78 Reminiscences of 



Being but a few miles from a logging camp,we had the 

 buck afterwards dragged out by the camp tote-sled, 

 and on to the Megalloway settlement to take back 

 with us, and its weight dressed up was one hundred 

 and eighty-seven pounds. 



Upon another occasion I killed with the same 

 knife a still larger buck which came suddenly upon 

 me in the snow when wounded. The conflict was 

 brief, although several thrusts were required, and 

 I escaped with but few bruises. 



We pushed on for Parmachene Lake at the head- 

 waters of the Androscoggin area of drainage, be- 

 ing situated near the Canada line twenty-five miles 

 from the Megalloway River settlement, passing nearly 

 two weeks on this my first snowshoe excursion to 

 that region, which I was so much delighted with 

 that I made four more excursions to the same region 

 in the following winters with the same guide, meeting 

 with many adventures and minor experiences too 

 numerous to give much mention of at this time. 

 These were made in the months of February and 

 March, when the snow was from four to seven feet 

 deep on the level, and when the conditions were favor- 

 able for securing large game. 



The method of camping out was very simple, and 

 consisted of breaking up primarily the snow crust 

 over a space of ten feet by seven, in a sheltered place 

 where firewood was favorable, and then shovelling out 

 the loose snow with snowshoes to within a foot or two 

 of the bottom. Then a good mattress of hemlock 

 boughs is laid upon the soft bottom snow, and a supply 

 of dry pine and green birch or maple wood secured 



