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resolution in danger, his versatility of resource, and 

 unassailable integrity ; only those who have travelled much 

 in wild countries can understand what an infinite enhance- 

 ment of one's pleasure, comfort and security, is born of 

 such faithful comradeship. If every now and then I have 

 endeavoured to enliven my story with glimpses of the share 

 my poor servant took in our daily life, the reader will feel 

 that a loving hand has guided the pencil. To this day I 

 never prepare for a journey without a sigh of regret for my 

 lost travelling companion. 



Some time after our return to England Wilson's health 

 became affected by an obscure disease, which subsequently 

 developed very distressing symptoms, and after much 

 suffering, borne with great patience, he died in the Hospital 

 for incurables at Wimbledon. 



Ottawa, 1873. 



