. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . ns, cooking utensils, and all the variousaccessories for a trip which may last severalmonths—for in going out into the bush it is necessaryto provide against contingencies. Camping outfitwe have brought with us, but provisions andaccessories it is always best to get at the jumping-off place. * * * * * On the Sunday we travel up to Willow Riverwith a gay crowd of excursionists, all in theirSunday best, while we are in our digging the youth and beauty of both South and Centralis on board, to say nothing of the city magnatesand t


. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . ns, cooking utensils, and all the variousaccessories for a trip which may last severalmonths—for in going out into the bush it is necessaryto provide against contingencies. Camping outfitwe have brought with us, but provisions andaccessories it is always best to get at the jumping-off place. * * * * * On the Sunday we travel up to Willow Riverwith a gay crowd of excursionists, all in theirSunday best, while we are in our digging the youth and beauty of both South and Centralis on board, to say nothing of the city magnatesand their families. This steamer is a smalleredition of the , called Express ; showingrather a lack of originality, as the former name issimply the popular abbreviation of the latter, whichis the name of the company which runs thesesteamers and stages. At Willow River our canoe is launched carelesslyand half filled with water, which takes some timeto bail out. It is rather embarrassing to start offbefore such a crowd ; if it had been down-stream.


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