146 THE r.EAVER T1TYKK AVATETCS. 



or three bark structures "\vhich were open to all, or, as the 

 spruce-bark siu'ii read. 



( hi the eastward, was a delightful view, the semi 

 inounlaiiious i-hores across Ihe lake heavily wooded: while 

 here and there the prellv. wooded islands looked like Lreins 

 in Ihcir selling. At the left. ri>es Pralt's Mounlain. or 

 Sinilh'^ l{ock.--the latter name sometimes In-stowed in 

 remembrance of a hermit who main' years ugo dwell at 

 il< toot, cleared a te\\ acres, and liiiallv disappeared a-- 

 \\\\ -ti-riously as he came. The lake a No lakr< from him 

 its name not \cry distinctive amonu' men. to he sure, hut 

 emphatically so anioiiL; hodie-. of \\atei- wlien- Hound Pond. 

 Clear Pond. IJock Pond. P,o- Pond, and the like, occur 

 with confiiMiiu' ivilcratioj:. 



\\'e entered upon the enjoyment ot our -ojoiirn at this 

 deliuhltui place with ^reat /.eal. Hods and reeN were 

 speedily riu'^ed and we set forth upon a tour ot com 

 hined tishiu.Li' and exploring. It had dawned upon us, as 

 we were ascending the river, thai I lie water \\ as hi^h. 

 and we soon made the disagreeable discovery that it was 

 too h'm'li for irood l'Khiim- \\'c were lale for the fishing OD 

 the rapids, and too early for the fishing at the spring holes. 

 The trout were in the unsettled state in which they always 

 are, intermediate the times when they leave 1 the rapids and 

 U'alher at the spring-holes, and were wandering, at their 

 own sweet will, all over the lake. We also found that for 

 trout of any desirable size, we must troll alonir the shal 



