328 AT DUNVEGAN FAREWELL. 



They remained at this post until the shortening days 

 warned them to continue their journey before the ice 

 stopped the navigation of the Peace. They pushed 

 forward with the utmost despatch, and reached Dun- 

 vegan the very night a fierce cold sealed the river with 

 a three-inch crust of ice. Here they wintered, occupy- 

 ing themselves in trapping the beaver, the sable, and 

 the other valuable fur-bearing animals of the country. 



At Dunvegan we take leave of our trappers with 

 feelings of regret that we shall no more share their 

 perils by flood and field, no more listen to the tale of 

 hairbreadth escape or wild adventure round the camp 

 fire. 



If the young reader has had a love awakened or a 

 taste fostered for the beauties of God's creation by the 

 perusal of these pages, the object which the writer pro- 

 posed to himself has been attained. 



THE END. 



