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Meanings of long portage in English

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Usage of long portage in English
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I made a map this A.M. of our long portage-about30 miles.
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
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Now for some stiff work again, a long portage of about two-and-a-half miles.
Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians
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Late in the afternoon they made the first long portage; it was a quarter mile.
Rolf in the Woods
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Tracked quarter mile more, and started on long portage.
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
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Trying as we were to get fish ahead for our long portage, it was most depressing.
The Lure of the Labrador Wild
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Sure enough, at their foot we had to haul up and prepare for a long portage.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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Fixed moccasins in preparation for long portage.
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
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Next day we crossed Lake Harry and camped three-quarters of a mile farther on the long portage.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search o...
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Back in de bush or on de long portage I shav' once, twice, perhaps tree time a month.
The Parts Men Play
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By four o'clock we had reached our first long portage-threemiles in length-andnow began the tug of war.
Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians
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This was a long portage, and we camped at the foot of the rapids, having made nearly seven kilometres.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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Then there was a girding up of the loins, a getting out of tump-lines and canvas packs, and the long portage was begun.
Crooked Trails
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He habitually staggered when he walked, and on this last day of our long portage he came near going all to pieces nervously.
The Lure of the Labrador Wild
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Very depressing this, getting wind bound so often just when we are trying to get fish ahead for our long portage towards home.
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
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This frequent shifting and changing of baggage and canoes exhausted the men, who have not yet recovered from the toils of the long portage.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian ...
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The next day we made another long portage round some rapids, and camped at night still in the hot, wet, sunless atmosphere of the gorge.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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