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sugar and there were more packages to look after, 

 and that he was decidedly of opinion it was unadvisa- 

 ble, and that he was entirely willing to go without 

 his tea. By this time the tea was drunk and supper 

 ended. 



It is a delightful thing of a cool summer evening 

 to sit round a rousing fire that casts its variable 

 glare upon the trunks and lower branches of the 

 stalwart trees, and gives a ruddy glow to the white 

 tent, the dense underbrush, and the kindly faces 

 of the honest guides. At such times, while listening 

 to wild stories of woodsman's life, that are doubly 

 interesting when repeated upon the ground where 

 they occurred, a pipe is absolutely delicious. Every 

 member of the temporary household selects a rock 

 or log, fashions a seat to his satisfaction as best he 

 may, and recalls the events of other similar expe- 

 ditions for the edification of his associates. On 

 such occasions cigars, which are cumbersome at all 

 times, do not seem to answer, and recourse is had to 

 the little pouch of Killikinnick which every one 

 carries with him; under the joint influence of story 

 and tobacco, the time passes quickly away, and the 

 hour of bedtime arrives too soon. 



Notwithstanding the summer evenings are usually 

 cool above the line of the British Provinces, we 

 happened to have fallen upon a hot spell ; and 

 although the fire was not disagreeable, the mosqui- 

 toes, which are benumbed by cold, were lively and 

 plentiful. Under these circumstances our mode of 

 proceeding was to close the tent and then with a 



