California. is the only place on the coast where a navyyard could be established without a vast expenditure for breakwaters. etc.. except the waters of Puget Sound. and here nature has offered so many facilities that it would be sheer folly to look elsewhere. The climate of that part of our country is much milder than in the corresponding latitudes on the eastern coast. where for onefifth of the year very little work can be done owing to inclement weather. Naturc has destined the region to be tile future seat of a great population. aid ie a few years emigrants pushing their way tothe Northwest will people this bcautiful section and reader it absolutely necessary that the Government should do something for its protection. The British. who are quick to improve important positions. have of late years given much attention to their naval establisiment at Esquimalt. on Vancouver Island. which was originally selected at the time of the Crimean war. The value of this station lis been much enhanced by the construction of the Canadian Pacific lairoad.
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