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Made exactly like 
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on our five-acre lake, 
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The shape and color are perfect and the 
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Jefferson City, Mo. 
Dept. 55 
CANOEING DOWN 
MOOSE RIVER 
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going in to his armpits, but he held 
onto the canoe and by four o’clock the 
guide had worked his way down through 
the network of obstacles with the only 
serious damage a broken pole, which 
fortunately did not happen until we 
had almost reached smooth water be¬ 
fore arriving at Little Brassua Pond, 
where we encamped for the night. 
On account of the constant braking 
in the shooting of Moose River rapids 
from Long Pond to Little Brassua, it 
is not a rapid journey, but as cited, a 
thrilling one, on account of the battle 
with rocks and water. In coming down 
such waters, the city “sport” can be of 
no aid to the guide, for he does not 
know the course that the guide in the 
stern desires and he might push the 
boat the wrong way at the wrong time, 
so he has to sit still, hold his nerve and 
admire the art of the Maine guide. 
When the guides in a canoe strike 
quick water the bow man is the leader 
and selects the course. Then both can 
work to advantage. 
From the round pond of Little Bras¬ 
sua to the stream again and through 
Brassua Lake to the river is every day 
Maine Woods water until the final run 
of Moose River or the outlet of Brassua 
Lake is reached, when there is another 
stretch of rapids, not as dangerous as 
those up-stream, but interesting with 
relatively minor rushes. In former 
years the trip from Kineo up Moose 
River to Brassua Lake and return was 
a favorite day’s journey and gave any¬ 
one a good round of poling and padling. 
To-day such a trip should offer a pleas¬ 
ant change from the constant round 
of motor yachting and campfire din¬ 
ners, in vogue on Moosehead Lake at 
the present time. 
When we emerged from Moose River 
to big Moosehead Lake, a smart breeze 
was blowing from the south, but some 
vigorous strokes of the paddle brought 
us in short order across the Lake, past 
Kineo to Waring Point, the very place 
we had started from, six days before 
(one day’s railroad journey), and we 
figured our total canoe distance had 
been about seventy miles. 
So here ended a trip up into the 
country to the west of Kineo, and tak¬ 
ing it all in all a very interesting trip 
it is having the advantage of being a 
short journey for those who do not have 
the time to spend several weeks in the 
wilderness. 
By starting from Attean Lake and 
leaving out the upper reaches of Moose 
River, the paddle down could be made 
handily in three days or less, according 
to how much carrying one desired to 
make by the wayside. There are many 
side streams where the sportsman may 
find fishing. 
One regrettable circumstance was 
that a river of the name of Moose 
should not have more big game. We 
saw a few deer, but looked in vain for 
a monarch of the forest, viz.: a moose 
—caribou have left the state of Maine; 
will the Moose also go over the border? 
We trust that the State Game Depart¬ 
ments will save what moose are left 
and restore the caribou, having at least 
enough unmolested big game in the 
woods that a traveler can occasionally 
get a glimpse of some. 
One rarely makes a canoe trip over 
Maine waters without thinking of an¬ 
other one he will make in some other 
part of the state, and there are enough 
of them to occupy the time of a canoe- 
man—for many years. Since the days 
of Thoreau, city people have been en¬ 
joying these Maine Woods outings, and 
are still going in goodly numbers into 
the wild country that is left. Some 
day, when the lumbermen are through 
with Northern Maine, a good part of it 
may be Park Land—at least nature 
lovers can hope for something in that 
direction. 
I also believe that no one ever goes 
on a Maine Woods canoe trip without 
having admiration for Maine canoes. 
To observe that a twenty-foot canoe 
can carry two men and supplies for a 
number of weeks and yet be of such 
light but strong construction that the 
shell can be carried from place to place; 
will survive all yanking and handling; 
will shoot the rapids in skilful hands 
and come out whole and yet with all is 
a “thing of beauty and a joy forever,” 
is certainly a credit to Maine handi¬ 
craft, for the Maine canvas canoe is 
acknowledged to be an improvement 
over the Indian bark canoe, though it 
has not the poetical romance that is 
woven around the boat of birch. 
And now a word for Maine guides. 
They are a race of men who impress 
their personality on all who go with 
them to the woods. Rarely has a 
“sport” a word of complaint to find 
with their behavior. Like the Maine 
skippers who sailed the clipper ships 
on the seven seas, the guides are the 
masters of the states inland water¬ 
ways. Most of them were born on the 
edge of the wilderness waters and take 
to the axe and the paddle as soon as 
they are large enough to swing them. 
They first enter a lumber camp and 
then drift to guiding in the summer 
season. They are a sturdy, rugged 
type of manhood and have won the ad¬ 
miration of many travelers and celebri¬ 
ties including Theodore Roosevelt. 
There are two Kineo guides of the 
writer’s acquaintance whom he believes 
deserve special mention as each has 
rounded out a half century of guiding. 
In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. It- will identify you. 
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