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Camps and Tramps About Ktaadn. 



hills, bounded on the south-western horizon by the grand group of 

 the White Mountains, and interspersed everywhere with innumerable 

 shining lakes — Moosehead in the far distance, Chesuncook, a river 

 expansion, Millinocket with its hundred islands ; and on the other 

 side, our own little Ktaadn Lake, and Mount Turner and the Traveler 

 looking so small from our towering height. 



The night of the 20th was a memorable one. Don Gifaro, 

 Rubens, and De Woods were to leave us next morning, and we 

 sat up talking over our adventures, and promising ourselves many 

 happy returns, till the unprecedentedly late hour of ten o'clock. 



The remaining days of our camping, although we could not get 

 used to the vacant seats, were full of pleasant incidents. La Rose 

 kept our table loaded with splendid fish, and Don Cathedra and I 

 sketched from morning till night, producing some of our finest studies. 

 The Don manipulated the brush and the palette, to be sure, but as I 

 held the umbrella and generally supervised the work, I feel justified 

 in the foregoing use of the pronoun. The aspects of the mountain 

 were now surprisingly various and beautiful. Our equinoctial storm 

 was chiefly a wind storm. One day it drove the Great Basin all full 

 of clouds, and they poured out of the apex like steam out of a vol- 

 cano ; and when they were luridly lighted by the setting sun, the 

 scene was extremely wild and gorgeous. 



And so, day after day, the mountain and the forest grew more 

 beautiful. But the end must come; and on the 25th, with great 

 reluctance, we broke camp and started back to Sherman en route for 

 home. 



Our supplies for 11 men (6 excursionists and 5 guides) 16 days, 

 and 5 men 5 days,= 1 man, 201 days, were: 



Rice 5 pounds. 



Butter 5 " 



Raisins 5 " 



Bread powders 3 " 



Tea 9 " 



Canned meat 7 " 



Lemons 8 " 



Sundry preserves, etc .... 5 " 



Fish, mostly trout (estimated) .100 " 



Game 10 " 



Total 813 pounds. 



