OF THE TOLAR SEA. 



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sketch,) frozen almost even with the upper 

 and lower parts of the stream ; the ice was 

 connected by a thin arch, and the rushing 

 of the water underneath might be heard at 

 a considerable distance. On the banks of 

 these rapids there was a constant overflow- 

 ing of the water, but in such small quantities 

 as to freeze before it had reached the sur- 

 face of the central ice, so that we passed 

 between two ridges of icicles, the trans- 

 parency of which was beautifully contrasted 

 by the flakes of snow and the dark green 

 branches of the over-hanging pine. 



" Beauparlant complained bitterly of the 

 cold whilst among the rapids, but no sooner 

 had he reached the upper part of the river, 

 than he found the change of the temperature 

 so great, that he vented his indignation 

 against the heat. — 6 Mais c'est terrible,' said 

 he, to be frozen and sun-burnt in the same 

 day. The poor fellow, who had been a long 

 time in the country, regarded it as the most 

 severe punishment that could have been 

 inflicted on him, and would willingly have 

 given a part of his wages rather than this 



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