The High School MagazineMontreal, Canada . lyand simultaneously changed their clothes,kindled a fire, washed the dishes and pots andstarted breakfast cooking. The weather w asfine and threatened to remain so. This filled the campers w ith great enthusiasm. In aboutan hour, a pot of porridge, a pot of coffee andhalf a loaf of bread had disappeared fromsight. Exeryone now left for the scene of the firstpiece of work: the end of a small adjacent first scouted around to pick up any pos-sible trail which might be there. None wasdetected, however, so the map was consulted,a bearing taken, a
The High School MagazineMontreal, Canada . lyand simultaneously changed their clothes,kindled a fire, washed the dishes and pots andstarted breakfast cooking. The weather w asfine and threatened to remain so. This filled the campers w ith great enthusiasm. In aboutan hour, a pot of porridge, a pot of coffee andhalf a loaf of bread had disappeared fromsight. Exeryone now left for the scene of the firstpiece of work: the end of a small adjacent first scouted around to pick up any pos-sible trail which might be there. None wasdetected, however, so the map was consulted,a bearing taken, and all got busy carving out anew trail. After working for a few hundred yards, theycame to a slight rise, bearing trees, whichcarried large old blazes. These signs wererecognized as the country line betw een Mont-calm and Joliette, and as it was good enough tofollow, they used it. After a few more hun-dred yards, the line gave indications of leadingthem straight up a high hill, so most of themsat down while a few climbed it to View from Batiment Hill At the top, Paul decided to shin up a bigpine tree, two or three feet in diameter, andMr. P. tackled a spruce. To reach the firstbranches of the pine, Paul had to climb alarge balsam. But the view- from the toprewarded all the effort of climbing, for theirimmediate destination. Lac Batiment. lay attheir feet, and distributed around them wereGrand Lac Diable. Lac Diable. Lac Daby. andin the distance a bit of Lac Cypres. Theydescended to the base of the hill and sent Edand some fellows to complete the trail to thelake while the rest went back for the Lac Batiment fi\ e people went forward inthe canoe, and the other four returned to thecamping place. At the far end of Lac Batiment they founda bea\-er dam and also to their surprise a trail,which they followed and improved. It ledthem down to Lac Diable. Here they pausedfor a space and partook of corned beef (FrayBentos brand) and hardtack with butter, thewhole moi
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