nce of the chronological order, we find snugly deposited between
the census of Canada and some affairs in Fort Louis. These things, with
the peace made between the Marquess de Denonville and some Indians, and
some other matters, cover one page.

The seventh chapter of this volume brings us again in sight of
Louisiana; and we thought our author was a little like Louis XIV., who,
it is said, "seemed to have lost sight of Louisiana in the prosecution
of the war," &c. Some interesting details are here given of the early
attempts to plant a French colony in this territory, interrupted by
hostilities with the Indians, and other impediments not unusual to
enterprises of this kind. The northern provinces, however, are not
neglected; and we are specially informed of the determination of the
British cabinet to attack Montreal and Quebec--this was in 1710.

In tracing the history of a country which has attained the strength and
importance of Louisiana, it is gratifying, occasionally, to look back to
the days of its weakness, and particularly so when the advance has been
surprisingly rapid, and may be fairly traced to the freedom of the
government under which it was made. Our author has, from time to time,
exhibited the population, agriculture, production, and trade of this
province, at various periods, and under different circumstances.

"In 1713, there were in Louisiana two companies of infantry of
fifty men each, and seventy-five Canadian volunteers in the
king's pay. The rest of the population consisted of
twenty-eight families; one half of whom were engaged, not in
agriculture, but in horticulture: the heads of the others were
shop and tavern keepers, or employed in mechanical occupations.
A number of individuals derived their support by ministering to
the wants of the troops. There were but twenty negroes in the
colony: adding to these the king's officers and clergy, the
aggregate amount of the population was three hundred and eighty
persons. A few female Indians and children were domesticated in
the houses of the white people, and groups of the males were
incessantly sauntering or encamped around them.

"The collection of all these individuals, on one compact spot,
could have claimed no higher appellation than that of a hamlet;
yet they were dispersed through a vast extent of country, the
parts of which were separated by the sea, by lakes