as a band. Well, as to the country of my forefathers, I have to admit that I am sadly disappointed in it, and it goes a little lower in my estimation every day. The principal cause for complaint is that there are everywhere two prices on commodities or articles of mechandise, one for the natives, & one for Canadians the latter in cases I have found as much as tripling the formers. I won't dilate on the subject, I feel too good-natured this morning to do our English cousins justice, but I must say they get on my nerves, and there are lots of opportunities for a making up process. Have run across a

BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 3 / TREGILLUS,FREDERICK JAMES, 1862-1962. Barkerville; miner. Correspondence from Freeman Killam, 1915-1917