306 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Hillshorough river enters the country in a north- eaSterly direction. . The tide flows twenty miles far- ther up than Charlotte Town; and three small rivers branch off to the south.

The scenery at and near the head of this river, is rich and pretty. Mount Stewart, the property and pre- sent residence of John Stewart, Esq., late paymaster to the troops at Newfoundland, and Speaker of the present House of Assembly, is a most charming spot; and the prospect from the house, which stands on a rising ground, about half a mile from the river, is truly beautiful. Downwards, the view commands several windings of the Hillsborough, and part of Pis- quit river: the edges of each are fringed with marsh grass, and fertile farms range along the banks, while trees of majestic birch, beech, and maple, grow luxuriantly on the south side, and spruce-fir, larch, beech, and poplar on the north, fill up the back- ground. Upwards, the meandering river,on which one may now and then see passengers crossing in a log canoe, or an Indian, with his family, paddling along in a bark one, together with a view of the large Catholic chapel at St Andrew’s, the seat of the Catho- lic bishop,* and the surrounding farms and woods, form another agreeable landscape.

sides, we are in good health and strong, and therefore it would be a great sin to be idle. Neither of us were scarcely ever sick. I never had a headach; and Inever took physic in my life.” This man and his wife are, I believe, both still living.

* The Right Reverend Aneas M‘Eacharen, titular Bishop of Rouen, an excellent and venerable character, equally esteemed by the members of every religious profession in the colony.