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and carried it to a poor widow who lived several miles 

 from the camp. He also sent for other settlers, who ap- 

 peared and carried away all our surplus game. Conse- 

 quently, on the morning of the 6th, we were ready to 

 strike our tents and move forward to new fields of sport. 



There had been a thunder-storm during the night 

 prior to our departure, but the morning was clear, with a 

 strong breeze. We broke camp about 8.20 A.M. and went 

 to the head of Grass Lake, en route for Long Lake, reach- 

 ing the latter point at one o'clock, having crossed three 

 small lakes and four short portages. We dined at the 

 foot of this lake, and after dinner paddled up to the head 

 of the same, where we encamped. Our camp is very 

 pleasantly situated in a dense forest, but also quite near 

 the lake-shore. During the afternoon the captain and 

 myself took a stroll about a beaver-dam at the head of 

 the lake in search of beaver. We succeeded in finding 

 one family here. We also trolled a portion of the time 

 that we were absent from camp, and caught six fine lake- 

 trout. 



We are now in the virgin forest, where the lumberman 

 has not destroyed its original beauty by the removal of a 

 single pine-tree. Here we see nature in all her wildness 

 and enchanting beauty. Here the landscape is clothed in 

 nature's robes of green during the spring and summer 

 months, dotted here and there with her silvery lakes and 

 rivers, while in autumn she adds to these charming colors 

 her lovely golden tints. 



The lover of nature cannot resist the grandeur, the 

 enchanting beauty, and overwhelming sense of his obliga- 



