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     and the haunts of industry. Merchants warm their 
     
     stores and deck their windows in invitation to the- 
     
     grain loaded traveller; and the solid farmer opens his 
     
     barns to supply the demands of the speculator and 
     
     trader in his produce. The fox, the otter, and ' 
     
     the‘bear, the minx, the muskrat, and sable, become 
     
     objects of value to the hunter, and matters of com- 
     
     petition with the storekeeper; and homespun cloth, 
     
     and socks, flannels, and a lot ofminor articles, swell 
     
     at this season,the subjects of bartering conversation, 
     
     and by these means bring, as it were, Manchester, 
     
     and Birmingham, and Sheffield, and Liverpool, and 
     
     the West Indies, and all the outside, goods-producing 
     
     ‘ cities of other countries within reach of their indus- 
     
     try, to the benefit and satisfaction ofthe thrilty and 
     
     well to do of Prince Edward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There are two ways of supplying the table at this 
     
     season—by dependence on the market, and depen- 
     
     dence on one’s self. We have given a Charlottetown 
     
     bill of fare in the Appendix, page IV., but of course 
     
     this does not include many luxuries for which pro- 
     
     vision was made by family foresight in the wild fruit 
     
     season, when the famed Covent Garden “ seedlings” 
     
     are put in the shade by the excellency of the flavor 
     
     of the wild mountain strawberry, the very recollec- 
     
     tion ofwhich, as the luscious berries tumble through 
     
     the powdered sittings of “ refined white,” ripe, and 
     
     red, and rich, into abundant cream, is a luxury of 
     
     itself. There is another way of supplying the table, 
     
     as we said by dependence on one’s self. This plan 
     
     becomes a necessity indeed, when located far from 
     
     a market, but it is a right, royal plan, and offers Im— 
     
     mense opportunities ofcullnary enJoytnents, reduces 
     
     your stock to its minimum strength, and at a blow, 
     
     so to speak, supplies your whole wmter's larder. 
     
     Poultry of all kinds are killed, picked, and cleaned, 
     
     furnishing during the operation no end of giblet mm, 
     
     ——a. pig and bullock, or lat cow feel the slaughterer’s 
     
     knife in like manner, and are cut up into Jomts 
     
     ready for the table, are set aside to freeze, a shed 
     
     is then made secure, and a space about nine feet 
     
     by three parted off. In this space about a foot 01