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together and kept it from falling out. The cement fits 

 so closely between the peeled, dry logs that practically 

 no water can lie on the logs between the seams. This 

 makes a job that is water-tight, vermin- and mouse- 

 proof, and clean both inside and outside the cabin. 



The house sits on a wooded elevation, fifteen or 

 twenty feet above the lake. As there was a natural 

 spring of clear, soft water flowing out of the side of a 

 little knoll in front of the house, I dug and stoned up a 

 nice well, which is apparently inexhaustible. I added 

 a nice modern bathroom to my otherwise fairly complete 

 equipment, and now feel that I have all the comforts 

 of civilization without the conventionalities and con- 

 sequent burdens that city folk are always trying to get 

 away from. 



Believe me, it is " some " luxury to make camp at 

 night after packing a moose out of a bog, when you are 

 all covered with mud, blood and moose hair, and find 

 yourself able to take a bath in a real tub with plenty of 

 hot water. 



A supper of fried trout, broiled partridge, and roast 

 moose meat seems to taste better, the log-fire in the big 

 fireplace seems to burn brighter, and fish and moose 

 stories can be forgiven more easily after such a finish to 

 a strenuous day. 



Chapter 8. — Piscatation. 



While entertaining a party of friends about the 

 middle of October at camp, we noticed fish jumping 

 in front of the boat-house. I put a fly-rod together, 



and taking Mrs. B with me in a canoe, I handed 



her the rod and paddled out to investigate. She cast; 

 a fish struck, and after a royal fight (she was using a 

 3-J-ounce bamboo rod) I slipped the net under a white 



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