. Rod and gun . , to Cache Lake, was notable forboth its scenic beauties and the numbersof beaver dams we crossed. Three of thelatter were sufficiently unfinished to al-low us, with strong paddling and somevigorous shovings, to run over them. Allthe rest, and there were fourteen of them,had to be lifted over, while we also en-countered a log jam and some scenery did not pall because it wasfull of constant changes—each bend giv-ing variety, and the whole providing toorich a feast to assimilate at the time. Wecaught sight of several deer andheard many others, disturbed by the nois-es
. Rod and gun . , to Cache Lake, was notable forboth its scenic beauties and the numbersof beaver dams we crossed. Three of thelatter were sufficiently unfinished to al-low us, with strong paddling and somevigorous shovings, to run over them. Allthe rest, and there were fourteen of them,had to be lifted over, while we also en-countered a log jam and some scenery did not pall because it wasfull of constant changes—each bend giv-ing variety, and the whole providing toorich a feast to assimilate at the time. Wecaught sight of several deer andheard many others, disturbed by the nois-es we made. The night was drawing onwhen we reached Cache Lake, but oneother experience was still reserved for before coming in sight of Head-quarters, a beaver was discerned swim-ming strongly across the lake as thoughhe had business on the shore, and suchimperative business as could not we headed him off he sank quietlyand came up quite near on the other sideof the canoe. As we made after LOG CHTJTE ON THE MADAWASKA RIVER. 988 ROD AND GUX IN CANADA again he disappeared with a great near the Headquarters two moremade off, and on an island on Cache Laketwo deer ran through the trees as we pad-dled close by. Perhaps, however, the best piece of evi-dence given me of the tameness of thedeer was on my last evening in the Park-Walking from Canoe Lake Station tothe Shelter House, Ranger George des-cried a couple of deer in a marsh. Hepointed them out to me, but I was un-able to distinguish the animals from theirsurroundings. He threw a stick, caus-ing one to raise his head, when of courseI was able to see him. Several othersticks were thrown, but the deer were toointent upon their supper to heed us, andwhen the calls for our own supper, forwhich we were late, proved too insistent,we left them still feeding. This wastfhe crowning episode, several other gooddemonstrations having been given meduring the fortnight, but none at all equalto this. That th
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