Containing I. Some General Account of Ancient and Modern Colonies, the Granting and Settling of the British Continent and West-India Island Colonies, with Some Transient Remarks Concerning the Adjoining French and Spanish Settlements, and Other Remarks of Various Natures. II. The Hudson's-Bay Company's Lodges, Furr and Skin Trade. III. Newfoundland Harbours and Cod-Fishery. IV. The Province of L'Accadie Or Nova-Scotia ; with the Vicissitudes of the Property and Jurisdiction Thereof, and Its Present State V. The Several Grants of Sagadahock, Province of Main, Massachusetts-Bay, and New-Plymouth, United by a New Charter in the Present Province of Massachusetts-Bay, Commonly Called New-England. By William Douglass, M.D.