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seems filled with them, and their attacks are, if possible, more persistent 

 than those of the mosquitoes ; and we are bled at every pore, so that the 

 face becomes one mass of gore. To-night, after a delightful day, we 

 camp beneath the clear blue sky, while the shimmering light of the moon 

 through the trees gives a dreamy aspect to the scene ; and, reclining on 

 our elastic bed of boughs of fir, we need no somnific portion to bring sleep 

 and repose. But again, another night, thoroughly saturated, we seek 

 a camping-place, while the rain still pours in torrents. Stretching our 

 shelter-tent, we kindle a fire with the bark of the birch trees, and, in the 

 drenching rain, cut wood for our camp-fire. Then, retiring within our 

 shelter, we steam until we are dry. So, day by day, the experience is 

 ever new ; but at no time is it an easy task to travel through the unbroken 

 forests. 



Water-sheds. 



Along the water-shed that separates the head waters of the Connecti- 

 cut and Magalloway from those of the St. Lawrence, runs the boundary 

 line between New Hampshire and Quebec province. Although its gen- 

 eral direction from Crown monument to the head of Hall's stream is a 

 little south of west, yet so crooked is it that in its course it runs towards 

 nearly every point of compass, making the distance nearly twice as great 

 as it is in a direct line between these points. 



At Crown monument the height of the water-shed is 2,568 feet. It 

 descends gently for a short distance as we go west, but soon rises again, 

 until, near Lake Magalloway, it has an elevation of 2,812 feet. The sum- 

 mit of the ridge here is 587 feet above the lake just mentioned. Then 

 north-west of the lake there is quite a gap, but it soon rises again into a 

 mountain ridge. But two miles west of the lake is another depression : 

 in this rises the most north-westerly branch of the Magalloway. West of 

 this the ridge rises again, and forms a mountain range which extends 

 west two miles to the gap near Third lake. Extending south from this 

 height of land is the water-shed between the Connecticut and Magallo- 

 way. The gap at Third lake has a height of 2,146 feet. Then there is 

 a slight rise, and again a depression of about the same height as the last. 

 Then the water-shed rises again to the summit of Mt. Prospect, to an 

 elevation of 2,629 feet. It then descends, but continues with varying 



