.*w to two bark canoes, inwhytli they per- 
     
     | ‘the perilous voyage ‘down Grsetl 
     
    
   
   
    
     otscovnv or run auuiss or IIIUGHN 
     
     riusiitttt Ann ‘unfl- 
     
     (Deni the Montreal Hérald ql Dec. 94- 
     
    

    
     We have been favored by E._M. Hop- 
     
    

    
     kins Esq., (in the absence of8t_r George 
     
     Simpson.) with the following outline ofthe 
     
     proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 
     
     which, by instructions from her Majesty's 
     
     Government, was employed by the Hudson's 
     
     Bay Company to follow up the clue disco- 
     
     vered by Ur.‘Rae, while engaged on another 
     
     exploring expedition, also fitted out by the 
     
     Hudson's Bay Company, of the fate of Sir 
     
     John Franklin's party. 
     
    

    
     It will be in the recollection of otir read- 
     
     ers, that it is scarcely a year ago that we 
     
     piiblislted to the world the first authentic 
     
     information which had been received ofthe 
     
     lamentable fate ofthe gallant Franklin and 
     
     his brave comrades. 'l‘he intelligence 
     
     which was conveyed to Dr. Rae in the 
     
     V\'inter of I853-51 by the Esquimtiux, and 
     
     in the accuracy of which thtit distinguished 
     
     Arctic traveller placed perfect reliance, was 
     
     received by the public in England with 
     
     great hesitation, arising, probably. from an 
     
     unwillingness to believe the mournful facts. 
     
    

    
     That intelligence was in substance that 
     
     in the Winter of It-‘50, the Esqtiimtitix saw 
     
    

    
     "a party of whites travelling from the north- 
     
     ward toward the Arctic coast, dragging a 
     
     boat over the ice, intending to use it as 
     
     soon as they reached open water; that the 
     
     party, about forty in all, made the land 
     
     near the mouth ofa large river (the Great 
     
     Fish River of Back) and there perished of 
     
     starvation, to which were added a number 
     
     of frightful details of their sufferings, which 
     
     we will not again inflict on our readers. 
     
     In proof of the truth of these reports, the 
     
     Esquivnaux exhibited and sold to Dr. Rite 
     
     ttgreat variety of relics, principally silver 
     
     forks and spoons, marked with the crests 
     
     and initials of various otlicers of the ships 
     
     Erebus and Terror (Franklin’s), and 
     
     among other articles, a small order, or star, 
     
     with Sir John Franklin's name engraved 
     
     on it. These were the tangible proofs con- 
     
     veyed to England by Dr. Rite in confirma- 
     
     tion ofthe title he collected from the Esqui- 
     
     mtiux; but his proceedings and conclusions 
     
     have been frequently called in question, 
     
     and therefore it will be the more gratilyina 
     
     to hint now, that they;-are fully corroborated, 
     
     even to tninute details of locality, $2., in 
     
     which he might possibly have been unsta- 
     
    

    
     en. 
     
    

    
     As soon a's Dr. Rae had laid his report 
     
     before Her Majesty‘s Government, it was 
     
     decided, that an attempt should be made to 
     
     follow up the trace he had obtained, cont- 
     
     mencing at the point indicated by the 
     
     Esqnimttux as the sbene of the last suffer- 
     
     ings of the party of whites seen by them 
     
     in I850. 
     
    

    
     The organization and management of 
     
     this new expedition were wisely intrustt-d 
     
     to the Hudson's Bay Company. Ontho 
     
     27th of Oct'ober, 1854, the instructions of 
     
     Her Majesty's Government and the Com- 
     
     pany were forwarded from London to Sir 
     
     George Simpson at Laehine, where he 
     
     received them in the middle of November. 
     
