. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. GENERAL SUMMARY. 199 Of this niimher about a third arc of French origin, being in Canada called habitans
. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. GENERAL SUMMARY. 199 Of this niimher about a third arc of French origin, being in Canada called habitans, in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Acadians. The basis of the British population was fonned by military settlers, ])ut never rose to any great amount till the influx of loyalist refugees from the old colonies after their separation. The citizens of the United States have more recently en- tered and squatted in considerable numbers along most of the frontier districts. The greatest accession, however, has been derived from immigration, which, since the be- ginning of this century, and particularly during the last twenty years, has poured in a continued stream, fill- ing with people extensive regions that were formerly desert. A population of a somewhat rude and peculiar character was created at an early period by the fishery in Newfoundland, and another more recently by the tim- ber-trade in Canada and New Brunswick. In each of the provinces there still remains a handful of native Indians. The habits and character of these different classes have been treated at some length under the respective heads. One of the questions at present most agitated in the colonies is the important one which respects the provi- sion for religious instruction. It is discussed with con- siderable warmth in the Canadas, where, as already observed, a large allotment of land, which circumstances are now rendering of great value, has been set apart for that purpose. In 1830, fifty-seven rectories, with pa
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