A TALE OF THE GEAND JARDIN 



through the ice, in the morning were 

 found broken. Trying again, with the 

 heaviest gear, his tackle was smashed as 

 easily. Heaven knows what the lake 

 holds ; nothing came to my fly but half 

 a dozen ink-black trout a few inches 

 long. 



" Very little over a hundred years ago 

 it was firmly believed that an active vol- 

 cano existed not far from here, and this 

 lake, at the very summit of one of the 

 hills to the northwest of us, fills to the 

 brim what looks like an old crater. 



"The good fellows who were with me 

 did not seem to like this fancy of mine 

 to push to the source of the stream, but 

 I cannot say whether this was due to the 

 uncanny reputation of the place, or to 

 the fact that we had nothing but Du- 

 chene's vague description, and the flow 

 of the water to guide us. It was a heavy 

 task to get a canoe up to the lake 

 through that difficult country, and it is 

 very safe to say that mine was the first 



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