- THE GARDEN OF THE GULF. N THE early days of its possession by the English crown, the Island was surveyed out into a number of lots and divided by a kind of lottery among the friends and supporters of the government of the day, on condition that the grantee should within a certain term of years establish a given number of settlers on his territory. Nearly all the grantees attempted to do this, and nearly forty-nine thousand Scotch, twenty-five thousand English and twTenty-five thou¬ sand Irish, now forming a part of the population, are largely de¬ scended from these early settlers. The Scotch were largely reinforced from the "broken clans" and Jacobite adherents who, after the fatal battle of Culloden in 1745, found little countenance or favor from the English government. McDonald, McGregor, McNeill, Stewart, and the like, are common names in many sections, and even Man, Skye, Bute, and other , sent many representatives in the last century to the Island of Saint John. For nearly one hundred years in many localities the Gaelic tongue has been spoken, and the relics a and legends, traditions, say- -.,. ings and family pride of W; Highlander and Islesman handed down from father to son. Other Scotch settlers, however, were from Lowland parts, and brought with-them their strong adherence to "the kirk/' their broad Scots' tongue, homely virtues, steady industry and economy. So, too, the Irish came from many counties; from the thrifty valleys of M mister and Connaught to the gates of Derry, and the isles of the . They too, often spoke the Celtic tongue, and were slow to forget either the language, the religion, the virtues or the prejudices of their ancestors.