-91- arrow heads and stone axes. The rear windows of this house gave a view of the blue waters of the gulf, between the sand dunes, which flanked the harbour entrance. Notmuch of his time was spent in this beautiful retreat; his duties called him to all parts of the Island, serving a scattered population, so that he was almost continually on the road. And such roads! Along shores, and by uncertairlwood trails, where possible on horse-back; fording rivers or ferrying on rafts. During the winter, the various bays and channels, which lay along the north shore from St. Peter's to Gascum— peque, with stretches of land travel, and sometime parts of

shore ice, this formed his route. When the snows lay deep, snowshoes were the only means of travel. As an illustration,

in the words of a very aged Micmacs "I have seen Bishop macEachern, and remember passing St. Andrew’s before there was a church there. I was camped at mouth of Morell after big snow. About dusk one evening saw man coming on snow- shoes, and pretty soon the Gcluck Paddlessey came up. “Any- thing to eat, brother?" "Nothing but heel, padre". “Well, eel very good, son." The Micmac pointed out to him that another storm was building up, as the fox ran barking along the river, but he said, "I must resch.the portage tonight, sick man there". And on the moonlight bay he went to take up his lonely march."

His arrival at a settlement brought all the set- tlers together from miles about without distinction of class

or creed, eager to hear news from the old land, as his fac- ilities for receiving letters were a little better than theirs. vAfter the performance of his various religious dutiesg advice given for care of the sick, and disputes set- tled, he gave them all the latest accounts of how matters were going in the old country, for these were stirring

times in Europe, the meteoric career of Napoleon filled the people‘s attention. It must have been irksome to be deprived of news of passing events, but the mails from abroad, carried by sailing vessels were few and far between. Until the name of the Island was Changed (1799) letters addressed to the "Island of St. John" quite often went to St. Johns“, News foundland, to St. John, N.B., or even St. John, Antigua. There was no newspaper printed on the Island till 1850;people got the Halifax Register, or the New York Truthteller, or papers "from home". These last were preserved and sewed

into volumes. There were no envelopes or stamps, and any“= one having correspondence, provided himself with a seal or stamp, with his crest or initials, a box of variwcolored wafers of sealing wax, and a small package of fine sand

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