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apt to meet much in the way of floating timber ; 

 but it is a fact that thousands of logs are to be 

 seen in the Adirondacli Wilderness proper, al- 

 though many sections, such as Eaquette Lake 

 and portions of Eaquette Eiver, as well as many 

 of the smaller lakes and streams are free from 

 these nuisances. 



Mr. Murray will no doubt be ready to admit 

 that Eaquette Falls, and Eaquette Eiver be- 

 low the Falls, the Saranac Lakes, Tupper's Lake, 

 &c., are not to be considered as the over-hunted 

 borders of the Adirondacks, but may safely be 

 set doT\m as portions of the Wilderness proi>er. 

 He says that ''no fires have blackened the 

 hills in the Adirondacks." The writer's exj^eri- 

 ence is difterent, he having seen many sad traces 

 of the wanton "Incendiary of the woods," a 

 creature Avho should be well warmed Avhen 

 caught. 



No doubt x^lenty of booms, logs, slabs and 

 saw-dust can be seen in certain parts of Maine, 

 as they surely can be in certain parts of the 

 Adirondacks. Near Paul Smith's, for instance, 

 there is an immense saw-mill, turning out loads 

 of saw-dust to choke the trout. Where our 

 I)arty went in Maine no saw-mill was to be seen, 



