A pioneer of imperial federation in Canada . he presentday. The inhabitants would not live invillages as their governors tried to makethem. They would live on their yet isolation would be fatal, so theycould not (even if they wished to do it forother reasons) build their houses in themiddle of four square farms, as are seen 176 IMPERIAL FEDERATION to-day in the North-West. They solved theproblem by laying out the country in longribbon-like farms, each having a narrowfrontage on a river, and building theirhouses in a string along the bank of astream. They were thus within easy hailof
A pioneer of imperial federation in Canada . he presentday. The inhabitants would not live invillages as their governors tried to makethem. They would live on their yet isolation would be fatal, so theycould not (even if they wished to do it forother reasons) build their houses in themiddle of four square farms, as are seen 176 IMPERIAL FEDERATION to-day in the North-West. They solved theproblem by laying out the country in longribbon-like farms, each having a narrowfrontage on a river, and building theirhouses in a string along the bank of astream. They were thus within easy hailof each other. The Iroquois peril is nowforgotten, but new farms are still laid outin the same ribbon pattern, with thehouses strung along the edge of river orroad. I am indebted to Mr. Howard AnofusKennedy, a gentleman who has lived formany years in Canada, and especially amongthe French Canadians, for this explanation,which I have quoted from an interestingpaper he read at a meeting of the RoyalColonial Institute on the loth of Right Hon. Lord Stkathcona and Mount Royal, CHAPTER VI I MONTREAL AGAIN Saturday, the 9th of November, beingHis Majestys birthday, was duly cele-brated by every outward sign of loyaltyby the citizens of Montreal. One of theprincipal functions which took place onthis occasion was the Kinchs orand birth-day banquet given by the High Commis-sioner for Canada, Lord Strathcona andMount Royal, at his beautiful residencein Dorchester Street, to a large numberof official representatives and other distin-guished public men of the Dominion. Itwas a brilliant gathering of one hundredand fifty guests over which His Lordshippresided. His Grace the Roman CatholicArchbishop of Montreal, Monseigneur Bru-chesi, sat on the Chairmans right hand. 178 IMPERIAL FEDERATION and I on the left. It was said to be themost largely attended and most repre-sentative private function that had evertaken place in the City. The distinguished host proposed thetwo usu
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