Chapter I: Front Matter

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CANOE MATES IN CANADA OR THREE BOYS AFLOAT ON THE SASKATCHEWAN

By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE

Author of "THE HOUSE BOAT BOYS," "CHUMS IN DIXIE," "THE YOUNG FUR TAKERS," Etc.

M. A. DONOHUE & CO., Chicago

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CANOE AND CAMPFIRE SERIES

Four Books of Woodcraft and Adventure in the Forest and on the Water that every Boy Scout should have in his Library

By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE

CANOEMATES IN CANADA; or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan.

THE YOUNG FUR-TAKERS; or, Traps and Trails in the Wilderness.

THE HOUSE-BOAT BOYS; or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South.

CHUMS IN DIXIE; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motor Boat.

CAMP MATES IN MICHIGAN; or, With Pack and Paddle in the Pine Woods.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS; or, Camping in the Big Game Country.

In these four delightful volumes the author has drawn bountifully from his thirty-five years experience as a true sportsman and lover of nature, to reveal many of the secrets of the woods, such as all Boys Scouts strive to know. And, besides, each book is replete with stirring adventures among the four-footed denizens of the wilderness; so that a feast of useful knowledge is served up, with just that class of stirring incidents so eagerly welcomed by all boys with red blood in their veins. For sale wherever books are sold, or sent prepaid for 50 cents each by the publishers.

Copyright, 1912, M. A. Donohue & Co.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A PLUNGE DOWN THE RAPIDS 7
II. THE CAMP UNDER THE HEMLOCKS 17
III. COMRADES 28
IV. THE THREE SMOKE SIGNALS 37
V. THE FALSE CHART OF DUBOIS 47
VI. THE TIMBER-CRUISER 57
VII. OWL AND TIMBER WOLF 67
VIII. THE CALL OF THE WILD 77
IX. TRAPPER LORE 84
X. MAGIC IN THE BERRIES 104
XI. A BREAK IN THE CHAIN 117
XII. ON THE TRACK OF ELI 127
XIII. BIRDS OF A FEATHER 137
XIV. WITHOUT AUTHORITY 152
XV. SCENTS A MYSTERY 160
XVI. A LITTLE WITCH 170
XVII. SEEN THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR 184
XVIII. OWEN FINDS HIMSELF A PRISONER 194
XIX. FOR SO IT WAS WRITTEN 204
XX. THE TENT DWELLERS 214
XXI. AT DEAD OF NIGHT 221
XXII. CONCLUSION 231

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CANOE MATES IN CANADA

or

Afloat on the Saskatchewan