killer'— in a bottle ten miles away. After 

 three parched days of not being able to 

 swallow, a desperate faith in the virtue of 

 this remede will drive you forth to stagger 

 after it on snow-shoes across the mountains, 

 — with swimming head and fever-weak- 

 ened knees... Such contemplations, even 

 if they do not relieve the knife-thrusts at 

 your throat, may be fruitful in mitigating 

 someone's task as nurse! 



One weary march is pretty much like 

 another, and la misere is all of a piece; I 



shall not attempt to journey with T 



to unknown head-waters, nor pursue the 

 long solitary rounds of his trapping. When 

 the days of reminiscence are upon him 

 there is much that he may tell, but upon 

 one theme of peculiar interest I doubt that 

 he will allow himself to touch : the arts 

 and practice of Indian magic. Of this he 

 speaks reluctantly, as a thing beyond com- 

 prehension or explanation; showing the 

 puzzlement of his mind in the phrase: — 

 on parle des choses incroyables. The years 

 he passed with the Montagnais gave him 

 many opportunities to watch their jong- 

 lerie; intimacy with their language and 

 customs, the close comradeship which 



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