     His great experience and well known 
     
     ability in affairs ofthat nature enabled him 
     
     to decide with promptitude on the mode of 
     
     carrying out the expedition, the men to 
     
     be employed as leaders and in subordinate 
     
     capacities, the tintount of supplies, craft, 
     
     and all other requisites forthe undertaking; 
     
     and on the ‘.30th of November, last ycttr, 
     
     his instructions were tlispatcltvtl by special 
     
     messenger totlie Hudson’s Bay 'I‘t-rt-ittn-it.-s, 
     
     all parts of which were pttt under requisi- 
     
     tion to furnish inulcrit-I, the whole to be 
     
     collected at the rendezvous, Fort Resolu- 
     
     tion, in Great Slave Lake, by the lst of 
     
     June following; and so complete were the 
     
     plans, and so carefully had all contingen- 
     
     cies been provided against, that in no point 
     
     was there a failure in carrying out his 
     
     arrangements. 
     
    

    
     The otliccrs selected to lead the party 
     
     were Mr. Anderson, a chief factor of’ the 
     
     Company, and Mr. J. ti. Stewart, in chief 
     
     trader—-both well qualified by expt-ricnce, 
     
     courage, physical strength, &., for the 
     
     grduous duty. The party consisted of these 
     
    

    
     .‘qo ollicers and fourteen men, and left I-‘art 
     
    

    
     fiesolution, it port of the H. B. Company 
     
    

    
     .3 Great Slave Lake, on the 92d of June» 
     
    
   
   
    
     HASZARIYS (IAZETTE, JANUARY 0. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fidb River—s river known to the world for Friday evening lust, tlir. t-I front: the At-t-xtt-. 
     
    
   
   
    
     iti dangers and horrors by Sir George, 
     
     Black's narrative. From Mr. Stewart,'we‘ 
     
     learn that be double that the party ever 
     
     could have got safely down that stream to 
     
     the coast, had it not been for the wonderful 
     
     dexterity of the three Iroquois eoyageurs 
     
     whom Sir George Simpson had prudently 
     
     forwarded froin'Lachine to join the expedi- 
     
     tion—the three best men of his own canoe. 
     
    

    
     The party reached the outlet or estuary 
     
     ofthe river on the -10th ofJuly, and skirted 
     
     along its eastern shore as far as Point 
     
     Beaufort, but found no traces to reward 
     
     their search. 'l‘hence they crossed over to 
     
     Montreal Island, twelve miles distant, lying 
     
     near the western shore ofthe estuary; pro- 
     
     bably, in that crossing, incurring its great 
     
     peril as any in the gloomy record of Arctic 
     
     travels, pushing their bark canoes boldly 
     
     out ittto the Arctic Ocean, and forcing their 
     
     way through drifting masses of Arctic ice 
     
     seven or eight feet thick. But they were 
     
     prepared to make any effort to reach the 
     
     island, which, as well its Point Aigle, near 
     
     it, had been the places Dr. Rae understood 
     
     the Esquimaux to mean, when describing 
     
     where the white party pcrisht-d in I850; 
     
     and they had the melancholy satisfaction ol 
     
     procuring, on that very spot. the fullest 
     
     possible conformation of Dr. Rae's report. 
     
     They also met Esqnimaux in that vicinity 
     
     who had seen the whites, and gave ttiucli 
     
     valuable information. Suflice it to say, 
     
     that on the island were discovered the 
     
     remains ofa boat, wliicb had been partially 
     
     destroyed by the natives for the sake of the 
     
     wood and the metal lastenings. 
     
