. Canada : a descriptive text book . eer ofthe realm. Lord Strathcona has given very large sums to educationalinstitutions in Montreal, and with Lord Mount Stephen, another famousCanadian, founded the Royal Victoria hospital in that city at a cost of twomillion dollars. It is no wonder that all Canadians are proud of him. Strathcona Horse. 18 CANADA. When we consider the size and wealth of the country, Canadas popu-lation is very small, for London alone has almost as many inhabitantsas the whole of the Dominion. The population is fast increasing but thereis ample room for all who come. In the
. Canada : a descriptive text book . eer ofthe realm. Lord Strathcona has given very large sums to educationalinstitutions in Montreal, and with Lord Mount Stephen, another famousCanadian, founded the Royal Victoria hospital in that city at a cost of twomillion dollars. It is no wonder that all Canadians are proud of him. Strathcona Horse. 18 CANADA. When we consider the size and wealth of the country, Canadas popu-lation is very small, for London alone has almost as many inhabitantsas the whole of the Dominion. The population is fast increasing but thereis ample room for all who come. In the older provinces the country isfairly well settled, although there is still a good deal of unclaimed are many towns and several cities, but most of the people livein the country. In Canada nearly every farmer owns his landof which he has usually from a hundred to two or three hundred the early French days, it was the custom to have the farms runback from the river in long strips. This enabled the settlers to build. Farm Buildings. their houses near one another along the river and thereby avoid theloneliness of a new country with few inhabitants. The custom remainedafter the necessity for it had passed away and in most parts of easternCanada the farms extend for a mile or more from the highway to thebush that is usually left at the rear end of the lot. If the settlement isnew, the houses are of logs or square timber, the barns small, and alarge part of the farm still uncleared. But in the older sectionsone finds good brick or stone houses, and immense barns. The farmers CANADA. 19 have learned to combine everything i,v Air one roof, and the stables,mows, granary, tool and machinery room are usually all in one build-ing. In the West, the country lb as yet sparsely populated, andmany sections have not been taken u ;>. But the settlers have com-fortable homes and better opportunities for rapid advancement thanthose in the older sections of the country Frenchme
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