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 Tanti) cho arrlvi all "alio rnit) (.'oncetlo?" 
 
 TwAS on a calm, October day, 
 That season, when the tempered ray 
 Of linr^erinjj sunshine, yet makes bright 
 Each tinted leaf with roseate light ; 
 When, seeming ne'er of life more full, 
 Sd fair — yet sadly beautiful 
 Departing summer stays to take 
 One transient look, and then' to mako 
 That hectic but delusive ray— 
 The sad precursor of decay, 
 That three brave sportsmen of renown,' 
 With dogs and guns arrived "in town." 
 By this high sounding designation, 
 Is meant the head of navigation 
 Of the Canadian River Thames ; 
 They must have sadly wanted names, 
 ♦♦Chatham" the hamlet there to -all, 
 
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A MONTH Pm Itlli Itf.VUSlI. 
 
 A protfy li?\nilot after all ; 
 
 FamofI Tor, abovf all other placfts, 
 
 Bovies of quail — for faires.t faces, 
 
 Also, as every sporlinfj man tells 
 
 For (urkr<ys — duels — and— pretty ancles. 
 
 They slept at "The Exehango" tint night 
 
 ilesolving, that with comina light 
 
 They'd seek the m-trshGi of St. Clair. 
 
 And pitch their spacious canvass there. 
 
 Bright was the morn — the "risen day" 
 
 Saw them rejoicing on their way ; 
 
 O'er rugged roads — o'er plains they pftss, 
 
 Where the luxuriant, tangled grass, 
 
 Waves ranlily, far as eye can see, 
 
 In glorious-, wild variety. • ' 
 
 ]\^ow, — dusky wild fowl cleave the air, 
 
 Hurrah ! th.oy've neared the blue St. Clair; 
 
 II ow dear to every gunner's eye, 
 
 Are those vast bogs that meet the sky, 
 
 Where giant cranes, and wild fowl keep. 
 
 Their vigils o'er the marshy deep . 
 
 Hard by that shifting treacherous flood, 
 
 A solitary shanty stood ; 
 
 A hungry Gaul possessed the key, 
 
 And, with great generosity, 
 
 Flavoured immensely with a spice 
 
 Of selfishness, and avarice, 
 
 Offered at once a house and home, 
 
 Both then, and for all time to come, 
 
 And, moved by less of good than evil, 
 
 Was ovei 
 The wage 
 For mixu) 
 Trunks,- 
 Portentoi 
 Paddles, 
 Fash ion e 
 A crafty 
 Engaged 
 Again — i 
 Containe 
 Four **to 
 A coffee - 
 Just mad( 
 In what 
 With oth 
 Too num 
 Science ; 
 Upon ou 
 A can — 1 
 Three ye 
 What? 
 And yet 
 To the d 
 The choi 
 Ah me, i 
 And so t 
 Now "na 
 Good nig 
 
A MOMII IX THE MAf.SU. 
 
 Was overpoweringly civil. 
 
 The wagons were unpacked with care, 
 
 For many a cunning dodge was there : 
 
 Trunks, — boxes, — bhmkcts, — oil-skin cases. 
 
 Portentous to the feathered races ; 
 
 Paddles, and pork — "Canards de bois," 
 
 Fashioned for strategy in war ; 
 
 A crafty punt, that screwed together, 
 
 Engaged to Iloat in any weather ; 
 
 Again — a packet one foot square. 
 
 Contained a service of tin-ware. 
 
 Four "tots" — four plates — a copper ketile, 
 
 A coffee-pot of that same metal, 
 
 Justmadeasif t'wero to shew 
 
 In what small space such things could go ; 
 
 With other things of rare invention, 
 
 Too numerous bv far to mention. 
 
 Science again was brought to bear 
 
 Upon our heroes' bill of fare: 
 
 A can — hermetically sealed, 
 
 Three years before, when ope'd. revealed 
 
 What ? 'twas a moment of intense 
 
 And yet most interesting suspense — 
 
 To the delighted nose and eye, 
 
 The choicest brand of streaked "boulli." 
 
 Ah me, it was a great relief ; 
 
 And so they supped oa'"potted beef." 
 
 Now "nature's nurse" asserts her right 
 
 Good night — put out yon candle-light. 
 
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 A MO.Nrn IN THE M.vnsu. 
 
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 j..r\a Murpiiy w.a incin lar ••iw-ay 
 
 »Midst couniless quackers, black and grey, 
 
 Whore tbo shrill <'ry of clapper rail, 
 
 Is borHO upon-the Aulumn -ale. 
 
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 Morn broke,— ^Yhen from beneath a bed, 
 Emerged a nose,— and then— a head. 
 "Ho 1 Nulson— Nul-son— Daly, Ho 1" 
 ••Gel up, let one for wat'jr go"— 
 "And light the fire— put on the pan," 
 "The potted bc«f will do again ;" 
 In short, before the dew was oflF, they 
 Had slewed the btcf, and made the coffee ^ 
 Having regaled the iniu-r man, 
 The leading covey thus began. 
 "Boys, as we've got a goodly tent" 
 (Faith 'twas a clincliing argument) 
 "It IS not sportbrnan like, nor pleasant" 
 "To be dependant on a peasant, 
 
 "And therefore I propose that we" ^^ 
 
 "Camp in the woods most certainly.' 
 
 Nov/ 'twas not diilicultto find, 
 
 A spot protected (rom the wind, 
 
 For alongside that shooting ground. 
 
