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Christ Church, as will be seen in the sketch I made of 

 the Pas, is a neat and rather imposing edifice ; and it 

 seemed like getting back to civilization again, after all 

 our wayfaring, when, on rounding one of the majestic 

 sweeps of the river, the pretty white church, surrounded 

 by farmhouses and fields of waving grain, burst unex- 

 pectedly upon our view. It was on a calm summer's 

 evening, and the spire was mirrored in the gliding river, 

 and gilt by the last rays of the setting sun. 



The Pas, or Cumberland Mission. 



The church is situated on the right or south bank of 

 the river ; near it is the parsonage, a large and commo- 

 dious building, occupied by the Rev. E. A. Watkins, the 

 present incumbent. Adjoining the church there is a neat 

 school-house with several dwelling houses ; and on the op- 

 posite side of the river there are six or seven houses, but 

 they seemed to be uninhabited and in a dilapidated con- 

 dition ; the Indians, for whom they were erected, disliking 

 a settled life devoted solely to the pursuit of agriculture ; 



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