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an imposing place, but even though consisting of only 

 four or five old frame buildings, the sight to us was one 

 of deep satisfaction. For a moment we paused on the 

 summit of the ridge, then at the crack of the driver's 

 whip the teams bounded forward, galloped down the 

 steep slope, sped across the plains below, and in a few 

 minutes landed us at the house of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company's traders. Here, after extricating ourselves 

 from the various conveyances, we were presently 

 received by a tall young Scotchman, who announced 

 himself as Mr. Matheson, Master of the Fort. 



FRENCH-SALTEAUX GIRL. 



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