. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ... . etweenrich meadows, and promises easy and safe navigation,so that our little band of explorers after leaving Itascaexpected to have a quiet and uneventful voyage untilthey reached the inhabited part of the country. Suchwas not the case, however, for they soon found their pro-gress very much impeded by drift-wood, snags, rapids,and boulders of every size and description. They over-came these obstacles in various ways, all requiringmuch exertion and endurance, and manv a time theirpatience was nearly exh
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ... . etweenrich meadows, and promises easy and safe navigation,so that our little band of explorers after leaving Itascaexpected to have a quiet and uneventful voyage untilthey reached the inhabited part of the country. Suchwas not the case, however, for they soon found their pro-gress very much impeded by drift-wood, snags, rapids,and boulders of every size and description. They over-came these obstacles in various ways, all requiringmuch exertion and endurance, and manv a time theirpatience was nearly exhausted. Sometimes they forcedthe canoes under the logs which lay across the stream,and again cut a passage-way through them. Now theyremoved the drift from their path and now wereobliged to lift the canoes over it. A little further ona huge boulder would confront them, making it neces-sary to disembark and carry the boats around. Pres-ently a dangerous rapid would be met, and in shootingit some member of the party would be precipitatedinto the water, or perhaps a hole stove in one of the. ,FUBUCUBRARYg DOWN THE GREAT RIVER. 479 canoes. At last they were obliged to make a portageof about half a mile, and upon launching again, soondiscovered that the principal obstructions had beenovercome. This was a great relief to them, for the in-tolerable annoyance of swarms of mosquitoes whichcame in clouds about them, biting even through theirclothing, was quite enough to bear patiently withouthaving the hardships consequent upon such ruggedvoyaging to endure. Laborious, however, as they found this unusuallyrough canoeing, and troublesome as were the mosqui-toes, both trials sank into insignificance when com-pared with their ever present danger of will be remembered how bravelv all had decided,when they first made the startling discovery that theirsupplies were at a low ebb, to pursue their investigationseven at the risk of running completely out of strictest econ
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