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birds in all onr journey, and several told me in Bangor 
that they had not the bluebird there. Mt. Kineo, which 
Was generally visible, though occasionally concealed by 
islands or the mainland in front, had a level bar of cloud 
concealing its summit, and all the mountain-tops about 
the lake were cut off at the same height. Ducks of va¬ 
rious kinds — sheldrake, summer ducks, etc. — were quite 
common, and ran over the water before us as fast as a 
horse trots. Thus they were soon out of sight. 
The Indian asked the meaning of realility , as near 
as I could make out the word, which he said one of us 
had used; also of “ interrent” that is intelligent. I ob¬ 
served that he could rarely sound the letter r, but used 
1, as also r for 1 sometimes; as load for road, pickelel 
for pickerel, Soogle Island for Sugar Island, lock for 
rock, etc. Yet he trilled the r pretty well after me. 
He generally added the syllable um to his words when 
he could, — as padl urn, etc. I have once heard a Chippe¬ 
wa lecture, who made his audience laugh unintentionally 
by putting ne after the word too , which w~ord he brought 
in continually and unnecessarily, accenting and prolong¬ 
ing this sound into m ar sonorously as if it were neces¬ 
sary to bring in so much of his vernacular as a relief to 
his organs, a compensation for twisting his jaws about, 
and putting his tongue into every corner of his mouth, 
• as he complained that he was obliged to do when he 
spoke English. There was so much of the Indian ac¬ 
cent resounding through his English, so much of the 
“ bow-arrow tang ” as my neighbor calls it, and I have 
no doubt that word seemed to him the best pronounced. 
It was a wild and refreshing sound, like that of the 
■wind among the pines, or the booming of the surf on the 
shore. 
