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an ankle-boot, and is sewn up tightly at the toe, and, I 



with this exception, being without seam, is nearly water- v 



tight. The interior of Cope Castle was not very sweet, 



nor were its contents arranged in a very orderly manner 



— this latter fact to be accounted for, perhaps, by the 



absence of the lady. Portions of moose were strewed 



everywhere ; potatoes were heaped in various corners, and I W 



nothing seemed to have any certain place of rest allotted !•• 



to it. Smoke-dried eels were suspended from the rafters, '•• 



in comprmy with strings of moose-fat and dried cakes of 



concrete blue-berries and apples. Joe had, however, some 



idea of the ornamental, for parts of the Illustrated Nctvs 



and Punch divided the walls with a number of gaudy . fe 



puitures of saints and martyrs. % 



The repast being over, the Indians strided out, replete, t\; 



with lighted pipes, and paddles in hand, to the beach. ^ |'., 



Some fresh moose-meat was placed in the canoe, with a '• i; 



basket of Joe's "'taters," which, Jem said, "'twas hardly ^: 



any use boiling, they were so good, they fell to pieces." 

 A little waterproof canvas camp was spread over the rolls 

 of blankets, guns, camp-kettles, and bags containing the yf 



grub, which were stowed at the bottom ; and, having 

 seated myself beside them, the Indians stepped lightly 

 into the canoe and pushed her off, when, pro^jclled by 

 the long sweeping strokes of their paddles, we glided 

 rapidly up the lake. 



Indian Lake is a beautiful sheet of water, nearly ten 

 miles in length, and, proportionally, very narrow — per- 

 ha])S half a nule in its general breadth. Kolling hills, 

 steep, and covered with heavy fir and hemlock wood, 

 l)ound('d its western shore ; those on the opposite side 

 showing large openings of di'cary burnt country. The 



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