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We struck across to an island, some half a mile 

 from the shore, where we breakfasted upon young 

 pigeons, broiled upon the coals. They were very fat 

 and tender, and constituted a pleasant change from 

 fish and venison, which, if the truth must be told, 

 were becoming somewhat stale to us. This island 

 contains from one to two hundred acres. We started 

 Shack after a deer, which he coursed round the island, 

 but, having seen that it was a doe, that might have 

 had a fawn hid away among the bushes, we called off 

 the dog. She had, however, a sharp heat, for Shack 

 pushed her mighty hard from the word " go." 



Tupper's Lake is the next largest one to the Upper 

 Saranac, in this region of country. It may cover 

 possibly as many acres, for it seems to be wider, but 

 it is not so long, I should judge, by some three miles. 

 It is impossible to describe to you this beautiful sheet 

 of water. There are so many objects of interest, so 

 much that is wild and romantic, so much that the eye 

 loves to dwell upon, that it must be seen to be appre- 

 ciated. As you enter the lake from the outlet, a 

 precipice of solid rock rises on the right to the height 

 of some fifty or seventy feet, the top of which is level 

 and bare. Pleasant little bays steal around behind 



