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the American Sand Launce, and doubtless seVeraF kinds yet to be added to the Eel list. Among the cartilaginous fish are the Stureonidaz, or Sturgeon family—the Squaledaa‘ or Dogfish family—~the Raidos‘ or Skate family, and the Petromyzonidae, or Lam- prey family.

SHELL FISH is so abundant all round Prince Ed- . ward Island that no description Would adequately , represent the real profusion. Lobster-s, equal to any in the world, and perhaps more abundant, and more easily obtained thananywhere else, are, strange to say,perhaps fromtheir very abundance, neglected. So indeed are all the shell-fish of the Island, except oysters, which are abundant, delicious and sought after. Clams and Quahogs, Muscles, Perriwinkles, VVhelkes, Razor-fish, small crabs, and several kinds ot'Shrimps are all here, and should people arrive, who know a little more than the present inhabitants, about these rich stores of food, and put them at their real value, there will be more general thankfulness to a gracious Creator, and less of that crab-“like re trogression, which, strange to say, seems, in some instances in the exact ratio of the opportunities to proceed.

REPTILES.

There are said to be no poisonous reptiles in Prince Edward Island, but the subject has never in- vited the learned to a scientific investigation. The snake continues in uninterrupted enjoyment of his woodland rill and Cover, the frog unmolested by French cooks, carols in his liquid habitation, and the toad looks forth with eyes of exquisite beauty, conscious or unconscious, it is hard to say, the wearer, as the poet assures us, of “a precious jewel in his head.”

But we must pass on and take a little notice of the Seasons of Prince Edward Island.