There are a few hundred Micmac Indians 
     
     living along the north shore. They are good 
     
     hunters, and an outing with them for trout and 
     
     wild birds is a pleasant experience. 
     
    

    
     The water surrounding the island is shal- 
     
     lower than that of the mainland coast, and on that 
     
     account, and because the temperature is higher, the 
     
     bathing here is not too cool, and is much enjoyed. It is warmer than 
     
     New Brunswick or Nova ScotiaflAtlantic Nova Scotia being the 
     
     coolest place of all. The summer temperature of the Island ranges 
     
     from 65 to 80 degrees, and higher on exceptional occasions. 
     
    

    
     It has been remarked that “ there will come to the world-weary 
     
     tourist visions of a beautiful land in the midst of the cool sea~-a land 
     
     fanned by healthful breezes, a land of green hills, purling brooks and 
     
     fertile fields. The crowded fashionable watering places have lost their 
     
     charm for him, and he yearns for some place of rest and repose 
     
     where quiet summer days can be obtained”—sand all this is true of 
     
     Prince Edward Island. 
     
    

    
     A recent census of the Island shows the largest population per 
     
     thousand of people over seventy years of age in any province of 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ('anada. In most countries a fourth generation is rare, but Prince 
     
     lidward can boast of a fifth. This is the Poirier family of Tignish, 
     
     the men are fishermen who all ”pull together” in excellent health. 
     
     The head of the family, great-great-grandfather Poirier, has 202 
     
     living descendants, and at 97 years of age rises at daylight, turns 
     
     his fish on the ”flakes” to dry, and chops and saws his wood. 
     
    

    
     But we have entered Bedeque Bay, and are at Summerside. 
     
     bound for Alberton and Tignish at the western end of the Island. 
     
     A very pleasant harbor indeed is this, and the not too pretentious 
     
     summer town is nicely laid out with good stores and shady streets. 
     
     There. is good boating for yachts, sail—boats, launches, row-boats 
     
     and canoes, and the life is that of the seaside resort, with pleasant 
     
     excursions and an enjoyable social life. The \Nilmot and Dunk Rivers 
     
    

    
     empty into the harbor. On the Dunk 
     
     will be found many pretty Views; the 
     
     fishing, too, is good-trout of large size. 
     
     It was a \'l0\\’ of this river that inspired 
     
     the couplet : 
     
     “ ’ause here—~and look upon a sight as fair, 
     
     As ever painter limned of poet’s dreams.” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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