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gigantic Douglas pines ; there is something else 

 besides all this which makes Victoria essentially 

 a place for rest. Some day it may be as bustling 

 as Chicago or Liverpool, when its coal-mines 

 shall have been developed, and their dependent 

 manufactories established ; but it will be an out- 

 rage to Nature if it is so, for if ever there was 

 a haven of rest designed by the Creator upon 

 earth for weary brains and tired bodies to refresh 

 themselves in before they go hence and are no 

 more seen, it is beautiful Victoria. If only my 

 husband would give up the world and all its 

 pomps and vanities, I w r ould be only too glad to 

 live out the rest of my life in this land of sun- 

 shine and sea-breezes, doing all I could to tempt 

 my friends at home to come and share my happy 

 lot, and amongst those friends, you first, dear 

 Lina. 



Yours, etc., 



JENNIE P. W. 



