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Lake — Roche Mielte and Roche Suette — Sulphur springs — 

 Pyramid Mountains — Geikie — Moose River — Selwyn and 

 Rainbow Mountains — The premier of the Rockies — Lake 

 Helena — A steamboat on the rapids — The Naas Valley — 

 The Skeena Valley — Vancouver Island — Comox district — 

 Minerals and timber — Sawmills — Homesteads — Land Clear- 

 ing and Irrigation Companies — Gold medal award — Fruit . 156 



CHAPTER XII 



Growth of trade — Official returns — Great Britain — Canada — 

 United Slates — France and Germany — Imports and exports 

 — Attractions for settlers — Capital brought into the Dominion 

 — Increased cost of living — Government inquiry — Causes of 

 the increase — *' Plain living and high thinking" — Emigration 

 Amendment Bill — Protests and criticisms — Lord Crewe's 

 protest — Modifications of the Bill — Tariff' and Reciprocity-^ 

 Petition to the Government — The statement of the case by 

 experts — Sir Wilfrid Laurier's reply — A counterblast — The 

 general election 172 



CHAPTER XIII 



Women's organizations — Christian Temperance Union — National 

 Council of Women — A suffragette echo of Westminster — 

 The recognition of women in the State — Clubs and societies 

 — Socialism in the Dominion — " Seizing the reins of power " 

 — The unfurling of the red flag — The safety valve of 

 democracy 189 



CHAPTER XIV 



Game fish — Variableness of the season — Primitive methods of 

 angling — Salmon species — A thousand miles' swim — The 

 cohoc —The sockeye — The humpback — The dog salmon — 

 Trout pecies — The common trout — The steel-head — The 

 Kamloops — The Great Lake trout — The Dolly Varden — 



