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Jr is no ordinary mCcfIni>' of the IJritisli AsHocIatiou wlu'ch I liavo now 

 I ho lionour of addressing. For moro than fifty years the Association has 

 hold its autnmn gathering- in various towns of the United ivingdoni, and 

 within those limits there is, I supi)Ose, no place of importance which wo 

 have not visited. And now, not satisfied with past successes, we arc 

 soeking' new worlds to conquer. When it was first proi)osed to \-isit 

 Canada, there were some who viewed the project with licsitation. For my 

 own part, I never »|uite understood the grounds of their ap[)rehension. 

 Perhaps they feared the thin edge of the wedge. "Wlien once the principle 

 was admitted, there was no knowing to what it might lead. So rapid 

 is the development of tlie J5ritisli J'hnpirc, that the time might corao when 

 a vifiit to such out-of-the-"way places as London or ^Manchester could no 

 longer ho claimed as a right, but only asked for as a concession to the 

 susceptibilities of the ]"]nglish. But seriously, whatever objections may 

 liiivo at first been felt were soon outweighed by the consideration of the 

 iniignificent opportunities which your h(jspitality affords of extending 

 ilio sphere of our influence and of becoming acquainted with a part of 

 ilio Queen's dominion which, associated with splendid memories of tho 

 [uist. is advancing daily by leaps and bounds to a position of importance 

 such as not long r,go was scarcely dreamed of. For myself, I am not a 

 1 stranger to your shores. J. remember well the impression made upon me, 

 hoveuteen years ago, by the wild rapids of the St. Lawrence, and tho 

 I '.;loi>my grandeur of tlie Saguonay. If anything impressed me more, it 

 was the kindness with which I was received by yourselves, and which I 

 Uloubt not will be again cxteniled not merely to myself but to all tho 

 [Kuglish members of tlic Association. I am confident that those who 

 Ikve made up their miuds to cross the ocean will uot repent their 



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