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“Happy the man, who free from care The business and the noise of towns, Contented breathes his native air

In his own grounds." —Pope.

UfJ'THE pioneers of Prince Edward Island settled upon lease-holdings in the :‘1, midst of the woods. Those who were particular concerning the location 0? th‘eir farm-steadings were accustomed to climb to the top of a tall tree, and survey the scene as best they could. The site having been selected, they pro-

ceeded, axe in hand, to put up a house. To this end the trees upon the site

IN THE MIDST or THE wooos,"

were cut down and "junked up" into logs of equal lengths. The end of each log was then notched and beveled to fit, in a rough way, at the four corners. As soon as a sufficienaly large spot of earth had been cleared, and a sufficient number of logs had been thus prepared, the four walls were raised, log upon log, to the height cf a tall man. Then the rough framework Of a gabled roof was erected. Light poles were attached to this, and these _ It

were covered with a thatch of birch-bark. At one end of the structure a wide fire-place of sandstone or