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on his way home. George and his father went home, and 

 we pitched our camp on the shores of the lake. Got milk 

 from Averill's. The captain went in search of another 

 guide. As we were coming down the lake in the canoes, 

 which were loaded to the gunwale, one of the dogs under- 

 took to jump out and come to our canoe, nearly upsetting 

 the one containing the Governor. However, nothing more 

 serious resulted than the shipping of some water and the 

 severe fright to our friend. 



Captain Ross now went home, and Dr. W. and myself 

 were alone. 



Saturday, 23^. The captain came to the camp about 

 ten o'clock, accompanied by Bob Noble, who was to go 

 with us as the second guide. We ate dinner and started 

 up the lake for Maganetawan in a canoe, and reached there 

 in the evening. Camped a little above the falls, near a saw- 

 mill. Visited Clark, and was invited by him to rest there 

 that night. Remembering the experience that we had 

 under his roof on our first night at Maganetawan, we 

 replied that he evidently had too many to accommodate 

 already, and only took our supper there. This evening 

 the boy, John McCarthy, begged so hard to accompany us 

 that we finally consented, and a happy boy he was. I 

 think he slept but little that night. He is fourteen years 

 of age, and his whole delight is in fishing. He has never 

 been out on an expedition before. 



Sunday, 24^. After breakfast at Clark's we started 

 for Burk s Falls, a distance of twenty miles. The morn- 

 ing was fair, but shortly after starting it commenced to 

 rain, and continued all day. We stopped at twelve for 



