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cooking qualities. This point however can be settled satis- 
factorily only by practical tests. 
I do not know that there is more that I can add to this brief 
sketch of an important, but still almost unknown district, but 
will feel satisfied if I have been able to convey to you, and ulti- 
mately to the general public, any information which will serve 
to draw attention to the resources of our Province, and to place 
on record data which may possibly be utilized by future ex- 
plorers 
