Rod and gun . , that IN THE LAND OF THE MOOSE BIRD 13 spongy, tenacious moss of the North, hadsuccessfully choked off all large timbergrowth. Late the following day wesighted two Indian canoes, whose occu-pants were out to lift their nets, and theyhurried before us to the Post to reportthe approach of white men. Within fif-teen minutes we sighted the white build-ings of both agencies, and were soonlanding our dunnage upon the mud infront of the French Companys Joseph Grasset, the Factor, and LaFrance. his clerk, gave us most cor- place the saw mills of both companiesare esta
Rod and gun . , that IN THE LAND OF THE MOOSE BIRD 13 spongy, tenacious moss of the North, hadsuccessfully choked off all large timbergrowth. Late the following day wesighted two Indian canoes, whose occu-pants were out to lift their nets, and theyhurried before us to the Post to reportthe approach of white men. Within fif-teen minutes we sighted the white build-ings of both agencies, and were soonlanding our dunnage upon the mud infront of the French Companys Joseph Grasset, the Factor, and LaFrance. his clerk, gave us most cor- place the saw mills of both companiesare established. During the day we paid our respectsto Mr. Donald Gillies, the Hudson BayCompany Factor, a commanding char-acter, who is a living representative ofthe older type of Scotch agent. Power-ful of build and clear of eye, with posi^tive ideas as to the respect due theAncient and Honorable Company,,he dominates all under him and ruleswith a discipline that brooks no in-terference. For thirtv vears Mr. Gillies. Among the Junipers and Wild Gooseberries. dial greetings, and welcomed us to theirquarters. Hospitable indeed were therepresentatives of the French Company,and we soon found ourselves under adebt of obligation impossible in this farofif country to even partially repay. Not a stone of size worth the name isto be seen at Albany and the sills of allthe buildings are laid upon wooden foun-dations. All sawed timber is trans-ported from Moose Factory, at thesouthern end of James Bay, at which has been in the employ of the Company-and most of that time has been spentamong the Esquimaux at Fort Georgeupon the east shore of Hudsons Bay,where he learned to speak their tonguelike a native. He has been at Albanybut a year since his return from a visitto his native Scotland, the first trip out-side in fourteen years. Fort Albany is one of the original fiveor six trading posts established by theHudson Bay Company after Charles the. 14 ROD AND GLX IX CANADA Second in 1670 liad granted
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