TORONTO.
Capital of Ontario, and the second largest town in Canada.
The Allied Army resumed its march on Pekin; the Emperor’s Summer Palace, a magnificent collection of buildings, treasure-houses, and gardens, was taken on October 6; on the 12th everything was ready for the bombardment of the capital, and it was made known to the Chinese Government that this would begin the following day at noon, unless the city were surrendered previously. |Capitulation of Pekin.| The Emperor had fled, but on the morning of October 13 the Governor of Pekin capitulated. The Allies entered, and before noon the English and French ensigns were flying side by side on the citadel.
VANCOUVER HARBOUR, BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the principal port on the Pacific coast of British North America.
EMERALD LAKE, IN THE CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
The Canadian Pacific Railway, in passing over the “Rockies,” opens up some of the finest scenery in America.
