Nec scit, quà sit iter; nec, si sciat, imperet illis."
OVID.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
COLBURN AND CO., PUBLISHERS,
GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1851.
HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY DEPOSITED BY THE LIBRARY OF THE
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
JUN 21 1940
т.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I.
Four great inter-colonial wars occur between the English Revolution of 1688 and the peace of 1763— Cause of the military character of the people— Extent of the French territory-Their claims to extend their boundaries-Form of government in Canada-They fraternize with the Indians-Count Frontenac's three predatory parties-Treaty of Rys- wick-End of first inter-colonial war-Chief events of the other three wars-Canada ceded to Great Britain by treaty of 1763.