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; i . ., 7.3. T“ w. WINNIPEG’S GREAT GROWTH. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OP [ MAKITOBA‘S CHIEF CITY. In the Last Decade It Ila: Growa from a selected this 3!” Bamleltoatfommunliy «30,000 People wisely and very probably built better than ~m Assume! Realty Value hi 35.000. 1 they knew: “5 3 more 00mmanding P03i‘: coo. Wills.- lhe Annual Volume of Rusl- . g." Exceeds $10,000,000 __m"”mcd . meeting here are of no small consequence, Mercantile Interestsâ€"Canadians and Their Enterprise. Notwithstanding his proverbial shrewd- I-m. .88)’8_tllc Chicago Tim”, the average one place only the Red river can be made American is at fault when dealing With the ‘ navigable for the largest lake steamers tothe resources and territorial extent of central . Canada. The great majority of writers and speakers in the United States are prone to corsider the arable portion of the territory a mere strip running along the international boundary line. Why this is it is hard to say, but partially probably because of the recent entrance, so to speak, of these dis- tricts into the societ of civilized communi- ties. As is well nown, the Canadian Pacific road was not completed till 1885, hence the greater part of this wide region was not thoroughly accessible to explorers and settlers until that time. In view, then of this prevailing ignorance itmay be inter- esting to cite a. few facts regarding the area and natural resources of this northwestern portion of the continent. A line running 1,600 miles from north to south, and another of equal length from east to west, does not reach the borders of this rolling, pai k-like plain, whose uniform . adaptability to agriculture and stock-raising 3 But we will I is now verified by experience. not in this article go beyond the points embraces an area of nearly 500,000 square miles. by the statement that out of it might be curved 1101983 than Bight states, 911011 the for fear of being considered visionary, we size of Illinois, and then a good slice to spare. The continent can not produce a soil su- perior in fertility to the rich black loam soil of Manitoba (area. 123,200 square miles), and, with local exceptions, such as morass or a belt of hills, the same applies to the whole territory above design- ated. The yield of wheat per acre has run from twenty to forty and forty-five bushels, of the world-famour “ Manitoba hard” wheat, while the harvest of the present year may be described as the crowning effort of a record-breaking soil, fifty to sixty bushels to the acre being recorded in many cases. This wonderous fertility, coupled with the vast extent of territory equally adapted to wheat-raising, warrants authorities on wheat culture in prophecying that inside of fifty years central Canada will be the world’s breadmaker. It will readily be understood that a soil so fertile naturally produces grasses in great variety and unsurpassed in quantity and quality, insuring an ever plentiful supply of fodder for domestic cattle. This never- failiiig supply of nutritous grass, the plenti- ful supply of pure, running water, the sheltering blufl's 0f timber, 88 W911 ES im- made showing this power to be obtainable inunity from cyclones in summer and suow- at a cost purely nominal as compared with storms in winter, combine the. properties the great results. The city is now takin which make Alberta one of the finest raucli- steps to have this pgwer developed, an ing districts, on the continent. Stock- raisin is carried on With equal success in the ot ier provinces, and Manitoba beef and . passed by but few cities on the continent. dairy products have already an enviable re- putation on the European market. The above shows what central Canada can produce in the way of cereals and live stock but these are by no means the only resources of the district. Forests cover northern Manitoba, and one of the timber regions of the continent flanks it on the east, while-belts of pine, spruce. oak, elm, and poplar forests crown every hill and 1 stone and brick dedicated to commerce, and encircle every valley, lake and stream throughout the plains. Extensive deposits of iron are found on an Island in Lake Win- nipeg, building-stone in various districts, marble on Lake Manitoba, salt, mica, gyp- sum, and other valuable minerals in the lake district, while the petroleum and coal fields in the western districts are practically inex- haustible. only industries that can be carried on. Be- sides this, however, that marvelously