. The Rockies of Canada; . 88 )a 1 the green timber and olfor shortly after resun st. It seemed devastated by arently s had been to a burnt fhad beenwept throughefore. Manstroyed, wled intoound. uon of thourrighl Assiniboine Group from the North-east. I and it er used this route am Th< fallen timber became onotony of o a suddenwas ini- . iltil unit timl age becai xtra than the prostrate ! ly tiresome. a Waste of fallen timber 89 work lasted for three hours, and at length the charredtrunks, uprooted or burnt off near the ground, andcrossed in every direction, were piled so high that wewere o
. The Rockies of Canada; . 88 )a 1 the green timber and olfor shortly after resun st. It seemed devastated by arently s had been to a burnt fhad beenwept throughefore. Manstroyed, wled intoound. uon of thourrighl Assiniboine Group from the North-east. I and it er used this route am Th< fallen timber became onotony of o a suddenwas ini- . iltil unit timl age becai xtra than the prostrate ! ly tiresome. a Waste of fallen timber 89 work lasted for three hours, and at length the charredtrunks, uprooted or burnt off near the ground, andcrossed in every direction, were piled so high that wewere often ten or twelve feet above the ground, andhad to work out our puzzling passage with consider-able forethought. At five oclock our labours made camp by a stream which seemed to take itssource near Mt. Assiniboine. The only good thingabout this place was the abundance of fire-wood,which was well seasoned, required but little chop-ping, and was already half converted into the shelter of an overhanging limestone ledgewe made three lean-tos by supporting our blanketson upright stakes. Black as coal-heavers from ourlong walk in the burnt timber, seeking a refuge inthe rocky ledges of the mountains, and clad in un-couth garments torn and discoloured, we must haveresembled the aboriginal savages of this wild thick masses of sphagnum moss, long sincedried up, gave us
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