EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FORESTS 
     
     OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: 
     
    
   
   
    
     A SOURCE-BOOK 
     
    
   
   
    
     PART I 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE FRENCH PERIOD — 1534 - 1758 
     
    
   
   
    
     by 
     
    
   
   
    
     DOUGLAS SOBEY 
     
    
   
   
    
     Faculty of Science 
     
     University of Ulster 
     
     'Jordanstown, Northern Ireland 
     
     United Kingdom 
     
    
   
   
    
     & 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Research Associate of 
     
     The Institute of Island Studies 
     
     Charlottetown, 
     
    

    
     Prince Edward Island, Canada 
     
    
   
   
    
     July 2002