24 HILLS AND LAKES. 



and there shoots out a hundred tendrils all round, at 

 the end of each one having a great round leaf. From 

 each of these great stems, the leaves thus arranged, 

 and connected with it by the small tendrils, spread 

 over a surface of four or six feet in diameter. It is 

 upon these large stems that the deer feed. They 

 manage to loosen them in some way from the bottom, 

 and feed upon them as they float upon the surface. 

 We could hear them stamping in the water, and the 

 grating sound of their teeth, as they bit into the stems 

 of the pond-lilies. Every few rods, double lights 

 would glisten before us, and strange to say, the stupid 

 beasts would stand until the canoe approached within 

 six feet of them, gazing in apparent amazement at the 

 strange light that was advancing upon them, but when 

 we looked out from the shadow and showed them our 

 faces, Lord ! how they would snort and run. We had 

 no occasion for venison, and we did them no harm 

 that night. In the morning we packed up again, and 

 dove deeper into the forest. We struck for the Cha- 

 eaugay (called Shatagee) Lakes, and about ten o'clock 

 came to the head of the Upper Lake. This lake is 

 often visited by sportsmen in the summer months, and 

 has as often, almost been described. It is rarely, how- 



