74 ADVENTUEES IN THE WILDERNESS. 



had been cast back into the water, as unhooked by^ 

 John. It was Saturday evening. The sun had I 

 gone down behind the western mountains, and amidli 

 the gathering shadows we sought a camp. We; 

 found one in the shape of a small bark lodge, which i 

 John himself had erected fourteen years previous, ,| 

 when, in company with an old trapper, he camped 

 one fall upon the shores of tliis lake. Kindling 

 a fire in the long-neglected fireplace, we sat down 

 to our supper under the clear sky already thickly 

 dotted with stars. From seven in the morning 

 until eidit in the eveninc^ we had been without 

 food. I have an indistinct recollection that I 

 put myself outside of eleven trout, and that John 

 managed to surround nine more. But there may 

 be an error of one or two either way, for I am under 

 the impression that my mental faculties were not 

 in the best working condition at the close of the 

 meal. John recollects distinctly that he cooked 

 twenty-one fish, and but three could be found in 

 the pan when we stopped eating, which he care- 

 fully laid aside that we might take a bite before 



going to sleep ! 



Our meal was served up in three courses. The 

 first course consisted of trout and pancakes ; the 

 second course, pancakes and trout ; the third, fish 

 and flapjacks. 



