! 7 8 THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



when we moved out, and have not yet made their appear- 

 ance. The following day was spent on the portage. The 

 captain returned in the morning to the old camp on Long 

 Lake, and there found the missing dogs, which he immed- 

 iately brought forward. George Ross commenced at an 

 early hour to carry forward our luggage to the next lake. 

 The following night found us encamped on the portage 

 leading from Upper Long Lake to Sugar-Bush Lake. I am 

 aware of the fact that having written much of Long Lake, 

 it is unfortunate to be compelled to write of another lake as 

 Upper Long Lake, but this condition of things seems un- 

 avoidable, since these names are the only ones which have 

 heretofore been applied to these bodies of water. It was 

 eight days after our departure from the camp on Long 

 Lake, where we had prepared our venison and made every- 

 thing ready for the grand moose-hunt, before we really 

 started out on the long-contemplated reconnoissance. This 

 time was not, however, spent in complete idleness. The 

 reader will remember that we started from Long Lake on 

 the morning of the 1 5th of October, and that we reached 

 our camping-ground, which is on the portage between Upper 

 Long Lake and Sugar-Bush Lake, on the evening of the 

 1 6th, thus having consumed two days in travelling towards 

 the moose country. This camp is situated about ten rods 

 from Upper Long Lake and a half-mile from Sugar-Bush 

 Lake. While the guides were clearing the ground which 

 we had selected for our tent, they discovered a considerable 

 number of modern Indian relics. This discovery led them 

 to look about the spot more carefully, and a few minutes' 

 observation was sufficient to satisfy the whole party that 



