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notwithstanding a rocky hill of two hundred feet which 
had to be climbed, and a deep muskeg which obliged 
them to wade. Long before night, however, their 
A DIFFICULT PORTAGE. 
spirits had dropped many degrees, and 
it became evident that the task was 
telling heavily on the men. Before evening their feet 
were fearfully blistered, and all complained of pains in 
one place or another. They had each carried six loads 
