JAIN OTOR SPC WINCHESTER ——————=LOOK FOR THE RED—— a TRADE MARK REG IN U.S. PAT. OFFICE WHEN BUYING GUNS OR AMMUNITION The red W trade-mark makes it easy to distinguish Winchester goods from other brands, which equal them neither in quality nor reputation. It means the same to guns, cartridges or shotgun shelis that the word “Sterling’’ does to silverware. & & & & For Your Protection “Look for the Red W” WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., . : NEW HAVEN, CONN, Gold Silver (LONDON) Porter Cups, Medals, Trophies Undoubtedly the best brewed on the continent. Proved to be Committees will consider their so by analysis of four chemists, own interests by wHeneos be- and by awards of the world’s fore they make up their prize ae 5 hae oe great exhibitions, especially Bronze Viste) @yc-s as. sce secnieses, 3: ; CHICAGO 1893, where it received ninety-six points out of a possible JAS. D. BAILEY, Ltd. hundred, much higher than any Jewelry Parlors other Porter in the United States 75 Yonge Street, Toronto. or Canada. : ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR RTS IN CANADA. I EY PE OF 4 CYCLE Motor BUILT IN SIZES 12 TO 100 H. P. OPERATES ON GASOLINE OR DISTILLATE Niverville Man., Feb. 7, 1906. Wolverine Motor Works, Gentlemen :—It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the 6 H. P., 2 cylinder, 2 ¢ycle engine, I bought from you last June has given the best of satisfaction, on the River and also on the Lake, It drives my 22 1-2 ft. boat close to 11 miles an hour, and does it easily. The best part however, is the ease of handlingit. It is seldom that I have to use the crank more than once a day as it would hold the compression in the hottest sunshine for four or five hours and has repeatedly started by the lever alone after not being used for 1 1-2 to.2 days. We lived through the worst storm on Lake Winnipeg of the season ’05 and would surely have been drowned had thejengine stopped on us, Respectfully yours, Won. B. MEY WOLVERINE MARINE ENGINES One Grade Only__The Highest Have stood as the standard of excellence for 20 years—the highest art in marine gasoline engine construction, 5tot1ooh. p., 4 cycle, self-starting and reversing. CATALOG NO. 26 UPON REQUEST WOLVERINE MOTOR WORKS, Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A. (FORMERLY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. E are probably the largest exclusive marine gasoline engine manufacturers in the world. WENTY years of scientifie study and careful experimentation MUST have resulted in some- thing. OUR special method of construction insures long life and freedom from annoying break- ages. EVERY engine is thoroughly tested and inspec- ted before it leaves the factory. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canads. ROD AND GUN/A MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Ko > - RIFELS For Target and Sporting Purposes The best in the world. 303 Calibre, Méilitary and Sporting Patterns. Special calibres to order. CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION ROSS RIFLE COMPANY Quebec When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘“‘Rod and Gun.and Motor Sports in Canada.” ores ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. AMS Would you buy a hundred dollar counterfeit bill for twenty-nine forty? Not if you had your wits about you, would you? Why buy a counterfeit gasoline engine, sup- posed to be worth one hundred dollars, for twenty-nine forty? Does it sound reasonable? Of course it doesn’t. You can only get a certain amount of good merchandise for one hundred dollars, and you want to make sure that you are getting all that’s coming to you. ADAMS engines are the best engines we can make for the price we sell them at, and they couldn’t be made any better if they sold for twice the money. Get our catalog, and when you want the best there is in gasoline engines remember that the ADAMS engine is IT. The Adams Launch & Engine Mfg. Go., PENEIANS: The above is a true cut of our No. 3, 16 ft. x 31 in. x 12 in. rib and batten Basswood Canoe. THE HERALD MODEL (also known as the Rice Lake Canoe) is unique in shape, and no other builders can duplicate these cuts from canoes of their own manufacture. Where they have been so used they have been photographed from the cuts in our catalogue. WATER LINE Fig 1 Fig 2 THEY ARE SAFE—See cut of cross-section Fig. 1. Canoeists do not have the cranky “*tip-over” feeling that they have in other makes built as Fig. 2. Write for Catalogue. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY RICE LAKE CANOE CO. HERALD BROS., Proprietors. GORE'S LAND, RICE LAKE, ONT., CAN. When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘“‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.’’ 4 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Cigar Sells on its merits, it needs no praise from us, but we want smokers of good cigars to recognize this—that’s why we advertise. Harris, Harkness & Co., Makers, Montreal. THE NEWHOUSE TRAP Camp =) is absolutely reliable. Never there is nothing “1 fails to hold the game. Positive goes quite so well as | A : iy a bit of good fat in action, easy to set, will nof - bacon. If you have \\l] get out of order. not been used to fat oy Made in all sizes to catch any- bacon — try it — the y : S doctors say itis good ! thing from a rat to a bear. and after you have iN oie aetlemunee tried it you will say ve, so too. Ask your i ONEIDA COMMUNITY, Ltd. grocer to get you \ Niagara Falls, Ontario ‘Star Brand’ a ae English Breakfast 4 Quy ae 4 RACON A Greenhart Trout Rod Made by will be sent FREE to anyone sending 10 F. W. FEARMAN CoO., Ltd. subscriptions to Hamilton, Ont. , ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA All Fearman’s goods are Government Address inspected. W. d. TAYLOR, EARN ATS Publisher, Woodstock, Ont. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gum and Motor Sports in Canada. a TEMAGAMI} ~ | UNEXCELLED | ~ FISHING SHOOTING red ‘3 Three beautiful Hotels and Steamboat Service afford ideal accommodation. CANOES, GUIDES AND CAMP Why are Moore Motors OUTFITS SUPPLIED a THE BEST? Write for Booklet | One reason is because the OPEN BASE | prevents ous our leaner and mal ate Gonner Steamboat th ae ee | it av Once. and Hotel Co., Limited PALMER-MOORE COMPANY TEMAGAMI, ONT. Joy Bldg., Syracuse N.Y., U.S.A. The Largest Ay C WY Manufacturers in the World in our Line es Our Goods stand the Test 8o w Re, & E MPO “Ooirey ENO The Patent Unbreakable Silk Bound Rod — TRADE MARK THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN FISHING RODS. Silk bound, waterproof, Split Cane Rodin Trout and Bass. Strongest rod in the world. Every dealer and fisherman shou ld see this rod. Price is most reasonable and within the reach of all. Made only by us in our factory at Toronto he Alleock, Laight G- Westwood Go., Limited 78 Bay Street» Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 6 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. = , - - ' . 12 Gauge Take-down 6 Shots 7 3-4 lbs. of this new model. twigs and sand. 62 Willow St., * Strelinger in your Launch is % ike gold in your pocket, Mighty Satisfactory Safe Simple, Durable Reliable Powerful The Strelinger Always Goes “Good as Ever after 10 Years of Service” 1_-3 Thats the way we build them. GOOD when you buy them, GOOD ALWAYS. TROUBLE LEAVES when the STRELINGER comes aboard. We carry in stock engines from 11-2to50H.P, $25 to $2500. 2and 4 Cycle Marine and Stationary. Send for catalogue. Special bargain on a few sample motors. Write now while the opportunity lasts. The Strelinger Marine Engine Co. Dept. x 46 CONGRESS ST. E. DETROIT, MICH. 4 Cyc.--STRELINGER--1 to 4 Cyl. jammmmme That’s al] there is to taking down the lodel 24 Maclin A leeene Shotgun It has also the Zarda solid-top, side-ejecting construc- tion, with the closed-in breech-bolt that keeps out rain, snow, dirt, leaves, Send postal for circular with large illustration and full description of this gun, or three stamps postage for our complete 136-page catalog. hhe Mlarlin Firearms Co Press Latch at frontend of magazine and iat = draw tube forward. Draw t,<— forward action bar to clear Z frame. Unscrew barrel.»_. You can take it down anywhere in 10 seconds, even with cold fingers. ' The steel-lined, metal-capped fore- arm, double extractors and automatic recoil hangfire safety "THE SIGN oF device are other special features New Haven, Conn. Sta-Rite U. 8. Pat. Office Trade Mark Reg. WERE RIGHTLY NAMED IN 1902 Double Porcelains do no break because inner heat- ed PorcelainTube and eut- er PorcelainCap have their Price Net, F.O.B. own contraction and ex- N. Y. $1.25 pansion. Single Porce- lain Plugs are handicap- pce because contraction and expansion is not uni- orm and tube either breaks or leaks. Sta-Rite Joints do not leak Tension Springs prevent parts loosening No Broken Bolt heads; they are turned from Solid Bessemer Steel Rods No. 4 Separable Double Porcelain Sta-Rite sir spaces and glazed insulating surfaces permit perfect ignition in oil and soot. Latest circulars and 25c six inch rule sent free on request. Sta-Rite Mica Plugs {1.50 each. THE R.E. HARDY CO. 25 WEST 42np ST., NEW YORK John Forman, Montreal Rice Lewis & Co., Toronto. A. W. LePage, General Agent for British Celumbia, Vancouver, B.C When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD’ AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Simplicity of construction, perfect safety, absolute reliability in action and superior accuracy are the qualities which characterize an H & R Revolver. @ Sold by all first class dealers. @ Send for Illus- trated Catalog. a sure shot A @ Rather than accept a sub- stitute from us direct. order MA Harrington & Richardson Arms Co.\ 491 Park Ave., Worcester, Mass. ; for thirty-five years. YOU buy a revolver. The Target Grip .*< makes yous Za Have given absolute satisfaction Remember this fact when The Firs combination of a medium- priced revolver with a perfect full grip — the best for target practice. For this reason always look for our name on barrel and target trade mark on handle. BY High Grade Engines and Launches Complete. p Several Bargains in a 7? wns i Fully Guaranteed. Agents Wanted Henricks Magneto WITHOUT THE AID QF BATTERIES. It is better and more durable than any Dynamo. regardlessof speed of fly wheel. Its governor insures a constant and uniform spark. contacts of the engine. HENRICKS NOVELTY CO, Second Hand FIRES YOUR GAS or GASOLINE ENGINE Its governor regulates the speed Its governor adjusts to imperfect fly wheels. The spark does not burn the All strains are removed from the bearings of Magneto. 129 S. Capital Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. The No. 2 Folding Pocket Brownie The Kodak simplicity and the Kodak daylight loading features are all embodied in the Pocket Brownies. Made in the same factory and by the same skilled workmen who manufacture the Kodaks they have in them a quality that would not be possible under any other conditions. They are not made of the most expensive material but they are carefully made by perfect machinery in large quantities and each one must undergo the regular Kodak inspection. They are not expensive but they stand the one and all important test, hey work. Their equipment is such that they are perfectly adapted to snap-shots or time exposures and the amateur may, by providing a Dollar Brownie Developing box, do his own developing without a dark-room; or may leave it to another—just as he chooses. The No. 2 Folding Pocket Brownie makes pictures 2 1-4 x-31-4 inches, loads in daylight with Eastman N. C. Kodak film for 6 exposures, has a meniscus lens of 41-2 inch focus. Has our Improved Pocket Automatic Shutter with iris diaphragm stops, has a reversible finder and two tripod sockets. By means of the automatic focusing lock it may be used either as a fixed focus or a focusing camera as desired. Measuring but 17-8 x 35-16 x 63-4 inches and weighing but 16 ounces it is in every sense a pockev camera. Handsomely finished and covered with the finest imitation leather. Durable, sensible, practical, inexpensive to operate. PRICE, $6.00. : Ask your dealer or write us for ‘‘The Book of the Brownies,” free. CANADIAN KODAK CO., Limited, TORONTO, CANADA. When writine advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 9 Silk Fish Line. Made on latest improved machinery. pure, strength guaranteed, lightest line made. IN 4 COLORS— White with Black. Absolutely the strongest and Black with White. Black with Olive. Size 0, 1} cents per yard Size 4, 1? cents per yard Size 1, 2 cents per yard Patent Waxed Lines Guaranteed not to absorb water. Superior Line for Casting. Size 0, 21 cents per yard Size 4, 22 cents per yard Size 1, 3 cents per yard Size 2, 33 cents per yard Black with Brown. Size 2, 24 cents per yard Size 3, 3 cents per yard Size 4, 33 cents per yard Enamelled Lines. Not a union line, but the best silk. ENAMELLED BY HAND. Size 4, 3? cents per yard Size 1, 4 cents per yard Size 2, 44 cents per yard Size 3, 5 cents per yard Size 4, 53 cents per yard Casting Line—Size 00, 1{ cents per yard. Size 0, 14 cents per yard. Put up on cards, 25, 50, 75 and 100 yards, continuous lengths. St. Lawrence Sporting Goods Co., Ltd. 102 NGTRE DAME ST. WEST, MONTREAL “The Angler's Friend” Patented Dec. 5th,] 1905 If a wet line is placed on an ‘“‘ANGLER’S FRIEND’ iwhere the raystof the sun or the dew cannot reach it it will dry quickly and with no damage whatever to its strength. By drying the line thoroughly the Angler will derive much pleas- ure, as well as profit, and avoid the disagreeable experience of getting sand andjdirt into the gear ing of his reel. In Use. A Fish Line Preserver and Drying Reel An Angler using lines ford to be without “THE FRIEND.” good cannot af- Packed in a neat box 91-4, x 3 x 11-8 in. Sent postpaid anywhere in Canada on receipt of POAC e ne Minin ing t Boome 0 hin Ole oe eeiereck oie See a DeLOO If dealers or jobbers cannot supply send direct to the manufacturer. THE SKINNER CO.., Limited GANANOQUE, ONT. Folded When writimg advertisers kindly memtion Rod and Gum and Motor Sports in Canada. fe) ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. vittle Oi = Please send GASOLINE MOTORS Bre taweht RELIABLE - REVERSIBLE -TWO CYCLE = our book enttt- LIGHT, SIMPLE AND EASY TO OPERATE. ONLY THRE led Ignition, MOVING PARTS. MAIN BEARINGS BABBITTED. MATERIA’ Vaporization AND WORKMANSHIP OF THE HIGHEST GRADE AND GUARANTEED) . : JUMP SPARK IGNITION. ‘ Installation, BUILT IN MULTI-CYLINDER TYPES and Operat- Send to-day for free catalog “Nn” ton of a Gas- =, UNITED MANUFACTURING CO) °2”¢ 4/0207. DETROIT, MICH. 171-075 WEST WOODBRIDGE ST. Give Steady Satisfactory Service because of their enduring reliable qualities. Built to Work. Built for Work. Send for catalogue 23, 5, 7h.p. single cylinder. 