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woodsman and his youthful assistant. They were in the 

 woods nearly three months, without the protection of even 

 a canoe, tent, or any other shelter, during that portion of 

 the time in which they were engaged in transporting 

 their provisions and traps to the new field of labor. 

 Having reached their destination they then erected huts, 

 which they occupied as long as they remained. 



Let us now return to our camp-life on the Lake of the 

 Bays, from which we have wandered so far while speaking 

 of Dr. Pokorney's son. We have already described the 

 deer-hunt that occurred immediately after Dr. Pokorney 

 joined our party, and in addition to this we have incident- 

 ally mentioned the fact that on the following day we en- 

 gaged again in the same sport, which was continued day 

 after day for more than a week with varying success, 

 after the departure of John and his assistants. I cannot at 

 this moment recall the number of animals killed, or the 

 particulars of each chase, and even were I able to do so 

 it would certainly be somewhat monotonous to the reader. 



When the time came for us to start homeward, it was 

 suggested by Dr. Pokorney that it would be more con- 

 venient for us to leave by the way of Huntsville than to 

 retrace our steps to Baysville ; and consequently we 

 started from this lake on which we had spent a very 

 pleasant time in the company of our guides. 



We were compelled to portage our canoes and luggage 

 from Lake of the Bays to Peninsula Lake, but we readily 

 passed from the latter by its outlet to Fairy Lake and 

 down this lake to Huntsville, where we parted with Dr. 

 Pokorney and his colored assistants. 



