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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



news of the far interior. But of much greater importance and value 

 is the cargo of furs which are brought out on every trip in exchange 

 for supplies which are taken in. On that day there were fifty-seven 

 mules, each laden with two bales of furs weighing two hundred and 

 fifty pounds, and including beaver, mink, otter, sable, and bear, all 

 destined for the Hudson Bay Company's house in London, there to 



Hagivilgait Canon, with Indian Fish Weirs at Bottom. 



be auctioned off in lots to the highest bidder, and then to be dis- 

 tributed to all parts of the civilized world. 



Within less than an hour's time the precious furs were aboard, 

 and we bade farewell to Hazelton. The Caledonia drops back, is 

 slowly turned around by the current, and with its steady chug, chug, 

 we began our journey down the river, the power of the boat aided by 

 the swiftly flowing water carrying us along at a rapid rate. If the 

 slow, labored up journey was a revelation with its worries and anxi- 

 eties, what can be said of the down journey with its kaleidoscopic; 

 panorama of sand bars, Indian villages, far-away snowy mountains, 

 -dense forests of mighty cottonwoods, lofty heights which tower above 

 us clad to their very summits with eternal green, mountain streams, 

 .and innumerable waterfalls and cascades! And what shall one say 



