. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. FROM THE ATHADASKA LANDING 19 ran blood from the bites of the bull-doo; flies. As we marched at a foot-pace, we had not made more than five miles by camping-time. On the following morning we made a very early start, and soon passed the ox-train. Charley, the head of the Hudson Bay Company's transport on this road, an old hand at. srUCK IN A SWAMl' the work, drove the horse-wagon and came ahead with us. Here and there we crossed little open meadows, and it was in one of these that the wagon became hopelessly bogged. The team could not draw
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. FROM THE ATHADASKA LANDING 19 ran blood from the bites of the bull-doo; flies. As we marched at a foot-pace, we had not made more than five miles by camping-time. On the following morning we made a very early start, and soon passed the ox-train. Charley, the head of the Hudson Bay Company's transport on this road, an old hand at. srUCK IN A SWAMl' the work, drove the horse-wagon and came ahead with us. Here and there we crossed little open meadows, and it was in one of these that the wagon became hopelessly bogged. The team could not draw it out of the mud-hole, so we unhitched the horses and waited for the coming of the oxen. On their arrival we harnessed five oxen. 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 Somerset, H. Somers (Henry Somers). London : W. Heinemann
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