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"^O K „ \« ^^^ '^ ^ \ > X i.y.k./',*./vikv >•*, /•■*. ♦'"«» /- '11^* Prioc 25 Ccnt^. ♦ # # M a « ^4 ^.e^y^^e^p^^ M ^~ r\ r\f'U ■-»» H - '« .* H/H.-- > ' '' * ■', M N^ A (' *v ^ ■N.V K''' •*>. ■♦' i^y t::;^<:>,,r*^-f^/ '^ ,<• *, ^ *, ^ «>, #'1 ^ M^ \4 V. H^-^^'x-^ Vr • »0' i-'* »^i, jf*. »•> »■.-, ^nV' r^ -> i/f, vxxixixxxxxxxxxxxiizxixxxiixxzxixxizxizxxixrxxxrzxxzrixi! I '^•31" PICTURESQUE PRINCE iimrARD /A/2- COUNTY, BY HELEN M MERRILL PICTOX: rrintcd at The Gazette Book avd Job Printing ffoium 18)-'. 'Sutercd according to Act of Parliament of CiinaJa in tlie year ISW, h\ Helen V.. Merrill, at the Uepartnjtul of Agriculture. mmmmimmmm ^iU.QVi:s7].\' a wisli lias ].von exprosed, that in some way the inatch- '^^1 less, woivlcrful sccnciy of Prince Edwaivl County be made more widely known. Though conscious of my inability to .lo it anything like justice, I am cndc*voring in carefully compiling and giving this ].hamplft proper circulation, to make it a means to tliat ei] a, 03 CO Q> c£. e o ct cr o jj o X ■■■■ fJQton. ^■^^^Jm:x- W„t,.r;,,/s tln,n.|,.,.s ,,Hry,t.,l , „,.,„ A t!,.„w,„.| l,n,-l,t l„.,„,s i„ .,„■,„>.,. I„„l l„vtl,, At!,..„.,„.n.mv..l„,-.„.su,.,vl.,n, l,„tto,|i,.. ■■'■I"'" l''-'"N- *-.U-,„,l, lila. a ...K-Un tin. st„n„ • H,. ,„„v,.,i „„,,,, ,„„,., t,„„„,^,,,„^.,„^ ,;_^^_ rh«„.h.lc,Ul,i„om.I,„u*ii,.„..„i|,.,n,i, ,„.,„„, ,.,,.,_^ T!.u..«l, .luUi, ,.t ..,Kl, „„„..„t s,„„,. |„.,„ |„„| ,,|„^,,.,| Al.'l so for s„cl, vdnr ,„ tal,, iil<„ t„ ,1,,,.., Mci,.nior,,|„«,,,t„l,I i„ Ovi.ii,,,, ,,,,,^.) •fJmrt ricton is „,,„•, „s „|1 ,|,„ ,,,„,|,| |^„„^^.^^ A I.c«„tif.,l to,vn. isn't t),„t ,.„o„^!, ..|o,'v ' E M. m IMCTrRKSQCK IMUNCK K[)V,AI{I>. frinee J^dward (^oanty. CV^ i; Ai'TliTi. iiic ;lic hill.-< .liiil till' rntilc valley.-, (tf Pfiiuc K.lu.iftl. a. jK'tiinsiiI.f T^i icacliini? nut into t lu' lnwci' pintions df I.akc Oiitarin and litrr.iily fi iiij^tnl with l()\clv iiilt't-^ and |)ifliii'cs(|U(' |)iiiiits. Niiim-ii>us. tn'i, ai;- its hays. lakes and streams, all of \\ liich ali'iuiid in fi>h. uliilr wild-diuk^ and otisci j;.unc arc plcntit'ul in s,a»>n. 'riii> (•(•niity l>in;4 tlui> apart fvDni tlu' (••istrrn lake ciiunti"-; cintains sudu' UiS.CNH) aci't's valui'd at about ■ST.")' )i •.(»»(). the population heinLf more thin 2^»,(Mi«'. A canal, tile placid .Munay, runs I lii'ou,:.rli it'^ nairow isthnm> n'-i, theCaiiy- iiii; I'lare, an old Indian portai^c, and thiMU^uli tl:i- the Uiail >tci!;ier.-i pass (in thcii- way down the lake to Montieal. And 11' >w collie wil h me aiMund the county in ono of F.incy's airy skilf.s— • I'^ai^cr Fancy iincoiifiiu'd. In a voya.^e of the mind Swcepiicj; onward like the wind. I.ej ii^yo north out of Picjon Ba\' and up the Lon;.^' h'each ovii t I:c uind- t'rel led waler> of the Hay ot' t^uinte. t iirnin.u' >out li-wt — i around tMa--\- point an J sailin;^' !)y maiiN hays and islands and .yrceii pi>int> till we reach the heul »d' the li ly of t^uinte. Mere we rest for a little t iine on the stony s'.ioiv of liilian I -latul, a fax'orite rende/Nons of Indians in days loni;' none hy. .Many curioii- relics ha.vi' heeii found here. W'e luml about for >ome, bin tindin;^ none in our caridcss .se.'ircdi, pass on and through the (|uiet canal and into \\'eller"> IJay. t iien uui af^aiii by IJald Head Island into t he blue lake and on i)asi Nicho!sou"> I -land leaving- I'lcasanl Hay and Huyck's Ma >• on our left . Iioundiiii; a point hi-ie we soon re;i,ch Wcllinv;t()n. a village delight fully situated on t he lake shori'. fanned all summer by I'efrcshint;- lake-bree/.e.