passing through it A crushed and torn hat - an eye black and blue -two deep scratches on the check, would, in a civilized country, have given me the appearance rather of a bully issuing from the Black Forest, than of a missionary.
To render a bad forest superlatively so, a great fall of is necessary. This special favor was lavished upon n this last passage, Woe to the first pedestrians! The branches groan under the burden of their wintry shroud,
and seem to present the motto: "Si tangas, frangasl" and assuredly, at each rubbing of the hat, the least touching of the arm or leg, a deluge of snow showers down upon the
shivering cavalier and horse. Immediately the branch rises
proudly as if in derision. On such occasions, there is nothing better to be done than to form a rear guard, and walk in the track of the predecessor.
In pursuing our route, the 27th, oil one of the branches of the river " a la Biche," ' (Red Deer on the maps), we remarked several sulphurous fountains, which furnish great quantities of sulphur, and a coal mine, apparently very abundant.
I here beg the favor of a short digression from
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the borders of the Missouri and Yellowstone, on the Saskatchewan and Athabasca. Saltpetre is found in abundance, and iron is not scarce in many parts of the mountains. I have already spoken of lead in the country of the Koote
is, the name of the Copper Mine river in the north indicates its riches; bars [probably not right] of this precious metal are discovered among the rocks bordering the river. Rock salt is found in powder, and very plentiful in the Snake country.
The valley is picturesque and variegated; flocks of sheep d goats contribute to beautify the scenery. We find many tracks of the bears and buffaloes; on seeing the latter my party became animated; for the buffaloes' flesh is, without
24 Fr. Ririhr aux Daims.