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in the forest was vacated and the whole 

 party once more emerged from its depths on 

 to the surface of the great lake, was to point 

 out to faithful Voyageur the next headland 

 or distant promontory and with a dash he 

 was off straight as an arrow to the required 

 destination. The loud calls, the pistol-like 

 reports of the dog-whips and their stinging 

 blows, so frequent on such hard journeys, 

 were not needed when Voyageur led and he 

 had companion dogs of equal courage and 

 endurance, to respond to his splendid 

 leadership. 



Thus on they travelled towards the north, 

 day after day. The sun shone with such un- 

 dimmed brilliancy upon them that the great- 

 est trouble arose from the attacks of snow- 

 blindness caused by the reflection of the 

 sun's rays upon the dazzling pure white 

 snow. This disease is painful in the ex- 

 treme. The first sensation of its coming is 

 a copious flowing of water from the eyes. 

 The next stage of the attack is extreme 

 agony in the eyeballs, a sensation of pain, 

 as though red hot sand was being thrown 

 into the eyes. The final stage, if precau- 

 tionary measures are not promptly taken, 



