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vants' quarters at the back. On two sides 

 fronting the river it was provided with a 

 broad verandah, in which we used to spend 

 a great deal of our time. 



When we first arrived we depended for 

 our water-supply on water brought up in 

 buckets from the river, but we were able to 

 improve upon this by capturing a small rill 

 on the hillside, a hundred yards or so from 

 the house, and bringing it down in a kind of 

 rough wooden aqueduct carried from tree to 

 tree. This provided us with an unfailing 

 supply of perfectly pure and ice-cold water. 



A word on the scenery of the adjoining 

 country. It was densely wooded — there 

 were trees everywhere — but it must be con- 

 fessed that there was a complete absence of 

 anything which could be described as fine 

 timber. The reason is not far to seek. The 

 more accessible of these so-called " timber 

 limits " are leased to the great mill-owners, 

 and have for many years past been worked 

 over by the lumberers. Every winter lum- 

 bering parties push their way farther and 



