ILLUSTRATIONS 



Facing Page 



The Author at Work, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, 



Frontispiece 



John Macoun, shortly after his arrival in Canada from Ire- 

 land : 24 



Looking down the Peace River from the Escarpment, 



Peace River, Alta., as first seen by John Macoun in 1 872 70 



The Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Ont 110 



One of the Grain Fields in Saskatchewan, the Author's 



Prophecy Fulfilled 142 



Prof. John Macoun in the Prime of Life 196 



Mount Sir Donald from Bald Mountain, with Mount Ma- 

 coun in the Centre 230 



Naturalists in the Field 279 



