. Wilderness ways;. Animal behavior. II. KILLOOLEET, LITTLE SWEET-VOICE. HE day was cold, the woods were wet, and the weather was beastly altogether when Kil- looleet first came and sang on my ridgepole. The fishing was poor down in the big lake, and there were signs of civilization here and there, in the shape of set- tlers' cabins, which we did not like; so we had pushed up river, Simmo and I, thirty mjles in the rain, to a favorite camping ground on a smaller lake, where we had the wilderness all to ourselves. The rain was still falling,' and the lake white- capped, and the forest all misty
. Wilderness ways;. Animal behavior. II. KILLOOLEET, LITTLE SWEET-VOICE. HE day was cold, the woods were wet, and the weather was beastly altogether when Kil- looleet first came and sang on my ridgepole. The fishing was poor down in the big lake, and there were signs of civilization here and there, in the shape of set- tlers' cabins, which we did not like; so we had pushed up river, Simmo and I, thirty mjles in the rain, to a favorite camping ground on a smaller lake, where we had the wilderness all to ourselves. The rain was still falling,' and the lake white- capped, and the forest all misty and wind-blown when we ran our canoes ashore by the old cedar that marked our landing place. First we built a big fire to dry some boughs to sleep upon; then we built our houses, Simmo a bark commoosie, and I a little tent; and I was inside, getting dry clothes out 26. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Long, William J. (William Joseph), 1867-1952. Boston, U. S. A. , Ginn & company
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