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our danger over. Rowing, football, and athletics 

 are splendid staying powers throughout life. 

 Kendall was so exhausted that he at length told 

 me he could row no farther, and I seized both 

 oars to fight for the shore. It was like the finish 

 of a race, and we both watched with anxiety every 

 yard gained, or lost. It was pitch dark when 

 we reached land. And how we ever found our 

 primitive hut and sleeping-place is a mystery to 

 this hour." 



I have recalled these facts because one is so 

 accustomed to paint recollections of perhaps the 

 happiest fortnight of one's life with too delicate 

 a brush. Sport surpassed even my Scotch friend's 

 expectations, but there was a spicy taste of danger, 

 excitement, roughings, and adventure associated 

 with it that rather added to than detracted from 

 my pleasure. Another sportsman writing about 

 these lakes expresses himself as follows : 



u The shores of Crane and Blackstone Lakes 

 are capital specimens of the primitive wilderness, 

 and long may they continue so. The few who 

 have visited their teeming waters have mostly 

 been genuine fishermen, who are happiest when 

 far away from conventionalities and habitations. 

 But one clearing broke the majestic sweep of 



