CHAPTER IX. 



A few days after, taking two of the best guides, "Chris. ' 

 and Ilalsey, we made an expedition down the outlet to the 

 Still water. Providing ourselves with t \vo days' provisions, 

 irmis and fishing tackle, we set forth with a faith and 61 

 pectancv quite childlike in its simplicity, considerin.u; our 

 recent experience. 



Rowing down the outlet to the rapids we left our boats, 

 shouldered our packs, and made the cany of a mile and a 

 half or more below the rapids, where we found two other 

 boats which we speedily converted to our own use. We 

 had reached Ihe Still water, which extends (with the 

 exception of One-fourth of a mile of rapids) six or seven 

 miles, and into which Mow many small, cold streams. At 

 the mouths of these the trout conirrerale ill the months of 

 July and August, when they Tc-lily take the lly. We 

 had come upon a charmini;- region. Our descent down the 

 river on that quiet, peaceful July day revealed to us the 

 t.rue beauties of the Adirondacks. Success rewarded our 

 fishing, and nianv a ImnuTV trout leaped up to our flies as 

 they hovered an instant and then settled upon t he water 

 where the cool brooks entered t lie main siren ni. One hardly 

 knew which delight to choose the u - a/.e upon the winding 

 river and forest shores, or the skillful cast, and the leap, 

 play and capture of the puny trout. To tell the truth, we 



