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country where I was born and brought
up, is nothing compared with the
sleighing in such countries as Siberia,
and Lapland, and Labrador, and the
entire country around Hudson’s Bay.
There they have snow very early in the
winter, or the latter part of autumn,
and it stays on the ground all winter.
There are no warm spells in those coun-
tries, during the winter season. The
snow that falls early in the winter does
not thaw until late in the spring. So
they have fine sleighing for the greater
-portion of the year. .
The people who live in those regions
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