rich mincral district surrounding Lake Superior on the north extends to within a hundred miles of the Red river, and yields in any quantity, limited only by the producing power, gold and silver, iron, nickel and cop- ‘retc. The climate of central Canada is by people in the cast and south generally considered something awful in its severity. that the climate of Minnesota and Manitoba is practically identical, while the provinces further west, especially in Alberta, it is much milder,\owing to the greatly reduced altizude of the Rocky mountains, and conse- quent. easy ingress of the warm Pacific winds. Proofs as to this were furnished the New York Sun a short time ago by the Hon. J. W. Taylor, United States consul at Win- nipeg. 11c say : " ' ' “ The prairo ies’ fimtling of the spring has the pop- ular designation of ‘ Crocus ’ " ' " but I prefer the children’s name, the “ Gos- ling " llowcr. ‘ " ' It- is often gathered on the Mississippi bluffs, near the Falls of St. Anthony, the 15th of April. It appears simultaneously on the dry elevations near “'innipeg. It was observed even earlier, .ihc 13th, durin" the Saskatchewan cam- pnign of 1333. ‘3 ' - l-‘qually siginifi- cant “ “ ' arc the records of ice ob- . struction in rivers, thcir emancipation being simultaneous from li‘ortSncllmg. Minnesota, to For! Vermillion, Athabasca." For the benefit of those given to consider city on the continent, taking size. into con- Cansdiaus " slow" it may be stated that I sideration. . l forty hotels, besides a number of restaurant. central Canada's white population to-day is fully 200,000, where as ten years ago it was but 40,000. In 1881 central Canada had 150 miles of railroads, today she has nearly 4,000 miles. In 1881 the total grain crop was less than 1,000,000 bushels, while this season's total grain crop will be about 60,- 000.000 bushels. This record of grain~rsis- ing by so small a pioneer population stands without a parallel. The commercial headquarters, the indus- trial, intellectual, and er ucational centre of this vast territory is the city of Winnipeg, whose growth in a few years from an o scum Hudson's Ba company‘s trading post toa compact, soli city of 30,000 inhabi- tantsis one of the marvels of rapid city building. Winnipeg is situated onalevcl lain, where the rapid-running Assiniboin folds its waters with those of the Red river, sixty-six miles north of the international _ l terrritory over which this young city reigns reached by that great western pioneerâ€"the ' supreme and its wonderful array of natural railway train, and accordingly fully acces<l sible to settlers. The district thus equipped ? What this area means is made plain . great mile, its assessed value is $25,000,000, and All the above are resources be- i _ longing to the prairie region and show that ' branch officers here, and the loan companies agricultural and stock raising are not the ' represented have invested some $13.0..0,000 {are in operation, both electric and horse The fact is i idea, the Queen’s, and the Leland, but by Forward 1 “ The Lord spake unto Hoseaâ€"Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward: Exodus XIV. 16. O‘er tho Centuries still it sonndetl’i From llanl-Zcphon bv the sea ! Soundcth! Soundcth! Soundeth! Soundeth! Still the care of God aboundcth. “‘iicn the wilderness surroundethâ€" As in da '3 that are to thee Types of i the days and doings In humanity's pursuingsâ€" From within the shadows. hiding God. Omni otent, abiding, Every trut tuned ear may hear him Calling. every leader near Him know the message and the meaning Of the crimsoncd cloudway leaning. From the sheltering skies ,above him,â€" l Read the mandate which shall move him I To forgot the things behind him. boundary line and forty miles south of Lake “’innipeg, the second largest inland sea of the continent, and forming, in conjunction with the Red river and the great Saskatche- wan river, an unbroken chain of navigable waters extending northwest“ ard over 1,000 miles. . TheIIudson's Bay coxnpany'sofiicials who t for a trading-post chose I tion can not be found. The waterways! guaranteemg as they do for all time, once 1 they are properly utilized, a competing. route for a great shape of the interprovincial commerce. \Vith a small expenditure in All the carnal bon s that bind him. All the lustful b ' hts that blind him : Emma-earthy, se flsli, sordidâ€"â€" "l‘is upon her rocks recordedâ€" Doom and death and throned hating Rule,â€"and Vaseslage awaiting lVitli her chainsâ€"and Want and Sorrow Makingfiesolute each