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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.”