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caped falling into the mire by delicate tight-rope work 
in disentangling his landing-net and fly hooks from the 
high weeds about him. Further on Carl missed the trail 
and was lost for some ten or fifteen minutes in jthe dense 
woods, but fortunately found his way out without much 
difficulty. In the meantime the others were bringing the 
lightened canoes through the worst places in the river; 
first, the big canoe with 'Arthur and Louis, and. then the' 
other one with Charles O. and Louis. In each case Louis 
acted as the pilot in the bow, and did wOnders with a 
snubbing pole. There was quite a little delay by this 
method, as it was necessary for Louis to work his way 
back on foot along- the river bank to bring through the 
second boat. A very high wind at our backs, which con- 
tinued all day, made the work easy in the smooth water, 
but very difficult in the rough, as the water-signs were 
obscured by the ripples, even in the rapids. One of the 
worst spots was known as "Lake Falls," where the river 
was divided by a large island, and where the boats were 
so long coming through that Carl and H. N. T., who had 
gone fishing along the other side of the island, com- 
micnced to think that they had missed the party, and were 
left behind. Lake Falls was a very romantic place, as the 
river banks were quite high and, together with the 
islands, were covered with a very heavy growth of high 
trees. The river bed was particularly rocky and irreg- 
ular, and the fishermen had fine sport jumping around 
the huge boulders, and fishing in the deep eddies behind 
them. All fish under a pound in weight were promptly 
thrown back, and even after doing this, the strings grew 
to a cumbersome size. The trout seemed especially fond 
of the bright flies, the old reliable Parmacheenee Belle 
proving very popular; in fact, long before the trip was 
over a few flies of this type that we had were so badly 
chewed to pieces that we were unable to use them. Louis 
managed to patch up one of Carl's and was not very 
much impressed with the original workmanship, claim- 
ing that he could give points to the man that' made that 
particular one. 
The worst rapids, encountered so far on the trip were 
met with at Big River Falls, and we had been warned 
about these by Louis for several days before, and also 
by the people at Milford before we left. This is a stretch 
of very steep, rocky rapids, about two and one-half to 
three miles long, without any eddies to serve as breath- 
ing_ spots. We held a consultation at the head of these 
rapids and carefully looked over the ground as well as 
we could from the high river banks. As far as we could 
see was a tumbling stretch of white water, and the effect 
was very much like looking down a long, irregular chute 
which disappeared around a bend in the river over a mile 
below. There was no choice but to run through it, so we 
adopted the usual tactics, namely, the two fishermen go- 
ing down on foot along the river banks with their fish- 
ing tackle and cameras, while the others brought the 
boats down with Louis as a pilot in each case. Some 
idea of the difficulty they experienced can be gained from 
the fact that it took over two hours to bring the boats 
through. It was inadvisable to allow the boats to get 
any headway, so that the passage was accomplished by 
running close by the shore and dropping down by means 
of snubbing poles, with frequent stops to pick out the 
safest course. 
^_In one or two places it was necessary to snub the boats 
diagonally completely across the river from one side to 
the other in the teeth of the current to avoid some par- 
ticularly steep fall or dangerous ledge, and this was tick- 
hsh work, since to lose control of the boat in that cur- 
rent would have resulted very seriously. We took pko^C^ 
graphs looking up and down stream, from about the mid^ 
die of the rapids, but these did not adequately show the 
steepness of the descent, nor the grandeur of the scenery. 
Fonunaiely, both boats were brought through without 
mishap, due, no doubt, to the excellent work of Louis 
in the bow, and the party reassembled at the foot, the two 
fishermen loaded down wich their catch. 
Very shortly more rapids were encountered and also 
frequent traces of the lumbermen in the shape of stranded 
logs in the streams from the marks of their hobnailed 
boots on the rocks along the shores. These marks were 
very useful to the fishermen in working through the 
woods where the river bank was impassable, as in some 
cases the only way a trail could be distinguished was by 
these scratches on the stones. A very rough "road" ran 
along parallel with the river bank which Louis told us 
was used for bringing supplies up past the Falls to the 
lumbermen's camp in the winter time, but it seemed al- 
most incredible that any sort of a vehicle could be taken 
over this road without being racked to pieces within the 
first half mile. The trail, for it was not much more than 
an opening through the bushes, resembled a dried up 
water course in some places, and in others the mud was 
a couple of feet deep. There were marks of wheels, how- 
ever, to prove that the feat had been accomplished, but 
the motive power was probably oxen, as horses must 
surely have broken their legs on the obstructions. 
