IN THE PACIFIC. 189 



talk of dollars, cocktails, and revolutions from 

 morning till night. 



We came to Vancouver prepared to be 

 pleased, so no wonder it was all couleur de rose 

 with us. The road from Esquimalt to the town 

 of Victoria is pretty enough, but is sadly dis- 

 figured by the numerous pot- shops which line 

 each side of it, offering irresistible temptations 

 to poor Jack when he goes on shore. There 

 are some good shops in the town, and many 

 pretty villas standing in their own grounds, 

 with well laid -out gardens in the neighbourhood. 

 The Government house is substantially built, 

 and commands a magnificent view of the straits 

 and of the adjacent island of San Juan, with 

 the mountains of British Columbia in the back- 

 ground. 



The harbour of Esquimalt is perfect, and so 

 well sheltered that the day after our arrival 

 we placed the ship on the beach and thoroughly 

 repaired her stem where it had been damaged 

 by the ice in the Straits of Magellan. 



About the month of July the salmon make 



