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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd. 



A Lecture on " Canada, its Aspects and Prospects," was 

 delivered by the Rev. Brooke Lambert, M.A., B.fJ.L., Vice- 

 President of the Association. 



The Lecturer, in touching on the Canadian Dominion, its 

 aspects and prospects, dwelt on the enormous space represented in 

 a country where the map of Europe might lie over the dominion 

 and only just cover it. If on the other hand one remembered that 

 the population of this whole dominion was but that of London, 

 only some 4,500,000, one could judge how vast the space looked 

 divided amongst such few people. The next point on which he 

 dwelt, was the phases of history called out by the various parts of 

 the country. Lower or Eastern Canada represented the old 

 French kingdom, with its grand contest with heathen superstition. 

 The centre of Canada, represented by Montreal, the focus of 

 present activity, has still its lien on the old French inhabitants. 

 Toronto, farther west, represented the future of Canada, touched 

 by American fashions but not surrendering to their powerful 

 influence. Lastly, there was the capital of the pmdo-post future 

 — Winnipeg — situated on the border of the prairies — the ca,pital 

 of that district which would owe its prosperity to emigrants, and 

 would to a certain extent, develop the education of the Indians 

 who still linger in the " reservations " far afield. The Lecturer 

 next proceeded to describe the general aspects of the country. 

 He dwelt at some length on the metliod of travel, and of life in 

 this country in which, as he said, those who got on in England 

 would get on much faster — biit in which any one who failed here 

 was sure to find his lowest level very much sooner. 



