Ordinarily the verb _to pack_ means to stow articles snugly into receptacles, but in the parlance of the trail it often means to carry or transport the articles from place to place. The _pack_ in the language of the trail is the load a man or horse carries. Likewise, a _portage_ on a canoe route is a break between navigable waters, over which canoe and outfit must be carried; or the word may be used as a verb, and one may say, "I will portage the canoe," meaning "I will carry the canoe." In the course of the following pages these terms will doubtless all be used in their various significations.…
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