work. I left the Province of Ontario on the 6th of April,
and reached Beren's River after twenty-three days of continuous
travelling. On the railroads in Minnesota and Dacota we were detained
by snowdrifts, which so blocked up our way that we had some very
unpleasant experiences. After leaving the railroad I had to travel two
hundred and fifty miles in a stage on runners over the snowy prairies.
We had some blizzards to encounter, and one night, when we were
fortunate enough to have reached one of the stopping places, the storm
raged like a hurricane. The house was built of logs, and not well
finished, and the snow sifted in through the wide cracks between these
logs and on to our beds. My experiences in wintry camps served me a
good purpose now, and so pulling up the hood of my overcoat, and then
completely covering myself up under the bedclothes, I slept soundly
through the raging storm and driving snow. When we were called up to
eat a hasty breakfast and resume our journey, I found several inches of
snow on the top of my bed, but I had suffered no inconvenience from it.
With my travelling companions in the other beds it was very different.
The upper storey, in which our beds were placed, was all one room, and
so the snow had equally assailed us all. But, not being able to sleep
with their heads completely covered up, they had suffered much, and were
in anything but an amiable mood when we resumed our journey.

At Winnipeg I was cordially welcomed by my beloved Chairman, the
Reverend George Young, who had ever taken the deepest interest in my
work, and done all he could to add to our comfort and efficiency in its
prosecution. Fortunate indeed were we, poor Missionaries in the
interior, whether it was north or west, that we had such a man to look
after our supplies, and see that we were not cheated or swindled by
those who once a year sent them out to the poor toilers in their lonely
fields. For years we had no money in our northern Missions. Our plan
was, once a year to receive from Winnipeg all that our salary would
purchase for us in the shape of supplies that were needed in our own
home, and also with which to pay teacher, interpreter, guides, canoe-
men, dog-drivers, and others who might be employed in the prosecution of
the work.

As all the work of purchasing and packing these things depended very
much upon the Chairman, fortunate indeed did all of us, who had Dr
Young as our Chairman, consider oursel