 An ancient, hoary forest frowned; 
 
 But, to select a lilting station, 
 
 Iv-quired much ratiocination ; 
 
 For. the same trees which kept one warm, 
 
 Perchance, might do a serious harm. 
 
 When yielding to the western storm, 
 
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 A orushii 
 Of treacii 
 Spreading 
 But dilfio 
 All ardor 
 And spor 
 By what 
 And so, 
 One of tl 
 And Gvei 
 Clear of 
 Hirdbv. 
 ilad talU 
 And, on 
 Dill bnsy 
 Trying. 1 
 A runr^ec 
 Miicb tin 
 Upon the 
 Which ei 
 The ken I 
 Those fii 
 In rhymi 
 First,—-' 
 Of setter 
 With sue 
 As to dis 
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 Admit til 
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 A crushinginvjilincho, in form 
 
 Of trGaolieious white woo'l, shak^^s the groi^nJ, 
 
 Spreading (li<4m«y atul ruin round. 
 Ijut dilficuUies never damp, 
 An ardor of iho proper stamp, 
 And sportsmen wilJ not he annoyecl 
 By what they cannot well avoid, 
 And so, instead of idly loii'ring. 
 One of the bi>ys wont rrtconnoii'ring, 
 And evening s.iw u spreading lent, 
 
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 Clear of impendit'.g detriment. 
 
 Il.ird by, a niigluv walnut tree. 
 
 Had fallen most convenitMnly, 
 
 And, on this gimt monarcirs biek. 
 
 Did busy axe-men luiw a ul hack, 
 
 Trying, impromptu lo prepare, 
 
 A ruir '■ed board for furcs; fare, 
 
 Much time and patienc i were billowed, 
 
 Upon the famous "Nelsoi^ road" 
 
 Which ended in a hollow tree. 
 
 The kennel of an illustrious three. 
 
 Those fimouH cjri. whose prais'.^s hove 
 
 In rhyming dog-gre)s n;)ust appear. 
 
 First, — -'k^nob and Belle" — a prudent brace 
 
 Of setters, sprung from noble race, 
 
 With such discerninuf noses favoured, 
 
 As to distinguish grouse from grey-bird. ^. 
 
 1 never beards hunter yet. 
 
 Admit thai his dog could be boat, 
 
 And every gunnar onc3 has had 
 
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 The st<\unchost ''hir4-d9g* ever bred. 
 
 Though it was ne'er decided, which 
 
 Was truest— Snoh— or Belle, the bitoh : 
 
 Lastly— the grave—the cunning Rake, 
 
 Ready to plunge in marsh or lake. 
 
 Who with a tail erect with pride, 
 
 A vulgar, or strange dog defied. 
 
 Rake had his faults,— with pain I write, 
 
 That eating was his chief delighi ; 
 
 His taste was keen, »nl to that sense, 
 
 AH other things had reference ; 
 
 If he wa^s told to fetch a bird, 
 
 At ome ^ silfish thought octjurred ; 
 
 The order was associated 
 
 With dainty bits,— by some dogs hated, 
 
 But not by him,— no sir!— he thought 
 
 The morsel had been dearly bought ; 
 
 And that the brains of "Tercelle Brancheua©*'^ 
 
 Were good for dog's, as well as p>an'»u9e. 
 
 Beneath the overhanging green, 
 
 Appeared an ample magazine, 
 
 Where Epicurus* self would find. 
 
 Art, with Philosophy, combined. 
 
 Meanwhile the peasants came to view, 
 
 These sights, 8o wonderful and new ; 
 
 Some, balder than the rest, would venture 
 
 To peep into the tenfc, or— enter. 
 
 The wild pigs of "McGregor's dell" 
 
 Were startled by the dainty smell 
 
 Of luscio 
 And stuc 
 And havi 
 Thought 
 But Rake 
 Where tli 
 He also t 
 To taste 
 In short, 
 Occurred 
 So, when 
 He pinch 
 While Sr 
 Tickled 
 Thus doi 
 He did r 
 A dozen 
 Yet alwa 
 Of bat^le 
 Defying 
 But, just 
 Occurrec 
 Proving 
 He was 
 For sout 
 In confic 
 Could w 
 T\vould 
 "Go I k( 
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 A MOMH IH THE ITAasa. 
 
 Of luscious viands, rica ftnd rare^ 
 
 And stuck their snouts into the air ; 
 
 And having found from whence't procoeiled» 
 
 Thought 'twas the very thing they needed. 
 
 But Rake, of course was to be found 
 
 Where the good eating did abound, 
 
 He also thought, how nice t'would be, 
 
 To taste those things so savoury ; 
 
 In short, to him the pigs reUections 
 
 Occurred, about thes choice refections ; 
 
 So, when the poi*cine herd drew near, 
 
 He pinched the foremost pirate's ear, 
 
 While Snob, and Belle, not less unkind, 
 
 Tickled the squeaking pig behind; 
 
 Thus doubly tweaked in front and rear, 
 
 He did not know which way to steer J 
 
 A dozen times he changed his front, 
 
 Yet always found the pinching brunt 
 
 Of batde, in his hindmost patfe, 
 
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 Defying militaiy art. 
 
 But, just as Belle hia tail had caught, 
 
 Occurred to him a sapient thought. 
 
 Proving at last, that after all, 
 
 He was a skilful! general: 
 
 For scuttling to the tent door, he 
 
 In confidence craved clemency ; 
 
 Could we withstand the soft appeal ? 
 
 T\vould have required a heart of steel. 
 
