P10NEJZ.R HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 trees. As good luck v/ould have it, it was a 

 warm, sunny day in the middle of October and 

 the bees worked on bait nicely- Sawyer took 

 them through the swamp, over ridges and 

 showed them his stock of bee trees. The bees 

 were working strong, going in and out of the 

 trees, indicating a strong swarm. Sounding the 

 trees with the pole of an axe gave them some 

 idea as to the hoilov/ th^it the tree might con- 

 tain. After exainininf;^ the trees, me party re- 

 turned to the cabin late in the afternoon— tired, 

 wet and ihungry, The trapper who was shanty- 

 ing with him had a kettle of stewed duck, boiled 

 potatoes, bread, butter and coffee, which made 

 a fairly good supper. Sawyer asked them, three 

 dollars and fifty cents a tree and shov/ed them 

 the honey that he took out or a tree that lie cuL 

 lie said he had soki six dollars' worth of honey 

 and if they doubted his statement they could ask 

 fAr. Smiith. the man who helped him cut the tree 

 and take the honey out. The settlers hesitated 

 for av/hile, but finally said they would give him 



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