Chapter 23 THE NORTHERN DIVISION-TRAVELLING IN APRIL.

"These high wild hills, and rough uneven ways,

Draw out our miles and make them wearisome;

And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,

Making the hard way sweet and delectable....

But I bethink me, what a weary way!"

Richard II.

The different sledge parties having branched off, as related in the preceding chapter, I must reque