niorrow. L0! This glad, imperial message With its luminous embassnge, Hath such wondrous help and hoping Still. for all, who blindly groping Through life‘s dim uncertain mazesâ€" With their ever-changing phasesâ€" Find, within its tone and word, Inspiration from the 10rd,- Find the faith of yesternight . “'hich had vanished with the light,â€" Find the grace in which they stood Neath tho “ Paschal ' sprinkledâ€"blood,â€" Find the strong, obedient will, . Bidding Passion’s pulse :â€"“ Be still,"â€" Find the steadfast confidence That could say: “ I follow hence,"â€" 'l‘hcugh the Wind-swept billows rave That could walk into this wave Nothing fearing. not a doubt But that God would lead them outâ€"- Brings them safely o'er the flood To the “ Promised Land " of God. “ Forward 1" Let this call a. watchword be Unto me and unto thee From Baal-Zephon by the sea. ‘ Bv LLEWELLYN A. MORRISON. ‘ The El ms,” Toronto. center of the city. By cutting a canal through a narrow neck of level prairie land 43nd 3 company has already been organized for this purposeâ€"the Assiniboiii is con- nected with Lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg- osis, forming a second chain of navigable waters extending hundreds of miles north- 1 west fromVVinnipeg. At thejunction of the 1 above~mentioned rivers is also the converg- ing point of the fertile plains extending west and northwest for more than 1,000 miles. and the vast. fields of petroleum and coal, and of the limitless area of timber and minerals extending eastward for hundreds of miles through the rock highlands bor- dering on Lake Superior. This position guarantees to \Vinnipeg for all timeto come the control of not only the interprovincial trade, but also the already stupendous trans- continental and transoceanic trade. The highways of commerce traversing these dif- ferent regions must forever pour their treasures through the gates of the city. Having in view the immensity of the resources, one cannot help observing the hand of destiny pointingout \Vinnipeg as one of the great commercial centers of the world when this great realm of nature is developed, as it will be erc long. However, A Race For Life. A gun is heard at the dead of night, “ Lifeboat ready! " And every man to the signal true Fights for place in the cagercrew : “ Now, lads, steady ! " First a. glance at the shuddering foam, Now a look at the lovinghome, Then together, with bated breath. They launch their boat in the gulf of death. Over the breakers wild, Little they rock of weather, But tear their way Tho’ blinding spray, Hear the skipper cheer, and say, “ Up With her lads, and lift her, All together ; ” . ‘9 will refrain from lifting even a corner of the curtain hiding the scene of a future time and instead deal with Winnipeg as it is. As a railway center lVinnipeg is entitled to a. front rank in the galaxy of railway centers on the continent, she having no less than twelve lines of railway centered within her borders. 01 the five Pacific roads three have lines to iVinnipegâ€"tbe Canadian Paci- fic, whose headquarters for the western di- vision are here ; the Northern Pacific, and Great Northern. A year or two from now the Duluth & Winnipeg will have terminals here, and so will the Manitoba & North- western railway, which rumor says will be- fore long become a transcontinental road. The Great Northwest Central railway, whose present eastern terminus is brandon, will also, in all probability, seek entrance to Winnipeg ere long. VVater-power for iiianufactories is another project of no small importance to the city. The normal power in the Assiniboin river is equal to some 4,000-horse power, and by constructing a short canal connecting the river with Lake Manitoba at the lowest es- timate 6,000 additional horsepower will be obtained. Serveys and estimates have been Theysee the ship in a sudden flash, Sinking ever; And grip their cars with a deeper breath; Now it’s come to a fight with death ; Now or never! Fifty strokes and the ’re at her side, If ihey live in the boi ing tide, If they last thro’ the awful strife ; Ah, my lads, it's a race for life! Over the breakers wild, Little they rock of weather, But tear their way Th 0' blind ing spray, Hear the skipper cheer, and say, “ Up with her, lads, and lift her All together! ” And loving hearts are on the shore ~ Hoping, fearing, * * * Till over the sea there comes a cheer, Then the click of the cars you hear Homeward steering, ~ Nc'cr a thought of the danger post, Now the lads are on land at last; \Vhat’s a storm to a gallant crew Who race for life, and who win it too? Over the breakers wild Little they rock of weather, , But tear their way Tliro' blinding spray, Hear the skipper cheer, and say, ” Up with her, lads, and lift her All together I ” â€"Tcmple Bar. ' J. L. MOLLOY. within two or three years at most Winnipeg will be able to boast a. water-power sur- Ten years ago the city was a. hamlet, to- day it has 30,000 inhabitants. Ten years ago thefirst lineof railway connecting it with the outside world was completed, to-day a dozen railway lines radiate from it in every di- rection. The area of the city is 20.15 square â€"_.