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Frazer River that rushes along seething and foaming, 

 and in some places a thousand feet below. On the 

 opposite side is the old government road, which was 

 made necessary years ago by reason of the gold excite- 

 ment on this river, and also to facilitate the valuable 

 salmon fishing. The road is now rapidly going to 

 ruin. We passed thousands of frames of fishing tents 

 left standing by their Indian owners. Wherever the 

 river narrowed to a gorge, there they could be seen in 

 the most inaccessible positions and fixed on the rocks 

 like so many barnacles. How the Indians managed 

 to get there or to stay when they did get there, it is 

 hard to imagine. 



The town of Vancouver has experienced a real estate 

 fever of a very acute and inflammatory character. 

 This was owing to its being the terminus of the 

 Canadian Pacific and also of the magnificent line of 

 steamers running to China and Japan. The town, 

 with a population of about 15,000, is situated on a fine 

 bay, with a rich mineral, lumber and agricultural coun- 

 try tributary to it. The grit and enterprise displayed 

 there is something that our eastern cities might copy 

 with advantage. The Northern Pacific Railroad 

 wanted to have an entrance there in order to reap a 

 share in the rich Oriental trade pouring through the 

 town from the great steamers plying to Japan. What 

 did this little town of 15,000 people do to encourage 

 the designs of the railway people? They put the 



