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WHERE THE ►SPOiiTSMAN LOVES TO LINGER. 



CIIAPTJ]R VITT. 



ST'XCOOK TO (;UA.\I) LAKE. 



Wk laid ill snniciciit ])1M)V('1i(1(m- at ('iK'suiicook foi* tlie 

 tri]) to ( J{*ir.<lst(ni(', nnd llic iiioniiiiu aftci- our an-ival at 

 tlie liotel siiw oiu- caiKH's aizaiii ci-ossiiiii tlic liead of tlie 

 lake for T'mbazoolvus slF-caiii. Atiain we wci-c (olcd aci'oss 

 ^Iiid V()U(] Cai-ry; aiiaiu ciil llic wafci-s of Mud IN)iid, witli 

 ils lily ]>ads and moose, and down llio oiilh't a^ain to 

 diainhci'lain Lake. Our coiii-sc lay down llio lake instead 

 of n]) it. As we i-eacjicd T(dos Lake <lie afternoon was fast 

 ])assinii- away, and on its sIkh-c we ])it( lied oni- tents for 

 tlie tirst niiilit by the waters that tlow to the I^^ast IJranch. 

 The devout angler (•ain])in_u at Telos Lake should take the 

 niik^ tramp <>ver to ColTfH.dos; there h(» will tiiid as i^ood tish- 

 in.U' as in the ]>onds of the Sonrdiialmnk region. 



While ])assin^ down the outlet from Mud Pond we met 

 eoininii n]) the narrow, rocky channel a canoe, or, more 

 properly s])eakinii,, an iini)rovised ambnlance. A poor fel- 

 low b.ad had his lea- crushed at the tramway between Ea.ule 

 and diamberlain Lakes, and his com])anions were liurryiii_i>- 

 liim to KiiKM), sixty miles distant, it beinu tln^ nearest 

 ]dac(^ wiier(^ he c(^uld receive medical treatment. You who 

 live in the city, with a doctor on every block, think of what 

 this man had to endure. 