    

    
     Although there was suflicicnt left to 
     
     identify it as belonging to the Franklin 
     
     expedition, one fragment of wood (now, as 
     
     well as some other small rclics, in the pos- 
     
     session of the Hudson‘s Bay Company at 
     
     Lachine) having the name “ 'I‘error" 
     
     branded on it, while anotht.-r Place has the 
     
     name of Mr. Stanley, (surgeon of the 
     
     I'll-ebus) cut upon it, this latter being part 
     
     of a snow-shoe, evidently of Englisli tita- 
     
     nufatcture, being made of oak, ti species of 
     
     wood no man accustomed to tise snow-shoes 
     
     would ever select for the purpose. No 
     
     papers or books, and no htitnan remains 
     
     were found; nor was it likely, as foot- 
     
     years had elapsed, since this tragedy was 
     
     enacted upon a low sandy beach, oxposcd' 
     
     to the storms of four Art-tic Wintt-rs, and 
     
     there is little doubt, that citlicr the sea hits 
     
     waslietl olfor the sand has btirietl tIt‘t'|) the 
     
     tinforttinates who perished on this spot. 
     
     Tlte Esqnitnntix were very ft-iendly, and 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     . NEW troop, 
     
     ttttlt-- nun-I, in -,\",.,,,;,,,~, M. “ll me. 
     
     - _ - » I - lt 
     
     open cult, and tltttttgh ttntttltatltitttl 'It.'- ,.ttttt.- lu-t-it ttti'xtt‘.tttl|y ‘toasty’ ‘hawks: “Iii. 
     
     gions, with it it Illtll. r\.lt1\v tttcit. llliitrlt d,,,,,,_,.,,y U, “ Mum (_u,P~‘Me i h I I I'D 
     
     I“ ""'d'"“ "'”.y “""“’ "’ l""‘l{ l"‘""-' l" "'“' I l-nil lil-llulllllllll ti t-ulitl-tilnte’ fn wl 0 e or ln 
     
     appreciation, what iltt- N..ttlt \H.-l t‘.\l»ltii'l||tiI|i p..t.-tt'., ,t,,,, __ Ii 1 0' ‘'° P7903’ 
     
     [M _, ,nI I l_  Y_ lave been sug- 
     
     :, tttt t . H. lt bi-l‘olI_fi oxalts, tllbarracacha, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sea, after upward «I 5,: 0.) 
     
    
   
   
    
     lion accotnplit-‘lit d at tl an lbl lint ti-_;h. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In thirteen inontlts. l in tltt , I to II'I't‘Vl'li.'l H, »._. . _, , _ -. . 
     
    

    
     who were sent front Iuli'lt|Il|'ylIi 9'..ttn pit: ttl ' i','..tti.|I'it”- ll iu‘m'«me""nd  f"°|‘l9._bave 
     
     the expedition rettttttt tt lllllllt r, llllts pt-t- f M, M _‘I'’ ." '“"‘f ll}’°‘flhll.l'l,!uglt_t into notice; 
     
     forming lll one yetit- tltt-. s.atnt- tt~t\t.~.. tztttt l I, ,;.,m‘,:")t_'|I "Il:l.ll', '1‘, e '\lVetglI§lI lit the 
     
     Sir George Back got t!tt-ou;_|i lti litlt't.Et“|l..' ,1 \,.,,,,ll"''"”''‘" 8 Illttlrc,‘blti hggn 
     
    

    
     For Gil days itntl nip-t.t-' mt» |Iitll\' sun in)? ' i ‘-1. h ; N‘-" - 
     
    

    
     . ’ - . ' 9 -' ' f I ' 
     
     fire’ uwre bemg ll" lltttbt 1- (HI H-0 ("'‘'“l . l:llI‘itlll‘ i: lll'l)\:'itlllIl‘.“:2)l(I"(l‘Illrll‘lhl rl?!illt|Illu;§l"t)’ 
     
     I 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fish River or Al'Cll' tum.-2; at l It It gi . , - 
     
     those 60 days they lI‘:l\'t'llt'tl tttt:.~‘:-;tlttlly”ttt  ,‘,‘,:',l:,":::“,:'£::;::"';::.Lal::;";:'_‘;£‘:{° "Allie!" 
     
     opt-n craft in it \\llltl.ltl t~lttttttv.._ It\'t t.‘:l."_iW§ "h_‘L_"my 5', 6000 R2’: InLi|l:|°- 
     
    
   
   
    
     lttld dry clothes or til pt tut tlt v llIilHI\l t-' "M 1- , . 
     
