290 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND . The entrance to Three is between Boughton and Panmure islands. A sandy beach con¬ nects them with the main. Pilots are ready to attend when a signal is hoisted ; and, although the channel is broad, and many masters of large ships venture in with the assistance of sounding, it is as well not to run the risk of grounding on some sandy spits. Within the bay there are several harbours ; the best is Montague River . The settlements contiguous to George Town , on Cardigan , Montague, and Brudnelle rivers, are ra¬ pidly extending, and the settlers are directing their attention more to agriculture than formerly. A con¬ siderable quantity of timber has, within the last twenty years, been exported from hence ; and a num¬ ber of superior ships have also been built here for the British market. At present, there are two well-esta¬ blished ship-yards, one at Brudnelle Point , where the French, under Count de Raymond, had an extensive fishery, and some hundreds of acres, now overgrown with trees, under cultivation. The other ship-yard is at Cardigan River . Several large and beautiful ves¬ sels have been built at each; but the late ruinous depression in the value of shipping has brought the business of constructing vessels here, as elsewhere, to a stand. The district of country box-dering on Three Rivers must, when populously settled, become, if not the first, one of the most important districts in the colony. Its great natural advantages cannot but eventually secure its prosperity.