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Hunter working in the interest of the English
Government against that of the colony and repre-
sents the movement as a clever plan on the part of
the Governor to stimulate the production of tar
and turpentine, to contribute to the government
income, and to prevent the manufacture of wool,
linen, and cotton goods, which at that time were
largely bought in England. When Hunter found
that the income did not meet the outlay, it is said,
he notified the newcomers that they "must shift
for themselves but not outside the province."

On the other hand, the Governor asserted that
dwellers in the lower Palatinate of the Rhine,
when driven from their homes .by the French,
begged the English Government to give them
homes in America; that Queen Anne graciously
agreed that the Palatines should be transported to
New York at the expense of the English with the
understanding that they were to work out the
advance payment and also the food and lodgings
provided by the State and by Livingston; but that
the Palatines proved lazy and failed to carry out
their contract.

All accounts agree, however, in describing the
hard lot of these unfortunate exiles. Their ocean
voyage was long and stormy with much fata!