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MR. J. A. WILSON, FACTOR AT THE H. B. C. POST 



AT MlNGAN, ON THE STEPS OF THE COMPANY'S 



HOUSE BUILT BY MR. DONALD ALEXANDER SMITH, 



NOW LORD STRATHCONA AND MONT ROYAL . 170 



THE LAST LEAF ON THE TREE, SAID TO BE 104 YEARS 



OLD 179 



MY ESCORT AMONG THE INDIANS AT MINGAN . .190 

 PIERRE OF PIASHTE - BAI AND THE BEAVER, SHOWING 

 WEBBED HIND FOOT OF THE BEAVER, AND 



" SKIN BOOTS " OF MAN 197 



DWARFED SPRUCES DEAD AND ALIVE AT ESQUIMAUX 



ISLAND 205 



ANCIENT LARCH AT QUATACHOO 205 



LARCH TREE SIXTEEN YEARS OLD, FROM BOG AT 



ESQUIMAUX ISLAND; SLIGHTLY ENLARGED . . 211 

 PHOTOMICROGRAPH OF SECTION OF TRUNK SHOWING 



SIXTEEN ANNUAL RINGS 211 



THE OLD SALMON - FISHER OF MINGAN TENDING 



His NETS 221 



THE MINGAN RIVER BACK OF THE H. B. C. POST . 227 



NEST OF THE PIGEON HAWK 227 



FALLS OF THE MINGAN 235 



THE ROMAINE RIVER NORTH OF ESQUIMAUX POINT 235 



FALLS OF PIASHTE - BAI RIVER 243 



NEAR THE FOOT OF THE FALLS ..... 243 

 BOG ENCROACHING ON POOL AND FOREST ENCROACH- 

 ING ON BOG 248 



SPRUCE FOREST, SNOW - BANK AND THE RIVER OF THE 



CROW . . . 248 



