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of the Dominion of Canada, and formerly known as the Isle St. Jean (under the French regime), was discovered by Sebastian Cabot on, the 24th day of June, 1497, being the anniversary of the death of St. John the Baptist, in whose honor it. was thus named. In 1799, its name was changed to Prince Edward Island, in honor of the Duke of Kent (the t father of Queen Victoria), then Commander of the British forces at Halifax, N. S.

It lies in the south-eastern part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and is , in the shape of an irregular crescent, measuring about one hundred and , fifty miles from the extremity of East Point to the lofty wedge of red sandstone known and dreaded of seamen as the North Cape. It is much indented by broad harbors and tidal rivers; varies in, width from four to thirty miles, and contains about two thousand one hundred and thirty-three square miles, , From the sea it presents an almost tropical appearance in summer, with its beaches and cliffs of reddish sand and sandstone, contrasting,‘ “2.: strongly with the living green of its thick grassy turf, and the mingling , ' verdure of nearly every species of soft and hard woods known to the I Northern States and Canada.

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