. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. Li'MIiKlilSa. 2<J3 woods \vli(?u first the snow fulls, jiiid romaiiiR tlioro till tlni s{)riiiad their provisions are *'; This alene , ives work to one team when the gang is large and the distance great. Flour, pork, tea, and molasses fc ⢠i the staph .i of their di-t. They breakfast before daybreak. â ine about ten or eleven, have a "bit
. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. Li'MIiKlilSa. 2<J3 woods \vli(?u first the snow fulls, jiiid romaiiiR tlioro till tlni s{)riiiad their provisions are *'; This alene , ives work to one team when the gang is large and the distance great. Flour, pork, tea, and molasses fc ⢠i the staph .i of their di-t. They breakfast before daybreak. â ine about ten or eleven, have a "bite" at two or three, supper at .six, and a '' luneh" bel'ore they go to sleepânot bad living; and at any hour of the day or night that u stranger happens to visit them, on goes the kotth? and frying-pan, and he is treated to the best they have got. Their hospitality is unbounded, sometimes ombarrtissing. Once or twice, when I have been travelling in the lumber woods, I have had occasion to call in at eight or ten camps in the course of the dav, and at everv one of them I have been compelled to stop for a dinner, a lunch, or bite. In a camp of twenty men the division of labour is as follows: the "boss" {Anglice, ''skipper"); the cook, who has no sinecure; the teamster and the teamster's assistant, com- monly called the " teamster's divil "âthey look after the horses, and haul the logs from the stump to the river bank with their teams; five broad-axemen, who square the logs; the "head swamper," engineer and road- maker, and six assistants; and four " fallers " (of trees).. i|tj «'i â <â. 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 Rowan, John, J. London : E. Stanford
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjecthunting, bookyear1876
