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lation, and that was that they could travel 

 as well by night as by day; and also that 

 it made but little difference to them 

 whether the stars shone out in all the splen- 

 dour of those high latitudes or clouds arose 

 and mantled the landscape with gloom and 

 darkness. Still on and on strode the mar- 

 vellous guide. 



On the guide rested the chief responsibili- 

 ties of the journey. It was his to say when 

 each day's journey was ended. He selected 

 each camping place and assigned to each 

 Indian his allotted work. Running ahead 

 he set the pace and expected that all would 

 endeavour to keep as close on his trail as 

 possible. This was to be the unbroken rule, 

 especially when the weather was threaten- 

 ing or blizzards might assail us. He was 

 supposed to be ever on the lookout for the 

 coming storm, aud even before ordinary 

 mortals could detect any sign of its coming 

 he would have us all fleeing for shelter to 

 the distant forest. He was never to go 

 through or over places where the sleds fol- 

 lowing could not pass. Hence he would 

 never crowd himself between trees growing 

 closely together or spring over fallen ones, 

 unless it was impossible to mark out a trail 