__- At the Creekside- Where the creek winds through the less, Miles above the misty mill, Underneath the willow trees, Stretched in indolance and case, With his fancy but to please, Lies the farmer's son, yclept Bill. the number of buildings is over 6,000â€"inag- nificent public buildings, solid structures of many costly residences. Some sixty fee. tories have been established. The number of wholesale firms is forty and retail firms is fully 500, and the annual volume of busi- ness exceeds $40,050,000. The banking cap- ital represented by ten chartered banks is over $30,000,000, with accumulated surplus of some $12,000,000. All the principal loan, insurance, and mercantile corporationshave Now he scans the minnow’s dart, Round the boulders in the shade, Listens to n. cluttering art. Going to o. neighboring mart, Cross the stream wlicre human art At the road a ford has made. There a bloated frog, to crook, Squats grotesquely on a log ; From a hole in yonder oak Peeps a squirrel, Just. awoke. Coaxing him its head to stroke, ' ‘tadfarm roet‘. t ' 1“ 01 y n p p r 1633 S reetrnilways Crouchcs Bob, the collie dog. systems, and an excellent system of water- works. The city has 100 miles of graded streets, ten miles of paved streets, 120 miles of sidewalk, over thirty miles of sewers, 150 hydrants, forty water-tanks, forty public wells, electric and gas street and house lighting, complete telephone and messenger service, three fire stations with first-class equipment, and a police force second to none. . In educational matters lVinnipeg stands at the head of every western city of like population, no effort being spared to provide a universal education at the lowest possible cost. The Dominion government has pro- vided handsomely for education by giving one out of every eighteen square miles of arable land to the public schools, and, be- sides, lias endowed the University of Mani- toba with 150,000 acres of the choicest land to be found in the province. The city has one university, five colleges, one high- schocl, one collegiate institute, one model school, two medical schools, twouty-one public schools, two ladies’ schools, and one convent. The public schools are nearly all substantial brick buildings and their total valuation is $300- 000, while the amount required for their maintenance is close on $90,000 a year. Hotel accommodation is always a question of importance with the travelling public and in this matter Winnipeg is second to no i Bluebird, robin and a jay Venture near him to alight ; Perches one upon a spray, Looks asknncc, as if to say, Why in idleness to-day’l Are you not a lazy Wight? Where Love Dwells. RY w. GREIG Love. sweet Love, where dost thou dwell, In rich abode or humble cell, Or in forest dense or high . \thrc the mountains meet the sky? 0r upon some isle unknown, For in ocean's wilderness .1 Or from earth for ever flown, Dwellcst thou in distant space! Fair. 0 fair. sweet Lovo, art thou? The 5 mo of cloud o'er yonder brow, Tingc with purple, gold and green, Images thy form serene; And so calm the azulino ilczu'ingit- on bosom blue, Seems it. like a land divine Where can be nothing untrue. Yet, not there thy sacred home, For there the storm and tempest come; For he 'ond our clouded sky Must t y faithful lovers fly; But the heart- that proves Sincere, Breathing faith unspeakable, Thou wilt take to thy . pure sphere. Evermore \vith t 1 co to dwell. No Wonder He Killed Himself- Tl'l‘l'SVlLLE, Pa., Jamâ€"William Harman has committed suicide from a. melancholy The leading ones at present are the Clarenvl conviction that he was his own randfather. Here is the singular letter that e left : l I married a widow who had a grown-up daughter. My father visited our house very often, fell in love with my stepdaughter, and the Northern Pacific Railway com nyin’ married her. So my father became my son- connection with their depot, will efullylin-law, and my stepdaughter my mother opened tothe public. This palatial struc- because she was. my fathers Wife. Soon ture, seven stories high, has been erected l afterward my Wife had a sonâ€"he was my at a cost of over $500,000, and will compare father's brother-m-law and my uncle, for favorably with any hotel in Chicago, New he was the brother of my stepmother. My York. or Boston. The above proves Win- father’s wife 1‘. 