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Thomas Cormié, carpenter, 35; wife Madeline Girouard, child—one girl; b. c. 7, br. 7, ar. v. 6.
René Rimbaut 55; wife Anne Marie; children—Philippe 16, François 15 and three girls; b. c. 12, br. 9, ar. v. 12.
Abraham Dugast, armorer, 55; wife -Doucet; children—Claude 19, Martin 15, Abraham 10 and five girls; b. c. 19, br. 3, ar. v. 16.
Michel Richard 41; wife Madeline Blanchart; children—René 14, Pierre 10, Martin 6, Alexandre 3 and three girls; b. c. 15, br. 14, ar. v. 14.
Charles Melanson 28; wife Marie Dugast; children—four girls; b. c. 40, br. 6, ar. v. 20.
Pierre Melanson, tailor, refused to answer.
Stephen Robichaut told his wife that he would not give an account of his cattle and land.
Pierre Lanaux or Lanoue, cooper, answered that he was well off and did not wish to give his age.
HABITATION OF POBONCOM NEAR THE ISLES TOUSQUET.
Philip Mius-ecuyer-Sieur de Lamdremont ou de Dantremont 62; wife Madeline Elie; children—Abraham 13, Philip 11, one other 17 and two girls; b. c. 26, br. 25, ar. v. 6.
CAP NEIGRE.
Armand Lalloue, ecayer sieur de, 58; wife Elisabeth Nicolas; children—James 24, Armand 14, Arnault 12 and two girls; ar. v. 1
RIVER AUX ROCHELOIS.
William Paulet, his wife and one child; ar. v. 2
Before proceeding to discuss the individuals and families named in this census, it will be proper to explain the meaning of the letters and figures which close the record of each family. The letters b. c. signify "bêtes a cornes" (horned cattle); br. is the abbreviation for "brebis" (sheep) while ar. v. stands for "arpents de terre en valeur" (arpents of cultivated land). Thus it appears that Jacob Bourgeois, whose name stands first on the list, had 33 horned cattle, 24 sheep and 5 arpents of cultivated land. In the whole Port Royal settlement there were 580 horned cattle, 406 sheep and 363½ arpents of cultivated land. An arpent is about the equivalent of an acre. It is plain, therefore, that the area of cultivated land embraced in the census could not have included land in meadow or in pasture, but only the land actually tilled the year the census was