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as it was more heavily laden than ours, we had to 
back, which took a long time. At last we moved 
on and during the afternoon reached the north end 
of the lake, which was the apex of the triangle, and 
into which a stream from Upper Payette Lake 
flowed. 
All the way along the lake the scenery had been 
beautiful, but towards the end it was at its best. 
Many mountain ash bushes with bright leaves and 
scarlet berries fringed the water by the side of the 
road, and sky and water being blue, the effect can 
be imagined. Near the mouth of the river was a 
small rocky island, over which a pair of ospreys 
circled, and upon which, no doubt, at another sea- 
son their nest could be found. Our trail now led 
us into the forest again, but close to the stream. 
This we followed to Upper Payette Lake, arriving 
there as night was coming on and half an hour 
before the outfit. 
We unsaddled at a suitable camping place, and 
presently the others appeared; all three being in 
the wagon, and driving past us as though they had 
never seen us before, so saddling, we followed. 
The upper lake is about a mile long, and we had 
thought of camping at the south end, which was 
picturesque, but the outfit preferred the north 
end, as there was a road house there where they 
were well-known. However, they explained to us 
that there the horses could be put in a pasture for 
the night and easily caught in the morning, whereas 
at the lower end, they should have had to turn 
them out, and find them in the morning, so we 
