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notwithstanding a rocky hill of two hundred feet which 

 had to be climbed, and a deep muskeg which obliged 

 them to wade. Long before night, however, their 





A DIFFICULT PORTAGE. 



spirits had dropped many degrees, and 



it became evident that the task was 



telling heavily on the men. Before evening their feet 



were fearfully blistered, and all complained of pains in 



one place or another. They had each carried six loads 



