A Series of Letters, Descriptive of Prince Edward Island in the Gulph of St. Laurence: Addressed to the Rev. John Wightman, Minister of Kirkmahoe, Dumfries-shire - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1822. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... written concerning this new world, there is yet room for more before the inhabitants of the old countries can have a proper idea of it. It is needless to say such knowledge might be useful in ascertaining distinctly who should emigrate, and who should not; and might also have a tendency to reconcile the minds of those who cannot or ought not to travel, to remain more contentedly at home. For the above purposes I shall write you occasionally, as I travel over the Island, when I have collected any thing worthy of your own notice, or that of the public. I shall therefore, without further preamble or apology, beo-in my Narrative and Description, referring the whole of what I may write to your better judgment, whether it deserves to be seen by any other eye than your own. All things being ready on board the brig Diana,of Dumfries, on Tuesday the 18th of April, we sail& ed next morning at four o'clock from Carsethorn, foot of the river Nith. The night had been calm, but towards sun-rise the wind sprung up from the west, directly a-head of us; and while we passed down the Solway Frith, we had to tack about from side to side. As the day advanced, the breeze increased; and by the agitation of the vessel, all the passengers on board, forty-five in number, became more or less sea-sick, excepting the young children, who were never troubled with it during the whole voyage. But one good effect arose from the universal sickness prevalent at this time; the pain of body which we felt, left no leisure to think of the loss of life, which otherwise, from our total unacquaintance with such a scene, might have been alarming to some of us in no ordinary degree. I said all the grown up people were at this time affected with sea-sickness, but the pregnant women were most distressi...

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