Outing . we soonhad the tents pitched, while Pilbox in-stalled himself in the office of fire makerand wood cutter,which he held forthe rest of the tripin addition to thatof camp waker. After spendingthe next day withrod and gun, with-out any startlingresults, thoughPilbox nearly^4^ killed Pugwashfe^ with fatigue whileg^ hunting for deerin the woods onthe mainland, we,^^_ decided to move on ; so we packedup and started. The lake is very narrowtoward its outlet, and in one place, knownas the stepping stones, there is a curiousline of boulders stretching quite after passing this spot
Outing . we soonhad the tents pitched, while Pilbox in-stalled himself in the office of fire makerand wood cutter,which he held forthe rest of the tripin addition to thatof camp waker. After spendingthe next day withrod and gun, with-out any startlingresults, thoughPilbox nearly^4^ killed Pugwashfe^ with fatigue whileg^ hunting for deerin the woods onthe mainland, we,^^_ decided to move on ; so we packedup and started. The lake is very narrowtoward its outlet, and in one place, knownas the stepping stones, there is a curiousline of boulders stretching quite after passing this spot a covey ofpartridges flew across the lake, out ofwhich we managed to secure the materialsfor a dinner. The outlet into Lower orLittle Trout Lake is a strange one. As youpaddle down to the foot of the lake, younotice a little bay on your left not twentyfeet wide. Entering this, you pass twoor three small but deep basins of water,and finally come to a little waterfall afoot in height. Here the channel is so. A QUIET COUNTRY ROAD. FROM LAKE NIPISSING TO OTTAWA. 13 narrow and shallow that even after re-moving a quantity of loose rock we hadto tilt our canoes and then lift themover. The lake itself is very narrow, withsteep, rocky banks, from which forestfires have swept the pine timber. At thelower end the lake widens into a prettysheet of water dotted with islands. Here oh, how they did hurt our shoulders ! Itis rather exciting, too, for one is in a con-stant fever lest your fellow bearer willeither pull or push you over, or viceversa. After we got the canoes over westarted for our traps and provender, buta rain storm and night coming on, weconcluded that it would be safer to campon the portage, unpromising though it
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