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The Ayricullural Itcsources of CanacTu. 



Wo left Ottawa on Tuesday night, September 5th, for 

 Toronto. Toronto. This is a hirge city of some 190,000 in- 

 habitants. It is the capital of Ontario, and the second 

 city in Canada. Unlike Montreal, where the French Canadians 

 predominate, Toronto is inhabited chiefly by English, Scotch, and 



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Irish, the English language being almost universally used. It 

 has several large manufacturing industries. Here are made nearly 

 all of the agricultural im|)lements used in Canada ; the principal 

 firm in this line of business being Messrs. Massey-Harris Com])any. 

 An agricultural show was held at Toronto whilst we were there. 

 These Canadian shows are quite different to our agricultural shows ; 

 Ihey are a combination of our shows with flower, fish, and other 

 exhibitions, and country sports. There were also exhibitions of riding 

 liy cowboys, Indians, and several others. Many of their feats of 

 horsemanship were very remarkable; they had a very interesting 

 trotting match, the competitors mounted on very light vehicles^ and 

 standing 20 abreast. There were musical entertainments repre- 

 senting different nations, a tight-rcpe performance, and fireworks. 

 We were too soon to see the animals, and the pick of the province had 

 been sent to Chicago, where, we since ascertained, they gave a very 

 good account of themselves. The implements we saw at this show 

 were lighter than ours. Nearly all the waggons are made for two 

 horses abreast. During all our travels through the different provinces 

 we did not meet a single cart or waggon with the horses in single file, 

 but always two abreast, the teamster invariably riding. 



On the 6th of September we crossed Lake Ontario in 

 Niaijara Falls. a steamboat to see the Niagara Falls. On our way 



we had our first experience of a Canadian thunder- 



