peared into the bushes, the beginning 
of the portage. 
The packs now averaged 100 pounds 
—the shoulder straps were broad and 
fitted snuggly at the back. Supple- 
mentary tump lines offered a choice of 
carrying methods. We started out ener- 
getically—we had decided to make all 
portages in one trip and so save time. 
The double paddles were unjointed and 
laid across the thwarts, lengthwise of the 
canoe and tied about ten inches apart. 
This allows room for the head to go 
through and the paddles form rests’ 
for the shoulders. Later we fixed 
ropes at the thwarts, forming loops 
into which the paddles could be slipped. 
It was a staggering load, the packs 
on our backs and the canoes on our 
shoulders—175 pounds of clumsy load 
on green men at the beginning of the 
summer. The packs soon proved too 
high on the shoulders, interfering with 
the horizontal ride of the canoe and 
bumping it forward. The ends of the 
canoe caught on branches and bumped 
into trees at the constant winding of 
' the trail—the lead rope at the bow 
dropped from the cowl and dragged 
along under foot—we stumbled along 
over rocks and logs. Sweat! It was 
worse than stoking a boiler. Mos- 
quitoes! Obstructions! Crushing 
weight! The sweat ran down to our 
shoes and mosquitoes marked out claims 
on all unoccupied areas and drilled for 
blood, contentedly singing their devil- 
ish chant. It was heart-breaking—my 
muscles strained and my back creaked 
at every step. When we had covered 
what seemed a ten mile obstacle-cater- 
pillar race (actually a quarter mile 
of good trail) I staggered out into a 
little clearing and a patch of rippling 
blue waters under the bow of the canoe. 
Too tired to lift the canoe off my 
shoulders, I settled down in a heap 
and wiggling out of the shoulder 
straps of the pack, slowly crawled 
from under the canoe. It looked like 
a section of the Argonne—tangled 
canoes, packs and men lay about the 
little clearing in all states of disorder. 
I stood up and felt as light as a milk- 
weed seed—my feet weighed nothing and 
my shoulders went up around my ears. 
I tore off my shirt, shoes—everything, 
and tumbled into the water—it trickled 
cooly down my parched throat. The 
hoards of mosquitoes which had gath- 
ered at the end of the portage and 
joined forces with those of our convoy, 
were outwitted. For five minutes we 
splashed and rolled lazily about in the 
cool refreshing water. I then fully 
realized what a wise bird the fish is 
and had just about decided to cast my 
lot in with that of the finny tribe when 
Schmidty pulled his head out of the 
lake and spouted a bucket of water— 
“Say, when do we eat—and what?” 
(To be continued) 
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