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it amply compensates for the tedious spring; and the autumn, glorified by the Midas touch, is a beautiful season. N‘u'igation generally closes towards the end of December, and re—opens about the middle of April. The cold is neither so great in winter, nor the heat so intense in summer, as in the other provinces of the Dominion—the average mean tem- perature in summer being 61.9 degrees F. and 19.5 in winter wand, thanks to the sheltering hills of Cape Breton and

Newfoundland, the unpleasantAtlantic fog is almost unknown.

“Charlottetown is very regularly laid out: its streets are wide, many of them shaded.”

Prince Edward Island is one of the most healthful of the Canadian provinces, and its vivifying air and comparatively tranquil life seem to conduce to longevity. Many large families are found, particularly among the French of Rustico are very

and the west, and old people—vigorous \vithal numerous. The Island by the last census return shows the largest proportion per thousand of persons over seventy years of age of any province of Canada,