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     Prince Edward Island 
     
    
   
   
    
     VENING cloud effects of a beautiful 
     
     Character are frequently seen when cross- 
     
     ing the Straits of Northumberland from 
     
     Point du Chéne to Summerside on Prince 
     
     Edward Island. On one occasion it had 
     
     threatened rain on leaving the mainland, 
     
     but when the steamer was well over and 
     
     nearing Summerside the clouds began to 
     
     disperse. The sun was about to dip 
     
     below the horizon, and its upward slant— 
     
     ing beams gave marvellous coloring to 
     
     the dispersing cloud drifts. These assumed the deepest and richest 
     
     tints of pink and terra cotta, with an infinite variety of fantastic 
     
     forms; and this lovely Prince Edward Island sunset, ‘with all its 
     
     gorgeous display of form and color, was the topic of conversation 
     
     then and afterwards amongst those on the. steamer, and who met 
     
     by chance on the Island later on. 
     
    

    
     In approaching the Island the first feature of the land that 
     
     attracts attention is the red sandstone. Red may be termed the 
     
     Island’s color, for everywhere the red sandstone and the light hue 
     
     of the soil—almost as vivid as the well-known Pompeian clay~eis 
     
     to be seen. It affords a beautiful contrast with the vivid green of 
     
     the fields and the darker green of the fir and spruce trees that 
     
     freshen the landscape. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
       
     
        
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     “Vt-'l'lere’er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade; 
     
     Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade; 
     
     VVhere'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, 
     
     And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Prince Edward Island has been well christened. It is doubt- 
     
     ful if Cabot ever called there. Jacques Cartier is said to have done 
     
     so, however, and it was he who called it the HLow and Beautiful 
     
     Island.” The Indians called it Abegweit, or ”Resting on the Wave.” 
     
     Champlain named it L'Isle St. Jean; the English rechristened it 
     
     after Edward, Duke of Kent, as ”Prince Edward Island," and it 
     
    
   
   
    
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