. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. i u .-J 'â ' 1 i I 12 THi' i,\\i) oi" rin- MrsKi'C. happenedâthe Indians had moved down in a body to Fort St. John. Perhaps it was a selfish consola- tion, but in spite of the loss of three days to the expedition, I could not, as I looked on Moberley's Lake, reijret tiiat I had come. The expanse of water seemed enormous, hemmed in as it was by. i;iKi ii-ii.\i(K i;o(;(;.\Ns hit^h mountains on either side, and between the converging slopes at the further end the two peaks of the Bull's IU;ad and the Porcupine glistened in the noonday su
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. i u .-J 'â ' 1 i I 12 THi' i,\\i) oi" rin- MrsKi'C. happenedâthe Indians had moved down in a body to Fort St. John. Perhaps it was a selfish consola- tion, but in spite of the loss of three days to the expedition, I could not, as I looked on Moberley's Lake, reijret tiiat I had come. The expanse of water seemed enormous, hemmed in as it was by. i;iKi ii-ii.\i(K i;o(;(;.\Ns hit^h mountains on either side, and between the converging slopes at the further end the two peaks of the Bull's IU;ad and the Porcupine glistened in the noonday sun. Every turn and contour of the shoresâat one point steep and bristling with rugged pines, at another shelving away in arable prairieâ was invested with a strange charm of harmonious shape and hue. The water itself was of a colour I had never seen before ; and as we waded on horse-. 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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