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and smooth, that they answered the purpose admirably; 
and a careless observer would not have suspected that 
they were not sawed and planed. The chimney and 
hearth were of vast size, and made of stone. The 
broom was a few twigs of arbor-vitae tied to a stick; 
and a pole was suspended over the hearth, close to the 
ceilings, to dry stockings and clothes on. I noticed that 
the floor was full of small; dingy holes, as if made with 
a gimlet, but which were, in fact, made by the spikes, 
nearly an inch long, which the lumberers wear in their 
boots to prevent their slipping on wet logs. Just above 
McCauslin’s, there is a rocky rapid, where logs jam in 
the spring; and many “ drivers ” are there collected, 
who frequent his house for supplies ; these were their 
tracks which I saw. 
At sundown McCauslin pointed away over the forest, 
across the river, to signs of fair weather amid the 
clouds, — some evening redness there. For even there 
the points of compass held; and there was a quarter 
of the heavens appropriated to sunrise and another to 
sunset. 
The next morning, the weather proving fair enough 
for our purpose, we prepared to start, and, the Indians 
having failed us, persuaded McCauslin, who was not 
unwilling to revisit the scenes of his driving, to accom¬ 
pany us in their stead, intending to engage one other 
boatman on the way. A strip of cotton cloth for a 
tent, a couple of blankets, which would suffice for the 
whole party, fifteen pounds of hard bread, ten pounds 
of “ clear ” pork, and a little tea, made up “ Uncle 
George’s ” pack. The last three articles were calcu¬ 
lated to be provision enough for six men for a week, 
with what we might pick up. A tea-kettle, a frying- 
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