SOME NOTABLE TREES IN CANADA. 



Fig. 1663. — Scene in Stanley Park, Vancouver. 



taller than any Indian in all the land. 

 And the second wished that he might 

 ever remain where he was, idly gazing 

 on the beauty of the scene. The third 

 wished to live to an exceeding old age, 

 and ever be in good health. 



Then Glooskap called Earthquake 

 and bade him place them with their feet 

 in the ground and as he did so they 

 became, as one tradition declares, pines, 

 and another, cedars. The head of the 

 first now rose above all the forest and he 



who listens in the wood may hear him 

 murmur, 



" Oh, I am such a great man ! 

 Oh, I am such a great Indian ! 



The second too, has his wish, being fast 

 rooted in the ground and obliged to 

 stay there, whilst the third, who wished 

 for long life, is still standing as of yore. 



A. E. Mickle. 



Maplehurst. 



Fig. 1664 —Glooskap Turning a Man 

 into a Cedar-tree. 



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