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cli()k(5 the view ; wlicrciin in tlioso lofty hanl-woods, 

 under wliicli j^rowM nothintf l>ut slender wiplin^H, a most 

 extcnsivi! glimpse, of tiieii" furtliest de[»ths is ol)t!iined, 

 and thousands of delicate little rami ilea t ions, Itofore un- 

 noticed, now stand (»nt in l»n)d reliel" in the gi-cy olodm 

 of tlie distance. And tiien, when tiie storm has passed 

 l)y, and that ))eautifid l»Iue tint of a wintry sky, coursed 

 by light fleecy scud, succeeds the heavily laden cloud, 

 how i'X(|uisitely tlu; scene lights up! what a soft warm 

 tint is thrown upon the light-cok)ured bark of the ma[»les 

 and birclies, and upon tlie })roniinent (h)ttings and lines 

 of snow which mark their forms, and how lovely is that 

 liglit purple sl)ad(! "wliicli continually crosses the road, 

 marking the shadcnvs ! As the sun increases in warmtli, 

 or a passing gust of Avind (;ourses through the trees, 

 avahinches of snow fall in sparkling spray, and the new 

 snow glitters in myriads of little scintillations, so that 

 the eye becomes i)ained by the intensity of brilliancy 

 pervading the face of nature. 



We stopi)ed the sleigh opposite a group of Indian bark 

 wigwams, which stood a sliort distance from the road ; 

 the noise of voices and curlini>' wreaths of smok(> from 

 their tops proved them to be occupied, and, as we re- 

 quired a second Indian hunter, particularly one who was 

 well accpiainted with the neighbourhood, we followed the 

 ti-ack Avhich led u]) to them, and entered the largest. 

 The head of the f;. '^y, who sat upon a spread cariboo- 

 skin of gigantic proportions, was one of the finest old 

 Indians I ever saw — one of the last living models of a 

 race now so changed in physical and moral develoi)mcnt 

 that it may be fairly said to be extinct. An old man of 

 nearly eighty winters was this aged chief, yet erect, and 



