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Now there were a number of just such peo- 

 ple on our transcontinental train, most of them 

 being bound for the terminus of the line, and 

 it was very amusing to listen to their criticisms 

 of the country, the people, the railway, and 

 more particularly the climate. One woman 

 said: "The 'eat is a roastin' of me. I never 

 in my life suffered from so much 'eat." The 

 good woman was wearing clothes heavy 

 enough for an Alaskan climate. She had an 

 " 'at" made of felt, large enough in dimen- 

 sions to cover an ash-barrel, and this she in- 

 sisted on putting on and wearing on the plat- 

 form of the station every time the train would 

 stop for a period of fifteen minutes or more, 

 as it did when changing engines or stopping 

 at lunching stations, 



In a few months or years these same people, 

 when finally down to work in their varying oc- 

 cupations, will readily become acclimated and 

 fall into the "New Land's" way of doing 

 things. They then become earnest boosters 

 for Canada to their home people, and the time 

 is but short until they induce some of their 

 relatives or friends to come and spy out the 

 wonders of this new promised land. 



Our train pulled into Vancouver on time, 

 and the journey across the Continent was com- 



