. The sea coast resorts of eastern Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton . everyindividual of which was ready to give, and to receive, what he thought thecommon right of mankind. In 1755 the colony numbered a populationof eighteen thousand souls. Here, at the Gaspereaus mouth, on the shores of the Basin of Minas,was situated the village of Grand Pre. Ascend some one of the manyelevations of the Gaspereau and look to-day upon the scene. A summer pastoral, rich meadow lands, dikes in the distance, anddetached cottages in place of the hundreds of thatched roofs
. The sea coast resorts of eastern Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton . everyindividual of which was ready to give, and to receive, what he thought thecommon right of mankind. In 1755 the colony numbered a populationof eighteen thousand souls. Here, at the Gaspereaus mouth, on the shores of the Basin of Minas,was situated the village of Grand Pre. Ascend some one of the manyelevations of the Gaspereau and look to-day upon the scene. A summer pastoral, rich meadow lands, dikes in the distance, anddetached cottages in place of the hundreds of thatched roofs whichonce covered the exiled Acadians. Few traces remain of the old Frenchvillage; the dikes still shut out the sea, and the road taken by the exileson their sad way to the Kings ships may still be followed by the tourist;other than this — Not but tradition remains, of the beautiful village of Grand Pre. Assuming that the reader is by this time surfeited with description ofsea and shore, highland and lowland scenery, which must at best employmany stereotyped phrases, let us escape for a time to relate. 84 INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. THE STORY OF THE ACADIANS. By the treaty of Aix La Chapelle, Cape Breton was ceded to theFrench and Nova Scotia to the English. The French colonists in theAnnapolis Valley had taken the oath of fidelity to the English Crown,but they refused to take the oath of allegiance which forced them tobear arms against their countrymen and the Indians, who had alwaysbeen their firm friends. This stand was particularly distasteful to the English colonists of NewEngland and Nova Scotia who were engaged in the fierce border warswith the allied French and Indians, and their sullen neutrality wasconsidered just cause of offence. Accordingly, a new oath of allegiance was tendered by King GeorgeII., by which all Acadians were required to become loyal subjects of theBritish Crown, and as such to bear arms against the allied forces ofcountrymen and friends. The
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