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some time at least. As years glide by and civilization 

 approaches nearer and nearer to the great mountain 

 ranges, the big-horns and wild goats of the snow- 

 covered peaks are pushed farther and farther back, so 

 that it will not be long before these nimble-footed 

 and beautiful creatures will follow the fate of the 

 buffalo. 



At Sicamous, a town of about one hundred people, 

 on the main line of the C. P. E. R., in British Colum- 

 bia, lives Colonel Forester who was in China when the 

 great rebellion broke out in which General Gordon 

 won his fame. Colonel Forester was requested by the 

 foreign merchants in China to organize and drill what 

 forces could be hastily gathered up, and to take charge 

 of the defense ; which he did, and so successfully that 

 he was offered supreme command of the forces operating 

 against the rebels. He declined, however, in favor of 

 General Gordon. He has a large number of decora- 

 tions, presents and letters testifying to his bravery and 

 executive ability, and is quietly and modestly living 

 out the remnant of his days in this lonely hamlet. 



The scenery along the Frazer River is of the wild- 

 est, most interesting and most startling character. 

 Fabulous amounts of money were spent in the con- 

 struction of this part of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 

 For a great distance it is a succession of tunnels, tres- 

 tles, bridges and deep rock cuttings, the line clinging 

 to the bald sides of the mountains and overlooking the 



