With a Kodak 231 



and slowly turning round, she retreated into 

 the timber out of our view. 



Down the sluggish current, as smooth as 

 glass, we proceeded, passing countless lilies — 

 the reflection of the trees in the water as 

 the\^ towered high above on either side mak- 

 ing an impression upon the mind long to be 

 remembered. 



Returning about an hour afterwards, just 

 as we re-entered the pond, there on the western 

 side of the water, we could see two moose feed- 

 ing, one of which, however, soon took to cover. 

 The other, a cow, continued to feed, seemingh'^ 

 totally unconscious of us. Taking the wind- 

 ward side with the shadow of the boat and its 

 occupants away from the moose, the guide in 

 the stern with paddle in hand sent the frail 

 craft many feet nearer the quarry with every 

 stroke; and the little whirlpools made bj^ the 

 paddle could be seen one after another at 

 regular intervals as they diminished to nothing 

 in the boat's ripples in the distance. 



Occasionally the moose would look up after 

 diving her head into the water for a sweet mor- 

 sel of lily-pads, with which in her mouth she 



