, 1877-09-09

! turning over the papers, he found the nous
laid out cold. The cream OF the story, how
was 1t that IT the sgse haa oa aftsmef s
by plugging up q shothole In his side with
tiny wad Of paper to stanch the flow Of blood
and, after gil, the mouse demised Pratt e1
claimed" Well, declare!h High begged t
marvellous. I said, stFrank. your affidavit 0,
that" He declared his readiness to swear Il
it, and, rs Master In Chanccry, proposed t.
swear himself to the tale. High gave his pro
fessfonal opinion that an oath administered De
fore himself, by I Master in Chanccry, to him
self. aas q nullity, or, IN the language Of tht
law OF Wouter Van TTfller's time, was "nl.
moot" That settled the matter. Denison be
ing, lis Master In Chancery, minister OF ths
Law, was conscientious about doing an illega
act, and prostttuting his sacred functions, ths
jurat was dispensed with We are ready nov
to steal off to our blankets for the nlght. tt
muse how the best-lad schemes Of men anG
mice "gang ait aglee."
TUESDAY, 14th.-The current Of the Paint f
| so stiff two men are required to run the canoes,
To avoid division OF propeling power, We had
| to leave the Founding high and dry In the
woods for somebody, to pick her up as d waif.
We hope Writ Dexter's party when it comes
along Will attend to that job. The river is
broad, shallow, aud rapid. At many places the
boys waded and dragged us over, and at one
we ourselves stepped out and wetted our shins
| in the shallow. The party in the Dckey
| had the lead, and had the tantalfzation
| Of seeing family Of three deer swimming over
| on their southwark emigration way, without
| anr chance OF making anything but a distant
acquaintance of them for want Of guns
Denison, in our boat, got 4 chance shot at a
6traggling sawbill, and slaughtered him; and
not far bevond in the far-of perspective, q buck
was deserted on the move. Our way is through
moaotony OF dense foliage OF vivid green, q
very vail or huge hedgerow Of veraure, SEEM
ingly built on the water itself, so few are the
patches Of naked shore or spots OF sand, and
beyond au untrodden wilderness. We remark
everywhere, SO far, the singular rarity Of bird
life in these immeusities Of woods Few are
the t.wo6d-notes wild" OF forest songsters.
The t,gs and branches bend or sway but sell
dtm with the pressure Of plumages- The
silence OF the forest is solemn and lcathllke-
At this season the waterfowl Of these lonely
streams arc not numerous. A kinglsher some
times sWOops down, for scoop, from branch.
Ducks are vet unreasonable. Even for deer,
the right time has not come. We shall have
more Of them Oh tue horue-run down the
Meno,ninee. Just before taking to shore Tor
portage, the neutrality-suspicious. Of - foppers"
was ahead, aud, as usual, stampeded in squaWk-
ing and confusion. The portage was the start
towards Trout River for Sugar., was q halt-nf!e
long, aud led to the most inexpressibly
o!suial' pAs1y, petty taAe' ~ 1sali5 po1'
OF dead wafer, haVlng, efeeuls1 sueMte,
like that OF a frog-pond, but from the
countess "'atel-!lles' "nos& ieatcs Ie sPiIuu ~.
out fiat on top Of the lake. @On che trail TO this
ll1eless pond' IneFe we're WIG CHERRIES, W "luct
Tue oeals Me Sleeol1y pAtt4ai. 80 "he ~ ~
strange, tnen, that WE came acsoss 1lAehs Auu
otaef s1gns'. III tue pathway, ol very !eSeul
urslnc presence aho cnerry-Liee spol2llo4i.
Eernaos IL "otiiu not oe out u tAe "as .uat
nervous suseeptaolAty s1oulo iuelesse the suaue
OF q trenor OF So we hau feue"eu entef llu-
ment Win oorcupne, "no WAS .tlhans = sui-
veF OF Tue country from Tue iottJ Au'o VI
1arge pine tree 1n .n5 liatcn oe."ecn ~. u!1n @ auu
Oenisou' rIanA ply! alla .1otn ~! .uis n.sn
peae II ~ is a,,ls for crossine the
"ater~lliy ponq, tneTe M was anotoer portase VI
mile anu nalI TO 1rouI 1slVer. iuou9n no"
lar toWarus nlsht, we SET out TO make II, ~
once. u WAS Nea1lsoue tlalnp. lue cnues
we're le1t 1or portage tomorrow. Late III Tue
evening We fetched up Tor encampment IN
creary, low, sWatApy, maiaT1ous piue nat7 uoss
unlnvitlng ana unpleasant. Inc place, now
ever, IS HooSons cnoice-a toEoslapnlcn usces-
crooked, narro" cnannei OF open stteatu, III
l,,'I uvaDu, ,sat}iTas and raos 4ars enn5.
kill would be MlEeu the slime
or get lost in the thick plant OF reeds
and water-grase. How we are 20
a;s a,ahv sne ant, nsetr a is nroem
whirh We mnst leave to the engineering re-
sources OF the Indians, who, in the phrase 6f
virgts hero,-dut se'tsdm tadnl dnt Jdeat1m,-"lll
ana way; OF mahe wy s.s pusslot1; & y, po4
,yos i,nnossih1e rom the end Of the trail. for
David to reach the river for water for supper,
and he has just explored route by long OBJ
l'Que 10 the proper p!ace. ne tells Us tnat' py
=, - - ,,nnt ~ jonnsh md emhori- R,,t sn;te ~
all these adverse SURROUNDINGS, now that We
have the blazes Of the campfire to cheer the
gloom and grimness, and that our appetltes TOR
~ t"t ~ a.s., int nnt a.
fron, rrhiiaratino. we were nrepared to take
things easy, in good hu,nor and grace, for the /
night This was SO, until David, in bis rernl- |
t'!seences o. loTnaes canplns paits nesc' solne
nass ~ n,r rasj1not;on ~ tha ,,novo;r3ahia hr
teIling us that three large snakes then crawled |
into the tent, and wired about among the sleep |
ers. creating an uuexampled scene OF unsecmir
pants anu eunsterion. @ ..,iol ee tne
fhe sn;rnI rrg;ons ara nrove1ent -
- r
1r-,.,e,,v 1s,h ,.po +horo .oo,o. t., AT,
.e. 1sIn'- ~ tnete oeto ~ Aut9
1ouhtTJf. les as surely rs Ursa MAJOR Is IN |
The SKY above After Dawes recital Of the snake |
Incident. and o,1r eroinp tn s]een in a sort of |
,1,;l1 +to+ b1o,,-o+s e.n,t 4.,r,,, ~ ho.-o hoa,