. Rod and gun . HIS EXCELLENCY, EARL GREY. fascinating were the tales of whale fishingas told to me by the courteous officialsof the Pacific Whaling Company at theiroffices in Victoria, and views of the bigharpoon whale guns fastened in the bowsof their sixty-foot whaling gentlemen sent me enough whaleblubber, and whale meat and eardrums, tosay nothing of samples of v^ale- Lack of space prevents mention of thetrip from Eastern Newfoundland, of LakeMistassini in Northern Quebec, of thewild ride down Ruperts stream, crossingHudsons Bay, ascending the AlbanyRiver, going thence up i
. Rod and gun . HIS EXCELLENCY, EARL GREY. fascinating were the tales of whale fishingas told to me by the courteous officialsof the Pacific Whaling Company at theiroffices in Victoria, and views of the bigharpoon whale guns fastened in the bowsof their sixty-foot whaling gentlemen sent me enough whaleblubber, and whale meat and eardrums, tosay nothing of samples of v^ale- Lack of space prevents mention of thetrip from Eastern Newfoundland, of LakeMistassini in Northern Quebec, of thewild ride down Ruperts stream, crossingHudsons Bay, ascending the AlbanyRiver, going thence up its branch calledthe Ogoki, of the portage across to thehead waters of the Ombabika stream thatflows into Lake Nepigon and of the canoe 1144 ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. Pile of Whalebone on Vancouver Island. To be Groundinto Bonemeal for Fertilization Purposes. trip across that lake and thence down theriver to Nepigon, and of the ride alongthe North Shore to Winnipeg, and thevisit to Lake Winnipeg, to the , Arrow Lakes, and the ascentof the upper Fraser from Lytton to FortGeorge, of the Yoho chasm and its 1200-foot sheer water-fall, of the glaciers,moonlit nights and glory of sunshiny dayson the backbone of America, and of theconstant courtesy shown by such officialsof the Canadian Pacific Railway as ]\ E. E. Lssher, of Winnipeg, Mr. McNic-oll, of ontreal, Mr. L. O. Armstrong, ^, of Vancouver, and ManagerFlindt, of Glacier House. And no one con-tributed more to the joys of my long out-ings than Victim. He says he weighsabout 9*8 pounds, but he must tip thescales at about 130 pounds. Certainlyhe seems to attract heavy anglers; hementions two such heavy-weights, andmy own picture, herewith, will show I amno skeleton. And
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