     - '. - -.t at titttl \\ L-cg lndiun 
     
     ~ yitins already 
     
     .u II, it l|('l Illggt it. the genus dmscoroca; 
     
    
   
   
    
     and never eat Ctltllit tl \'lt‘llI.'tl.- t .\t-t-pt ._.tt 5 kn 
     
     rare occasions tvhett llll'\ in:ttlt- it ltlll-.' it it i‘ ,, ,_, _ . . _ _ 
     
     I . . H. l- \t t_t u.llttt-nt trottitliese in its speci- 
     
     M I)t-ctitsne's experiments 
     
    
   
   
    
     by means ol a lamp. l'l;i- pttttv oi .~'lX't't‘ll. ,3‘, ,.,,,,,._u,,_m_ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Franklin's party. 
     
     “it: think the litrcgt-iii:_: ii::rt'nli\'t' is ::m;;lt- 
     
     corroboration of tho \I\l.~tlI'lll ol tut- 
     
    
   
   
    
     glltqt fl‘llCl(ll(‘Sai ofthe llllgfll‘, dpgcending pert. 
     
     I i : p. ittltcttltirly to the dt-ptli of a yard, if thg 
     
     It I |'Il' . .-tttl is ltmst: Ctltltlgll to allow them, in 
     
    
   
   
    
     l’l“°°3- ' :t'_\ll.:lll'lCill, ciitwiliing l'rt-tn right go kl} 
     
    

    
     One word in concltt-itttt us: to 1! l‘ i~'t-.-ml.‘-_'\\‘o _v:ttd- in height, of it violet colour’ 
     
     lin Expedition. The tw.- vt-.-.~tl-, lit-rt-:t,- with small whitish specks; and when ng; 
     
     and 'l‘error—left Ettglntttl in l.~'l‘t —-\\t‘l't.' at.-tnit.-ntlly supported, ittratlsontheground 
     
     last heard of in It-H5. 'l‘lit-_t pt-t-lt:t'.ti_v trtt-tl tut-llllg; lit-t ly at the joints. In China’ 
     
     several pasages, but “I ll’ lHllllI'tl try the: ‘ mis pltint has long been in extensive circa: 
     
    
   
   
    
     ice, and finally in I318 \\t'l'l'(‘|‘l15l|"‘l. llrtt-‘litll-ill, _ tmtler the 
     
    
   
   
    
     f S ' I ' 
     
     hably in Vit.-torin .‘irptt~=. Matty of lllvltilltll M. .\lontigny, Mme 0 mu. m’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     through whom it we; 
     
    
   
   
    
     crew ‘I l,It 2. -l ;t.-_-_- 't-.l:-- '- ' - 
     
     oll‘ Wlsllllnllitis I“ win um“  tmlnti l‘ M‘ Ill ll‘  :  tiill |'Ll('d lhlm" hhangpao '0 P.".’ relmfl‘ 
     
     ‘ores th su |dIVt rsl,l pt I t‘tt \l .t I_ III ,1 t Ill. lug iy pt;ttt_lu¢tty¢_ and “named .. 
     
     :5 tr ' : Vt l'.' \ - . .'|t'4'' ' ' 
     
     soutliwartly t0c\i"lI.l‘(l ll(|:t"' l-\ct«-'itl"t‘-*'I~’ II‘: lid‘ J"":'.'ll\t'Il'tiis me (lhmeu H the “um I. by 
     
     hcopc of t-,:.,,chtttg sotno or Ill.itl'~tlIl'_-’. li.t'\’.l“ _.-\.\‘..\,t'l,lll0 applicability of the plant to 
     
     '0lIlpl.In)t 8 potts. I lit!‘ :~l':l.>«tIll ‘HI lbl.tl rlllitlll has not been prgcttgnbly d,.,,on.g,.._ 
     
     “lids pt-()l)tl.l)’l&y_S[lellgl5l‘;l'| llI'I~“tll't't'I‘|»}I. J»‘tlll‘t.|lt‘.\’J , p tl';. ‘but the Frenclr ltorticulturists, who 
     
     plpt ‘l‘:.l|le‘\\ kt "III ‘ ‘fl tttrtttpt hl.I;:\’i‘l‘t‘l-IL, It)?” I ::.p'til tub.-it ttt much hill!!! to enquire into it. 
     
