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the same with our canoes to the shore, where it was ac- 

 cessible to the approach of the wagon. Therefore there 

 had been no important delay after the arrival of the team 

 at the lake. The homeward journey was promptly begun, 

 and the tent which we left standing by the roadside in the 

 morning was gathered up by them when they reached this 

 point, after which they proceeded onward to the village of 

 Maganetawan. 



The guides remained with us about two hours after 

 their arrival, and assisted us in repacking our baggage 

 after we had exchanged our hunting-suits for those in 

 which we were to travel. It may be here added for the 

 benefit, of those readers who are unacquainted in the vil- 

 lage of Maganetawan, that it was found impossible to 

 obtain the luxury of a bath-tub, and it was only after a 

 long and diligent search that I found a citizen who was 

 willing to undertake the task of shaving my face, since 

 barbers and barber-shops, are still unknown in this primi- 

 tive settlement. 



Having completed the arrangements for our departure 

 from this village on the following morning at an early hour, 

 we retired to our room for sleep at about ten o'clock in the 

 evening. We were aroused from our slumbers. by a hotel 

 servant about three o'clock the next morning ; promptly 

 donned our clothing and soon appeared at the foot of the 

 stairs, where we met the man who had called us, and who 

 then informed us that he was in readiness to conduct us 

 to the steamboat which was to convey us to Burk's Falls. 

 He then placed our baggage on an ordinary wheelbarrow, 

 seized the handles, and moved forwards towards the steam- 



