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trip requires sometimes from five to seven hours. The boats travel not less than three together, each manned by five hardy, powerful and courageous men, and an experienced ice-captain is in charge of the fleet. A variety of crossing conditions prevail. Sometimes large ice-fields jammed between the two shores enable the passage to be made without putting the boats into the water at all; but as these floes are moving, the voyageurs are often taken considerably out of their course, and obliged to land several miles away from the objective point. Again. rough or hummocky ice renders the passage difficult and laborious, but frequently lanes of open water enable the crews to row. At other times lolly, which has to be worked through, necessitates great expenditure of time and labour. Should snow-storms arise, there is danger of losing the bearings. and travelling far out of the course. For a distance of about one mile on each side of the strait, the ice is attached to the shore and is known as “the board ice." This leaves only seven miles for the ferry; but owing to the tide, which runs about four miles an hour, carrying with it the ice-fields, the distance travelled by the boats is considerably increased. Teams carry the passengers from the edge of the board ice to the railway stations. A trip by The Capes is a unique experience.

HighwayS.——Prince Edward Island is exceedingly well provided with means of internal communication. In addition to the railway, there are extensive waterways and highways in all directions. The roads generally are kept in good condition, and substantial bridges~some of them steel— span the streams. These public works are maintained by legislative grants and are under the general control and supervision of the Commissioner of Public Works. The province is divided into road divisions, in charge of road inspectors and overseers; and these divisions are subdivided into thirty-five road-machine districts of one hundred miles each—the roads being mainly repaired by machine. A road-