XVlll PREFACIE. 



very great obligations under wliicli we lie to Sir 

 James Douglas, late Governor of British Columbia 

 and Vancouver Island; Mr. Donald Fraser, of 

 Victoria; and Mr. McKay, of Kamloops, for much 

 valuable information concerning the two colonies, 

 and who, with many others, showed us the greatest 

 kindness during our stay in those countries. 



4, Grosvenor Square, 

 June Is^, 1865. 