 "Go I kennel up, Snob— Bello — and Rake," 
 
 (Here the hog got tn piece of cake) 
 
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 A MONTH IN THE MARSH. 
 
 And spite of all he underwent, 
 
 lli^ appetite seemed excellent. 
 
 ••Tlmt pig," qnot'i Nelson. "Sirs you'll see" 
 
 •Will a perpatual nuisance be," 
 
 And that this prophecy vviis irue. 
 
 The sequel will most clearly sh«w. 
 
 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * * * 
 
 'Twas night, and silence reigned around. 
 The idumined tent, and campiirg ground, 
 For hon-fires, blazing high and clear. 
 Ligliied the forest far and near. 
 Widrnw-the logs of >Vhite wood tree. 
 Were burning bright and cheerily. • ^ 
 Could reasonable nian suppose 
 Tho ''aliquid amari" rose ? 
 Ah yes ! how true that grief and woe, 
 Are sure to damp our joys below. 
 The question had been settled whether, 
 Top boots, of Mcintosh, or I'^ather 
 AVerc best adapted for a boait, 
 And leather lost it,— by one ^ole^'- 
 Yetthere, as rooted in the ground, 
 
 A pair of leather bouts were found, 
 
 Which seemed as the' no power could stif 
 
 Them, from the perpendicular. 
 
 Now VV-lm-t Br-df-rd. I must state, 
 
 Was never heard to objurgate, 
 
 Yet found his temper sorely tried. 
 
 By this cylindrical cow-hide: 
 
 No matter 
 
 "The Boc 
 
 -The Boo 
 
 Impinged 
 
 No matter 
 
 Would str 
 
 Again, "I 
 
 Just whei 
 
 While th» 
 
 Til ere wa 
 
 \Vho bore 
 
 The auth 
 
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 Shall lie' 
 
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 To those 
 
 The nigl 
 
 But omir 
 
 As thev 
 
 The gen( 
 
 Each tol 
 
 Or how 1 
 
 Or plott( 
 
 To take 
 
 No soon< 
 
 Which t 
 
 Than ru 
 
 Proclain 
 
 Quoth E 
 
A MONTU IN TUE MARSU 
 
 No matter wliere he stood or lay, 
 
 "TIjc Boots" were always in, the vray ; 
 
 '•Tlie Boots," perliaps, when hung on high, 
 
 Impinged against his nose or eye ; 
 
 No matter where — the l.^athern toes ^ 
 
 Woufd sU\ke against his chin or nose : 
 
 Affuin, "the boots" he did discover, • 
 
 Just when the legs had tripped him over; 
 
 While theywere by the c.imp-fire drying, , , 
 
 Tiiere was no end of vilifying. 
 
 \Vho bore it all ? I griov6 to say • 
 
 The author of this^ roundelay. 
 
 But the same boots, and Bfiid ford's pain 
 
 Shall ne'er be seen nor felt again. 
 
 If these were evils, what were Miey 
 
 To those which weie revealed next day ? 
 
 The niglU was cloudy, dark, and siill, 
 
 But ominous of lurking ill ; 
 
 As thev sat round the fire, to qnafF 
 
 The irenerous brew of rum hot stufT, 
 
 Each told the fortunes of the diy, 
 
 Or how a mallard got away ; 
 
 Or plotted many c.afty snares 
 
 To take the qu ackers unawares. 
 
 No sooner sought they that repose, 
 
 Which tired duck shooter only knows 
 Than rustling leaves, and cracking twigs, 
 Proclaimed the onslaught of the pigs. 
 Quoth Br-dl-rd, waking— "Ho ! there boys" 
 

 ■ lilLl-i!l.Ji-L. 
 
 A MONTH IN TIIK MAE8H. 
 
 not hear that fearful noise 
 
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 •'Did you 
 
 ••Like crunohing something crisp or bony" 
 "Nelson I where w the maccaroni ?" 
 ♦•Aye aye gir/' Nelson just could stutter— 
 
 "Daly ! where is the bread and butter ?" 
 
 '•Put up sir, in the wooden box"— 
 
 ••TheyVe turned it over,— damn those ho^a." 
 
 W-lt-r was snoring loud and strong, 
 
 Oblivious of all earthly wrong. 
 
 And where was Rake ? what was he doing ? 
 
 Thinking of spatched cocked snipe» or blut-wing, 
 
 And kennelled in the hollow tree ; 
 
 Alas ! could he but only see» 
 
 Those ugly snouts, no cooly choosing, . 
 
 Amongst ihe dainties he was losing. 
 
 With such events, well might that be 
 
 A night of dire uncertainty ; 
 
 But we must wait till morning's sun 
 
 Discloses all the damage done. _ 
 
 * * * * * * 
 
 Happy is he who lakes delight, 
 
 In breakfasting by candle light, 
 
 And, greedily, can set to work, 
 
 Upon a lump of bread and pork. 
 
 Not that good fare was interdicted^ 
 
 Or that the party Were restricted 
 
 To bread and fat-pork, cold, or hot, 
 
 For to be candid, th«y were not. 
 
 '•Good gracious ! <iO !— it cannot be,'* 
 
 '•Yes ! i)aly ! he^'o— what do we see?" 
 
