CHAPTER VII.

Victoria, Vancouver’s Island.—Esquimalt.—Chinamen.— Remarkable Flora.—Suburbs of the Town.—Native Tribes.— Cossacks of the Sea.—Manners and Customs.—The Early Discoverer.—Sailing in the Inland Sea.—Excursionists.— Mount St. Elias.—Mount Fairweather.—A Mount Olympus.— Seymour Narrows.—Night on the Waters.—A Touch of the Pacific 84