--. It i> a jiopnlar summer resorl . ami amon.u t h.o^e wlio lia\e simunei' I'csiilcnces here, i-i I'!. W. I'al hliun. I'isn.. of l)e-eronlo. And now \vc cuter West Lake, sail amoiiLT its beautiful i>land- and out aiiai:; aliui;.; tlic siiin\" reaches of I he ma.i^nificcnt white .Sand 1 1 ill > foiininLC it- we>iern hound :iry. Mien on round W'esi Point intolattli- Sandy I5,iy .and throuirh tin- lovely outlet. into Kast Lake. This and West Lake are the two larj^cst in the county, a.nd both arc fine tisliitm reports. ,\iiil now we are oit a.^ain out of the lake .and bay rmmd S.almon Point .ind into Soup H.arlior. I.M.kc Ont;r,ic ofV Salmon Point and uthct- PHixcH Ei)WAi:i> ftx-yn-.. 11 .sli'>i-i'-;, ;ilK)n!iils in s;il!ii(i!i-t i-Dut. hii;,'.-. (IcIiciiMi^ fcJI^i-w-^ ! (' .-(icaii at'rnj.f^^Jjr'Jiwr, ]i(ivin;j: cnjoycil ;i;i aiMi>li' >iir.' I'lir l)i'4'.ik.i';i-l Soon a.- ii>ut)tl l*t ii;i\in,i< in.tny pretty Ixiys }in«l poinLss 4>)viiwin3tv^, ns we Inrn I'lin! 'I'r.n « i ^<'. ;i view of t'lc l-'.-ilsi- I>iicks .■ii.nl TiJiiluT l.s?«»«*Jl lying «»«it in tin- ;4i'f.'I 1 ik". Ami II i\v \\\' ciittT Soutli I);ty aiul tollrjw its U«f ;-»hwn-s i-nu!i»l: to till- IJl.ick IJiwr. .1 stii-ani in sonii' i)!aci"^ I(»^ yanU uiiN'. ifs lim'^tij Jwin^c^ (ivf • II' six niih •. Tlit'U on v.c sail l)y scM-ia! Itraiit ifvil poinf.s aiul ^\'a'.«l•(Mls {-.^^tiil. infci Sniiih"'. H;!y. aiul li"iv t'roiii a hriij^lit of laiul aliovt* i^sCu- ■r'luHV iv** Uavt- 'I'm: MOST MAtJNIFlCKNT VIKW" wiiul- iiii*. an. I It of tin- l-laiiU tiicu out l.avlut:; on iwLvh s\inu'.K'i i(i,-,t' who Viul now '.on;^ tlvf >un(i:n'y. V ontU't. ..I both iiy I'ountl Lul oUu'». in 1 !i • r > i i' y, an 1 on • -;■ u:- -ly snrp.K^i' 1 on tin- ro.nt i.k'fi/ . I'm {ii4«Mvtf>»» |M>int oT visi in !: • t li" inunnnr i\\< wal n-s of I In- Mil'- Uay wit \\ Im-iuIL-uhI <5t-"i Jv.-jt.iL-iiHl all ,L;a\' w'l!i iVi'^h nnl'old.'il Ivaxi-s. tlicn \\'anpo;>si' [sland wilh its wavi-swi-jrt tWiiJivs ami li 'y in 1 tl>.i~, t'li' hroad, rar-sliiiiiiiv;' bosom of South iUhy, aiwl sijU !►:» i>iit, I'oini 'I'lMX T- '. Tiinbci' Island and ihc l-'alsc I>nc-ks. And ys't aroittid. !*!-id im an I on. .m 1 lii'yond all t'.irsv, lin- .slioi'.'lr>s, wind-haunt i-d swii-^) »^' J («• fv**v-last- in- lake ! Saiiinj; on aj; lin v.- ■ p I -- Cap- \"r-'y. ronnd Point I*Ic}is;mi( iijf<» ttJie B?*y of t^iii'nli', an 1 soMM en! •!• oni' ot" onr piriiicst inli-ts. I'l-inyci's ('(l^^•. X'hf Sighing hi'i-.' i- rx •il'iii and ya lit ini^ ])apl i.-s o;'t!'ii rnn in for a few days' >-{xu< . f^'-u'VTng hi'ir. oin r.i'xl I'l's; iim--p!:'ci' is (iliaiora. on tin- 15iy of (iuiut<'. jibimS fiv*- ituft«» from i'ii' m. 'I'll ■ ' hi\.' a comforiablc hotel iiiT.- near l!>" wlvoj'^". ai^l also sevi'i'al !