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and reverberating along the rocky shore. Lake 

 Superior takes a heavy toll of life, and the bodies 

 of its victims have been so rarely recovered that 

 it has gained for itself the name of "the lake that 

 never gives up its dead." The water is intensely 

 cold on the hottest summer day. 



The centre is said to be unfathomable, and even 

 along the coast there are enormous depths. Last 

 summer an engine was struck with a huge rock from 

 the cliffs, and was swept into the lake. In a depth 

 of 65 feet, a diver reached it, and recovered the body 

 of the driver. Next day, he went down again, but 

 the engine had disappeared, leaving the ledge of 

 rock on which it rested, scarred. The man went 

 down to a depth of 180 feet, but the body of the 

 missing stoker was never found. 



Lighthouses are placed along the coast, which 

 flash out their warning signals. There are also 

 patrol stations on the look-out for ships in distress. 

 On the State side, there are regular beats, the 

 eastward and the westward patrols meeting at stated 

 points, and so establishing a complete surveillance of 

 the coast. 



Soon the steamer drew away from all landmarks. 

 The water was so smooth that it remained unruffled 

 except where the prow of the boat broke it into 

 rolling ripples, or a great lumber or grain vessel left 

 a long white streak behind. 



The number of steamers that ply on the lake 



