HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA. 51 
burne, Before their arrival, this was quite a small place, and 
Was called Port Razoir, It now surpassed Halifax in population, 
Secoming a city of 12,000 inhabitante, Many of the new citizens 
were men of wealth. Some of them brought with them their 
Negro slaves. In 1783 Governor Parr visited the town, and gave 
it its present name. "The decline of Shelburne was almost as 
tapid as its rise. Some of the Loyalists removed to other parts of 
the province : others returned to the United States. 
New Brunswick, 1784, A.D.— That portion of 
the country which now forms the province of New 
Brunswick became the home of many of the Loyalists, 
About five thousand settled at the mouth of the River 
St. John. Here they founded a city which, in honour of 
Governor Parr, they called Parr Town, a name which 
Was soon changed for St. John, "The Loyalists of St. 
John quarrelled with Governor Parr, and began to 
agitate for a division of the province. As many of 
them were men of ability and influence, they easily 
gained their object. In the year 1784, the British 
Government set off the country north of the Bay of 
Fundy as the province of New Brunswick. 
Cape Breton.— Cape Breton was also made a 
Separate province in the year 1784. Major Desbarres, 
the first governor, made his head-quarters at Sydney, 
Which became the capital of the island. ‚Prince 
Edward Island had been formed into a distinet pro- 
Vince in 1770, so that the province of Nova Scotia 
Now consisted of the peninsula alone. Its popula- 
tion was about twenty thousand.