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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