XXXV. 



THE LOWER SARANAO — WEATHER - BOUND — BOY 

 DROWNED — DEMOCRATIC GUIDES — AN ORIGINAL — 

 SAM'S IDEAS OF BOSTONIANS — BEST WAY OF CAMP- 

 ING OUT — PLEASANT ACQUAINTANCES — ARRIVAL OF 

 A CAMPING PARTY OF LADIES — THEIR APPEARANCE. 



Lower Saranac, July 11th. 



Dear H- 



I AM house-bound by a cold rain. The morning we 

 left Scott's was anything but promising, but as we 

 descended to the Au Sable river the sun came out warm 

 and bright again. Coming to a blacksmith's shop, we 

 stopped to repair our broken wagon. While this was 

 doing, I rigged my rod and tried the Au Sable. The 

 stream was low and the sun bright, so that if there were 

 any large trout in the pools they would not have made 

 themselves visible, but the small ones were everywhere. 

 I believe in two hours I could have caught more than I 

 could have carried. 



