Pacific Railway Falconry
Pacific Railway Falconry. A cartoon depicting Sir Alexander Mackenzie training a falcon labeled "Pacific Railway." From a cartoon by Henri Julien in Canadian Illustrated News—January 15, 1876. The text of the cartoon is:
From Steel of Empire by John Murray Gibbon, page 169.Pacific Railway Falconry:Johnny Macdonald: You's no the way to train a bird, mon. If ye dinna tak care, he'll fly awa'.Alexander Mackenzie: Indeed, that's just what I'm wishing the noo.
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