Chapter VI

Dangers of wandering from Camp.—An experience on Lake Superior.—The
Falls of the East Branch.—Stair Falls.—Incidents of Camp life.—An
Enchanted Bower.—Hunt’s Farm.—An Artist’s Canoe.—The ascent of
Hunt’s Mountain.—A reverie.—Whetstone Falls.—Discovery of Jasper on
Ledge Falls.—Dawn of Civilization.—Mattawamkeag.—The East Branch
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ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. THE AUTHOR IN HIS SANCTUM Frontispiece.

2. DEDICATION PAGE 3

3. THE ANGLER 5

4. CANOE AND CAMERA 17

4_a_. AN ODD SPECIMEN 18

5. ISAAK WALTON 21

6. KINEO HOUSE 25

7. ANTICIPATION 26

8. PICKING A COURSE 28

9. MAP OF THE TOUR THROUGH THE MAINE FORESTS 30

10. THE GUIDES 33

11. WE DREAM OF GAME 38

12. HOME APPETITE 41

13. CAMP APPETITE 41

14. MORRIS’S—NORTHEAST CARRY 43

15. IN SYMPATHY WITH NATURE 46

16. DISCOURAGEMENTS 48

17. “CHANGING PASTURE” 49

18. PENKNIFE SOUVENIRS 52

19. PINE STREAM FALLS 54

20. MUD POND CARRY 56

21. MUD POND—LOOKING EAST 59

22. “THIS IS THE WAY I LONG HAVE SOUGHT” 62

23. REFLECTIONS 63

24. CHAMBERLIN FARM—LOOKING WEST 65

25. THE ROOM INTO WHICH WE WERE USHERED 66

26. CAMP ON CHAMBERLIN LAKE 67

27. NOT IN THE PATENT OFFICE 70

28. A STUDY IN NATURAL HISTORY 71

29. GREAT NORTHERN DIVER 71

30. TELOS CUT AND LAKE 73

31. PHOTOGRAPHY—THE WET AND DRY PROCESS ILLUSTRATED 77

32. TELOS DAM AND RIVER 79

34. AN APPARITION 83

35. WEBSTER LAKE AND DAM 86

36. FLY CATCHERS VERSUS FLY FISHING 88

37. ALLUREMENTS 90

38. STUDY OF TROUT—BY THE AUTHOR 91

39. RUNNING RAPIDS ON WEBSTER RIVER 95

40. LUNCH TIME 99

41. IT’S NOT ALL POETRY 101

42. GRAND FALLS 103

43. STARTING A BOOM 107

45. A BOOM 109

46. DISCOVERY OF A NEW LAKE 111

47. MATAGAMONSIS LAKE 113

48. OUR SALMON 114

49. MATAGAMON OR GRAND LAKE 115

50. ON THE EAST BRANCH 120

51. DROPPING CANOES OVER FALLS 122

52. ACCEPTING THE SITUATION 123

53. STAIR FALLS 125

54. HULLING MACHINE FALLS 126

55. THE ARCHES—EAST BRANCH OF THE PENOBSCOT 128

56. HUNT’S FARM 130

57. MT. KATAHDIN—STUDY BY F. E. CHURCH 132

58. JUNCTION OF EAST AND WEST BRANCHES OF THE PENOBSCOT 134

59. GLIMPSES OF CIVILIZATION BEGIN TO DAWN 137

60. NET RESULTS 139