5, 10, 15 h.p. double cylinder Royal Equipment Co. Bifageport Conn, USA. PERFECTION IN CANOES Chestnut Canvas Covered Cedar Canoes are made to suit every personand every purpose. Satety, ease in handling and durability combine to make them the finest, best and strongest canoes in the world., Chestnut’s ‘“Sponson Model’”—Fitted with safety air chambers. Best for women, children and family use. Write for Chestnut’s “‘Pleasure Model’’—Safe and comfortable. descriptive Chestnut’s ‘‘Cruiser Model’’—Best for poling and paddling in rapid or catalogue rough water. ; Chestnut’s ‘‘Guides}Special’’—Best for hunters, surveyors, miners etc. N THE CHESTNUT CANOE CO., Limited YORK STREET, Fredericton, N. B. 730 A ‘ is the title of a book by Th Practical Dog Education 6 (iii ony auto containing some new and thoroughly practical ideas on dog training, or rather dog education. The methods recommended by Mr. Abbot represent the experience of the best trainers throug out the country. ‘I'he man who masters the principles will be able to train any dog. The book is handsomely bound in cloth and a copy will be sent, pogt vbion ae . W. J. TAYLOR Rod and Gun and Motor Woodstock, Ont. Sports in Canada When writin~ advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. II Lyman Receiver Sigh Stevens Repeating Gallery Rifle a a ’, . = "Affer Shavin€ BORATED TALCUM TOILET POWDER and insist that your barber _use it also. It is Antiseptic and willprevent any of the ae ie diseases often contrac ted. A positive relief for Sunburn, ~ Prickly Heat, Chafing, and all afflictions of the skin. Re- ‘moves all odor of perspiration. Get Mennen’s—the original. Put up in non- refillable boxes—the “‘box that lox’? Guaran- teed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906. Serial No. 1542. Sold everywhere or mailed for 25 cents. Sample free. Try Mennen’s Violet (Borated) Talcum. Gerhard Mennen Co., Newark N. J. No. 42 . - Price $2.00 With Cup Disc - = 2.25 SEND FOR CATALOGUE The Lyman Gun Sight Corporation MIDDLEFIELD, CONN,, U. S. A. a HEY say a fellow named Archimedes invented the screw two thousand years or so ago. Simple idea this, wrapping a wedge around a cylinder. But it will do a few thousand years more. You cannot improve first principles. That is the reason why Lefever Shot Guns are destined to be used as long as guns are used. With a wedge, the Lefever solves the problem of taking-up wear. The wedge-shaped, compensating bolt draws the barrels and frame absolutely tight in every direction. The hinge-joint is made solid as new after years and years of service, by merely turning a screw. This is the climax of simplicity. So with the Lefever three-piece system. One piece simultaneously raises both hammers, extracts the shells and gently breaks the fall of the barrels when the breech is opened. This piece is substantial. Other things, just as important, are shown in our catalogue—more im- portant to a buyer, in fact, because they are the very things that prove deceptive to an inexperienced buyer, such as quality of steel, hand work on all parts, taper boring, etc. This cata- logue is worth sending for. LEFEVER ARMS CO. 20 Maltbie Street, Syracuse, N. Y. When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘“‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.” Cylinders 234 to 40 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Fastest Cruising Motor Boat IN THE WORLD of its length and beam, the yacht ‘‘Grayling”’ shown above, is equipped with three 40h. p. Gray Motors (120 h. p.) regular stock motors not in the slightest degree different or better than any of the forty Gray Motors turned out of our factory every day, from the little 2% h.p., $67.50, up. And yet with these same ‘‘run-of-factory’’ motors, the ‘‘Grayling’’ won the Time Prize in the 200-mile race on Lake Erie last August—from Toledo to Detroit River, to Cleve- land and back to Toledo. Write for interesting story of this race. ‘O7= E; Engine, with complete boat High Grade outfit, [ Not BARE] Shaft, Pro- h.p. in every feature peller Wheel, Stuffing Box, Muffler, Batteries, Spark Coil, Wire, Switch, ete., all ready toinstallin your boat . . A} i i 1,2,3 &4 GRAY MOTORS aremadein the largest and most up-to-date plantinthe Gear Made by Gies Bros. Direct con- nection from en- Reverse gine to propelior Leas shaft, running spins Ps smoothly and / noiselessly. Sim- ple,compact,ease GIES BROS. of adjustment, 516 Wayne powerful clutch County Bank and perfect Building lubrication. Detroit, Mich. “The Gear for Instant Action” world de- voted ex- clusively to making 2-cycle engines, fF] GUARANTEED bya responsible concern —ask Dun or Brad- | street. with Complete Boat Out- Quy h. p. fit [NoT BARE], Every- thing complete, ready to install in your boat, except gasoline tank and piping. This engine is guaranteed to develop 3% horse power —is as powerful as most 4h. p. motors, $ and is as carefully built,—has as thorough workmanship as one of the Grayling’s 40 h. p. engines 730) Gray Motor Boats Send for catalog of 18-21-25 and 30 ft. semi-speed and pleasure boats equipped with Gray Motors—or we will furnish your local boat builder plans of Gray Motor bouts free it you install Gray Motors. Write today for new 1908 Catalog. GRAY MOTOR CO., 64 Leib Detroit, Mich. || Whether you walk for health, pleasure or business—on city’s streets, in the woods, or on golf links it is interesting to know exactly how nuch ground you have covered. The American Pedometer (Carried in the Vest Pocket) regulates to your stepand registers infallibly the exact distance. It is but 1% inches in diam- eter, handsomely nickled and so simple and sturdy as to be almost indestructible. 10 MILE PEBOMETER $1.00 100 ns 1.50 At Sporting Goods dealers. If yours hasn't it we will send postpaid on receipt of price with our guarantee. Write forjfree booklet D. THE AMERICAN PEDOMETER CO.,, go2 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Oanada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 13 MARINE MOTORS yor and your boat deserve a good engine. You have probably seen enough poor engines to know that such an engine can rob one of all the pleasure and add much to the expense of motor boating. if In buying a Perfection you have the assur- ance that you get positively the simplest, ? p $45 quietest, most powerful marine engine built--bet- ter finished and better fitted than any other engine. COMPLETE REVERSIBLE—NO CRANKING no valves nor cams—all parts interchangeable, highest grade material hroughout. Our broad GUARANTEE covers replacement of any engine that does not give complete satisfaction, and is backed up by one of the largest and most complete factories in the business. Can you afford to take chances or buy on any other terms? Write for our hand- some catalog of all sizes. CAILLE PERFECTION MOTOR CoO. 1322 SECOND AVENUE. DETROIT, MICH. Nothing Useful Left Out This accounts for our success. Buffalo Marine Motors are designed and built to give satisfaction azd do it. Write for 1907 catalogue and get en ape H. a _ posted as to new sizes and styles. Nothing Useless Put In BUFFALO GASOLINE MOTOR CO. 1218-30 Niagara St. Our New Slow Speed Engine jills a long felt want. : | BUFFALO, N.Y. PPT BA Ween writin. advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Cansus Le | aS ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. | as] cael lela clae lg emacs nla a SEND US YOUR ADDRESS FOR OUR New Catalog ON = LI a ee Korona Cameras Camping Goods. always represent the highest standard of camera quality. If carefully ex- amined they will win your approbation by their perfection in every detail and the many little features which give them their individuality. Koronas are famous for their lens equipments and they are sold at very reasonable prices fitted with our TURNER-REICH Convertible Anastigmat f. 6. 8. The perfect American lens. Oldtown Canoes 15 and 16 feet Send for Catalogue a Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. 798 Clinton Ave. So., Rochester, N. Y. The H. H. Kiffe Co. “New tort.” |Guaranteed for One Year. CMHOSRMRNRRRO ROB R RES RoRe eo seoaceaeneeeee ay > SERERREARY “RRR PC Tees ae eee THE 9 H | Yours for One Dollar. ueen s Hote pee ae 0 The greatest plug aes ee of. TORONTO, ee CANADA $7.00 ; with ayear’s guarantee. Import- ed Porcelains. Can’t leak or short circuit. Can’t soot over. It’s a $2.50 plug for $1.00. NEVER MISS No. 8 | ..4sk yourdealer or send direct if he can’t supply you. None just as good. Remember Never Miss No. 8. Get our Catalogue of Ignitien Goods FREE, One of the largest and most comfortable hotels in the Dominion of Canada, and, being adjacent to the Lake, commands a splendid view of Toronto Bay and Lake Ontario. It is well knownas one of the coolest houses in summer in Canada, and is elegantly furnished threughout. Rooms en-suite, with bath rooms attached. THE QUEEN'S has been iiberally patronized by royality and nobility during their visits to Toronto, and among those who have honored it with their patronage are: His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia; their Royal Highnesses, ,Prince Leopold, Prince George, Princess Louise, and the Duke and Duchess ef Connaught; the Marquis of Lorne; the Earl and Countess of Dufferin; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne; Lord and Lady Stanley, of Preston ; Earl and Countess of ‘Aberdeen. THE QUEEN'S is furnished with all the latest modern improvements. Long Distance Telephone in Every Room. NEVER MISS SPARK PLUG CO. LANSING, MICH., U.S.A, licGaw & Winnett, Proprietors. When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.’’ ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 5 $8 = G ToeLAKE OF BAYS “KILLARNEY of AMERICA” OVER 1000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL PURE AND EXHILARATING ATMOSPHERE MAGNIFICENT SCENERY and LOVELY WATER TRIPS AN IDEAL TERRITORY for CAMPERS and CANOEISTS MODERN STEAMBOATS Have Been Pracep on Tuese Lakes GOOD HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS ar Reasonasie Rares, Write for handsome booklet which tells you all about it. Sent free on application to J. D. McDonald, Union Station, Toronto, or to J. Quinlan, Bonaventure Station, Montreal. W. E. DAVIS G. T. BELL Passenger Traffic Manager Gen. Pass. and Tkt. Agent MONTREAL MONTREAL 16 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Our 1908 Models Are Winners Very Simple, Most Durable, Always Reliable. We can furnish full set of castings of all our engines, complete and ready to be machined with full blue print working drawings, showing complete construction. Send for prices stating size required. Our finished engines have no equal for workmanship, and the ‘Honest Injun” needs no further comment. 2 H. -P. piston 3x3i single cylinder $ a 00, with accessories, $100.00 3 4x44 “ 5.00 125.00 Bes dei ares of ge “ 100.00 « 160.00 Fi not es 4x44 double ES 150.00 : ue 210.00 Pave oe oC 5x5 Op ce 220.00 ee a 280.00 Sips as 5x5 three oe 300.00 ne os 375.00 ZA 0G 5x5 four BG 400.00 of és 475.00 Special inducements for orders received this month. Miller Gasoline Engine Co., 4 Gould St. TORONTO, ONTARIO. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod amd Gum and Motor Sports in Oanada. ROD AND GUN,AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 17 ——<— —$————————————————————_— STOP ASTHMA ATTACKS Asthma Cured by a Simple Home Treatment It will be joyful news to thousands of Asthma sufferers to learn that this malady, which ae fe much A eee emtcenie ae distress at this season oO e year, ie z 5 Z can be cured by a simple home treat- j el Fishing Rods ment. i Written testimony of the wonder- ; : ful results obtained by tnis method are THE STANDARD of strength, reach the Toxico Laboratory, 1123 } | durability, pliancy and elasticity Broadway, New York City, every for surf, brook, lake, deep sea, Or day, and in order that every one any kind of fishing. They will hook may test Toxico’s merits, a demon- and land more fish, are elegantly stration of the method, also a treat- finished, and will stand more hard ment, will be mailed free of cost to usage than any other rod known. any request. 1 Guaranteed three years. MALARIA CONQUERED : 2 b as Beautiful Illustrated PeRertling Results Obtained by Malaxo. | | @Peiticue maces’ FREE From the latest advices of a co- i THE HORTON MEG. CO. terie of medical experts, it is evident : 33 )ecion Sk. Buatol Court that malaria has at last met its master. Quinine and its associated Pallatives have been superseded by Malaxo, the new compound, which acts quickly and with better results. This compound will prove a great boon to sufferers, and in order to hasten its introduction, The Inter- national Remedy Company, 1123 Broadway, New York City, has of- fered to send a free trial by mail on receipt of a written request. SHOOT MULLERITE THE PERFECT BULK SMOKELESS POWDER. Testimonial of “The London Field” on MULLERITE Smokeless Sporting Powder. We have not made a chemical analysis, but are informed that this powder is composed of pure nitro cellulose, and, being thoroughly gelatinised, is practically unaffected by damp. As this powder contains little or no moisture, long exposure to moderate heat affects it but slightly, | It is very clean in the barrel, and does not set up corrosion. MULLERITE gives superior results to any shot gun powders we have hitherto tried and reported upon, as will be seen by the records herewith published. It will be noticed that, although the velocities are about 10 ft. sec higher than our standard the recoils are quite moderate, as also is the gas pressure in the barrel, and the patterns are higher than any we have ever before obtained. SCHOVERLING BROS., Sole Agents 6 Read Street, New York City. Your local dealer can supply any load you wish; if not let us hear from you. A trial is our best argument’ Whee writimg advertisers kindly mention Red and Gum and Motor Sports tn OCamada. 18 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. irst-Class Fishing Tackle C. FARLOW & CO, Ltd. ESTABLISHED. OVER 66° YEARS. Salmon and Trout Cataloguetiwith 12 Rods beautiful and true colour- Reels ed plates of salmon and Lines trout flies and 250 other Casts illustrations will be sent Flies and all other requisites. to any address post free. Farlow’s Perfect Greenheart Salmon Rods, Cork Handle, Two Tops and topcase. Beautifully finished. Per- fect in balanceand action. Light and pleasant to fish with. 14 ft., weight about 23 oz., price $13.50. 15 ft., weight about 26 oz., price $16.co. Farlow’s ‘Perfect’: Trout Rods, 9 ft. to 11 ft,, $11.00. Patent Lever Salmon Reels—over 3000 in use. Farlow’s ‘Holdfast’’ Waterproof Silk Lines. 10 Charles Street, St. James Square, S. W. and 191 Strand W. C. LONDON, ENGLAND. Telegrams—Greenheart, London. Bear in Mind When you are considering the purchase of a marine engine that there are several points of prime importance which should de- mand a close investigation :— General Efficiency, Accessibility, Simplicity, Durability, Strength, Power and Interchangeability. All of these vital features are embodied in STERLING ENGINES together with many exclusive features of construction which easily places STERLING ENGINES in the formost rank of marine engine construction. Write for catalog and prices—tell us the size of your boat and the speed you wish to develop. Sterling Engine Co., ®ffalg, N.Y., Member National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. DEALERS : New York: Edge & Purdie, 136 Liberty St. Boston: Walter J. Forbes, 220 Congress St- Portland, Oregon: Beeman-Spaulding Co., 71 Front St. Kingston, Ont.: Kenneth A. Cameren: ERA LP LR EP PE EL CR When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 19 aN TS We wish to dispose of 500 Tents of each of the following sizes, and offer them at the undernoted very low prices. These tents are made from a strong quality of white cotton duck. 7 ft.x7 ft. Wall Tents $4.95, Poles and Pegs Extra $1.10 8 ft.xl0 ft. ss $6.10, - es $1.25 (O fesxlZ ft. © 2 $7.35, ‘ i $1.40 Terms strictly nett cash with order. List of catalogues issued—A. Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies. B. Automobile and Gas Engine Material. C. Motor Boat Fittings and Supplies. D. Tools and High Grade Line of Machinists Supplies. KF. Sporting Goods. T. W. BOYD & SON 27 Notre Dame Street West MONTREAL ROSS CANOES THE ACME OF PERFECTION. Safe, Staunch and Reliable. The Canoe for the long trip. Our 1908 models of prospecting and pleasure canoes are now ready for delivery. A large stock to choose from which will satisfy the purchaser under all conditions. Don’t fail to send for catalogue. The J. H. Ross Canoe Co. ORILLIA, ONT. When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘‘Rod and Gun ‘and Motor Sports in Canada.’ 