Impressions of a tenderfoot during a journey in search of sport in the far West. With map and illustrations
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Somerset, Susan Margaret (McKinnon) Saint Maur, Duchess of
issued: 2015-06-03
issued: 1890
description: "Over half the book is devoted to describing the author's travels in British Columbia." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 100.
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extent: xv, 279, 32 pages : illustrations, advertisements, map (folded) ; 22 cm
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note: OUR HUNTING COSTUME. frontispiece. IMPRESSIONS OF A TENDEEFOOT DURING A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF SPORT IN THE FAR WEST. BY Mrs. ALGERNON ST. Ye who love the haunts of Nature, Love the sunshine of the meadow, Love the shadow of the forest, Love the wind among the branches ; And the rain shower and the snow storm, And the rushing of great rivers Through their palisades of pine-trees, And the thunder in the mountains ! Stay and listen. * * * * * From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland." Longfellow. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS- LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1890. TO MY DEAR SISTERS, WHO ASKED FOR AN ACCOUNT OF OUR WANDERINGS IN THE NORTH WEST, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY After many months spent in wandering, when the excitement of changing scenes and varied incidents has ended, the traveller naturally wishes to collect the impressions made, and to put them in a tangible form, especially if, as in my case, he has never before been beyond the beaten track. Buskin has said that a human soul can do nothing better than "see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way." This I have tried to do, but, from lack of literary skill, the following pages may not suggest to the reader all the wonder and pleasure I experienced among the strange and often beautiful scenes they describe. I would fain have \ given more glowing descriptions INTRODUCTION. than those I find in my note-books, of the wondrous cities I saw, full of energetic, industrious people, with many of whom we spent most delightful days; of noble rivers and far-reaching railroads, by which long distances were traversed with ease, and where grand mountains and valleys were all too quickly passed; of great primeval forests which the axe has not yet despoiled; and of quaint, peaceful Indian villages, where sunsets seemed to linger, illuming and transfiguring all the bare and primitive surroundings with soft, deep shadows and a poetry quite their own. How true it is that || one …
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has type: Travel literature
identifier: FC73 .S75 1890
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222336
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : John Murray
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC73 .S75 1890
subject: Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel
subject: Pacific Coast (North America)
subject: Rocky Mountains--Description and travel
subject: Discovery and exploration
type: Text