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The Explorations of Jonathan Oldbuck, F.G.S.Q.. in East- 

 •een Latitudes. Cai.ariipn History, Legends, Scenery. Sport. 

 By J. M. LeMoiHf, Quebec, 1889. Paper. 865 pages. 

 This volume is just what tbe author profesees it was his aim to 

 give his retct rs, a familial itinerary of travel by sea and land, 

 covering a. score of years and over the most picturesque por- 

 tion of the Province of Quebec. And if one were privileged, in 

 truth, to choose a traveling companion in Canada, what a rare 

 saiisfacti! n it would be to go m company with this historian, an- 

 tiquary, botanist, ornithologist", i port>man, angrier, wit and story 

 t« ller, whose erudition, versatiiuy and b' oad sympathies are 

 shown in the noble list of volumes already given io Canadian 

 literature, and now newly demonstrated in this volume just from 

 the press. Wild flowers of the woods and fields and the dust of 

 musty historical manuscript 0 , one might think, would not appeal 

 to the f ame tastes; yet. rh» LeMoine who has written a book on 

 the " Wild Flowers of Quebec " is the s me LeMt»in« whose anti- 

 quarian note book has supplied the material for volumes of hit- 

 tory. 



And very mii'-h as an ardent bota,uist searches out and brings 

 to the notice of trie world rare plants and bl issoms, has the 

 autror in this book coll- cted thr flower* of historical a id legend - 

 arv lore. One is surprise^, teo, in turning over the p ises, to 

 notice how on every hand the soortsman tourist, gui led bv such, 

 a friendly companion, woul 1 find associations of interest to him, 

 bt cause touching on his favorite nursutts. Even the geographi- 

 cal tames become in Lr Moine's bands Keys to m ires of anecdotes 

 and r. minisceuces of Canadian bnnters and fishermen. Thus of 

 Ru sieau de TOurs he. writes: "What gave it its sporting nam< ? 

 I have a faint remptimran e of a hear story, more tlian two hun- 

 dred ,\ears old. in winch the local nimrod, Seigneur Uift'ard, 

 whil lying perdu for wild geese— me spriae— on the sedgy b inks 

 of this riv- r. is stated to have spied a nuge bear rooming in the 

 neighborhood, mayhap in quest of the seigniorial mutton. Gaui-t, 

 tired, p ssibly unc msc oas of evil intent, ruin was lanoing the 

 crystal draught of the Ruisseau. To sub tit ut^ in his long duck 

 gun slugs for goose shot was the affair of an instant for tois 

 sporting L-nrd, --md, lo! oruin's brave spirit was wafted to where 

 all good bears go!" 



Again, of Hunter River the story is told that it reneived its 

 name in commemoration of the fate of an English officer, who 

 having become lost in the woods w ile hunting, did not appear 

 when his appointed wedding day came, and returning at last, to 

 find another favored suiior in his place, betook himself again to 

 the woods, where he was found on the banks of this r'ver dead. 



The. "Explorations" is a book to dip into; and open it where 

 one may. Share is incident and story. Thus, in descrying the 

 shrine of La Bonn" Ste. Anne, with it* votive off* rings of crutches 

 and staves left behind by the cripples cur<-d by resort hither. 

 "Over the side door, a small painting portrai s roughly a forest and 

 a man crushed tinder a tree; in the foreground is seen a small 

 dog. which looks as if he was carrying something away. An old 

 legend relates that a Oan-ulian named Dorval, while at work, 

 alone in the woods ne;sr Tadoussac, was crushed under a tree he 

 had hewn down, and had his leg broken. Pinioned Under the fal- 

 len trunk, and without hopes of help in this wilderness, he 

 uttered a praver to Saint Anne, who immediately inspired a 

 means of deli^ei ance. Ho took a p ece of nark, so.ik- d it in his 

 blood and gave it to his dog, rolling him to go and seek help at 

 the neighboring dwellings. Trie faithful animal, divining the 

 thoughts of li s master, ran to Tadoussac, his res<Pss movements 

 and the piece of bloody nark, which he placed at the feet of tho-e 

 he met. awakening attention. Some followed the anim.il. who 

 brought them to bis imprisoned master. Thus delivered. Dorval 

 hastened to accomplish his vo w and to deposit aa ex-voto, as a 

 token of his gratitude " 



The chapter on the Magdalen Islands contains a description of 

 Canadian salmon rivers with a revi w of the angline works re- 

 lating to thetn. This was published in the Forest and Steeam 

 som time ase; our readers will be glad to hav- it in this con- 

 venient form for a new re iding. and with it " The Cruise of the 

 Hirondelle," witnits account oi Seal and Crane Islands, Mont ma- 

 guy's g imp preserve, and a store of sporting lore connected with 

 the lower St. Lawrence Not tne. least entertaining chapter is 

 the concluding one "On Sime Historical Dogs." The mast ff 

 Pilot, "described bv Father L ilemant. in 1647. as leading each 

 morning to the woods her litter of savage pups taking with them 

 a ramble lound the Fori, at Montreal; scouring the un erbrush 

 and scanni g carefullv every hrusu to d'seover a skulking Mo 

 hawk. Woe netide the unlucky whelp who shirked his work! 

 Pilot would worry, snap at him-haying fiercely if a lurking foe 

 was m the n< ighborhoon.'' 



Tiie lis' ii.cludes many a noble animal worthy of being remem- 

 bered, down to the author's own St. Bernard Wolfe: "A noble 



fellow and a reliable friend. He Droved a rao-t efficient guardian 

 of the grounds. His stature, strength, majestic demeanor and 

 deep, loud hay'ng attracted wide attention, and inspired visitors 

 with respect not unmixed wild awe; such was the opinion enter- 

 tained of him by theuro litis of B^rgorville, that, with the aid of a 

 few legends about his ferocity adroitlv dropped by the gardner, 

 none had the hardihood to cros? the frontier after n'gbtfall; and 

 though Wolfe has some time ago jo'ned the great majority, the 

 terror of h s name still lasts; he is supposed still to stand sentinel 

 at night." No tourist in the Dominiou can afford to omit giving 

 th is book a place in his satchel, where it will De at hand for con- 

 stant reference. 



Cole's Combined System of Drainage and Irrigation: By 

 A. P. Cole. Wells vi lie. N Y. This is a practical manual of the 

 new system of agriculture originated hy Hon. Asahei N. Cole, 

 whose death occurred m July last, and is printed by the author. 

 It is a system of suh-irrigation, by wnich the rainfall, being first 

 gathered into lateral trenches, instead of running to waste in 

 superficial streamlets, is gradually released by slow pi rcolation, 

 whereby plants find abundant moisture for their nourishment at 

 all seasons. Th'S system is p rfectly and naturally illustrated in 

 the fertile plains of the Northwest, where the soil f reezfs 8ft. 

 depp in the long severe winters, and gradually melting in spring 

 an1 summer, enables the farmers to produce great crops of 

 wheat, even though no drop of rain should fail during the entire 

 growiug Sfason Mr. Cole was no theorist, and the practicability 

 of his system has been demonstrated always wherever it has been 

 tried. Toe results of his individual efforts at Wellsville astonish 

 all who investigate them. 



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