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Game Laws (which appear elsewhere) ; and the hospitable Islanders do not greatly object to trespassers in pursuit of game and the finny tribe. The summer climate of Prince Edward Island is perfect and as Jacques Cartier described it “of the best temperature, which it is possible to see. ” Singularly free from extremes of heat and cold, there are not. as a rule, the sudden changes which are experienced on the mainland ; and its summer heat—it is a land of sunshine—is always tempered by the cool salt breath of the sea. With the mercury alternating between 65 and 80 degrees, how delightful the days, and after the golden evening deepens in the west, how cool the nights! The winter per se is not unpleasant, but the springs, owing to ice along the shores, are often backward. Of Such brightness and beauty is the summer: however, that it amply compensates for the tedious spring; and the autumn glorified by the Midas touch, is a beautiful season.

Navigation 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 temperature in summer being 61.9 degrees F, and 19.5 in winter—and thanks to the sheltering hills of Cape Breton and Newfoundland, the unpleasant Atlantic fog is almost unknown.

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 and the west, and old people—vigorous withal—are very numerous. The Island by the last census return shows the largest proportion per thousand of persons over 70 years of age of any province in Canada. In most countries even a fourth generation family is rare; yet Prince Edward Island can boast of at least one instance of

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