Is there anything doing in my line there ?" "Not much," the Hudson Bay man answered him.

"You may sell a few kegs along the railroad track, but as soon as you leave it you'll find no paint required.

The settlers use logs or shiplap and leave them in the raw.

The trip won't pay you." "Well, I'll see the country, and find out something about the coniferous gums." "They're soft and resinous.

Don't you get the material you make good varnish of from the tropics ?" Harding laughed.
"You people don't know your own resources.