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were made in 1902 and since then a considerable transformation in the trails had occurred due to the extensive liumbering done in this region. The sign-post informed us that it was one mile south to Adirondack Lodge and the same distance to South Meadows. Our maps showed a good trail running to Marcy from the Lodge while none appeared leading from the Meadows. Our drug store friend at Placid had, however, told us that the South Meadows'trail was the better. Nevertheless we decided on the other, chiefly becaise we wished to see the beautiful Hart Lake on the way. 

Adirondack Lodge burnt down some four or five years ago so there is nothing to mar the picturesqueness of the lake on which it was situated. Arising directly from the west shore of Hart Lake (or Clear Lake, as some maps call it) is Mt. Jo, a bare mountain of medium height. Near its base is a large open camp, an unusually fine one.

These open camps are characteristic of the Adirondacks and seem indispensible to the owners of boarding-camps and private camps alike Their dimensions vary with the needs of their owners. An average sized camp would be about five feet high in front, six to seven feet deep, and eight feet broad. It is built up on three sides with logs about eight inches in diameter, the crevices filled in with mud and moss. The fourth side is left open and in front of it a fireplace is built. A big log runs the whole width of the shack in front, serving partly as a seat for those enjoying the fire and partly to keep the balsam, with which the camp is filled, in place. The open part faces away from the direction of the wind. to prevent the smoke from blowing into

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