0., my step- anghter, had nipeg‘s ability to cater to the tastes of all also a son ; he was, of course, my brother, classes of travellers. gnd, in the mean time, my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. W was my grandmother, mother’s mothei . There are in the city above the down of 1392 these will have to look to tbsirlaurels, as b that time the magnifi-l cent structure the otcl Manitoba, built by Cardinal. Dominica Agostini, Patriarch of Venice, died at Venice on Thursday. He was born in 182.5. grandfather, I was my own grandfather.’ v My wife because she was my I was my wife’s husband more conviction in an empty head than the and grandchild at the same time. And as l most superficial declamation ; as a feather the husband of a person’s grandmother is his OUT WITTED BY A BOY. Redmond O’Hanlon, the most noted of the Irish brigands, after distinguishing himself through the most darin deeds met his vanquisher at last in a shop eeper’s ap~ prentice. This youth’s master, having to receive a good round sum of money in N ewry, was afraid to risk an encounter with Redmond or some of his gang on his return to Dundee his native town. In his perplexity his apprentice, 16 years of age, offered his services, which, after some hesitation, were accepted. The youth, in the words of Mr. Cosgrove author of the “- Irish Rogues and Rap- parees,” went to the field and brought home an old vicious screw (much of the same hu- mor with Sir Teague O’Reagan’s warnorse, on which he rode out to meet Duke Schem- berg after the surrender of Charlemont), and when any other came up to meet him on the road he always strove to bite or kick him, by which means he commonly kept the road to himself. As he wended on his way he was over. taken by a wellâ€"dressed gentleman, with whom be freely entered into discourse, mak- ing no secret of his business or of his ex- pectation of being about the same place on his return tomorrow with £100 in his pos- session. “ I wonder,” said his fellow traveler, “ you are so free in your communication with strangers. How can you tell but that I may be Redmond O‘Hanlon or one of his gang '3” “ Oh, oh 1” said the boy, bursting out laughing, “ such a nice-looking gentleman as you to be a robber 1 Do you think I haven’t eyes 2" “ Well, at all events, I advise you to be more discreet. Redmond is famous at dis- guises and will pin you if he gets wind of your business. Here's a crown for you to drink my health, but keep a bridle on your tongue.” The grateful youth, sobering at once, made the promise. And even as the boy expected, the gentle- man overtook him as he was returning next day, and conversation was resumed. “ Well, my boy, ‘I suppose from your looks you have not met with any bad com- pany, and your money is safe 2” “ Indeed it is, sir ; many thanks for your good advice. ” “ How are you carrying it ‘2” “ In the two ends of this ticket wallet.” “ Dear me 1 I would like to feel the weight of it out of curiosity,” and he approached, but the horse lashed out and he was obliged to keep his distance. “ Throw over that wallet,” he said, rath- er sternly for such a nice-spoken gentleman. “ Oh, sir, honey, sure you wouldn’t rob me I What would the master say ‘2" “ I don’t know, but this is what I say: If you don’t surrender it at once, I will send a bullet through you and another through your garrau.” “ I promised my master not to let myself be robbed till I was in danger of my life. Here is the money, but you must take the trouble of crossing the ditch for it.” So saying he heaved the bag over the slough that bordered the road and the hedge beyond it into the next field. This annoyed the highwayman, but judging the prize worth the trouble, he dismounted, scrambled over the dike and fence higher up and laid hands on the bag. Hearing a clatter he raised his head, and, looking over the fence, saw the innocent youth making the road to Dundalk short on his own (Redinond’s) good steed, and the vicious beast prancing about on the road and longing for some one to fly at. He was enraged for being so taken in, but much more when he found the two ends of the precious wallet contained nothing more