We reached DanTs in time for a late 

 luncheon and were none the worse for 

 our exploit. While we were on our look- 

 out mountain we recognized several lakes 

 and ponds and learned that Plum Pond 

 was a long way from Muskrat City and 

 to the south of it. Also, while there, on 

 a piece of birch bark we made a topo- 

 graphical map of the region in view and 

 laid out a new route to Muskrat City. 

 This route was not a direct bee-line. It 

 was circuitous, but it would avoid the 

 swamps, the deep valleys and the steep 

 ridges, and also would enter the city fol- 

 lowing up along the brook. 



Having gone out to our headquarters 

 on the lake for fresh supplies, a week 

 later we made another trip to Muskrat 

 City. This time we carried a small tent, 

 an axe and food to last a week. While 

 there we built a log lean-to camp. It was 

 placed on a shelf, or narrow level space 

 on the steep hillside, about seventy feet 

 above the bottom of the valley. The 

 shelf was just wide enough for our build- 



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