. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. XIV THIi: LAND OI- THI- Ml'SKmi were now anxious to break new ij^round, if possibk-, in a country that offered a fair prospect for sport. It was at this point that a recent map of British Columbia and certain mendacious Canadian likie- booUs fell into our hands, and in a moment our plans were laid. ' Unexplored' fi^^ured so largely and alluringly in one and prodigious ac- counts of bears, moose, w o I V e s, beavers, cariboo, and other animals so se- ductively in the other, that we felt to force our way through this untravelled region prom
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. XIV THIi: LAND OI- THI- Ml'SKmi were now anxious to break new ij^round, if possibk-, in a country that offered a fair prospect for sport. It was at this point that a recent map of British Columbia and certain mendacious Canadian likie- booUs fell into our hands, and in a moment our plans were laid. ' Unexplored' fi^^ured so largely and alluringly in one and prodigious ac- counts of bears, moose, w o I V e s, beavers, cariboo, and other animals so se- ductively in the other, that we felt to force our way through this untravelled region promised a certain amount of novelty and adventure, while it seemed impossiole that we could pass through the great fur reserve of the world without getting such an amount of sport as would justify the labour of our undertaking. What Mr. Pike had so courageously done (and so admirably described) in the extreme North, must, it seemed, be a much easier tliinu to do in more. K()U(;il WOKK IN IIIK KO(jKIi;s. 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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