valuable than the copper halfpence of the time. The boy arrived safe in Dundalk with the hundred guineas quilted in his waistcoat. After many escapades from armed foes sun from prisons, O'Hanlon was treacher- ously killed by his own foster-brother for the sake of the reward, an almost unprece- dented crime in his country. Poisoned American Apples. An English correspondent writes :â€"A sensation of considerable magnitude prevails in fruit circles over poisoned American ap- ples. The Horticultural Times started the ball rolling by saying that the poison is ab- sorbed into the fruit, and even a thin coat- ing of it is left on the skin, for American apples are syringed with a poisonous solution to keep insects away, and they thus become very dangerous to those who eat them. The paper goes on to demand that the attention of the Board of Trade and the President of the Agricultural Department be given to the consideration of the evil, and in the mean- time everybody in the fruit-growing trade is discussing the matter and the public goes on eating its American apples with compla- cency and undiminished relish, apparently willing to take its chance of death or of sick- ness. . . Five trotting stallions will stand the sea- son of 1892 at $1,000 per mareâ€"Axtell, Allerton, Nutwood, Guy Wilkes and Stam- boul. These five sits are now regarded at the “Four Hundred of the equine world. It will be amusing to compare notes upon the performance of their progeny in the next five years.” -â€"â€"â€"oâ€"â€"-â€"â€" Canadian Apples in England. The success of the Canadian apple in Eng- land hns been pretty well demonstrated this season. The total shipment to date have been 530,594 barrels, as against 168,968 last year. On the London market Canadian apples have been the foremost brand, and command special riccs. Of the different varieties the Bal win has been a strong favorite. The Kings bring higher figures, and any good apple finds a ready sale. A writer from Grand Pro, in the celebrated valley of the Annapolis, Nova Scotia, says that the locality has been a large sharer in the benefits resulting from the success‘of the Canadian apple. An acre of orchard in full bearing is said to be worth $1,000. The average price for the shipment of 1801 is figured at about $2 per barrel. Ontario has no doubt also participated largely in. the success of Canadian fruit, but the possibili- ties of profitable apple-raising in this pro- vince are realized by few. The soundest argument will produce no I andaguinea fall with equal velocity in a lvacuutn. AMONG THE WILDS OF THE NORTH' WEST. Oxluvlo lakes a Great «Journey In an Al- most Unknown Panoramas“. Mr. William Ogilivic, Dominion land sur- veyor, who during the summer and fall has been exploring on behalf of the Dominion Government in the Mackenzie River coun- try, has arrived in Ottawa from his northern trip. “ life left- Calgary,” said Mr. Ogilvie, “ on July 7 last for Athabasca Landing. The descent of ‘the Athabasca River was be~ on on the morning of the 15th in alargc eterborough canoe. ‘ The permanent party consisted of myself and two men. The de- scent of Grand Rapids, about 168 miles, was made in about two days. Below that. the eighty miles of rapids to Fort McMurray occupied about two and a half days, and from Fort McMurray to Fort Chippewayan, on Lake Athabasca, 186 miles, the time was nearly three days, and Fort Smith, on the Great Slave River, was reached on the 29th of July. From this point the descent of the Great Slave River was made by the Hudson Bay' steamer \Vrigley to Fort Resolution, on the Great Slave Lake, near the mouth of the latter river. At Resolution a stop of several days was made. At Chippewayan, on Lake Athabasca, the headquarters of the Hudson Bay Com- pany, district of Athabasca, wheat was grown by the Roman Catholic Mission which in 1876 was exhibited at the Centennial Ex- hibition in Philadelphia. This post is in 61° 10 N. lat. During the past summer a plague of grasshoppers destroyed everything grown around the post. At this point the Mackenzie River is up- ward of a mile wide, with a good depth of water and a moderate current. A survey was made along the Liard River to the mouth of what is locally known as the Nel- son River. Fort Liard is 186 miles above Simpson, on the Liard River, which at this point is about 600 yards wide, and is in low water ten feet deep in midstresm. Here also the Hudson Bay Company has a garden, in which potates are grown. It is said, too, that wheat can be grown here; “ Up the Nelson River a survey was