Lake Umbagog.
1900.
Sept. 15
  Clear and calm with flurry clouds & "mare's tails" gathering in
the west at evening.
Trip down
the Lake.
  We started across the Lake this morning hugging the eastern
shore & enterering most of the coves. At the head of Glaspy cove
saw a small Fox. He was evidently engaged in hunting Mice.
Starting slowly along the edge of a patch of tall grass his head & tail
carried very low he would stop every now & then, raise his head
as if to listen, and then jumping vigorously upward & forward
descend into the midst of the grass and almost immediately
spring back & out again. Sometimes he did this three or four
times in quick succession. We did not see him catch anything
& it looked as if he was merely taking these plunges on the chance
of alighting on a mouse but probably he first satisfied himself
either by stint of hearing that one was really there. He presently 
winded us headed off into the woods.
A Fox
seen in
Glaspy Cove.
  Along the shores beyond we saw nothing but a few Sheldrake.
Reaching the head of the Tyler Cove at about noon we lunched 
there and afterwards took a number of photographs one of a 
fine Bank's Pine which measured 48 inches around the trunk a
foot above the ground & which is estimated to be about 65 ft
high. This was the largest specimen I could find. There were
altogether perhaps 20 trees of above 20 feet in height and very
many little ones. They grow not only along the lake shore
but well back into the old "opening" when they intermingled
with white & red spruces, white pines, larches, balsams. birches, poplars
& other trees common to this region.
Sheldrake.
Banks's
pines in
Tyler Cove.
  In these northern open woods I heard a good many small
birds but nothing of particular interest. We called at Metalluc
Island on the way back & Mr. Dutton very kindly took
us to camp in his steam yacht.
Metalluc 
Island
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