Early in December Benton sent out a big boom of logs with a hired stern-wheeler that was no more than out of Roaring Lake before the snow came.

Adieu, brave Captain; when you have need of a thorough rover, and dream of stern-chases and wet sails, think of him who visited your ship at her lazy moorings.

where are you from, and what's your cargo?" Captain Ellice made no reply, but ordered four of his men on deck to point one of the stern-chasers.