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50 THE LADIES , THE G WI C H'IN . AND T H E RATThe Ramparts, MackenzieRiver, 1901. C. W.Mathers, From Mathers,The Far North(1902),up on the other side and beyond that rock was a range of snow-capped mountains.On my return, I found Gwen hopping about the deck with more agility andrather less pain. We did not say much to each other about her foot. but I think wewere both counting the hours to that moment when we should reach Aklavik andcall in the doctor.All that day we looked out on nne scenery, snow-capped mountains. the wideriver and a great open world. Late in the evening we came to the Sans SaultRapids, a less exciting experience than we had expected. but perhaps to get thereal thrill of shooting a rapid one should be in a canoe, not in a solid. flatbottomedsteamer. An hour or two later, however, we had one moment of tense