WHERE THE SPORTSMAN LOVES TO LINGER. 25 



spond \\'itli tlie depot \\'ajj;on and the lieavj truck. The 

 smooth, symmetrical canoe is to the rough, ill-shaped ba- 

 teau as the sleek, handsomely formed deer is to the un- 

 gainly moose. Along the ))anks of the rivers of Maine are 

 roads cut through the timber for hauling provisions dur- 

 ing the Avinter to sporting and lumber camps; in fact, you 





Northeast Carry, West Branch. 



will see them cut tlirough the wooded wilderness in eveiy 

 direction. Thev tell us snow falls to the depth of seven 

 feet on the level. In truth of that one often sees stumps, 

 w^e might say, eight to ten feet in height, showing Avhere 

 the w^oodtdiopper stood on the snoAV when he felled the tree. 

 At one time they lumbered in Avinter only; uoav the AA-ood- 

 chopper's axe can be heard the year I'ound. 



