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ancient millstones exist on a branch of German Creek, and possibly 

 still others on Beaver Creek at the head of the present millpond. 

 Another French mill is said to have stood on the Horn Brook in Har- 

 vey, and the big- ditch called " Cut Creek " is believed to have allowed 

 boats to reach it, though the dam on this stream just above the pre- 

 sent road is known to be of later origin. Dams on the tidal streams, 

 said to have been made by the French for tide mills are reported 

 in at least two places on the marsh creeks. Of course many 

 French cellars are known in various localities and some early dikes 

 are shown as French. It is also said that the bog beside the 

 Shepody river above the present good marsh shows signs of former 

 cultivation supposed to be French. Another interesting relic is that 

 called the " French Fence," a structure built across a piece of 

 open boggy swamp in the approximate positions shown on the map. 

 The stumps of ^the slabs (pieces curved on one side and flat on 

 the other) set edge to edge forming a very close fence, can still be 



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seen in several places. It is difficult to surmise its use, for the labour 

 expended upon it seems much too great to be thus explained. While 

 all these remains are reputed French, it must be remembered that 

 a good deal of diking and other cultivation was accomplished by 

 the temporary Germantown colony between 1765 and 1770, and some of 

 these works may have originated with them. 



Some mention of the occupation of the marshes near Cape Enrage 

 by the French occurs in the Calhoun diary of 1771 (published in 

 the Chignecto Post, Dec. 7, 1876 and later). He speaks of a marsh 

 some two miles west of Cape Enrage, which had been improved by 

 the French. This must have been the marsh on the first river east 

 of Cape Enrage. Still nearer to the Cape was " a thick strip of woods 

 which made a good defence to a fine piece of marsh, through which 

 a small river runs about N. E. Here some of the French buildings 

 stand, and judging by their barns they raise great crops of grain. " 



