Memories of Canada And Scotland — Speeches And Verses
Memories of Canada And Scotland — Speeches And Verses
Campbell John Douglas Sutherland
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(Cheers. ) The meshes of this wood-netting are never further than twentyor thirty miles apart Little hay swamps and sparkling lakelets, teemingwith wild fowl, are always close at hand, and if the surface water insome of these has alkali, excellent water can always be had in others, and by the simple process of digging for it a short distance beneaththe sod with a spade, the soil being so devoid of stones that it is noteven necessary to use a pick. No wonder that under these circumstanceswe hear... no croaking. Croakers are very rare animals throughout Canada. It was remarked with surprise, by an Englishman accustomed to Britishgrumbling, that even the frogs sing instead of croaking in Canada--(great cheering)--and the few letters that have appeared speaking ofdisappointment will be amongst the rarest autographs which the nextgeneration will cherish in their museums. But with even the best troopsof the best army in the world you will find a few malingerers--a fewskulkers. However well an action has been fought, you will hearofficers who have been engaged say that there were some men whose ideaseemed to be that it was easier to conduct themselves as became them atthe rear, rather than in the front.
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