 **Borresco refer ens,'' the sight, 
 
 Might wel 
 The soup 
 Which the 
 
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 "Wh^r* a 
 (The rogi 
 "All righ 
 Quoth W- 
 "For real! 
 "To find I 
 '*The flou 
 
 ••The mac 
 
 The butte 
 
 Had left 
 
 And look 
 
 Had bore 
 
 But turn 
 
 See wher 
 
 Duck — q 
 
 Revealed 
 
 • 'In/andu 
 
 To state 
 
 The heac 
 
 Account* 
 
 *'Disject( 
 
 Shewing 
 
 The sky 
 
 Was foil 
 
 ' "Ronli tw 
 
 rinmr;'iir i "'~nrirm'' ^ 
 
 ;,K#^.i«^B>s*an m^M 
 
A llONfU IX TUB MARSH. 
 
 Might well have moved the Stagyrite : 
 
 The soup was nowhare,--ah i that gravy, 
 
 Which they so carefully did lay by ; 
 
 So nice when one ctmiei home — served hot— 
 
 ( Here Rake looked at the empty pot, ) 
 
 '*Where are the pork aud mutton chops ?*' 
 
 (The rogues were bothered by the but) 
 
 "All right'* aaid Nelson, "here they are." 
 
 Quoth W-It-r 'Miand that whisky jar,*' 
 
 "For really, I am quite relieved** 
 
 •*To find ihe gruntera so deceived/* 
 
 "The flour and bread uniouohed/* said Daly. 
 
 ••The roaucaronl too"-.-**Oh really »*' 
 
 The butter was*«l tho*, — a thief 
 
 Had leCt therein, the marks uf teeth. 
 
 And lookinjf close, they ftiund the mice, 
 
 Had bored their way to grooerUa, 
 
 But turn we to another scene 
 
 See where those vagabonds have been 
 
 Duck — quail — and snipe, in dire confusion, 
 
 Revealed the ^irorst of the intrusion. 
 
 * *Infandum wwa<^«r<f ciaioftm!' 
 
 To state how grievously they tore Wj 
 
 The headless ducks and quail around* 
 
 Accounted Cor that crunching sound, 
 
 ••X'i^/tfdf' memira" here and there 
 
 Shewing a terrible affair. 
 
 The sky had changed, and summer green 
 
 Was followed by a wiut^^r scene \ 
 
 Eonli tw»» Jknil leaf- and snveadinff bausrh. 
 
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 A MONTH IN THE M^RSII 
 
 Forming a silvered arc 
 
 h of 
 
 snow. 
 
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 lis of Mclnlosli — 
 
 Will) overa 
 
 T ) Br-^f-r(l,A?itlier snow o'- siu§h, 
 
 Were quite, the same, while soaking leather, • 
 
 Bcwaileil the sudden change of weather. 
 
 Two Frenchiiien— mas/i bred, ?^^m«/a rat hunters 
 
 Were placedjupon the stuff as pitnters, } 
 
 Who swoie that they could find the way 
 
 'J hrou^h thick or thin, by night or day. 
 
 By dint of paddle, pule, or^ oar, ^ . > ■ 
 
 They crosseil the mud which bound the shore,- 
 
 The haunts of water snake, and liztrd, 
 
 Throu'Mi which indeed they had to stpieeze hard, 
 
 And siaring with unfeigned surprise, 
 
 StretchinLf at once iheir necks and eyes, 
 
 Bi«' bl ick ducks in the adjoining fen— 
 
 Old stagers— got up now and then ; 
 
 And, for those wh(» have never heard, 
 
 The history of this noble Uird, 
 
 I would recount a single fact, or. 
 
 Just state a trait in his characer. 
 
 Above all things, he hates duplicity, 
 
 Prefering by all means publicity — 
 
 1 mean publicity of purpose, 
 
 In those who want his dainty carcase : 
 
 A sneaking underhanded measure 
 
 Is sure to meet with his dif^pleapure, | 
 
 For nothing sooner makes him fly, 
 
 Than nractice of mendacity. 
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 Therefore, when once you are espied; 
 
 
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 tiiMiniiiiii'iiifiriHii 
 
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A MONTH IN TliK MAUSII. 
 
 Unlejs vou iiro a muff — don't liide 
 
 Paddli 
 
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 u as iho you dnl iit liced Inin, 
 And lie will thiidi you do not neod him, 
 Giving a better clmnco to bleed him. 
 The colliers nolrs, and cons roufjes rose, 
 In flotdvs before iheir dreaded foes ; 
 AIoI'l the glistening squadrons fly, 
 In bright relief against the sky, 
 And gaudy pinions gliu'ring shone, 
 Resplendent in the morning sun. 
 The ever watchful birds of prey 
 Left blood and havoc in their way. 
 And hawks, who thought it fair intrusion, 
 Availed themselves of the confusion. 
 A red legged Falcon, too, was there, 
 Sweeping in circu'iiaiiibient air ; 
 Mark him — in graceful curves and slow, 
 Surveying the expanse below ; 
 Then suddenly he checks his flight, 
 And from sublime, aerial height 
 Lilve mighty mountain torrent, he 
 Descends with fatal certainty, 
 And bears a coot across the bog. 
 To musk-rat house, on white wood log. 
 This pinnacle was onf^ of dangc?r, 
 For within twenty yards, the avenger 
 Of injured water rails was wailing, 
 And, as the robber finished eating 
 The second of the gouged out eyes, of 
 The coot, both birds he made a prize of. 
 
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 IS A MONTH IN THE MAUf-H. 
 
