PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 47

by quoting the following paragraphs from a little book published a few years ago

by the proprietor of the Hotel Acadia, Tracadie Beach:— " Here, at least,

one can find a new resort, which has the genuine charm of health, quiet, seclu- sion from the world, beautiful scenery, a vast variety of rural sports and pleasures, and scenes suggesting constantly the most romantic and striking historical epochs of the last century in both the new and Old world. To these may be added daily com- munication with the 1'.

outside world, most Pesidence of James Paton, Esq. favorable surroundings for the recovery of health in mind and body, and all the comforts of a first-class table and sleeping accommodation.

In a few years, Prince Edward Island will have many more hotels, and will be

thronged with tourists, but the "bloom of the peach” is to be the prize of those who

first break into this attractive and suggestive territory, so long overlooked by the great world. "