WHERE THE SIH)RT8MAN LOVES TO LINGER. 



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eatiii2^ our lunch as Ave floated over the only dead water on 

 tlie ri^er, and as twilii^ht was castinij^ its shadows across 

 the stream Allaj^ash Falls was reached, near which we 

 pitclnMl our tents. 



The only shM'pless ni^>;ht on the whole trip we passed at 

 AUa^ash Falls. It seems the Allauasli loi>- drive failed to 

 i^et throuiih, and loi^s were scattered alonii' the river from 

 l{<mnd Fond to tlie St. Jolm. Fxdow Allagash Falls the 

 river was full of them, except a narrow channel for canoes. 



The Little Fawn We Saved. 



xVbout midnij^ht we awoke, heariuij^- a sound like that of a 

 cryiiJii' ])aby; whenever the wind blew the sound of tlie 

 falls away we could lu^ar the cry. Sometimes it Avould 

 sound like a child and then like a calf. At the break of 

 day we dressed, still hearing- the same little wail. It 

 sounded amom;- the loi>s. The Indians were already up 

 and we called their attention to it. Too ether ^ye investi- 

 gated, and tluTe in the Avatc^r, between some logs, was a 

 little fawn. One of the Indians said at dusk the night be- 

 fore he had seen a doe crossing the logs, f(dlowed by a faAvn. 

 The little fellow had evidently fallen in and was nearly 



