THE LAUEENTIDES PARK 



rifle was pressed into his hand with an 

 urgent request to fire. "No, I have a 

 moose and don't want another; give me 

 the camera," and he actually succeeded 

 in "snapping" the dazed creature twice, 

 at a range of thirty feet. 



If one were to assert that there are 

 fifteen hundred lakes in the Park there 

 is none that could gainsay him, and rea- 

 soning from the known to the unknown 

 this does not appear to be a very extra- 

 vagant estimate. Of course many of 

 these are mere ponds and beaver dams, 

 but there are not a few of six or eight 

 miles in length, upon which it is wise to 

 be very cautions in anything but the 

 most settled weather. Squalls drop from 

 the mountain-tops with sudden aston- 

 ishing violence; the "old hand" skirt- 

 ing the shore and taking no chances 

 often makes a quicker crossing than he 

 who ventures on the direct line. 



Very few of these lakes do not carry 

 trout, and in addition to trout at least 



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