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by a number of people that Cook has land on that part of the Indian Land which he claims for more than 30 years; that he paid rent to the Indians [?parish] till about 17 years ago, when Joe Paul, one of the Sons of one of the 3 original proprietors, being in liquor, agreed to sell the land for ten pounds, and Signed a deed which is recorded in Lunenburg. One man thinks that Cook actually paid the £10: a number of others say he paid but 5/ besides the price of the liquor he gave him when he took him to the Lawyer. This lot is accounted to be worth £4 or £500. It yields a considerable quantity of English hay, and Cook is said to receive annually about £20 for limestone, which is accounted the best on the shore.
The part of the Indian land now occupied by [Meisinger?] has less cultivated ground, but is of considerable value, as it has the same fertile limestone soil on that part which fronts the sea. A part of the improved land was, as I was informed, originally [?broke] up by the Indians. This lot has been several times transferred with 30 years, having been held by Bell, Booth, Whitford and [Meisinger?]. I was not able to learn how these persons acquired their possession, but [Meisinger?] now