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Lake. This region abounds in beautiful 

 lakes, where there is fine fishing and hunt- 

 ing. In the morning I fished Shelburne 

 river, but the water was very high, so there 

 were few fish. The wind was high, and 

 there was no calling for moose, so we gave 

 up for the night, which was very cold, mak- 

 ing frost and ice. Next morning we started 

 for Irving Lake, some miles distant, but 

 there was no show for moose, with the wind 

 blowing great gales, so we went down Shel- 

 burne river to Sandy Lake, which took five 

 hours. Here fishing was good and the 

 scenery delightful. However, our object 

 was not yet achieved, and once more we 

 returned to Irving Lake, arriving late in the 

 afternoon, very tired ; but the wind had gone 

 down, the air was perfectly still, and David 

 said that this was the time. He made a 

 horn of birch, and uttered a low, plaintive 

 cry, and to our great delight a moose an- 

 swered our first call, and came slowly up. 



