ness was further enhanced at this time by the weird call 

 of the loon, or a sudden startled movement at the wa- 

 ter's edge as a deer darted back into the brush. The 

 park also contains a thriving herd of elk and many 

 colonies of beaver. We were quite fascinated in ob- 

 serving the dams and houses built by the latter won- 

 derful little animals, as well as the large size of the 

 popple trees they had cut down and hoarded for their 

 winter food supply. A source of no little interest also 

 was the eagle's nest, located, as one would expect, in 

 the topmost branch of what I am sure is the tallest, 

 deadest tree in the entire park. 



The park trails lend themselves to an infinite variety 

 of charming rambles, and one day we accompanied the 

 foresters on a trip into the deeper woods, the object 

 being to assemble the finishing touches for the Forest 

 Service fair exhibit. We made a landing at the other 

 end of the lake and followed the Bohall trail to the 

 Middle West cabin, one of a number of little log cabins 

 built in the heart of the woods for the convenience of 

 fieldmen. Along city highways with the thermometer 

 hovering around ninety in the shade, this ' ' hike ' ' would 

 most assuredly have been considered somewhat too 

 much of a good thing; but with a carpet of resilient 

 pine needles underfoot, an archery of shade enfold- 

 ing us, and the air fragrant with the pungent odors of 

 pine and balsam, we were not at all conscious of feel- 

 ing tired. The cabin is on the edge of a clearing near 

 the park boundary and, we were very much interested 

 to learn, hardly half a mile from a large lumber camp 

 that had been in active operation the previous winter. 



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