20 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. The 1907 Edition of Marble’s Free Catalogue contains an article by Mr. Marble entitled “HOW TO USE A COMPASS” Compasses of all kinds have been used by Mr. Marble. Firstin hia boyhood days asa trapper and a hunter; later in his business as timber estimator and surveyor. His 25 years experience ‘‘in the silent places” previous to engaging in the manufacturing business has enabled him to write an exceedingly simple yet comprehensive explanation of the various uses of a compass. He also tells the styles to buy for different uses and how to know a good compass froma poor one. The woods life of Mr. Marble made it possible for him to conceive and develop the accessories shown here and 33 others. Our catalog shows 90 ‘‘extra quality’’ Specialties for Sportsmen. Sold by deal- ers or direct, postpaid. Money back if not satisfied. Safety Pocket Axe No. 2—Nickle plated steel and hard rubber handle, $2.50. Safety Hunting Knife—4% inch blade, $3.00 ; 5 inch heavy $4.00. Ideal Hunting Knife No. 42—5 inch blade, $2.75, 6 inch $3.00 ; with sheath. Waterproof Matchbox—Size of Ie guage shell, soc. Improved Front Sight—1!-16, 3-32 or 1-8 inch beads, Ivory or Gold, $1.00. Reversible Front Sight—Same size beads as Improved, $1,509. Jointed Rifle Rod—Brass sections with steel joints. Cannot break, $1.00. Rifle Cleaner—Brass guage washers on spirally bent spring steel wire, 5oc. Flexible Rear Sight—Always in position unless locked down. The lower sleeve locks the elevating sleeve and holds disc stem rigid, $3.00. Standard Front Sight—R-ads same size and colors as Improved, $1.00. Handy Compass—Fastensio coat. Always in sight, jewelled needle, $1.25. Marble Safety Axe Co. 101-129 Delta Ave., Gladstone, Mich. ¢ 9 Ifso, getoneofours. It will put you in the Are You Looking for a Launch * satisfied class. They are acknowledged the most stylish in appearance, most beautiful in design and superior in every way. Our aim has been to build a good dependable family launch that can be relied upon to give satisfactory service. We have succeeded. An investiga- tion will prove allour claims. All of our launches are fitted with our famous gasoline motors, which,on account of their absolute reliability,extreme simplicity and handsome finish,are in great demand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Write for catalogue. McKEOUGH & TROTTER, LimiTeD, CHATHAM, ONT, When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 21 The Wonder Oi It. Can you conceive of a razor blade only 6-1000 ¥ of an inch thick! ‘Think of this blade being so flexible that it may be bent in the fingers and yet do better work than the ordinary thick blade. A handle and blade so perfect in a practical way that shaving is made a delight to the novice or the experienced, old method, “self shaver.” When you think of these features in one razor, you marvel at the wonders of the “ Gillette.” The GILLETTE Safety Razor consists of a Triple Plated Holder (will last a lifetime)—12 double edged flexible blades (24 keen edges)—packed in a velvet lined leather case—and the price is $5.00. All the leading Jewelry, Drug, Cutlery, Hardware, Sporting Goodsand Department Storescarry them. Write orask your dealer for free booklets. If he cannot supply you, write us. GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR CO. Canadian Factory, MONTREAL. G illette Safe NO STROPPING NO HONING. Razor THE U-B LIVE FROG HARNESS "lés The Froe Without Hooking A SENSATIONAL HIT 4 - Never before has there been =a offered to the angling frater- nity an article of such value By DEALERS or direct, postpaid 50 Cents ONE THIRD ACTUAL SIZE CUT SHOWING FROG IN HARNESS UNKEFER & BRADLEY, Mfrs., 91 Dearborn St.. CHICAGO PNEUMATIC COLLAP- SIBLE CANVAS DE- COYS and ACME Folding Canvas Decoys are in re- ality the only Collapsible The DUNN Marine Motor Complete Outfit $42.50 _ Engine only $33. 4-cycle Reversible This high power 4-cycle motor with batteries. coil, shaft, propeller, tanks and_ muffler, tested ready to install in skiff or launch. Weight 100 lbs Bore 33-4in. Stroke 4in. 13-4+h. p. actual. Ialso build 2 and 3 cylinder and stationary motors. Walter E. Dunn, Ogdensburg, N. Y. decoys made LIFELIKE and CONVENIENT. Cir- culars of each kind mailed on request. Canvas Decoy Co., Union City, Tenn., U.S.A. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Oanada. 22 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Automobile Insurance A combination Document protecting Owners against the most prevalent hazards—Collision, Theft, Navigation, Fire, Lightning, Explosion, Self-Ignition, Salvage. No restrictions as to use or storage of Gasolene. No charge for re-instatement after partial loss. Value of the car established for twelve months. Special cash deposit lodged with Government. Rates Reasonable. Representatives in principal Towns and Cities in Canada and United States. Mannheim Insurance @o. OLDFIELD KIRBY & GARDNER General Agents for the Province of Manitoba 3901 Wain St., WINNIPEG, MAN. MR. SPORTSMAN Weare offering you the only satisfactory Folding Boat. Steady to shoot or cast from. Safe for wife or children. Will outlast’and outcarry steel or wood boats. Made of best canvas and galvanized tempered steel frame. Is boat or canoe shape, not like punt or box. Folds to carry by hand, checks as baggage, Safest and best boat made. Every one warranted as represented. Life Saving Folding Canvas Boat Co., Kalamazoo,Mich. a eae DE ea ST Write for Catalog A WE manufacture two types of engines, one de- signed for gasoline only and one for both gasoline and kerosene. Our kerosene generator valve is different from any other type as it forces the charge directly into the cylinder without drawing it into base of engine, first heating it with hot air. Our engines are correct in every detail, and their successful performance makes good our claim of a High Grade Engine at Reasonable Price. WRITE FOR CATALOG. Tensizes. 1, 2 and 3 cylinders DUBRIE MOTOR CO. 430 Guoin St. - -~ Detroit, Mich. will be sent FREE to anyone A Waterproof Matchbox sending us One Subscription to Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, Address, W. J. TAYLOR, publisher, Woodstock, Ont. When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘Rod and Gunand Motor Sports in Canada.” ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 23 Established 1822. Sole Selling Agents for H.L. LEONARD RODS WILLIAM MILLS & SON Fishing Tackle Exclusively 25 PARK PLACE NEW YORK Everything for Fishing Good Goods—Right Prices—Proper Service. EVERY ORDER receives the PERSONAL ATTENTION of one of our Mr. Mills. It will pay YOU to send us your trade. - The quality of our High Grade Tackle is too well known to comment on. § Many, ‘however, do not know that we are equally noted for Medium Grade (and price) Goods. To those who do not know this we mention SOMETHING SPECIAL No. 3537 Split bamboo fly rod, oxidized mountings, snake guides, length 84% feet, weight 43, ounces, $5.00 each A Customer says: ‘I thought when I bought this rodit would last only a day or two; however, after a hard summer’s use, during which I caught trout as large as 3 pounds, it is straight asa die and as good as new.” We have same quality rods asabove but with polished nickel mountings. Fly rods 9 feet 5% ounces, 9% feet 6 ounces, 10 feet 7 ounces. Booklet on Trout Tackle Free on request. Westman MarineMotors Four Cycle Single and Multiple Cylinders 2 to 80 H. P. For particulars address Enterprise Machine Co. 1114-20 So. 3rd St., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., U.S. A. AUTO BOAT AND AUTO MOTORS 10--12 H.P. 18--20 H.P. Agents Wanted. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Four Cycle Send for Prices and Double Cylinder Circulars. THE BEILFUSS MOTOR CO., LANSING, MICH., U.S.A. 24 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Indispensable and unequalled for Automobiles, Motor Boats and Household Uses. MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY MAJESTIC POLISHES, Limited 575 Yonge Street, | TORONTO, CANADA Majestic Has No Superior When writimg advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gum and Motor Sports im Camada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 25 WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT THE TULLER Absolutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Avenue and Park Street In the centre of the Theatre, Shopping and”Busi- ness District. A la’Carte Cafe. Grille Room. Service Unexcelled. Every Room With Bath. European Plan. Rates $1.50 per day and up M. A. SHAW, Manager Se a THE “Wellington” Photographic Specialties havea world wide reputation. SSSVeVseoesse FSeseseseset’se Bromide Papers Gaslight Papers Films Ask your dealer or write WARD & CO. 13 ST. JOHN STREET, MONTREAL. @eseea IF YOU WANT A Canoe, Skiff or Launch AND WANT THE BEST iat aie. uJ ees Write to the— ) PPR sk 5 NRA II CIEE = ae Peterborough Canoe Co. PETERBOROUGH, ONT. rn When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Distinctive New Wall Papers Never before have we had such an at- tractive stock of New Wall Papers to select from. The points of merit are numerous, but originality of design, great beauty of coloring and smallness of price are among the attractive features. They are the latest productions of the leading English, French, German and American manufacturers, and with few exceptions the patterns and colorings are confined exclusively to ourselves. = Samples will be forwarded free of charge to any address. Please sta te for what room, color and price desired. The W.J.Bolus Co., timid 245 Yonge Street, TORONTO. No is the best time to order a canoe for next season. We can supply jyou with the best. Send for Catalogue. The William English Canoe Co., Peterborough, Ontario. CONVINCING REASONS =< Whytthe WITCH-ELR Hunting Boots are Best For Sportsmen En gineers & Miners They are the lightest boot on the market, quali- ty and material considered. They are made to fit and wear. They are practically water pr oof—if properly taken care of. or anything to gall the feet. harden. THEY WILL PLEASE YOU. Ask your dealer to order you a pair or write for catalogue O. Witchell-Scheill Company DETROIT, MICH. Manufacturers in Sporting and Athletic Footwear. There are no nails They will not THIS BOAT FOLDS INTO A PACKAGE. It’s Solid and Stiff when in use—collapsible and quickly made portable. Carried by hand orina buggy. Tempered, galvanized, light steel ribs give both strength and lightness. Is a revelation in boat construction. Non- sinkable. Puncture proof. Norepairs. No cost for storage. Wears longer than a wooden boat. We make all sizes and styles for every purpose. Our catalogue—ioo engravings — sent on receipt of 6 cts. KING FOLDING CANVAS BOAT CO. 465 Lake St., Muskegon, Mich., formerly Kalamazoo. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 27 EK C8. iene tte AAT iv ie a NX XY) No. 10 $3.50 No. 14 $5.00 No. 12 $4.00 Size ofmseati inte toc 1OXI IgxI9Q 18x17 Height of back from seat 23 in. 26 in. 24 in. Height of arm from seat 9% in. Io in. 20 in. HE distinctive feature about my Willow Furniture is not the price, but the quality—lots of Art Furniture is sold at less, but you would not want it at any price when placed alongside of YOUNGER’S WILLOW FURNITURE. I grow my own Willow. I supervise personally the workmanship. I guarantee strength and durability of every article. As to BEAUTY of this furniture, it speaks for itself. The handsome set, illustrated above, sells for $12.50. It comprises three comfortable arm chairs, made of Willow. That means coolness and comfort. There is no reason in the world why you should sit in an unventilated and unhealthy upholstered chair when you can buy these artistic chairs at prices from $3.50 to $1e. We also manufacture a variety of other Rush and Willow Furniture, including Settees, Arm Chairs, Fancy Chairs, Invalid’s Chairs, Tables, Picnic Baskets, Automobilist’s Bakets, and numerous other articles. Special bas- kets of any style made toorder. No extra packing charges for shipping to outside points. Send for catalog. W. YOUNGER, 666 Yonge St., Toronto. Auto Time Saver Repair Kits No Worry No Expense No Loss of Time HE AUTO TIME SAVER REPAIR KIT en- ables you to repair a puncture in a Tire in 5 minutes by the watch, efficiently and perman- ently. You don’t have to remove the tire, just pull out a foot of the inner tube, insert the plug, squeeze it together and there you are, Price $5.00 each - Extra Plugs $3.00 per doz. One Dozen Plugs with each Kit Express or Post Office Money Order or Registered Letter THE GUNN JEWELRY CO. CANADIAN SELLING AGENTS - Box 812, Dept. R WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO. Reference: W. J. Taylor, Publisher Rod & Gun & Motor Sports in Canada, and H. P. McMahon, Manager Traders Bank. - When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 28 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 2 They Make The Round Trip—Buy a Hildreth =~ ney Waxe the mound [rip Buy a Hildreth hat's the use of Going if You can’t get Back—They make the Round T Every Dollar Counts When a man buys a motor for his boat, he needs to make every dollar count for the ut- most possible, as so much of his safety, pro- fit and pleasure, depend on the reliability and durability of the motive power. The Hildreth Motors are both’ for business and pleasure purposes, ideal motors, as they fulfil the most exacting requirements. The reason Hildreth Motors invariably make good and give the ow- ners satisfaction, lies in their points of ex- cellence. A’ few of these points are as fol- lows: When You Buy The parts are acceSsible. For instance, the connecting rod and piston can be easily gotten at for repairs without taking down the whole engine. They do not waste gasoline mixture around the crank and lose the crank case compression, as means is provided for packing the main bearings which prevents such loss. This makes them more economical to operate. They are durable, because the bear- ing surfaces are large and the mater- ials and workmanship the best. That the materials are first-class, is proven by the fact that both wrist pins are hardened steel, the connecting rod and pump, and eccentric strap are bronze and nickel babbit is used. The timer is located near the top of the motor where it is easily accessible to observation and manipulation. Hildreth Motors deliver more Horse Pow- er per dollar of selling price than other motors, because they are scientifically - designed by an expert, are made under skilled supervision, and sold on honor under a positive guarantee. The Hildreth Mfg. Co., 127 Lakeview Ave., Lansing, Mich., will gladly send their handsome catalog of 2 to 25 H. P. Motors, giving full particulars to prospective purchasers who give size of boat and power desired. RICE LEWIS & SON, TORONTO, AGENTS FOR ONTARIO. Hildreth - Marine - Motors When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 10K yOCSN9US JEUM f4j PUNOY 84} SHeEW AOYU]- HOEG 3eb 3, ueono, yi bu S They Make The Round Trip—Buy a Hildreth d ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 2 §. &B. marine encine $98 The simplest, strongest and most durable Marine Engine ever put on the market at this price. Noiseless—no cranking—easy to start—easy to operate—nothing to get out of order. Three port designs. Jump spark ignition. Float feed carburetor. Smooth running Economizes fuel Fewest moving parts Automatic water circulation No “back firing”’ Will not “skip” o packing to blow out _ -/ %& Highest grade ac- : cessories Reverse clutch or solid propeller Every engine tested over and above rated h. p. Materials and workmanship guaranteed, Write for our handsome catalog going into the de- tails of its superior advantages over other engines of its class. Smith & Baldridge Machine Co. 75 Amsterdam St., Detroit, Mich, U.S.A. Territory open to all responsible agents alive to a quality proposition. NOBEL’S BALLISTITE and EMPIRE POWDER—Win High Honors BALLISTITE won the Grand American Handi- cap, while the high average for nearly all the events wascaptured by Empire Shooters. At the Dominion ' Trap Shooters Association Tournament held tn Toronto, August 7th, 8th and gth, EMPIRE won first and third high average on the third day. At the Clinton Ont., Tournament, October 30th» Empire tied for second high average in the live bird events. GIVE EMPIRE A TRIAL" 'AND BE; ‘CONVINCED If your dealer won’t supplyfyou write us HAMILTON POWDER CO. 4 HOSPITAL St. MONTREAL. BRANCH OFFICES: Toronto, Ont. Winnipeg, Man. Victoria, B. C. Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver,B.C. Kenora, Ont. 2: H.P., $ 70.00 4 H.P., 90.00 6 H.P., 110.00 Complete Outfits. Send for Catalogue GUARANTEE MOTOR CO. 67 Bay N., Hamilton, Can. 7 -to-date Racing Canoe, or Do You Want to Get 2s Mote Boat ora Cruis ing Canoe or a Family Row-boat? If you do we can supply you with the best on the market at a reasonable price. We designed and built the war canoes used by the Ottawa, Brittania & Carleton Place Canoe Clubs, winners of the Championship of Canada, ‘04, ‘06, 07. Write for catalogue. THE CAPITAL BOAT WORKS Bank Street, Ottawa. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Camada. 30 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Be Your Own Taxidermist Mount Your Own Fine Specimens of Birds, Animals and Game Heads Sportsmen here is something that willinterest you. We can teach you by mail in your own home to mount all kinds of birds, animals, tan skins, ee) make rugs, robes, etc. : 4 j We have taugnt 15000 of the leading sportsmen of the country to do their j own Taxidermy work, and we can teach you too if you will give us the oppor- 1 tunity. Our course is not an ordinary cheap booklet, but a complete scientific treatise, prepared by expert Taxidermists, and has becn proven by seven years of success; yet the lessons are so exceedingly simple that anyone can learn quickly and easily. Our school is recommended by this magazine and all leading sportsmen and Taxidermists. You can Save your own trophies,decor- ate your homeand den and make big profits with Taxidermy. Enroll in our “School for Sportsmen by Sportsmen” and let us teach you this splendid business. Let us send you free our fine new catalog, hundreds of testimonial letters, and a copy of the Taxidermy magazine—all free for the asking. Get these, they will interest you. Write to-day. N.W. SCHOOL OF TAXIDERMY, BOX 10-X, OMAHA, NEB. D. W. MURDEN, Pilot Mound, Man.. one of our successful students at work. NOW 1S THE TIME to place your order for a CANOE or SKIFF WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. The Lakefield Canoe Building and Manufacturing Co., Limited. Lakefield Ont. 16 ft. Painted Canoe $28.00 Varnished Canoe $32.00 We have a stock of 500 high-grade Rowboats, Canoes, Sailing Dinghies: Cat-boats and Launches, new and second-hand to choose from. Branch boathouses at Royal Muskoka Hotel, Stanley House, C. N. O. Railway Station, Lake Joseph, Port Carling Muskoka, The Penetanguishene Hotel and Sans Souci Hotel Georgian Bay. Send for Catalogue. The fi. L. Bastien, Boat and Canoe Works, Hamilton, Canada SOOOCOOOL OOOO No More Tangled Hooks | The Anticussin Hook Holder keeps hooks and snells in perfect condition. Absolutely prevents tangling. Holder 5 & with full set of hooks can be carried in the pocket with- out snagging. Hooks inserted or removed instantly. MA R | N E E N G i N E Entire assortment of. hooks always in plain sight for New 1908 Model, improved and perfected in every detail. A strictly high- quick selection. Eliminates tackle box. grade 2-cycle engine for use in Canoes, Rowboats, Flatbottom Boats, River = 5 Skiffs, Yacht Tenders, Hunting and Fishing Boats, and 14 The Anticussin Hook Holder | to 20 ft. Pleasure and Speed Launches. $ ‘ e is made of non-correding os . ACTUAL metal, highly nickled, size H P are ll Ine 3in. by 612 in. Will ab- irae solutely prevent hooks from Complete Engine with Accessories Tusting. Saves twice its cost and Fresh Water Boat Fittings, i in hooks the first season. Sent prepaid upon receipt of 50c and your dealer's name. Money bick if not entirely satisfied. SPORTSMAN’S SPECIALTY Co. 1377 N. CLARK ST., CHICACO- Bel aS eo eee $43.75. Salt Water Boat Fittings, $5 extra. Swiftest, most powerful, efficient and reliable ~ engine of its size on earth. Simple, compact, geese strong, durable, reversible, economical and safe. Anyone can iustall and run it. Drives boat 5 to & ‘s milesan hour. Sold from factory to user on 30 day’s ap- 2 proval and 5-year guarantee. Promptshipment. Order now. = le Isle Motor Co., Dept.§4 Detroit, Micb- When writing Advertisers kindly mention “Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.’”’ ROD AND GUNZAND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ga ined Moto but developing as much Power as other motors rated 4H.P. Bore3%%in.; stroke 3% in; turning a 12-in. propellor, 17 pitch, 200 to 800 revolutions a minute. Weigat 50 lbs. Reliability, strength, sim- plicity, power and dura- bility. Only four movable Parts, Exclusive float OSA) ¢ yy WIMISISM A NINA G99 page tht dydastt Vinay ey tIVONs gag attt ag aa y: TTR. \ ( S O26 VESYOCD ty ay ROR tiray sy WELZ a ty i STEN yy HUNTS ay ayy AOA, é feed carburettor. N No valves, springs, ) triggers, cams, gears, gaskets, nor packing requiring Lattention. All ks HH gearings bronze bushed. Crank shaft hardened and ground. Cylin- eaver otors WORK LIKE BEA VERS Rear > ae der, piston and View ; Sa aap Seatac Spi . . t ack- SIZES: 28 H.P. four cylinder vertical. 8 OAC te nn SY Sal, Dees Ces = factory motor for Launches, Canoes, Rowboats, Vories and 12h.p.and 18h.p.horizontal opposed = : Dingheys. We devot. ll kil thought on this one Normal speed 1000 revolutions per minute. Haile Pears Curene RUE ae motor. Itisa little whirlwind for power, the biggest motor 4 value and satisfaction in the world. Every one fully testec and guaranteed for two years. Price, motor complete for in- HIGH SPEED HIGH GRADE Stallation, $50. Immediate delivery: Write for price, catalog LOW PRICE and address of nearest agent. THRALL-FISHBACK MOTOR CO., 39 Fort Street East, Detroit, Mich., U.S. A. The Canadian Supply Co.,36 King St.E.,Toront,Ont Special representative for Ontario and Quebec. Beaver Mfg. Co. si oore” wis. CV Ey A AON I PO i fa MPSA A yw ey fp IY A a peg MY ep cp fy EB A TIP TO Ignition Batteries Absolutely Reliable, Best and Hottest Spark. Travellers Why Pay $2.00 for a stuffy room in a second-class hotel, or $4.00 for a cheerless apartment in a first-class hotel In Chicag when you can secure comfort- able lodging, supplemented by a Turkish Bath, a scientific rub, a shower and a plunge in the finest swimming pool in America for One Dollar e e Electric Searchligh earc $ ts Moral: WheninChicago stop at More powerful than acetylene. No bad smell. Will not blow out. On and off with the snap of a switch. The New Northern Baths and Hotel SYLVESTER J. SIMON, PRES 14 QUINCY ST., NEAR STATE IN THE VERY HEART OF ITY Write for Catalogue “R” Northwestern Storage Battery Co. 448 Milwaukee Street, { MILWAUKEE, WIS. LL A EE aS eR AEE ee ee When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘‘Rod and Gun and Motor Spor Northwestern ts in Canada.’ 32 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. is a menance to the life of its owner; its vital parts break or wear out quickly. It can never be depended upon for accuracy or as —_ good results. The owner of a PARKER GUN is insured against ALL of these evils. '19'! Send for illustrated catalogue. N. Y. Salesrooms PARKER BROS. 32 Warren Street Meriden, Coan. The Oldest Gun Builders in America. Brass Launch Fittings. We manufacture a full line of Brass Launch Trimmings, Steering Wheels of several designs, Chocks, Cleats, Bilge Pumps, Rails and Stanchions, Flag Pole Sockets, Boat Hooks, Stern Bearings, Outboard Con- nections, etc. Special attention to large orders, and a stock carried for smaller orders. WM. COULTER & SONS 155-157 GEORGE ST,, TORONTO, ONT. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. | Rod AS o. 12 and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada The contents of this magazine are copyrighted and must not be reprinted without permission. Our Moose Hunton the Upper Keswick, N:’B: 2.25.00) ..2.. SSRN sy ne ane arree raise eeO» ..- Morehouse, Me Dt 1157 AV Duck ShootingyExpedition Out West. S.A. v.2e.s oe: 1160 Salmo Salar in Ontario Rivers. Rev. A. Murdoch, M. A., | ea I Po ee ant a En Lo 1162 Contents for May, 1908 athe: Gipsy:s Springs Song... Grace:Fletcher Eddy... 22.022... 1163 A Famous Musk Ox Head......... Neve a(t Cte Senta epanee 1164 Cham piomee acy seit teers, cto ster chove-s c! “rets(c' tars ieee a ae as 1165 A Moose Hunt in the Temagami Forest Reserve............ trae Viel lesa Mere) SS 8 sen ha Satan arava ieia atauw eter orem Mace eels 1166 Baghshebheasants mnieCamadal ei. 2 \isratelere ares svsttc scl erstetat tees 1169 Batly;Rostal Dithculties:iny astern Canadas... 1. .9000.. 0.6 1172 The True Forestry Methods. E. Tinsley........ ayer Unjetowere ss Pell He MherMecath ofethe 7 Orestrnshos tice rees sd arate ah cate eneuses ecg AUG Pee VVIL Ea CO Mls, saW Vien Tekerd Vries omc tetentes (88. etree apaitiy conti Me LLGt A=Prince Edward Island’ Kox Hunt, “J. D: Jenkins... 2.55... 1179 One Woodland Night. Margaret Minaker .. ... ........ 11860 A Moose Hunt in North Western Ontario : A Lady’s Exper- ience.) eoaha OtatlOrd cart. icie reels ocetce Stes wheres cnet ects 1181 Oucwurst Godt. Aird Plavelle ees os chee. ore a oe no ate 1184 The Big Game of Southern British Columbia. August Wolf 1185 Our Campronsthe! Severs]. WiC. 5 stg se eee 1186 A Successful Hunt in Northern Ontario. Frank N. Clarke... 1188 Canoe ‘‘Don’ts” for Uninitiated Canoeists. J. E. Klotz...... 1189 = =u An Alpine Jubilee : Fiftieth Anniversary of the English Alpine ClubpeweA Ore Wwibeeler, He RisGeui Sean so sbi een 1191 Reminiscences of Maskinonge Fishing. W. Hickson........ 1204 Ontario Guides and the Game Laws........ a. of sfinSat steaneuaicvc, alg ithe Manjschind the;Gun; ~L. Divon- Iitland <2 44.40. 400e 1208 The Majesty of the Mails. Harold Raymond...........¢. 3: 1209 Ai Omembec SCdemhrap per, fun. kh tarcqshn Seaport a Secchi taee a ere 1218 A Bear Huntin the Olden Time. 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TAYLOR Publisher, Woodstock, Ont. , | BRANCH OFFICES : 75 Adelaide St.EKast, Toronto, Ont. 13 St. John $t., Montreal, Que, Outer Temple, 223-225 Strand,london, W.C., Eng. 5 Beekman St., Temple Court, New York, N.Y. Entered Feb. 17, 1908, at the Post Office at Buffalo, N.Y., as second-class matter under act of March 3, 1908. “VLUAATV ¢ AUTIVA ASIGVUVd S‘dWVO dn TIO ANIdTV SUVAA LSVT + +- + ‘ | | ! VOL. IX i | AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA MAY, 1908 Tt] of camp > ae cp emo aw cy am cv amp ammaefo 8 | é oamoaw namo am amameams NO. 12 Our Moose Hunt on the Upper Keswick, N.B. BY O. E. MOREHOUSE M. D. @:: trip for 1907 had taken a little arranging and it was early in Octo- ber when the writer, with J. E. Burtt as guide, found himself on the fast- est train of the Gibson branch.and met by appointment W.E. Dennison, of Moncton and W. G. Bennett, of Mille Roches, Ont. en route for the Keswick woods for a moose hunt. A rapid run brought us to Upper Kes- wick, seven mil- es in the woods, and there we found Enoch Wallis waiting for us with as good a team as ever hauled a load. Right here I would like to say that Enochis the best man in the whole country with a team ona rough road, and after all we are bound to admit that some of our roads are rough, partic- ularly those that lead into the woods. The guide and teamster spéedily trans- ferred our baggage from the train to the waggon and we started off on a six mile voyage in the course of which we had many demonstrations of our teamster’s THE GUIDE CALLING. skill. At one o’clock we arrived ata point where it was necessary to again transfer the load from a wagon toa sled or ‘‘jumper” and here a halt was called for dinner. While the others toiled at the transfer I boiled the ‘‘wan- gon.” \* A good lunch- eon and a smoke enabled us to face the rough portage to our camping ground which Ed had located in the course of the previous sum- mer. The dis- tance was only two and a half miles and we accomplished it safely though it meant work. FF 0°t: >three months it had been wet dnd as the sky was still over- cast we were m good spirits over the weather outlook. Accordingly we wast- ed no timein getting our tents pitched and making up a roaring fire. Bennett and Dennison proved fire fiends, making the fire so hot that we could scarcely remain in the tents. I told them they were pre- paring to qualify for a future state, or at least getting themselves hardened to it, r158 Plenty of boughs were collected for our beds, wood procured for the night, and after a hearty supper and a good smoke we turned in and had a fine night’s rest as one result of our exertions during the day. The morning proved fine, the sun ris- ing in a clear sky, and as this was some thing we had not seen for many days we looked upon it asa good omen. After breakfast our teamster left us with in- structions to return on a day fixed upon. The day was devoted to locating oursel- ves and in preparing for the hunt. In the evening Ed did a little calling but without result. Next day it was still fine and we had a hunt with many calls but again without result following. On the third morning when Bennet and I awoke we found ourselves alone in the tent. Ed and Billy were missing and we now saw the meaning of a mysterious conversation between them which we had disturbed on the previous evening. We accepted the situation, made up the fire and prepared our own breakfast. After breakfast we indulged in asmoke and were thus pleasantly engaged when we were startled by a tremendous yell, fol- lowed by others of a blood curdling nature. Proceeding to investigate as to the course of these noises we soon saw Ed and Billy coming towards us on the run and shouting at the top of their voices ‘‘We’ve got him!” They kept this up until it was necessary to knock Billy down with aclub, and throw Ed behind the back log and sit on him for ten minutes before we could ascertain that the cause of all this commotion was that Billy had shot a moose. Ed had called him up and Billy had brought him low with one shot, at a dis- tance of about four hundred yards. The incident happened three miles from camp. We saw rain was threatening and hasten- ed back in order to get a snapshot or two before it came down and stopped us. We succeeded in getting some good photos of a very fine animal but we had to take turns sitting on Billy in order to accomplish this work. It was Billy’s first moose and we could not blame him for his excitement. He had shot a moose ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. of which any hunter might well have been proud. With our eager work the animal was soon skinned and we loaded ourselves with allthe meat we could carry. Our progress, handicapped with our loads, was slow, and before we reached the camp the rain came down in torrents. Though we got a good soaking we were a happy crowd all the same and it was late that night ere we retired. Next day we worked hard in getting out more of the meat. At sunset Enoch appeared and was soon in possession of the good news. He was surprised at