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for reanimating the apparently drowned, would be eminently useful; the establishment ought to be more frequently visited, and kept always supplied with provisions sufficient for the consumption of three hundred men at least for three months; and it is also of the first importance that the entrance into the pond, which, on referring to the plan, it will be seen is in the middle of the Island, should be reopened. That entrance was closed several years ago by sand thrown up in a severe storm, but it is thought that the obstruction might be easily removed at no great expense; and thus, a harbor would be obtained for a vessel of 50 tons, which would afford the means of communicating with the main as occasion might require, and supersede the necessity of having so large a quantity of provision kept on the Island as that before mentioned.
It would be unreasonable to expect Nova Scotia to supply all these wants. That Province has never derived any benefit from the Island, and it is entirely unproductive, and hardly any from the establishment on it; for owing to