PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 29

GOVERNMENT HOUSE

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not so well appointed, the soil of Prince Edward Islznd being better adapted fcr farming Jail for making a gcod crick- et crease; but not— withstanding this the game is en'husiasti- Cally kept up, and matches taie place with the oficers of the men—of-var when the latter are in port, or betweer teams made up (f mem-

bers of the (ity clubs.

The football field has served as a training ground for some of the finest mm that ever chased the pigskin in the Maritime Provinces. The prowess' of Charlotte'own’s famous “Abegweits” is remembered yet in many places where

they went to play and conquer.

For two weeks every summer—on the occasion of the annual training of tie local volunteer militia—the Park is resplendent with the red coats ant gold lace of our citizen soldiers. The number of men who come u; annually for training is between four and five hundred. The total acive militia strength of the Island is about five hundred