A trip to Manitoba.

Government not again be in tho humiliating position of applying to Washington for a permit to pass the canal with munitions of war, as we were at that critical period of our history-the rebellion in the North West.Passing through the canal we enter tho great inland sea, Lake Superior, the largest body of fresh water in the world, 460 miles in length, and 170 broad at its widest point.This Lake is subject to tides which, though faint, are perceptible, and sudden changes.Millions of tons of rocks and boulders, slime and sediment, have been scooped out and carried by the resistless glaciers or torrents and scattered promiscuously hundreds of miles south.The numerous cuts and rents through the rocky mountains, bluffs and peaks along the northern shore give ample testimony of the fearful torrents, and how many have resisted the desperate attacks of ice and floods, and still stand as monuments of past ages. CLIMATIC EFFECTS.These great inland seas, or large bodies of water, tend to ameliorate the climate.They are in fact great reservoirs of warmth.Frost3 come later in the fall than further inland.Grapes and peaches grow luxuriantly in the county of Huron, adjoining the lakes, that will not grow in the county of Perth in tho same latitude.Fall frosts do not injure the root crops in the counties of Grey and Bruce as much or as early as in more southern counties, evidently proving that large bodies of water retain heat and moderato the weather.Shortly after leaving the canal, we arrived at Point Aux Pins, a long pine-clad shore with sandy beach.A little further we pass Cape Gros and Iroquois Tower, called the portals to Lake Superior.These points are rugged rocks stretching-away in the distance.Steaming northwest some 70 miles, we arrive at -9-~ SHCHIPICOTON ISLAND, the gem of Lake Superior's deep waters.There is here a safe and commodious harbor, adorned at the entrance bv a cluster of islands on which agates and other pre- cious stones are found.From this point we pass through deep and capacious channels, blulfs and promontories, many rising abruptly hundreds of feet above the water, and in one or two instances over a thousand feet, clad with stunted trees.Bed Rock, an old Hudson Bay sta- tion, is reported to be the best fishing ground on the north shore, and here several Americans left the boat to fish.The Hon. James Simpson and family intended spending a few weeks in the locality.Retracing our steps, we enter Lake Superior about daybreak, and speedily arrive at Silver Islet, a diminutive spot but containing the richest silver veins in the world, estimated to be worth millions of dollars; the original shares of $50 selling at $25,000.Leaving this Eldorado, we steam past Thunder Cape, 1350 feet high, enter the great Bay, 25 miles in length, by probably 15 in Avidtli, and crossing the Bay arrive at PllIXCE AllTlIUli'S LANPIXG, a town now of considerable importance, containing nu- merous good stores, commodious hotels and extensive places of business.The harbor seems too open and liable to heavy storms, particularly when the wind blows from the south and south east.I visited this place in 1868.It was then a barren waste, with only two or three shanties.It is now incorporated, and is a pros- perous town.Prior to leaving the steamship Cumberland, at the suggestion of many of the cabin passengers, resolutions complimenting Captain Parsons and officers for their

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