38 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



*' Hiirdnian " — Avhicli is employed in carrying 

 stores to the various hniiber camps on the lake 

 shore, and which bore us forthwith across 

 Lake Kippe^va, and then through Hunter's 

 Lake to an old abandoned landing stage, 

 distant about a mile and a half from Lake 

 Bois Franc. 



The passage through the various sheets of 

 water known collectively as Lake Kippewa, all 

 of which are studded with innumerable islands, 

 amongst which the steamer threads its way 

 often through very narrow channels, Avould 

 have been a most interesting experience had 

 the weather been bright and fine, with the sun 

 sliining on the forests with which every island 

 on the lake, and every portion of the mainland 

 that was visible, is covered. Forests in wliicli 

 the dark-foliaged spruce and balsam are inter- 

 mingled with the maple, and birch, whose 

 leaves were now all glorious with the rich and 

 varied tints which mark the advent of the 

 Indian summer. But the sky was dull and 

 threatening, and entirely obscured with rain- 

 charged clouds, which hung low over land and 



