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LONG LAKE — ITS APPEARANCE — RAQUETTE LAKE — TRIP 

 TO BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — DESCRIPTION OP IT — A 

 BEAUTIFUL SCENE — AWAY FROM FORKED LAKE — AN 

 OLD ACQUAINTANCE — LADIES IN THE WOODS — THEIR 

 CAMP — HOSPITALITY — DOWN THE RAQUETTE RIVER — • 

 TROUT-FISHING — OUT OF THE WOODS — DIRECTIONS TO 

 TOURISTS. 



Long Lake, July. 

 Dear H : 



You see I date from my old tramping-ground. Fol- 

 lowing a blind trail on horseback, I first reached this 

 lake in the summer of 1848. Though so long a time 

 has elapsed, the only changes visible are — a few more 

 patches of cleared land, and two or three more dwellings 

 along the shore. There is no inducement for the settler 

 to clear up more land than will furnish him with grass 

 and vegetables for his two or three cattle and his family. 

 Though land bears a mere nominal price, he can raise 



