Canadian Agriculture. 
sense of freedom, and yet of loveliness, is borne in upon you ; and you feel 
perhaps that you would like to keep the liberty and yield some of the loneli- 
ness, and pitch your tent and live, if live in the wilderness you must, awaj' t& 
the north, where the streams chime in swifter currents through the more 
varied lands, and forest succeeds meadow, and fertile dale and prairie have 
near them the whispering shelter of the firs, and morning and evening liehts 
above the^e the liaming colours of rose and of crimson on the snow-fields of 
the Western Alps. 
" AVe will hurry on to Edmonton, and hear the reports there. Many men 
from Ontario have got property here, and there is abundance of coal as well 
as of timber in the vicinity. Horses do well when left out in winter. This 
is now comparatively well-known grcvmd, but there may be some interest in 
endeavouring to see what lies beyond the paths which are already more or less 
beaten tracks. There is no stranger sensation than that of camping night 
after night in meadows which are full of such good grass that you feel inclined 
to look round for their owner and to ask his leave. But there have been none 
from the beginning of time to say you 'nay.' Even the savage has here 
never molested the pioneer. Xo one having a taste for exploration, for sport, 
or for settlement in some far-away but fair region, where he may live as the 
pioneer of a community on land certain to rise in value, need fear to pursue 
his object on account of any native's hostility. There is no one to hinder 
him, if he wishes to break the soil where the great Peace River forces its way 
through the grand masses of the mountains, or settle near the Hudson's Bay 
Company's posts farther down along the banks of the deeply-wooded stream. 
There is a singular charm in thus being amongst the first in a new land, but 
by-nnd-by more companionship is desired : and it is not to be doubted that 
each wave of emisration as it is poured westward will send many a stont 
fellow onward until he rests satisfied with his farm, from which he may see 
the giant and serrated ridges and peaks of the Rocky Mountains far away, cut 
clear and distinct, dark blue, against the western sunset light." 
As the traveller by the Canadian Pacific Railwav speeds 
onward across the prairie, he will not fail to notice every now 
and again, the buffalo skulls which lie bleaching in the sun. 
Last autumn these were quite familiar objects, but the utilitarian 
spirit of the age will allow them to rest there no longer. 
They are being collected and sent in truck-loads eastward, to be 
worked up at St. Paul or Chicago into artificial fertilisers. 
Intoxicating liquors are entirely prohibited from the whole of 
the ]North-VVest, and it is illegal eitlier to make or to possess anv 
of these fluids. This prohibitive law is not in force, however, 
in Manitoba, and as a train leaves this Province and enters 
Assiniboia, members of the orth-Western Mounted Police 
may come " aboard " and search the cars for contraband liquor, 
as indeed thev may do anywhere else between Manitoba and 
British Columbia. The law was made for the sake of the Red 
Indians, who do not understand the intelligent use of " fire- 
water," but who will speedily drink themselves into a state of 
frenzy, provided they get an opportunitv to quaff ad lih. It is 
an offence under any circumstances to supply an Indian with 
alcoholic drink. The " free and happy barley, ' which flourishes 
