Rod and gun . nnerabout six oclock, after a hard days workand a light lunch at noon. One day in returning to camp fromour da)s workwe had to crossa rapid stream,known as theSkunk River. Itwas forty feetwide ; the waterclear and spark-ling and thebanks steep andwell wooded,making acharm-ing bit of scen-ery. We felled asmall tree sothat the upperend rested on arock in the mid-dleofthestream,and from thereto the other sideanother smalltree completedthe bridge whichprovided ratheruncertain foot-ing as it rolled slightly and sprung as westepped on it, one at a time. It was inthe middle of a series
Rod and gun . nnerabout six oclock, after a hard days workand a light lunch at noon. One day in returning to camp fromour da)s workwe had to crossa rapid stream,known as theSkunk River. Itwas forty feetwide ; the waterclear and spark-ling and thebanks steep andwell wooded,making acharm-ing bit of scen-ery. We felled asmall tree sothat the upperend rested on arock in the mid-dleofthestream,and from thereto the other sideanother smalltree completedthe bridge whichprovided ratheruncertain foot-ing as it rolled slightly and sprung as westepped on it, one at a time. It was inthe middle of a series of falls and on thebrink of one of them, where the slightestslip would have been fatal ; but we allcrossed safely, including three dogs whichfollowed us everywhere, and we had agood scramble up the opposite bank togain the top. One night, just as we got into camp,a man came running in from the oppositeside shouting Bush fire; we need men,so out we went. My feet were very tiredbut I followed the merry crowd and. ACKING OUR STOVE. we found the fire about a mile and a halfwest, with a wind blowing from thatdirection straight to the camp. The fire was started by some of theboys who had gone ahead to clear atrail, burning a wasps nest. They putthe fire out all right, but a spark musthave blown to one side, for the woodstook fire and went like tinder. Theflames leaped vith a roar from tree totree and spread very quickly. All wecould do was to cut down the trees andbeat out the flames to keep it from spread-ing. One of the boys got nearly killedby a falling tree. Then when at last itwas under control we dare not leave it,so a few stayedto watch it wnilethe rest of usgot our supper,after which Billand I went backto watch allnight, taking ashovel and a pailof provisions,and my rifle withwhich to give analarm if we need-ed help. Allthrough thenight we watch-ed and dug atrench to pre-vent the fire run-ning along theground in thebed of dry mossand black seven m themorning w ewere r
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