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raining heavily, to kindle a fire and prepare lunch for the 

 party. Beneath some thick fir-trees a shelter was found, and 

 the tea being made and lunch laid out on the ground, we 

 all seated ourselves about, and spent a delightful half-hour 

 together. But to us every hour was precious, and without 

 further delay we wished each other God-speed, and continued 

 our courses. By nightfall the log-reading showed our day's 



A YORK BOAT UNDER SAIL. 



travel to be thirty-two knots, equivalent to about thirty-seven 

 miles. So far we had been fortunate in finding comfortable 

 camping grounds. With a guide who knew the shore we 

 should be expected to do so, but with a guide such as ours, 

 who was commonly several miles behind, his connection with 

 the party made little difference, excepting in the consumption 

 of " grub." 



Three more days passed, and despite the unfavorable 

 weather, seventy miles of shore-line were surveyed. Then a 



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