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genus Alypia, see " Notes on the Family Zygoenidce" by A. S. 

 Packard, jr., in the Proceedings of the Essex Institute, Salem, 

 Mass., April 1864. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to John Langton, 

 Esq., President of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. 



MEETING OF BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



Mr. Markham read a paper, by Viscount Milton and Dr. 

 Cheadle, entitled, " An Expedition Across the Rocky Mountains 

 into British Columbia, by the Yellow Head or Leather Pass." In 

 the Spring of 1862, Viscount Milton resolved to investigate for him- 

 self the nature of the country between the Red River Settlement 

 and the Rocky Mountains ; and to penetrate, if possible, by the 

 shortest route, direct to the gold-regions of Cariboo ; an enterprise 

 hitherto unattenipted.* He was fortunate enough to secure as his 

 companion in this attempt, his friend Dr. Cheadle, of Cain's 

 College, Cambridge, to whose energy and enterprise, Viscount 

 Milton says, " the success of the enterprise is mainly to be 

 attributed." After recording the circumstances that preceded their 

 arrival at Edmonton, the paper continues : — 



Before proceeding further with the account of our journey. 

 I must allude very briefly to the magnificent country which 

 extends from Red River almost to the base of the Rocky 

 Mountains. It has been well described by Captain Palliser and 

 Dr. Hector, and I would add my testimony to the fertility 

 of its soil, and to the extent of its resources. It is peculiarly 

 well adapted for settlement; rich prairies, which are ready 

 for the plough, being interspersed with woods which would 

 furnish timber for building and. fencing. The climate is the 

 climate of Canada ; the spring, however, according to Dr. Hector, 

 setting in a month earlier than it does on the shores of Lake 

 Superior. Grain of all kinds grows here with the greatest 



* Excepting of course by the employes of the Hudson's Bay Company. 

 Also by a party of young men from Upper Canada, headed by a Mr. 

 Jessup of Orillia, C. W., who crossed the continent in 1859: they fol- 

 lowed the canoe-track to Red River, thence to Tete Jaune Cache 

 by the plains, descending Fraser River aa best they could to British 

 Columbia. — Eds. 



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