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propelled forward. Let the wind be with 
you and you have only to open an umbrella to 
travel at a fair speed by this means alone. 
By the Adirondack guides, this boat is used 
altogether and they easily carry it on their 
shoulders by means of a brace which is part 
of their outfit—almost part of themselves. 
Like the guides, the boat is a product of the 
wilderness, and it came into being because of 
its peculiar fitness for this sort of country— 
where every now and again you must pull 
your craft out of the water, put it on your 
head, and tramp over a carry with it to the 
next pond or lake. But it is a cranky boat 
—this hybrid—and needs to be handled as 
carefully as a canoe. 
As one gradually becomes domiciled in the 
wilderness, the native tendency to walk gives 
way to an acquired tendency to row and pad- 
dle, until this largely supplants the natural 
method of locomotion; just as in the South- 
West one becomes so habituated to riding that 
he no longer feels at home on foot. Of the 
three, walking is the slower and more diffi- 
cult process. It is surprising how the arms 
become toughened by this constant paddling 
and the energy flows into them rather than 
into the legs, so that in course of time, five 
