TORONTO TO ATHABASCA LANDING. 



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brief stay we were warmly greeted by many friends, and 

 were most kindly entertained at Government House by 

 the late Lieutenant-Governor, Sir John Schultz, and 

 Lady Schultz, to whom we were indebted for the con- 

 tribution to our equipment of several articles of comfort. 

 The next day we bade our Winnipeg friends good-bye 

 and took the C. P. R. train for the West. The route lay 



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HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY'S TRADERS. 



through vast areas of the most magnificent agricultural 

 country, as a rule level and unbroken, save by the innu- 

 merable and ancient but still deep trails of the buffalo. 

 Little timber was observed, excepting in isolated patches 

 and along the river valleys, and for the most part the 

 land was ready for the plough. Passing through many 

 new but thriving towns and settlements by the way, we 

 arrived early on the morning of the 22nd at the busy 

 town of Calgary, pleasantly situated in the beautiful 