what we had done and told us to leave the rest to him; he would haul the whole of the meat outin the morning. This meant hard work for the morrow and we retired early in order to be ready for the same. In accordance with the agreement Ed and Enoch started for the remainder of the meat as soon as breakfast was over while I accompanied them for two miles in order to reach a place which Ed des- cribed as a good one for calling. Bennett and Billy remained in the tent though the latter gave directions about the head which had a fine set of antlers very well formed and having a spread of fifty-six inches ; in fact a first class head. When we arrived at the place agreed upon Ed gave the call and after remark- ing that he thought I would soon geta moose they left me promising to call for me upon their return. As my success in moose hunting in the past had been below zero { took Ed’s remarks as good natured sarcasm and proceeded to make myself as comfortable as possible on the top ofa stump. In half an hour away to the left I heard a twig snap and a call, or rather I should say an answer to Ed’s call. At once I knew that I was not alone in the woods. To the best of my ability I gave a call and received an answer and later on heard him coming, slowly at first, but later on at a more accelerated speed. Then when ‘‘crash,” ‘‘snap” and ‘‘smash,” accompanied by numerous grunts and snorts followed, I knew that something was going to happen. From where I stood I could not see more than sixty feet andI was terribly ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. afraid he would scent me and turn back. I sprang to the top of a large rock which was nearby and prepared myself as well as I could for the fray. With a deafening noise he came on- ward and I soon saw his horns through the small bushes. These were immed- iately followed by his head and shoulders. Then my tricky Savage spoke, and only once, for the bullet found a fatal mark in his neck just forward of the shoulder. For all that however he came on directly in my face, to within thirteen feet of where I stood before he fell. To describe my feelings is impossible; I must leave them to the imagination of my readers. Those who have shot their first moose will understand and appreciate them ; and those who have not could not possibly do so “however, much description I might give. Now the first thing was to get the boys from the tent and I covered that two miles in a time that would have made Tom Longboat turn green withenvy. The boys of course, didn’t do athing tome when they heard the news. Just staying to seize our cameras we were hot on the back trail and arrived at the place where my moose was lying just a few minutes ahead of Ed and Enoch. Didn’t we have a jubilee ? Don’t ask me ; if you have had similar experiences you will know all about it . The two moose presented a problem which Enoch alone was able to solve. _ Billy wanted his moose at the station in order to catch the up train and connect with the Quebec express at River du Loup ; while I also wanted to get mine out in time to catch the down train for home the same might. Enoch rose to the occasion as he always does and by BILLY AND HIS MOOSE, II159 nine o clock that night had both moose yarded out to the waggon and was back at the tent. We all turned in early but not one of us slept much and at three o’clock in the morning Ed roared out the query ‘‘Are you going to sleep allday ?” We turned out with some grumbling at the unearthy hour but hot coffee soon restored our equanimity. Then we set to work with a will, packed up our dunnage, struck the tent and got away through the swamp by the light of the lantern. On the whole we made it a jolly trip and reached the waggon just at daylight. Here Ed and I bid good bye to Bennett and Billy. We allowed them to carry away their moose and were glad to hear later on they caught their train all right. On the way out they saw two fine bull moose cross the road just a few rods in front of their horses. It was two p. m. before Enoch returned and on his arrival we soon had my moose loaded. We got it out in good time to catch the down express and ] reached home two hours after dark. My friends received a most pleasant surprise as it is unusual for me to return from a hunting trip with big game. As readers may well believe we were a well satisfied party—only four days in the woods and two moose. Both animals were prizes, though the one shot by Billy had the better set of antlers. He had the head mounted and made a Christmas present of itto afriend Mine is not yet mounted though I hope to have it done some day. Mr. Bennett had never been in the woods before, had never camped out or seen a moose and only went for the out- ing. Although he did not fire a gun 1160 while in camp he certainly had a good time and enjoyed himself to that extent that he has promi- sed to return next season armed with a $50 license anda Savage rifle. Billy, 1am sorry to say, has suffered with a swelled head ever since this expedition and it has been necessary to enlarge his hatbands. As for myself—I did not care how things went. I was _ hard- ened by experience and it was all the same to me. I was not pleased ; no one could expect such a sensation from me! No matter, we have all determined if we live to repeat the dose next year and with that end in view have engaged the same guide and team- ster. We wish to say, however that we have no monopoly on them and anyone wishing to secure the services of a good ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. THE DOCTOR, BENNET AND THEIR MOOSE. guide should write J. E. Burtt, Zealand Station, N. B. ; and for teamster Enoch Wallace, Central Hainesville, N. B. The latter can guide his horse over rough places where the birds dare not fly. A Duck Shooting Expedition Out West. BY S. A. fmt was getting late in the fall, and the birds were congregating on the ~ larger lakes preparatory to under- taking their long journey south; so George and I agreed thatif we intended to have any duck hunting this season it was about time we madea move. The teal, spoonbill, and other. smaller species of the duck family had already heeded the call of the south and taken their de- parture; while the mallards, canvass- backs and pintails were assembling in large numbers and would soon be off. Accordingly we made hasty prepara- tions for our trip. We knew some lakes forty miles out from our Albertan city home, where in previous years good bags had been made and where we determined to try our luck once mere. For our trip we requisitioned an old police buckboard which, to judge by its appearance, had a history of the days be- fore the Rebellion. It was however, light and seemed suitable for our pur- pose. All our outfit, including grub box, camping outfit, warm clothing, am- munition etc., were carefully packed on the buckboard and stoutly and strongly roped. With light hearts and high hopes we started out, our objective point being a pass between a chain of lakes. Here we believed we should have good sport during that evening’s and next morn- ing’s flights. Everything went lovely for the first fourteen miles, when as we suddenly rounded a sharp curve on a down grade, going at a good pace in or- der to make our time, one of the rear wheels caved in. This had the immedi- ate effect of awakening us from our reveries bringing as it did the whole load upon us and nearly throwing us out. This was disconcerting for we had not a moment to lose if our plans were carried out in their entirety, and we seemed to have come toa sudden stop. George, however, had evidently grad- uated somewhere as a master mechanic and he rose to the occasion grandly. Securing some stout pieces of wood which were found by the road side we forced the wheel back to its former posi- RESULTS OF AN ALBERTAN DUCK SHOOT., tion. Then, using the same pieces of wood as stays, with some stout lashing and wiring, we managed, by means of pulling and hauling, accompanied by a few adjectives, to get again on the road as enthusiastic as ever. Our road wound over hills, around lakes, through timber and impossible mud holes such as would surpass in bad- ness anything in the way of roads in the Province. Without further mishap we reached our goal at dusk. The mallards were whistling over our heads, crossing our trail, and going into the lakes near by. The last mile of our journey,accom- panied by this music overhead, was done in fast time. When we reached the pass each tried to see who could dig up his gun and cartridges from the baggage first. Then, tying up the horse, it was arace for the little ridge—about three hundred yards distant—between the lakes. At that time the ducks were go- ing over our heads in thousands, but as it was too dark to see well and take careful aim we only bagged eight that night. Camp was made, supper cooked, and eaten, and a smoke round the camp- fire—which burnt our faces while our backs were freezing—preceded an early retirement. Daybreak found us at our positions on the ridge and as soon as we could see the fun began. The birds were coming from the south directly over us and there being a strong head wind blowing they were flying low. Wecut loose on them and rolled up twenty victims before breakfast. Then we decided that we were doing so well it would be a great waste of time for us to go to camp and prepare an elaborate meal. I was there- fore elected to go and fetch some lunch which I proceeded to do. On my return we ate our meal with arelish. A cold north wind had set in and rendered our position very disagreeable. I determined to try and effect some improvements and securing one of our wolf robes attached it to a small clump of willows as a wind- 1162 break. This improved matters consider- ably and enabled us to spend a very pleasant morning. Again when dinner time came we de- cided that the place was good enough for usand we had dimner on the pass. We made a campfire from the red wil- lows and cooked a substantial meal. Apparently the ducks paid no attention to our campfire and between the courses we brought down a number of birds. The afternoon wore on and still they came. By this time the weather had turned bitterly cold and we decided that a windbreak and a fire were botha ne- cessity and also a luxury to be enjoyed. The dry red willow laying about abund- antly made little smoke and contributed greatly to our comfort. That evening we totalled up our bag and found we had seventy-three of the different species, including some of the finest birds we had ever shot. Once more by daylight next morning we were in position on the ridge and this time our ranks were strengthened by the addition of a couple of boys from a rancher’s shack near by. These lads were very anxious to assist us and our ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. dog in retrieving the birds, being allowed in return the privilége of annexing a portion of our grub pile and tobacco. They informed us that their bill of fare usually consisted of black bread, sow belly and coffee; consequently a few of our little luxuries such as apples, cakes and cigarettes were very highly appreci- ated by them. Throughout the day our 12 guages spoke pretty regularly. The birds con- tinued winging their way over our posi- tions, and while we only succeeded in badly scaring many of them, others fell almost within our reach. By night our total had reached one hundred and seventy-one which we con- sidered pretty fair sport for our two guns for two days. Having repaired our rig and made it stronger than ever we set out for home next morning, travelling the whole dis- tance in a snow storm. We arrived home without mishap or adventure hav- ing thoroughly enjoyed our outing, and gave a number of our friends the oppor- tunity of enjoying duck dinners on the following day. Salmo Salar in Ontario Rivers. BY THE REV. A. MURDOCH, M. recent discussion on ‘‘Salmo Salar in Ontario” is of interest to every fisherman. In this connection Dr. Richardson put forward four propositions three of which are undoubtedly true and the fourth, in my opinion, incorrect. These propositions are as follows :—in early times salmon abounded in many Ontario rivers; they were ruthlessly slaughtered until extinct ; they were the genuine salmo salar ; and these salmon never migrated to the sea. The difficulty in Dr. Richardson’s mind in supposing that these salmon visited the sea, is the lack of time between the seasons of the round trip. The salmon spawn in the late autumn, some of them lingering in deep pools till late winter or even early spring. Dr. Richardson does not think these salmon had time to de- scend to salt water and get back to Lake A:Giaul. De Ontario in April or May. In this Dr. Richardson is correct. His error consists. in supposing that the same salmon ascend the streams and spawn each successive season. This is nowhere the case. When the salmon have deposited their spawn, they become very much spent, and make their way slowly to the sea, from which they do not return till after the lapse of one or more years. This is so, even in such rivers as the Restigouche and Metapedia where the spawning beds are nowhere more than one hundred miles from salt water. After spawning many of the parent fish remain at the head waters of these streams all winter lying dormant in what are known as ‘‘alder beds’”—deep, sluggish pools overshadowed by black alder-thickets. These spent fish came down with the spring freshets in April and May and they ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. are met on their way down by the ad- vanced guards of the new run of the com- ing season, the fresh-run salmon just in from the sea. In the Suction Water Pool near Campbellton, N. B., these spenc sal- mon frequently take the fly that is intend- “ed for a fresh run-salmon. This occurs even so late as the end of May. We know that, onthe Pacific coast, when a salmon once leaves the ocean to ascend ariver, it never returns. Every last salmon, after spawning dies. Each year a new school of salmon returns from their mysterious wanderings in the ocean, and this new army year by year takes the place of those that have perished, only to Share a like fate. endless succession. In the Atlantic rivers the spent fish do not perish ; but they go back into the ocean ina condition so impoverished that some years may elapse before they are in a condition to ascend once more their native river and spawn. The salmon that crowded the Credit and the Hum- ber each season were, in the main, fish that were visiting the river for the first time since they left it as salmon fry. With them, of course, came fish that had ascended the river in former years, but not tn the year mmediately preceding. Not all Lake Ontario rivers contained salmon—the Trent for example, did not. The salmon ascend only spring-fed rivers. There is no doubt that the Credit, rising And this goes on in 1163 as it does among the mountains south ot Orangeville, fed by -abundant springs, was the queen of all our Ontario salmon- streams. But salmon also ascended rivers running into Ontario from the south, such as the Genese and the Seneca. Forty years ago Iconversed with a gentle- man who had seen salmon thrown out with a hayfork from the pools of the meadow stream that enters Seneca near Baldwinsville, N. Y. The late Seth Green, the father of American fish-culture, received his in- spiration for his life-work when watching a pair of salmon spawning in the mouth of the Genese near the present city of Rochester, N. Y. He never had any doubt as to these salmon being the true salmo salar, or that they, like the sa/mo salar everywhere, revisited the ocean. In the year 1883 two fresh-run salmon were seen by John Hume, Esq., of Port Hope, lying