THE LAURENTIDES PAEK 



cabin : " Sure sor, if ye was to go as fast 

 as that ye'd be gettin' there too soon." 

 So dispositioned he may understand the 

 charm of travelling where there is 

 leisure for observation, and where the 

 sun and his stomach are clocks enough 

 for all reasonable and necessary pur- 

 poses. 



If the way lies along a chemin debar- 

 rasse there will be no trees to block the 

 passage of a canoe, but nothing is cut 

 that can by any possibility be stepped 

 over. As board and lodging must be 

 carried on the back, two miles an hour, 

 not including stops, is an excellent rat 

 of progress, nor will there likely be 

 quarrel with the woodland custom of 

 halting for five minutes or so twice in 

 the hour. Indeed, unless somewhat 

 hardened to the trail, he may have to cry 

 for mercy before the end of the bauche 

 is reached. This local word does not 

 seem translatable, unless indeed it can 

 be rendered by " jag." 



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