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 Ihe evening sun bad sunk to rest, 
 Beneath the rice fields of the west, 
 That, far away beyond the ken, 
 Stretched to the shores of Michigan. 
 Xo evening breeze arose to break 
 The calm repose of pond or lake. 
 Which, as in placid sleep they lie, 
 Fling back each tint that gilds the sky: 
 And — save perchance the plash of oar, 
 Or, from the distant prairie shore, 
 The joyous and stentorian song 
 Of homeward journeying "Habitan", 
 Recounting deeds of other days 
 In energetic roundelays, 
 Or, ringing axe in yonder wood — 
 No sound disturbs the solitude. 
 frank Forrester, if I'm not wrong, 
 Has said, or some one else has sun^, 
 That to appreciate the field, 
 And all the joys which field sports yield, 
 One must, if he's not quite a poet, 
 At all events, be next thing to it. 
 Few men there are, indeed, who see, 
 How duck shooting and poetry, 
 Can be allied, and yet I know. 
 Our jolly trio thought them so. 
 And when the sliades of evening fall. 
 Upon the lonely blue "Chenail" 
 
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 A MONTH IN THE MARSH. 
 
 When iliisky ducks, and mallards fly, 
 
 Across the soft autumnal sky; 
 
 To feel the inilucncc of the hour, 
 
 Is to enjoy duck shooting more. 
 
 With th«se reflections, Br-df-rd pushn 
 His craft into a bed of rushes. 
 While, with an in(erv<3ning space, 
 
 liurked Wa\v-£oosh in deceiving place, 
 Thereby to tuko 111' dusky ratjks, 
 Of cunning- 41. ckc 3 ni both flanks ; 
 
 Avoiding one, with loss and bother, 
 Tliey fled into the Hre of t'other. 
 
 Br-df-rd's appoarance was so queer, 
 That it requires description here. 
 His flannel shirt, of Jrabbish blue. 
 Was just of that dull quiet hue, 
 Which, 'oen to quacker's piercing vision, 
 Would not arouse a fell suspicion ; 
 In short this garment did defy, 
 And challenged, rigid inqui-ry. 
 His necktie — the same color too — 
 Would not attract a black ducks view ! 
 Which, sporting with the autumn wind, 
 Was tied in front— sometimes— behind! 
 Ajacket, of a smoky tint, 
 With divers handy pockets in't 
 Ended, where Mcintosh began 
 To ornament the nether man ; 
 Those parts, in leggings were encased. 
 From point of toe, to middle waist, 
 
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 ■■.s™^«,FS?V*»®1 
 
0() A MUNTU IN IHI: MAUSH 
 
 M;iking llnit portion of Lis figure, 
 Swelled out, and ludicrously h'v^'^ov ; 
 Yet, were tlicy skilfully designed, 
 For boots and breeches mot combined. 
 A hat, of that peculiar ntake, 
 Called commonly, a wide awake, 
 With reeds and rushes, litjed and crested, 
 To hide the visage — duck dolosled — 
 His dress surpiounted, to make all 
 'rhin(»-s look quite wild, and natural. 
 Upon his manly shoulder, i. j 
 Carried a ponderous fiiz^^e, 
 Full six feet long'— Bore— No. 8, 
 With met-'.l of appropriate weight ; 
 And what at tirst perhaps may seem odd 
 The gun had neither cock, nor ramrod ; 
 To make it still a greater puzzle, 
 Powder ne'er entered at the muzzle, 
 And yet this blunderbuss could bore 
 A duck, at sixty yards, or more. 
 
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 Time passed, what strides it always takes, 
 
 To him wlio toil a i)!easure makes. 
 
 Twelve times had night her mantle thrown, 
 
 O'er oozy plain, and deep lagoon, 
 
 And twice two hundred birds, and more, 
 
 The bending hickory branches bore ; 
 
 But human nature, poets say, 
 
 ''Uat noviiaiis -ivida,'' 
 
 And shootiniJ is both lame and dull, 
 
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 A MONTH IN T!Ii: MAltHII, 
 
 When dm ks h«*coint) loo plctUifiil. 
 ft ft ^ -tf •* * 
 
 Tlioio was :in islo — 'iwas far away, 
 
 Full twenty ))ip('S from Mud Creek Bay ; 
 
 Wiiose dislaiiL Uonzon of blue, 
 
 ]lelieved th«; va>t, unbroken view, 
 
 \Valj)ule I'is called — and to this day 
 
 The homo of tl.o Ojibeway. 
 
 And oft did ^'olden fiincy trace 
 
 Each feeding" ground, and lurking place, 
 
 See in each creek, o'er arched with rice, 
 
 The mallard's home, and Paradise. 
 
 They thought Oy^that encharUed vale, 
 
 Of which we read, in Eastern tale, 
 
 Of that far distant wondrous shore. 
 
 That glowed in our boyhood dreams cf yore, 
 
 Whose glitl'ring sands, siin^e time began. 
 
 Had never been trodden by mortal man 1 
 
 For a thousand moons 'twas said to take 
 
 In reaching*- the Isles of Waak — al — Waak ! 
 
 And we were only twenty pipes 
 
 From that romantic land of snipes. 
 
 In short, our Wa-ak — al— -Wa-ak, 
 
 Was twenty miles from "Ticky — Tack.' 
 
 Tho' W-lt-r did at first refuse, 
 
 To enter into the other's views, 
 
 Attempting,,but in^vain, to prove 
 
 It was more prudent not to move, 
 
 And giving, as a v{\lid reason, 
 
 The extreme lateness of the season, 
 
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 A MONTH IN THK MAK8II. 
 
