A Northern Experience: The Journals of Norman Robinson
Trapping with Hornby Page 14

the axe for everything.

Door jambs and window frames were cut out eventually, mica being used instead of glass and in no time the house was far enough advanced for Hornby to run back to Fort Smith (50 miles) for a few more groceries. We certainly needed the groceries, but Hornby also wanted “Polar”, the only dog to survive the previous winter’s narrow escape. Polar had been too sick to come out

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