XXXVIL 



OUTFIT FOR THE WOODS — A BEAR AND PANTHER 

 SWIMMING THE LAKE — OUT OF SARANAC — ROUND 

 LAKE — OVER THE RAPIDS — BARTLETT's. 



Eound Lake, Bartlett's, July. . 

 Dear H : 



We are finally off for a camping time. To-day, after 

 dinner, the wind shifted, and here and there a patch of 

 blue sky appearing, we determined to push on twelve 

 miles to Bartlett's, another excellent house for sports- 

 men, where good beds, good table, good rooms, and 

 every attention you desire can be obtained. 



The outfit Martin gave us rather surprised me. It is 

 some twelve years since I was in these woods, and 1 was 

 not prepared for the march of civilization. Then I went 

 in on horseback along a wood road, following it a day 

 and a half until it disappeared at the edge of Long Lake, 

 across which we had to swim our horses, five in number, 

 to a solitary clearing. Now you can reach several 

 points in this wilderness by very passable roads. Then 