 Yi't. that tlu.' Island must bo won 
 Was formally agreed— nem— con. 
 Quoth B.. "With deference let me si^lo" 
 ♦•I Lhink the season not too late;" 
 itowever. you, of course can do" 
 WhaleVr yoiir fancy leads you to." 
 ••What I propose '.-. this, that 1" 
 "Should start to-morrow with L3 Gui." 
 "Taking the smaller tent,~-and what" 
 "Are always useful, axe and pot," 
 "l, in advance, one day would steer," 
 ••You next day following in the ieL>r," 
 Leaving one soldier at heal quarters.'' 
 To ffuard the big tent from marauders." 
 
 Two men in silence sat that night 
 
 Beside iha camp-fire's waning light; 
 
 Thev wore dejected and alone, 
 
 For Br-df-d and his guide were gone. 
 
 And the "Romance" from "Trovator." 
 
 Which pleased so much the night before. 
 
 It charmed them not— that cla3sic air— 
 
 For their lost chieftain was not there. 
 
 Perhaps it is not fair, or right, 
 
 To tell all that occurred that ni{,^ht; 
 
 Perchance they smoked a little longer, 
 
 The punch, perhaps, was somewhat stronger, 
 
 And empty bottles might have shewed 
 
 How oft thatibeverage w^s brewed. 
 
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 The ow 
 Arousei 
 And tlu 
 Teld th 
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 On whi 
 And at 
 On the 
 
 At nooi 
 Had ga 
 And w€ 
 Came te 
 No pjgi 
 No ooz< 
 there v 
 To sho^ 
 And no 
 The wa 
 For the 
 Mantlet 
 At leng 
 Shewed 
 Where 
 The ru5 
 "Here,, 
 "Some 
 "The.^e 
 "Indee< 
 One pol 
 
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 A MONTH l< rili: MAIIHII. 
 
 The owl's ill-omened, liideop.s shriek, 
 
 Aroused lite cHmp at lliu foro^^t creek, 
 
 And tliecrv'of l\\v wild swan, loud and ci^ai*. 
 
 Told tb .1 a])|)ro.i'!lnng Hght was near; 
 
 Aris-e. arise ! lor tl.is is ihe day, 
 
 On which \vv paddle so fur awr«y. 
 
 And at even a blazing (jamp-lire make 
 
 On the magical Island of Waak-al-Waak ! 
 
 At noon, the remnmU of the parly, 
 
 Had gained the pass of "Chenail Ecart*," 
 
 And westward bravely pushing" on, soon 
 
 Came to the pass of "Chenail Johnson." 
 
 No pign of Le' Gui or of Br-df-d, 
 
 No ooze which pole or paddle had stirred; 
 
 I'hore was no knot upon a rush-head, 
 
 To show ihe spot through which they push-c</. 
 
 And no mark landwards, served to show 
 
 The way tha rear guard ought v go: 
 
 For the Indian Summer's mystic cloud, 
 
 Mantled the marsh in a lurid shroud. 
 
 At length a rude hut looming high, 
 
 Shewed a deserted camp ground nigh; 
 
 Where drift wood, atran led, had withstood 
 
 The rushing of the spring tide flood. 
 
 "Here,,' said Baptiste, "'tis very plain" 
 
 "Some savages have lately lain," 
 
 "The;:e ashes are not two days old," 
 
 "Indfipd thev arA not Vfit nuite cold," 
 
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[^i A MONTH IN' THE MAKSII. 
 
 ]^appoited slabs on the weather side, 
 And proved lli;it llie builder never meant 
 To combine use with ornament; 
 Suv-Waw-Goosb gravely did suspect^ 
 TiuiL Br-df-rd was the aruhiiect, 
 And to i-ive to this surmise weight, 
 Proceeding to investigate, 
 He various little relics found 
 Of edibles, which scattered round. 
 Were circumstantial points from whence 
 He formed a chain of evidence; 
 But above all, he found the crotches, 
 And on the logs the fresh carved notches 
 Cut skillfully, with keen edged axe; 
 He noted these important facts — 
 Convinced at last, beyond all doubt 
 That Br-df-rd was the sleeper out. 
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 A sliot was heard across the fen — 
 Another — louder— clearer— then 
 A distant tigure moved, "What is it?" 
 ••Oh '.there's :ny brother," shouted B iptisLc; 
 «iYes, — but who is that other man ?" 
 "Why, that must be rn Indian," 
 ♦•With htiad dre33 of such savage make," 
 "By Jove— 'tis Br-df-rd's wide awake." 
 To attempt description is absurd, 
 Of what then on that marsh occurred, 
 For language never could express 
 That touching scene of tenderness; 
 
A MONTHt IS THK MAttStt. 
 
 Ri<jhtglad were they once more to shake 
 The hand tlmt wove that wide awake ! 
 "T\\\s ganache Le Gui missed the way,'* 
 Said Br-df-d, "leading me astray;" 
 "And just as night was closing round," 
 We found a kind of camping ground." 
 Quoth W-It-r, -'hand that demi-john/' 
 "We saw the weeds you lay upon;" 
 •'Just hand the tot— I feel delight" 
 "In finding tlmt you are all right." 
 "Shoot many ducks ?" •' About ten pair," 
 '•Look in my punt — you'll find them there," 
 "But whereabout does the island lie!" 
 Said Baptiste; "It must be close by," 
 "Ha ! yonder thro* the haze I see" 
 "The hickory groves," replied Le Gui. 
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 The Indian Summer moon shone bright, 
 Upon Ecarte*8 tortuous ti<H d. 
 
