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simplicity, and to this weakness is to be attributed much of his want of business success. Let us, then, remember Robert Foulis as a man of remarkable gifts, as one of our pioneer scientists, and as one who was deeply interested in the welfare, educational and otherwise, of his adopted city. He did much for others with little profit to himself. In another sphere and under other conditions he might have had both wealth and power. As it was, he seems to have been a misplaced genius.

Note—The maiden name of the first wife of Mr. Foulis, misprinted as Heatham in the first part of this paper, should read Leatham.

Among the persons named in the census of Acadia taken in 1671, are Jean Blanchard, aged 60, his wife Radegonde Lambert and six children, three sons and three daughters. Blanchard was only moderately well off; being the owner of 12 head of cattle and 9 sheep, and having cultivated the year the census was taken, five arpents of land. As the age of his oldest child is given as 28, he must have been married as early as 1642 and, perhaps, several years earlier, in the days of LaTour and Charnisay. He was undoubtedly one of the original settlers of Acadia and was probably married in France. As his name does not appear among the other "ancient inhabitants" who signed the certificate or memorial of October 1687 in reference to the work done by Charnisay in Acadia, it may be presumed that Jean Blanchard was not then living. If alive in 1687, he would have been 76 years of age. Jean had one son married, Martin, aged 24 years, who had taken for his wife Françoise LeBland, a daughter of Daniel