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C H A P T E R V I I.
DOWN THE PEACE RIVER.
W E had now to descend the river, and our first night i n the
boats was a bad one. A small but exceedingly d i l i g e nt
v a r i e t y of mosquito attacked us unprepared; but no o r d i n a ry
net could have kept them out, anyway. It was a case of
heroic endurance, for Beelzebub reigned. The immediate
bank of the river was now somewhat low i n places, and along
i t ran a continuous w a l l , or layer, of sandstone of a u n i f o rm
height. The stream was vast, w i t h many islands i n i t s course,
and whole forests of burnt timber were passed before we
reached Battle R i v e r , 170 miles down, and which, on the
25th, we left behind us towards evening. Next m o r n i n g we
reached Wolverine P o i n t , a dismal hamlet of six or seven
cabins, with a graveyard i n their midst. The m a j o r i t y of
the half- breeds of the l o c a l i t y had collected here, the others
being out hunting. This is a good f a r m i n g country. Eighteen
miles north- west of P a d d l e R i v e r there is a p r a i r i e , we
were told, of r i c h black s o i l , twenty- five miles l o n g and f r om
one to five miles wide, and another south- west of W o l v e r i n e ,
about nine miles i n diameter and t h i r t y - s i x i n circumference
— clean p r a i r i e and good soil, and covered w i t h l u x u r i a nt
grass and pea- vine. The latter, I think, is watered by a
stream called " The K e g , " or " K e g of R u m . " Wolverine is
also a region of heavy spruce timber, and fish are abundant
i n the various streams which j o i n the Peace R i v e r , though
not i n the Peace itself.
We were now approaching V e r m i l i o n , the banks of the
r i v e r constantly decreasing i n height as we descended, u n t il
they became quite low. Beneath a w a n i n g moon i n the south,
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| OCR | C H A P T E R V I I. DOWN THE PEACE RIVER. W E had now to descend the river, and our first night i n the boats was a bad one. A small but exceedingly d i l i g e nt v a r i e t y of mosquito attacked us unprepared; but no o r d i n a ry net could have kept them out, anyway. It was a case of heroic endurance, for Beelzebub reigned. The immediate bank of the river was now somewhat low i n places, and along i t ran a continuous w a l l , or layer, of sandstone of a u n i f o rm height. The stream was vast, w i t h many islands i n i t s course, and whole forests of burnt timber were passed before we reached Battle R i v e r , 170 miles down, and which, on the 25th, we left behind us towards evening. Next m o r n i n g we reached Wolverine P o i n t , a dismal hamlet of six or seven cabins, with a graveyard i n their midst. The m a j o r i t y of the half- breeds of the l o c a l i t y had collected here, the others being out hunting. This is a good f a r m i n g country. Eighteen miles north- west of P a d d l e R i v e r there is a p r a i r i e , we were told, of r i c h black s o i l , twenty- five miles l o n g and f r om one to five miles wide, and another south- west of W o l v e r i n e , about nine miles i n diameter and t h i r t y - s i x i n circumference — clean p r a i r i e and good soil, and covered w i t h l u x u r i a nt grass and pea- vine. The latter, I think, is watered by a stream called " The K e g , " or " K e g of R u m . " Wolverine is also a region of heavy spruce timber, and fish are abundant i n the various streams which j o i n the Peace R i v e r , though not i n the Peace itself. We were now approaching V e r m i l i o n , the banks of the r i v e r constantly decreasing i n height as we descended, u n t il they became quite low. Beneath a w a n i n g moon i n the south, 92 |
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