X " CONTENTS OP 



CHAPTER VIII. 



' THE LAKE WHERE THE SAND LIES ' TO * GNEISS TERRACES.' 



Moose Moose Country Moose Calling Shaw-a-Gunsch A 

 Moose Story Another Accident Canada Balsam again The 

 'Lake where the Sand lies' Stillness and Beauty of the Scene 

 Effect on the Men A Race Trolling Mosquitoes and Black- 

 flies The ' Gneiss Terraces ' Their S} T mmetry and Characteristics 



Mosses and Lichens Making Tents comfortable Rain 

 Wandering over the Terraces Wonderful Lichens and Mosses 

 The Labrador Tea Plant PAGE 121 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE KA-PI-STA-WA-TI-SAGAN, OR RIDGE PORTAGE, TO THE 

 OJIA-PI-SI-TAGAN, OR TOP OF THE RIDGE. 



The Ridge Portage Beauty and Character of the Lake A Saw -bill 

 Duck and her Young Tenderness and Sagacity of the Bird 

 Habits of the Saw-bill Duck A Cache The 'Top of the Ridge 

 Lake' A-ta-chi-ka-rni-shish River Its Descent of Five Hun- 

 dred Feet in Two Miles and a Half Mosquitoes and Blackflies 

 The Mountain Portage Legend among the Lumbermen respecting 

 the Mosquitoes Trout Beautiful Lake and Scenery Beaii- 

 tiful Variety of Trout Louis' Ya-mah-pish Proposed Ascent 

 of a Mountain The Nasquapee ' Ups ' Magnificent View 

 Reindeer or Caribou Old Nasquapee Camp Nasquapee Intel- 

 ligence Mode of indicating Distance Mode of indicating Time 

 Mode of obtaining Fire Height of the Mountain or Top of the 

 Ridge Portage Mosquitoes Laronde . 136 



CHAPTER X. 



THE NIGHT-BLIND VOYAGEUR. 



Night-blind Laronde's Account Effects of Night-blindness 

 Mode in which it affects the Lumberers . The Loneliness of a Night- 

 blind Man Dreadful Appearance of Night-blind Men Laronde's 

 Story of the ' Night-blind ' The Matawan The OttaAva Jerome 



Meeting of Jerome and Laronde The Walk The Little 

 Beaver Creek The Crossing Struck Night-blind The Discovery 



Struck in the Middle of the Stream A Night on the Rock 



