. Bird-nesting in north-west Canada . camp when the work is done. Their carts have no wheels;they consist of two long poles, in the centre of which is a sortof platform or box, in which are seated the old squaws, pa-pooses, etc.; one end of the two poles forms the shafts, whichare fastened to the pony with pieces of hide; the other endsof the poles rest and trail along the ground. The boys andgirls were dressed in blankets of bright colours. The Indians,like the buffaloes, are fast disappearing before the onwardmarch of the white man and civilization. Treat the Indianskindly, for they are the
. Bird-nesting in north-west Canada . camp when the work is done. Their carts have no wheels;they consist of two long poles, in the centre of which is a sortof platform or box, in which are seated the old squaws, pa-pooses, etc.; one end of the two poles forms the shafts, whichare fastened to the pony with pieces of hide; the other endsof the poles rest and trail along the ground. The boys andgirls were dressed in blankets of bright colours. The Indians,like the buffaloes, are fast disappearing before the onwardmarch of the white man and civilization. Treat the Indianskindly, for they are the children of the old lords of the soil. After wandering along the banks of the river for an houruntil dusk, I returned to the station house, and, packing myspecimens and baggage, I waited the approach of the trainfrom the west, which was due at ten oclock. Presently thetrain came along, and as I was tired I soon retired to myberth, instructing the guard to wake me up in time to get offat Virden the following morning. 134 Bird-Nesting. CHAPTER XVII. URING the ni^ht we passed the celebrated Bellfarm, embracing 100 square miles. At IndianHead, near the centre of the farm, the headquar-ters buildings may be seen on the right. This is averitable manufactory of wheat, where the work isdone with an almost military organization, ploughingby brigades and reaping by divisions. Think of a farm wherethe furrows are ordinarily four miles long, and of a countrywhere such a thing is possible—to plough one furrow outwardand another returning is a half days Avork for a man and ateam. There are neat stone cottages and ample barns formiles around, and the collection of buildings about the head-quarters make a respectable village. In other parts the fat lands of the North-West are beingrapidly taken up, and the rush of immigration to Canada pro-mises to be greater than ever this year, and those coming areof the right class, agriculturists with a capital of from $500to SI,000 to l:)egin upon. Onta
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