36 wiiKKE Tin: spoktsmax loves to lixcer. 



niAPTEU TIT. 



CIIKSr.XCOOK TO IMSASKIS LAKH. 



FRA(fRAX('i: from liciulock boiiiilis must be a panacc^a for 

 insomnia, as tlic niiilit j)ass('(l mid jdcasaiil dreams. I'or 

 breakfast wr had some delicious troiil cauLilil in tlie early 

 morn by one of llie Indians. The teided liebl of the niiilil 

 l)(^foi'(\ \\ith ail oiii- beloni^lniLrs, was l()ade(l into Ihe canoes, 

 and ^\•e stai-led on a day's jonrney in \vhi<li before niuhl- 

 fall we v.-ei-e 1o exjterience all ihe \ai-ielies of canoeim^ 

 through the wilds of .Maine. 



An i!oni''s ]>addlin!^' on Ihe headwalei-s of (liesuncook 

 I.nke bronidd ns lo Ihe lake ]»i'o])ei'. The lake lay in the 

 sonth of us, and olt to the southeast old I\atahdin loomed 

 skvward. At the little settlement at the head (»f the lake 

 ^\■as a |M)stoflic(s the last until we ari'iv(Ml at Connors, on 

 the St. John, one hundred and 1wentydi\'e nnles further 

 north. Our coui-se lay across the head of the lake to th(^ 

 moutli of T^'mbazooksus stream. The canoeman ^cts lots of 

 experience lioin^ u]) T^nd)azooksus stream to a lake of the 

 same mime. The first six miles is nari-ow, A\indinu' an<1 

 mu(bly; the last three shallow and rocky, wla^re one lias to 

 don rublxT boots and lead the canoe. 



I'nd)a/ooksus Lake is situateil iu a country wild with 

 seeuic beauty. Across the foot of it our course lay to some 

 sportino- camps near the famous Mud P(ui<l Tarry. :\rud 



