s and surveys in the
North-West. Left a series of manuscript journals, covering the records
of his explorations for over a quarter of a century. These are said to
be in the archives of the Hudson's Bay Company in London. Also left an
eccentric will, of which Bryce gives a synopsis. =Bib.=: Bryce,
_Hudson's Bay Company_; Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_.

=Fiedmont, Jacquot de.= =WM= Engineer, fortifies bridges over River St.
Charles, 85-86; opposes capitulation, 225; directs artillery fire
against British camp, 230.

=Finances of Canada.= =Sy= Sydenham's efforts to rehabilitate, 315-320.

=Finlay, Hugh.= =Dr= Deputy postmaster-general, 243; expresses views of
the English-speaking people of Quebec in letter to home government, 248.
=Hd= On political situation, 174.

=Finlay, James.= =MS= Leaves Montreal for western fur country, 3.
=Bib.=: Mackenzie, _History of the Fur-Trade_ in his _Voyages_;
_Hendry's Journal_ (R. S. C., 1907); _Cocking's Journal_ (R. S. C.,
1908).

=Finlay, James, Jr.= =MS= Joins XY Company, 14; on Peace River, 1792,
62.

=Finlayson, Duncan.= =MS= Chief factor Hudson's Bay Company, 1832, and
governor of Assiniboia, 225; Alexander Ross on, 225.

=Finlayson, Roderick= (1818-1892). =D= Second in command at Victoria,
1843, 180; chief officer on death of Charles Ross, 1844, 181; his birth,
181; joins Hudson's Bay Company, 1837, 181; his service and character,
181; his narrative, 181; responsible for story of Captain Gordon and the
salmon that would not rise to a fly, 183-184; becomes chief accountant
of Western department, 188; holds position up to 1862, 188. =Bib.=:
Bancroft, _History of British Columbia_; Walbran, _British Columbia
Coast Names_.

=Fire Rafts.= =WM= Unsuccessful employment of by French at Quebec, 131.

=Fireships.= =WM= Ineffectual employment of by French, 98; described by
Captain Knox, 99; Montcalm on the cause of their failure, 99.

=Fisher, Charles= (1808-1880). Born in Fredericton. Educated at King's
College and called to the bar, 1833. Contested York for the New
Brunswick Assembly, 1834, but defeated. Elected for York, 1837, and
continued to hold the seat with slight intervals until after
Confederation. Entered the New Brunswick government, 1848, but resigned,
1850, owing to a difference with the lieutenant-governor. Appointed a
delegate to the Portland Railway Convention, 1850. Became premier and
attorney-general in the first purely Liberal government formed in New