. Rod and gun. the inner man, and theaverage mortal has experienced times when he would swapevery metrical foot he ever saw for six square inches of tongue-sandwich. Quickly delicious black tea (and youre the greenone if you ask for any other kind in Canada) was boiling in thepot. which was made to bubble all the more brisklv bv a rollicking, old-time chorus, Theres Moonlighton the joined in the appropriate refrain, one bank rejieating withits boulder lips : Our boats the ripples break —Then from the other shore : The birds have gcnie to rest—And Irom the distant headland more faint
. Rod and gun. the inner man, and theaverage mortal has experienced times when he would swapevery metrical foot he ever saw for six square inches of tongue-sandwich. Quickly delicious black tea (and youre the greenone if you ask for any other kind in Canada) was boiling in thepot. which was made to bubble all the more brisklv bv a rollicking, old-time chorus, Theres Moonlighton the joined in the appropriate refrain, one bank rejieating withits boulder lips : Our boats the ripples break —Then from the other shore : The birds have gcnie to rest—And Irom the distant headland more faintly : For now theres moonlight on the was low in the heavens, and the morning star hadarisen to announce the approach of dawn, when the Van Wood-land tied up to a natural dock consisting of a great shelving rockwliich dropped sheer off into twenty feet of water, not far fromtlie portage which cuts around the big Chaudiere Falls. Thecry of the startle<l loons and the yelp of the wolves far up on. Little F.\, Ihe.\( ii Riveh. the mountain sides were sof>tbing night-songs to the tiredvoyagers, who were soon dreaming of the things that mysteriouscountry had in store on the morrow. And despite the late retiring hour, a strange thing the tenderfeet were up in time to see the sun rise on theFrench River. And what a glorious reward was in store for theenterprising ! The enc banting mystery of the moon-lit nightwas gone, but in its stead bad come a daylight revelation evenmore beautiful. The panorama of nearby forest, recedingridges, and island-dotted river held everyone in almostreverential admiration. The delicate tints of dawn slowlv gaveway to the pronounced colors of sunrise in a clondle.^s sky,every rock, shrub, Hower and tree shining resplendent in thereflected glory. Overhead an eagle was soaring, wondering, apparently, atthe intrusion upon his grand domain. A phalanx of duckswheeled suddenly around the nearest headland, alig
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