service. The
fellowship meeting was a very good one, and some of the testimonies
given by the men and women, so happily rescued by the Gospel's power,
were of great interest.

When travelling, if the weather was good, we generally rose with the
first blush of morn, and so were often on the way by four o'clock.
Sometimes our route was across fine lakes, or along majestic rivers; and
then we were in narrow, sluggish streams, that were destitute of beauty
or interest. One morning our way was down a large river, on the shores
of which the fog had settled, completely hiding us from land. The early
morning air was invigorating, and so in unison we were plying our
paddles vigorously, and rapidly speeding along. We had seen no signs of
human beings for days, and so were surprised and startled when several
reports of firearms in quick succession sounded sharp and clear through
the fog on our right. Nothing was visible through the gloom, but we
quickly hove to, and turned our canoe in the direction from which the
_feu-de-joie_ had sounded. As we approached the shore human forms began
to appear in ghostly outline, more and more distinct, until they
resolved themselves into a company of Indians, who were delighted to see
us, and had been on the look-out for days. They had come sixty miles
from the interior, and had camped on that point jutting out into the
river, for the purpose of having a visit from us as we passed.

The fact that they detected us as we were passing was another evidence
of the marvellous education, in certain lines, of these Indians. It was
very early in the morning; our canoe was some hundreds of yards from the
shore; a dense fog hid us completely from each other. All the noise we
made was the dip of our paddles in the water. Yet these wide-awake,
alert Indians heard that sound, and by the rapid firing of the guns drew
us to them.

We shared their hospitality, as they had abundance of game. We had
service with them, married a young couple, baptized several children,
and had a pleasant time. Then on we hurried, since the time of open
navigation was drawing to a close, and we did not wish to be caught in
the ice, and have to walk perhaps scores of miles with our bedding,
provisions, kettles, axes, and other things strapped on our backs.

We made the greater part of the return trip all right, had reached Harry
Lake early in the forenoon, and were rapidly paddling out of the river
which entered into