304 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND . ment. * * * I found the settlers engaged in securing the harvest which their industry had produced. There were three or four families who had not gathered a crop adequate to their own supply ; but many others had a considerable superabundance." I had, while in , frequent opportunities of knowing the condition of these colonists; and, if possessing land, good houses, large stocks of cattle, abundance of provisions, and a large overplus of pro¬ duce to sell for articles of convenience, together with being free of debt, be considered to constitute inde¬ pendent circumstances, they are certainlyin that state. Tryon is situated about twenty miles west of Charlotte Town , nearly opposite to Bay de Verts, in Nova Scotia . It is one of the most populous, and considered the prettiest village on the island. A ser¬ pentine river winds through it; on each side of which are beautiful farms. The tide flows up about two miles ; but the harbour will only admit of small schooners and boats, it having a dangerous bar at the entrance: extensive clearings were made here when possessed by the French. Bedeque is situated on the south-west part of the island, about eighteen miles from Tryon . It is popu¬ lously settled on the different sides of the two rivers into which the harbour branches. The harbour is well sheltered by a small island, near which ships anchor and load. There are two or three ship-build¬ ing establishments here ; and it has for some time been a shipping port for timber. lies to the west of Bedeque . It is