In North-West Canada. 7 



We are now going through a very wild, rocky piece of 

 country, and are on the alert for the sight of a bear or a deer. 

 Passing Huntsville, one hour's ride brings us to within sight of 

 Lake Nipissing, an extensive and beautiful sheet of water, 40 

 miles long and 10 wide, with forest-clad shores and islands. 

 A short ride along the shore of the lake, and we run into the 

 small town of North Bay, and here we have to change cars, 

 having reached the main line of the Canadian Pacific railway. 

 The train from Montreal and Ottawa soon afterwards arrives, 

 and we have to stop here for two hours. The day is very cold 

 and it began to rain. North Bay is a favorite centre for moose 

 hunters, and many a handsome head and pair of antlers have I 

 seen that have been obtained in the forests to the north of 

 North Bay. At this place guides and supplies for shooting 

 expeditions may be obtained. This is also an excellent district 

 for fishing. As it was very cold and beginning to snow, we 

 were glad to get into the train which was now being made up 

 of colonists' cars, and which has to be our home for three days 

 and two nights before Winnipeg is reached. Selecting a car, 

 we find among the new passengers representatives of all grades 

 of society, gentlemen travelling for pleasure, commercial travel- 

 lers, young men just out from England going out seeking for- 

 tunes in farms or ranching, emigrants, sturdy Scotchmen 

 with their rosy-cheeked daughters going to take up farms in 

 the North-West, and land-hunters in plenty, with their pockets 

 stuffed full of maps and pamphlets, gold and silver miners for 

 the mountains, and coal miners for the Saskatchewan region. 

 There is not a sorrowful visage in the party, every face wears 

 a bright and expectant look, and all try and make themselves 

 agreeable, and for the first few hours it's a common expression 

 to hear, " what part are you going to ^ " Some are only going 

 as far as Winnipeg, others to British Columbia and California, 

 but most are going to Manitoba or Assiniboia, to settle down 

 to farming. One young woman has come from Scotland and 

 is on her way to Edmonton, in Alberta, to marry a young 

 farmer who had left Scotland three years previously, and now 

 possessed a large farm at Edmonton. Leaving North Bay, we 



