CHAPTER XY. 



WluMi the sun caiiu' up, fresh and vio-orous, the next 

 morninu'. tioeks of eross-lnlls, more luunerous than tlie spar- 

 rows in our eastern cities, fluttered and (Uirted about 

 our eanip. Tiie whir of their swift winii's, and the 

 ehiteh of tlieir tiny claws on our l)ark-roof, woke us up. 

 Tliey were very inipiisitive and tearless, and became great 

 pets with us; although, each morning, somebody was dis- 

 posed to anathematize them for disturl)ing our morning 

 slumbers. They are such bright, cheerful and sociable 

 littli' fellows, — chippering their quick, sharp notes through 

 their cross twisted bills,— that I have become very fond of 

 them, in these excursions in the wilderness, and have come 

 to feel that they aie an essential part of the accompani- 

 ments of a well regulated camj). 



After breakfast Ave l)egan to lookalxmt our surroundings 

 and make our plans for the day. The " Syracuse Party," 

 who.se hospilalities, so far as shelter was concerned, we 

 were enjoying, had an eye to the picturesque in selecting 

 their camping ground. In the midst of the sloping clear- 

 ing of two or three acres, — made to avoid falling trees and 

 to escai)e the mosquitoes whose delight is damp and .shady 

 places among trees and shrubs,— they had erected the two 



