346 PK1NCE EDWARD ISLAND . industrious, decorous, and correct, and strictly do¬ mestic and attentive to household duties. They assist in the lahours of the farm during seed-time, hay¬ making, and harvest; and, during winter, prepare their flax and wool for spinning and knitting, and many of them also weave their home-spun cloth. Hitherto almost all the farmers have caught the fish required for their own consumption ; and it is generally necessary for new settlers to do so; but those who have been some time settled on their farms, will find it more profitable to attend altogether to hus¬ bandry, and buy the fish they want from others. Formerly a considerable quantity of sugar was pro¬ cured by the inhabitants from the sap of the maple- tree. At present there is scarcely any made except by the Acadians and Indians. The different denominations of religion that have places of worship, are the Church of England, as established by law ; the Kirk of Scotland ; Anti- burghers, or Seceders from the Kirk of Scotland ; Roman Catholics ; Methodists, and Baptists. All the members of these professions associate together as neighbours, and frequently attend the places of wor¬ ship of each other, with great good feeling. All reli¬ gions are free ; the Roman Catholics alone were, until lately, precluded from being members of the Assembly , or voting at elections ; but this disability, happily for the colonies, no longer exists. The members of the Church of England are not numerous, although those of most other professions attend the service at Paul's Church, Charlotte