Georgetown.

St Peters Ba y.

New Glasgow.

Malpeque Ba y.

St. E/eanors.

Port Hill.

coast the surface is covered by the native wilderness—the soil, although apparently light, produces good crops. Notwithstanding the fires have committed great ravages among the timber, the principal streams are occupied by Saw Mills, from which considerable Lumber is exported.

Georgetown Harbour, or Cardigan Bay is a safe, commodious, and very accessible harbour for fleets of the largest ships—the tide rises about six feet; it receives Cardigan, Brudenell, and Montague Rivers, which are navigable some distance from their mouths, where they are skirted by fine farms. A number of ships are built and laden annually at Three Rivers, as the place is frequently called, and there is a considerable export of Timber to the mother country, and of agricultural Produce to the neighbouring Provinces from this quarter of the Island. lp. 6]

Upon the road from Montague River around to Georgetown there are but few settlers: the soil at many places is sandy, and some extensive gravelly beds are covered by beautiful forests of hardwood. I proceeded across the country to the head of St. Peter’s Bay, a distance of fourteen miles. The lands adjoining the road are occupied by a few poor English, Scotch, and Irish settlers. Much of the soil consists of fine white sand: small peat bogs and swamps are very common. The land between St. Peter's and Fortune Bay is of a similar kind, and extensive tracts remain in a wilderness state. [p. 7]

Near the mouth of [St. Peter's Bay], a forest of hardwood, consisting of beech, birch and maple, has been buried by the drifting sands Ship-building forms a part of the employment of the inhabitants, and at the mouth of the Morell River, a deep and sluggish stream, there are large shipyards and timber ponds. Large tracts of Land upon Lots 39, 40 and 41 have been overrun by fires from time to time : sometimes several hundreds of acres are seen in a single block covered by ferns, laurel and stunted bushes; such tracts are called ”barrens," and are generally supposed to be sterile. The soil is, nevertheless, good, and its present state and desolate appearance have resulted from fires that swept over the surface. In several instances l have observed excellent Wheat, Oats and Barley growing upon cleared laurel and fern land. lp. 8] At the fine settlement on the banks of Glasgow River, the land becomes more elevated, and they are broken by deep ravines, or narrow gorges. The soil is a bright red clayey loam, and highly productive. The elevated ridges of wild land are covered with majestic forests of hard woods. lp. 9l

A number of fine streams fall into this Basin [i.e. Malpeque Bay], and in their courses propel saw and grist mills. ip. 10]

The Village of St. Eleanor’s is situated at the extremity of the bay. It is a cluster of houses, with a fine Church and Court House, standing in a thickly populated and valuable part of the Island. A number of excellent ships are built annually upon the shore, and exports of timber and grain are made to a considerable amount.

Near the point [Low Point] is the site of an old French Village and a large Chapel which were abandoned at that eventful period in the history of these Provinces when the Acadians were expelled. lt is now covered with a thick growth of fir and spruce. At this place also, the sea has advanced rapidly upon the shore, and has intruded upon the ancient cemetery.

Near Port Hill is the residence of James Yeo, Esq., who is engaged in agriculture, lumbering, ship-building, fishing, merchandise, and other pursuits. He employs a number of mills, and, at the time of my visit, he had nine ships upon the stocks. Every kind of business is followed by this persevering individual without any apparent confusion whatever. The country is but very thinly settled—the lands and timber are

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