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joyed paddling across in the light canoes. 

 We varied the pleasure by making a call 

 upon the Indian settlement on White Island, 

 where we found a church and some other 

 signs of civilization among the inhabitants. 

 Most of the women were engaged in basket- 

 making, and were very expert. We left or- 

 ders for some baskets to be ready when we 

 should return. The men were mostly busy in 

 the woods cutting knees for boats, for which 

 there is quite a demand. Those we saw at 

 home were building canoes, and afforded us 

 an opportunity of examining the process, 

 which is ingenious enough. We arrived at 

 the foot of Grand Lake Stream at three 

 o'clock, where we found a farm owned by a 

 Mr. Gould, whom we hired to carry our bag- 

 gage across the three-mile carry. The road 

 was very rough, but his horse seemed to 

 know every rock and stump, and at five 

 o'clock our baggage was on the ground near 

 the dam. We selected a good location for 



