The Forest. Stewart Edward White
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Stewart Edward White
The Forest
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066229559
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ON OPEN-WATER CANOE TRAVELLING.
ON WOODS INDIANS (continued) .
THE CATCHING OF A CERTAIN FISH.
I.
THE CALLING.
"The Red Gods make their medicine again."
Some time in February, when the snow and sleet have shut out from the wearied mind even the memory of spring, the man of the woods generally receives his first inspiration. He may catch it from some companion's chance remark, a glance at the map, a vague recollection of a dim past conversation, or it may flash on him from the mere pronouncement of a name. The first faint thrill of discovery leaves him cool, but gradually, with the increasing enthusiasm of cogitation, the idea gains body, until finally it has grown to plan fit for discussion.
Of these many quickening potencies of inspiration, the mere name of a place seems to strike deepest at the heart of romance. Colour, mystery, the vastnesses of unexplored space are