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CHAP. IV.] 
trade in flour. They stated, “ that Nova Scotia 
would be able in about three years to supply great 
quantities of lumber, and most of the other articles 
which the West Indies are in want of from North 
America, provided grants of land were properly 
made and secured to the inhabitants 3 for that (al¬ 
though the sea coast is rocky and barren) the inte¬ 
rior parts, and the banks of the rivers, have as fine 
a soil as any part of the world, admirably fitted 
for dairy farms , and the growth of garden vegeta¬ 
bles .” 
They averred, “ that the climate of Nova Scotia 
is fine and healthy; that the new settlers were in¬ 
dustrious, and that the neutral French who still 
remain (when no longer in a precarious state with 
respect to the government under which they are 
to live) would probably follow the example of the 
new settlers, and learn from them to improve the 
country; especially if due encouragement should 
be given to their industry, by securing them pro¬ 
per markets.” Their lordships were further as¬ 
sured, from good authority, that upon the like en- 
' couragement, the population of Nova Scotia would 
be increased. 
Such a detail of probabilities, provisoes, and pos¬ 
sible contingencies, with the mention, among other 
resources, of dairy farms and garden vegetables, 
seemed, to the disappointed planters, something very 
like derision and mockery. They complained, that 
instead of assurances of relief, they were put off 
