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fortj-two miles, and excepting the space of 

 Ironbound shore, lying between Richmond and 

 Bonaventure, the front line of concessions is 

 nearly all settled upon. The front of Maria 

 and Richmond forms an open bay, but the an- 

 chorage, even for vessels of the smallest bur- 

 then, is a mile from the shore, on account of 

 the shoals at low water. In Carleton such 

 lands as are capable of being cultivated are 

 already occupied, but they amount to one or 

 two concessions only. Between Cape Roziere 

 and Cape Chat the coast is mountainous and 

 barren, having only three or four houses through- 

 out the whole distance, besides a sjnall settle- 

 ment of a few families at Mont Louis, in the 

 vicinity of which there happens to be some 

 land fit for culture, although there are five 

 seignioral grants of land within that space. 

 The whole population of the district in 1808 

 amounted to 3200 souls, exclusive of three 

 to four hundred fishermen, who sojourn in it 

 during the fishing season, but quit it on the 

 approach of winter: since that period it has 

 probably not much increased. The industry 

 of the inhabitants is chiefly employed in the 

 fisheries, which are regulated by an act of 

 the provincial parliament of the forty-seventh 

 year of George the Third, and carried on to 

 a considerable extent, as the quantity ex- 



