Excerpt from A History of Nova Scotia, Vol. 3: Or Acadie Having traced the progress of Acadie from its-first incep tion as a French colony in 1605, to its conquest by Nicholson in 1 710, -thence to the British settlement at Chebucto in i 749, and marked the establishment of representative government in I758, -having watched it through-the phases of the old French war, the exile of the Acadians, the revolution in the older English province'son the.continent, and their' uprising into a nation and an empire, -having. Seen the. Immigration from New England in 1760 upon' the vacant la'nds; originally occupied by the French on the bay of Fundy a'nd basin of Mines, -the advent also of the loyalists in the founding of the governments of New Brunswick, Cape Breton and Prince Edward island - having seen the progress made by this country during the wars of Napoleon and thesecond American war, gradually but certainly advancing. In the march of intellect and industry, with occasional additions to its papulation from the Britishisles - having, noticed the large sums of money given byparliament to aid our'endeavors, and the extensive military and naval protection constantly afi'orded us - under all these transactions there is a broad and deep foundation of gratitude laid that we cannot keep.out of'view, due onour part to the latest generation to the monarchs and parliaments of Great Britain for unlimited and unstinted favor' and'support. The ties-which in ordinary cases bind a people to the nation from which theyoriginate, are, in our case. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.