the direction of Bishops McIntyre to build their church. it is a wooden edifice sixty feet in length by thirty five in width, and twenty two feet from floor to save. The spire rises to a height of seventy five feet. The frames was Thomas M . That the people of Morell possess such a church is chiefly

due to the Catholic spirit and perseverance of Peter Sinnott Esq. whose in- fluence at the time, was very great in the parish. There has never been a resident priest in the mission of St. Lawrence. it having always been attended from St. Andrews.

There is now very little trace of the prinevaf forest at Morell; by the sea coast and along the banks of theéuyvingMorell river. and bordering the

cross roads leading through the settlement are the houses of comfortable husbandmen who by thrift and energy have added to the land they originally

held. Particularly handsome and luxuriously furnished are the houses of some of the Sinnott Family who have certainly lost nothing by their unfailing generosity

to the house of God.

All through the settlement one is struck by the fine orchards of the farmers. apples of very choice varieties, here attain to a great degree of perfection. The Morell is the finest fresh water river in Prince Edward Island, indeed the only one that is worthy of the name. Its banks are fringed by shade trees and afford a charming resort to the angler. for to this river the disciples of Isaak Walton flock every summer in great numbers. and here the speckled trout are taken captives by thousands. There does not seem to be any authentic version of the origin of the appellation of this river, which has given its name to the parish. It is the centre one of three streames, which irrigate this part of the country. flowing through land that still ShGWB

the dykes and narrow furrowe of the early French farmer. These hivers have all

French names. one is the Marie the other the Midgell probably a contraction

of St. Michel. Part of the Morell estate. that part upon which are the ruins