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ing which we called Arctic. Hitherto I had never climbed a 

 mountain, except one in 1875, and knew nothing of the plants to 

 be collected. On reaching the summit, we found an extensive 

 plateau and came on fine specimens of cariboo which gazed at us 

 for a time and then ran off. We spent three days on the summit 

 and I collected a large number of Arctic plants which formed the 

 basis, in later years, for the excursions made in Quebec by Dr. 

 Fernald of Harvard University. While on the summit, I was 

 attacked by black flies and I was semi-delirious on account of the 

 pain for almost all the time I was there. Mr. Low and I rejoined 

 the party at Little Metis and all of us returned to Campbellton 

 by the railway and went down the bay of Chaleur to Gaspe. The 

 remainder of the season, I collected around Gaspe and there I 

 obtained many sea- weeds that were afterwards named by Dr. 

 Farlow of Harvard Univeristy. My reason for going to Lake 

 Erie in the spring was, as already stated, on account of Sir William 

 Hooker who said that at Kew they knew more about the flora of 

 the Arctic regions than they did that of Lake Erie. My reasons 

 for going to Gaspe and the Shick-Shock mountains were because 

 they would give me an opportunity of studying the northern flora 

 of Canada as we then understood it. It will be remembered that, 

 at this time, there were no railways by which I could travel into 

 unexplored parts of the country. 



As I mentioned before, I was required by the Government to 

 take up my residence in Ottawa in the autumn of this year, and, 

 as soon as I returned to Belleville, I made arrangements to dispose 

 of my property and pack up my goods for conveyance to Ottawa. 

 Early in November of that year, my two daughters and I went to 

 Ottawa and the remainder of the family followed us in a few days 

 when we received the furniture which we had dispatched from 

 Belleville by railway. The furniture took more time to come than 

 I had expected and the young ladies and their mother had to 

 live at a boarding-house. After getting settled at Ottawa, I 

 took up my work in the museum of the Geological Survey. I 

 found that I was far from being a welcome guest to most of the 

 members of the staff. I soon found out that they resented the 

 appointment of a man over them. 



