A CHRISTMAS JAUNT 



baptism. In the dark past some forgot- 

 ten " Monsieur " gave his horse this sou- 

 briquet which was transferred by a mys- 

 terious process to the owner and has 

 survived to the obscuring of his legal 

 designation. 



The climb out of the valley of the 

 Murray was slow, nor was it easy to 

 keep our vehicle at an angle of safety. 

 When it careened, the driver, standing 

 always, flung himself to port or star- 

 board as occasion demanded, the pas- 

 sengers aiding him in his equilibra- 

 tions to the extent which their bundled- 

 up condition and narrow quarters 

 allowed. It was a stormy passage, 

 where a sleigh with high runners would 

 have been capsized a dozen times, but 

 the craft of the country is built so that 

 after sinking but a little distance it rests 

 on the bottom and can weather almost 

 anything in the way of drifts. 



Two hours driving brought us to the 

 heights that overlook the Petit Lac, 



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