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frescoes in the Santa Annunziata. the church of 

 the Servites, at Florence. These paintings were 

 followed by another notable series of frescoes, 

 illustrating ten scenes from the life of John the 

 Baptist. In 1519 he received a commission 

 from Francis I of France to purchase works of 

 art, but he squandered the money intrusted 

 to him and was thenceforth forbidden to re- 

 turn to France. II ipenl thr remainder of his 

 life at Florence. 



The most celebrated of his single pictures 

 are the Madonna del Sacco, for the Servites; 



the Last Supper, in the refectory of the Con- 

 vent of San Salvi, near Florence; and the 

 Madonna of the Harpies, now in the Uffizi Gal- 

 lery- The frescoes in the Santa Annunziata are 

 his most celebrated. In addition, he painted 

 many other Madonnas, Holy Families and simi- 

 lar subjects for altarpieces. His oil paintings are 

 to be found in almost every gallery of Europe. 

 Andrea del Sarto was the subject of Browning's 

 famous poem, called by his name, which pre- 

 sents him in a sympathetic,, and his wife in an 

 unfavorable, light. 



ASKATCHE WAN , sas katch ' e wahn, 

 a province of the Dominion of Canada, formed 

 in 1905 from the eastern half of the District 

 of Athabaska and the greater part of the dis- 

 tricts of Saskatchewan and Assiniboia. It lies 

 between Manitoba on the east and Alberta on 

 the west. The United States extends along its 

 southern border, and the North West Terri- 

 tories bound it on the north. The entire 

 boundary is marked by meridians and parallels 

 of even degrees, the eastern boundary being 

 longitude 102, the western, longitude 110; 

 the southern boundary is parallel 49, and the 

 northern, parallel 60. 



Area and Population. Saskatchewan extends 

 along the border of the United States for a 

 distance of 393 miles; its northern boundary 

 has a length of 277 miles, and its length from 

 north to south is 760 miles. The area is 251,700 

 square miles, of which 8,318 square miles are 

 water. The province is smaller than Alberta 

 by 3,585 square miles. It is a little larger than 

 Colorado and Montana combined, more than 

 twice the size of Great Britain and Ireland and 

 larger than the German Empire by 40,000 

 square miles. 



The People. The rapid growth of Saskatche- 

 wan is revealed by its increase in population. 

 In 1901 the old district of Saskatchewan had 

 91,279 inhabitants; in 1911 the province had 

 492,432 inhabitants, an increase of 439.48 per 

 cent, and the official estimate of 1913 placed 

 the population at 675,000. In 1911 there were 



1.95 inhabitants to the square mile; in 1916 

 this number had increased to about 2.7. How- 

 ever, the settled portion of the province is con- 

 fined to the southern half, so the number of 

 people to the square mile for the part of the 

 province that is settled is greater than the 

 above figures indicate. In 1911 131,365 people 

 lived in cities and villages and 361,067 on 

 farms; that is, the rural population was over 

 two and one-half times the. urban. The chief 

 cities are Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and 

 Prince Albert. Each is described in its place 

 in these volumes. 



About one-half of the inhabitants are British 

 born, about one-fifth are immigrants from the 

 United States, and the remainder are from 

 various European 

 countries, among 

 whom Ruthe- 

 nians, Poles and 

 Germans are the 

 most numerous. 

 1 Surface and 

 Drainage. That 

 part of the prov- 

 ince lying be- LOCATION MAP 

 tween the Sas- Showing location of Sas- 

 katchewan and the propor- 

 katchewan River tionate part of the Dominion 



and the United " occu P Ies ' 

 States boundary consists of open, rolling prai- 

 rie and gently-rolling plain. The region is dot- 

 ted here and there with clear lakes and clumps 

 of trees, and there are occasional stretches 



