THE FIRST VOLUME. XI 



CHAPTER X. continued. 



Rising Waters A Flash of Lightning A Glimpse of the Moon 

 and Stars Darkness again The Thoughts of a Night-blind 

 Man A broken Arm Light Vision restored A Jam .The 

 Escape Account of the ' Night-blind ' Men in the Lumbering 

 Districts PAGE 153 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THE MOUNTAIN, OR TOP OF THE RIDGE, PORTAGE. 



Cooking in the Woods Balsam Trees Michel's Musk-rat Michel's 

 Breakfast Details of the Top of the Ridge Portage The Mountain 



Michel and the Theodolite Louis and the Canoe Nipi Nipi ! 



Louis' Caution about drinking cold Water when hot Death of 

 Indian Louis' Beverage Indian Burial Rites Tete de Boule 

 Affection Swampy Crees, Mode of Burying their Dead - - Pope's 

 Alhision to the Dog being buried with his Master Customs of 

 Indians never change Montagnais Burials in 1031 Curious 

 Customs Pointing with the Lips Indian Mode of snaring the 

 Canada Grouse Trout Lake A Camp on Wet Moss Precau- 

 tions against Colds Montagnais formerly anointed their Bodies 

 with Seal Oil Odahwah Customs . . . . 1G1 



CHAPTER XII. 



TROUT LAKE TO LAKE NIPISIS. 



Trout Lake The ' Chitlook '- - Magnificent Scenery Beauty of the 

 Lichens A Herd of Cariboii Too late Bear Skull Anecdote 

 of a Bear Dogs scenting a Bear in the Winter Bear Hunts 

 Ferocity of these Animals Montagnais Superstitions Bones of 

 Porcupine Bones and Blood of Bears Mosquito Lake A 

 Labrador Trout Stream Anibro and Ambrosis Michel sick 

 The Hospital in the Wood Indian Medicines Dreams and 

 Visions Causes of Disease amongst Indians Wolves Ferocity 

 of Wolves A Storm on Lake Nipisis Wind-bound Vege- 

 tation on Lake Nipisis Manicouagan Lake The Fire Mountain 

 of the Nasquapees Pere Arnaud Journey up the Manicouagan 



Nasquapee sick Lamentable Incident among the Tete de Boule 

 Indians Pere Arnaud's Difficulties Winter Life in the Woods 

 of the Labrador Peninsula The Ptarmigan The Return of the 

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