Excerpt from An Account of Prince Edward Island, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, North America: Containing Its Geography, a Description of Its Different Divisions, Soil, Climate, Seasons, Natural Productions, Cultivation, Discovery, Conquest, Progress and Present State of the Settlement, Government, Constitution, Laws, and Religion Having resided many years in Pr ince Edward' Island, and being much interested in its prosperity, I have ventured (though conscious of my want of abilities to do justice to the subject) to print thefol lowing account of that Island, which I trust will be found just and correct as far as it ns': the object is to make the Colony better known among those who are interested in its prosperity, or on whose judgment and determinations its future prospects depend, and I flatter myself, that the account which I have given of the progress and state of the settlement, will shew that any disappointment which has been experienced in regard to its colonization and settlement, is fairly to be charged to the neglect of many of those into whose hands, the property of the lands unfortunately fell, and not to any defect in the climate or soil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.