• )t t i;^e> in noiche^ on the luxuriant ly-uooded hill-sid*-. aiw^ yJwux' tt-« iici-f WY«-k>. ul*!.'* jrri^' auil a p!.;-.;er mill, 'he maeliinery ot' tlie.-e l)ein,u' wo\-!v.'tl hy v^-iU^'t'iiaidtwlKi thr,pu.;l! pij)'.'-. tr.)!ii the lake ;«liove. A CAVK close i)y tl;;s [N'eel'.d \i!la;4'e, do\',n a shor'. d in^'-ertars piifFj r A-tfJunnariug a |)i'eeipice lie ir w'lere a I iveh' ••l)i'idal veil" falU in ■•I'riii^-I inie I'-n 7iiuks in th'* (h'eps of a li'leii, v.Iien the nieitin.j: of the -now can-e- an ovi'rHi.n'.' t Unxy;, JitkV.'ji;; }utfi a Jati;j;ed-\\alled cwi' -ome Id fe'.'t !ii;^h aiilte 1 •hiscairiousi-ivi'i'^*. Fr.>n[4»jm"s, it i-^ a t at e (airiosii y. And w!i',i (•:.", ted iur^iit of (he hist irv of this in.;i \■e!I^)Us strnctnif ? 1 5»i<;ti:rknquk phi\( h kdwahd. Thf«t«44.hK.;I«flhilh..rswM-.>,,i,n,.imn,..MH,n.l.,n,,Id..n luTlups, l,y r- i^..^ T^r'-T^"V'"' ^"'^'^'^*"^*'-' r.-...i.-xvo..s, .,., K.ay 1., l,v sfangc,. houIs : 'tho fnash^^rt. time w..;,n.LHU....^Mm,. M.I MOW for., .:.iv..! I.-t, ..ss,.rs,.v..ral..ftln> 1?"; J^'**"" "'""" '"'" "^l''^'^--"'^- < •<"-...... LMk.. „...,• W..Il..,.s Hav, lH.i„K ful of ««!. : «5mo«-..n«.,. ,,i.k.. pi.-k..,-.-!, vo.-k au.l l.luc-k l.ss, p.-n!.. muMIsI,, A:.. Uobhu. I..^e, .6 m,bli..V .MiJls. is si,nila.- ,o ,1... Lak. ..n .lu- Moun.aiM .l,.s..Hl.c..l .Isew-h^.^ .^,d L,„aon's Lake, a u...... haM.lfuI of, lark ,, wat... ui,:. n.ys(.,.y .mh„« . ch:u-„. M, U,s Wa.k clepn., is sit ua,...! iM a nu in., ^,.,^v..<.^ h.n.sU.Uv.^„Pi.U,„aM.l(;io,oo,.a,an«udi»a,>, in «th.T iil.ites bHii^ lK»^'j,'y. Ami„,.wi,x.s^^^.liu.pKe..,fTm„t<•n...k. This s„va,u of liM.pi,nunUyimo\V..i Lake aft..,- a run of about four mn^s. KesicU-s its fan,,- as a flshinK-.-sort, it possess-s oth.r interest ce»t^miirrs.mt.ohf Indian p<...t..-y. hat, has h..... dis.-ovr.-d n..ar its windin.^ I^Uinva.y, nnd frrwo v/)»icL ».*,«„:, hor of <-nrious r.lics hav Ium., nn,.arilu.d. H. .M. .M. ':^^^4l-^ \i T ^mmm. np> '. ' I ' iLfliipiiipai TO\V>' C)F I'](TOX. 13 pQton. ^ : «;:::;;;.;:;;:.;::::.";r:;;v^;;:;:,';;:::;:: r ■■ "V"" - "^'-^ ;;;=cr;,::;;;:T::;:r;,;:::::::s -::;,;-:;:: I" «.UI „,„„„1 tl.. „„,„ .,,. „„„y ,I,.Ii^.l„f„| ,,,.,,.,, ,„„, „, 1,^ , . .y..-,ak,.„,„v„n„u« „.„.,... .n,..s„„„ HillM.. i:., ,,,-, „„\ ,, ., , ■..".,„B,.,K,„„„t,„„.W,„.,„ K.,,,.v,lI,.:«,„M., ,:i.,„„t ■,,.,.,, ,,.„„ „,^Z ..-..■«.■ .-t,.,,„„.r» ,•,■.!« ,1„. l,,k,. v,v,.kl.v ,„ Cluu-L.tt,.. 11 n PK'TL'RMSQL'E PRINCE EDWARD. ghe. §and :6ani^5. FRANK YEiGH, tordnto. (■^'ni:; f;i,'.noii:s;i!i(l CMiriinis Suil B;i!;ks of Piinrc l-Mw.ii-d Cuunly wcic ;i u-vcl.i- (llj,) t;;>;i t f) ni('. St.iinHim' on th.- iiiijlicst doni". it-* .sliaiply dciifd riilgc sliow- ir.g 11)!' l)aLiUv;iy oi" the nir currc'.its. the \i('\v i^ as iinicnii' ;i-^ it is sliikinjj; jmd bcriutifu!. In tlic west ;i vast sainiy ampluthcatn-, i-iu'loscd hy thi' r-vcr- refi'ding hills as tha^y ai'r l)li»\vii inland : a widi- sweep of sandy beach, whei'e loiij^ lines of w'nite cajis are heinjj; clia.^ed in hy tl'e treslienini^ breeze ; a wider sweep of Li!<.e Ontario, rea'.-hini^ to the nriini.iii 1, t > a ,u'i' >iim of islands outlined a.(ainst the s'lvy. ami to the Ii;,'litho\ises. Vvlio.