148 The French in Prince Edward Island 
     
    
   
   
    
     by the reefs running out from St. Peter’s and Gover- 
     
     nor’s Island are mentioned, and pilots are cautioned 
     
     not to drift from the channel. At length they ran 
     
     through the narrow entrance with Point a la Framboise 
     
     on the right, and Point de la Flamme on the left, and 
     
     along the northern shore past Point de la Croix, from 
     
     which a huge cross rose high above the water, and 
     
     onward still past Point de la Guerite, whence the watch- 
     
     ful sentinel paused in his walk to note the passing craft, 
     
     then under the graveyard, and on till opposite Point 
     
     Marguerite, now Battery Point, on the southern shore, 
     
     and the creek on the northern side formed by the small 
     
     stream that runs to the sea through the valley of War- 
     
     ren Farm, when the vessel came to anchor. Franquet 
     
     contemplated with delight the magnificent natural har- 
     
     bour that stretched out before him,—its waters sur- 
     
     rounded with a rose-coloured beading, set in an ebony 
     
     frame of dark forests, that covered the red shores and 
     
     extended up along the courses of the three great estu- 
     
     aries. Only on the rounded heights and shelving slopes 
     
     of Port Lajoie had the monopoly of the forest been 
     
     invaded. The houses of the settlers could be seen scat- 
     
     tered along the sides of the valley, while the more pre- 
     
     tentious buildings of the Government crowned the sum- 
     
     mit, and rose on the seaward breast of the eminence that 
     
     rises with a long gradual ascent from the landing creek 
     
     towards the harbour’s mouth. The romance of the scene 
     
     was somewhat impaired by the discomforts to be en- 
     
     countered in landing. Only at high water could a boat 
     
     approach the bridge that spanned the creek. At other 
     
     times the boat’s services had to be supplemented by 
     
     wading along the flats in order to gain the shore. hiss 
     
     For six days Franquet was busy at Port Lajoie, in- 
     
     specting the public buildings, which he found con-