60 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



To the westward and to the northward, west of the Mississippi, its 

 boundaries are indefinite ; the northern limits of Louisiana not being 

 well known. [Of Louisiana, the North American and West Indian 

 Gazetter of 1778 says : It stretches from N. to S. about 15 degrees, 

 namely from lat. 25 to 40; and from E. to "VY., about 10 or 11 

 degrees ; that is, from long. 86 to 96 or 97, for the limits are not 

 precisely fixed. M. de Lisle, the Gazetteer then adds, gives it a 

 much greater extent, especially on the north side, which he joins to 

 Canada, so that part of it is bounded by New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, &c., and on the west by the rivers Bravo and Salado. In 

 the second edition (1813) of our Provincial Gazetteer, the paragraph 

 in which Louisiana is named remains unchanged.] 



To the northward, it is bounded by Hudson's Bay, as settled by 

 the treaty of XJti-echt [1713], in the 49th parallel of north latitude, 

 extending due west, indefinitely. 



Soon after his Excellency, John Graves Simcoe, Esq., the first 

 Lieutenant-Governor, had taken upon him the administration of the 

 Government of the Province, he divided it by proclamation into 

 nineteen covmties, viz: — 1, Glengary ; 2, Stormont ; 3, Dundaa; 4, 

 Grenville ; 5, Leeds ; 6, Eroritenac ; 7, Ontario, consisting of the 

 islands in the lake of that name; 8, Addington; 9, Lenox; 10, 

 Prince Edward; 11, Hastings; 12, Northumberland; 13, Durham; 

 14, York, consisting of two Ridings; 15, Lincoln, consisting of four 

 Ridings; 16, Norfolk; 17, Suff'olk ; 18, Essex; 19, Kent. 



This last county comprehends all the country, not being territory 

 of the American Indians and not included in the several other 

 counties, extending northward to the boundary line of Hudson's 

 Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of 

 the said line, to the utmost extent of the country commonly known 

 by the name of Canada. 



These nineteen counties send sixteen representatives to the Pro- 

 vincial Parliament, who, with Legislative Council, are called together 

 once every year. The representatives are elected for four years to 

 serve in the Assembly, unless the Parliament be sooner dissolved 

 by the person administering the Government. 



[In the second edition (1813), instead of the above list of nineteen 

 counties, the following table is given : — 



