THIS VOLUME IS 



IRespectfullE S>efcicatefc 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL, 



G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.C.L., LL.D., D.L. 



IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OP HIS GENEROUS ASSISTANCE, 



WHICH HAS ENABLED THIS VOLUME TO BE 



COMPLETED AND PUBLISHED 



