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French, they did not despair, but made the best of circumstances 

 and waited for the time when this wrong would be righted. Now 

 that at last the colony is on the jmth of progress, is it not time 

 that the great Mother of Colonies made some reparation for the 

 wrongs of tlie- jjast, by holding out a helping hand to the oldest 

 of her childi^en ? 



