ida, II 



holes ,,ver \\ hich the current runs .swiftly. lie tln-1.; 



i.ut at tin- mainly tly. 



At 1: nil Indians in their < 



the 'he red mail'- mvarial.ly ' 



k canoi-. and nothing lias ever l>een constructed 



l.y man more perfectly a.lajiti-l to tin- purpose re<|iiired. A 



skin nf tin- tou^h outer Lark of tin- white l.ircl to^.-ther 



With the flbcODI tin- sprue.-, tightly stn-trlinl OVI 



thin lining aii'l fil.s ,it' n-lar. tin v,. ;1 iiis .|aiilM-.| with th- 



n.iis ^ruiii ut' tin- pint- <i- tamarack such is tin- Indian 



li;, r lit. sir, m^r ainl liuuyant. simply c< iiistnn-t-'l ami 



ly I'.-paii-.-.l. .M.Hlclli-'l snini-wliat at'tt-r tin- fashi..!! ..!' a 



liic', : it floats Hkf a l.uM'L- mi tin- \vatT, eay t<> U- >ip- 



s.-t l.y a ii.ivir.-. luit in i-xpi-rii-nci-il ham Is it is tin- sat'i-st of 



Fto, and it is,, fall tin- most pirtiuvs.|U-. .-xijuisiti-l;. 

 fill in f.>rm an-l curvature, tin- varied orange an<l l.i->wn >f its 



ri>r n>ntr;u^s I. rightly with the t ranspar.'iit r.-tl.-cti"ii 

 the i-jver. Stealing noiselessly alonu l.y the l.aiiks of a river 

 under the overhanging Kranches. or apjiearin^ um-\])eetedly 

 round a point, it forms just the >pot of colour, and touch of 

 life and human interest, which make the wild and lonely 

 a picture. Leaving Hed }{<}<. the railway takes a 

 _fht coiirs, f, ,r I'ort Arthur, and we soon <r-t delightful 

 \i-\\s ,,f Thundei- Hay. The sc.-nery here is more diversi- 

 fied and Keautiful than any we have y,-t s,-,-n. The wide, 

 einerald-^reen wat.-rs of Thundei- May are enclosed l.y al.rupt 

 Mack and j>ur]'le Iwvsftltic clitt's <>n theon.- side, and ly hills 

 rising on,- al.\-,- another on the oth.-r. M.-I-,- the Kaministi.|uia 

 r, l.road and derj,. r merges from a dark ' :id joins 



the if L-ike Superior. Divine; little token that a f--\\ 



miles Lack it has made a wild plunge from a height exceed- 

 ing that of Niajpim itself. 



Arriving at I'ort Arthur, we |,-a\ ( - tli, train foj- a short 

 time, and view the surrounding country from an elevation 

 close l.y. 



Thunder I'.ay. At its entrance is Thunder Cape, 

 the extremity of a \><ii^ r^-ky j>eninsula. rising al.ruj.tl; 



