TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the three footnotes have been placed under the Table to which they refer. The tables in this book are best viewed using a monospace font. A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}, for example Estab^t. Basic fractions are displayed as ½ ⅓ ¼ etc; other fractions are shown in the form a-b/c, for example 3-1/14. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. CANADA; ITS DEFENCES, CONDITION, AND RESOURCES. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. _In Two Vols., post 8vo, price 21s._, MY DIARY NORTH AND SOUTH. OR, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. “The latter part of Mr. Russell’s Diary is probably droller than anything which our theatrical wits will produce this Christmas. We regret especially that we have no space for the story respecting the President, on page 372 of the second volume. The United States have been a vast burlesque on the functions of national existence, and it was Mr. Russell’s fate to behold their transformation scene, and to see the first tumbles of their clowns and pantaloons. It was time for him to come away, though the shame of his retirement was theirs. He did his duty while he was with them, and he has left them a legacy in this ‘Diary.’”--_Times._ CANADA; ITS DEFENCES, CONDITION, AND RESOURCES. BEING A THIRD AND CONCLUDING VOLUME OF “MY DIARY, NORTH AND SOUTH.” BY W. HOWARD RUSSELL, LL.D., LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET. 1865. [_The Right of Translation is reserved._] LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. PREFACE.