TRAVELS IN 
attempted. Seven families wifhing to remain Britifh fubjeds, 
and to derive the benefit of the Englilh markets, had migrated 
to Nova Scotia, where they were difcouraged from extending 
their colony, and were invited by the Right Honourable Charles 
Greville to fettle at Milford in Milford Haven. They fitted 
out their fhip and had a fuccefsful voyage, and the refpedl- 
able family of Starbucks have extended the concern to four 
fliips. 
Parliament vv^ifely continued the limited invitation to foreign 
fifhermen to fettle at Milford, and the acceffion of Mr. Rotch 
has increafed the Milford Fifhery to eight fhips. And the very 
extenfive connexion of that gentleman in America, is likely to 
make the port of Milford important to the mutual benefit of 
commerce between Great Britain and America, for which its 
fituation is fo eminently fuited. The Southern Whale Fifhery, 
from this place, has not a lefs capital afloat at this time than 
'80,000/. nor has any whaling fhip from the port of Milford 
the leaft concern whatfoever with any adventure except the filh- 
ing for whales. 
It is fingular enough that one of the nobleft ports in England", 
•whether it be confidered in point of fituation, commanding, at 
all times, a free and fpeedy communication with Ireland and 
jhe Weftern Ocean, and favourable for diftribution of merchan- 
dize, or regarded as to the conveniencies it poiTelTes as a port 
and harbour, fliould fo totally have been negleded by the Bri- 
tifh legiilature, that when the families above mentioned firft 
fettled there, the place did not afford them a fingle houfe for 
their 