con- ducted to Fort Nelson, about 100 miles above the confluence with the Liard. There is a Catholic mission here, but in July last all the buildings were swept away by the flood, and the people in the valley were driven to high groun back from the river. A few potatoes were planted in the spring, but were destroyed by the flood. Generally the post grows enough potatoes for the use of the officers in charge and their servants. As the route to be travelled over involved the ascent of the Nelson river from this point for upward of 200 miles, and a portage of twenty-five miles to the water system of the Peace River, three Indians were engaged to assist the party on the journey. But, Indian- like, at the expiration of four days they got homesick, and deserted in the early morn- ing of the fifth day, leaving the party to make its way as best it could to the Peace River. The ascent was continued without their aid for three days, when the current became so strong and the water so shallow that it was hard labor to get up at all. After four or five days’ travelling the condition of things became so bad that one or two miles was a. hard day’s work. As the point where the portage was to be made could not be less than forty or fifty miles further on, and as the profisions were running short, I deter- mined to abandon the canoe and start over- land to Fort St. J ohu, on Peace Riv er. Each man of the party had at the start a pack of about seventy-five pounds weight. A course was taken which it was hoped would lead to Fort St. John, but we were not certain. “ The country for twenty-five miles prov- cd‘ to be dense woods or small timber, through which it was difficult for a man without a pack to make his way, and very difficult with one : the consequence was that slow progress was made, the clothes of each member of the party being literally torn to pieces. The distance covered by our party could not have been less than 140 to 160 miles. The last four days of the journey the members of the party were on an allowance of provisions, all the store they had being six pounds of bread among the three. This had to be supplemented by killing such part- ridges, rats, and squirrels us were seen, which unfortunately proved very few. “ The evening of the fourteenth day after leaving the Nelson River, St. John was reached, much to the sur rise of the Indians, who were all congregate there, having come in from their summer hunt to procure the necessary outfit for the fall and winter hunt. They- were amazed at the party’s arrival and could not understand how white men who had never been in the country before could make their way so well without a guide. I then started down the Peace River to work my way to Edmonton by open water, but the day after my departure a severe snow storm commenced, which lasted for three days, and twenty-four hours after I left Fort St. John the river was running thickly with ice. At Fort Dunvcgan, 120 miles be- low Fort St. John, a stay of three days was made takingobserwtious, and the journey to the crossing, sixtyofour miles further down, was made overland. At the crossing it was found impossible to cross the river on account of the driftice, so the party had to remain there for nearly two Weeks. “ At Fort Dunvegan there is 3. Hudson Bay Company post and a Protestant and Roman Catholic mission, all of which grow large quantities of potatoes and garden stuff. Tomatoes here also ripen and pump- kins fully mature. Cabbage and cauliflower grow to tremendous size. One cabbage ex- hibited, stripped of all lozse leaves and left , fit for cooking, measured fifty-three inches in circumference and weighed twenty-eight pounds. Carrots and beets grow to an ex- traordinary size, as also do turnips. “ Twelve miles above the Peace River crossing Shaftesbury Mission is situated. Here the Rev. J. G. Brick is farming. He is surrounded by quite a number of indians, whom he trits to teach to farm. His prin- cipal hope for the benefit of the natives lies in his school. “ From Athabasca to Edmonton the jour- ney was made by horse, team, and sleigh. The distance covered from the time of leav- ing Calgary was about 2,900 miles, of which about 1,900 was made in our canoe. Numero ous signs of moose, deer, and bear were seen on the Liard and Nelson rivers, but none of the animals were seen. Through this coun- try the wood bufl'alo roams, but none of the animals came into view. Several bear tracks were crossed. but no bears were seen. A few fur-bearing animals were seen at a dis. tance, but none was killed."