110 OBSERVATIONS ON A SALMON RIVER 



missariat canoe had for its passenger our 

 emergency cook, George Bacon, a caretaker 

 at the Quebec Citadel, whom we used to 

 borrow every year for this purpose. George 

 was a most resourceful person, quite im- 

 perturbable and impervious to bad weather. 

 Under the shelter of an extemporised screen, 

 roofed with great slabs of bark, he was able 

 with a fire of wood embers and a Dutch oven 

 to produce out of the scantiest materials 

 savoury messes with a cachet all their own. 

 A plump sea-trout broiled on the ashes with 

 a piece of fat pork inside it was one of his 

 and our favourite dishes. " Victor," our 

 cheery little French chef, remained in 

 charge of culinary arrangements at New 

 Derreen. 



The journey from New Derreen to Lazy 

 Bogan was a severe grind for the men, and 

 indeed seemed long enough even for the pas- 

 senger, as he sat without much elbow-room 

 on the floor of the canoe. But for me these 

 lovely reaches, with their infinite variety of 

 woodland and river scenery, had an inex- 

 pressible charm. 



