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BOOK IV.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

CHAPTER I.

Geographical Position of Prince Edward Island—General Aspect of the Country—Counties, and Lesser Divisions—Description of Charlotte Town and the Principal Settlements.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND is situated in the Gulf of St Lawrence, within the latitudes of 46° and 47° 10’ N., and longitudes of 62° and 65° W'. Its length, following a course through the centre of the island, is 140 miles; and its greatest breadth, thirty—four miles. It is separated from Nova Scotia by Nor— thumberland Strait, which is only nine miles broad, between Cape Traverse and Cape Tormentine. Cape Breton lies within twenty-seven miles of the east point; and Cape Ray, the nearest point of Newfound- land, is 125 miles distant. The distances from Char- lotte Town to the following places, are—to thegLand’s ‘ End, England, 2280 miles; to St John’s: N ewfound- land, 550 miles ; to St John’s, New Brunswick, by sea, 360 miles, and across the peninsula of Nova Scotia, 135 5 miles ; to Quebec, 580 miles ; to Halifax, through the’