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vince, and especially at Cherry Creek near the head of the Okin- 

 agan Lake, and at a point near Hope on the Lower Fraser. Copper 

 is generally distributed along the north-west coast, in some parts 

 very abundantly ; but so far has not been effectually wrought. 

 A very rich deposit of galena, yielding a moderate percentage of 

 silver, exists on the Flat-bow Lake (Koutanais), but the posi- 

 tion is too remote and inaccessible for its profitable working. 

 The Islands of Queen Charlotte, from what is already known, 

 will probably be found extremely rich in all the metals men- 

 tioned, iron perhaps excepted. A seam of Anthracite coal of 

 excellent quality was for a time worked there ; but for some 

 reason has been abandoned.* 



Prominent Vegetation in this Section. — (1.) Along the north- 

 west coast : Douglas Fir (A. Douglassii, Lindl.) ; Spruce Fir 

 (A.Menziesii) ; Hemlock Fir (A. Canadensis or Mertensiana f) ; 

 " Red Cedar" (Thuja gigantea, Nutt :) "Yellow Cedar" or 

 Cypress (Cupressus thyoides, Doug.) &c. : all of gigantic growth. 

 Undergrowth : various shrubby Vaccinia ; the " Sallal" (Gual- 

 theria shallon) ; varieties of Rubus, Ribes, &c. In rare posi- 

 tions low specimens of Mountain Ash [Soi*bus aucuparia) and 

 Service-berry (Amelanchier) . 



(2). Along the vicinity of the 49th parallel as far as the Rocky 

 Mountains. I here adopt the list of Dr. Lyall of the British 

 Boundary Commission, reported in the proceedings of the 

 LinnEean Society (Botany, vol. VII.) including my own occa- 

 sional and purely unprofessional notes in brackets, thus [ ]. 



(a). In the vicinity of Victoria and Esquimault, Vancouver 

 Island : — Pinus contorta, Doug. ; Taxus baccata [brevifolia, 

 Doug.] ; Abies Douglasii, Lindl. ; A. Menziesii, Lamb ; Thuja 

 gigantea, Nutt. ; Cerasus mollis, Doug. ; Arbutus Menziesii, 

 Pursh \laurifolia, Doug ?] ; Quercus Garryana, Doug. [In 

 a pamphlet recently sent to me by Dr. Robert Brown (Campster), 

 of Edinburgh, he describes a second variety of Oak nearly 

 allied to that mentioned, which, after Sir James Douglas, K.C.B., 

 the late Governor, he calls Q. Jacobi. I may here mention 

 that the oak, which is common in the north-east parts of Van- 



* To the vast mineral riches of certain Territories south of the 

 Boundary Line, I make no allusion, regarding these as entirely 

 beyond my ken. 



