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CONTENTS— Continued 



— Battleford — Red Deer Valley — Calgary — Adventures en route 

 — Description of the country — Blackfeet Indians — One of the last 

 buffalo hunts — Returns to Winnipeg and the East 131 



Chapter X — 1879-1880. — Review of conditions in Canada in regard 

 to politics and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway 

 — Confederation — Purchases of land from the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany — First Riel Rebellion — Exploration for route of C. P. R. — 

 Contradictory statements in regard to value of prairies for agri- 

 culture — Fourth exploration of the Canadian North-West, 1880 

 — Qu'Appelle Valley, Moose Jaw, Old Wives Lakes, Swift Current, 

 Cypress Hills, Fort Walsh, Humboldt, etc. — Meetings with In- 

 dians — Many interesting episodes and incidents 155 



Chapter XI — 1880-1881. — The North-West boom — Lectures on the 

 West — Negotiations with the "Syndicate" for the construction of 

 the C. P. R. — Fifth exploration of the North-West — Interview 

 with Jim Hill, Railway Magnate, re route of C. P. R. — Decision 

 to send railroad via Bow River Pass — Explorations along Lakes 

 Manitoba and Winnipegosis and rivers entering these lakes — Ad- 

 ventures, mishaps, and amusing incidents — Difficulties of river 

 navigation — Up to the Red Deer and down the Swan River and 

 the Assiniboine to Fort Ellice — Takes train from Brandon to 

 Winnipeg — Interview with Lord Lome and Donald A. Smith — 

 Permanently appointed to the Government Service — Writes a 

 book called "Manitoba and the Great North-West." 181 



Chapter XII — The climate of the Canadian prairies and causes — De- 

 ductions from plant life — Causes of aridity in certain parts of 

 the prairies — Uniformity of temperature over a great area and 

 description of air currents which cause this — Suitability of the 

 climate for wheat growing — Conclusions 197 



Chapter XIII— 1882-1884. — Removal to Ottawa— Collecting in Wes- 

 tern Ontario and on Gaspe Peninsula — Begins work at the Geo- 

 logical and Natural History Survey, Ottawa — Difficulties of the 

 position — Becomes one of the charter members of the Royal Society 

 of Canada — Visits Nova Scotia and the Island of Anticosti, where 

 extensive collections of natural history specimens were made — In- 

 cidents during the summer — Begins to write the Catalogue of 

 Canadian Plants — Examination of the country along the Nipigon 

 River and Lake Nipigon, and from Nipigon east along the C. P. R., 

 then being constructed — Reviews life in Canada up to 1884 — Col- 

 lections made for the Museum 205 



Chapter XIV — 1884-1885. — Accompanies members of the British 

 Association to Western Canada, 1884 — Incidents of the trip — 

 North-West Rebellion of 1885 — Explorations in the Rocky and 

 Selkirk Mountains — Description of climbing mountains — Many 

 incidents — Travels on C. P. R. from the summit of the Selkirks 

 to Ottawa, being one of the first passengers over parts of the road 

 — Destruction of forests by fire 22 1 



Chapter XV — 1886. — The Colonial Exhibition — Sent to England as 

 one of the Canadian representatives — Attends many functions 

 — Entertained by Lord Brassey, Duke of Northumberland, Mar- 



