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318 APPENDIX.fair way <strong>of</strong> be<strong>in</strong>g serviceable, I shall send from the Hospitalwith<strong>in</strong> three days; But the Garrison will still be weak asMr. Mascarene has dismiss'd most <strong>of</strong> the New Engl<strong>and</strong> Auxiliaries,<strong>and</strong> they have not, I am <strong>in</strong>formed, 220 effectiveprivate Men left besides their Artificers & Workmen: Ihave also recommended to Mr. Warren the frequent Send<strong>in</strong>g<strong>of</strong> a Ship <strong>of</strong> War to look <strong>in</strong>to the Bason <strong>of</strong> Annapolis &make the Garrison there a short Visit <strong>in</strong> order to prevent aSurprise ; & by his Op<strong>in</strong>ion <strong>in</strong> Concurrence with Sir Will""Pepperrell's, Mr. Mascarene's & my own a Sloop has beenhir'd & employ'd for about these last four Months to attendupon that garrison, & carry Intelligence between AnnapolisRoyal, Louisbourg & Boston concern<strong>in</strong>g the State <strong>of</strong> it &the Enemy's Motions which we conceiv'd necessary to bedone for its Security, <strong>and</strong> hope your Grace will not disapprove<strong>of</strong>." What Mr. Erontenac observed some years ago to M"" Pontchartra<strong>in</strong>concern<strong>in</strong>g the french K<strong>in</strong>g's recover<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> Accadie& mak<strong>in</strong>g himself absolute Master <strong>of</strong> the great Bank [<strong>of</strong>Newfoundl<strong>and</strong>] as <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>clos'd Extract <strong>of</strong> his Letter,seems so seasonable to be consider'd at this time, that I wouldbeg leave to observe to your Grace upon it, that his Maj'^''hold<strong>in</strong>g the Possession <strong>of</strong> Annapolis Royal & Newfoundl<strong>and</strong>(already conceded to his Crown by the Treaty <strong>of</strong> Utrecht)with his late Acquisition <strong>of</strong> Cape Breton, will put the wholeCod Fishery more <strong>in</strong> his Power than M' Erontenac's Schemecould have put it <strong>in</strong>to the French K<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>and</strong> that besideswhat INP Erontenac calls a Commerce more advantageous thanthe Conquest <strong>of</strong> the Indies, <strong>and</strong> computes the Returns <strong>of</strong> attwenty Millions (I suppose french Livres) per annum, itwould furnish his Majesty with as good a Nursery <strong>of</strong> Seamenfor the Royal Navy as the Colliery <strong>in</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong> does, not tomention the great consumption <strong>of</strong> British Manufactureswhich must be occasioned <strong>in</strong> carry<strong>in</strong>g the Fishery on ; — that

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