-.e !aini)s have just lu-eii lighted. In t!:e east an i(U'a! rural seene of well-tilled farms, eoinfoi'table homes, v.indin;^' iliives amont; full fol:a,:>'ed jjfriives. twin isl.aud lakes (v.iu'r.- t lie s.-uidy-wldskered fishei'- nian's "gohi;»tion !" is hi'Jiril every timt^ a iish ('.->caii.'s) mirrorii\;4' (heir hanks in their n'.iniatui^' i);!vs : in tlie sont'n a mile of rock-bmnid sliore, t lie shale IvinL," ctirved into imitations of t'mples and turrets, of clliV dwelling's and noi-t.ille 1 c'lve^ ; abo\'e and around and over all tlie iiood. of .-raisel \va\ es tiuues ;dl the worl! with :,-rnat lU'al bea.uries beyon 1 ,any mort.al'.- pen to desci'ibe. Til" Sa:id Banks, iir.leed. v.ary in appe.'U'ane,' witii earli ehan;^' of at m )spl;ere Of peri.i.t of til • da>'. ^^"hen ullrtering in tlie moi-ninw sun, with a \\ bite briLdit- ness almost dazzlin.v: to the siis-iit. they ar.' totally distinct froe.i their.asjx-ct unili'V the pur{)le or crims(Ui l;'.)W of tii '>e niarvei.'ous sur.-i'ts. ^^'hen. too, they stand out in P/..M relief a;,?.iinsi a ba.k^iMund of Mu -bl.nck stortn ciouds theii' uhiteni'ss is H'ran;^ely cxpr.'ssiN'e and ir. siaitiir.^; cor.ir.ast to tiie u'l-ev siiroud of a r.tiny d;iy oi' tile symtiathf.' ;■■ purity of th- nioon"s ra.ys. Still aiiotlier eiVect is witness- e:l wh.e;! a. liu^'e lontire is ;i--!;ted ir. tlie beavh, c.i.-tiny its red retlei't ion on th ■ iSiUul siornis are n.')t infrerp.ient. especijil-y duritijjf ', Iv early s])rin,!j: or late fall. Under tlu' i>res.siue of a co:>ip;vrative]y lij^ht wind I .saw the sand blown. Imt s.i impalpable are its p;i: tiiles tli.a*" it con.l.l otily be felt on th.e fai'C or seen as ,n mi>i in frontof a dar;; l-ai k5;froun>l of trees. Dnriii;^' ;i h.eavy a.utuiun I>low. however, it rises ii; waves ten or fiveb.-e f>'et in heiL,ht as it sweep-: o\a'r 1 lie rounded sur- face or lij) tlic track of the valley.-, in the wint'-r such a mo\ (Mueut as this .after a snowstorm covers up fii' snow a.ui i -e, wliich can ii' easily fotmd ihu'iuL;- the summer iiy (li^i;'t!;inx i^ ;i deptli ol tw(i or three feet. At present tlu' banks in the l)cal;ty I visit;-.! extend for nearly f.>ur u'.ik's rt'.ot:^ t!ie shor;;' and from tluvc- m^ "ww^HMHHg Ssoi^aaBaiiiiQiiiiisgtit mftiitiM THF-: SAM) BANKS. 15 quiutci's to a mile inl.inil, tlii' iiiiixiiiiiiiii hci;n(> hiimli't'd .uiil tifty IVft . Similar, l)ut smaller hanks exist rlst'whcrc ill tlu' county. Till- force and power of these inij^hty hills are seen in their evei-onwaiil mn\e- luent inland, and in tin* sand-suhnierjv«*s that have heen sluwiy envelnpei! until only an ai'ea of tree-top-s pi-otnules fi-om the surfaci". At other points tlieii W(H'k of destruction is ]»lainly visil)le in the pine and Hr anr.inches and foliage have iteen starved or choked to a yellowing ileath. The advancing muss i-eaching out in some direct ions at the rate of fifteen feet per year — is .still eating up farm hiiids. and even homes if they chance to come in its way. Houses are seen here and t lure that are already partially sid)iiierged. ami, of course, deserted. » i TheSand Banks are a paividise foi- birds as well ascity-tircil folk. "How mMuy varieties a!'e found therer" I asked an old resident. "Name one lliat is not ii - l)i'esent<'(l," was his reply. Walking along the sand beach early one morning I came acioss a comi)any of cranes, tifty or more, feeding on tlie dead fi-li. Su'.