ON CAPE BRETON. 



341 



"'The Computation,' etc., is also referred to in 'The Great Importance of Cape Breton Demonstrated and 

 Exemplified' (London, 1746), where (pp. 46-49), in a footnote, is given an extract from it, which corresponds exactly 

 with the paragraphs in ' Dr. Honstoiin's Memoirs,' which begin p. 370, ' From the Gut of Canso,' and end p. 376, at 

 the bottom of the page."] 



The following are extracts from the French archives, which give official and reliable information as to tlie 

 value of the commerce and fisheries of Cape Breton at a later period than that in the mere computation or estimate 

 just mentioned: 



II. 



" He Royale — General Correspondance — 1753," vol. xxxiii, c. xi, folio 496. 



" General statement of the vessels and shallops engaged in the fisheries of He Royale during the summer of 

 1752 : 



'' We, the officers of the Admiralty at Louiabourg, certify to the accuracy of the foregoing statement this 10th 

 of January, 175o. 



III. 



Db la Bordb. 

 " Neyeaoq." 



" He Royale — General Correspondence — 1753," vol. xxxiii, c. xi, folio 495. 

 " Addition to tlie foregoing letter of the officers of the Admiralty of the 10th of January, 1753. 

 "Statement of the vessels arrived for the iisliing and trade of the island, and of those which have been fitted 

 out for France, the islands of America, and Canada during 1752 : 



Ports of Sailing. 



Bayonne 



St. Jean de Luz 



StMalo •. 



Nantes 



La Rochelle 



Sables d'Olonne 



Bordeaux ■ 



L'Orient 



Cherbourg 



Isles d'Amérique 



Canada ■ • • 



Coasts of Boston [New England] 



Places op Arrival. 



Louisbourg. Niganiche. Petit Degras. 



5 



4 

 10 



2 



6 



4 



8 



1 



1 



57 



17 



156 



27? 



