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Heaver River enters the lake by a succession of rapids 

 and falls, which extend by a winding- way a do/en miles 

 up to "VVardwell's. (now nunbar's t )or Still water. It leaves 

 the lake in rapids again, and plunges over picturesque falls, 

 to which the guests of the hous;> make excursions with 

 never failing interest and delight. 



At such a resort, the trout are always hunted and chased 

 like a tleeinu -criminal, but they learn by experience great 

 wisdom and discretion and leach it to their children; so 

 that, pursued a^ they arc. the\ maintain an existence in 

 fair number-, and, to a reasonable degree, reward Un- 

 skillful fisherman. However, they seldom leap through tin- 

 air, straight at the successful sporKman. like Murray's 

 ferocious trout, nor at tempt that other expedient of whirl- 

 ing 'round and 'round the boat in a contracting circle, in 

 an effort to twi^t Hi, fisherman's head oil', as Warner felici- 

 tously and veraciously relates. 



We en joyed an afternoon's excursion down the lake to 

 the outlet. The water was high and swift, and the Kditor 

 had an adventure his boat striking upon a hidden rock 

 which for a half minute looked entirely unpropitious. It 

 is his luck, however, to always get out of a difficulty in 

 some way, and he still lives, like the gentleman of color 

 who remarked, with the wisdom of experience weight ing 

 everv word, that lie ;il\\ ays noticed that if he lived by the 

 fourth of .Inly, he lived all the rest of the year! 



We ;i!so, that evening, engaged four guides, procured 

 supplies and supplemented our outfit for our projected 

 trip to and camping at Smith's Lake, forty-eight miles 



