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a passion and sayed they robbed him and would be damned for it, 

 and in his rage fetched an axe and cut those trees down forty in 

 number, and very large with fruit on them, and then sayed he did it 

 to save the people's souls, that would be damned for stealing." 

 Wills on this prayed for leniency, and sayed that the trees grew in 

 a very windy cold place, a quarter of a mile from his house and 

 produced no profit to him, but he was in terrorem fined 20/- each 

 tree — ^^40 ; but if he plant double the number in some other place his 

 fine will be lessened. 



Prospect. — This place is not mentioned in the records, 

 but Grace Conlson, widow of the Conlson who was executed 

 in 1685 for being concerned in the Dennison rebellion of 

 1684, was allowed to retain her husband's property on con- 

 dition of paying a rent. It can be traced that this property 

 was that which now forms the fine estate of " Prospect." 

 Widow Coulson was a woman of spirit, for we read that she 

 was before the Council on March 20, 1690, where the rent 

 was demanded from her. She answered she had paid none, 

 and further peremptorily added that none would she pay, 

 withal saying she had paid too much already, and soe in a 

 womanly passion departed saying, " You may doe what you 

 will and turn me with my children out of doors. I am 

 bleeding every day and you may as well hang me as you did 

 my husband." This Coulson was an original planter under 

 the first Charter and was the owner of Black Oliver, who 

 acted as guide to Sir Richard Munden, when he landed at 

 Prosperous Bay. 



So much has been written on the subject of Napoleon 

 Buonaparte that it is difticult to silt tlie truth from tra- 

 dition. He was such a " great criminal that he was not 

 only permitted to escape the punishment due to his atro- 

 cious crimes," but from the Government lie had striven 

 against he received every necessary comfort, nay, every 

 luxury, obtainable. 



He was born at Ajaccio, in Corsica, on August 15, 1769, 

 and was the second son of Carlo Buonaparte, who was a 

 professor of law, but who had, previously to the birth of 

 Napoleon, quitted law for the sword ; and under the stan- 

 dard of his friend and patron Paoli, taken up arms with liis 

 countrymen to resist the cession of Corsica to France. 



Napoleon early evinced a strong predilection for military 

 pursuits, and liis father, through the interest of Mons. de 



