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on the lake besides several gasoline launches. Then there is the mail boat, a low speedy steam-boat which delivers main twice a day going up the lake and gaters it coming down.

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[[underlined]] Getting the Mail [[/underlined]]

No stops are made at any dock except to take on and discharge the few passengers it can carry. T The mail is thrown off on the dock and campers hand the out-going mail to the postman as the boat sweeps by.

Most campers who come in year after year and most hotels have their own motor boats and there are some very speedy craft in these waters. There is great rivalry among the owners to carry off the cup at the annual regatta.

At Rock Fern Lodge we made final arrangements for our trip which was to start on the morrow and retired to our camp at an early hour.

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[[underlined]] Dr. Barton in the Winner, "Oidono" [[/underlined]]