The Halcyon in Canada. 



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OM I UK WAY TO TIIK KIVKK. 



the still water that forms the stem of the lake, and presently saw the 

 arms of the wilderness open and the long, deep-blue expanse in their 

 embrace. We rested and bathed, and gladdened our eyes with the 

 angularly beautiful prospect. The shadows of summer clouds were 

 slowly creeping up and down th< sides of the mountains that hemmed 

 it in. On the far eastern shore, near the head, banks of what was 



