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\V are ii"\\ 1:0111^ through a very wild, rocky pi-' 



! are n the al.-rt t'..r the 



Ihintsx ill.-, mi.- 1 itliin sij_- 



Lake Nipissin^ an .-xt.-ii^ix and l..-aut it'nl sheet of - 

 miles long ami lo wide, with forest dad ^1 i islands. 



A -ln.i-t ride along tin- s|,,,re of tin- lake, ami \\*> run int. the 

 11 town of Nc.rti i \\' havr to rlian^i- cars, 



lia\ ; ir.l tin- main lint- -f tin- Canadian Pacific raih 



Tin- train t'nmi Mmitri-al ami < )tta\va -.H,H a tt. -j-wiirfls arrives, 

 anl \v.- havr t<> ^\> \\<T<- \'<>r t\v> IKMH-V. Tin- -lay i> \>-ry cold 

 aii.l it Kr^an t> rain. Nrth Hay i^ a !'a\ < >rit- c.-ntiv for nicxiee 

 htmten, and many a haii'lMinn- lic.-nl un-l ]>aii- of antlfi-s lia 



i that havr IMM-II ul.taim-il in th<- forests to thr north <>t' 

 At this ]i|ac- LTui-li-s and suj'jilics I'm- shooting 

 fX]>-lition.x may IM- ol,tain.-.l. This is also an excelN-nt district 

 for }ishin:. As it \\a- \.r\ cold and Ix/p lining to snow, we 

 \\T.' ^l;,,] t ,- t into thr train which was no\\- l.rin^r madr U]> 

 of colonist^' car--, and which ' our home for three days 



and two aig^tB before Winnij -^ is rrachrd. s.-lrcting a car, 



Wr find ainon^ thr m-w ] :itati\fs of all grades 



ntlrinrn trav-llin; for jilrasurr, coininrrcial travrl- 



:IILT turn just out from Ki inland going out s.-rkin^ for- 



tun.s in farms i.r ranching, emigrants, sturdy Sc-.tchmm 



with th-ir rosy-chrrkrd danglit-rs going to takr Uj> farms in 



North \\Vst. ami land-huntrrs in jilrnty. with thrir jxn-krts 



stuff'rd full of maps and pamphlets, gold and silver miners for 



the mountains, and coal miners for the Saskatchewan region. 



There is not a sorrowful visage in the party, >-\,-ry fa-' 



a Bright and exj.rctant lM.k and all try and make themselves 



agreeaMe. and for th > common expression 



to hear "what] \ on going" to ?" Some are only going 



i as \Vinnipeg.otht-rsto Uritish ( 'oluml.ia and California. 



l>ut most are going to Manitoba or AssiniUna, to settle down 



to funning. < >m- young \\onian has come from Scotland and 



D hi-i- \\ay to Kdinonton. in All^rta, to marry u young 



fai-mer who had left Scotland three years previously, and m>\\ 



possessed a large farm at Kdinonton. L-a\in^ North Hay.\\> 



