CONTENTS. Vll 



Page. 



hoof" — A promise kept — John — "Going in" — Our 

 outfit — On the march — Arnokl's — "Old Forge" — 

 College boys — Their stor}^ — Up the river — "Stickney 

 Camp, of blessed memory" 159 



Chapter XVIIT. — A morning call — John a "good pro- 

 vider" — Baiting the buoys — Fishing — A broken rod 

 and a sad heart — A Sunday on Bald .Mountain — 

 What we saw — A bonanza — A palpable hit — Excur- 

 sions to South Branch and North Branch 171 



Chapter XIX. — INIigratory impulse and Ned's teasing 

 — A delicate matter — Awaiting John's verdict — 

 Farewell to camp — Eastward, Ho! — Onions — Heavy 

 loads over the carry — Seventh Lake — A good 

 camp site — The lad's cup full — Neighbors — Oif for 

 Raquette Lake — A word for ' 'John Brown's Tract" . . 179 



Chapter XX. — The carry of evil renown — The lost 

 pipe — Brown's Tract Inlet — Raquette Lake — Our 

 camp at "AVood's Place" — Rest for the weary 187 



Chapter XXI. — South Inlet — The clerk— Hathorn's 

 Camp — Forked Lake — Steam and smoke — Wind and 

 waves — Bass-fishing by moonlight — Camp among 

 the birches — Camp views — Old Alvah Dunning — 

 "U. S. Mail!" — Camp robbed — The professional 

 camp 192 



Chapter XXII. — Storm at night — Loose tent-peg — 

 "Muling it out" — Folded tent— To Blue Mountain 

 Lake — Rivers and lakes — Holland's — Ned— John_-_ 201 



Chapter XXIII. — Farewell to John — Up Blue ]\Ioun- 

 tain, and sights from its top — Descent — Packing — 

 Wakely — Outward b}^ buck-board — North river — 

 Saratoga and a sleeping-car 207 



THE OSWEGATCHIE WATERS. 



Chapter XXIV. — The conspirators — Off for Cran- 

 berry Lake — The 'Squire lost — Clarksboro — Inm 

 Works — Captain and Senator go a-fishing in a cockle- 

 shell — Morning ride to the lake — Reach camp — 

 What the dam does 215 



Chapter XXV. — Captain's morning call — "Up and 

 dressed" — Guides — Food problem — Brandy Brook — 

 The Senator "yanks" — The Mayor's victory 223 



