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all. my means of knowledge on the subject, and those 

 who may come after me, must take the risk of my 

 being mistaken. 



About half of a mile or more from the head of 

 the lake is an island, containing, I should judge, 

 about one hundred and fifty acres. It was covered 

 with trees and underbrush, like the forest on the main 

 land. We landed on this island, and found no diffi- 

 culty in procuring fish for breakfast. 



" Now, Squire, I'll show you one of the knowing 

 ways of Shack," said my guide, "and some good 

 sport into the bargain. I educated that dog myself, 

 for the woods, and so long as he's with me, he ain't to 

 be beat. You see he don't start off, after everything 

 he sees, as a green one would do, and as he did, when 

 I first took him with me into the woods to larn him 

 his A B C's. He travels along with us, steady and 

 regular as we go ourselves, doin' what he's bid, and 

 no more. He listens to what we say, and I'm blamed 

 if I don't believe he's a notion of the meanin' of my 

 huntin' stories, when I tell 'em to you. He's an ex- 

 ample of what trainin' from a kind master, will make 

 of an honest dog, and what improvement the animal 

 can attain to." He called his dog, and going a few 



