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appointed to the command of the steamer Wrigley, 
plying on the lower section of the river below Fort 
Smith, to which place he was to be taken by the 
Grahame on her return trip from Fort McMurray. 
Before parting company, the Doctor promised to meet us 
again at Chippewyan on the 19th inst., and after this 
A DANDY OF THE NORTH. A VOYAGEUR. 
short meeting, and many parting good wishes, as well 
as blessings from the Bishop, we resumed our separate 
ways. 
Notwithstanding the hour’s delay, and the fact that 
rain fell all day, we made the very good run of seventy- 
two miles. As we swept along with the winding river, 
the most beautiful and varied scenes were continually 
presented. The banks, though not so high as above 
Fort McMurray, were bold and thickly draped with 
spruce and poplar woods. Taking advantage of the 
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