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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-