Very Rev. D. McDonnld 18*32 to i ?6l Rev. James Phelan 186l to I863 Rev. Dugald McDonald 1863 to 1864 Re*. Donald Francis McDonald 186 U up to the present time. Acfoss the road from St. Mary's Church stands, one of the prettiest convents in the Maritime Provinces. It is of rd "brick, picked out with white "brick, the dimmensions are eighty feet "by forty five feet, height thirty four feet. This house is well planned, well located, well ventilated and is in fact a charming school fitted with all modern improvements ohtainahle in Souris , and is managed so as to give it an air of comfort and "brightness that will linger in the memory of those who visit it. In the convent chapel stands a "beautiful statue of Our Lady of Lourds given "by the children of Mary of the parish. The window "blinds throughout the building are worthy of notice, they haveing been painted "by the sisters whose cunning brushes have delineated" exquisite wreaths of maple leaves, and sacred devices upon pure white linen. This school was opened in 1881, herefoirj* sisters of the congregation of Notre Dame teach ninety six pupils in a locality that for health giving breezes is perhaps nuequalled in Prince Edward Island . The scenery around Souris is magnificient, combining views of river, rock and ocean, for it is only a few miles from the busy, bristling, little town to the Northern beach, where the ocean rolls in unceasingly, and the gull and the gannet" reign rlndisputed soverigns. The picturesque winding Souris river flows through farms of prosperous settlers who in the management of their property have had an eye to beauty as well as to utility. The writer gained much information regarding the early days of the mission and its first church from a fine old Irish G- entlemc.-:. from Tipperary , who with his beautiful old wife reside in affluence upon the fertile and picturesque fan.; which fifty years ago their energy and industry