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making remarkable scores. Curlew are also pretty abundant, and a few- 

 brace of these splendid birds make a most satisfactory bag. The writer 

 has killed quite a number of woodcock in turnip and mangold fields, from 

 which they were flushed like so many snipe in a meadow. 



In addition to the neighborhood of Malpeque, there are other desirable 

 localities along the shore for plover-shooting, and near Tignish it is often 

 very fine. Rustigo, near Grand Rustigo harbor, is a favorite place of 

 summer resort, and there is good shooting and fishing in its neighborhood. 

 In most of the bays and inlets of the island, sea trout are taken, sometimes 

 in great numbers, the fishing being done with the fly, both from points on 

 the shore, and from boats. 



One writer (Perley) states that he took at St. Peter's bay, about twenty- 

 eight miles from Charlottetown, in one morning, sixteen of these trout which 

 weighed eighty pounds, an average of five pounds each ! This, of course, 

 was an exceptional catch, for the fish generally average considerably less 

 in weight, but they afford splendid sport, no matter what their size may be. 



So abundant are these trout sometimes, that they are seined and used 

 as bait in the cod fisheries. 



Prince Edward island, while boasting no very picturesque scenery, is 

 well worth visiting. Its climate is very healthful and equable in summer; 

 its soil is very productive, and its farmers prosperous. In many places the 

 delicious Bedegue oysters are found on the shores, and may be had for the 

 gathering; and lobsters and all kinds of sea fish are abundant. The mutton 

 is particularly fine ; added to all these, the great variety of game birds that 



Pine-Tree Pooe," Dungarvon, N. B. 



