Chapter I: Front Matter

CAMP MATES
IN MICHIGAN

_or_

WITH PACK AND PADDLE
IN THE PINE WOODS

_by_
ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE

CHICAGO
M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY

CANOE AND CAMPFIRE SERIES

Four Books of Woodcraft and Adventure in the Forest
and on the Water that every Boy Scout should
have in his Library

_By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE_

CANOEMATES IN CANADA; or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan.

THE YOUNG FUR-TAKERS; or, Traps and Trails in the Wilderness.

THE HOUSE-BOAT BOYS; or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South.

CHUMS IN DIXIE; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motor Boat.

CAMP MATES IN MICHIGAN; or, With Pack and Paddle in the Pine Woods.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS; or, Camping in the Big Game Country.

In these four delightful volumes the author has drawn bountifully from his thirty-five years experience as a true sportsman and lover of nature, to reveal many of the secrets of the woods, such as all Boys Scouts strive to know. And, besides, each book is replete with stirring adventures among the four-footed denizens of the wilderness; so that a feast of useful knowledge is served up, with just that class of stirring incidents so eagerly welcomed by all boys with red blood in their veins. For sale wherever books are sold, or sent prepaid for 50 cents each by the publishers.

Copyright, 1913, M. A. Donohue & Co.

CONTENTS

Chapter Page

I THE UNWELCOME VISITOR IN CAMP 7

II PADDLING AGAINST THE CURRENT 19

III THE JOY OF CAMPING OUT 32

IV AMOS GIVES WARNING 42

V THE ROOT HUNTER 53

VI EVIDENCE THAT TALKED 64

VII DOLPH MEETS SOMETHING 75

VIII THE WAY TO FISH FOR BULL FROGS 86

IX ON THE SHORE OF THE LAKE 97

X THE FIGHTING BUCK 106

XI ON THE TRACK OF AMOS 115

XII THE GAME POACHERS 124

XIII SALLIE 133

XIV DOLPH HEARS ABOUT THE HAUNTED CABIN 149

XV THE POWER OF MUSIC 158

XVI WHEN CRAWLEY LOST HIS HEAD 168

XVII THE HOLE IN THE FLOOR 178

XVIII THE CABIN ABANDONED TO THE GHOSTS 188

XIX TEDDY’S WOODCRAFT HELPS 198

XX WHAT SALLIE DID 208

XXI THE UPLIFTED HAND 217

XXII FLY FISHING FOR BASS 226

XXIII ALONG THE TAHQUAMANON 233

XXIV DOWN THE SOO RAPIDS—CONCLUSION 243

Camp Mates in Michigan

or

With Pack and Paddle in the Pine Woods