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University of Kansas a shark twenty-five feet 

 long, and mingled with his remains were the 

 bones of a Portheus. The evident result of such 

 a combat as we witnessed on Mosasaurian Bay." 

 We lowered our sail, and drifted idly on the 

 swelling tide, that led towards shore. Maud 

 steered for the mouth of a large river's mouth, 

 and succeeded in getting the boat into deep water 

 under a protecting bank, and we snubbed our 

 ship to some saplings and also cast our anchors 

 over board, as an additional aid to holding the 

 boat in place. I crossed the gang plank, I had 

 connected with the shore, and went oflE into the 

 woods after berries, for dinner, while Maude cast 

 her fish lines over board, and lighted a fire, I 

 brought home a couple of quarts of raspberries, 

 and found Maud had caught and prepared a nice 

 mess of fishes, that were sizzling over the fire. 

 She soon had a nice meal ready. So the day pass- 

 ed and we early sought our state rooms, I first 

 however, recited a poem I wrote on board a C. 

 P. K. Steamboat, enroute from Port McNickels 

 to Port Arthur in June, 1914 : 



A LAKE TKIP 



I am riding on the bosom of an inland chain of 

 lakes. 



At their glories and their wonders my sluggish 

 soul awakens! 



They become the mighty highway of two na- 

 tions strong and brave. 