     ‘ . t - it 'i~ s  I .~’, : 9 - ' 
     
     ' sh“ “dun” t-t ll t 1" - l‘ illl 'lu~i -Hvl ".I"m'e' m Elm “hm”: con 
     
     in so ex auste it s .t tt t.. ltrt) ' ..t It l. ‘~ ttttt-s. . but in point of flgmutt ‘pg 
     
     merely i-tttt their boat 'on_ mo »- .t. .t ttttd,-to llllll‘ prttpt-i-ties. it is equal to the 
     
     crawl ashore to die. Illls sot-ttt-. :'t!‘l tits: slut  ::t.tl tn ‘the opinion of Professor De- 
     
     is certain, antl all that we t-.tt- |'\tl ..iti)tl, :« ~t ‘-ll‘, aU|ll.!l‘ltlI‘. 2. That the yield is great- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ofthe fate ofthe Ft-tittklitt I‘lKpt':i1‘:‘:!:.  t-_ xtéttlst its freedom frotn disease renders 
     
     oooo ‘Ht: rrnp more certain. 3. That it will 
     
    

    
     _‘.‘,,/.;.'I-Mf Iltmn sandy, _and what are usually 
     
    

    
     it -~tl.~ttlt'l'l.'tl barren soils; and [hug affords an 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tut‘. Pat:sini:N1"s lVlr.s:ut;r.--—'."Ett- 
     
     ionttl Inlelligt-iu-cr of l"t'id.t_y .~uy~~: -~~ 
     
    
   
   
    
     freely displayed all their treasures obtain- 
     
     (‘ll front the boat, or found near it, ant 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Frotn the disrlttstit-cs \\lllt'll t..-.l< lllIIt‘l'l"\( "Hem "mung ur ""'"l"3 ‘""W'l‘"ld 30 
     
    
   
   
    
     in all travelled ' built t-.ttto--ta tl -uti “Ill! t. _ . , 
     
     the most IlH'lIllllll"IlI tt\i ti ltlltttiit t'\'l'll ll :',..Iti;l,.:.‘,,,,.,,l:li.:m,lll.c,lltflrlmllifil n ‘.wm|d .Pee.di- 
     
     North-west Vnyttgt-I‘.-; \'t-iittttttl ttttt«-ii;_- lIit- ‘ ,;|_,,‘.“q_  ll,.l‘_I.‘|l”_‘_'_ H? P"g'_"c“h_‘_""!l lm‘ 
     
     ice on the Arctic til it; zzntl It lltl'llt't- tn lllt It’ ',, , _‘ H” ,.,_u_‘m‘_ »u'(,'“::.: '5 .ulIi”°' Lmdle’ 
     
     starting point willi--xi! titt-t~litt;§ .t sttxgl--',,,,| ,“§“_m‘mm"'l “Tml’"'m"gi“£°"K".l’h"' - 
     
     accident to person or pr«-prtt‘.—- mail, it llltill, 'h,,,| ,,, X," .”m, ’“_l i_'- 1- . _|n"y ‘O 0'" 
     
     performed all tltttt tttts it-tptitttl of lit! in; , .—“:'y it) tlllllllltl tllcl. " mm‘ I‘ “lemme. 
     
