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walk the upper deck, and so the cabins below 

 were crowded with those who were compelled 

 to embrace the shelter of roof and heat. This 

 immense inland sea with its cold waters must 

 have a far-reaching effect on the atmospheric 

 conditions of the surrounding country. The 

 following morning was colder still, and as the 

 glass had registered 40 degrees during the 

 night, almost every one was anxious for a lit- 

 tle more heat. 



The passengers were much pained to hear 

 that a baby had died at about three in the 

 morning and that the mother was so poor that 

 the only covering she could give to the little 

 corpse was a newspaper. Sympathetic women 

 soon remedied this impoverished condition of 

 things, and their kind ministrations made the 

 good woman realize that to her the cruel 

 world was not so bleak after all. It was a 

 comfort to know that a kindly physician had 

 been found among the passengers, and that the 

 best help that medical skill could give had 

 been tried without avail. 



The lake journey ended at Port Arthur, 

 where we left the steamer with much regret 

 and entered a waiting train which would be 

 our traveling home until we arrived at the 

 terminus of the line, the city of Vancouver. 



