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things in the Dominion. The picture which 

 he drew was a most attractive one, and in 

 the foreground a prominent place was occu- 

 pied by the glorious river which had been 

 placed at the disposal of his Royal Consort, 

 H.R.H. Princess Louise — a river which 

 was, Lord Lome evidently thought, likely 

 to remain in the hands of the new Governor- 

 General. But just as we were leaving 

 England our high hopes were rudely dashed. 

 In the last letter which Lord Lome wrote 

 to me he imparted the sad intelligence that 

 the Grand Cascapedia was to be leased by 

 the Quebec Government to a syndicate, and 

 that he was therefore interesting himself in 

 securing for me another river — probably 

 one of those which flow into the Baie des 

 Chaleurs towards the eastern end of the 

 Gaspe Peninsula. 



Our disappointment was great. I found, 

 however, on my arrival in Canada, that the 

 transaction with the syndicate had not been 

 consummated, and I set to work at once to 

 retrieve the situation. I was greatly as- 



