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stream swept into and through the canyon at 

 a terrific pace it kept everything moving. 



In the rapids below the canyon the ice got 

 very much broken up, and between the grinding 

 floes and a good number of rocks, either jutting 

 out fi'om, or just below, the surface of the water, 

 there seemed to be a good chance of getting 

 one of our canoes smashed, but the danger was, 

 I think, less than it appeared. At any rate we 

 got all our canoes safely tkrough without any 

 mishap and reached Selkirk after dark on the 

 evening of October 7th. 



On our way down stream from Lebel's cabin 

 to Selkirk we saw a fine black bear one 

 morning looking for berries on a hillside above 

 the river. My friends all insisted that I should 

 go after it as I had never yet shot a bear, but 

 though I got to land without apparently attract- 

 ing its attention, it winded me and made off 

 over the top of the hill before I could get 

 within shot. 



We also saw a wolf, a fine cross fox, and 

 several lynxes on the open beaches near the 

 edge of the river, but neither of the first 



