Martin, R. Montgomery (1837) History of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, the Sable Islands, New Brunswick, 
     
     Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, Newfoundland &c. &c. The British Colonial Library, Vol. 6. Whittaker 
     
     & Co., London. 364 pp. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     It is very unlikely that Montgomery Martin ever visited Prince Edward Island. His History of Nova Scotia appears 
     
     to be part of a multi-volume geography covering the British colonies and it is likely that for much of the material in 
     
     these volumes the information would have been acquired second-hand. For his chapter on Prince Edward Island 
     
     (which takes up 42 pages) Martin especial/y acknowledges John Stewart’s 1806 Account of Prince Edward Island 
     
     ”to whose valuable observations I am indebted for much information”. He also acknowledges ”Messrs. R. And D. 
     
     Stewart of Great Russell—street” - David Stewart had visited the island in 7837 and would have been able to provide 
     
     Martin with more recent information. it is interesting that of the island’s three counties he gives the greatest 
     
     coverage to Prince County (over four pages), compared to only one page to Kings and less than a half page to 
     
     Queens. His only reference to the forest is a brief tree list included in his description of the view from 
     
     Charlottetown. He is not included in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and it is thus possible that he lived 
     
     largely in Great Britain. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The view from From the higher part of Charlotte Town there is a splendid prospect; the blue 
     
     Charlottetown. mountains of Nova Scotia appear in the distance; several fine branching sheets of 
     
     water around; homesteads, partial clearings, and grassy glades, intermingled with 
     
     forests and groves of various trees — principally the birch, beech, maple, and spruce 
     
     fir; well cultivated farms range along the serpentine banks of the different rivers, the 
     
     edges of which are fringed with marsh grass — the tout ensemble affording a 
     
     landscape which in natural beauties may vie with any in the Old World. 
     
    
   
   
    
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