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Excerpt from Chronicles by the Way: A Series of Letters Addressed to the Montreal "Gazette," Descriptive of a Trip Through Manitoba and the North-West
At Toronto, I fell in with a Couple of gen. Tleman whose destination was Manitoba one was a well-known Nova Scotian, -a man who adds to a strong vigorous ability in public matters, a fund of anecdote, and a familiarity with the poets, whom he quotes at will without the slightest affection or pedantry, and the other a young Canadian who has recently passed creditable examin tions in European schools Of mines. I was glad to meet them; and have had still greater reason for satisfaction, as the inci dents Of the journey have developed. This morning, on nearing St. Paul; I asked the sleeping car porter at what time the train by the St Paul Pacific left for St. Vincent.' Seven twenty, he replied, sententiously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