 Like molten silver was the light. 
 Which bathed that western solitude, 
 Through which in lordly grandeur Huron pours 
 His mighty tide to roll on Erie's shores, 
 Beneath the azure canopy of Heav'n, 
 The mightiest gift by Earth to ooean giv«n. 
 Apparently no life was there, 
 So placid was the raystio air, 
 And Walpole Island truly seemed, 
 The Eiau land of whloh they dreamed; 
 But whether held by dttok or fairy, 
 
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i6 A MONTH IN THE MARSH. 
 
 Was DOt an unimportant query; Z 
 
 And that 'twas by the former haunted, 
 Conclasive proof was not long- wmted; ' ^ 
 
 For rustling sounds were heaid on higii, . 
 As restless teal fled swiftly by, - 
 
 Whose pinioned cohorts sieered their flight, 
 Securely midst the waste of night; 
 And the wild cadence from the west, 
 Where Honkers sought their ev.Miing rest, . 
 
 Swept o'er the deep Chenail, 
 Now softly low, now swelling high, 
 Those riot notes of revelry 
 
 Like music on the gale ! 
 Meanwhile, the ind fui^^abIe Br-Jf-rd, 
 With axe in hand a sapling had floored. 
 On which, when stripped of limbs ap.d bark, he 
 Soon reared the canvass of a Marquee; 
 Beneath whose time worn folds, I ween. 
 Had many a Carib)o stalker been. 
 
 And many a hunter bold. 
 Who from the chase returned at night, 
 To comrades round ine blazing light, 
 
 Their wondrous stories told; 
 So they each had a tale of slaughter, 
 "♦Si Hon fa Dero, fa ben trova'o," 
 
 The cveninfJ!: to enliven. 
 Br-df-rd recounting how one day 
 Thro' liva black bears he fought his way, 
 In the deep forests of Malbaie, , 
 
 And with success had striven: 
 
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 A MONTH IJ>( THE MARSH, 
 
 Wh >ie five brown bears hong l?y ibe heel^ , ' 
 Could tliat old dingy tent reveal. 
 * * * * * 
 
 No nerves can bear the painful shock, 
 
 The sudden start in midnight snooze, 
 At being roused at twelvo o'clock, 
 
 To listen to dis:is(rous news; 
 It rained — the reader mav imagine, 
 Whether that was not cause for chagrin; 
 And, as a further source of grief, 
 The tent was leaking like a seive. 
 Now, tho' transparent trickling streams 
 Of -vhich the thirsty traveler dreams, 
 Are charming things, sometinijs, no doubt,. 
 Yet, by the weary camper out. 
 Who feels his blanket saturated. 
 That charming, trickling stream is haled. 
 What constitution ever stood well, 
 Eight hour's exposure in a puddle ? 
 A hydrophatio treatment, which 
 The thought of gives rheumatic twitch, 
 Yet, in that doleful state thev lay. 
 From twelve that night till eight, next day, 
 When ihafir^t object of desire. 
 Was to renew the extinguished fire; 
 But Baptiste was already there, 
 Turning his cheeks into a pair 
 Of leathern bellows which he blew, 
 Till fiamc from out the faggots flew; 
 Quoth Br-df-rd from liis puddle, "now sirs, 
 
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 A MONTH IN THE MARSH. 
 
 "The next thing u to dry our tro^ser.^;" 
 
 And to dry iiowsers as you know, 
 
 We want a certain heat, but slow. 
 
 For, if the fire is hot and brisk. 
 
 The process must be one of risk, 
 
 And when the owner's legs are out. 
 
 He can't feel well what he's «bout; 
 
 Br-df-rd, with laudable desire, 
 
 To hold his garments at the fire, 
 
 Never once thought while he was drying 'em, 
 
 That at the same time he was frying 'em, 
 
 And when he put them on— alack ! 
 
 The roasted spots began to cr»;ck, 
 
 Just in the very parts, of course 
 Where the default could not be worse. 
 Waw Goosh had better luck than htt, 
 But shrunk his woollens fearfully, 
 And vainly by spasmodic tensions. 
 Tried to regain the lost dimensions. 
 Who has not felt that gravo discomfort. 
 Of earthly ills the worst,— a shrunk shirt ? 
 I^ike pilgrim'^s pfenitential peas, 
 The acme of uneasineBS. 
 Where was the veteran W-lt-r, he 
 Of pnipe and duck the enemy ? 
 There, by the sickly fire he sat, 
 Dejected — wet — disconsolate, 
 So weak, too, as he swor« fiom hunger. 
 That he could not survive much longer; 
 And all the Cummissatiat store, 
 
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 A MONTH IN THE KAnXH. 
 
 Had been exhausted day before. 
 
 "All ! how true, ^ncssun ma^gior'. 
 
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 Quoth lie, **ncssun maggioi dolor* 
 
 *^Che rccordarsi del tempo Jelice^ 
 
 '■'■Neila iiiseria — I beseecii }e" 
 
 ••Fill me a pipe and let nie ask," 
 
 **Br-df-rd ! — where is — your brandy fla^^k ?'* 
 
 But he, alas! was out of reach 
 
 Of this disjointed, doleful speech. 
 
 With Saw-Waw-Goosh he had proceeded 
 
 In quest of what so much was needed. 
 
