Note 104 — Front matter (continued 6)

(page page 328).—The term “pipe” was of more general application than this, among voyageurs. It referred to the occasional stoppage of work, in rowing, when pipes would be refilled, and perhaps other refreshment taken. A canoe voyage along the lakes and rivers of the West was measured by “pipes,” which of course were more numerous going against the current than with it. In the same manner a portage trail was measured by the number of “pauses” necessary for resting; a rough path having more such than a smooth, level trail.