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lldl uuwThe principal town is Halifax : it (lands upon Chebuo Bay, very com-■modioufly fituated for the fifhcrv, and has a communication with moft parts of die province cither by land carriage, the lea, or navigable rivers, with a fine harbour, wheic a fmali fquadron of fhips of war lies during the winter, and in fummer puts to fea, under the command of a commodore, for the proteioo of the fiftierv, and to fee that tho« articles of the late peace, relative thereto, are duly obferved by the French. The town fias an intrenchment, and is (Irengthened wi^h forts of timber. The other towns oflcfs note are Annapolis, which (lands on the eaft fide of the Bay of Fundy, and, though but a fmali place was formerly the capital of the province, has one of the fined harbours in America, capable of containing a thoufand veffels at anchor, m the utmoft fecurity. St. John’s (now New Brunfwick) is a new ferrle-inent the mouth of the, river of that name, that falls into the iJay of Fundy on the north*wed fide.i • _
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Political Magazine
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Jul 01, 1785
Page 48
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