 "We cross the prairie," said Le Gui, 
 
 "To yo? der withered white wood tree," 
 
 "The lodge of the chief of Se-weta-gun," 
 
 "Is but a little further on." 
 * . * * * 
 
 Th6 white men told what names and nation 
 Were hidden by their ragged guise, 
 
 Further, they had not much occasion, 
 For dull and stiff formalities; 
 
 Tho* shrunken shirts and tattered pants 
 
 Forbid that easy nonchalance 
 
 Of manner, which to practised eye, 
 
 Is token of gentility— 
 
 Tho' Br-df-rd could escape delection,! 
 
 Only by wary circumspenion, 
 
 Ytt, when the Chief S-'Wetagun 
 
 Announced the Princess Mashquolay, 
 
 Their gallantry was called ubori.' 
 
 Quoth B., "Waw-Goosh! advise m«, pray 
 
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 A MONTH IN THE MAUSH. 
 
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 < HL'e tan e er 
 
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 ace( 
 
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 "In a single stiich below n y waist." 
 
 "Advance," sai^ Waw-Goo.h, "«i il<e a bow," 
 
 ♦'But mind — you must not stoop too low," 
 
 "And, as your garments are not sound" 
 
 " 'Twere better not to turn quite round," 
 
 "Besides, you know full well that we" 
 
 "Don't turn out bricks on Royalty." 
 
 Br-df-rd advanced — if not with comfort. 
 
 At least with tolerable ease, 
 
 Altho' he still felt as 'twere some sort. 
 
 Of crackins: noise aboUt his knees, 
 
 And making' a profound p;alaam, 
 
 In English asked, "How are ye, ma'am ?" 
 
 Nor did he turn his back upon 
 
 The Prinr^ess, orSewetagun. 
 
 A^ain the swarthy chlefiain spoke. 
 
 And ihus a 1 a^kwiirJ sile ice broke, 
 
 <*Bro hers, I hop6 jou'll stay and share" 
 
 "An Indian vvarrior's h )mely faro,'' 
 
 •'Th3' quai-she-gun with us is scant.'* 
 
 "I cannot see the white man want," 
 
 "Our hearts are big, ttio' we are poor," 
 
 "Sewetagun can say no more." 
 
 These welcome promises of cheer,' 
 
 Fell like sweet music on the ear; 
 
 The corn c ikes were delicious, yet 
 
 There was one cause for deep regret, 
 
 The sad reflection did annoy them, 
 
 Of how poor W-lt-r would enjoy them; 
 
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 A MONTH IS THE MAUSII. 
 
 And llie tlioughls of liis inanition. 
 Almost prevented deLjlutition. 
 Alear while lie lay within the tent I 
 Helpless, from lack of nutritnent. 
 And wondering with empty siomucli. 
 When the lost foragers would come back. 
 ■ * * * » • • 
 
 Betwixt the body a-;d the mine}, 
 
 A strange alliance all men find, 
 
 For, when the former is not so nid 
 
 The hitter quickly feels a wound; 
 
 And after all, yood ea inu- is 
 
 Tlie fountain head of earthly bliss. 
 
 A wondrous growth of coriHdorHje 
 
 Was tiie imi-nediute conscquenct!, 
 
 Of that most oj porlu le rf^lief. 
 
 Aflfordcid by iIim dusky chief, 
 
 Aflairs a brighter prospect wore, 
 
 And they weie jolly as bjfore. 
 
 W-!l-r thought of the quail near Chahim, 
 
 And wanted to again beat 'em. 
 
 While by some well directed stiff hes. 
 
 Br-df-rd contiived to mend his breaches. 
 
 But rude November's howlini; blasl. 
 
 Proclaims the Indian Summer past, 
 
 And winged battalions issuing forth, 
 
 From the cliill regions of the north. 
 
 Onwards in countless thousands fly 
 
 In search of a more genial yky. ' 
 
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 A MONTH IN THE MAIlSII. 
 
 Oture mo 10 upon Ec aide's waters 
 
 'I'lioy suuglit ihe bijr tent and liead quaitcrai, 
 
 Where Kebon Ijad Wi» lelt, the loue 
 
 Commandaiil of llie gan lisoii. 
 
 A bowl ot gravy sojp thai mglit 
 
 Kesiorcd their pristine forces quite, 
 
 Added to which, hot rum and w»ier 
 
 Filled thvioi with fresh desire for slaughter; 
 
 For obstacles sftem overcome, 
 
 By him who is inspired by rum; 
 
 Allho' the ardor of the night, 
 
 Is often cooled by morijing light. 
 
 And when next day they did examine 
 
 The chances of a feast or famine, 
 
 Upon a strict examination. 
 
 These were in favor of starvation: 
 
 No sago soup— no maccarcni 
 
 Were to be had for' love or money; 
 
 Besides, the powder magazine 
 
 Was empty as the soup turreen. 
 
 'Twas Imrd to feel the day was come. 
 
 When they must leave their foiesL lumie, 
 
 But stern realiiies reveal 
 
 Sad truths which we would fam conceal; 
 
 And the same campground wh.'ro d lata 
 
 In evening festival ihey sat. 
 
 Is dreary now, and desolate. ^ 
 
 The tiio thought it would be lino 
 To cross the country ia a bee line, 
 The' twenty-seven miles or thirty, 
 Are apt to make one tired and dirty, 
 Where mud adhesive holds one 8 foot back 
 And every step is a fresh boot-jack; 
 Yet, they in tolerable plight, ^ 
 Arrived in Chatham town that nigUt, 
 And to conclude-next morning 8 tram 
 Convev«^d the party home ^gain.