VII 



JACK IN CIVILIZATION 



WITH the most profound regret we 

 left those Northern fields on ac- 

 count of severe and protracted ill- 

 ness in the household, which made it im- 

 perative that we should go to a more 

 temperate climate, if the valuable life that 

 was threatened was to be preserved. 



We transferred the work and all that be- 

 longed to it to our honoured successor, in- 

 cluding all the dogs, with the exception of 

 Jack. Mrs. Young and the children pleaded 

 that Cuffy should also be allowed to come, 

 but the expense would have been so much 

 the greater, and the energetic missionary 

 there continuing the work was very fond of 

 her and much needed her in his rearranged 

 train. 



Without any very startling incidents, we 

 reached Toronto and, shortly after pro- 

 ceeded to a pretty little town called Port 

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