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its patrons. This company is always most 

 courteous and considerate, as those who have 

 traveled over its lines can vouch. 



No one who has not made the journey 

 through these inland seas — the Great Lakes — 

 can have the faintest idea of the number and 

 the size of the passing vessels, every one of 

 which seems to be loaded to its limit. It 

 must be remembered that most of the craft 

 navigating these northern waters are built es- 

 pecially for a particular class of trade, and 

 to conform to the dimensions of the locks of 

 these famous canals, one on the Canadian side, 

 and the other on the American side. 



When we had passed through the canal we 

 were then sailing on the cold waters of Lake 

 Superior, which contains the greatest volume 

 of fresh water of any lake in the world. The 

 temperature changed to a lower reading of 

 the thermometer and the passengers ransacked 

 their trunks for woolen underwear, heavier 

 clothing, sweaters and overcoats. When sup- 

 per time arrived the weather glass was down 

 to 49 degrees — a big contrast to the tempera- 

 ture of but a day and a half before in Toronto, 

 which was close to 90 degrees in the shade. 

 Not many out of our large number of pas- 

 sengers had the courage and hardihood to 



