The Great Northwest 



Well hast thou lessou'd us. 



TITUS ANDBONICUS. 



THE first thing that struck my attention on ray 

 northwestern trip was Canada's nagging policy in 

 regard ,to American travel. 



I had two guns and a case of shells on which duty 

 was claimed. These, I explained, had been in use over 

 six years and that I was going for only a few days 

 shooting in Canada and then would return with them 

 across the borders. But my explanation had no 

 weight. The shells were counted and duty at the rate 

 of thirty-five per cent, was exacted upon them, with 

 conditions that if I took the guns back out of Canada 

 within two months they would refund the duty, but 

 not if they should be kept a day over that limit. Such 

 is international courtesy between two countries with a 

 border line of four thousand miles. 



I passed through the famous Soo Canal where our 

 Government was (at that time, 1892) enforcing a re- 

 taliation policy against Canada. It was therefore 

 interesting to hear the conversations of the Canadians 

 and Americans on the vessel and along the canal. We 

 were detained there four hours in getting an entrance 

 to the lock. The Canadians pointed out the fact that 



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