Arthur Bent in Appalachia for Dec. 1922. page 271 et seq. 
Page 272. "In planning the trip at home we had read much of the "terrible 
Shickshock Mountains" in the "Great iaspesian Wilderness", and it was with 
some misgivings that we shouldered our packs and commenced our journey up 
the Ste. Anne River. But closer contact proved that the country w.lS not 
very different from other mountain regions, and we soon felt quite at home. 
We had obtained careful directions at the tillage of St. Anne, where an old 
guide had drawn maps in the dusty road, as we smoked our pipes the evening 
before we left. 
The route to Mount Albert follows an old lumber tote-road for thirty-two 
miles up the valley of the St. Anne, as our packw were heavy we made this 
trip in two days, spending a night At an old lumber-camp which we found 
quite clean. It was at this camp that we rigged our first "bear alarm". 
We had been told jex&xc stories of tremendous bears, so big that they could 
barely squeeze out of the door of the camp, so when we saw the size of the 
door v r e decided to take steps against being^ surprised in our sleep by 
Brother Bruin. A tin wash-basin, when balanced nicely, we found made an 
excellent bear alarm. Towards the end of the trip we considered the bear 
a 
menace not so great, so that we ceased contriving an alarm" 
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