300 THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES 



red and purple fire; and each morning rose in gold 

 on a steel-blue sky. There was only one bad side to 

 this, that was the constant danger of forest fire. On 

 leaving each camp — we made four every day — I put 

 the fire out with plenty of water, many buckets. Rob 

 thought it unnecessary to take so much trouble. But 

 great clouds of smoke were seen at several reaches 

 of the river, to tell how dire it was that other campers 

 had not done the same. 



