THINGS SEEN AND UNSEEN. OUtt OATUN. 31 



was fr'w7, although we trudged and climbed and plunged 

 and floundered and trudged again, on a broad and milk 

 dinner for five hours, when at last a gleam of water 

 appeared through the trees, and behold, Jock's Lake! 



How often since have I caught that silver gleam of water 

 through tin- trees, when tramping through the forest ! At 

 first there is a little light through the density of the foliage, 

 and on a nearer approach, the glimmer of water; no shores 

 appearing, just simply beautiful, clear water shining 

 through the green leaves and the branches. If the sun is 

 bright, theetl'eet is as del iii-ht 1'ul as any thing seen in tin- 

 woods. 



We emerged from the forest into an opening sloping 

 down to the shore, of perhaps a half acre in extent, where 

 the trees had all been cut away, years before, and the 

 native iiTas> had obtained root-hold and made a very pretty 

 welcome as we threw ourselves down upon the turf bed, 

 thoroughly tired. 



A -mall hark roofed log hut, built for parties like our 

 own. stood in the center of the clearing, well away from 

 any large trees that in a high wind might take a fancy to 

 fall in our direction. Its dimensions were very modest, 

 the eniire structure being but about fourteen feet long and 

 ten or eleven wide, and only high enough near the sides for 

 a tall man to stand upright. One end was devoted to the 

 purposes ol a bed room, its limits being designated by a 

 -mall log running across the cabin, a man's length from the 

 end opposite the door; while the remainder was kitchen, 

 store-room, dining-room and parlor. The bed (soon con- 



