. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. CAMriN'C, I\ SWAMP 83 footmarks ve sighted it, Icapiiijr ity, whilst The cub t. Mean- cub, and is best to le way as ear. We nly found had made 'eatly dis- that she returned late cubs, ised with st bears ried the f willow a drum, stle from md in a te sweet, l; horses. \ Forks ain river )aukhan rapidly I as possible and halt amon^^st the foot-hills for some days, as he said tliat we should fmd abundance of bear and other y;ame in that district. The pitching trail by which for the lirst few days after leaving- Dunvegan we had travelled- did n
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. CAMriN'C, I\ SWAMP 83 footmarks ve sighted it, Icapiiijr ity, whilst The cub t. Mean- cub, and is best to le way as ear. We nly found had made 'eatly dis- that she returned late cubs, ised with st bears ried the f willow a drum, stle from md in a te sweet, l; horses. \ Forks ain river )aukhan rapidly I as possible and halt amon^^st the foot-hills for some days, as he said tliat we should fmd abundance of bear and other y;ame in that district. The pitching trail by which for the lirst few days after leaving- Dunvegan we had travelled- did not take us far. Beyond the prairie there was little trace of it, and now all evidence that the country had ever been travelled over hatl long since dis- ai)peared. so that we had only a vague knowledge ^ \. AN CAMP of our position, but marched across the country entirely under Daukhan's guidance. He said that we were approaching a muskeg which covered an immense area of country, and that he was uncertain which direction we had better take. He had never crossed this great swamp, although he had hunted in the outskirts, but he said that he thought that we should be able to fmd a ridge of firm ground run-. 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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