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use of the ritual of the AngUcan Church, and Mr. Douglass or a mis- 

 sionary reads the service. 



Mr. and Mrs. Smith had been in the country two years, and were 

 about leaving it for the Hawaiian Islands, in consequence of the ill 

 health of Mrs. Smith. Mr. Smith informed me that he had been 

 settled on the Kooskooskee, at a station called Kamia. There were no 

 Indians near that station, and consequently little duty for a missionary 

 to perform. All the above-named missions, except the Methodist, 

 came across the Rocky Mountains : they represented the pass through 

 them as by no means difficult, and that they had entertained no 

 apprehension of the hostile Indians. They had accompanied a party 

 of fur-traders from St. Louis, and gave a deplorable account of the 

 dissipation and morals of the party. Messrs. Griffith and Clarke 

 were entirely disappointed in finding self-support here, and had it not 

 been for the kindness of Dr. M'Laughlin, who took them in, they 

 would have suffered much. They were advised to settle themselves 

 on the Fauiitz Plains, wliere I have understood they have since taken 

 land, and succeeded in acquiring quite respectable farms. 



There are two large entrance gates to the " fort" for wagons and 

 carts, and one in the rear leading to the granaries and the garden : 

 the latter is quite extensive, occupying four or five acres, and contains 

 all kinds of vegetables and many kinds of fruit, with which the tables 

 are abundantly supplied by the gardener, "Billy Bruce." After 

 William Bruce's first term of service had expired, he was desirous of 

 returning to England, and was accordingly sent. This happened 

 during the visit of Dr. M'Laughlin to England. One day an acci- 

 dental meeting took place in a crowded street of London, where he 

 begged Dr. M'Laughlin to send him back to Vancouver. William 

 Bruce was accordingly taken again into employ, and sent back in the 

 next ship. In the mean time, however, he was sent to Chiswick, 

 the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, to get a little more knowledge 

 of his duties, and remained till the vessel sailed ; but no place was 

 like Vancouver to him, and all his success here continues to be com- 

 pared with Chiswick, which he endeavours to surpass : this is alike 

 creditable to both. 



Besides the store-houses there is also a granary, which is a frame 

 building of two stories, and the onlj^ one, the rest being built of logs. 



In addition to these, there are extensive kitchens and apartments 

 for the half-breed and Indian children that the Company have taken 

 to bring up and educate. Of these there are now twenty-three boys 