in the shallow water at the mouth of the stream that enters the lake. at that point. If such a river as the Credit were properly protected and the dams taken away or furnished with fish- ladders, there is no reason why the stream could not be restocked with the fry of the salmo salar, whose instinct would unfailingly lead them to descend the St. Lawrence to the ocean, and would just as unfailingly prompt them to return in due time to their native river. The Gypsy’s Spring Song. BY GRACE FLETCHER EDDY. The snow is melting ’neath the sun, The soft, south wind is blowing, I feel the stir of wakening life, That calls me back to roving. New life is pulsing through my veins, I quiver, wild with longing— A longing for the wilderness Far from the city’s thronging. I take to the trail my fathers trod, I read the grand, old story In every leaflet, every bud, Of Our Creator’s glory. A FAMOUS MUSK-OX HEAD. A Famous Musk Ox Head. IHE National Collection ot Headsand Horns, at the Zoological Park, New York, has just received a notable and valuable Musk-ox head as a gift from Warburton Pike, of Victoria, Brit- ish Columbia. All readers of Arctic travels, and all hunters of big game, know Mr. Pike as the author of that finest of all works on Northern Canada, entitled ‘‘The Barren Grounds of North- ern Canada,” published by the Macmil- lan Company in 1892. Among books of its kind, it is a classic. It describes Mr. Pike’s daring and even terrible trip in mid-winter into the country of the Musk- ox and Barren Ground Caribou, from which he brought out the first detailed and authentic information ever given to the world regarding the Barren Ground Musk-ox on its native heath. His book was the motif of all subsequent hunting expeditions into that desolate, and in winter, terrible country. Mr. Pike is a resident of Victoria, British Columbia, and owns a gold mine in the Dease Lake region. A year ago he passed through New York, and was made much of by the big game hunters ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. of New York, at the Boone and Crockett Club, and in the Zoological Park. From the first he has been keenly interested in the movement for a National Collection of Heads and Horns. The Musk-ox head recently received from Mr. Pike is the largest and finest trophy of his famous expedition. It appears in Mr. Rowland Ward’s ‘‘Rec- ords of Big Game,” well up near the top of the list of ‘‘record” heads of musk- ox. Its measurements are as follows: Length of horn on outside curve Van Cabernet rine 26 7-8 inches. Distance between tips of horns. .27 ‘‘ 1165 Width of horn at base......... tS eid The hair under the chin is about a foot in length. The head was mounted by John Fan- nin, late curator of the Provincial Mu- seum at Victoria, and is ina fine state of preservation. Its colors are appar- ently as fresh as when, ina temperature of 30 degrees below zero, ina howling gale of snow, the owner was shot, de- capitated, and devoured— all save this head—by five desperate men and a dozen hungry sled dogs. A representation of this famous head appears as our cover cut this month. A Champion Lady Hunter. A champion lady hunter of British A Columbia is Mrs. W. B. Knox, the -— Wife of the Canadian Pacific Rail- _ way agent at Bear Creek, B. C. Mrs. Knox always carries a 30-30 Winchester and has had reason on more than one occasion to congratulate her- self upon this habit. In October last while hunting grouse not far from the station she ran across a small drove of caribou, five in number. One shot was all she was able to get at them, but be- ing an expert markswoman she was able to bring down the largest one. Later on while taking her usual walk she came suddenly upon an immense lynx. The animal disputed her right of way, snarling and growling and appar- ently making ready to spring. One shot from the gun of the champion lady hunter stretched out the animal dead. When skinned the lynx measured four feet two inches from the top of the nose to the tail and weighed seventy-six pounds, being indeed one of the finest specimens ever killed in the mountains. A noted writer stated recently that these animals will not attack human be- ings though this one apparently in- tended to do so as his tracks conclusively showed that he had been following Mrs. Knox for half a mile and then headed her off. In our illustration the tall lady is Mrs. Knox and she may well be proud of the fine lynx skin her prowess with the ie secured for her home. MRS. KNOX AND HER LYNX, A Moose Hunt in the Temagami Forest Reserve. BY H. WELLER, L. D. S. of mine, who lives in the town of Latchford, to dispense with my usual deer hunt in the fall of 1907 and try for a moose in the Temagami Forest Reserve, I decided to follow his advice and after hurried preparations stepped on the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo train at Welland on the 14th ot October and arrived at Latchford about three o’clock p. m. the next day. To my chagrin my friend was out of town doing the towns of Cobalt and Haileybury with a couple of lady friends. I occupied my time until his return in the evening by looking up a guide but found it was quite a proposi- tion as the best of them were already engaged. However, in the evening I got into conversation with a prospector who had acamp in a good moose sec- tion and who kindly invited me to go back with him next morning. After due enquiry as to his reliability and finding it satisfactory I agreed. We set to work at once getting our outfit ready to make a start at seven o’clock in the morning. After a good night’s rest 1 was on hand to help get our packs ready. I may here say that I named my com- panion Samson owing to his size as he stood six feet five inches in height and not being familiar with his real name I considered the one I adopted appropri- ate. After my share of the pack had been allotted to me, Samson tossed his on his shoulders and we accordingly plodded on what afterwards became part of our weary way down to the banks of the Montreal River where we were to take a canoe three miles up the river to aportage two miles across to Anima- Nipissing Lake. The river at Latchford is very wide for several miles up and is called at this point Lake Bay. On our arrival at the river we found a very strong wind and rough water. We had almost decided to return and wait for better weather but Samson, becoming gene been advised by a relative partly assured that | might not lose my head and go overboard, we loaded up, went aboard our birch bark canoe and had a delightful passage up the river, though a little exciting at times. On arriving at the portage I began to perceive the real thing in moose hunt- ing. There was the canoe, two large packs and two rifles te carry across the portage—two miles. Samson loaded me with the heaviest pack and the guns while he carried the canoe and a pack and started off andit was not long be- fore | knew there was something doing. The portage was beastly, up hill and down hill but mostly up, through logs and stone piles, but we had to stay on our pins for if we got down there was no hope of risingagain. After repeated rests by leaning against a large rock or stump we managed to get through to Anima-Nipissing Lake about ten o’clock. When we arrived we were very much disappointed. White caps and large rolling waves made the lake rough and difficult. Thinking it was a trifle dan- gerous we covered our packs with the canoe and started back for Latchford to wait for better weather. Not being sat- isfied with our decision we argued the matter over every inch of the way until we met some packers who said they were going up the lake ashort distance to their camp. That put Samson in the notion of trying it again and he being so large I was willing to follow him to the North Pole. We therefore retraced our steps and got back to the canoe once more. After some dickering we traded our birch bark fora larger canoe which we thought might ride the angry billows better. Samson gave me the bow while he took the stern, both of us on our bended knees, and 1 had some inward feeling that by assuming that position we were piloted through some very rough water such I would not take chances on again —on bended knees or any other position. We were now pulling away from all coe ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. civilization and help, facing a verystrong wind and very rough water. No inex- perienced person can imagine how rough those small northern lakes can become. However, we found the canoe to bea dandy. She would ride a four foot wave like acork and always keep right side up, although I thought she might break in two by the way she would crack on the water when landing. Of course, Sam- son was an expert canoeman. He sim- ply made her stay right. We paddled along for about four miles when we felt that it was nearing lunch time. We pulled into a point of land, went on shore and proceeded to lighten our pack a trifle. After lunch we exam- ined the lake beyond the point and found very rough water. Samson thought if we could steal around the point and work our way through the bays we might get through with some degree of satety though making our trip a little longer. Therefore, we started once more and when fairly under way we rode over some of the largest waves in my exper- perience or in that of Samson’s either. It appeared that we were sometimes five or six feet in the air and then the canoe would land witha whack. The sensa- tion was supreme, if ithad not been for that dread of meeting something worse. My business was to act as pilot and when passing round those points we had many dangerous escapes from running into hidden rocks. We _ weuld then reach the calm water of a bay and have relief for a time but it was this way off and on for the remaining seven miles until we reached our destination. The scenery of the high wooded slopes of the shore and the innumerable small islands that we passed were grand—that is as much of them as I would dare observe when passing through calm water. We pulled into our landing place about six o’clock in the evening. It was after dark and both of us were much fatigued. We shouldered part of our packs and took the trail leading to the camp about half a mile in from the shore. When we arrived there was no loving hand togreet us but there was the warm anticipation of a moose hunt. The camp was in darkness and Sam- son just then realized that he had for- 1167 gotten something—the candles—but by rummaging arouad he tound a _ short piece, which enabled us to have a light long enough to make a fire in the old rusty stove, to have a hot cup of tea and arrange our beds. Being tired we retired early, not toa flowery bed of ease, but to a bed of logs covered with a thin layer ot bull rushes and each of us rolled up in a wet blanket. I did not sleep very much the first night but had a rest and by the morning was in good condition and anxious to have my first day Of moose hunting. The tirst thing we did after breaktast was to put the camp in better order and lay in a_ supply ot wood. You might think it funny living in a forest and hav- ing difficulty in getting wood that would burn, but suchis the case. The trst forenoon’s hunt wasto be a walk of about six miles starting from the camp in a northerly direction, then west and south to the lake and back to the camp. This trip would also take in two silver mines of which Samson and his part- ner were prospectors and which Samson was anxious to see. We proceeded cautiously observing all signs but found nothing except ‘‘has beens” from which we concluded that moose were not in that locality. in the atternoon we took our canoe and skirted the end of the lake thinking we might chance to see one at the water’s edge. All our work and care was ot no avail, On our way into camp we came across Samson’s partner Jim, who was leisurely trolling for treut and he showed usa fine string which he caught on his way over from some other camp where he had been staying during Samson’s ab- sence. After receiving a hearty introduc- tion to Jim we returned to camp and fin- ished our first day’s hunt. Next morning Samson wanted Jim to do my guiding and I speedily discovered that he was quite capable and willing to do this. I never saw a better bushman and hunter than Jim. The three of us took the canoe and crossed the lake to the south side where Jim and I landed, and Samson returned to camp. We made another circle of about seven miles 1168 and on our way saw some fresh signs of moose but did not see the moose, al- though I heard his horns hitting the trees. We did not follow him as the wind was with him and we finished our second day without bagging any game. The third morning the three of us took the canoe, crossed the lake and Jim and I landed several miles further east than the day before. This was to be an all day hunt. We intended to go south- ward from the lake two or three miles and then westward. It was not long before we saw fresh tracks of a cow and a calf bordering on a pit hole where they are in the habit of feeding. Jim circled the pit hole one way and I the other but we Saw no moose. We then marched on for new pastures and were soon stumbling over old moose horns that had been dropped. This sight revived my spirits considerably for it looked to me as though we were get- ting into the right place. I strained my eyes until I was dizzy but the real thing would not appear. Noon hour having arrived we sat down by a nice little lake and devoured our lunch and after a pleasant smoke and chat pushed on. We were now be- coming a trifle careless and to break the monotony took acrack at a partridge and knocked off hishead. After climb- ing another hill, and descending the other side we were on the border of an- other pit hole. Jim proceeded north around it while I stayed where I was. Jim had not been gone very long before he routed out a monster bull, a little north of west from where I was stand- ing—probably a hundred yards distant, when I first saw him coming straight south. His big black side was towards me and I believe Providence must have steppedin again here making such an easy target out of a large black side bor- dered on the top and bottom with gray and the swaying antlers as an indicator as he rode along. I knew enough about moose hunting to know that you must get into the game early as they may take some killing. After I gave him two or three shots he showed signs of weakening and then he stood and turned his head towards me though I suppose he could not locate me ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. on account of so many trees being be- tween us. I then fired at his forehead but I afterwards found that he got that shot in his neck. He staggered ona little further and quietly lay down and died without a struggle. On examination I found that I had not missed a shot. He received them as follows: Onein the neck, two in the shoulder, one through the lungs, and one through the back. I also found that I had killed one of the finest moose that ever tramped the northern forests. Jim came along and congratulated me saying that such good fortune might not occur again in a life time. Jim estimated his weight at about thirteen hundred pounds and the spread of his antlers when measured we found to be sixty-two. and a half inches. Jim and I performed the usual opera- tions and as it wasgetting latein the after- noon and far from camp we left him in that condition until next day when we returned and brought out. his head and hide. ‘The carcass was out of the ques- tion for me to deal with. It was so far back and as my two prospecting friends could make very good use of it I willing- ly let them haveit. I did not lose any more time in the Temagami