LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGB 



MR. J. A. WILSON, FACTOR AT THE H. B. C. POST 



AT MlNGAN, ON THE STEPS OF THE COMPANY'S 



HOUSE BUILT BY MR. DONALD ALEXANDER SMITH, 



NOW LORD STRATH CONA AND MONT ROYAL . 170 



THE LAST LEAF ON THE TREE, SAID TO BE 104 YEARS 



OLD 179 



MY ESCORT AMONG THE INDIANS AT MINGAN . .190 

 PIERRE OF PIASHTE - BAI AND THE BEAVER, SHOWING 

 WEBBED HIND FOOT OF THE BEAVER, AND 



" SKIN BOOTS " OF MAN 197 



DWARFED SPRUCES DEAD AND ALIVE AT ESQUIMAUX 



ISLAND 205 



ANCIENT LARCH AT QUATACHOO 205 



LARCH TREE SIXTEEN YEARS OLD, FROM BOG AT 



ESQUIMAUX ISLAND; SLIGHTLY ENLARGED . .211 

 PHOTOMICROGRAPH OF SECTION OF TRUNK SHOWING 



SIXTEEN ANNUAL RINGS 211 



THE OLD SALMON - FISHER OF MINGAN TENDING 



His NETS 221 



THE MINGAN RIVER BACK OF THE H. B. C. POST . 227 



NEST OF THE PIGEON HAWK 227 



FALLS OF THE MINGAN 235 



THE ROMAINE RIVER NORTH OF ESQUIMAUX POINT 235 



FALLS OF PIASHTE - BAI RIVER 243 



NEAR THE FOOT OF THE FALLS 243 



BOG ENCROACHING ON POOL AND FOREST ENCROACH- 

 ING ON BOG 248 



SPRUCE FOREST, SNOW - BANK AND THE RIVER OF THE 



CROW 248 



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