     and had they gone out I‘ or or list: ya :i.-- -1 I“, mm, In‘ I "_‘'‘T''"' ‘fur 9|-""."‘9' 
     
     earlier, would nutlul li:ttti llI'l it in-lrti- , “I. ,m‘:__| “W h:; ‘“(',"L ‘.lw:e.nn"| I-h'z°",'°' 
     
     titcntal in saving tht.- ll\l:6 of at potti Ill ill I H, H ,_ hi, pmdl “T  " W "ch ‘re " “"°k 
     
     . ~ . in I taper downwards to 
     
    
   
   
    
     °""-"’)'r"l° Pu‘ " "'0 “Bl” ""’“ 3” '1” ‘la’ *1 ll-Illllll is lltllllltll, as thick as it goose-quill, . 
     
    
   
   
    
     - . . ~:- -' . 4. That it b ' 
     
     - .- - ‘in the course of last montlt HlllIl't1-IlHl)llt’il‘il. ‘ M . . . cm‘ ° P"°l"'t-'3"3d WI"? 
     
     tlficcc "it": reserve: ,,,;.:,;- ..,g,., 3, l:‘;ltltte critical nature of ttntttljttstetl lll tttt-rs ’l’v"""l y'""'” ‘l”",'°m d°3'”,‘°"“.""l§v bl“ ‘"1 
     
     mp’ P h i 9 .’\'l'llll|ib|'I\\‘l'€ll the twt)g0V(‘.ll|Il'It‘lIlS.lltt'l't is l‘l't|- "W c"'""""-V’ " '"°"”'°“ '" 3'"! wflgmv 
     
    
   
   
    
     mi papers; and the mmws mated’ dcntoinferthatthe pt-.ttt-ttpNzitiomilt-.t';ms¢ol' 
     
    
   
   
    
     every evidence of sincerity, that none ha 
     
     ever been seen or found. 
     
    

    
     Everything portable was secured hyl 
     
     Messrs. Anderson and Stewart and brought! 
     
     back, and are now on their way to Cttnttdti: I 
     
     it would be useless to recount them all, but 
     
     we may mention bar it-on, rope with the 
     
     Government mark on it, oars branded with 
     
     the broad-arrow, piece ofbtinting, (rrtntiins 
     
     nfa llag,) a letterltolder, a step of it must, 
     
     &c.—nllclearly European and all Govern- 
     
     ment supplies. Is anything more wanted? 
     
    

    
     The weather is described as having been 
     
     “ cxo.crtible"—constant storms, with ice, 
     
     snow. rain, sleet, hail, thtinder, and what- 
     
     ever clsr ctinibe conceived that is disagree- 
     
     tthlc. lt is a part of the coast the natives 
     
     cvoticoiisitlcr ttninltttliitable—nicrely visit- 
     
     ing it f.~r a short time in Summer when the 
     
     door pass that way. 
     
    

    
     Uti the l~tth August, when the expedition 
     
     COllllnt‘llC(‘.(I its retreat from the coast, the 
     
     ;_rronn’tl wits covered with fresh fttllcn snow, 
     
     ttlI(l the ice was forming; in fact, Winter 
     
     laid st! in. Few further details of the last 
     
     tnotnctttsoftlte lost party have been collect- 
     
     ed; we may mention one niourttful incident 
     
     reported by an Esquitnaux woman, who 
     
     saw the last man du; he was lttrge and 
     
     strong, site said, and eat on the sandy 
     
     beach, his head resting on his hands, and 
     
     thus the last survivor of Franklin's Expedi- 
     
     tion yieldcd tip his brave spirit. Mei-t-rs. 
     
