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the company, and his long and adventurous life, as he 

 climbed to his present responsible position, may be 

 thus skeletonised: 



He spent six months at Fort Temiscamingue, 

 1 year at Grand Lac, 

 3 years at Kakabonga, 



5 years at Hunter's Lodge, Chippeway, 

 10 years at Abitibi, 



3 years at Dunvegan, Peace River, 



1 year at Lesser Slave Lake, 



2 months at Savanne, Fort William, 

 10 years at Nipigon House, 



3 years at Isle a la Crosse, 



4 years on the Mackenzie River, chiefly at Fort 

 Simpson, 



6 months at Fort Smith. 



Which tells little to the ears of the big world, but if 

 we say that he spent 5 years in Berlin, then was moved 

 for 3 years to Gibraltar, 2 years to various posts on the 

 Rhine, whence he went for 4 years to St. Petersburg; 

 thence to relieve the officer in charge of Constantinople, 

 and made several flying visits to Bombay and Pekin, 

 we shall have some idea of his travels, for all were afoot, 

 on dogsled, or by canoe. 



What wonderful opportunities he had to learn new 

 facts about the wood folk man and beast and how 

 little he knew the value of the glimpses that he got! 

 I made it my business to gather all I could of his 

 memories, so far as they dwelt with the things of 

 my world, and offer now a resume of his more in- 



