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which commands a high price in the markets of the United 

 States. The long peninsula stretching out between Lake 

 Huron and the Georgian Bay, terminating in Cabot s Head, 

 is an Indian reserve, where are some promising Indian 

 settlements ; but it seems a difficult matter for the children 

 of the forest to settle down at all to cultivate land, or practise 

 the arts of civilization. The whole shore, with the exception 

 of the two or three harbours alluded to, is very bold and 

 precipitous, with scarcely any beach at its base. What little 

 beach there is to be found is very gravelly, and the surf 

 beats upon it as violently as if it were the ocean itself, and 

 not a tributary reservoir. Storms are apt to rise on this 

 lake very suddenly, and from the great depth of its waters, 

 the waves attain a fearful size. Luckily the vessels in such 

 case can run into Goderich or Port Sarnia for shelter. 



Goderich, 140 miles from Toronto, situated at the mouth 

 of the Maitland River, having a good natural harbour, and, 

 being one of the western termini of the Grand Trunk Rail- 

 way, offers great facilities for the transportation of goods and 

 grain to and from the West and North-Western States via 

 Chicago and Milwaukee. It is itself surrounded with a fine 

 wheat-growing country, which, together with the lake 

 fisheries, has materially helped the prosperity of that thriv- 

 ing town. Being situated on a high bank, 150 feet above 

 the level of Lake Huron, refreshed at all times by cooling 

 breezes, Goderich requires only to be known to become a 

 pleasant watering-place. All the streams in the vicinity 

 abound with brook trout, and are easy of access, good 

 carriage-roads extending in every direction ; and boats can 

 be had for lake-fishing without any difficulty. The railway 

 here connects with steamers for Chicago, Saginaw, Kincar- 

 dine, Saugeen, and the fishing islands of the Georgian Bay. 

 About ten miles distant, on the Bayfield River, is Clinton, 

 a small village with lovely scenery around it, and good trout 

 fishing in abundance ; also, excellent shooting, such as 



