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caught On all sides of this little sheet of water, which 



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might be a third of a mile across, the fire has swept away 

 trees, grasses, and mosses, with the exception of a point of 

 forest which came clown to the water's edge, and formed 

 the western limit of the living woods. For far to the west 

 and north the raging element had spread and carried 

 desolation with it, but towards the east the country 

 was green wherever trees or herbs could grow. The 

 long lines of enormous erratics skirting the river looked 

 like Druids' monumental stones; for in many instances 

 they were disposed in such a manner as would almost 



CARIBOU LAKE, NEAR THE TABLE LAND. 





lead one to suppose they had been placed there by 

 artificial means. No language can adequately express the 

 utter desolation of the scenery around this lake. The 

 dead trees were blanched white ; the sand was blown 

 into low dunes ; the surrounding hills were covered with 



