. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. ir i i THE LAND OF THE MUSKEG i i f } and, to add to our troubles, the captain of the steamer lay dying, so that she could not start. At last, however, a substitute was found, and with Mr. Livock in charge, on June the 23rd, we got under way, and steamed slowly up the Athabaska to the West. The rapid current impeded the little boat, so that she shook and splashed her single paddle, and made but a poor pace. Reach after reach of that monotonous river came to view -«^MMfcn^ and was left behind with no land- mark to tell of its passage. The b
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. ir i i THE LAND OF THE MUSKEG i i f } and, to add to our troubles, the captain of the steamer lay dying, so that she could not start. At last, however, a substitute was found, and with Mr. Livock in charge, on June the 23rd, we got under way, and steamed slowly up the Athabaska to the West. The rapid current impeded the little boat, so that she shook and splashed her single paddle, and made but a poor pace. Reach after reach of that monotonous river came to view -«^MMfcn^ and was left behind with no land- mark to tell of its passage. The banks, high and choked with dense woods of pine and poplar, advanced and receded with the bending of the stream, dark and sombre, like houses in an ill-lit street. And yet they were full of interest to us. We sat on the little deck and watched them, wondering what the woods we should journey through would look like, and whether the underbrush would always be as dense and the trees so thick. Now and then we passed Indians paddling easily with the current, or towing their light canoes against the stream. About mid- day one of the rudders broke loose and swung into the stern paddle, breaking some of the buckets, so that we were obliged to lie up by the bank and effect repairs. The mosquitoes flocked out from. STEAMER ON ATHABASKA ^ li. 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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