108 WIIKRE THE SPORTSMAN LOVES TO LINGER. 



AYest Branch, oot us well accliniatod to take the iiiedi- 

 eine dealt out to us alon^- Webster stream. We found it 

 as hard a problem to solve as one will meet in many a day, 

 and Ijefore we !L>ot throu.uh it one of tlie eanoes landcnl on 

 a. sharp roek, euttinii' a hole a foot lonu* tlirouiiii the can- 

 vas, comp(dlini»' the occu])ants to jumj) into tlie river. The 

 accident occurred just Ix^fore we reache<l Indian Carry at 

 tlie falls, where we intended to camp for the ni<iht. In 

 that smash-up we met with our greatest misfortun(^, losing 

 a camera containing many of our ])ictures. With extra 

 canvas, tacks and white lead the canoe was repaircxl, and 

 the next morning saw us i)assing through Second Lake 

 on down the thorough f;u'e to (Irand Lake, the last lake of 

 the li-ij). 



Through an oversight, we discov(M'ed, when too far to 

 turn back, that we had left a bag containing, among other 

 things, our su])ply of tea, collVe and tobacco, where we had 

 cami)ed the night before. Fortunately thert^ was a supply 

 depot on (Jrand Lake. Tlu^ tea and tobacco we got there 

 W(M*e passable, but the word "col't'ee" on the package was 

 the only coffee about it. 



As we neared the end of (Irand Lake we could hear the 

 sound of oar-locks. With a glass we could see a bateau 

 tilled A\ith men towing logs and, further down toward the 

 outlet, acres of logs lloating on the surface. Having been 

 told what difficulties and dangers one encounters in navi- 

 gating streams while a log drive is on, we looked forward 

 to the balance of our trij) with apprc^hension. But we look 

 back to that forty luiles from ( rrand Lake to Grindstone as 

 the most exciting, interesting and instructive of the Avhole 

 four hundred, as often in this life the dreaded expectancy 

 proves to be a pleasant niaterializati(m. 



Little docs one i-ealizc, as he sits in his comfortable home. 



