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noon and take some trout for dinner. But II
was half past three, and here We were on the top
of this mouatain reclining on u precipice Near!
ly ten hours had now passed Of the most despe-
rate toll and we had had nothing to cat, and
what was worse, thore was no prospect o. gei-
ting any thing till we should again reach our
beats. The Doctor was ir perfect despair, and
declared he could not return without food. As
last resort, he took from his pocket piece of
venison he had brought along for trout bal. "a
Frenchman could not have wished it older,) and
deyoured it. bsgged half OF cigar OF St.
J-n to stimulate my exhausted system, and We
began our descent. We again lost our course
and wandered about till exhausted, and hungry,
we sat down in bed Of wild "sheep-sorrel'
aud plucked the green leaves and ate them
An owl auttered on O branch over head and
drew up my hs and fired but missed hun. l
really believe if had killed him | should have
eaten him on the spot. The DJc.or declared he
would not stir-he would rather ole than go any
farther We cheered-hn up with the rcmeHi-
brance of his renison, at which ne made sundry
wry faces not to be mistaken, and which drew
peals of laughter from US, weary and faint as
We were. The Doctor would then stagger on,
but it was really pinful to look back and see him
stop, put mis- shoulder to tree and sink lis head
against the trunk and then slide down in utter
!, exhaustion on the green moss. At length the
rifle sho, OF W-d. who had gone on while we
tarried for the Doctor, announced that he had at
last found the lake. This gave new life to our
spirits, and we scrambled joyoasy on, Those
slender boats never looked 50 beautiful to me be-


fore as they then did, resting quietly on the
beach. Ii was now nearly dark, and the nearest
hut was four miles distant. Three of US sat
down in one boat and locked despsirlngly on
. each other, as much as to ssy, Who can row
these four miles 7" Invalid though | was,
took the cars and rowed two miles and hall,
while every stroke seemed TO tear on. my very
stomach. ribs and all. We at length moored our
skiff at the base OF hill and began the ascen:
to the clearing. With both hands on the muzze
OF my rifle, which used as pole to push my
self along with, dragged one foot after anothe;
ill g. length stopped, and bowling my head on
my gun, declared was fs;,ly done up and could
so no farther. Just then came fash of light
ming that set the dark forcs. in 4 blazc followed
by peal of thunder that made the shores ana
mountains trenble as it rolled Like the report Of a