of fresh meat added to our supply.
The day was now fine, though occasional light showers passed; but
these rather added to the beauty all about us than otherwise. The
river was proving a succession of lake expansions, for the most
part not more than half a mile wide. Rugged, barren mountains rose
in all directions, and I had the feeling of being up among the
hill-tops, as if these were not whole hills, but only their tops.
The trip was proving so beautiful and easy that my state of mind
was one of continued surprise. I had none of the feeling of
loneliness, which I knew every one would expect me to have. I did
not feel far from home, but in reality less homeless than I had
ever felt anywhere, since I knew my husband was never to come back
to me. So far I had encountered none of the real stress of
wilderness life, everything had gone well with us, everything was
made easy for me; I had had no hardships to bear, and there was the
relief of work to do, work which would for ever associate my
husband's name with the country where he hoped to begin his
explorations. For long months of darkness I had not dreamed that I
could ever have the gladness and honour of doing this.
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