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animals. The Red River flows through the park, on 

 which motor boats and yachts were sailing. The 

 wild features of the place are preserved intact, and 

 shady nooks and vistas of spreading trees lend their 

 charm. It was intensely hot, and seeking a cool 

 retreat I lay down and went fast asleep. A singular 

 sensation awakened me, and on opening my eyes I 

 got a glimpse of a brown animal scuttling into the 

 grass, about the size of a gopher. He did not give 

 me time to classify him, but left a distinct impression 

 on my face, over which he ran. 



Commodities in Winnipeg vary in price according 

 to the supply ; apples very cheap ; oranges very dear, 

 2)id. each ; plums of an inferior quality, ^d. a pound. 

 On the other hand, restaurants which almost jostle 

 each other in the streets, provide an excellent luncheon 

 for IS. id. Hair cutting is a luxury ; half a dollar, or 

 2s. id. in English currency, is charged for trimming 

 one's beard, which had the effect on one forlorn 

 traveller of making him vow that henceforth he would 

 become a Nazarene. 



I spent a couple of delightful hours with " Ralph 

 Connor" — Rev. Charles W. Gordon — who, in addition 

 to his literary career, is a distinguished leader in the 

 Presbyterian Church. He has seen Winnipeg grow 

 from the day of small things, and watched men on 

 the spot develop from obscurity into opulent 

 merchants. 



I have alluded elsewhere to his place in literature. 



