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...upon Lake Champlain. But to have done this directly were too peril- ous; and it was accordingly gone upon by such a labyrinth of rivers, lakes, and po... ...e apparent; for with all his pains, Ballantrae was no further advanced than myself. He knew we must continue to go up one stream; then, by way of a po... ...art of the world, to tell any one of them from any other? Nor was this our only trouble. We were great novices, besides, in han- dling a canoe; the po... ..., when you might say he was in a fever, it increased upon him hugely. The third day of these wanderings, as we were carrying the canoe upon a rocky po... ...n. The same night it was announced they were to leave the boats and proceed by foot, a circumstance which (as it put an end to the confusion of the po...

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... herald thee from the womb: even at the first Thy loss is more than can thy portage quit, With all thou canst find here. Now, the good gods Throw the...

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... hard favor’d rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o’erwhelm it As f...

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...t there interposed itself to the further passage of the water, commenced a portage of as many miles, which conducted the adventurer to the banks of th... ...nce was received at the fort which covered the southern termination of the portage between the Hudson and the lakes, that Montcalm had been seen movin... ...ke the place of real danger,” said Heyward. “If en- emies have reached the portage at all, a thing by no means probable, as our scouts are abroad, the... ...ust have lost your eyesight afore losing your way, for the road across the portage is cut to a good two rods, and is as grand a path, I calculate, as ... ...to outflank the French, and carry the tidings of their disaster across the portage, to the fort on the Hudson. Just hereaway, where you see the trees ...

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...92 Then lend the Eye a terrible aspect: 1093 Let it pry through the portage of the Head, 1094 Like the Brasse Cannon: let the Brow o’rewhel...

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...s, that steamboats do not make the passage. The number and length of those portages, over which the roads are bad, and the travel ling slow, render t...

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...ean- while?” “Nay, nay, no harm shall come to her; she must walk round the portage, at any rate; but you and I can try this Atlantic oceaner, and then... ...em than to unload the canoe and to carry that and all it contains around a portage of a mile by hand.” Mabel turned her pallid countenance towards the... ...o land if there are enemy’s Indians near?” “Nay, no Mingo will be near the portage, for that is a spot too public for their devilries,” answered the P...

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...kyscrapers in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Nor was she thinking of squaws and portages, and the Yankee fur-traders whose shadows were all about her. She ...

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...t to the head of the Otsego. The boats and baggage were carried over this “portage,” and the troops proceeded to the other extremity of the lake, wher...

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...vessels, calculated for rapid and rocky streams, and to be carried over long portages on men’s shoulders, from twenty to thirty feet long, and only fo... ...above the Five Islands. Here our new batteau was to be carried over the first portage of two miles, round the Grand Falls of the Penobscot, on a horse ... ...eased pulling, it came down on the top of the rock, and so we got over. This portage probably followed the trail of an ancient Indian carry round thes... ...boriously pole their canoes against the stream, and carry them over numerous portages. In the summer, all stores — the grind stone and the plough of ... ... of New England. Their levels vary but a few feet, and the boatmen, by short portages, or by none at all, pass easily from one to another. They say th... ...all lakes, poled up numerous rapids and thoroughfares, and carried over four portages. I will give the names and distances, for the benefit of future t... ...t, after leaving Ambejijis Lake, we had a quarter of a mile of rapids to the portage, or carry of ninety rods around Ambejijis Falls; then a mile and ... ...eam coming in on the right; then two miles through Katepskonegan Lake to the portage of ninety rods around Katepskonegan Falls, which name signifies “c... ...ree miles through Pockwockomus Lake, a slight expansion of the river, to the portage of 28 The Maine Woods forty rods around the falls of the same na...

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...ACK LONDON life. You should have seen the chase, down the river and across the portage.” “But the squaw?” asked Louis Savoy, the tall French Canadian,... ...canoes, fought mosquitoes and other kindred pests, or sweated and swore at the portages. Severe toil like this lays a man naked to the very roots of h... ...es fared worse than ever. Tow line and pole, paddle and tump line, rapids and portages, — such tortures served to give the one a deep digust for grea... ...Little Peel, 28 JACK LONDON they consumed the rest of the summer in the great portage over the Mackenzie watershed to the West Rat. This little strea...

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...ding names as any page of history,—Lake Winnipeg, Hudson Bay, Ottaway, and portages innumer able; Chipeways, Gens de T erres, Les Pilleurs, The Weepe...

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... It’s a great country for lakes. You can canoe for days an’ days without a portage. We have a camp on Big Loon Lake. We used to have some wonderful ti...

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...mself in business, establishing a tan- nery at Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County. In a few years he removed from Ravenna, and set up the same...