Papers and records - Ontario Historical Society . n and become the badge when on a flag. No crown is used eitheron the arms of Canada, or on the arms of any of the nine provinces. Theboat flag of the Governor General is the only exception. Heraldic de-vices are subject to the strict rules of the science and have a definiteobject and a story to tell to him who reads aright. They are not merefanciful decorative designs, and should not be treated as such. They areconcisely described emblems, and any deviation, liowever slight, fromthe strict letter of law destroys their true significance. MANITOB
Papers and records - Ontario Historical Society . n and become the badge when on a flag. No crown is used eitheron the arms of Canada, or on the arms of any of the nine provinces. Theboat flag of the Governor General is the only exception. Heraldic de-vices are subject to the strict rules of the science and have a definiteobject and a story to tell to him who reads aright. They are not merefanciful decorative designs, and should not be treated as such. They areconcisely described emblems, and any deviation, liowever slight, fromthe strict letter of law destroys their true significance. MANITOBA. The prairie province came into the Dominion in stretches from the 49th parallel up to the 60th, eleven degrees. ByRoyal Warrant of 10th May, li), this province was granted aT-ius: Vert, on a rock a buffalo, statant, proper. On a chief argent, thecross of St. George. The red cross of St. George on a silver field is bore the territorialinsignium of the King. The field of the escutcheon is green, indicating THE HERALDRY OF CANADA. 147. MANITOBA the virgin soil of the western part of the province, where the wheatregion begins. The buffalo and the rock are in their natural colors, ofbrown and dark grey. The eastern portion is broken and rocky land,and further west the buffalo was often in early days the most conspicuousfigure on the wide expanse of rolling plains. The buffalo is known toscience as the Bos Araericanus or American Ox, and his rough andshaggy coat of fur was proof against the cold winters of our westernland, and was of great value to man. The gregarious instincts of theherd, their peaceful mode of life, living on what the land produced, maywell entitle the buffalo to heraldically repi-escnt the hardy race in theCanadian Northwest; the men of the Northern Zone. In this provinceis grown the far-famed wheat known as Manitoba No. 1, Hard. Itspower of resistance to moist-ure is possessed by no other on this continent,and gives to this wheat its world-wide ?-ep
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