HISTORICAL SKETCH. 37 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mott’s Cocoa, highly recommended ‘by' Physicians; 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A SHORT 
     
    
   
   
    
     HlSTORlCAL SKETCH 
     
     PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, 
     
    
   
   
    
     AND A DESCRIPTION OF ITS 
     
    
   
   
    
     PRINCIPAL SUMMER RESORTS, &C. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, one of the Provinces of the 
     
     Dominion of Canada, situated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 
     
     was discovered on St. John’s day, twenty—fourth of June, 
     
     1497, by the celebrated discoverer, Sebastian Cabot, who, 
     
     indicative of the day, named it the Isle of St. John. Its 
     
     length is one hundred and fifty milesLand width in the 
     
     widest part is thirty—four miles, and it contains an area of 
     
     two thousand one hundred and thirty—three square miles. 
     
     It is separated from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by 
     
     the Straits of Northumberland, which, between Capes 
     
     Traverse and Tormentine, is only nine miles wide. The 
     
     Island is deeply indented with bays and rivers, which 
     
     afford short and safe communication betwixt many inland 
     
     places. A magnificent growth of forest trees at one time 
     
     Waved over this province, and there still remains many 
     
     shady groves of soft maple, graceful cedar, elegant elm, 
     
    
   
   
    
     spruce, hemlock, and all the varieties of wood peculiar to a. 
     
     Canadian forest. 
     
    
   
   
    
     By the treaty of Fontainebleau in 1763, the Island was 
     
     eded by France to Great Britain, and placed under the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ohn P. Mott 6: 00., Manufacturers, Halifax, NS.