. The making of a great Canadian railway ; the story of the search for and discovery of the route, and the construction of the nearly completed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with some account of the hardships and stirring adventures of its constructors in unexplored country . foot by foot up-stream, nor hauling theend of a thin line to get through a foaming mill-race,though that is hard enough work in all conscience, butit is the portaging that takes it out of the canoemen,and sends the weakling to the wall. The canoe has gaineda point, say, on such and such a r
. The making of a great Canadian railway ; the story of the search for and discovery of the route, and the construction of the nearly completed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with some account of the hardships and stirring adventures of its constructors in unexplored country . foot by foot up-stream, nor hauling theend of a thin line to get through a foaming mill-race,though that is hard enough work in all conscience, butit is the portaging that takes it out of the canoemen,and sends the weakling to the wall. The canoe has gaineda point, say, on such and such a river beyond which it iseither impossible or inadvisable to proceed. But just overthe hill, or a hundred yards or more through the forest,there is another river, running in the same direction butgaining a point nearer ones destination. This has to betaken. The backwoods canoe is not amphibious yet, sothe boat and its contents have to be carried piecemealacross the intervening neck of dry land. The canoeman unloads his craft on the bank, andby means of a sling over his back becomes a beast ofburden, carrying the load in 1-cwt. consignmentsacross the portage. If he has a ton of goods aboard, andis accompanied by an assistant, ten journeys will haveto be made, the goods being stacked on the bank of the. \ On the Portage The most exhausting phase of surveying in a new country such as unknown Ontarioand Quebec is the conveyance of goods, chattels, and boats across country. The manstraps the load of about one hundredweight to his back, while the canoes are handledsimilarly, giving the porter the appearance of wearing a huge cowl.
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