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but in the far North-west; and for " Missouri and 

 Mississippi" read "Peace and Mackenzie Rivers," 

 those noble streams that northward roll their mile- 

 wide turbid floods a thousand leagues to the silent 

 Arctic Sea. 



This was the thought which spurred me to a six- 

 months' journey by canoe. And I found what I went 

 in search of, but found, also, abundant and better re- 

 wards that were not in mind, even as Saul, the son 

 of Kish, went seeking asses and found for himself a 

 crown and a great kingdom. 



