A BREAKFAST WELL EARNED. 105 



strength and vitality to which I have been a stranger 

 for six months. 



I shall remain here a few days, and then start for 

 the lake region — ^the only land route to which is a 

 rude road ending at Long Lake. The Adirondack 

 chain subsides away there into more regular ridges — it 

 is, however, wilder than the region I have left, and 

 we shall have to rely for food on what we ourselves 

 can catch and kill. 



Yours truly, 