- deidy, lail not until I was very near them, they sti-etched their great wings and flew to the sumnuts of the surrounding diuu-s. where they anathematised me for my unwai'i'antahle interference. The next day double the four-and-t v. cut y black- birds wliirled around me like pieces of black clouds, wliile near them and in the .s.ime grove a great crowd of crows, cawing hoarsely, left their distui-bed rookery for a safei' ret real. Pei'ched on a fence was a plump little woodpeckei-. working hai'd to find bis dinnei' in the worm-eaten rail. So eanu'st was he in liistask. and so hungry nuist he have been, that he paid no attention to my gradual approat h, beyond putting one bright, tiny eye on watch until f was within arm's length, when lu' hopped to the next rail and pt-rnutted a second close visit. Hut that eye did its dttty and a slowly outstretched hand madi' the en<>rgeiic nilibler lly to a neighboring tree t(){). Sandpipei's and ploveis art> also' nuinerows, a^ well a^ all kind of wild foul in the a\itmnn. 16 PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWAfJD. Sand Waifs. (3AND BANKS f892.) jj?KT ,„o ■•„ h..re, .,., with tiK. ».„„» of „.„l„H..» win,,.,, ,.„,„,„ ,„o. r^tr L«t me drcmii in tlie wind, <>•• •' 'i- 'H-yond all tinH.s'.n. the white snn.ls w.-ro sift.d Nucpi ;i.sli,„v by the sea. Let n.. dream-age fallows age 'n.id a whir] „f .„„s. And stai-s, and moons; V-.i.vs of stninge men so„n,l, and race after race goes hv To journey the path of souls. Let me h-e here, so-I fain would dream alway On these white, 'J I <^'T KMANA. chlltl of tlu' givat Lukc-laiul. the vtTy flowoi's lovr \u'V and shake- i| their .scented Im»IIs to make sweet the way as she piLsses; hutterflies tlo.it near, hirds sin>? to her, and the sun drops jjfold on her tresses dark and f^lo^sy. Happy hei- voice as the snu^ of tlie wind among hhie-lndls, and her eyes lovely and' dark as sliadows in forest pools undei- pines. And now at the time of tlie hloomini; of th«' wake-robin, when tlie woodlands, arc full of young tlowei-s and leaves, and the gra.s.ses green like green, .soft velvet, Kemana steals from her'^'igwam out into the night and runs swift as a hiuited (l"er. on and on through the forest till, suildi'uly, agreat black thing, blacker tha.i the pines with their thousand sluidows, stands iMjfoio hor. It is a luige b )ulder lying at the v«'rge of a hill, and she pauses by it.s lichened wall, clasps with a .small brown hand a slim elm, and, ]ieering down int<» the darkness, whistles a clear, mellow whisTTT' like the call of a night-l)ird. Glancing back into the wood whence she has come, she is startled, for she fancies she sees a figure almost obscure in the shadows, stirring, crouched by the- path. Tnen she looks closer, No, it is Init a low bough set in motion l)y a putf of wind. O. ice again she whistlrs : Oe. oe. "Keniana." . oe, oe, oe, oe, oe ! Up the hillside from under the garlands of vines and the hemlock-boughs Ken- na-i-on-gwe has come out of his hiding-pl.ace many a span down the