66 FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



and stayed over-night at his house ; and let 

 me say just here, a better guide and woods- 

 man, a keener hunter and honester man 

 than my guide, David Freeman, cannot be 

 found. 



We started with baggage for the lake at 

 ten A.M. of the 20th, and camped that night 

 at Puzzle Lake. In the morning we com- 

 menced to call for moose ; the moose an- 

 swered, but did not come up, so we pulled 

 up camp, and tramped through the clear, cool 

 morning to the foot of Progress Lake. We 

 did not attempt calling moose again, as our 

 natures demanded rest. However, I pulled 

 out a rod, and caught three trout weighing- 

 fifteen pounds, which were soon cooked and 

 eaten. After a nice night's rest, only 

 broken by the owl's terrific screech and the 

 lonely call of the loon, we left our traps and 

 went to the west side of Long Lake to call ; 

 but it proved to be a bad night, stormy and 

 windy. On Wednesday we went to Long 



