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reserviMl, and, if this work is tinisli- 

 ed in time, will then prooood to the 

 Pasquia Hills, with a similar object 

 in view. Mr. Vandu.sen's assistants 

 will be Messrs. C. P. McAlister, D. 

 Orrif? and II. B. Murray. 



Mr. John W. Currie, B. Sc. F., of 

 Andover, N.B., a K'radiiate of the 

 University of New Brunswick in 

 forestry, will conduct an examina- 

 tion of the timber suitable for pulp- 

 wood on the Rock Gull lake and 

 Trout lake watersh(>ds. alonp the 

 Kenesajya river and «ri'nerally along 

 any of the watersheds in Keewatin 

 territory from which the wood can 

 be 'driven' to Lac Scul, and will 

 also report on the location and char- 

 acter of the waterpowers. Mr. Cur- 

 rie and his assistant, Mr. ^Foodie, will 

 start in from Mattawa. the Hudson 

 Bay post on the Kntrlish riv«'r. Mr. 

 Currie spent some time with the 

 Hiordon Paper Co. 



Mr. F. AV. Beard will complete the 

 work of inspection along the line of 

 the Hudson Bay Railway which was 

 begun last summer by Mr. J. R. 

 Dickson, and of which a report will 

 very shortly be issued. (See article 

 in this issue entitled 'Hudson Bay 

 Railway'.) His route will lie down 

 the Nelson river to its mouth, the 

 work of inspection and cruising com- 

 mencing at Split lake. The chief 

 point of the inspeetion is to ascer- 

 tain the general stand of timber 

 throughout the district and what 

 amount will be available for the con- 

 struction of the railway. Mr. Beard 

 is a graduate of the College of For- 

 estry of the University of ^Tinne- 

 sota, and has had experience in lum- 

 bering and forestry work, the for- 

 mer with the Princi' Albert Lumber 

 Co., the latter with the U. S. F. S. 

 in Montana. 



:\Fr. P. Z. Caverhill will this year 

 be engaged in inspection work of 

 Hre ranging, especially along the 

 lines of railway. 



Mr. J. K. Dickson is engaged in 

 technical work in the Riding ^loun- 

 tain forest reserve, where he will be 



fngag«'<l in work in connection with 

 th»* formation of a plan of manage- 

 mt'nt for the reserve. Among the 

 (picKtions to be solved are the loca- 

 tion of areas that should be vAxt, 

 sites for saw-mills, etc. 



The distribution of the temporary 

 men according to the forest school 

 attended is as follows: 



University of Toronto — Third 

 year, W. J. Vandusen (Toronto), 

 Roy L. Campbell (Ottawa), R. O. 

 Lewis (Toronto), E. H. Finlayson 

 (Toronto), E. C. Manning (Toronto) 

 and W. Kynoch (Toronto) ; second 

 vear, C. II. Morse (Toronto), G. 

 Tunstell (Uxbridge, Ont.), C. R. 

 ^lills (Toronto), F. S. Newman 

 (Merrickville, Ont.), R. McG. Watt 

 (Toronto), C. P. McAlister (To- 

 ronto), A. K. Shives (Campl>ellton, 

 N.B.) and II. S. Irwin (Toronto) ; 

 first year. S. H. Clark (Cainsville, 

 Ont.), I). Greig (Breakeyville, Que.) 

 and F. McVickar (Toronto). 



University of New Brunswick — 

 Third year, G. A. FitzRandolph 

 (Fredericton, N.B.) and G. H. Prince 

 (Fredericton, N.B.) ; second year, H. 

 B. Murray (Moncton, N.B.) and 

 Kenneth R. :Machum (St. John, N. 

 B.) 



DAWN IN THE FOREST. 



Edith Willis Linn. 



Like a grey nun across the eastern hills 

 The dawn creeps slowly, in her hand a 



star. 

 The forest stirs to greet her, faint and 

 far 

 Pulses the music that the vastness fills. 

 In cloistered columns stands the pine that 

 shrills 

 Beneath her breath, while like some 



gate ajar, 

 That shadows and the silences unbar, 

 The night swings backward as the new 



day wills. 

 Above the murmur of dim forest ways 



Rises a paean — music's very own — 

 Clear as the pealing of a convent bell: — 

 So sad, so sweet — like love lost or out- 

 grown ; — 

 The forest-loving songsters' matin praise. 

 In silvery tones repeating, 'All is well.' 



