Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . the general level, while from theAssinniboine toward the north again is an uninterruptedexpanse of long waving prairie grass, sprinkled with herdsof cattle, and in the fall of the year with clusters of stacksof hay. This is the ordinary aspect of the country com-prising that portion of Eed Eiver Settlement which liesbetween Water-mill Creek and Fort Garry. Kemove thefarmhouses and churches, replacing them on the riverbanks by forest trees of the largest gro
Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . the general level, while from theAssinniboine toward the north again is an uninterruptedexpanse of long waving prairie grass, sprinkled with herdsof cattle, and in the fall of the year with clusters of stacksof hay. This is the ordinary aspect of the country com-prising that portion of Eed Eiver Settlement which liesbetween Water-mill Creek and Fort Garry. Kemove thefarmhouses and churches, replacing them on the riverbanks by forest trees of the largest growth, and thecountry between Fort Garry and the 49th parallel, asseen along the road to Pembina, a distance of seventymiles, is continually reproduced in its ordinary aspect ofsameness and immensity. The vast ocean of level prairie which lies to the westof Eed Eiver must be seen in its extraordinary aspects,before it can be rightly valued and understood in refer-ence to its future occupation by an energetic and civilisedrace, able to improve its vast capabilities and appreciateits marvellous beauties. It must be seen at sunrise, when. THE PRAIRIE. 135 the boundless plain suddenly flashes with rose-colouredlight, as the first rays of the sun sparkle in the dew onthe long rich grass, gently stirred by the unfailing morn-ing breeze. It must be seen at noon-day, when refractionswells into the forms of distant hill ranges the ancientbeaches and ridges of Lake Winnipeg, which mark itsformer extension; when each willow bush is magnifiedinto a grove, each distant clump of aspens, not seenbefore, into wide forests, and the outline of wooded riverbanks, far beyond unassisted vision, rise into view. Itmust be seen at sunset, when, just as the huge ball offire is dipping below the horizon, he throws a flood ofred light, indescribably magnificent, upon the illimitablewaving green, the colours blending and separating withthe gentle roll of the long grass in the evening breeze,and seemingly ma
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