CHAPTEK YIIL 



OUK FIRST CAMP AND A HEARTY WELCOME. 



His grace looks cheerfully and smooth this morning ; 



There's some conceit or other likes him well 



When that he bids " Good morrow" with such spirit. 



\_Shakspeare. 



HE bark-canoes used upon these 

 rivers are fragile-looking but 

 strong and buoyant. They are 

 not only more steady and secure, 

 in a heavy sea, than the boats 

 used in the Adirondacks, but are 

 capable of bearing heavier bur- 

 dens. On rivers where the cur- 

 rent is swift and the rapids heavy 

 (as in the Cascapedia) two men 

 are necessary to propel them up stream with 

 safety and comfort ; and even then an average of 

 two miles an hour is considered a fair rate of speed. 

 The boatmen sit when paddling or stand when 

 polling, (one at each end) while the passenger 

 makes himself very comfortable on a slightly ele- 

 vated seat in the middle of the canoe. 



A novel, picturesque and exciting scene was 



