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{3: t hrs. Hubbard was not satisried with tné ouueame of tfle expedition , believing that otners had taken same or tne glory of the discoveries made while ner husband was lying neglected in the far North. She prepared to retrace the route , followed 0y her husband and his party. Accompanied by a trust indien guide, sne went along the trails, and made the portages f the first Huonard yurty . This ‘ourney wnicn was fraught with many sad memories to Mrs. Hubbard'ls an imgortunt one . because nus. hubberd's account or it shows what a woman may accomplish in race or hardships and extreme difficulties. Her book " A Woman‘s Hays in the Jnknown Labrador" is well worth reeding.lms. hubbard later married an Eng- Ellisand is livin? in ingland, She has several children. " We had two other onglish women who ate noted , Mrs. moodie and her sister Mrs Trail. Iheir maiden name was Strickland. Some of the Stricklands live at Lokefizld yet.Mrs hoodie lived right in our neighborhood , when she wrote the first yart of “Roughing It in the Bush". She giVeE a very vivid and amusing description of her neighbors. { Some of thds is not flattering) mixed with pathos. She honestly admits her own inability , in coping with her new life Mrs lrail lived on the nice Lake Plains, l believe. There, she wrote the interesting book " Lost in the Beck Woods“. This story may be based on facts . but i think is generally accepted. as fiction. in conclusion, let us consider our lives compared With the early settlers. A single stegg coach from Kingston to Toronto, compared with regular train and 'bus service.,and roads teemiflS with private cars, making distance of little account. lhlnx of the furnished homes of today , and the log shantyhs of the gioneer, with home ~made furnisner , and crude cooking utensils. The scareiy or food. No doctors, no nurses. save the kindly assistance of neighbors . The simple pleasures whizh satisfied them , quilting and husking bees, finishing up with a dance, while, today we want to spend the summer in Europe , and the winter in California or Florida. Many of us do not do that you say, but we would like to, That is the king.of thing that makes us unhappy. Could we endure what they endured and be happy? I think not . Then look back and admire them . i wonder in an other hundred years what the future . generation , in loonlng back will think or us? Will tney admire us? . man.