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have made a picturesque group as
seen with the Marquis about the
fire and in their hunting garb they
now present a wild looking lot.
It is half the fun of an expedition,
this living amidst trees in the
woods, forest mountains, and
even this novelty has somewhat worn
off it never ceases to hold a charm
of which none can ever tire.
On such a life one worldly cares
are forgotten and the world and
its doings are as far away as
the we were living in another sphere
I think that then I am more
perfectly happy than at any ever
possible or be when one is in
touch with post & telegraph. Some-
how I am able to completely shut
out from my mind the past and
future and can live only in
the present Even at Ilrga, a
present which is that of primitive
man as God meant him to be.
surrounded by the coal cleams set
for his home & depending upon the
forest creatures for his food.
We slept that night with the
strong sweet smell of the spruce
trees in our nostrils and above