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After remaining in Seattle a few days, I decided to view the country across the line, in British Columbia. One bright, sunny morning I took the steamer Majestic for Victoria, the capital, situated on Vancouver Island.

There was an almost endless variation in this sail on the inland waters of Puget Sound, in sight of the mainland and the many islands, with the Olympic and Cascade mountains in the distance.

I made a short stop at Port Townsend, the port of entry. Nearer the Pacific ocean is Port Angeles, on the strait of Juan de Fuca.

An amusing incident to me was the porpoises continually following the