. Wild life in Canada [microform]. Sciences naturelles; Hunting; Chasse; Natural history. t â i d. «a ON THE tiREAT tllUHCllILL RIVER wooded shorci. while below the curvinff, chanir. ing « the broad hike w«ter lay becalmed â¢nd wholly pineid and blue, and n norfeet miraac of caved forct. scarred b«nk«. spotless ;, and dainty sandpipers was rt lUctcd ,â, the .. me- diate lake margin. Overhead with similar ir.^tan- taneous siKht, and marvellous quiek-elmnging flight of Swift or Swallow- swinging, plunging! rising through the , rain-purifi^ air. flew a pair o
. Wild life in Canada [microform]. Sciences naturelles; Hunting; Chasse; Natural history. t â i d. «a ON THE tiREAT tllUHCllILL RIVER wooded shorci. while below the curvinff, chanir. ing « the broad hike w«ter lay becalmed â¢nd wholly pineid and blue, and n norfeet miraac of caved forct. scarred b«nk«. spotless ;, and dainty sandpipers was rt lUctcd ,â, the .. me- diate lake margin. Overhead with similar ir.^tan- taneous siKht, and marvellous quiek-elmnging flight of Swift or Swallow- swinging, plunging! rising through the , rain-purifi^ air. flew a pair of Nighthawks. ftrding on insects the while they emitted tluir hoarse, grating call, which IS associated with sunmur any- where in Canada ; though perhaps most familiar of all to those who camp outdoors by lake or forest. Such sounds, and a few others, are inseimrable from Canadian wilderness; typical in their own country as the call of the C urlew or peevish Lapwing on the dreary, wind-swept, highland moors of the British Isles : such the maniacal, laughing cry of the Loon (the (ireat Northern Diver) heard on nearly all backwood freshwater tekes ; such the eerie wolf-howl of the Coyote on the western plains. June 11.âA day of perfect weather-very plea- sant for canoeing. Progress to-day was marred by our missing our true course when cast of the deserted Hudson Bay Cabin. 'Jhere we entered a long false bay to the south of the turn beyond the Post and had three hours' fruitless paddle to and from its blank extreme before wc were again bacA on an open course, where we discovered a slight sign of current to definitely point the way About we entered Sandily Lake, a lake of lesser size than Snake Lake. This proved â¢.*â *. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buchan
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