nd around which he saw no signs of wild
beasts, he returned to the cabin and reported what he had seen.

"We are lost," said the chief, "past all doubt. The forest here is as
new to me as if I had never seen a tree before, and our safest way is
to prepare for winter."

"Prepare for winter!" said Edward, gloomily, "what have we to prepare?
No warm garments to make, for we have neither cloth, nor anything to
make them with if we had."

"There is much that can be done," said the trapper, "if we are obliged
to winter here, which I fear we shall be, as it will soon be here, and
Sidney is confined to his couch again. I will go in the morning and see
the place you speak so highly off and if we then agree upon it, we had
better endeavor to erect something that will defend us from our enemies
as well as cold and rain."

Chapter Eleventh.

The storm subsides. Search for winter quarters. Strange Discoveries.
Works of the Lost People. Their search among the Ruins. Walls, roads,
and buildings found. Their state of Preservation. The Wanderers decide
upon selecting a place to spend the winter in. They prepare to locate
themselves. Hunting deer and other Game. They find abundance of fruit.
A salt spring. Their joy at their discoveries.

The next morning the storm had passed over, and the sun arose bright
and clear upon our wanderers, who felt relieved as they found Sidney
much improved, though yet quite ill, but in a fair way to be able, in a
few days, to be on his feet again. Making everything as secure as
possible for those they left behind, the chief and Howe set out to
visit the spot where the chief earnestly desired their cabin should be
located. When arrived at the spot, Howe was not surprised at the
enthusiasm of the chief; and was astonished at the loveliness, as well
as the strangeness of the whole landscape that lay before him.
Penetrating the alluring wood before them half a mile further, the
scene still retaining its strange beauty, they came to a stream with an
artificial embankment, built of stone, cemented, five feet high from
the river's bed, and running up and down the stream as far as they
could see in the distance.

"The work of the lost people!" said the chief, endeavouring to displace
some stones from their artificial bed, but which resisted all his
efforts.

"This does look as though civilized people had lived here," said the
trapper. "This wall has been built to confine the water to its channel,