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it will be well for British Columbia, well for the 

 emigrants, and well for England. 



Others have written carefully of Canada, town 

 by town ; of her great line (the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway), step by step ; I only offer you 

 a coup d'ceil of the country as a whole, as you 

 might see it if you could spare time yourself to 

 flit through it this autumn. If you like the 

 sketch I give you, take my advice ; go and see 

 the original for yourself. 



C. P. W. 



