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Rafting to Quebec. In the long era of peace that has reigned over it ever since, the river became a great commercial waterway. Fisheries thrived in its waters. Harvests of cod, whale and eels were yielded by the salt tide that rolls upstream from the Atlantic; sturgeon, whitefish and trout teemed in the fresh-water lakes. The virgin forests on its shores fed the pioneer lumber industry with log rafts the size of small islands floating downstream to be loaded in ships at Quebec...
...Museum of Comparative Zoology (top right) an undergraduate peers up at the skeleton of a 50-foot sperm whale, while a young resident of Boston (top left) looks with some uneasiness at the worldly remains of a gorilla. At the left are two Peruvian mummies photographed in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Below are samples of the ruins at Copan, Honduras-probably the best known example of Mayan culture at its palmiest...
...eight days of golf in Augusta. Curiously enough, his bursitis seems both to be improved by golf and to improve his game. Golf's controlled, smooth motions help the presidential shoulder, and the controlled, smooth motions made necessary by bursitis subdue Ike's tendency to whale the ball, thus help his score...
With tenderloin whale steak in season, all true smorgasborders should visit Ola's Norweigian restaurant at 16 Carver Street. Those who don't like whale meat, or can't remember how they roasted reindeer or potted ptarmigan in the old country might still enjoy some varied tastes. Just pass through the wrought-iron gates into the restaurant...
...cranberry cook, like most of the help, is Norweigian, while the customers are almost all native Bostonians. Each guest was greeted by a hostess, who was also my adviser on what's good that's Norwegian. Among her suggestions was whale steak. I replied that pickled herring would suffice. As I gulped water she apologized for the herrings' appearance; "The goats' choose sauce is all gone." Relieved, I asked her if there were my more special Norwegian recipes. Her answer was a copy of Ola's Norwegian Cook Book describing cucumber sandwiches, with the bread dipped in sherry, the vaguely...