. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . ke camping out,and George remarked that it was only a foretaste of what was tocome when they reached the Androscoggin Lakes. After dinner theyresumed their fishing, following the brook down to the house wherethey had left their horses; they carried home about two hundredtrout, and theother guests ofthe hotel compli-mented them ontheir good theboys arose thenext morning,they found itraining, and sawfrom the piazzathat ihe top ofold Monadnockwas buried in the clouds. Lounging about the hous
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . ke camping out,and George remarked that it was only a foretaste of what was tocome when they reached the Androscoggin Lakes. After dinner theyresumed their fishing, following the brook down to the house wherethey had left their horses; they carried home about two hundredtrout, and theother guests ofthe hotel compli-mented them ontheir good theboys arose thenext morning,they found itraining, and sawfrom the piazzathat ihe top ofold Monadnockwas buried in the clouds. Lounging about the house after breakfast, they becameacquainted with a guide and hunter by the name of Norton. Healso paid a good deal of attention to taxidermy, and the fellows,becoming interested in his talk, at his invitation went to his shopnear the hotel, and looked over his stock of stuffed owls, ducks,partridges, eagles, etc. He had also on hand several fine deer andcaribou heads, some with very handsome horns. Ned told Mr. Nortonthat if he shot a deer or caribou, he would send the head to himto be LUNCH IN THE WOODS. ii6 THROUGH THE WILDS. The weather cleared during the night, but as the followingday was Sunday, the boys went to church in the forenoon, andfor a short walk in the afternoon, passing the rest of their timeat the hotel in reading and writing. Monday forenoon they made a trip to Beaver Falls, whichthey pronounced one of the prettiest cascades they had ever seen. The ride go-ing and returningwas also enjoyable,in spite of the mudcaused by the recentrain, for the day wasdelightful overhead,and the sceneryalong the way worthnoticing. After dinner, whiletalking over their tripto the Falls, a youngfellow who was board-ing at the house cameout on the piazza andspoke to them. Aftertalking a short time, he informed them that some of his friends hadbeen working with him to get up a variety show to be given at thetown hall the following Friday evening, and inquired if they had eve
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