William Law Ogilby Diary
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July 26th. Raft building is the order of the day on a lake; the only timber we can get hold of is "Yellow cedar" which is far too heavy for a raft but it has to go as no other is near at this altitude; it takes six men all day to put a decent one together; to be propelled by long oars called sweeps; | July 26th. Raft building is the order of the day on a lake; the only timber we can get hold of is "Yellow cedar" which is far too heavy for a raft but it has to go as no other is near at this altitude; it takes six men all day to put a decent one together; to be propelled by long oars called sweeps; | ||
| − | July 27th. Take a load of provisions ahead to lake and leave them there until the morning. See a bear in the distance scrambling on some distant rock which | + | |
| − | we yell ourselves hoarse at and then split our sides laughing to see him get off like a locomotive. | + | July 27th. Take a load of provisions ahead to lake and leave them there until the morning. See a bear in the distance scrambling on some distant rock which we yell ourselves hoarse at and then split our sides laughing to see him get off like a locomotive. |
| − | July 28th. Today we move camp to far end of second lake; I meet with a | + | |
| + | July 28th. Today we move camp to far end of second lake; I meet with a very unpleasant accident while steering the passenger raft across running my hand against a sharp axe and nearly cut off | ||
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| + | BC Archives, AAAA1452 File 1 / OGILBY, William Law / Diary, 27 Mar to 8 Oct 1892. | ||
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July 26th. Raft building is the order of the day on a lake; the only timber we can get hold of is "Yellow cedar" which is far too heavy for a raft but it has to go as no other is near at this altitude; it takes six men all day to put a decent one together; to be propelled by long oars called sweeps;
July 27th. Take a load of provisions ahead to lake and leave them there until the morning. See a bear in the distance scrambling on some distant rock which we yell ourselves hoarse at and then split our sides laughing to see him get off like a locomotive.
July 28th. Today we move camp to far end of second lake; I meet with a very unpleasant accident while steering the passenger raft across running my hand against a sharp axe and nearly cut off
BC Archives, AAAA1452 File 1 / OGILBY, William Law / Diary, 27 Mar to 8 Oct 1892.