XV. A FLIGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS 167    _Wealth of Coal and Water Power, 167. Manufactures, 168. The Chinook, 169. Watering Dry Land, 169. Bees, 170. Natural Gas, 170. Quality in Cattle and Sheep, 171. Regina, 171. Rare Clay and Common Dirt, 171. Network of Railways, 172. Better Houses, 172. Telephones, 172. Tree Planting, 173. Nomads Yet, 174. Climates, 175. “Test and Select,” 176. Wasteful Cultivation, 176. Automobiles, 177. The Business End of Farming, 178. Experimental Farms, 179. Universities, 180. People Wanted, 180. Small Farming, 181. Butter and Cheese, 183. Winnipeg, 184. Sports, 185. Boys and Girls, 185. Citizen Soldiers, 186._ XVI. UP TO THE NORTH AND HOME AGAIN 187    _The Caribou Pastures, 187. Reindeer and Food Supply, 188. Police on Arctic Islands, 189. Wireless on the Arctic Coast, 190. Up the Mackenzie, 190. Peace River, 191. Homes in the Brush, 191. Buffalo Flourish Again, 192. Fur Farming and Trapping, 192. A Beaver Colony, 193._    _New Settlers and Canadian Ideals, 194. Harmony and Variety, 196. A Sure Foundation, 196. Pure Canadian, 199._ THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST 201 INDEX 203 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS OF THE WESTERN PROVINCES _Frontispiece_ VERY EARLY WESTERNERS 5    _Giant Lizards on the Red Deer. Drawing by E. S. Christman._ INDIAN LACROSSE PLAYER 13    _Drawing by George Catlin._ EARLY BUFFALO HUNTING 24    _Drawing by George Catlin._ TOWING THROUGH THE ICE 29    _From Gerrit de Veer’s “Vraye Description de Trois Voyages,” Amsterdam, 1600._ THE VOYAGEURS’ WAY TO THE WEST. A PORTAGE ON THE OTTAWA 36    _From W. H. Bartlett’s Engraving in “Canadian Scenery.”_ CHIEF POUNDMAKER 36    _From Pastel by Edmund Morris._ CHIEF PIAPOT 36    _From a Photograph._ BEAVER AT WORK, AND BEAVER HATS 37    _From Horace T. Martin’s “Castorologia.”_ THE BEAVER AND THE UNICORN 37    _From John Ogilby’s “America,” 1671._ IN A SWIFT CURRENT 52    _Drawing by Frederic Remington._