NEW SCOTLAND, Nova Scotia, one of the British colonies in North America, is situated between 62° and 72° W. long. and between 43° and 51° N. lat. being bounded by the river of St. Laurence on the north and north-west; by the bay of St. Laurence, and the Atlantic Ocean, on the east; by the same ocean, and New-England, on the south; and by Canada, on the west.