seen by the statistical table subjoined to this Section. The harbours in this division, between the township of Lawrence and the boundary of Sydney County, are very numerous. The shore between Halifax and Jedore, forms a long shallow bay, with several indents besides those just mentioned, affording good shelter for coasters. The entrance to Jedore is intrieate the channel being both winding and narrow, having a shoal at its mouth in eleven fathom water. At high tides, the mud flats being covered, it wears the appearance of a spacious harbour, but it can only be entered by strangers with safety at low water, when the channel is visible; in which there is a sufficient depth for vessels of any burden. About two miles and a half above the beach it branches into two parts. At the north end of the eastern branch, Salmon River, which is fed by a large lake in the interior-discharges itself into the harbour. Beyond this inlet are Little Harbour, Owl's Head, and Ship Harbour. The entrance of the latter, otherwise called Knowles's harbour-is about seven miles west of Briar Island, and is deep and bold, distinguished by a white cliff, resembling at a distance a ship under sail; but on a closer view, a topsail schooner. There is anchorage in every part of it, with good bottom; and above the narrows a fleet of the largest ships may lye alongside of each other without the smallest motion. Charles River, at the head of this harbour, proceeds from a chain of lakes at a small distance, the largest of which is lake Charlotte. This body of water lies nearly north and south, and extends about twelve miles in length, but is of unequal width. The lands on both sides are clothed

with wood of a superior growth-birch, beech, maple, spruce, hemlock, ash and pine. The latter frequently measures twelve feet six inches in circumference, and the spruce and hemlock are equally large. Beyond this lies Tangier, Pope's harbour, Taylor's or Spry harbour, Mushaboon, Sheet harbour and Beaver harbour.

PRESTON. The township of Preston, situated on the eastern side of the harbour of Halifax, in the rear of Dartmouth and Lawrence Town, was granted in the year 1784, to 388 Proprietors, and was settled by loyalists, disbanded soldiers, and free negroes. The blacks in general were industrious and thrifty; furnishing a large supply of butter, eggs, poultry and vegetables, for the Halifax market, and by their persevering industry, procured a comfortable maintenance. Some Agents of the African Company arriving in the Province at that time, induced them to quit their peaceful retreats and remove to Sierra Leone, where most of them fell victims to the climate or savage negroes. The disbanded soldiers were prone to idleness and intemperance, and when they had exhausted his Majesty's bounty of provisions, they sold their lands and quitted the settlement. The land in this township is stony, but its proximity to Halifax, to which the inhabitants can with great ease carry their produce and return the same day, gives it a value which it does not intrinsically possess.Throughout America, a deserted settlement recovers slowly; and it is only within a few years that Preston has begun to show any symptoms of permanent improvement..

SECTION II.

EASTERN DIVISION.

The Eastern Division contains the districts of Colchester,' Pictou, and the Counties of Sydney and Cumberland. The District of Colchester is a part of the County of Halifax, and is bounded on the north west by the County of Cumberland, on the west by the Shubenacadie River, on the south by the District of Halifax, and on the north and east by the District of Pictou. It contains three townships, Truro, Onslow and Londonderry, besides the settlements of Economy, Stewiack, Tatamagouch, Salmon River, Shubenacadic, Brookfield, &c. The artificial boundary between the District of Colchester, and the Halifax Division just described, is placed on a line which nature has drawn in a distinct and remarkable manner, the Country on either side of it, differing from each other, both in soil and aspect. This change commences at the point where the Shubenacadie issues from the great Lake. All that extensive tract of land to the southward of this line, that stretches towards Dartmouth, is generally rocky, and with the exception of a few inconsiderable spots, unfit for profitable cultivation. Forests of hemlock, spruce and pine, intermingled with small bodies of hard wood, and separated by extensive barrens, cover the shore of the great Lake, and the wide and broken hills, that rise abruptly from the east side of Lakes William and Thomas, while groves of the same description, extend eastwardly from different parts of Lake Charles. On the Western side of the latter body of water, and for many miles to the North of it, the land is waste and desolate. But on the other