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80 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
tion, but entering a country much of which is suited by
nature for the support of man.
The best reflection is that there is a r e a l l y good country
to f a l l back upon when the p r a i r i e s to the south are taken up.
Swamps and muskegs abound, but good l a n d also abounds,
and the time w i l l come when the r i n g of the Canadian axe
w i l l be heard throughout these forests, and when mttltitudes
of comfortable homes w i l l be hewn out of what are the almost
inaccessible wildernesses of to- day.
B y the end of the first week i n J u l y the issue of scrip certificates
began to f a l l off, though the declarations were s t i ll
numerous. But l a n d was i n s i g h t ; that is to say, our release
and departure for Peace R i v e r , which we were all very
anxious, i n fact burning, to see.
B y this time there was, of course, much money afloat
amongst the people, w h i ch was r a p i d l y finding its way into
the traders' pockets. There was a " b l i n d p i g , " too, doing
business i n the locality, though we could not discover where,
as everybody professed entire ignorance of anything of the
k i n d . The fragrant breath and h i l a r i t y of so many, however,
betrayed its existence, and, as a crowning evidence,
before sunrise on the 6th, we were all awakened Jby an
uproarious row amongst a t i p s y crowd on the common.
The disturbance, of course, awakened the dogs, i f , indeed,
those wonderful creatures ever slept, and soon a prolonged
howl, i s s u i n g f r om a thousand throats, made the racket complete.
It seemed to our l i s t e n i n g ears, for we stuck to our
beds, to be a promiscuous fight, larded w i t h ' imprecations in
broken E n g l i s h , the phrase " goddam " being repeated i n the
most comical way. We expected to see a lot of b a d l y bruised
men i n the morning, but nothing of the k i n d ! Nobody was
hurt. It proved to be a very bloodless affair, l i k e the scrimmages
of the dogs themselves, f u l l of sound and f u r y signifyi
n g nothing.
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| OCR | 80 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN tion, but entering a country much of which is suited by nature for the support of man. The best reflection is that there is a r e a l l y good country to f a l l back upon when the p r a i r i e s to the south are taken up. Swamps and muskegs abound, but good l a n d also abounds, and the time w i l l come when the r i n g of the Canadian axe w i l l be heard throughout these forests, and when mttltitudes of comfortable homes w i l l be hewn out of what are the almost inaccessible wildernesses of to- day. B y the end of the first week i n J u l y the issue of scrip certificates began to f a l l off, though the declarations were s t i ll numerous. But l a n d was i n s i g h t ; that is to say, our release and departure for Peace R i v e r , which we were all very anxious, i n fact burning, to see. B y this time there was, of course, much money afloat amongst the people, w h i ch was r a p i d l y finding its way into the traders' pockets. There was a " b l i n d p i g , " too, doing business i n the locality, though we could not discover where, as everybody professed entire ignorance of anything of the k i n d . The fragrant breath and h i l a r i t y of so many, however, betrayed its existence, and, as a crowning evidence, before sunrise on the 6th, we were all awakened Jby an uproarious row amongst a t i p s y crowd on the common. The disturbance, of course, awakened the dogs, i f , indeed, those wonderful creatures ever slept, and soon a prolonged howl, i s s u i n g f r om a thousand throats, made the racket complete. It seemed to our l i s t e n i n g ears, for we stuck to our beds, to be a promiscuous fight, larded w i t h ' imprecations in broken E n g l i s h , the phrase " goddam " being repeated i n the most comical way. We expected to see a lot of b a d l y bruised men i n the morning, but nothing of the k i n d ! Nobody was hurt. It proved to be a very bloodless affair, l i k e the scrimmages of the dogs themselves, f u l l of sound and f u r y signifyi n g nothing. |
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