should have to winter there. You will 

 I trust toe pleased to permit me this 

 digression on a subject to the gener- 

 ation of Nor' -westers, now 'well nigh 

 passed away; it was one of engross- 

 ing interest, and which I may toe per- 

 mitted to say is worthy to rank with 

 the 'bravest stories treasured in the 

 history of our people. 



If the attractions and possibilities 

 of this great region were better known 

 to the wealthy pleasure seeking 

 sportsmen and tourists of the old 

 country and the United States, I feel 

 sure that very many of them would 

 come and spend a month or more of 

 the summer season in it, which for its 

 picturesque scenery, envigorating cli- 

 mate and sport producing capabilities, 

 is not excelled in any part of the 

 American continent; and I believe the 

 time is not far distant when many of 

 the wealthy pleasure seekers of the 

 old country and America, who spend 

 millions on European travel, 'will make 

 it an annual resort. There is no 

 doubt a great future in store for 

 that part oif the country, with its en- 

 ormous mineral deposits and great 

 supply of the finest fishes the world 

 can produce and so forth. I cannot 

 offer to give you an accurate idea of 

 its grandeur — it would require a stu- 

 dent of nature to adequately des- 

 cribe it. 



APPENDIX. 

 Sir George Back in his evidence tak- 



en before the select committee of the 

 Hudson's Bay company in 1857, stat- 

 ed that he experienced 70 degrees be- 

 low zero, (102 degrees of frost) in Jan- 

 uary, 1825, at Fort Reliance, Great 

 Slave Lake. Fort Reliance is in 62, 46, 

 north latitude. 



I observed but very few birds in 

 the region of the northeast portion of 

 the Great Slave Lake, such as the 

 Golden Eagle (Aguila Chrysaetos;, the 

 Great Northern Diver (Urinator im- 

 ber), Coiwheen or Old Squaw (Clan- 

 gula hyenialis), Green Winged Teal 

 (Anas Carolinensie,) Ring-Necked 

 Duck (Aythia collaris), Canada Grouse 

 or Spruce Partridge (Dendragapus 

 Canadensis), Rock Ptarmigan (Lago- 

 pus rupestris, and three or four spec- 

 ies of gulls. I had five (5) samples 

 of copper ore taken from points on 

 the northwest shore of Great Slave 

 Lake, assayed by Professor Kenrick, 

 of St. John's college, which gave the 

 following results, viz : 



Sample No. 1 gave 11.3 per cent, 

 copper, silver a 'trace. 



Sample No. 2 gave 15.2 per cent, cop- 

 per, silver a trace. 



Sample No. 3 gave 21.0 per cent, cop- 

 per, silver a trace. 



Sample No. 4 gave 16.5 per cent cop- 

 per, silver a fcrace. 



Sample No. 5 gave 27.6 per cent, 

 copper, silver a trace. 



Assay of Galena taken from a point 

 near Fort Resolution, G.S.L., gave 60 

 oz. of silver to the ton. 



