1198 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
1 ong|about 8 feet. The Calumba was formed by the | aggression "upon the со loniss, Т; US 
Logania, Е ы ЫЙ, an | cascades, and the natives procure from this part some | remarks without giving this asse ш е 
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the ord was found a 
Куча, of Fruit, that is 
(less their. uH Ж. which АЫ is опе. In|contradictlon. My own experience. 
with avidity by the пант ез. With it, but much less Hv US. of the woods and m and in the | have gathered — has led me io fa the reader y; 
frequent, ра а Clusia (7) with edible fruit. The & places of mm valleys, Osmunda Ness was|opposite opinion of the temper “ы Ай езе 
Copal Gum tree was very abundant along the coast; ар Нея passed the thickest of the woods, | the Indians; and lest i shoul b | 
it grows to a large size, one which was measured bein ч long stretch of hills Oh the hill sides that my official position E oggi: | 
qug enormous spread.” | being covered with Citron trees. On the 7th дау | ling alone among them хый hi when trare, 
d fix bamboos to receive pans the coast a “high table land was reached, Then wan itin ng to the Ordinary colonist, k 2; z Would he 
ihe gum. Te 4 procure | (heir "Todi rubber (by іп- | саше more hills to be mounte d e t flori, 
cision, ‚ allowing the sap to flow рю 8. Boi a the mel watered xir with numerous d ; from English clergy man whom. I have шш p~ of а yo, 
па plan hence to the dl tho road lay through woods and į of meeting. I withhold dus o he шү, 
o the writer, having thick e оң кй 8, As ver rugged hills, The hills close by the capital are | letter was not Шона for that то % T 
know: 
Pear- se as well as Pe зра fruit. The Ficus perelly bare, and the writer observed but one con- через to make of it. I чуй add that the wr 
spicuo ony until he edt 
elastica was also met wit th along the gen: -bord. Alon flower on which the eye can rest, the Sunga | had never visited an Eng S de 
1 Eupho orbias. and Myrtals Pies of the natives 1 „ofwi нера there British са bia fou: r yea n. 
wel Dense 8 reading box-like trees are two varieties, one of a brig t vermi ion, the other ** My experience Mond; m 
kou vell represented, p м! bright orange; these grow from а thorny [7 Title persons iidem that, so far rm "ety & Ы ma 
tribes of the south, who” resort to them and $0 other | plant, which creeps along the mud walls.—2. “Оп the there i Às far less risk іп travelling in К, ritish 
oes, for | Hairs of the Carcinus Manes,” a TROM ч the Tay, on tl ny parts of England. Nothin Саш 
devotional motives, It is common Юю dnd. ss neath | Food and Parasites of the y Salar tl ler of the s connie, and the mark d ad 
such trees the sticks, гарз, and bamboos, which | Ьу W. de M^ntosh, M.D., and d үр ор serious crime either on the part of е эшш Li 
Eos have left after. paying their SD to the gods Cobbold, Indians, e 
the bamboo. generally. y con us ning, soe R akve КДЙ, а k 7ч f X^ А hp i boi end по маб 
ropitiate the deities in favour of the supplicant who ; se en of Esquimalt as bein эш 2199 
has left it. Ferns decorate the trees, living and dead, 3otites of 230065. aval station and dockyard d. iiy : in 
on this part of the road. Of Orchids, the Angræca |3, Four Years in British Columbia and Low ече, port nt as this is for ойг res эя E" Pile] | 
sesquipedale and superba were таоз& prominent and |` алй. An account of their Forests, Rivers, Coasts, | think it would be still T for the squadron in the - 
numerous ; they grow parasitic and terrestrial from Goldfields pie Resources for Colonis ation. By Com Chinese waters, Our ships PER which are sometimes 
E аа о the coast hipe and for 60 miles inland. | mander R. C. Mayne, R.N., F.R.G.S. 8vo. Манеу: almost быч by sickness, could reach the mw 
" e also found, one sweet- t climate of Vaneouver in er Фа, and might, if re 
hree græca 
scented ES p white odes on spikes, 1—1 feet ano 
long, and one with the flowers м er ape and | 2. Vancoveer lend pi t hat де y may бези pu In 1859 the * men: 
"Me In "the plains srtendipg des proc 90 Е Кайту; М.Р. Edin, R.N. Svo. Smith & 
m f Wo, Me Рр. 182. 
