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At dusk they ran the canoe aground on a sheltered beach , and Agatha landed , feeling very tired and cold . When supper was over and they sat by the fire she did not want to talk , and , going to her tent , soon fell asleep . Next day they poled against the current and paddled , in bright sunshine , across a lake . At noon they camped among short junipers , and the next morning carried the empty canoes , upside down , across a rocky point . It cost twelve hours ' labor , relaying the loads , to make the portage , and then they launched upon another lake . After two more days they left the canoes , covered with fir-branches , on a beach , and pushed inland . A narrow trail led them across a high divide , seamed by deep gullies , where stunted pines and juniper grew among the rocks , and they portaged the loads by stages , carrying part for an hour or two , and then going back .