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for the contribution to our equipment of several articles of 

 comfort. 



The next day we bade our Winnipeg friends good-bye aiid 

 took the C. P. E. train for the West. The route lay through 





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vast areas of the most magnificent agricultural country, for 

 the most part level and unbroken, save by the innumerable 

 and ancient but still deep trails of the buffalo. Little timber 

 was observed, excepting in isolated patches and along the 

 river valleys, the land being ready for the plough of the 

 settler. Passing through many new but thriving towns and 

 settlements by the way, we arrived early on the morning of 

 the 22nd at the busy town of Calgary, pleasantly situated in 

 the beautiful valley of the south branch of the Saskatchewan 

 Eiver, and just within view of the snow-clad peaks of the 

 Eocky Mountains. From Calgary our way lay toward the 

 north, via the Edmonton Branch of the C. P. E., and after 

 a stay of only a few hours we were again hurrying onward. 

 On the evening of the same day, in a teeminaj rain, we reached 

 Edmonton, the northern terminus of the railway. 



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