The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29

10 Thusr Nho Have lleen There Many
I.oo,i llnting tiruwllis IN ihr Ilnmmlun
ere ara cliffs. miles Of them. rising
a-r from the edge of the water; river
into which nature put strength that YOU
have u1 ul-a Of. lakes THAI he ElisteninR
.r the .H You have 70 he full grown
,r .1ter. and them.
Yer there are thoae who play with
r.,m summer after summer. They leave
a. rre coming 81 tho iCe. sorry that they
can stay for the dog sledding and the
STOW .hur,ng through the forests Some
Tunes they come hack In the middle Of
pm. au."r to live oui the dreams they
... before the campfire In the summer.
r.. . 10 show how much they care for
N.r there ~ those who t,Iasled with
..a Nrnmahlan who wouldn't come
t..,. 90 have attempted that ugly little
stream s surely enough Of return. You
o.. forget the over clih poriaRes or the
mics q boulder strewn swift water
r you did forget il would be indication
enough that YOU had somebody else TO
tn III tho work. and that in turn would
show thai you had never known the tenn
.ar 4 the Nehmahbin. " you never knew
,.a temper there wouldn't be- much 20
san you back 80 you never 60.
There are lakes up there with faces like
the dawn. Your canoe slips over them
'rAcklessly. m a hIrrow that smooths
ont with your passage. In the easy on
wand swing you forget that ever that
same lake Coud turn on you and give
vou the iutensest sort q fight TO make
hall yard az a stroke.
You forget that a wind can come out
" the east thick with rain 20 set you
scurrying for the canvas You forget
that just around the next point there must
be- a rocky por,age path. hard to follow
which leads you mp over a razor edge and
down into a turbulent stream on tbs
other side Nor do you think that IN thai
same stream there are unexpected twist.
that hiring You 70 the brink 81 falls into
which it's hard to keep the canoe from
going. Yet these arr some of the things
that appeal TO you Il you are full grown
and no fool
n matter u fact. in order to get ~
rest out Of that country YOU have @. n
have in your make up liberal allowance
1f the perseverance and tho physica
-Jand-uppishne that your AnElo-Saxor
Bnoestors had when they used IN hun
the deer In the German forests. u 70,
have 70 ride In taNioahs when II rains. fol
fear of getting wet. or V you never have
fnt the exultation that comes from a
.uIft climb over a hill top. don't e
camping la Canada; but Il YOU can't
i've without trying your strength against
The same forces that helped your forbears
'n 10 what they were. there j. no plAce
ba't on this earth better for the tryout
tltn the-e -ams Canadian forests
here j. poetry. lots q il. but u 10 81
&C. manly sort that has ~ do with storm
AID high rocks There il nothing Ian
rlurous about h. not a ht Don't thini
here il. FOR mesquite pr a black ~
r- the thought of a nard dty tomorrow
vii knock IL out ui yoI- head Tn
goetry come from m" conq i"-t 0f ain
oulties that seemed impossible o sclle
u YOU are man OF rfu NhHAleA AotiiAh
you'u uRder-ta nd that that - the hes
and
10 people n that sort the Thrill of Can
ada comes about the first u March. Their
n something in southwest wind tbs
speaks ~ new life in the woods PerhaT
It's only a wisp II blue smoke from you
fireplace with a smell NJ birch Or oeda
IN II. Anyhow il sets you n and there
nothing % Il but the Old photograph
and perhaps a look ~ your DUNE.
BY this time Il gets ~ strong that 70
can't stand Il and you begin 10 write Z
your partner 10 find out when he will h
free. Then you think and think wheths
O. will ne Tsinag ami or James Bay q
somewhere north Il superior.
Possibly. Il you have family that can
stand the toughest sort u going. 20
take Nova scotia. where there arr Chanc,
for day trips and n return 10 an inn q
night. there ia the same chance in III
-eROn uf Canada south of Temagam
The time tent Gar gone when the Muskok
Lakes. tho lake Of Bays, Georgian RAJ
the Mo1A-RveI eRa the Muskosh ofere
-1ms Il the WiWaR canoe trips in On
4ro This wear the canoe trips are sti
there. bat the traveller can find plsct
p. rest up In On MuskOka Lake and n
U'"1rEhn Ray A. PHEASANT "a any summe