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away land. I had brought letters from Selkirk 



for Mr. and Mrs. A , and was much looking 



forward to renewing my acquaintance with 

 them. 



We did not delay very long at the Plateau 

 Mountain cabin, but pushed on again before 

 midday ; and in the afternoon reached the 

 cabin where Mr. Hosfall had installed himself 

 with his wife and children. 



The whole family with their four large dogs 

 had only just come back from a trip to a range 

 of mountains about ten miles to the south. 

 They had been away from the river for 

 eighteen days and had only seen two young 

 bull moose all the time, one of which Mr. 

 Hosfall had shot. 



Mrs. Hosfall, who is very well-known in the 

 Yukon country, is quite a remarkable woman. 

 The daughter of a Scotsman married to an 

 Indian, she has inherited nothing but the best 

 qualities of both races. She can carry a heavy 

 pack or manage a boat or canoe, in any kind of 

 water, with pole or paddle, as well as her 

 husband, and is reported to be his superior in 