у emain Mir a 
f|9 A A of кз нане о Ву its first colo- | left, T believe, with the crews of both ships in M 
€ t, W. Colquhoun А paper read before hoali . Imay also mention that the healthy appear. 
other pink, and both. affording in their bark "the Royal Geographie i "A 897. nee of our crew was a subject of general remark to 
Tho Tung ; 
ate: -| 4. Catalogue of the Mou d^ contribution (to the | all ships arriving on the station." 
hinia venenifera, or ordeal poison tree, grows very|  J^fernational Ewhibitis a m & short PNE of барайн of Soil, фо,—® In these possessions 
abu ndantly alo ong the сомй, and is one of the most 
he beach from Tama-| June, 1862. (A de а mmense өхіепі- наб табига] teen of—so far as it 
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Vancouver Island Soit si Columbia. London, 1 = d dentl in its 1 wealth, a zi 
we have, independently of its mineral w. a country 
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tare to Andovorant, the t where the road turns | Amon ng the books I tl with a climate | 
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westward, was lined with а жы of Pandanus ог | reader will find Ane mi RAEN нр on con- | closel y Against d these advantages, 
Уасоа. This Vacoa forms thick strong barrier | cerning those two North Western Colonies on however, it must be remembered that all that is 
against sand- drift, and is planted by the pavas around | which the world is looking with eager expecta 1 
is intent samore|tion. That they have a glorious destiny cannot be|tagesof the colonies has yet to be done, and that for 
с omplete barrier than [ig Hottentot Fig z p Cape.|doubted. In the opinion of attray, “the | шапу years to come stout hearts and strong hands will 
Mm Andovorant the route was continued by the aid | geographical position of Vanconvar Island i s favour- | find abundant occupation in accomplishing this work. 
canoes up a lake, Р 8-10 BANS to A e us the | able for her development as mercial Eta The | He who is not possessed of these requisites of а bushe — 
йш st village o ot е ascent. On either side this lake | position which this island holds in the Pacific very | life is as unfit for British Columbia as for any otber — 
rising that which. Gr eat Britain holds in the ab yc But the man whose heart does not fail him — 
with vit Варо a d the Travellers tree (Ravenala mada- | A d both h t th pect of } d harder work will 
nsis); the latter met with here for the first | bu A the shipping of the lat only s in the | tl 1 гну him." | 
Quin n being thence a companion of the traveller | traffic of the Atlantic, that of Vas be and may,| Тһе evid —-— upo n p ich these conclusions arè 
for 130 miles. It has been stated that Mr. Ellis was | and probably will, almost monopolise that ы Ше Pacific, | founded is to be sought їп Captain ӨӨ” >” 
н In жй. а а, ү” 30 LAE 4 some of | which аб а future day will probably rival that of the | which are filed iia co with matter of the 
these iw b ut on ear Ampa- | former, and this lon ny will thus hold a place in the | interest. He is always entertaining as weil 
pimba, a village Nn 000 "feel — ihe sea, Dr. | commerce of the west кораш to that which England | бус; and his tales and adventures so rivet the reader's 
ud d qr emnes whick wara at least k^ fe thigh. On | now holds in that of the ttention, that tmas ] the volume 
the banks of a canal a or d of the lake Astrapæ a that “ British Columbi ia, on il other hand, possesses, in | must be a universal favourite, especially as it i e 
Frais Еко pb Я : people 
was met within lover ; —р ly second lev 
the trunk 4 ft.in and with eu | to none that have а ке котер in her silver|seenery. Notwithstanding the crow А 
branches, poi) vii | rn of ab sg Pis d "he | mines, in her к ores of plumbago, &c., elements of|columns we must find room for one or опо а 
bunches of Een flowers;" a "c wealth such as probably do not exist in Vancouver | woman named Hu-saw-i һай been carried off by 
medicine by the nativos for pro irritatio! rin Island, and Hes % Ваг йт Богра, under judicious | Indians, and res by 
iis small Solanum, the leaves of iy are eaten | management, ost impor mineralyielding | © Rejoining the * Plumper? on the 20 the after 
as а vegetable by the irem i call it “ Bred "— | colony." rescued slave ape in full possession of course; 
this is found in all the market places, and is sold in These эшн gi аге v» aniply confirmed by all that is at | cockpit. There із по accounting for tastes, husband 
bundles; а wild Raspberry, spreading over acres of |] of the capabilities of the two | but it was жеи for Husaw4 that he pm 
land near he lakes, and lining the path in all moist | Colonies. Upo inte d her more than we did,or I few Sd 
