The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 
of which they are made and that used to protect 
the feet from the cold and bruises. With the 
Laplander this consists of a fine grass, very soft 
and comfortable, which absorbs the perspira- 
tion, and this, like the foot-cloths, must be taken 
out on your return to camp and dried in front 
of the fire, when it is ready for use next day. 
Johnny Peters, before it was dark the pre- 
vious evening, had felled two long spruce trees 
higher up the river, and placed them side by 
side across the stream for use as a foot-bridge, 
carefully smoothing limbs and knots off with an 
axe. 
After breakfast, having put a tin of sardines 
each and some bread into our pockets, Johnny 
and I essayed to cross the bridge. He got over 
easily enough, being nimble as a monkey, but I 
found the journey perilous to a fascinating 
degree. For a bough or so, which the bridge- 
builder had forgotten to notice, was still in the 
water, throwing spray on to the tree trunks to 
freeze where it fell. The result was a young 
skating-rink! I solved the difficulty by strad- 
dling the logs and working my way along with 
my hands. 
It was but a short distance to the first barren. 
We had been walking for perhaps an hour when 
we came to a small hillock, from the top of which 
we could see a good deal of the surrounding 
country. We pulled out our pipes and glasses, 
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