Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador; . f Indianblood in his veins, and not a little of the silent,stoic, Indian nature. With both hands on thesix-foot wheel, he peers steadily through the win-dow ahead of him, watching every eddy, everyfoam-flecked rock that shows in the turmoil ofwaters. By his side stand three men in oilskins, readyto help him put the boat over at a critical point,and at the cry Hip ! Bas ! Hip ! Bas ! ( Up !Down ! Up ! Down ! ) their strong hands graspthe spokes to turn the great wheel as he com-mands. Never once is it at rest after
Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador; . f Indianblood in his veins, and not a little of the silent,stoic, Indian nature. With both hands on thesix-foot wheel, he peers steadily through the win-dow ahead of him, watching every eddy, everyfoam-flecked rock that shows in the turmoil ofwaters. By his side stand three men in oilskins, readyto help him put the boat over at a critical point,and at the cry Hip ! Bas ! Hip ! Bas ! ( Up !Down ! Up ! Down ! ) their strong hands graspthe spokes to turn the great wheel as he com-mands. Never once is it at rest after we have enteredthe rapids, but spinning, spinning, always thisway and that, while the vessel shoots like a snakealong the tossing white line of water. Agriculture. The leading industry of Ontario is has been made a speciahty, experimentalfarms under government supervision being main-tained at Guelph and Ottawa. The richest agricultural district is to the west-ward, where grain and cattle are chiefly the eastern section dairy farming ranks 62 CANADA. Orchard Land. Several parts of Ontario, notably the districtsby Lake Huron and Erie, are celebrated for theirfruit produce. Near Hamilton the country appearsto be one vast orchard. Splendid apples, grapes,peaches, and strawberries are grown here, and itwell deserves its name of the Garden of Canada. Maple Sugar. Canadas climate is not tropical enough for thecultivation of the sugar cane, but in its placeshe has the maple tree, the sap of which jdelds adelicious syrup and sugar. The maple sugar harvest begins in early spring,when the farmer taps the trees. A wooden oriron spout is driven into the trunk of the maple afew feet from the ground, and when the saprises under the suns rays it flows rapidly outthrough the spout into a bucket provided for thepurpose. From this sap, when boiled in the sugarhouse, a dark syrup is obtained for which thereis a ready market, or it may be further treated tomak
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