so wiiKKK Tin: siM)in\s:\iAX lovks to lixcku. 



currod on tlic sontlicni slope of the mountain. Up and 

 up tliat uravelly. rocky ])atliway we and the two Indians 

 diiii' al()ii<i'. Six liours after w(^ h^ft eani]) v/e were on tlie 

 snniniit. Monnt Katalidin reminded us of the Koekies, on 

 aecount of its tindter line. One could easily imagine that 

 theheautiful lakes, mountains and streams, spi-ead out he- 

 fore us as far as the ulass could reach, would some day he 

 the sunuucM* homes of America's mult i-milli(Uiaires. I'oi' 

 a time a ])assinii' tliunder stoi-m, lialt'way <lowu ihc nioun- 

 tainsi<le, ohstrncted our view. The sun was hut a few hours 

 hiiih when we hei^an the ascent; notwitlistandin^' it <irew 

 dark, the Indians followed the s])otte<l trail to the camp, 

 and tliat ended tl'e hardest day's work on the enl ire trij). 



>Mnh' we NNcre in cam]) at the foot •;)f .Mount Katahdin 

 we met some friends from (1ii«ai!,(), who invited us to s])end 

 a day or two at thcMr cam]) on Sourdnahuidv Lake to enjoy 

 the fishinu'. If the anuler \\ants to satisfy his heart's de- 

 sire, he can tind no hclter ]tlace in all .Maine tlian in the 

 Sourdnalinnk remiini. The lit tie ])onds aloui: Sourdnahunk 

 strc^am ahound with speckled heauties, and they rise to 

 any kind of tly. 



"A-sudden. the s])eckled hav\'k of the hrook 

 Darts from his covert and seizes the hook. 

 Swift spins the rind; with easy slip 

 The line plays out, and the rod, like a whip, 

 Lithe and arrowy, ta]x^rinii\ slim. 

 Is hent to a how o'ei' the hrooklct's hrim, 

 Till the trout leaps np in the sun and tiinos 

 The spray from the flash of his tinny winii's." 



We had often adinired the head and horns of an immense 

 moose in our friend's Chicago hankinu' house, and, now that 



