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Title: Through Canal-Land in a Canadian Canoe

Author: Vincent Hughes

Illustrator: Vincent Hughes

Release Date: August 16, 2007 [EBook #22347]

Language: English

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THROUGH CANAL-LAND IN A CANADIAN CANOE
BY VINCENT HUGHES.

The Boy's Own Paper.
OCTOBER 7, 14 & 21, 1899.

Bearing in mind that variety is the spice of existence, I determined that
I would temporarily desert the dear old Thames, with whose waters I had
become so familiar, and try fresh fields and pastures new during my
approaching holidays.

Accordingly, I took a friend (who had been my boon companion on many
a previous trip by land and water) into my confidence, and after due
deliberations, befitting an enterprise likely to be of a novel character,
we determined to explore the comparatively un-known canals that commence
from the Thames, at Brentford, and thread their way through England from
south to north, and end at Kendal in Westmorland.

One thing that largely influenced us in deciding upon this route was that
we had recently become possessed of a light and well-built Canadian canoe
that had been sent us by an English resident in France, where he had been
using it in exploring the picturesque portions of the Seine.

We fortunately had a friend connected with the Grand Junction Canal
Company, and through his kindly offices were enabled without much
difficulty to obtain passes allowing us to journey over the different
canals which we had mapped out as the waterway to follow.

This part of the undertaking having been successfully disposed of,
we turned to and overhauled our craft, and saw to the getting of the
outfit which we should require in order to make the trip a success.

By the time that all our arrangements were