The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-26

down 80 We had moro
wo Az the afternoon psss ss's II. q
' : mn ing. what We were oo We
as no very good campins coming
scented themselves ON tha spots
by the late afternoon 'I We stream,
a "a, long stretch of slow mo No zane
We decided We must Ihn o VI
a lake which We did. It # CON comm
come sight and yerv b h. was a
too. Wondering wbetb oeautiful
was on our map, we padalo Q. !
what looked like nice iui o.
quarters of a mile away i''ana
=, We found good campin,
me east side of the island ana SpOl
boyles and Morlidge got and
cut a place for the tent ~ 81 suppl
home, made the beds. etc oct up
We tried to check tho -
lake with one on our ma aape
though the size checked omit pi an
ably we could not figure how. ,e
have gotten to that lake go,n VT
direction We did. Part of n
were only rough sketches mn oat
not have a reliable map of thu
district. u Tue
After supper Boyles and I Won.
ing catching enough for brai
We padded around opr on Iva
lake to learn its shape and nm
interesting features. We 1 III.
turned to camp as We were all
Gus to get to bed early. ~
AS soon as We had reached tb.
we were met by a dozen ~
large sea gulls which sci IN
tinuous screeching, flying all tb5
overhead. They did not ratn-
their nests until it was onita
We were undoubtedly the onlv
pie they had seen for a long
After breakfast next morni,
headed across the lake. Va
somewhat in doubt as to Wba.
outlet was as there was MOTH,
low lying land on most sides
finally said they would leave !,
to decide which spot to piek
picked the one where we wero
ed and it turned out correct
We disliked to leave Our Ian
we had to continue. We fon,
outlet very shallow, necessitatin
siderable wading. The strpar
very much like the previous an
curing much portaging and
padding. At noon time we vera
ing a portage and / happened
ahead. | came to a small las
saw bull moose out in The
feeding on roots. put dow
pack, stole a drink of water frd
lake and went back on the n
tell the fellows to come quick
Boyles came first and as
preached the lake he heard a
near the trail beside him. il
him somewhat nervous as he II
the moose had come ashore.
had a good look at the old
while l took his picture befu
retired across the lake to the
side. We decided to have IuI
/ the lake and also a little resi-
tried his luck fly fishing for tro
without any success.
In the p. m. our stream foEd
another stream which was
south, this relieved our minds
erably. Late in the p NJ Wd
ed near the head of long
which showed visible signs Of
a regular camping place. We
a full set of moose antlers
were bleaching in the elemen.
Back from The shore we foun
of camps and decided it must
place where 1t was marked
maps, Indian Camp but il
should ask me | would call It
Fly Camp for these small I'd
ors. fairly ate us up that night,
er Boyles nor myself slept d
hour as we were being cont
bitten by these flies all night
In the morning we were ven
but got an early start. We
long portage to make where
er fell considerably. In one
photographed some falls ghlcl
twenty or more feet high in on
After making a carry Of a
mile we embarked and paddl
awhile. We expected to reacl
lakes shortly. but our stream
signs of rough water ahead
portage on the right indicated
so we took to the Land. We
this trail would take US over
lake Dul dlAti II a Ni''lh1 -
mile we wondered where the "a
disappeared to-
The lack of sleep began to
me and | felt quite sick ana
We decided to stick to the
kept on. It was a fine III
very long and evidently WIN
end. We finally reached
stream almost covered by mos
refreshed ourselves and had
Boyles got a little chill but y
ter afterwards. We went
mile further and stopped lof
beside a mud pond into WHO
stream flowed.
Each took a blanket ana fo'
in it to keep away the flies
a good sleep. The blanhei
very hot but better than haHi
a million flies biting you -,
After having rest Mofllu4
Boyles went to investigate
Boyles finally locating the fhe
a mile or two away We @er
ever. very tired so we aeel
camp where we were for the
and finish the next morning