ord, 121, 125; his 'handsome letter' to Howe, 126-7.
Douglas, Sir James, lieutenant-governor of British Columbia, 127.
Doyle, Laurence O'Connor, and Howe, 28, 50.
Durham, Lord, his Report on the state of Canada, 56-7, 92.

Elgin, Lord, his Reciprocity Treaty, 142.
Executive Council, 55. See Council.

Falkland, Lord, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 64,
69, 70, 72-3; his quarrel with Howe, 74, 79, 80, 81-6; leaves
the province, 86.
'Family Compact' of Nova Scotia, the, 39-40, 58, 108;
the struggle against, 44, 89. See Council.

George, Sir Rupert D., refuses to resign office, 88.
Glenelg, Lord, colonial secretary, 54-5.
Gourley's Shanty, the brawl at, 132-3.
Grand Trunk Railway, the, 114.
Great Britain, her treatment of the Loyalists, 17; her
restrictive colonial system, 30-3; her control over Nova Scotian
political affairs, 33; her system of Responsible Government, 47-9;
her survey for an intercolonial railway in Canada, 92;
her promise of a guarantee, 99, 112-13, 116;
sends Howe on a recruiting mission to the United States, 130-1.
Grey, Lord, his dispatch instituting Responsible Government
in Nova Scotia, 88; his railway policy, 96, 100; his promise
to Howe of an Imperial guarantee, 96-100; his
evasion, 112-13, 116-18, 129; and Howe's convict scheme, 109-10.

Haliburton, T. C. (Sam Slick), 28; his theory of government,
39-43, 108; his voyage with Howe, 92, 93-4.
Halifax, 4; its importance, 7-8, 10, 94; its traditions and life
in the early nineteenth century, 8-10; 'Society' and
Howe, 38, 65-9, 72; and Confederation, 137.
Halifax Banking Company, its financial and legislative monopoly, 36-7.
Halliburton, Sir Brenton, compliments Howe, 22.
Harvey, Sir John, 61; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 87, 88.
Hawes, Mr, and Howe's railway campaign, 96-9, 113, 116, 118.
Hincks, Sir Francis, 112; his railway mission, 113, 114-15;
and Howe, 123, 138.
Howe, John, his career and character, 14-18, 153.
Howe, Joseph, his birth and school days, 11-13; his education,
18-20, 26; his admiration for his father, 15-17, 20; his
apprenticeship, 18, 19; an early drowning experience,
20-1; resolves to make letters his career, 22, 26; from the
'Acadian' to the 'Nova Scotian,' 22, 24, 26-9, 81-3;
his marriage, 23; inaugurates 'The Club,' 28; impugns the
integrity of the administration of Halifax, 29, 43,