The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West

A PERILOUS PASSAGE «Well, good-bye, boys! You won't go far from camp before we return, will you?» The speaker was one of two men seated in an Indian canoe. He gripped the forward paddle, while his companion at the stern added cheerfully – «The backwoods is not the City of London. There are no policemen to appeal to if you lose your way. Besides, we hope to find dinner waiting for our return. Hunting lost sons is not the same sport as hunting moose.»