Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill

00:00:07 [adventurous instrumental background music]

00:04:34 "YOUR PATH LIES OVER THIS BANK," SAID THE KING

00:07:29 ô ô

00:10:37 [birds chirping]

00:13:59 ENGLAND IS NOW IN A CRIPPLING DEPRESSION.

00:17:12 IN ENGLAND, AND THE BIRTH OF THE MOODIES' FIRST CHILD.

00:20:53 THE DESPERATE, THE VOYAGE IS A NIGHTMARE.

00:24:33 I RECEIVED THE GREATEST KINDNESS.

00:28:07 AND SAID THAT HE HAD A LONG WAY TO GO AND MUST BE OFF.

00:31:22 BUT THEY DO NOT PRESENT

00:34:33 ...O'KADAK: IT HAS A SWEET

00:38:32 SUSANNA: THE WINTER HAD NOW FAIRLY SET IN

00:43:45 AND I HAD A RELIGIOUS POEM IN

00:46:59 DURING THE YEARS THAT AGNES

00:50:31 [sombre violin throughout]

00:54:09 ô AND WE'RE FREEZING WITHIN! ô

00:57:27 TO HER PUT A FINISHING STROKE TO ALL HER MISFORTUNES.

01:00:40 ...ONLY ONE OR TWO SHEETS

01:04:37 THAT REMIND THE SISTERS OF THEIR OWN CHILDHOOD.

01:08:03 THAT BRITISH EMIGRATION

01:11:23 SHE WORE WHEN SHE WAS PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN.

01:14:33 [men sing indistinct]

01:17:46 150 YEARS AFTER ITS INITIAL PUBLICATION.

01:21:16 NARRATOR: SUSANNA AND CATHARINE'S FAMOUS SISTER