sparkling fountain and band stand. Many improvements have been made in Charlottetown in recent years. and it is gradually assuming the appearance of a modern city. The wooden buildings that served as business establishments a generation ago have given place to brick and stone structures, and similar progress is to be seen in the residential districts. The city’s surroundings are beautiful, and the suburbs are charming with gardens, groves and hedges of evergreen, with shaded roads and fertile fields. Pleasant drives through pretty pastoral scenery, and enjoyable excursions on rivers and bay are among the attractions of Charlottetown. Horses for driving, sail and row boats can be hired at very cheap rates.

One of the most beautiful spots and probably the place of greatest historic interest on the Island is Warren Farm at Rocky Point, nearly opposite the city and within a few minutes trip by ferry. This was originally Port La Joie, the former Capital and the residence of several distinguished people under the French Regime. First settled by the French in 1720, it was allowed to decay, but in 1749 the place was resuscitated and new buildings erected. Grass-covered mounds and excavations are all that now remain of the forts, the village of several hundred inhabitants, church, ecclesiastical establishment, governor’s resi- dence, etc.. that once existed. The principal fort designed and laid ofi" by the French and afterwards constructed by the English, was called Fort Amherst. Many relics have been found, and the old cellars, outlines of the earthworks and burial ground, can be distinctly seen. The air of romance that clings to the spot, the fine view from the site of Fort Amherst, with the still more beautiful outlook from “Ringwood” on the elevation west of the fort, and the presence of an Indian encampment near by, make the locality decidedly interesting.

The principal buildings are on or in the vicinity of Queen Square. TheMPost Office and Custom House is a massive brick and stone structure. and in it are also the Savings Bank and other Federal Government Offices. The Provincial Build- ing contains the Local Government Offices, and Legislative Assembly Chamber, etc. This edifice is of Nova Scotia free- stone, and the corner stone was laid on May 16th, 1843.