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On the morning of the roth, the steamer l/Verlmorland hav- ing the Island team on board arrived from Pictou. The team was joyfully received,—when in front of George’s Battery a salvo of artillery was fired welcoming them to their homes. The city was decorated with flags in honor of the occur- rence. On Pownal wharf the volunteers were in atten- dance, carriages adorned in bunting were in waiting in which the team was invited to seats. A procession of volunteers headed by some cavalry, under Major Davies, and the volun- teer band, was formed which paraded the principal streets of the city midst joyful expressions of welcome. The prize cup being publicly exhibited upon a small table covered over with the Union jack in the front part of the foremost carriage, in which sat the two competitors who had so lately contended for its possession. '

In front of Government House, where the procession halted, His Excellency warmly congratulated the team on their great success, a result he had confidently anticipated, judging from recent rifle practice which he had witnessed at a distance. The cup was then passed to His Excellency and to Mrs. Dun- das for inspection, who again complimented Major Pollard upon possessing such a handsome trophy.

The Governor then presented Private Maclaren with a Scottish Broadsword, directing him to wear it upon any military occasion in His Excellency’s name, wishing him a long life to enjoy it.

After this mark of public respect the team, so highly honored, was then conducted to their respective quarters; when the procession, satisfied with the result of the morning’s parade, marched to the drill shed and dispersed.

The detailed report of the shooting at Truro, as prepared by the Adjutant General, evidenced the creditable proficiency to which the Volunteers had attained. They, said the report, “acquitted themselves in a manner such as to reflect great credit upon their Island home, and to call forth the approbation and applause of their rivals throughout the contest, which in its progress was witnessed by a large concourse of interested spectators, whose intense interest was by no means lessened, as two of the Island teams fired off for possession of the prize as above related.”