The Shadow of Calamity Lig

horseback may travel comfortably, and this they shall do next spring, commencing with the road from Port La Joye to Three Rivers and then from Three Rivers to St. Peters.

He will improve the small end of the road from the point of River Port La Joye or North East which goes to St. Peters and make it a little higher.

He will be careful to prevent all prohibited commerce, particularly to see that no one buys codfish from the English.

He will be especially careful not to allow any beasts sent out of the island, above all cows, sheep, sows, etc., so that these species may multiply and in time make the island self-supporting.

It will be necessary to put in the titles which he will have accorded, first that each grantee will be allowed to have a certain quantity of land in proportion to the number of his horned cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, etc., and that he will make a garden and clear land for sow- ing grain of all kinds. He will regulate all according to the situation and extent of the land to be granted.

He will inform himself of everything that happens in

all parts of the said island on every occasion that pre- sents itself.

In 1752 considerable progress was made in Isle Saint Jean in spite of the dearth of provisions. It was possible to estimate the needs of the refugees with greater accuracy owing to the fact that immi- gration was slight: only seven or eight Acadian fami- lies crossed over in the good season and later in the year five German and Swiss families, deserters from