^YHKRE THE Sl'ORTSMAX LOVES TO LINGER. 



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on log- jams are of frcMiuent occurrence. In the settlement 

 of tlie early West there Avas a common expression that 

 ^'life there was death to Avomen and oxen." The IJipogenus 

 Carry and gorge is death to horses and logs. 



On all the other carries the o-uides either did the carrv- 



Sourdnahunk Falls. 



ing or our outfit was transported by wagon; but a two- 

 horse sleigh, or, in other words, a '^jumper,'' was the means 

 of con\t\yance over that carry. With the canoes and dun- 

 nage securely tied on the jumper, we started on foot over 

 the three miles that ended at Ilipogenus Lake. It was 

 Chase's Carry on shore. Over stumps, logs and boulders 

 the horses picked their way and the ''jumper'' jumped. 

 We expected any moment the jumper to upset or climb 

 a tree. Some of the gulleys Avere so steep they had to snub 



