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ACROSS THE SUB-ARCTICS OF CANADA. 



appointed to the command of the steamer Wrigley, 

 plying on the lower section of the river below Fort 

 Smith, to which place he was to be taken by the 

 Grahame on her return trip from Fort Me Murray. 

 Before parting company, the Doctor promised to meet us 

 again at Chippewyan on the 19th inst., and after this 



A DANDY OF THE NORTH. 



A VOYAGEUB. 



short meeting, and many parting good wishes, as well 

 as blessings from the Bishop, we resumed our separate 

 ways. 



Notwithstanding the hour's delay, and the fact that 

 rain fell all day, we made the very good run of seventy- 

 two miles. As we swept along with the winding river, 

 the most beautiful and varied scenes were continually 

 presented. The banks, though not so high as above 

 Fort McMurray, were bold and thickly draped with 

 spruce and poplar woods. Taking advantage of the 