о country till the capital, and the dry red | EN trustworthy ае E been stationed | have been left T the tender mercies of] of ад 
clay soil 40 miles south of it was approached; both|on the coast of Vancouver in H.M.S. Plumper or|She was one of the ugliest, dirtiest f meeting; 
this a medicinally, braised | H d havi ld I have ri gri 9 
і t f c ecate for near e 
and mixed with rice water, as emollients and expec- | time personally examined. some of the more important Гапа dur ing the 10 days d her 
torants, Near Maromby abundance of rice is grown ; | districts of British Co lu mbia  emesialis. the „little са І fear, "ring but Sympathy Re {ша}, 3 — 
and here occurred a Heliconia with pink offshoots or | known North- West rned ofer to the charge of the serg vhich, with 
sprouts which are eaten. In the canals and pools grew | means of observation; and EA ing no Y interest in | ism cs de for her of Printed m besides | 
a Lotos TU blue flowers, the tubers 9 whioh are ч bios Со lony, ‚һе must be' regarded аз wholly unpre- | sundry other garments, she was desired to wea ashe 
request for the preparation of 'a kind o On lf as decent 
Second days j jonm ey M the sea, an | ab about 1500 E speak for themselves, 
foot. abov ve | ts level, the village of Ranumafana mate.—“ It would be useless for general pur- | to induce her to give up possession 
hed ter which it is named. ELO L4 give A mais of st atist stics in oen to the and to take a bath, to both of whic b 
It is in this ai r that the hot e. are oer] | climate of Bri d Van r Island. p ropugnanoe: n and women 
Beyond this this AP "the country reached on the third f la айе а Pens ак c service m repe поме к: ich he was 
day became m more wooded and fo oresty. Floating i in the | there is of course grea dien nce of temperature. The | as stor: under bis charge, and ding officer. He 
f Vancouver rr may м said generally to responsible t till 1 relieved by - киш ЛЕ) endeavours 
ир u-sa Nw -1, Я got her 
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stalks of the Ouvirandra ‚ fenestralis, but this was most | | be abont the same as that of the south of England. | could n: word to 
à | Darin g the last winter, 1861-2, it I ME unusually | - —cro сеу: eme E ded amete 
Tid Arums line the river banks in this кде of the|severe. In the four — that I passed at Esqui and 
country, and a ewootscented white Crinum was con-| | malt Harbour we had a gre t deal of rain, very little was told that she "i pe Ае o have done one 0 
spieuous. In the forests, from which is мра some | | snow, just as ho моа ; ; 
= A M used f bodie g, was К t each year, the thermometer being hardly | “сапе a boy, or put any on d then came 
lific vegetation. There was a redundan М а бн Mos 25° Fahr. The south part at Ва carried it out to the letter, «Old oman cleaned, 
ot T. Tidetur Mosses and Fern Tn d the те Чу шо ist | Colum bia is, perhaps, a little colder. "This winter the pesa salute and торор rted ой to her or saw that si 
like a prisoner 
part of the woods was a Coleus with bright pink | Lower Fraser has been frozen over so as entirely to Ec eate сой he took her 
markings З Mong the midrib 'and veins; a Sonerila w ith |im mpede navigation; but I believe this has never been| got i that she was all 
silv markings, another with white | known before, and it certainly has only occurred once I times a day to make sve: this while in 8. 
TAN iS oa ws, and anotherjwith pink do and lines. since 1856. Steamers were able to go to La angley every | The poor old — was her heart wished here. 
e next tireo days 8' marching was through: d continua: | winter I was in the country, and were only prevented гад and I have no doubt "An day long she Wy 
tion of th ,near the centre of which was {а | ascending to Fort Hope уч the shallowness of k among bet — which went 
e А fiamibaos ibed т. Ellis | stream. It will also ид that I ascended ded at the fore end of th т үр turned to ш 
festoon this cascade and the rapids; the species which | the river to Fort Yale i n February, 1859, without being | our chart-room, and ever ya да Байа to wave her i 
trávels along the ground amd encircles bushes and | seriously impeded by ісе,” along the quarter yu p (Ah ! chief, chief 
trees indiscriminately, being ing, хоодай .| 2. Personal Safety.—“ In a recent book on m and cry “Аһ! Tyee, Туге, till we were f i 
Tree Ferns were more numi in this district than at | CA, one of the many objections urged agai: most piteous voice imagina 6 much to our 
any other part of the wood, thei e» average height being | country is said to arise from the danger of prie off deck. On the 27th, however, m 
