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CHAPTER XX. 



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Nanaimo and San Juan — Resources of British Columbia and Vancouver 

 Island — Minerals — Timber — Abundance of Fish — Different kinds of 

 Salmon — The Hoolicans, and the Indian Method of Taking them — 

 Pasturage — The Bunch-grass: its Peculiarities and Drawbacks — 

 Scarcity of Farming Land — Different Localities — Land in Vancouver 

 Island — Contrast between California and British Columbia — Gross 

 Misrepresentations of the Latter — Necessity for the Saskatchewan as 

 an Agricultural Supplement — Advantages of a Route across the Con- 

 tinent — The Americans before us — The Difficulties less by the British 

 Route — Communication with China and Japan by this Line — The 

 Shorter Distance — The Time now come for the Fall of the Last Great 

 Monopoly — The North- West Passage by Ssa, and that by Land — The 

 Last News of Mr. O'B. — Conclusion ....... 385 



