72 The French in Prince Edward Island 
     
    
   
   
    
     birth of the Dauphin and charmed with their enter- 
     
     tainment had continued on into the night wasting 
     
     half their powder from the sheer love of noise. ‘Their 
     
     enthusiasm for the French cause was a source of de- 
     
     light to the Commandant and garrison but it only 
     
     seemed to emphasize the necessity of beg in a posi- 
     
     tion to supply their needs in future, and this could 
     
     not be done unless the King did everything in his 
     
     power to increase the number of settlers, to improve 
     
     the lot of the garrison, and to make the island a 
     
     worthy addition to his Royal domain.