About noon we came to a very steep fall, which was 
formed by several ledges and submerged boulders across 
the river, known by the lumbermen as the "Sweating 
.Place" for obvious reasons, as this is one of the most 
difficult points encountered by the raftsmen during the 
spring freshets. It was quite short, not more than fifty 
yards, but rough enough to be a problem. The Scribe, 
as official photographer, got out above the Falls and took 
up a position below with the camera, securing a striking 
photograph of Carl and Arthur taking the first drop. 
Both boats came through beautifully, almost disappearing 
from sight in the burst of spray on striking the wave at 
the foot of the descent, but shipping only a cupful or so 
of water. 
As usual, a number of gamy trout were taken from the 
eddy belovy this fall. During the remainder of the morn- 
ing, the trip was uneventful except for the usual run of 
lesser rapids and smooth eddies bordered by magnificent 
forests and huge rocks. Very few of these places seem 
to have- name, but shortly before stopping for lunch as 
we passed Great Brook Falls, a fairly easy descent after 
what we had been through, but at least as rough as any 
of the rapids we encountered on our Delaware cruise the 
year before. 
By this time we were commencing to see signs of civili- 
zation in the shape of clearings, where the trees had been 
cut off, the stumps still standing, with no attempt at cul- 
tivation, simply a rough kind of pasture ground for the 
steers which were allowed to wander wild at this time 
of the year and shift for themselves. 
About noon we came to a short rapids, which Louis 
called Third Stillwater Falls, and we decided to stop at a 
little clearing on the left bank of the stream for lunch, 
all hands being ravenous from the long, hard work of the 
m_orning. A strong wind was still blowing, and the air 
was very fresh and cool, so much so that the shelter of a 
little clearing among the heavy unaerbrush was very wel- 
come, and after driving away a herd of cattle which stub- 
bornly occupied the shore we stretched ourselves out 
among the sun-warmed rocks and prepared our meal. We 
had been at work only a few moments when we discov- 
ered a small party on the opposite bank engaged in eat- 
ing their mid-day meal. They looked like negroes at that 
distance, but Louis, upon being questioned, announced 
that they were Mic-Mac Indians, who had come up from 
the settlement below after trout. They had a heavy, 
clumsy rowboat and they made their way across to us 
by a detour to keep away from the head of the rapids, 
greeting us in a very friendly manner as they landed. 
They were an interesting group ; one old. very intelligent 
Indian, who spoke English perfectly, and two younger 
naen, one of them quite handsome, the other quite repul- 
sive. We offered them some of our lunch but they took 
nothing but a little cornbread, and the old man begged a 
few trout flies from the Scribe. In honor of our guests 
we named this camp the Mic-Mac Camp, and we look 
back to it as one of the most enjoyable lunch camps of 
the trip. The event, however, which immortalized the 
spot was the naming of the big canoe belonging jointly 
to _ Arthur and the Scribe. It was formally dubbed the 
Mic-Mac, after Louis and his tribe, although the name 
smacked strongly of Irish-Scotch origin. 
Louis engaged the Indians in conversation in the native 
tongue, a grotesque jumble of sounds to our ignorant 
ears, and he found that they were shortly returning to 
the Indian settlement near Milton, and that they could 
arrange to take him along with them in their boat, so he 
decided to take his departure here and go with them. We 
should mention the fourth companion of the Indians — a 
curious mongrel dog, which was very friendly with the 
natives but very wary of us. This dog never made a 
sound all the time he was frisking around the camp, al- 
though he was quite playful and we expected every mo- 
ment to hear him bark. 
We did some figuring to find out what we owed Louis 
at the rate of $1.50 per day. This came to about $15, as 
we all chipped in to buy Louis a new hat; he had lost a 
good felt headpiece that morning coming through Big 
River Palls; he had also lost his pipe and felt ^hese two 
mishaps very keenly. The Indians decided to go up 
stream a short distance fishing and pick Louis up on the 
way back, so we took things easily around the camp a 
little longer and wrote a note to Thomas, at Milford, ex- 
plaining that we had settled with Louis, and asking' him 
to let us know what further charges we owed him " The 
Hon. Secretary of the Navy in writing the letter dated it 
at Thirsty Water Falls, which amused the party consid- 
erably. 
After the Indians had gone up stream we dropped 
down through the rapids and discovered an ideal site for 
our camp, just below on the right bank of the river This 
was a httle open space among the trees at the head of a 
steep slope up from the river, carpeted thickly with heavy 
grass with numbers of blue and purple iris growing wild 
everywhere A little further back from the river was 3 
spring of clear,_ fresh water, and as we landed the trout 
could be seen rising everywhere in the river opposite. Ws 
