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carrying-places— that's all." To complete my discom- 

 fiture, and give the finishing touch to this stage-load of 

 plunder, out came Sam's huge tent, stowed away in an 

 immense bag. When I looked on all this piled on the 



shore, I became reconciled to F 's arrangement for a 



guide and a boat to each of us. Two boats and two 



guides were sufficient, but F had been persuaded 



by a lazy guide into this arrangement against my wishes, 

 as the best that could be made. My other companion, 

 u the Lord High Constable," as we called him, in the 

 free-and-easy spirit which always characterized him, did 

 not " stand upon the order of (our) going," so that we 

 went. 



Saluted with waving of hats, we at length pushed 

 from shore and swept down the lake, which order was 

 to be reversed in four miles, when the same course 

 would carry us up the lake. The wind was dead 

 ahead, and against it and the waves together it was slow 

 pulling, but our oarsmen kept steadily at work, and as 

 we passed island after island, beguiled the way with 

 hunting-stories, which always have a charm in the 

 woods. As we skirted one island, Chet, the guide, 

 pointed to a loose log that lay against the shore, and 

 said : " Do you see that log ? Well, last spring, as Mar- 



