98 FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



in getting the "old woman wood" for our 

 ladies, much to their amusement. The 

 home of the guides is Lewy's Island, 

 where their occupation is canoe-building 

 and basket-making. Joe is an artist, as the 

 pictures of our party drawn on birch-bark 

 and presented to the ladies on our departure 

 can testify. 



On Monday our guides proposed a trip to 

 Bear Mountain, and we assented. As we 

 looked across the lake at the rocky sides 

 rising so abruptly, Joe said no white woman 

 had ever been up there. Taking a guide in 

 each canoe, we soon were paddled across 

 the lake. The canoes were drawn up on 

 the bank, and we began the climb, and steep 

 * and straight the precipice proved to be ; 

 but with two hours of hard work we reached 

 the summit, and were repaid a hundred times 

 for the labor. Such an extended view ! A 

 tree that obstructed a fine view of Grand 

 Lake was soon felled by Joe, who was ever 