great slope. He is her lover, not long since her father's captive taken in an encounter witii a hostile tribe. Her father, a great t'hief, decrees she shall wed a young bi-ave wIkv will one day be their Chief when he has gone away into the Ixmndless Hunting Grcmnd.s. Yet now Kemana loves Ken-na-nm-gwe, and she will go with him t(k his home far away by the blue Ontarif nii aih>'>l.y ; a loin- owl hWft'iiK l>y, and Hoiiifthiii^ Htirs in th;rass ; Hve-s<'ore Her• Dark is the night on the deep Htream, on the liosom of the Sleeping Sorrt)W, diivk and silent, and f nil <^f chiiids. Hiver-voiees are stilU'ai.d th«' winds hav(< H Keniana is fast-hoimd to tlie hole of an ancient j)ine whert' motionless she Htands ga/.ing into the tir*- watching tin* flann's as they leap iito air licking tln> hlack sh)uh>ws of the night. H«'re and there ahove tlie grjusses, white May-aj)i»le hlossoms shiiu' like small moons ; a woimded hlack-snake stirs occasionally, and a lone Ol grass heyond tlu- flames, Kemana cannot >>ee him, yet the half-dozen Imives who have hnnight liim hither will soon cast him into tlie flames, he, will di»! near her. And now pn'sently it happens ns they hegin a wild death-dance Jihont the hmigry flames, H sudden cry eou)e.s out of th<' dai-kness, striking terror to every heart of the hraves. It is the voice of the inysterions Oui-a-ra-lih-to I tlie dwarf, wis«>r than tln'ir Sachems, and lnr,l.s havo ilisa|>|wl lis ot" 1 1•(•^■^< fragrant and ^;i,''■•'>■ lil""t^^, lit'fh-s, and i inu-shat u n d. Not. a MiitikfWiTath tur s .iltovi' tilt' ti'«M'-t>H, not a wij;wani is is( en, I'urth*' Ifcd Man isptiu- tmni ilic hilN, his arrows an- shivered, and !ii> foot-i>iints tilled hy the moving; sands. Still wild and heunlitnl are the dnnes al tlie shiniiiK of the yelliiw i".)!!, when MDiinier winds lijow o!t' the lake, (lin^:inj? ahont j;reat watts of wliit" saiul wliich ^•tt ies and sifts witli tliin soiind throi'.^di low-.lroo|>inj; ltrhs of in. 1 in and ( e;lar ; and inaKiiitleent- in their streiij^th when winds are wild, aicthf .surging wuvjiH foaininj? in npon tlie shore witli voices deep am! tnnndrnons. Hut stanetiines tlie air is stirless and the voice of the hhu' .-ea is heard only in whi.'^pers ; the nioonheanis like spirit-i tlironj.; tlie wi;it<' hills and the .sliadowH liide in trees : 'i'heii listen ♦ Soft us the \ oice of the soutlie'n wind sin^jing to the wake-rohiiis -near hy, ^o m ar that it seems to float np from the s.ir.ds, comes a voice excpiisitely Hwex't, yon c.mnot j^uess its sweetness wi:) have never heard the song of Indian girl. It is Keinana, singinir in tlie ni:))!:".ight ( y..ars snow. Hav. f,,una tlu- I.:,.Mn:.l II..ntinK.(Jn„UKU and run The H.Tv -aunt let ,.f tl„.ir a.-tiw days. TilJfru-aivI.^ft tor,.l|,h;.,„,.un)fuIfa:r: A:. 1 r;i..s . iiispir.. us \vir!i su,-;, wild a:iM/,. Tlii'v s,...,M lik,. ,sin.,.t,v. p.,ssin,- d..wM ,1 v.iIm St.N-l)."d in un,-..rf:,in in..onIi-l,i. on th,>.i,- way T:ns,u\, some Lonin wIi.^k- darkn^- hlii^l^ Lh, ua. . An.l in'-ht i.s wraj.,...,! in myst-ry profonn.I. \NV cannot liff th,. nianti,. of th," pasf : \\'c" s.vn. to wand.T ..v.t I.,,1Iow...1 j,n'..ui!d : W^' >.