magma and Descr‘wtwe 
     
    
   
   
    
     And from another : 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ All the said land is low and plaine, and the fairest that may pos- 
     
     sibly be seen full of goodly meadowes and trees—IIaH/(I’l. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Strugglesbetween The Island was long neglected by the 
     
     England and British Government, but its pristine loveliness 
     
     Fr‘mce‘ seems to have attracted the French, for in 
     
     1523 it was appropriated by that nation as part of the dis 
     
     coveries of Verazzani, a native of Florence. who was sent 
     
     westward by Francis I of France. Until the country finally 
     
     passed into the hands of the British in 1763. while not the 
     
     scene of any actual conflict, it was continually changing 
     
     hands. All through the years were occurring the fierce 
     
     wars between the Gaul and the Anglo-Saxon for the posses- 
     
     sion of New France. The treaty of Utrecht in 17I3 closed 
     
     one of these struggles and P. E. Island was ceded to Britain. 
     
     In 1745 the two powers were again at war, Louisburg was 
     
     captured by the British and the Island of Saint john was 
     
     seized by the New England forces. The great fortress was 
     
     restored to the French in {748 by the treaty of Aix—la— 
     
     Chappelle, but in 1758 it once more fell into the hands of 
     
     the British under the leadership of the gallant \Volfe ; and 
     
     a body of soldiers under Captain Lord Rollo took possession 
     
     of Prince Edward Island in the name of the King of Great 
     
     Britain. Then followed the fall of Quebec, and by the 
     
     Treaty of Paris in 1763, Cape Breton, the Island of St. 
     
     John and Acadia were ceded to Britain, the two Islands named 
     
     being placed under the Government of Nova Scotia. But 
     
     the Acadians maintained a determined hostility, and 
     
     assisted the Indians in committing many depredations in 
     
     Nova Scotia. Strong means were used to enforce their sub— 
     
     mission, and some were deported to Canada, and the South- 
     
     ern Colonies; while others returned to France rather than 
     
     swear allegiance to England. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Island was erected into a separate government in 
     
     1769, but the first Governor, Walter Patterson, did not 
     
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