Rttract‘mus oi Bambi“ Rbegxnm

left behind, that you consider it comparatively tranquil and spend your time pleasantly there. And that may be a good thing to do. Boating and bathing may be had near the city, and the country around is always within reach, two or three hours of driving taking one to any of the seaside resorts.

*The writer would fain see more of the good people of of our great Republic visit this land “compassed by the in- violate sea, ” and test its peculiar summer charms. Rugged mountain and roar of cataract, trackless forest and mighty river, there are not. Apart from old ocean’s thunderous surf there is no grandeur here. But who shall attempt to depict the sweet pastoral scenery of beautiful “Abegweit,” its fragrant groves and velvet-carpeted fields abloom with an almost tropical luxuriance ; the glint of its crystal waters or the health—giving breezes from the surrounding sail-flecked sea. And over it all, an atmosphere marvellously clear, and a sky as blue as that of sunny Italy.

Tourists receive a hearty welcome—the very air is re- dolent of hospitality.

Facts for Prince Edward Island affords no large game Sportsmen or extensive salmon fly-fishing, and it is a fact that the very best sport can only be had before and after the tourist season. Yet there is good trout fishing in June. July and August, and fair shooting may be obtained before the tourist departs for home.

Troutand The Morell is the best fishing stream on the Salmon Island and is easiest reached from Peake’s Station, 22 miles from Charlottetown. Second in order comes the Dunk, best reached from Summerside. Other good trout streams are the Tignish, Midgell, Pierre Jacques, Mimini- gash, Percival, Enmore, Kildare, Bonshaw, Wheatley River,

* [Extracts from an article contributed to “ The Vermonter ” by the Hon. D. J. Vail, U. S. Consul at Charlottetown, and republished here by courtesy of the writer.]

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