Excerpt from The History of Eastport, and Vicinity: A Lecture Delivered April, 1834, Before the Eastport Lyceum De Monts and his men called the bay 'a sea of salt water; but in ascending the river, found it an inconsiderable one, and admitting vessels, even on the tide, to no great distance. The island itself, containing but a few acres, they called St. Croix, because ten leagues higher, there were brooks, which came 'crosswise, to fall within this large branch of the sea' - a circumstance which has given to the Schoodic the same name. The island is situated just opposite the northeast corner of Robbinston, just below the Devil's Head its soil is fertile, and is usually the residence of one family. It is often call ed Neutral Island, and was the property of the late General Brewer. 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.