WHKUK THE .SPORTSMAN LOVES ^'O LIXCEll. 73 



CIIAPTEIJ VI. 



WEST P.RANCII — MOrXT KATAHDIX TO SOT'RDXAHUXK DEAD 



WATER. 



FORTUXATE it was for a poor guide on Pockwockamus 

 Carry that the dental colleges of to-day require students 

 who graduate tl:erefrom to l)e thoroughly proficient in an- 

 atomy. While the guides were making the carry we strolled 

 along the river bank, casting our lines for an occasional 

 speckled Ix^auty. The Bangor Indian came rushing to us, 

 saying there was a man hurt, ^^i' found a guide lying on 

 the ground, suft'ei-ing excruciating pain. It seems he had 

 stum])led while carrying a canoe and had dislocated his 

 knee-joint. They were about to take him to Norcross, when 

 the Bangor Indian informed the i)arty that a doctor was 

 one of his party. All hands niad(^ Avay for the doctor. The 

 operating table was the ground and sympathy the anaes- 

 thetic. The doctor stripped the clothing from the guide's 

 leg, placed him in a pro])er position, put his knee on the 

 dislocated bone, and ordered lis to catch hold of the fel- 

 low's leg and pull. With a groan from the guide and a 

 snap of the bone the knee went back into place. The Doc- 

 tor informed tli(^ party that they had b(^tt(U' set up a tent 

 then and ther(% as the patient would not be able to move for 

 a fortnight. 



It g<Micrally takes about four round-trips to make a 



