IN A FISHING COUNTRY 



and a discreet plenishing. . . Should there be 

 need of criticism let it be conducted 

 modestly. . .In a nutshell, it is well to be 

 cheerful, or at any rate to appear so. . . 

 Everyone at the portages should try to 

 carry some little thing according to his 

 strength. . .be it only a kettle. . .undertake 

 nothing unless you have a mind to carry 

 on: for an example, do not begin paddling 

 if you are not prepared to continue pad- 

 dling. . . stick to your place in the canoe. . . 

 Be assured that if once you are set down 

 as a troublesome and difficult person you 

 will not easily get rid of such a reputation.' 



The man used to rough walking steps 

 over everything, and never upon it; saving, 

 in the day, a pretty enough total of foot- 

 pounds to justify the habit. Follow him 

 there, but perhaps not in his readiness to 

 allumer at every chance — with strong to- 

 bacco at that. Better turn ofif a few miles 

 first, to get heart and lungs in running or- 

 der; otherwise the pipe may be little of a 

 solace. 



It is a commendable dodge to put a bit 

 of hard-tack or chocolate in the pocket at 

 breakfast-time; what feels like crippling 

 fatigue is often what an Irishman calls 

 'the hunger-weakness' — the furnace pray- 

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