Homesteading 



snow still lies in patches where it has drifted, 

 but is evidently going fast. 



Towards evening we cross another line at a 

 town of which a few years ago there were great 

 hopes held, but which so far have not material- 

 ized, and having previously crossed the South 

 Saskatchewan, we now a little later cross the 

 North fork of that fine river ; and as the train 

 runs along the bank, gradually descending, and 

 the sun is now setting, the view is very striking. 



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