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I could not yet see the objects which were immediately 

 about him, said, " I am standing on a recently-constructed 

 beaver-dam, while the beaver-house, not yet fully com- 

 pleted, is situated very near." 



I finally succeeded in reaching the spot where my pho- 

 tographer was standing, learned that he had been there 

 two or three hours, that the bird-dogs had been in his 

 company a considerable portion of this time, having evi- 

 dently followed the deer which I had seen on the top of 

 the mountain into this vicinity. Mr. Mildenberger was 

 evidently greatly interested in the labors of this animal, 

 and while contemplating it had forgotten the lake. He 

 failed to give me any information in regard to the route 

 by which he had reached his present situation. It was, 

 therefore, necessary to follow the brook down to the lake,, 

 which feat was successfully accomplished ; in fact, the task 

 was not very difficult when we had succeeded in getting 

 below the dam, where the stream once more possessed its 

 natural boundaries, although its course led us through a 

 very dense growth of alders and other swamp vegetation. 



The lake was reached soon after sunset, and the firing 

 of a few signal-guns brought the guides with the canoes 

 promptly to us on the shore, where we had already built a 

 fire for the purpose of revealing our whereabouts. 



There occurred on Tuesday, October 10, while we were 

 encamped on Long Lake, one of the most exciting events 

 of our sojourn in the forest, although it was only fortunate 

 in its happy termination. Captain Ross and the photog- 

 rapher started this morning into the woods, the former 

 for the purpose of starting a deer, while the latter was 



