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The Heads of Government departments kindly 

 p laced at my disposal maps and returns on Mining, 

 Agriculture and Natural History. 



Mr. H. R. Charlton, Mr. G. T. Bell, Mr. W. T. 

 Robson, of Montreal ; and Mr. R. L. Thompson, 

 Mr. J. D. Macdonald and Mr. Arthur Hawke, of 

 Toronto, afforded me specialist information on 

 rivers and lakes, which, as an angler, I found most 

 valuable. 



Whilst Canada is unique in the magnificent 

 photographic subjects it offers, the climate itself 

 during the bright, hot summer months presents 

 serious difficulties in the way of obtaining first-class 

 pictures. One is limited to the early morning or 

 evening to get good results. There is little twilight, 

 and with rapid travelling it is not easy personally 

 to procure sufficient representative views. I am 

 greatly indebted for a large proportion of the illus- 

 trations and the preparation of the sketch-map in 

 this work, to the kindness and courtesy of Mr. J. M. 

 Gibbon of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Mr. Fred 

 C. Salter of the Grand Trunk System, and Mr. W. 

 Haydon of the Canadian Northern Railway, also to 

 Mr. Byron Harmon of Banff, B.C. Without such 

 hearty co-operation it would have been impossible to 

 have included in the work the variety of illustrations 

 it contains. 



The natural history of coarse and game fish in 

 Canada needs revising. I am of opinion that it 



