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this position, than is found in Prince Edward Island. To call it an oasis in the desert, would be to do in- justice to the rich provinces that surround it, and would otherwise, from its insular position,be inappli- cable; but to say that it is “ alone in its glory,” sepa- I rate in its delightful features, and peculiar in its at-

tractions, is to say no more than every one who travels hitherward, will at once perceive. Few would suppose that Prince Edward Island, has a climate, judging only from a knowledge ofthe neigh- boring provinces, so healthful that endemic diseases are unknown; so salubrious that longevity is quite a. feature among the inhabitants; and so congenial to the human constitution that delicate persons and in- valids might well anticipate a fresh lease of their lives by even a temporary sojourn in this region of vigorous health. Yet such isthe case here. Fogs are unknown, and inthis respect Prince Edward Island is exceptional. The cold in winter gives birth to pleasures from which none need shrink; and the heat ofsummer is rendered balmy and sweet by the soft in— fluences ofthe gentle airs that keep the foliage in con- stant agitation, andthe atmosphere redolent of fresh- ness. There are, it is true,unpleasant transitions from cold to heat, and from heat to cold; spring does not emerge from its wintry birthplace without a struggle with the ice-bound area of its vegetation; summer, delightful summer, does not. prolong its loving pro- mises, without indications of autumnal change; autumn does not yield “its fruit in due season,” without variation or change, and when the harvest homes, and the harvest moons,and the harvest hopes are realized, winter often approaches mixed up and irresolute, like the hybrid of contending and oppo- site seasons. But the seasons of Prince Edward Island are seasons which, if they are not uniformly perfect and acceptable, possess characteristics, which raise them above many, that have been the theme of poets and philosophers, and point them out as valuable auxiliaries to THE PROGRESS AND Paos- rsc’rs oflhe fortunate settler, who discovers in the trinity of success, perseverance, industry and appli-