XIII 

 IN A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE KOOTENAY 



LORIOUS Kootenay!" That's 

 what the folders call it, and if 

 any more intense adjective could 

 be found that too would be tacked 

 on. That Canadian Northwest 

 strains the English language tre- 

 mendously. " Magnificent," " splendid," " grand," 

 " glorious," are worn to frazzles by constant use, 

 and were it possible to roll them all into one big 

 word, it would still be utterly inadequate to ex- 

 press the native's admiration for his country. The 

 chances are that the reader does not even know 

 where the Kootenay is, and, while we have a dis- 

 tinct aversion to playing the part of a guide-book, 

 we will go so far as to advise consultation of a good 

 map of British Columbia. Down in the south- 

 eastern corner you will find Kootenay Lake and 

 River, but the map does not reveal the rugged 

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