exact
locality.]

He, however, died in the arms of his afflicted wife, and was surrounded
by his family, a privilege purchased at the expense of severe pain, but
still one to the husband and father--even though he had been snatched
from his pangless death-sleep to possess it, poor fellow!

The mischances consequent upon being lost in the woods, which were so
frequent in the early settlement of Western Canada, are of rare
occurrence now. Since, roads have been cut, and the clearings have
brought the Bush-settlers nearer together. In my young time I have
often searched for missing persons, and indeed have sometimes been lost
myself.

I remember, the first summer I passed in Canada, making one of a party,
who were for eight days looking for an old woman nearly eighty years of
age, and her little grandson, who were lost in the Bush.

The old lady was going by a foot-path across a piece of woodland
between her son-in-law's house and a neighbour's, which, by-the-by,
were almost within sight of each other. The little boy, it seems, ran a
short distance off the path to gather some wild-flowers, and was
followed by his grandmother, who, either from her defectiveness of
sight, or, more probably, from having crossed without perceiving it,
was, unable to regain the track. Her friends finding that she did not
return, went over to their neighbour's house to see if she was there;
but they only learned that neither she nor her grandson had found their
way thither. Search was instantly made till night came on, but without
success.

The next day, all their friends and neighbours turned out, myself among
the number, to search for the unfortunate woman and the boy. We
concluded, from her advanced age and the tender years of the child,
that they could not be very far off; consequently we confined our
search for several days within a radius of two or three miles.

On the fifth day, tracks were discovered near the edge of a small
creek, which from being the prints of a small and large foot, left no
doubt as to whom they belonged. Strange as it may appear, this was the
only sure indication of the lost ones that we had yet seen. No further
trail was seen till the evening of the seventh day, when fresh signs
were found. Our party therefore determined to camp out all night, and
follow these new indications early in the morning, which object they
succeeded in effecting. The lost ones were then found, and both were
discovered alive.

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