CHAPTER XXIII.--1748-1760.

Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry Appointed -- Aim of the Malcontents -- Lord Strange's Report -- Testimony of Witnesses -- French Competition -- Lords of Plantations Desire to Ascertain Limits of Company's Territory -- Defeat of the Labrador Company -- Wolfe's Victory -- "Locked up in the Strong Box" -- Company's Forts -- Clandestine Trade -- Case of Captain Coats. 269