effective symbol, as it seems to me, than the older. There are other minor differences, and, taken as a whole, the engraving of the new seal, while sharper than in the old, is more angular and less effective. It is this George IV. seal, and not the original of George III. which is figured in Lawrence's "Footprints." I have not seen the seals of William IV. and of Victoria, but presumably they resemble in general these two.
Such was the Province seal used from the foundation of New Brunswick until Confederation. The first step towards its replacement by the one now in use, as I infer from information kindly sent me by Mr. Geo. Johnson of Ottawa, was taken in the Royal Warrant of May 26, 1868, assigning armorial bearings to the Provinces of Canada, wherein those assigned to New Brunswick were the familiar lion and galley, as above mentioned. I have not obtained the original description of these arms, but have seen them described thus, "or, a galley proper (floating in a blue sea) in chief gules a lion passant of the first or." This means that the background of the upper half of the shield is red, and of the lower gold, while the sea is blue, colors. represented in heraldry by the lines and spots as shown in the sketch at the opening of this paper. I have tried without success to ascertain why these particular symbols were chosen, but I persume the lion typifies the British connection, as is most appropriate, while the galley is the heraldic equivalent of the ship of the earlier seal, or else it may allude to New Brunswick's prominence at that time in ship-building. The war-rant granting seals to the Provinces of Canada was issued a year later, May 7, 1869. Each seal was to show in the center the Royal Arms without supporters, but surmounted by the crown; surrounding the shield the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT; below this shield a somewhat smaller one containing the provincial coat
