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man. You feel kinder free andeas}. like, don’t have to 
wear good clothes nor put on airs, hut can just tramp 
and sail round over these beautiful lakes, hum and fish, 
and take solid comfort, and — keep the boat's head for 
that point there where you see that dead hemlock, that’s 
where the river comes in— and, as I was saying, some- 
how it makes a man feel better in body and mind, so 
throw oft the trammels of society and come up here and 
commune with nature. But here we are at the riv- 
er, and will soon be at the landing and then for the 
‘ carry.’ ” 
‘‘ Oh, dear, I dread it, it’s so hot !” We ran the boat 
up alongside of a large dead tree which formed an ex- 
cellent landing place, and were soon making lively work 
unloading our boat. “Now,” said I, to my chum, 
Frank, “ I don’t propose to go over this ‘carry’ but 
once. I’ll take half the load if you can carry the other ; 
so here goes.” Reader, did you ever see a man loaded 
up “right smart” to go over a “carry”? If not, let me 
draw you my picture on that hot July morning. First, 
then, an army knapsack strapped on to my shoulders, 
packed full of various things for camp life ; then an 
ammunition bag with cartridges, etc., hung on one side; 
another bag with drawing utensils and fishing tackle, 
rifie and rod over right shoulder with butter pail and 
coffee-pot swung on to the end ; also oars and paddle 
and frying-pans besides, and a pork bag completes the 
load. My chum loaded up ditto, and we found on ex- 
amination that we had everything but Carl’s heavy pack 
and the boat, which he soon had on his back, he start- 
ing off and we following “Indian file.” The path was 
. anything but smooth, and as it had rained the previous 
night it was rather slippery, but we tramped on, con- 
gratulating ourselves that although we were loaded 
heavily we had not got to go back again anyway. Half- 
way over, we passed Carl who had left his boat and was 
going back after his pack. We kept on, staggering un- 
der our loads, and the perspiration running off us in 
drops. “ Frank !” shouted I, “ this am a hard r. ad to 
trabbel.” Just then he caught his foot in a root and 
came down with a crash to the ground, exclaiming at 
the same time, “Let me like a soldier fall!” “Yes,” 
said I, laughing, “on some confounded ‘carry’; but pick 
yourself up, and I’ll help you load up again.” “No,” 
said he, laughing, “I’m down now, and I’m going to 
rest.” By this time the oars had nearly sawed off my 
shoulders, and I was as wet as though I had been in the 
river, and so dry (this is not intended for a joke) 1 
couldn’t speak the truth, so I followed suit and stretched 
myself out on the ground by my comrade’s side. It 
was like an oven in the thick woods that surrounded us; 
not a breath of air reached us, and no bird piped his 
song as we lay prone on our backs listening to the only 
sound that reached us, the roar of the river, as it went 
plunging over the rocks and logs that dammed its 
course,and sentit on its mad course into the lake be- 
low. “How many years it must have taken for this 
grand old forest to grow, Frank? Look at these noble 
forest monarchs towering so grandly up into the sky 
like monuments as it were, erected to the architect of 
the universe, and yet some day they must bow their 
proud heads and lay as low as you and me.” “Yes,” 
said my companion, “we are pretty low now, ‘ihat is a 
faet ; can't get much lower down than we are, without 
they bury us.” “Oh, confound you, you take all the 
romance out of eyerything with your nlain matter of 
fact way of talking, you are of the ‘earth, earthy,’” 
said I ; but there comes Carl with the boat, so let’s loud 
up, or he will beat us across now, and by George ! if he 
hasn’t got his pack and boat all at one load then I’m a 
sinner. He came up with his heavy pack slung on his 
back and his boat bottom up, guide fashion, on his 
shoulders puffing like an ox, but with a grin on his face, 
“Well, boys, you see I did not want to go back over the 
‘carry ’ alone, so I thought I would follow your example 
and make one job of it, so load up and we’ll soon be 
over.” We soon loaded up and were once more on the 
wing, and at last reached the end of the “carry” pretty 
well tired, and glad to see the river once more. 
