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YOUNG HUNTERS OF THE LAKE

creased the boys looked at each other wonderlngly. This was not at all what they had expected.

"If this is Narsac Lake I don't want to stay here," remarked Shep. "Why, it can't hold a candle to Cameron or Firefly."

" No wonder nobody comes here," grumbled Whopper. "It's nothing but a swamp."

"This can't be Lake Narsac," answered Snap. "Don't you remember what we heard—that it is a very deep lake, set right in among the mountains. We have made a mistake."

"I see something ahead," said Giant, who was standing in the bow. "It looks to me like a signboard. Let us row up to it."

"A signboard is just what we want," said Snap, and took up the oars. Soon they reached the board, which was nailed to a post set on one of the reedy islands. The board read as follows:

Hooper's Pond
S. Hooper, Owner
No campingers alowed

"Hooper's Pond!" cried Snap. "We certainly have made a mistake!"

"'No campingers alowed,'" read the doctor's son. "His spelling and grammar are not very strong but he knows what he means."