With Gun Q^ Rod in Canada 



because it is shaped like a funnel, and the out flowing 

 waters of Lake Rossignol have to crowd through this 

 narrow passage on their way to the sea. 



We spoke a fast-moving Sponsen power canoe just off 

 Bear Island, whose owner was evidently taking advantage 

 of the unusually calm day to sport around in his pretty 

 craft. 



As we intended to try to " call " a moose at the Hopper, 

 I got the crew to set me ashore so I could get a picture 

 of our boat as it passed through the Narrows. Ken 

 stood up to watch for rocks while Joe steered. With a 

 four-mile current to help and her own modest speed of 

 eight miles per hour, the dory swept through in grand 

 style and rounded to in the cove back of the high rock 

 on the west shore, from which place we were going to 

 " call." 



After landing Joe took the lead with his birch-bark 

 moose call in hand. He headed for the top of the cliff. 

 Ken snapped us and remarked that we looked like a bunch 

 of elephant-hunters in an African jungle. Joe imitated 

 the whine of a cow moose perhaps five times during the 

 next hour. Though it was calm and we could see and 

 hear a long way off in every direction, no philandering 

 old bull showed up that day. 



Ken and the Missus tried for a few trout from the canoe, 

 and gave me another opportunity for a picture. A canoe 

 is certainly a pretty and convenient tender when cruising 

 on inland waters, and also makes a fairly safe lifeboat 

 in an emergency, provided it is properly handled. It is 

 a cranky thing to tow unless loaded in the stern or rigged 

 with a ring low down on the stem, or with a " bridle," 

 as shown in one of the pictures. When rigged this way 

 it will tow in quite a rough sea or wind without tipping 

 over. 



Passing through the long paradoxical crooked " Straits," 



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