Putting our boat carefully into the water, for the 
shore was very rocky, we loaded up and taking our 
seats once more began our course up the river. The 
scenery is fine, and at every turn objects of interest 
strike the eye, especially if this is the first time you have 
been over the route. Trout were jumping in all the 
dark pools that lay so quietly in the shadows of the 
pines, their bright sides hashing and gleaming like gold 
in the sun’s rays, which came [glinting down through 
the tree tops. An occasional brood of ducks flew up 
ahead of our swift moving boat skimming lightly"over 
the water, otherwise all was quiet, although plenty of 
life unseen to us, was busy all around us. “ Carl,” said 
I, “do you know that this quiet woods life suits me to 
a dot? and that this way of living seems to be the only 
natural way designed for man? You get away from all 
the turmoil and strife, all the wickedness, and all the 
thousand and one vexations incidental to city life, and 
in these glorious old woods you breathe the free air of 
heaven, throw off all care, all responsibility, and act 
naturally. You don’t have to dress so as to please your 
neighbors, but you just suit yourself in every particu- 
lar, and have a jolly good time. You come here for 
rest and you get it, for you can be just as lazy as you 
like ; you come here for pure air; here you have it fresh 
from the mountains laden with life giving qualities ; 
water the best in the world, fresh and sparkling from 
some mossy bank. Then how good everything tastes in 
the woods ; no giowling about your appetite except you 
have too much and tire out your guide cooking. Then 
at night, after a day’s tramp, you lay down on your bed 
of boughs and sleep quietly till morning, rising fresh as 
a lark; no headache, no complaining of want of sleep, 
no parched throat from last night’s debauch, but good 
appetite, and best of all, a clear conscience Haven’t I 
put it about right, Carl?” “Well, you do seem to like 
the woods pretty well, that’s a fact, for 3'ou keep com- 
ing, and I guess you’ll make quite a woodsman before I 
get through with you.” “If I didn’t hit that deer last 
night, Carl?” said I laughing. “Well, I guess we won’t 
say much about that now; you’ll do better next time.” 
“If I don’t — ” “I hope Carl will throw you overboard 
and drown you in the lake,” said Frank, joining in. At 
this instant we shot out of the river into the lake. I 
watched my companion carefully to hear his remarks 
as the lake with its distant mountain background ap- 
peared like enchantment to our view. lie was quiet at 
first, drinking in all its beauties, as point after point ap- 
peared, and island after island came slowly into view 
as our boat glided out into the lake. “Well, how do 
you like it, old boy? have I stretched it any?” “Beauti- 
ful, lovely! a perfect gem of a lake. I can’t put it 
strong enough. 
‘ Along the sky, in wavy lines. 
O'er isle and reach and bay. 
Green-belted wiih eternal pines. 
The mountains stretch away.’ ’’ 
“Well, I am glad you like it, and the more you see of 
it the more you will appreciate it. But let’s go for 
camp and get things in working order, for my ‘stomach 
is crying cupboard’.” “Yes, it always is,” muttered 
Carl. “Well, }'ou stop growling, or else stop cooking 
so good, you old heathen,” said I ; “come, put a little 
more muscle into jmur oars, for this sun is broiling me 
alive and I don’t propose to furnish roast ‘pig’ for 5mu 
fellows yet.” Our boat soon grated on the sandy beach 
and we made quick work in getting out and stretching 
our legs. The camp was a good one with one excep- 
tion; it stood exposed to the direct rays of the sun, the 
trees having been cut away around it. “Let’s go up to 
the camp above; that’s nice and shady, ’’said I. “Well, 
boys, j'ou can do as you like, the other camp as you 
say is shadjq but,” with a little hesitation, “this is a 
good camp.” “Well, I vote to go to the shady camp,” 
said my chum. “All right, boys, get into the boat; it’s 
only a few rods above.” No sooner said than done, 
and in a few minutes we were scrambling up the stee]> 
bank with our traps and soon had everything ship- 
shape, a fire blazing and dinner cooking. The camp 
was a model one and was designed for a large party 
It consisted of a sleeping camp and large kitchen and 
dining-room. Spring water was brought directly into the 
kitchen by means of a bark trough where it was con- 
stantly running, and everything was in good order. It 
was also completely shaded from the sun by the numer- 
ous large trees which surrounded it. “Boys, there is 
only one trouble with this camp. Do you see those 
trees back there?” pointing with his finger, “that hem- 
lock and that birch leaning right over towards the 
camp?” “Well, what of them, I don’t see anything the 
matter with them.” “Well, I do; and some time they 
will fall, and if they do, stand from under, that’s all. 