•..! Cu. fail of Thon^^.t, ImU all is ovrivast. Thkukwasaimmk .and that is all w.. know ! N- ivronl livKs of th.-ir ..nsan;,niin..d d.vds : The past .seems palsied with s..n.e j-iant hlo.v. And {^rows II„. n.o.v ol.s.anv on what it tVeds. A rotted fiMirnient of a human leaf : ^ A few stray skulls ; a heap of h.unan hones ! These are tile reeor.ls the tra.litions hrief - •Twere easier far to read the speechl-ss .stones. The Heree Ojihways. witli tornado f,,,ve. Striking white terri»r t,. the hearts of l„,,ves ! The mighty Hurons. rollinjr „m their eou>se. Compart and steady .as the o.ean waves ! The stately Chfppewas. a warri,r host! Who w..they. Whenee.-Andwhy. No hutaau tongue cau pp"^;::; . '.jiv^'!*"-":'.i.,u! ..jju'-ii" i*Aii li Jni^'iMmitUmitUk A I.KTTKrxV SAND BANKS. 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Far<.Vrt!uMvi,UM.xtemlelshoro. 'I'H' hills- i„ i-oniV stmctuiv ris*., And Hep;,, as novert ml before.. •^^tve by the playmate, of thu"skiC8. ■"*•'' ■ • " ^ unfi '■ PICTURESQUfc: PRINCE EDWAIUX Ami while the waves' r(H('t;t»'d .shjulc Is fiiiDj; fill n:; each rising uioiiiitl, ^ I watch th«' ( iirli It; figun h made, ■1, \Vhi«*h half {troclaim 'tin fairy groiiiid. Hero ()h«'i( n, and Mah, his (incen, Have t«)l(>nize 1 their infant ti-ain, From Scothind's hille and Erin's green, Where many a happy day they've lain. But joy be theirf — I will not bring One reccjllectiij) to their view, Or of the'r harp touch one Boft string, Or tht)ught}s of oiher days renew. Enoug}i for me to gaze upon The wild-fruit n< (ding on each hill, Where thou, most {.enerous Oberon, May'fct s] ort .-.nl skip at pleasure's will Then far-e thee well— still light and free As summer winds that fan the lake. On, onwi r 1 to «^lernity, May gi ief n( r c i:e thee overtake I Tlwau«£hwr iig Adam Kidd, who, in IK*), had jirinted at the office of the JH((Br«i«l«firfA''«») r m a small lagoon. This morning 1 picked uj) a piece trf old pottery •.AwhiUi liill had di-ifted away near its e«lge leaving the brown earth almost Ifii* red-grey in to'oi', and s})rinkle-■- •--■ -"^ v;::::;r ;t: •:::- '•«n.-tur-,tV..n,Uu.s,„ul,,w..n.i,s ^Vith st'ctliin^r fj,.,. . Hut while- J u litc ■, ,i.,,.i- « »"u, .Kl.nk hgur«' coiDt-s -<'••■'• -"Kfssw..,.t,ik..th,.voi..../ 2 h.t.an.,..H,ta....i,. i. .,. h.Hips, ^'■'"""— ••'yth.p,.in..c.ssM...autv ^.v ' ' "^'^ "*^'"""- 1—1 this way, Oii\vai-(J.sh«'C(,iiH.s »hi. >.iM ""I- ""»Kii,«ti„„. ,„„i ,i„. ™,„i Mil' .,,,. ■ : '."■ '■ """ '" '""■>• " "''"t".,, H- M. Al. ^\ ^ 21 Pi('TrHi<:sQrK phinck kdwahd. ©rayer f^OQi^s arnd ©rayer Sea, CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS HAY rocks, iuid grayer sfa. And surf alonpr the shiire- Aiul in n\y heart a name My lips shall speak no more. Tlic high and lonely hills Endtire the darkening year And in my heart en(hnv A memory and a tear. Acioss the tide a sail That tosses and is gone — And in my heart the kiss That longing dreams upon. Gray roeks, and grayei- sea. And snif along the shore- And in my heart the face That I shall see no more. jL^j^l If I OCTOHEK .\MUX(4 THK SAND MILLS. Oetob&r Among the gand Hills. 