CHAPTER XXI. 



Personal and Impersonal. 



brief personal sketches of lieutenant gordon, captain sopp, 

 and dr. bell — their peculiarities and characteristics. 



AVING purposely hurried through a narrative account of the 

 movements and acts of the Hudson's Bay Expedition, I 

 will now ask the reader's attention to a consideration of 

 the various features of the Hudson's Bay region that came 



under my notice ; but before doing so, will make a few obser- 

 vations, of a personal kind, 

 concerning the chief men 

 connected with the enter- 

 prise. 



Lieutenant Andrew R. 

 Gordon, R. N., Assistant 

 Superintendent of the 

 Meteorological Service of 

 Canada, and Commander 

 of the Expedition, was 

 born on the 13th of Feb- 

 ruary, 1851, in Aberdeen, 

 Scotland. At the age of 

 thirteen he enlisted in the 

 British Navy, in which he 

 remained for ten years, 

 reaching the position of 

 Lieutenant. He has been 



five years connected with the meteorological service of the Dominion, 



and is considered one of the most efficient men in the employment 



of the department. 



LIEUT. ANDREW B. GORDON, R.N. 



