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Sotheby's inventory no. P1060

Inscription: Inscribed in the stone. l.c.: THE EMIGRANTS [sic] WELCOME TO CANADA./ London Pubd. By O Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair: in the image, on a banner trailing from a goose, u.l.: THE EMIGRANTS [sic] / GUIDE: coming from the goose's mouth, u.l.: Quack Quack who's the goose now. On a bear's den, c.l.: APARTMENTS / TO LET: on the bundle tied to the emigrants back, c.l.: SILK / Stockings / BEARS / GREASE / BEAUTY SPOT / PUNCHES / dancing / pumps. On rolled papers on the ground at the emigrant's feet. l.l.: TRACTS / TRACTS. On a sign above a pile of sticks. c.: TIMBER / for / BUILDING. Written on the head of an axe carried by a man greeting the emigrant: J FROST / Esqr. On a sign stuck in a pile of snow. u.r.: Fine Land to grow / wheat if you can / plough it. On a sign stuck in the snow. c.r.: Fine / GRASS LAND / only 900 feet below / the surface of the / Snow. Later inscription in pencil, l.r.: with compliments from "the Boy Scouts" Mar / 1914.