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Doctor's skill, for common report liad told them tliat 

 lie would be able not only to remove tlie broken 

 bone, but also to replace it by an efficient Substitute, 

 and tbus restore the limb to its original condition. 



At this time we made tlie acquaintance of Mr. 

 O'B., a gentleman of considerable classical attain- 

 ments, on liis way to British Columbia, whither, 

 however, he progressed but slowly, having left Red 

 River twelve months before. Mr. O'B. was an 

 Irishman of between forty and fifty years of age, of 

 middle height and wiry make. His face was long 

 and its features large, and a retreating mouth, 

 almost destitute of teeth, gave a greater prominence 

 to his rather elongated nose. He was dressed in a 

 long coat of alpaca, of ecclesiastical cut, and wore a 

 black wideawake, which ill accorded with the week's 

 stubble on his chin, fustian trousers, and highlows 

 tied with string. He carried an enormous stick, 

 and altogether his appearance showed a curious 

 mixture of the clerical with the rustic. His speech 

 was rich with the brogue of his native isle, and his 

 discourse ornamented wdth numerous quotations 

 from the ancient classics. He introduced himself to 

 us with a little oration, flattering both to himself 

 and us, remarking that he was a grandson of the 

 celebrated Bishop O'B., and a graduate of the Uni- 

 versity of Cambridge; we should readily imder- 

 stand, therefore, how delightful it must be for him, 

 a man of such descent and education, to meet with 

 two members of his own beloved university so intel- 

 lectual as ourselves. He informed us that he was a 



