. Cruisings in the Cascades [microform] : a narrative of travel, exploration, amateur photography, hunting, and fishing, with special chapters on hunting the grizzly bear, the buffalo, elk ... Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. 52 CKriSl.\(iS I.\ TinO ( ASCADKS. lieave a sigh oH. reVmi wlieii once its beetling cliffs and spetliing abysses are far astern. Gulls hover about this weird plnce, nnd eagles soar above it at all houi's, as it' 'ing its pristine beauties, yet in supei'stitious awe of the dai'k depths, ^[ount Erie, two miles n
. Cruisings in the Cascades [microform] : a narrative of travel, exploration, amateur photography, hunting, and fishing, with special chapters on hunting the grizzly bear, the buffalo, elk ... Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. 52 CKriSl.\(iS I.\ TinO ( ASCADKS. lieave a sigh oH. reVmi wlieii once its beetling cliffs and spetliing abysses are far astern. Gulls hover about this weird plnce, nnd eagles soar above it at all houi's, as it' 'ing its pristine beauties, yet in supei'stitious awe of the dai'k depths, ^[ount Erie, two miles n way, rising to a height of ],'}()() I'eet, casting its deep shadows across rlie pass and surrounding- waters, completes a picture of rare l)eauty and •grandeur. We leached Vic^toria, that quaint, old, aristocratic, ultra-English town, just as the sun was siidving beneath the waves, that rolled restlessly on the surface of Juan de Fuca Strait. We were surorised to see so substantial and well-built a town as this, and one possessing so much of the air of age and inde- pendt'iice, so far north and west. One might iradily imagine, from the exterior appearance of the city and Is sui'i'oundings, that he were in the province of Quebi c instead of that of Jjiilish Columbia. ]\fy wife felt that she must not remain h)nger away from home at present, and we were to part here; there- fore, in the early morning she eml)ark('d for home, while 1 ti'ansferred my effects and self to the steamer Princess Louise, bound for Burrard t !. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shields, G. O. (George Oliver), 1846-1925. Chicago; New York : Rand, McNally
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