They are shaky, and a good blow would bring them 
over.” “Oh, pshaw! You are alwaj’s looking out for 
something and thinking some calamitj' is about to over- 
take your poor little bo3's in the wilderness.” What did 
happen I will ^ive you in nu' next sketch. 
As AqCARiVM CoMPASv.— The erection of tho Brighton and 
Southport Marino Aquarium having been ao succeaaful, a company 
has boon atartod in England under the title of tho United Kingdom 
Aquarium Co., the object ul which la to build UqUiiriu lb vdl iolU 
places as the opiiiirtunity may offer. They cmmiuiuM by uructisg 
one M UvuipoM and nuothet at Kingston. 
Canine Life in the Frisrid Zones. 
In DO Other quarter of the glohe are do^ so invaluable to man as 
in the regions of eternal snow and ice, but, strange to say, in no 
other region are they so cruelly treated. In whatever clime the dog 
has been domesticated, he has always proved himself a faithful at- 
tendant on bis master, who, as a rule, is not indifferent to his affec- 
tion. In the Arctic regions, however, where dogs are absolutely in* 
dispensable to the existence of many of the tribes, he is often 
treated with wanton neglect, not to say brutality. In the Polar 
world, as is well kno>\'n, dogs are in many districts exclusively used 
for dragging heavily-laden sledges over the trackless and ironbound 
plains, which, as far as can be discovered, terminate the northern 
extremities of both the Old and New World. These vast areas, with 
their inhospitable climate, support a sparsely scattered population, 
who manage to live moderately comfortable through the short sum- 
mer and starve through the long wniter. 
The races of Arctic dogs show much of the wild type, having the 
upright ears, poinUd snout, and wolfish expression which charac- 
terize the dingo and dhole. They, however, invariably carry their 
tails elevated in grand style and curled ove** their backs. Through- 
out Lapland, Siberia, the Arctic regions of North America, and 
Greenland, there is a strong resemblance between the canine fami- 
lies both in appearance and temperament. In color they are gener* 
ally black, brown, or reddish brovs'n ; in Iceland, however, the pre- 
vailing color is whi^e. As a rule they are all restless and irritable. 
Whether or not this has been brought out by the treatment they re- 
ceive and have received for many generations, it W'ould be diffieult 
to say. as in Iceland, where their treatment is by no means so se- 
vere, they are characterized by the same disposition. On the other 
hand, however, they are certainly not incapable of affection, and a 
little kindness from their master is repaid by a fidelity, sometimes 
not surpassed by other more favored members of the canine race. 
