A  further  ascent  to  the  headwaters  of  Lake  Ontario  spreads  out
to  view  as  wonderful  a  panorama  of  fresh  water  scenery  as  the  w^orld
affords.  The  Thousand  Isles  are  a  thousand  wonders  of  fantastic
stone  formations  clinging  wealth  of  foliage,  dark  caves,  and  every
striking  comoination  of  earth,  stone,  water  and  vegetation.  The  vast
cataract  of  Niagara,  whose  thunders  and  whirlpools  represent  the  power
of  four  inland  seas  carried  on  to  the  ocean,  is  divided  politically  between
two  of  the  mightiest  nations  in  the  world ;  but  it  is  as  difficult  to  sepa-
rate the  Falls  of  Niagara  in  reality,  and  say,  "This belongs  to  England,
this  to  America,"  as  to  divide  the  Americans  from  the  people  of  Britain.
The  region  around  the  lakes  is  the  garden  of  Canada,  and  within
this  term  is  included  the  country  beyond  Superior,  whose  clear,  bracing
airs  give  a  wonderful  freshness  and  soundness  to  the  wheat  berry.  The
fisheries  and  fur  companies  of  Newfoundland,  Labrador  and  the  vast
stretches  of  country  around  Hudson's  Bay,  form  also  rich  mines  of
wealth.  Manitoba  is  the  chief  agricultural  province  of  Canada,  its  capi-
tal, Winnepeg,  being  a  flourishing  little  city,  with  water  and  sewerage
works,  railroads  and  well-graded  streets.  It  is  the  headquarters  of  the
Hudson  Bay  Fur  Company,  and  the  executive  center  of  the  Northwest
Territories,  or  all  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  outside  of  the  eastern
provinces.
THE  AMERICAN  ANGLO-SAXONS.
