There are a number of little steamboats on Moose- 

 head Lake, which ph' backwards and forwards, carrying 

 freight and passengers. Upon a time-card, a sort of 

 "free and easy, go as you please schedule," we were told 

 our boat would leave promptly at six in the morning. So 

 on Tuesday we were up before five o'clock to see to our 

 stores, baggage and hunting outfit being aboard on time, 

 had breakfast in a hurry, first asking the landlord to tell 

 the captain of the boat that we would be aboard at six and 

 not to start without us. At six we were pacing the deck 

 of the steamer, listening to the captain and pilot swearing 

 at the engineer, who had not yet put in an appearance, 

 and the boat couldn't well go without the engineer. Half 

 after six came and we still waited ; the whistle was blown 

 repeatedly, but no sign of the man who handled the stop- 

 cocks. At eighteen minutes to seven the "knight of the 

 stopcocks" was seen leisurely coming down a hillside as 

 calmly as if he were an hour ahead of time. Then we 

 made a start and crossed to another landing, where we 

 took in tow a scow with four horses, a party of ladies and 

 some lumbermen . At a quarter to eight we were off for the 

 "Northeast Carry," where we arrived about an hour and 

 a half late, which hour and a half caused us an exciting 

 time. 



Northeast Carry is so called because it is a road or 

 " carry " at the northeast end of the lake ; it is two miles 

 long, and the other end of the " carry '" lands you on the 

 banks of the Penobscot River. As we were loading our 

 canoes a party landed from down the river. In the 

 centre of one of their canoes a lady was seated on a 

 throne-like chair covered with costlj' Persian rugs. 



