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122 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
t u r e d ; but what is seen would make arty region famous.
We now came once more to outcrops of limestone i n regular
layers, with disintegrated masses overlying them, or sandwiched
between their solid courses. A lovely niche, at one
point, was scooped out of the rock, over the coping of which
poured a thin sheet of water, evidently impregnated with
mineral, and staining the rock down which it poured with
variegated tints of bronze, beautified by the morning sun.
W i t h characteristic grandeur the bends of the river
" shouldered " into each other, giving the expanses the
appearance of lakelets; and after a succession of these we
came to the first rapid, " The M o u n t a i n " — W a t c h i k we
Powistic— so called from a peak at its head, which towered
to a great height above the neighbouring banks. The r a p id
extends diagonally across the river i n a low cascade, with
a curve inward towards the left shore. It was decided to
unload and make the portage, aud a very t i c k l i s h one it
was. The boats, of course, had to be hauled up stream by the
trackers, and grasping their line I got safely over, and was
thankful. How the trackers managed to hold on was to me a
mystery; but the steep and slippery bank was mere child's
play to them. The right bank, f r om its break and downward,
bears a very thick growth of alders, and here we found the
w i l d onion, and a plant resembling spearmint.
I n the evening we reached the next rapid, called the
Cascades— Xepe K a b a t e k i k — " Where the water f a l l s , " and
camping there, we had a symposium i n our tent, which I
could not enjoy, having headache and heartburn, a nasty
combination. The 16th was the hottest day of the season—
a hard one on the trackers, who now pulled along walls
of solid limestone, perpendicular or stepped, or wrought
into elaborate cornices, as i f by the art of some giant stonecutter.
At one place we came to a lovely l i t t l e rideau, and
on the opposite shore were two curious caves, scooped out
of the rock, and supported by E g y p t i a n - l i k e columns wrought
by the age- action of water.
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| OCR | 122 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN t u r e d ; but what is seen would make arty region famous. We now came once more to outcrops of limestone i n regular layers, with disintegrated masses overlying them, or sandwiched between their solid courses. A lovely niche, at one point, was scooped out of the rock, over the coping of which poured a thin sheet of water, evidently impregnated with mineral, and staining the rock down which it poured with variegated tints of bronze, beautified by the morning sun. W i t h characteristic grandeur the bends of the river " shouldered " into each other, giving the expanses the appearance of lakelets; and after a succession of these we came to the first rapid, " The M o u n t a i n " — W a t c h i k we Powistic— so called from a peak at its head, which towered to a great height above the neighbouring banks. The r a p id extends diagonally across the river i n a low cascade, with a curve inward towards the left shore. It was decided to unload and make the portage, aud a very t i c k l i s h one it was. The boats, of course, had to be hauled up stream by the trackers, and grasping their line I got safely over, and was thankful. How the trackers managed to hold on was to me a mystery; but the steep and slippery bank was mere child's play to them. The right bank, f r om its break and downward, bears a very thick growth of alders, and here we found the w i l d onion, and a plant resembling spearmint. I n the evening we reached the next rapid, called the Cascades— Xepe K a b a t e k i k — " Where the water f a l l s , " and camping there, we had a symposium i n our tent, which I could not enjoy, having headache and heartburn, a nasty combination. The 16th was the hottest day of the season— a hard one on the trackers, who now pulled along walls of solid limestone, perpendicular or stepped, or wrought into elaborate cornices, as i f by the art of some giant stonecutter. At one place we came to a lovely l i t t l e rideau, and on the opposite shore were two curious caves, scooped out of the rock, and supported by E g y p t i a n - l i k e columns wrought by the age- action of water. |
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