     Anderson and Stewart retraced their steps 
     
     to Great Slave Lake. whence the latter 
     
     continued his journey onward to Red Rivet- 
     
     ue'ttl'etncttt,'sntt ttteneo via ‘the Minnesota 
     
     Territory to I!oatreal‘,‘wltere' he arrived on: 
     
    
   
   
    
     I 
     
     l 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Executive is offur more ordittttry tutptu- 
     
     tance; and during the inability of ('oiI:I‘¢'r*-t 
     
     receive the communication and to take ton-It 
     
     cognizance as may be proper of otir l'-trt.-tgii 
     
     affairs, the Executive may by the force ol 
     
     circiimstancett. or drifting into diliicultieiv 
     
     which the National Legislature, if made 
     
     aware of them, might enable him to avoid." 
     
    
   
   
    
     l)uiuntt.i'rv or IRON Sntrs. The iron 
     
     ship. Richard Cobden, says the Liverpool 
     
     Mail, which was built twelve years ago at 
     
     Liverpool, will repay a visit from any one 
     
     who is interested in iron ships. She has 
     
     been twelve years in the East India trade, 
     
     and has had not the slightcstrepairs done to 
     
     her? hits never leaked a drop? and will to 
     
     all atppt.-arance, last for an unlimited length 
     
     oftiine. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Snir Buiwim: IN MAINr..—-Maine, durin 
     
     the last forty years, has built three-eighths 
     
     of the whole United States tonnage. And 
     
     though other states have immensely increa- 
     
     sed tlteir shipbuilding ol'late, that State still 
     
     enjoys the same prcemince over them‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Tm»: Rl:A.l.t.Y Goon Wiri«:.—-lt is a 
     
     blessed thing for a poor man to ltave a 
     
     contented wife ; one who will not wish 
     
     to live in stile beyond her husband's in- 
     
     come, just because her next door neigh- 
     
     bour docs ; one who can be happy in the 
     
     love of her husband, her home, and its 
     
     beautiful duties, without asking the world 
     
    
   
   
    
     - potato has become useless for food, 
     
    
   
   
    
     tllltl tnttiiint-tit “ furnishing at all sctisoiis of 
     
     lltl' yt-sit-_ an alinit.-nt within the reach of 
     
     cw-ry mm." 6. That when harvested, it 
     
     may ht: preserved in cellars or sheds, with- 
     
     out vt-gt-tuttng, for innny months after the 
     
     7. It 
     
     requires it shorter time in cooking thanitho 
     
     pot.-tto; ten minutes boiling being suffici- 
     
     cieitt. 
     
    

    
     M. Decaisne, in detailin his ex ri- 
     
     meats, observes: “ If a new p ant is to in 
     
     a chance of becoming useful in rural econo- 
     
     my, it must fulfil certain conditions, in the 
     
     absence of which its cultivation cannot be 
     
     prolitttble......... Now, the Chinese yam pg- 
     
     tislics every one of these conditions. It 
     
     has been domesticated from time imrnetnori- 
     
     nl; it is perfectly hardy in the climate of 
     
     France; its root is" bulky, rich in nutritive 
     
     tntttter, eatablo when raw, easily cooked 
     
     either by boiling or roasting, and then hav- 
     
     ing no otliertatsto than that of flour (ft-cule). 
     
     It is its much it rtrtidy-inado bread as tho 
     
     potato, and is hotter than the batatits or 
     
     sweet potato. ” 
     
    

    
     The system of cultivation recommended 
     
     by Professor Lindley for Britain is the fol- 
     
     lowing: itaniely—l"or propagation, the 
     
    
   
   
    
     .smallest roots are set apart, and pitted to 
     
    
   
   
    
     keep them from frost.—ln the spring, they 
     
     are taken out and plantell in fttrrows, prett 
     
    

    
     near each other, in well propttred groun . 
     
     They soon sprout and form pt-otttruted stems, 
     
     which are made into cuttings as soon as they 
     
     are six feet Ion . As soon as the cuttitlgs 
     
     are ready, a eld is wot-lied into ri I, 
     
     along each of which is formed a smell r- 
     
     row, in which the pieces of the stem are 
     
    
   
   
    
     for its smiles or its favour. 
     
    
   
   
    
     laid down and covered with a little earth,