Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . Pdn-uk-tuk.(Arctic Coast Husky in Summer Dress.). Basaltic Formation contaimxc; Coiter. ACROSS MELVILLE SOUND 167 with dogs and sleighs from Norman to Edmonton, a dis-tance considerably over 1000 miles. We hoped that withluck we might reach Fort Mackay on the Athabasca Riverbefore the freeze up. We should then be within 400miles of railhead. June 20 was devoted to a general refit; cartridges werereloaded, bullets cast, and the women were kept busymaking sealskin boots. I was occupied in changing photo-graphic plates, and then in overhauling all the
Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . Pdn-uk-tuk.(Arctic Coast Husky in Summer Dress.). Basaltic Formation contaimxc; Coiter. ACROSS MELVILLE SOUND 167 with dogs and sleighs from Norman to Edmonton, a dis-tance considerably over 1000 miles. We hoped that withluck we might reach Fort Mackay on the Athabasca Riverbefore the freeze up. We should then be within 400miles of railhead. June 20 was devoted to a general refit; cartridges werereloaded, bullets cast, and the women were kept busymaking sealskin boots. I was occupied in changing photo-graphic plates, and then in overhauling all the stuff. Ifound that I still had more than sufficient trade articles andalso tobacco. In the afternoon I had a grand bath, an old kerosenecan serving the purpose of a tub. It is not often that thetraveller in the Northland has an opportunity of indulgingin this luxury. In winter it is too cold, and in the summerthe mosquitoes are on the warpath, so that one seldom ornever washes even his face on a journey through the North-land of Canada. This may possibly sound very dirty topeople who stay
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