If you come across a
big jam, mark it down on the chart--you've got a copy of the chart,
haven't you? And keep on up river till you meet another man coming down.
But remember to mark in red, not blue. And let me see how well you can
manage.--A man I've got to work under me," he explained to the ladies. "I
really can't be bothered running up and down all the time."
So serious he was about it all; he even took out a notebook and wrote
something down. He was very young, and could not help showing off a little
with two fair ladies to look on.
Next morning I got away early. It was light at four, and by that time I
was a good way up the river. I carried food with me, and my hooking pole--
which is like a boat-hook really.
No young, growing timber here, as on Captain Falkenberg's land; the ground
was stony and barren, covered with heather and pine needles for miles
round. They had felled too freely here; the sawmills had taken over much,
leaving next to no young wood. It was a melancholy country to be in.
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