. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . yes at the watery flower-bed, that the captain would have been very ungallant had he nottaken the hint. Giving the steamer a slant towards the starboard bank of the river,he rang the bell to stop ; the engineer responded, and the boat rangedup alongside the lilies. Get a pail-full of those lilies, York, sang out the captain. All right, sir, and the engineer went to the starboard gangway,turned up his shirt-sleeves, and quickly gathered a water-pail full ofthe beautiful blossoms. The boys, who had g
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . yes at the watery flower-bed, that the captain would have been very ungallant had he nottaken the hint. Giving the steamer a slant towards the starboard bank of the river,he rang the bell to stop ; the engineer responded, and the boat rangedup alongside the lilies. Get a pail-full of those lilies, York, sang out the captain. All right, sir, and the engineer went to the starboard gangway,turned up his shirt-sleeves, and quickly gathered a water-pail full ofthe beautiful blossoms. The boys, who had gone down to pick a fewfor themselves, found there was no necessity for it, the engineer had THROUGH THE WILDS. 193 obtained so many; and thanking him kindly, they carried the pail tothe wheel-house, and the young ladies made the flowers up intobunches. The captain rang the bell to go ahead slow, then for fullspeed, and again they were turning and twisting along the young ladies were profuse in their thanks for his kindness instopping the steamer, and he told them they were EAGLE POINT, MOUTH OF SUNDAY COVE. They had nowreached a part of theriver banks which foryears had been over-flowed at high water, killing nearly all the trees, and robbing them of their foliage, andbeyond these the lake was seen, stretching off on either hand tothe north and south. The dead forests gave a romantic appearanceto the scene near them. The trees were of all kinds, sizes, andshapes ; some shotting straight into the air, as naked as a vesselsspars when they are first set up; others branching out like hugeumbrellas, knotted and gnarled; some merely barren stumps, and 194 THROUGH THE WILDS. Others, whose roots were partially uncovered, leaning over at everyconceivable angle. Sailing through here in the spring at high water,is like navigating a submerged forest; but now the water had fallen,until it was inside the river banks in all but a few places. As the captain ja ..^ showed th
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