. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 391 sticking together on closing the book. This precaution has helped to keep it in excellent preservation. The contents are chiefly draw- ings, made by a fine style, representing scenes from village and rural life. At the end there is a large catalogue in Latin of various kinds of an'mals, with a translation into old Norwegian ; and from this it has been conjectured that the greater portion of the book dates from the close of the thirteenth cent
. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 391 sticking together on closing the book. This precaution has helped to keep it in excellent preservation. The contents are chiefly draw- ings, made by a fine style, representing scenes from village and rural life. At the end there is a large catalogue in Latin of various kinds of an'mals, with a translation into old Norwegian ; and from this it has been conjectured that the greater portion of the book dates from the close of the thirteenth century. But there are indi- cations that part of the book is of earlier date. The tablets are fastened together at the back, and the cover is carved and inlaid with various small pieces of differently coloured woods. The book has been placed in the Museum of Antiquities in the University of Christiania, and it is intended to publish it shortly in fac- ; AN IMPORTANT RAILWAY. The late driving of the last spike on the Canadian Pacific railway has called forth a large amount of comment, which presumes to be wise, from the American preBS. This com- ment, while it admits that the work accomplish- ed is of great importance, is generally adverse to the (.respective profitableness of the railway. The men who scribble off their diurnal editorial filling for the morning newspapers assume to know that the country through which the Canadian pacific runs is mostly barren of natural resources. Their idea is that the region is too far n rth to amount to anything for settlement or development. Besides, it is in Canada, and patriotism demands that the new thoroughfare and the territory it traverses be depreciated, though likely as not the young fejlows who do the scribbling are recent importations from her majesty's dominions. The Lumberman aims to be fair in the treat- ment of foreign as well as domestic affairs. It is fully aware that when American newspapers assert that the Canadian
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