. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. FROM THE ATHABASKA LANDING 17 Anglican missionary, and his family, and talked of the old country and of our present surroundings. Of course, all Anglican missionaries in this country are to a certain extent poachers. The country is without doubt —that is, in so far as it may be said to be Christian at all ; and the unnecessary rivalry of sects must do much towards confusino- the smiple-minded native. It may be answered that two good things are better than one, and I do not deny it for a moment. Mr. Holmes is a model missionary, and
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. FROM THE ATHABASKA LANDING 17 Anglican missionary, and his family, and talked of the old country and of our present surroundings. Of course, all Anglican missionaries in this country are to a certain extent poachers. The country is without doubt —that is, in so far as it may be said to be Christian at all ; and the unnecessary rivalry of sects must do much towards confusino- the smiple-minded native. It may be answered that two good things are better than one, and I do not deny it for a moment. Mr. Holmes is a model missionary, and the pity of the thing is, that they are not all like him. But the fact that in many places the Indians are Pro- testant in the winter when the times are hard, and Ca- ^ tholic when there is nothing to be gained, is somewhat startlinpf. We were up betimes next morning, and Pollen and Round got their kit together for their flying ride. At twelve, after a hasty lunch, they set off at a sharp trot; and about a couple of hours later the ox-train began to get under v/ay. Each animal drew a two-wheeled cart, and was tied^to the tail of the cart before him, so that one man was able to manage four or five carts, and by leading the foremost ox could direct a small procession. In B. A u.\LK-iiKi;i;i). 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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