2*i'7g|'"**-^' there!" ^I^^|, Tlic horses ^1*1*1 <'f i^ i'«'st, stoj) sliort, iiiul in ii iiiDiiieiit we iitc all uul on the i»liilt'opni in front of the Lake Sliore Honse. a sndden exdania- 1 ion is heard and one of t he childicn plncks fi-oni a lar^e hnsii a hundred-petalled, .Inne rose, veiiiy a i-ival of the "Last rose of snnnnei'."' Not. a sonl is to he fonnd ahont the hnildin^. the hlinds ai'e closed and all is «|niet. Here a great, j^rey-spot ted mot h Hies off into the leaf-shadows there, a white cat. still loth to move city- ward, lies a-d?'eam in a dusky corner, near a heap of wat»'r-nielon rinds. So. away to the sand ! It is a charnnnff day. the 2<>th Octohei-, and deii^htfid here anmni; these wildly lieantifnl hills i-eachinj^ away in almost melancholy j;randenr. dnneondnne. alon^ the j^reat, Ontario. 'I'hey are (piite deserted now and how impressive is that seiisf' of litter' loneliness pervading s])ots like this w heic hnl a short lime a^'o wei-e children at i)lay and many ]ileasnr«'-lo\('rs idling away long, smmy li creeping plants hlossoming yellow on the sands, liright, heantifid hlossoms like to|ia/es set in silver, many of the \ines heing drifted (i\er. the flowers alone left \ isihie. In othei' places among the hills some distance fi'om the shore, are si lange col- le(!tious of shells, large, white snail-shells, and smaller onts sjiolted lirown. One wonders these ai-e not well scattered. On the contraiy they lie close together, iimnhers of thejn on each of several lone, small jKitches of sand. And now for i 20 PUTrUKSQCI-: IMJIXCK KDWAKl). A SWIM 1 Nowwht-n- (Mil .1 iiiDiv (l(•li^'htt'lll spot !)(• fitimd. The water i:> warm even ill tins late time, ami one can walk out loiij^ (li.stHiieeK. the pure saiiil still umlerfoot. Deeper grow the liinpiil waters, and Kfailuaily deeper- the wind is fresh, l>li.winf< over the blue lake from tlie south, and many deep rolling w.jves lireak liy us.. efftM've.scinsr al»,)iit us, in .1 million cool lml)l)l(-s. Wave follows wave, rolling shoreward, and for some little time we tread tl rising and falling with its wild heart-throbhing.^ le sands of the windv sea, ever H. M. yi. "^ \ THH REKi) I>^AV^;I^ ' • II fvcii ;i( iiiidfrfodt. Ii, lili>\viiif{ '.ik liy us., c. rolliii;^ sea, cvfi • M. M. \ 5fi& ^eed flayer. DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT. V a dim sh,„,. \vli..n- wut.r.'.irkcnri- TlM.k til,, la.st Vurht of .SJ)nil^r. ' w.-iit Lryond tho tinnult hearko.iiug Foi-.SDinc diviner thintf. WlHMv tin. l.at.s H.w fron. (h. hlac-k .lu.s like- Ieav« Over till' f:i)()ii p„„i, Brooded tho hitr,,.nf.s cry, as ont. (hat Lands ancient, bountiful. i«> grievep I S.-UV (he fire-flies .shine helow (|,e wood Above the shallows dank, As Uriel from sonie great altitude The i)lants r.mk on rank. And now unse..n alon^^ the .sluvuded n.ead' One went under t!ie hii! ; He blew a cv; :e:u-. on his n,e:iow r..;.d. That trenihledand w.is stii'. Tt.sppn.r.da. if., linr. or..,,nI..:. fi,.... Hadsho^ til- g-,tlier..d dusk. As if had Mown a wi).l fron. aneient Tyro. LaCen with niyrrh and musk. He -ave his lurin- note ;M:,id the fern Its cn'gni.'i'ii' fall, Haunt,.! the h,:iowdusk:w^hg.M,„n,„,, And arg.'iit interv.i!. « fi PKTL-HKSQUH i'KL\( K KDWAHi). 1 <()iil(l iiiit, know tilt' nil ssK<^<' tli;^l he \i