240 THE ADIRONDACK. 



There are no islands upon it, but a long green pro- 

 montory almost cuts it in two, from which you get an 

 entrancinsT view of the whole lake. 



My friend B n, with a hunter, had great sport 



here one day. He did not fish over an hour, and yet 

 in that short time, took a hundred and twenty pounds 

 of trout, and left them biting as sharp and fast as 

 when he began. Groing back through the lake to- 

 wards Brown's tract, two moose with their broad- 

 spreading horns and huge black forms, were seen 

 standing on the shore. They can see to an astonishing 

 distance ; and at the first glimpse of the boat, they 

 wheeled into the woods and made off*. One, however, 

 was killed the next day. Deer were stumbled on al- 

 most every half mile. B n said he counted six, 



two of which the rifle of the hunter fetched down. A 

 deer seems unable to measure distance correctly on 

 the water, or else reasons very poorly on what he sees : 

 for if a man will approach noiselessly and without 

 changing his posture, he can often, in broad daylight, 

 get within fair shooting range. 



To strike through the woods, it is only about five 

 miles from the head of this lake to " Brown's tract," 

 as it is called, where the signs of civilized life first ap- 



