THE WOODLAND LAKE 9 



the last being seen on the 2nd October. The Indians 

 thereupon predicted that the winter would set in within a 

 day or two ; and accordingly, on the 4th, when we arose 

 in the morning the pond was found covered with a thin 

 coat of ice. 



The fish-hawks did not forsake us until a month later ; 

 for an odd bird was seen hovering about as late as 30th 

 October, at which time the lakes were frozen hard and 

 the ground covered with snow. It would seem probable, 

 therefore, that the food of these birds is not confined to 

 fish, though I never could discover them preying on 

 other animals. 



