1. MY DEAR CHILDREN,--Look at the globe in my room and find Japan. Then
find America. You will see that a broad ocean lies between them. It is
called the Pacific Ocean. I have crossed this ocean, and I am now in the
great country of Canada.

2. I am sure that you cannot guess where I am writing this letter. I am
writing it in the train. I have already been three days in the train,
and I am only half-way across Canada.

3. I am glad to say that I am once more under the Union Jack. The whole
land of Canada is British, from sea to sea. Our flag floats above every
city.

4. The first part of my journey pleased me most. The train ran through a
beautiful country, filled with splendid trees. Some of them are as high
as a church tower, and have trunks many yards round. There are no finer
trees in all the world.

5. Later in the day our train ran by the side of a rushing river, which
was deep down in a narrow valley between the mountains.

6. In this river there are millions of salmon. I saw men catching them.
You will see tins of salmon from this river in most of the grocers'
shops at home.

7. As the train ran on, the mountains rose higher and higher, until
their tops were covered with snow. We then began to cross the great
Rocky Mountains. Up and up the train climbed, until the rails reached
their highest point.