asserted England's claim to Eastern America. ïliis attempted vindication had for its title: "A 

 Journal : or full account of tlie late expedition to Canada, with an appendix containing commissions, orders, 

 instructions, letters, memorials, courts-martial, councils of war, etc., relating thereto 



" Rebus angustis auimosus atipie 

 Fortis appare: Sapieiiter idem 

 Contrahes vento nimiuin secundo 

 Turgida Vela 



—Hot: Lib. 2, 0<h 10, 



London : printed for D. Browne at the Black Swau, etc., 1720." See an excellent resume of the journal in " Do 

 Tribord à Bâbord ; Trois Croisières dans le Golfe Saint Laurent," by Faucher de St. Maurice (Montreal, 1S77). 



The reader will be interested in the references to Cape Breton in '' A concise account of North America, con- 

 taining a description of the several British colonies on tluit continent, including the islands of Newfoundland and 

 Cape Breton, to ubicli is subjoined an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those j)arts," 

 (London, 1765, 271 pp, with a map). The author was Major Kobert Rogers, a famous commander of the 

 " Kangors" during the old French war. He describes his adventures in his well known 'Journals' (London, 1765 ; 

 Dublin, 1769). He played a doubtful part in the war of independence, and finally raised the Queen's Rangers, who 

 were very eflective on the English side. See Park man's " Montcalm and Wolfe." 



"Mémoire historique sur la negotiation do la France et de l'Angleterre depuis le 26 Mars 1761, jusqu'au 20 

 Septembre de la même année avec les pièces justificatives," (Paris, 1761), shows eflbrts made by France to retain 

 Cape Breton. 



A curious and rare book is now before the writer: "A statement submitted by Lieut.-Colonel DesBarres for 

 consideration, respecting his services from the year 1755, to the present time — in the capacity of an otlicer and 

 engineer during the war of 1756 — the utility of his surveys and publications of the coasts and luirbours of North 

 America, intituled, ' Tlie Atlantic Neptune' — and his proceedings and conduct as lieutenant-governor and com- 

 mander-in-chief of his Majesty's colony of Cape Breton." The book is in large folio, and contains 108 pages, hut 

 neither the date of publication nor the name of the printer ajipears on the title page. It contains a most minute 

 recapitulation of DesBarres's claims against the English government. It is obvious from the facts and documents 

 set forth that he was badly treated. The work gives some insight into the entire absence of interest in England in 

 the aflairs of so insignificant a colony as Cape Breton. The nature of the squabbles between the governor and the 

 military at Sydney is set forth with elaborate detail. The governor, it is clear, acted for the best and deserved 

 more consideration than he ever received from indilferent officials in London. Tlie biographical sketch of Governor 

 DesBarres in Appleton's " Cyclopœdia of American Biography " (New York, 1887) states that " he wrote a work on 

 Cape Breton, which was printed privately (London, 180-1), but afterwards suppressed." I cannot verify tlie exist- 

 ence of any work by him on Cape Breton except the "statement" of his case under consideration, in which there is 

 a great deal of valuable inlbrmation respecting the settlement, the natural advantages and the condition of the 

 island during his governorship. Brown (History, 388) makes use of this work in giving an account of his services 

 and of his official career in Cape Breton. In 1805 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Prince Edward Island, 

 no doubt as an acknowledgment that he was deserving of better treatment than he had received for some years of 

 his life, and he remained until ISlo in this position, which the historian of the island (Campbell, 61) says he filled 

 with discretion, if not with the display of any signal ability. He died at Halifax in 1824 at the remarkable ago 

 of 102. He was father of the late Judge DesBarres, of the supremo court of Nova Scotia (See " Murdoch, ii. 441 ; 

 iii. 523.) 



