flat, and overgrown. Only a gentle ripple crossed the surface of the lake, for almost no air at all was stirring. Out of a near-by cove a flock of young wild geese, scarcely able to fly, started o

, and for the time the Young Alas

French which made half or more of his speec

noticed that when he stepped aboard he hardly caused the boat to dip to one side or the other. This he managed by placing his paddle on the farther side of the boat from him and putting part of his weight on it, as it rested on the bottom at the ot

start. For me, I don't care whether

upheel, me-always I'll rather ron the rapeed than track the bo

etting his paddle into the water with a gre

u roi s'en

ant, ma

grand fus

ant, ma

as the soberer and quieter Alex, who, none the less, came along not far in the rear with slow and easy strokes which seemed to require little exertion on his part, although they drove the boat straight and true as an a

quare with heem till she'll get behind you, then she'll turn on her edge just a little bit-so. That way, you

a couple of miles, for the entire distance from the western to the eastern edge was not over three miles. In wha

e tent, on which he placed one package after another. Then he turned in the ends of the canvas and folded over the sides, rolling all up i

d Rob-"I watched you put the s

White man he'll carry on hees shoulder, but Injun an' voyageur, she'l

d he now swung up the great pack to his shoulders, although it must have weighed much

said Moise. "She'll been too li

d Jesse, admiringly. "I didn'

d Moise, laughing. "You'll ought to seen heem. Me, I'm not v

tlemen, each of you will take what he can conveniently carry. Don't strain

h carrying his rifle and rod, started after the two st

d steadily across, and Alex followed, although he

e are at the top of this portage trail and the top of the Peace River pass. Here was where old Sir Ale

came," rem

g to have a good time. I like those two men awful

stepped it myself," said John, proudly. "Both Sir Alexander and old

Alex. "At any rate, there's no doubt about the

nip River?" demanded Jesse of Alex, to w

he wild parsnips-this is one. You'll find where Sir Alexander mentions seeing a great many of these plants. They used the tops in th

an?" asked Jes

any more. It's made by drying meat and pounding it up fine with a stone, then putting it in a hide sack and pouring grease in on top of it. That u

er. Besides, we'll not got meat. Maybe so if we'll get moose deer we could ma

in a while," commented Alex, "for though they are changed and gone, ou

s ankle. "I'll be awfully glad when w

ose up in Alask

doors. If you step on one of those long, snaky branches, it'll turn around and hit you

They went right through my moccasins. We'll not be troubled by these, however, when we ge

shore, however, such parcels as did not belong in the Mary Ann. Having finished this

ose feesh?" he asked Alex

John. "I didn'

e. "I s'pose we'll better

er and old Simon Fraser always took along, we'd have no trouble. Moise saw what I also saw, an

our fly-rods and our reels. If there are any t

e the rods back, then, when

er eyes of the old voyageurs had noted what they had missed-a series of r

ied Jesse. "I see

piece pork for those

, and these trout won't be very wild up here, for no one fishes fo

h were feeding freely, and there was no difficulty in catching three or four dozen of them, some of very good weight. The bottom of the canoe was pretty well covered wi

nty for eat quite a

ting mighty hungry. How long is it goin

, "the morning isn't half gone ye