An upper dam at Adirondack gave way, and a new channel for the stream was cut, and the great dam at Tahawus, with the saw-mill, Avas demolished by the rushing waters. All was left a desolation. Over scores of acres at the head and- foot of Handford Lake (overflowed when the dam was constructed) we saw white skeletons of trees which had been killed by the flood, standing thickly, and heightening the dreary aspect of the scene. The workmen liad all departed from Adirondack, and only llobert Hunter and his family, who had charge of the property, remained. The original proprietors were all dead, and the property, intrinsically valuable but immediately unproductive, was in the possession of their respective families. But the projected railway will yet be constructed, because it is needful for the develop :;icnt and use of that immense mineral and timber region, and again that forest village will be vivified, and the echoes of the deep l)reathings of its furnaces will be heard in the neighbouring mountains.

At Mr. Hunter's Ave prepared for the rougher travel on foot through the mountain forests to Tahawus, ten miles distant. Here we may properly instruct the expectant tourist in this region in regard to such preparation. Every arrangement should be as simple as possible. A man needs only a stout flannel hunting shii-t, coarse and trustworthy trousers, woollen stockings, large hea^-y boots well saturated with a composition of beeswax and tallow, a soft felt hat or a cap, and strong buckskin gloves. A Avoman needs a stout flannel dress, over shortened crinoline, of short dimensions, with loops and buttons to adjust its length ;