FAREWELL TO CAMP. — EASTWARD HO! 181 



charming water and forest views, and even ^tlie chippery 

 cross-bills that were as sociable and friendly as Adam's 

 companions of the brnte creation, were all so many cords 

 to sever. The bo}', however, severed them easily enough. 

 He was the happy one of the party as we waved adieu to 

 " Stickney Camp " and swept away over the waters with 

 the strong, steady stroke of John's oars. My ej^es have 

 seen " Stickney Camp" no more; but my dreams by night 

 and b}' day, have many, manj' times re-lived the delightfLd 

 life we spent there; and I hope for one more summer rest 

 there m ith John and with not one, but with three sturdy 

 boys. 



Stopping at Jack Shepperd's Camp a few minutes we 

 replenished our stock of provisions with butter and Ber- 

 muda onions. I cannot sing the praises of this vegetable 

 too loudly as a good thing to have in camp. It fills the 

 place of a dozen other things in the ineiiii of the wilder- 

 ness. One, indeed, is entirely independent and may 

 defy famine on a lonely tramp, or driven ashore l)y storm a 

 dozen miles from camp, if he has one pocket full of crack- 

 ers, and a half-dozen Bermuda onions stowed away in 

 other pockets. 



When we reached tlie liead of Fourth Lake, (near which 

 the attractive Pratt Canq) is situat(Ml, ) John i)ushed up the 

 shallow and rapid inlet while Ned and 1 walked, only a 

 short distance, to Fifth Lake where we again took the boat. 

 This latter lake is a small and unattractive sheet of water, 

 useful, mainly, as a link in the chain. From Fifth to Sixth 

 Lake we made our tirst carry, three-quarters of a mile. 



