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CHAPTER IV. 



rivrsASKis lake to fort kent. 



In all sta*»'('8 of dcM-ay lumber camps are found along the 

 rivers and on tlie shores of the lakes of Maine. We found 

 the old cedar shingles of the roof of one of the buildings 

 nearby wher(^ we campcMl verv desirable firewood. We 

 stayed on Umsaskis two days, our time bc^ng occupied dry- 

 ing our clothes. A kee|)(T once wrote on the door at Sing 

 Sing Avhere ])risoners first enter, ^Mle who enters here 

 leave hope behind.'' Tlu^ sj^ortsman who enters the woods 

 of ]\Iai]ie should leave cotton goods at home. Every article 

 of clothing should be wool. Strong, common-sense shoes 

 and moccasins should be the footwear; a pair of rubber 

 boots would not come amiss. ]More than once, after a good 

 drenching, our woolen clothes saved us from catching cold. 

 J\rany times we have taken off our moccasins, emptied out 

 the water, wrung out our woolen socks, and put the same 

 socks and moccasins on again, with no bad results. 



On the second day of our stop on Umsaskis we saw a 

 battle royal between two bull inoose. Coming from oppo- 

 site dircM-tions, they nu^t at the lake side, not far from our 

 cami). They locked horns, shoving (^acli other up and down 

 the beach, paying no attention whatever to us. After 

 smashing all the dry-ki and overturning every stone within 

 a radius of a hundred feet, on(\ (widentlv haviuir enouiih. 



