The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ectly reflected, and produced a scene such as the mortal eyeseldom beholds. The sun weut down, the vision faded; and, sweepingaround a long, marshy point, we drew our boats upon a pebbly shore at * This is the account of the origiu of its name, given by the French Jesuits who first explored thatregion. Otliers say that its Indian name, Ni-ha-na-wa-te, means a racket, or noise—noisy river, andspell it liacket. But it is no more noisy than its near neigliboiu, the Grass River which flows into theSt. Lawrence from the bosom of the same wilderness. 12 T
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ectly reflected, and produced a scene such as the mortal eyeseldom beholds. The sun weut down, the vision faded; and, sweepingaround a long, marshy point, we drew our boats upon a pebbly shore at * This is the account of the origiu of its name, given by the French Jesuits who first explored thatregion. Otliers say that its Indian name, Ni-ha-na-wa-te, means a racket, or noise—noisy river, andspell it liacket. But it is no more noisy than its near neigliboiu, the Grass River which flows into theSt. Lawrence from the bosom of the same wilderness. 12 THE HUDSON. twilight, at the foot of a pine-bluff, and proceeded to erect a camp for thenight. No human habitation was near, excepting the bark cabin ofBowcn, the Hermit of Long Lake, wliose history we have not space torecord. Our camp was soon constructed. The g-uides selected a pleasant spotnear the foot of a lofty pine, placed two erotched sticks perpendicularlyin the ground, about eight feet apart, laid a stout pole horizontally across. CAJIP UELEXA. them, placed others against it in position like the rafters of half a roof,one end upon the ground, and covered the whole and both sides with theboughs of the hemlock and pine, leaving the front open. The groundwas then strewn with the delicate sprays of the hemlock and balsam,making a sweet and pleasant bed. A few feet from the front they builta huge fire, and prepared supper, which consisted of broiled partridges THE HUDSON. 13 (that were shot on the shores of the Eaquette by one of the guides),bread and butter, tea and maple sugar. We supped by the light of abirch-bark torch, fastened to a tall stick. At the close of a moonlightevening, our fire burning brightly, we retired for the night, wrapped inblanket shawls, our satchels and their contents serving for pillows, ourheads at the back part of the camp, and our feet to the fire. Theguides lying near, kept the wood blazing throughout the night. Wenamed the place Cam}) Helen
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