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`` That is n't as large as this lake , but it is certainly a nice sheet of water . And the hunting around there ought to be just as good as around here . '' The others said they were willing , and a little later they made their way out of Lake Cameron and sent the rowboat along the rocky watercourse in the direction of Firefly Lake . It was now past noon , yet nobody was in the humor for eating . `` The more I think of Andrew Felps the madder I get , '' said Shep . `` I do n't see how a man can be so mean . It would n't have hurt him a bit to have let us stay there . ''