18 SPORT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

these canoes are long affairs of forty feet or more,
hollowed out of a single great cedar, with high prow
and stern, both richly decorated with painted carvings
of fantastic design. It struck me that the lines of
these canoes were exceptionally fine.

‘“‘T was roused this morning by the continued blast
‘‘of the steamer’s siren ; we were in a thick fog, which
‘‘is no joke in these narrow and dangerous waters with
“their ever-changing tides and currents.

“It is customary to steer by chart, compass, and
“log even in daytime and clear weather, and I was
“told that in a fog the captain judges his whereabouts
“by the echo of the siren thrown back from the
“mountain walls.

“It was during just such a spell of bad fog that the
“* Princess May,’ the steamer we originally were to have
“gone by, was piled on a rock and became a total wreck.

“Later in the day the sun gradually began to
“dissolve the fog, and we soon had the most glorious
“sunshine and could admire the landscape which
“became more and more imposing.

“The zone of eternal snow has come perceptibly
“lower down as we get further north.

“In the afternoon we entered the Grennel Channel,
“a rather narrow and long sound. Large snow-fields
“lie on both sides, and when later on in the evening
“the shining silver disc of the moon rose right astern,
“it was a most wonderful sight.”

We then touched at Prince Rupert, a new “city”
which, during its very short existence, has grown
from a cluster of shanties to a “prosperous town” at
the terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line.
As it was dark we did not see much of the town, only