The Sunset doorway of the Dominion, Vancouver, . e weeks the broad river is literally jammed with fish in aninconceivably mad tear and rush for the spawning grounds. / Naturalists have found that the salmons instinct of pro-creation is stronger than that of self preservation, because thefish in a run is bound on its last journey. No food is taken,no stops are made, it pushes on regardless of the wounds andcuts of sharp rocks, deposits its spawn and then finally dies, awilling sacrifice for the lives of its prospective progeny. When the fish come into the rivers from the sea they arein good
The Sunset doorway of the Dominion, Vancouver, . e weeks the broad river is literally jammed with fish in aninconceivably mad tear and rush for the spawning grounds. / Naturalists have found that the salmons instinct of pro-creation is stronger than that of self preservation, because thefish in a run is bound on its last journey. No food is taken,no stops are made, it pushes on regardless of the wounds andcuts of sharp rocks, deposits its spawn and then finally dies, awilling sacrifice for the lives of its prospective progeny. When the fish come into the rivers from the sea they arein good condition, and it is then that the industrious fisher-men catch tons of salmon with their gill nets, and the busycanneries keep their machinery going day and night, dispos-ing of the pink fleshed Sock eye which is seen in canseverywhere, and prized as a delicacy by millions of people inall parts of the world. Nothing could be more interesting than a visit to a can-nery when the machinery, with many automatic devices, isrunning at full capacity. 32. NEW WESTMINSTER. The old Capital of the Province is also on the Fraser, andonly seven or eight miles from Vancouver. There is a delightful run by electric car, and the visitor isin the natural market of the rich agricultural district. The delta of the Fraser may be likened to that of theNile, because for many thousands of years, the water of themountains has rolled down, bringing the rich deposit thathas enriched the acres, and there is found so many of thosesuperb farms that return most bountiful harvests to the indus-trious husbandmen. The great bridge crossing the Fraser River here, built atthe enormous cost of over a million dollars by the DominionGovernment, should be observed curiously as an up-to-datespecimen of the engineers craft and skill. VOYAGES AND TRIPS BY STEAMBOATS. If one wishes to go somewhere in the Orient or Australia,the beautiful and highly equipped liners of the offerthe most swift, luxurious and safe s
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