The Land of the Winanishe 



access to the parishes east and west. Pas- 

 sengers and luggage were deposited upon 

 a rocky bank, at the foot of which, in a 

 slough, were gathered a goodly number 

 of quatre roues, - - the buck-boards of the 

 locality, a seat in the middle of a plank, 

 with a rude and jointless chaise-top above. 

 After a due amount of haggling, we found 

 transport through two miles of hub-deep 

 mud to the village of Pointe aux Trem- 

 bles, one of the many of that name in the 

 province, and were left at " Poole's," " le 

 vrai hotel pour les Messieurs," a freshly 

 made log house hurried up by the energy 

 of the proprietor, who had for some time 

 moved along with the railway. 



It was an evening's work to find con- 

 veyance to St. Joseph d'Alma on the Petite 

 Decharge, within which parish our fishing 

 lay. If an arrangement were concluded, 

 it would then turn out that half a day was 

 wanted to mend the wagon, or to send for 

 a set of harness. The little crowd which 

 always gathers on such important occasions 

 was so actively and volubly interested that 

 it was hard to get in a word of our own. 

 The claims of rival candidates were warm- 

 ly discussed by their respective friends. 

 " It is not everybody who should pretend 

 that he is capable of conducting Messieurs, 



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