Good instances of this are furnished by Captain Butler in his inter- 
esting accounts of his two journeys into the w'ild and desolate re- 
gions of British North America. J'he coats of all Arctic dogs are 
generally about three or four inches long throughout the year, the 
hair being longer round the face and about the neck, where it 
stands out straight, giving the animal the appearance of having 
bushy whiskers or of wearing a ruff. In winter nature provides 
them w'ith an undercoat of a thick woolly texture. During the 
whole of their lives these Arctic dogs have to rough it, more espe- 
ially so when the tribes of natives who own. them are poorer than 
usual. Soon alter birth their preparatory education for drawing 
the sledge is commenced. They are not humored to take to their 
labors, but force and brutal treatment alone are employed. The 
preparation of their dogs by those wandering tribes of North-East 
Siberia, inhabiting the country about the River Kolyma, is accord- 
ing to Hartwig, most carefully attended to. Indeed their treatment 
of their dogs is a fair sample of that generally adopted throughout 
the Arctic regions. For about a fortnight they are put on a small 
allowance of hard food, to convert their superfluous fat, if they have 
any, into firm flesh. They are then trained for a short time by being 
driven in a sledge from ten to twenty miles daily, after which they 
travel a hundred miles a day for days, each animal dragging as his 
share of the burden about 80 or 1001b. weight, and sometimes more. 
After the day's work is done, their food is given them. This, unless 
the slock runs low, consists of frozen fish, ten red herrings being 
considered the proper allowance for each dog while on duty. W'hen 
not actively employed, they have to live on offal, or, in short, pro- 
vide for themselves. Sometimes their hunger is so keen that the 
greatest precautions have to be taken to prevent their eating their 
owu harness, or the muster's shoes. On the coldest nights even 
they sleep in the open air curled up in the snow. During a snow- 
storm they keep their master warm, lying quietly near him for 
hours. They are said to be excellent weather prophets, an 
proaching storm being announced by their digging holes in 
the snow while halting. Whilst traveling a most liberal use of 
the whip is made by the driver, whose exertions in this direc- 
tion are by no means of a light nature. The olfactory powers of the 
Esquimaux dugs are excellent, and their love of a good chase, in 
which they occasionally indulge, much to the annoyance of the 
sledge-driver, is the only bright sput in their hard winter life. In 
finding seal breathing-holes the Esquimaux dog is invaluable to the 
native, as he will scent them from a great distance, and lead his 
master to the spot. He is much used for hunting by most of the 
Esquimaux tribes ; and in Kamstebatka, where bears abound, he is 
of great service in bringing the latter to bay. 'i here, also, be ex- 
hibits great dexterity in catching fish. The wolf is the only animal 
he is not eager to chase, having, apparently, an Instinctive dread of 
him, giving notice of the proximity of a pack of wolves by a loud 
and continuous bowl, unmistakable in its import to those acquainted 
witli the habits of these dogs. In summer they are generally al- 
lowed their liberty, having invariably, during that season, to pro- 
vide for themselves. But although sledges cannot be brought into 
rccxaisltion, they are not unfrequcutly made to carry burdens across 
their backs ; and in this way they are very useful, each dog being 
capable of transporting about one-quarter of a hundredweight many 
miles a day. Strange to say, however, their invaluable, not to say 
indispensable, serrices do not obtain for them anything but the 
worst treatment. Their owners rarely take any notice of them, ex- 
cept to chastise them. Not\rithstanding this they evince many 
signs of pleasure and delight, on their master's return after a short 
absence.— Xayid and }yate/. 
Notwithstanding the severe laws in Maryland against the use 
of punt or swivel guns in the shooting of ducks these murderous 
appliances are continued to be used in Maryland waters. From 
1:25 to 150 ducks are killed «by a single di^charge of one of these 
gtius, and the birds become so wild that an ordinary gunner cannot 
approach witbiu two hundred yards of them. 
John K. Maksiiaix of Norfolk, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., re- 
cently, while opening the door of a stable attached to his residence, 
was seized by a panther, and but for the timely arrival of a power- 
ful wateb dog, might possibly hare been killed. The dog and the 
man together succeeded in dispatching the fierce creature, which 
was found to measure nearly seven feet six inches from tip to tip. 
Tiis Canadian goverpmrnt QofaruPH laws, 
are employed on the nt. Luwrenco In searchhlg tot aeifida Alid iiut% 
and on ahore ofiicars keep a cloau %vatch. 
