“The transferees also oblige themselves to furnish to the transferor, their father, during his life and at his need a horse, harnessed to a vehicle suitable to the season (carriage or sledge) brought to his door at his demand, and unharnessed at his return, also to go and bring the priest and the doctor in case of illness and at the need of the transferor, and to take them back and to pay the doctor. “In case of the death of the transferor, the transferees will cause him to be buried in the churchyard of the parish of St. L—— with a service of the value of twenty dollars, the body being present or on the nearest possible day, and the second of the value of ten dollars at the end of the year, and they will have said for him as soon as possible the number of twenty-five Low Masses or Requiems for the repose of his soul. “The transferees will be obliged to take care of their sisters, Josephte and Esther, as long as they are unmarried; to lodge, light, and feed them at their own tables, and have to keep them in clothing, footgear, and headgear at need; and as they have always been at the house of their father, and in case they be not satisfied with the board of the transferees and decide to live apart, the transferees shall pay them annually at the rate of ten bushels of good corn, one hundred pounds of good pork, twenty bushels of potatoes, twenty pounds of butcher’s beef, six pounds of rice, three pounds of tea, three pounds of coffee, twelve pounds of sugar, twelve pounds of soap—these articles every year. “The transferees will also take them to and from church on Sundays and on feast days.” This extraordinary deed was only drawn in 1866. The old man is now dead, also one of the girls; the other is in a convent out West, and my friend managed to compromise with her for a small sum instead of letting her sit at his table, keep her in clothing, or provide her with potatoes. In Ottawa I was the guest of the man who was probably doing more than anyone else for the agricultural development of Canada. The great strides with which in this Department she has surprised the world were primarily due to the enterprise of a Scotchman, Professor James Robertson, who held the post of Agricultural Commissioner from 1895 to 1904. He has written volumes on the subject, as well as being successful practically. It will be remembered that this able man had come to speak for me in London at the International Council of Women earlier in the year. After writing London, I ought to have put _Eng._, as no Canadian thinks of _our_ London unless it has “Eng.” after it.