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some marshy ground where we saw many borings 

 made by the noblest game bird on the continent, the 

 \voodcock. 



Our first day's sport resulted in the catching of a 

 fine string of one hundred and ten speckled trout and 

 a brace of woodcock. We hung the trout up on a 

 leaning tree, but during the night an otter managed to 

 get at them and ate the bodies, leaving only the heads 

 strung on the cord from which they were hanging. 



The next day we wandered off two or three miles, 

 Larkin carrying a seven barreled revolving rifle made on 

 the same principle as an ordinary revolver, while I had 

 my shotgun. About four o'clock in the afternoon, a 

 thunder-storm came on accompanied by a fierce down- 

 pour of rain. Almost simultaneously with the bursting 

 of the shower, some lumbermen, who were running to 

 their camp, hailed us and invited us to go with them 

 so as to get under shelter. We gladly accepted their 

 invitation, but when we reached the camp, we were 

 soaked through with the rain. 



The men made us welcome. We were told to take 

 oif our wet clothes and hang them up before the fire to 

 dry, and they gave us some of their own clothes to sit 

 around in while waiting for supper to be served. 

 There were thirty-four men in the crew, including 

 choppers, teamsters, cooks, etc. For the most part, 

 they were a decent-looking lot of men, free of care and 

 apparently contented with their work. The exceptions 



