The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ntervals betweenthe navigable portions of streams or lakes. In one of these was borneour luggage, provisions, and Mr. Buckingham, and in the otherMrs. Lossing and myself. The Saranac Lakes are three iu uumbir, and lie on the south-easteiuborders of Franklin County, north of Mount Seward. They are knownas the Upper, Bound, and Lower. The latter, over which we firstvoyaged, is six miles in length. From its head we passed along a windingand narrow river, fringed with rushes, lilies, and moose-head plants, THE HUDSON. almost to the central or Eoiind Lak
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ntervals betweenthe navigable portions of streams or lakes. In one of these was borneour luggage, provisions, and Mr. Buckingham, and in the otherMrs. Lossing and myself. The Saranac Lakes are three iu uumbir, and lie on the south-easteiuborders of Franklin County, north of Mount Seward. They are knownas the Upper, Bound, and Lower. The latter, over which we firstvoyaged, is six miles in length. From its head we passed along a windingand narrow river, fringed with rushes, lilies, and moose-head plants, THE HUDSON. almost to the central or Eoiind Lake, where we made a portage of a fewrods, and dined beneath a towering pine-tree. While there, two deer-hounds, whose voices we had heard in the forest a few minutes before,came dashing up, dripping with the lake water through which they hadbeen swimming, and, after snuffing the scent of our food wistfully fora moment, disappeared as suddenly. We crossed Eouud Lake, threeand a half miles, and went up a narrow river about a mile, to the falls. rj \Mi r I 1 Npi- at the outlet of the Tipper Saranac. Here, twelve miles from ourembarkation, was a place of entertainment for tourists and sportsmen, inthe midst of a small clearing. A portage of an eighth of a mile, overwhich the boats and luggage were carried upon a waggon, brought us tothe foot of the Upper Lake. On this dark, wild sheet of water, thirteenmiles in length, we embarked toward the close of the day, and just beforesunset reached the lodge of Corey, a hunter and guide well known in allthat region. It stood near the gravelly shore of a beautiful bay with alarge island in its bosom, heavily wooded with evergreens. It wasSaturday evening, and here, in this rude house of logs, whei-e we had THE HUDSON. been pleasantly received by a modest and genteel young woman, weresolved to spend the Sabbath. Kor did we regret our resolution. ^Ycfound good wilderness accommodations; and at midnight the hunter camewith his dogs from a long tr
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