. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. 296 PRIMITIVE EAFT. made of them, he would be accused of drawing the long bow. We at last reached Moose River. Here deer were abundant. I already felt rewarded for my labours ; doubly so if we found the canoes. After passing a thoroughly refreshing night, un- disturbed by mosquitoes or by wild beasts, we rose early to inspect the locality. Both of us had come to the conclusion that we were too far to the south, or, in other words, not sufficiently down the course of Moose River to find the birch-barks. To
. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. 296 PRIMITIVE EAFT. made of them, he would be accused of drawing the long bow. We at last reached Moose River. Here deer were abundant. I already felt rewarded for my labours ; doubly so if we found the canoes. After passing a thoroughly refreshing night, un- disturbed by mosquitoes or by wild beasts, we rose early to inspect the locality. Both of us had come to the conclusion that we were too far to the south, or, in other words, not sufficiently down the course of Moose River to find the birch-barks. To avoid the fatigue of walking along the rocky margin of the streams, or penetrating through the hemlock and cedar-swamDs that in places abut upon the water, we decided to build a raft out of drift-wood, and upon it proceed pro- vided cataracts or other obstacles did not occur. If we had been furnished with axes, forming a raft would have been an easy matter, but as that was not the case, nearly a day was lost in labouring to accom- plish our purpose. However at length we succeeded, and on the most primitive of crafts, bound together with the stems of the wild grape-vine, we started upon our voyage of discovery. For two days our troubles were unceasing. First we got into a rapid that threatened to dismember our boat; next we stuck on a rock; and, lastly, we were in imminent danger of going over a waterfall; but being destined for some other fate than drowning, we safely came through all 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 Gillmore, Parker. London : Hurst and Blackett
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