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deri'd useless by t lie construction uf aboidiaiix al ilu- inoutli of that river. 

 A series of dykes is to be seen on Prospect I'arin, at I'uint de Bute, where 

 they have been pointed out tome by Mr. Howard Truenian, the owner of 

 tliis place. 



B. Forts. 



A.— Fort Beauséjour. There is not the sHglitest doubt as to the location of this 

 fort. It was captured by the Britisli in 1750, renamed Fort Cumberland, 

 alti-red in details, but not in it.< main feat ure!^, and tlie ruins are perfectly 

 distinct to-dav. 



Map No. 28. Plan ok Fort Beauséjour, uy Franquet, 1752. 

 From the Ottawa copy of the ori^iinal in Paris ; x 3. 



A plan of the fort is among the Franquet plans, of which an outline is 

 given herewith [No. 28]. Another outline is on the map in the " Mémoires 

 sur le Canada." After it became Fort Cumberland several plans of it were 

 made. In the British Museum, King's Library, CXIX., is a series of views 

 of Fort Ciunberland of great interest. A plan of the fort accompanies the 