Forest Re- serve after bagging my moose, as the re- turn canoe trip was staring me in the face and the later the season the more dangerous is the water in those northern lakes. However, we had it better re- turning, until towards the end and as [ stepped from the canoe with a sigh of relief 1 thanked God that we had re- turned safely and bade Anima-Nipissing farewell forever more. After one more farewell look back over: that wonderful little lake, the picture- esqueness of which true lovers of nature. can enjoy, and inflating my lungs for one more deep breath of that bracing north- ern air, we turned eur backs on the scenes of our romantic experiences and wended our way back over the portage to the Montreal River with light hearts. but heavy burdens. After landing, Sam- son collared the head and after three or four of his long steps was parading it before the bewildered residents of Latch- ford and had his picture sketched before: I arrived. English Pheasants for Canada. directed in Canada tothe possibility of propagating pheasants and in- creasing the charms of our country by the presence of numbers of these game birds. Experiments on a small scale have been made in different parts of Canada but they have scarcely been extensive enough to carry entire conviction with them. kn) Denver) City, Coloi)) Mri W...F. Kendrick has established what he claims to be the most extensive pheasantries on the continent and it is to his courtesy we owe the illustrations accompaning this article. The hardy nature of these birds would appear to render them most suit- able for such a climate as we have in Canada. No better illustration of this can be given than the flashlight photo- graph of a group of pheasants sleeping on ice. The pheasants are a group of Chinese and English Ringnecks, Silver, Reeves, Goldens, and others and the flash- light was taken ona night in the month of January. They were a little disturbed by the preparations made for the flashlight and some | few slipped off. They do however, sleep night after night on the ice or snow or on heaps of brushin prefer- ence to what ordinary people would con- sider more comfortable quarters on per- ches under shed enclosures. The birds apparently enjoy life in the midst of snow and cold asreadily as in warmer climates. Mr. Kendrick is a pheasant enthusiast and he tells how this fine bird was recog- nized by the early Romans, long prior to the Christian era, as facile princeps, the most generously adorned and most tooth- some game bird the then known world over. It was carried by the numerous cohorts of the most famous Caesar over the Alps and through Gaul to the Nor- mandy coast, and across that arm of the sea known asthe present day Straits of Dover, past the great chalk cliffs of |F late years much attention has been A PAIR OF GOLDEN PHEASANTS. the south of England, and then freed many of the multi-colored branches of loveliness among the Drudidical follow- ers of the Iceni—the first historically known residents of what has long been known as Great Britian. Since that long — distant day the fortunes of the Angles, Norwegians, the Saxons and the Norman conquerors and their successors have met with varying success and vicissitudes. But throughout all of the following nearly two thousand years the incalculable value of the Imperial importation of lony tailed and brilliantly hued game birds was re- cognized by Norman and Celt, Angles and Saxons, and the always increasing coveys were jealously guarded bothagainst the poacher and for the protection of the tree and crop growth of the British Isles, heavy fines being imposed throughout the kingdom, in some instances as high as “‘an hundreth punds”’ for injury done ‘‘fesawnts of grate pryse.”’ With the advance of civilization, the discov- eries of countries here- tofore unknown, and the increase in the human race, rapid ad- ditions to the products of the farm became a necessity, and protec- tion for the insectivor- ous friends of the soil tiller became more and more insistent and in- dispensibly requisite to life, until today we have the modern state game commis- sioner, armed with almost plenary author- ity to meet almost any emergency and extend the required protection to the killers of insects, ‘‘that we, too, might live.” The pheasant is described by Mr. Kend- rick as the greatest insect exterminator known, and is more particularly the friend of the fruit grower, although the bird renders indispensable service to every agriculturalist. The bird is beawiiful, tireless in hunting and destroying insects and one of the richest table delicacies—a rare combination any one of which should be sufficient to lead to an united effort I170 to acclimatise it in Canada and all three of which should be ample to suggest official recognition and assistance in such effort. Mr. Kendrick, who has had very large experience inthis matter believes there are no insuperable difficulties to the ac- climatisation of pheasants in Canada, and with pheasants and quail throughout the country agriculture would gain immeasur- ably while sportsmen would find unequall- ed pleasures awaiting them in shooting excursions after these fine game birds. Of course ef- ficient protec- tion would be needed and with anything like such pro- tection we ought to have both pheas- ants and quail in abundance. Mr. Kend- rick’s dog *‘Queente’” is famous over a wider field than Colorado for the care she takes of the _ pheas- ants. Queenie is a cocker spaniel and al- though train- ed to hunt birds has be- come so at- trached to the young pheasants that she mothers them affectionately. The dog also gives notice of anything unusual in the pheasantry and night and day remains on guard. The accompanying illustration shows to what an extent an intelligent dog may take part in this work. In America, asin Canada, the acclima- tisation of the pheasant has been left largely to individual enterprise and Mr. Kendrick, in addition to having several thousand in stock, has liberated thousands of young birds for the benefit of sports- men and agriculturists in his state. While the expenses attending his efforts ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. have been considerable the great pleasure afforded him in seeing the mountains and valleys alive ‘‘with the loviest, gamiest, and most toothsome bira that takes wing” is far in excess of the cost incurred in rearing and feeding great numbers of so beautiful and decidedly useful a bird. Added to the uncountable value of the pheasant as the friend of the tiller of the soil andthe grower of fruit isto be consid- ered the further highly important item that pheasants of all kinds are among the richest table delicacies that the most epi- ant. SER, hale asteecsigaesineeg A. AE ‘‘QUEENIE” A SPANIEL OWNED BY W. F. KENDRICK, TAKING CARE OF YOUNG PHEASANTS. curean taste could desire, and that the plumage from any of the males is an elegant adornment for bonnet or hat, and is extensely used by milliners. An excellent lesson in natural history is afforded lovers of bird life by a visit to the Kendrick Pheasantries in Denver’s City Park, where, in addition to the breed- ing fields in the country—where the main portion of the pheasant stock is raised— Mr. Kendrick keeps in scores of breeding pens the largest collection of Chinese and English Ring-necks, Silver, Golden, Lady Amherest and other varieties of these lovely Asiatics to be found in any public a = 2940— PHEASANTS SLEEPING ON ICE: COPYRIGHTED BY W.F. KENDRICK, DENVER, 08. A: FLASHLIGHT PICTURE TAKEN AT NIGHT park in the world, and several times as many as there are in all the other public parks of the United States and Canada combined ; an examination and study of which will gladden the heart of any lover of ornithology. During the breeding season, a number of hatcheries of pheasants, partridges, quails and'a few other game birds are produced and reared where they can be seen by the public, as a matter of educa- tion for those interested in the rearing of these birds, and for the pleasure andamuse- ment of other visitors. The interest taken by the publicinthese—the most valu- able as well as beautiful of all game birds ——is evinced by the thousands of people who visit the pheasantries daily in good weather These pheasantries have be- come the direct means of giving wide- spread advertising to Denver’s City Park and are recognized by across-the-contin- ent tourists as of absorbing interest and entertainment. Early Postal Difficulties in Eastern Canada. WEUHILE we have often given in these | pages accounts of exploring trips = in the present and indicated many that may be taken in the future, it. is in- teresting to note some that have been made in the past. There must be a wealth of reminiscences amongst private letters and papers as to the pioneer work done in past years in bringing Canada to such a stage of development as it has at present reached., In nowhere else per- haps is that wealth greater than in the postal service where the difficulties of covering the country with regular means of communication are by no means yet overcome. These considerations have been brought vividly before the attention of the writer through the courtesy of being allowed the perusal of certain letters written by the late Mr. William Henry Griffin who entered the postal service in Canada as far back as 1831, being at that time nineteen years of age. At that period the Post Office in Canada was managed by the Imperial Government as a branch of the British Postoffice. The city of Quebec was then the most im- portant distributing centre for the Do- minion and it was to Quebec that Mr. Griffin went. He threw himself so ar- dently into his duties, and his services were so speedily recognized that in 1833 he became Postmaster of Quebec and was able in that position to carry out several schemes of his own devising for the extension of the postal service. These in turn received the commenda- tion of his official superiors and in 1835 he was appointed to the position of Sur- veyor of Lower Canada. In this office he had the supervision of all postal mat- ters east of Kingston and the records of his travels, recommendations, etc., would make a work well worth reading. Trav- elling in those days was very different from what it is today and it was no un- usual thing for Mr. Griffin to make thirty or forty miles either by birch bark canoe or on foot in a single day. The necess- ities of the postal service were always his first consideration. In 1839 he sent along report to the Imperial Govern- ment urging the building of a carriage road between Quebec and Halifax by both the Temiscouta route and the Kempt- ville Road to Campbellton. This report was recommended to the Home office by the Governor-General and the Colonial Secretary. In later years the Intercolonial Railway was constructed over practically the same route and showed how Mr. Griffin’s excellent judgment had foreseen the necessity for improved communica- tions before the railway era. After constantly travelling for sixteen years in the interests of the Post Office department, in the course of which he was forever extending and improving the service. his experience and knowledge of the work was made use of at headquar- ters Accordingly he was transferred to Ottawa and having muchto do with the establishing of a separate Cananian Post Office, independent of but working in close unity with the British Post Office, and entering the Postal Union, he was made Deputy Postmaster General, a po- sition which he held until his retirement in June 1888. Hereturned to England where he lived for twelve years and died in November 1900. Of late years many of the difficulties of Post Office extension have been trans- ferred from the east to the west, and wherever settlers have gone the postal service has followed them. Only a few months ago a Post Office was opened at Fraser’s Lake in the north of British Co- lumbia and it is likely what is now a re- mote outpost may in a year or two be on the main line of the Grand Trunk Pa- cific. Moose Factory, York Factory and Churchill are likely to be ere long “the terminals tor railway lines and Hud- son Bay will become a Canadian inland sea in fact as it has long been in name. It is, however, with eastern Canada that this article has to do and with the late Mr. Griffin’s travels along the rivers and lakes and trails between Fort Wil- liam on the Ottawa River and Wood- stock on the St. John River. In his re- tirement Mr. Griffin was in constant ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. communication with his son, who at present is employed in the Post Office De- partment at Ottawa, and the following éxtracts are from letters received from his father during the latter’s retirement. There are a number of incidents recount- ed in these letters which add to their in- terest and make them a contribution to the history of the past in Canada: Letter dated June 6th, 1890: “I enjoyed thoroughly your account of your walk Brittania way, but my mouth did not water for a share of your iron pipe drink for I doubt whether it poured out anything but surface drainage. Not that that may not be pretty good drink- ing anywhere just now with the melting snow still in the ground. However, I should prefer the abundant waters of the Ottawa. The Chaudiere is a handsome lake, but I rather prefer the Lac du Chats and I am not sure that I do not like the Lac du Allumette better than either. I have had some good bark canoe paddles on all three, both with companions and alone. For the most part my travels over them were on the ice.” Letter dated September 9th, 1890: ‘‘Your letters from St. Andrew, Fred- ericton and St. John telling me of your enjoyment of the scenery of these sec- tions of New Brunswick recalled to my memory some of my own peregrinations One of my earliest expeditions when Postoffice Inspector was passing down the Madawaska and the St. John River ina bark canoe from Lake Temiscouta to Woodstock. There I hired a light wagon from afarmer and drove myself by the river road to Fredericton, putting my horse up for the night at a half way house. That was just fifty-four years ago (1836). Both Woodstock and Fred- ericton have grown considerably since then, especially the former though I don’t suppose that the intermediate country on the banks of the river has altered mater- ially in the looks. I was several times over the road in the valley ot the Nash- wak, and through Sussex and the valley of the Kenebececis, and I remember them as amongst the prettiest bits of country in America.”’ Letter dated June 13th, 1891: 1173 ‘*You have had some famous walks. I was taken over the road from Cumber- land to Bytown when it was first cut out some time in the eighteen forties. Pre- viously the winter road was on the ice, for the only alternative was the hilly track on the north bank of the Ottawa River. It wasa gallant tramp you had. Iam afraid that I could no longer prudently attempt such a long stretch. In the leng time agol was always good for thirty miles and have indeed not infre- quently in my official peregrinations gone . up to forty miles, but a time is sure to come sooner or later when _ stiffened joints and aged muscles make half a dozen miles as much as one can safely venture upon. In my travelling days I had many an upset and some pretty awkward ones but always escaped surprisingly well.”’ Letter dated April 15th, 1893: ‘‘T enjoyed accompanying you in im- agination on some of your walks but I should hardly care to share in the condi- tions of slush and mud, snow and water, so graphically described in your last let- ter, though once upon a time I cared little for such disagreements when at home or travelling. My sixteen years as inspector were spent in the pro-railway days. In the winter season all our mail arrangements pivoted on the mail stages upon the lines from Quebec to Hamilton and up to Ot- tawa; in summer upon the mail steamers, sO as spring came on the alterations re- quired were important and comprehen- sive and I was annually in the habit of going up to Montreal early in March to see that everything was ready for the ap- proaching change of service, -and return- ing in the last days of the month when the thaw was well established to my Quebec headquarters. Always from Montreal down to Three Rivers I had to make my way as best I could in the small chasettes with the ordinary post roads under water, bridges carried away by the floods and other little impedi- ments to pleasant travelling and I have vivid recollections of what it was to get through the back concessions in many parts of the route between Montreal and Quebec. Up the Ottawa had its dangers 1174 besides the rough experiences. 1 have often walked across the River Rouge and other streams, when impassible for the horse, a califorchon* upon a fence rail to guard against breaking through the ice, Letter dated Nov. 4th, 1803: “Just received your account of your walk from Wakefield which had a good deal of interest forme. More than fifty years ago I made my first visit to Wake- field to engure into the feasibility of ex- tending the Postoffice service up the Gatineau to that point and little thought that the time would come when the rail- way whistle would be heard in that re- gion. Things were very muchin the rough in those days and it seems to me that my feeding wouldn’t stand comparison with your bill of fare. Roast beef would have certainly been scarce unless a trav- eller brought it with him. There was a prospect of good settlement about Wake- field, but the country was terribly rough and broken.” Letter dated August 10th. 1894: ‘“‘YVour Metis letter was very interest- ing to me in the description of things as they look now as compared with my old memories. Whenin the second year of my services as Postoffice Inspector I first saw Metis I had walked the twenty-five miles from the upper end of Lake Met- apedia and was on my way home from the Gaspe Coast having ascended the sixty miles of the Metapedia River in a bark canoe with a Mic-Mac Indian and squaw. It blew hard on the lake and we made the tenor twelve miles from the foot of the lake at a great pace with a blanket rigged up for a sail. The track from the lake to the St. Lawrence was a mere footpath through the woods, without a house until you came upon the River St. Lawrence where there was a sawmill managed for Mr. Wm. Price by John McKinnon, a young Scotchman, who some twenty-five years later married a daughter of Mr. MacKay of Rideau Hall, Ottawa. Besides the sawmill and a few men employed in it there were two or three Scotch settlers and I founda *Straddle ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ship at anchor opposite the mill loading deals sawn in the mill. There was no road on the front then, I had to wait for low water to ford the river and then follow the beach for some miles until I reached the first Canadian settlement, seventeen miles below Rimouski and came uponan established road passable for vehicles and was able to hire a chas- sette or cabourette as it was called in the lower parish. I walked across from Lake Metis to Lake Metapedia several times subsequently. The lake is a fine sheet of water, very good fishing in those days, and probably plenty of trout still to be found. The Metis woods swarmed with partridges at that time and I remember! went out with Mr. Mc- Kinnon and the Captain of the ship and we might have shot more than we could have carried had we been so minded.” (Query, ‘‘Were there any game hogs. in those days?’’) Letter dated August 14th, 1896: ‘*I was very desirous of knowing what line of country you would decide upon for your summer vacation, so your letter telling me of your having been to the Upper Ottawa and Fort William was particularly welcome. Somewhere about sixty years ago I was up to those parts ina bark canoe, the ordinary mode of travelling to that region in those days, and I remember stopping at Fort Wil- liam which consisted then of a very prim- itive log shanty and Hudson’s Bay Com- pany post, The man in charge was very hospitably inclined but could only offer some venison steaks and some bread, washed down with tea. I passed up the Culbute Channel and north side of the Lac des Allumettes and from Fort Wil- liam crossed over to the south side— mouth of Petawawa River. There was no village of Pembroke then, only six or seven houses scattered along the shore of the lake, put up mostly by settlers from New Brunswick who moved after escaping from the great fire which swept over the Miramichi section and destroyed the lumbering establishments driving- them to seek a new field for their oper-. ations.” The True F orestry Methods. BY E. TINSLEY. EFORESTRY having become one of the prominent public questions of the day, and one on which the future prosperity of the Dominion de- pends, it may not be amiss to refer to reforestry in England, as I remember it sixty-five years ago. This was in the early days of railroad construction, when to meet the requirements for ties, then known as sleepers, and for post and rail fences, many woods were cut down. The fences being double, witha space of four or five feet between them, in which the young white thorns were planted, it re- quired a large amount of timber for such fences. The wood in greatest demand for the above mentioned purposes was mostly larch. The trees were cut close to the ground, the wood being too valu- able to leave three or four feet of the best part of the trees on the stump, as is the practice here. After the trees had been taken to the saw-mills, large gangs of men were employed to trench and pre- pare the land for replanting. Although the wages of woodmen and laborers at that time were only two shillings, or two shillings and sixpence (sterling) per day, it was expensive forestry to dig lands with spades two feet deep, and placing all the rubbish on the bottom of the trench, and then make the land into straight and regular beds on which to plant the young trees or nuts. Most of the land I refer to was replanted with Spanish chestnuts, which under the favorable conditions in which they were _ planted, and care afterwards bestowed on them, made such rapid growth that in a few years, when necessary to thin them out, those cut down were utilized for stakes and bindings, when bringing the overgrown thorn hedges within reasonable limits. Of course the largest and best trees were left after each thin- ning out or culling, to be the timber of the future. Ten years after the replant- ing,the culls taken out were large enough for use in the construction of farm gates and burdles. On many of the best managed estates it was the practice, for every large tree that was cut down to plant another in its place, in fact those inheriting estat- es considered their predecessors had acted unfairly if the same number of trees were not on estates as when taken possession of by their immediate pre- decessors. Oak trees were only cut when the sap commenced to run. This enabled the woodsmen to remove the bark with com- parative ease, the bark being valuable for tanning purposes. The bark was even taken from small branches and those limbs or branches not large enough for timber were all converted into char- coal. Waste was not tolerated there ; even the smallest branches were made into faggots and used by bakers for heat- ing their ovens. The time is not far distant when some _ restraint must be placed on lumbermen operating in Ontario, or in fact in the Dominion, re- quiring them to use the same judgment as in Other countries, in cutting and fell- ing the trees, so as to do the least pos- sible damage to smaller trees from which the future supply of lumber should come. The reckless cutting and slashing and senseless destruction must no longer pre- vail. The time will come when each and every tree from the public domain, used for making lumber, will be marked by, and cut down under, the direct supervis- ion of Government officials. There are but few farms in the Prov- ince that do not contain small portions that cannot be utilized for producing agricultural products. These unproduc- tive grounds should be planted with suit- able trees that will produce the most valuable timber or lumber in the shortest time, and such plantings should be securely fenced from the depredation of cattle, etc. Asarule, portions of farms that have been left in the woods for future requirements have not been wisely managed, in fact the practical utility of these plots of woodland have been ina large measure destroyed, in consequence 1176 of being used as pasture for cattle. The amount of young trees destroyed year after year from this unwise practice would, if properly protected, have been worth far more than the unsatisfactory pasturage. The desire to plant trees and perpetuate woodlands cannot be too strongly instilled into the minds of the rising generation, nor too much intelli- gent assistance rendered them in such ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. laudable work. The well known bene- ficial effects and necessity for wood lands to protect and perpetuate our water supply need no comments from me. In closing this somewhat crude article on reforestry, I take the liberty of in- serting the following lines, ably written on this subject by a talented lady resid- ing at the Pacific Coast. The Death of the Forest. The fiat went forth from the spoilers— The myrmidon sons of men, That the forest, the warder of rivers Should pass from the valley and glen. The forest, embracing and passes, Where the drifting sea-clouds bide, Should lie as low as the heather, Should die on the mountain side. And the murmuring groves on the ridges, Heard in the morning still. The axe blows resounding, repeating, The rumble and roar of the mill. The vast forest mourned to the brooklets, ‘‘Behold the hour has come, The day god will drink at thy spring-pools, And the voice of thy music be dumb. No more wilt thou well to the valleys, Where children are glad and sweet ; No more wilt thou mirror their faces, And ripple round their feet. Farewell, lovely streams, overflowing, The grasses thou lovest will fail ; No more will thou gleam for the homestead, The orange and peach in the vale.” The birds flew far, and were silent, The west wind sobbed in pain, And bore in the eve her teardrops. To the barley blooms on the plain. The forest stood lofty, majestic, The redwoods, and cedars and pine, The forest preservers of nations, The crown of God’s great design. But the deed was done in its madness, And the wind swept mountains bare Grieve for the cool, sweet bowers And the kiss of raindrops there. Men in the parching plainlands, Their long rain prayers avow, But the bread and the wine are taken, And God doth not answer now. _ the arriving flocks. The Wild Pigeon. BY oW.. “He M. N your pages I observe that some Il one, quite pertinently, enquires whereand when the reported return- ing flocks of wild pigeons have been seen. Certainly we would welcome their re- turn and if they could explain the mystery of their absence many old timers would give attentive audience. It must now be fully seventy years since they swarmed in Central Ontario. The writer has often been told of how, in those days, the immense low flying flocks were like clouds between earth and sun and that their flights were so daringly low that people armed with long sticks very frequently knocked down large num- bers of them. The writer in bygone years has seen what we called pigeon nets, which had survived those days, and was told that they were,in the days alluded to, kept at most homes. The net was set in the open field, somewhat like a trap at a short distance from cover from which by means of attached ropes the operator was able to spring the net on the unsus- pecting flock as it settled about the stool pigeons attached to the traps as a lure to their fellows. In this way the pot that hung from the crane in the early homes was abundantly filled through a consider- able part of the year. At the period to which the writer’s memory reaches back the flocks were much smaller and less frequent but even then it required but a few hours to secure a bushel or so of them with the gun. The dry limbs of the dead trees in the near vicinity of springs or creeks were rarely empty as flock after flock came to the water. Undera nearby cover the hunter could shoot with great effect into As far back as forty years ago only a few pairs could be found in any locality ofthe country east of Toronto. The latest flock seen by the writer was at Port Dalhousie in 1870. On boarda steamer lying in that port the writer was one morning in June awakened at the early light by the report of guns. Ona tree covered bluff at either side of the canal a number of hunters were stationed and as a flock approached met by a fusi- lade, and as they wheeled to the opposite side they met death from that quarter. The flocks arrived fairly large in numbers but were soon decimated. I was told that a pigeon roost existed at that time somewhere in Welland County from which immense flocks came forth in the early morning to return at nightfall in clouds and with the roar of beating wings as they clove the air in their swift flight. - Anent the days of the great bird har- vest I was often told of the slaughter of pigeons by a single shot made by Col. Solmes, of Prince Edward County, who died many years ago. I had the story verified by his own lips years after the occurrence. He explained to me the means by which he accomplished the won- derful feat. Ona smooth space of ground he scattered a plentiful supply of grain in the form of an acute angled tri- angle and having the apex of the triangle pointing toward his place of concealment, and at a favorable distance for getting a good spread of shot. He loaded a flint lock Army musket of large bore heavily with No. 8bird shot. Waiting till the ground was covered with birdshe fired his gun. He recovered the almost incredible number of seventy five pigeons. He always be- lieved that several more wounded ones escaped into the long grass to die. Any one knowing theoldgentlemen as did the writer required no verification of the story. (Mrs. Moodie in one of her books speaks of him as ‘‘Nature’s Nobleman.”) Several of his neighbors could confirm the correct- ness of his statement and shared in the many pigeon pot pies that one single shot supplied. In those days the ripen- ing field crops required to be guarded from destruction by the wild pigeons, now so much desired. eis "Yoroy ‘sey pure “eq ‘ydq ‘uemoy Woqiy ‘aA013]9UG Jo [Jaqduies5 Yons sUIyS xoj Jo Sulyjs y “ANTS INOH “LNO ‘LSdxOd LNQOW AHL AO HOLVD = A Prince Edward Island Fox Hunt. BY J. D. JENKINS. OW for a fox hunt tomorrow ? The question is usually asked in an off- hand manner, but often it makes the foundation of a successful hunt. By “hunt” I don’t mean an elaborate dis- play of riders and hounds bent only on getting a ‘‘brush,” but a fox hunt of the olden time, with a sturdy band of fifteen boys, full of energy and possessing grit enough to stand a run of from eight to. ten hours. When such a hunt has been arranged the boys turn out long before daybreak full of enthusiasm and anticipation. Accord- ing to their arrangements the way the foxes are to meet destruction that day will prove a caution ! On one of these hunts the meeting place was at alarge wood tract skirting the shore of Leob River, the wood being intersected by roads and narrow fields where the ‘‘gunners’”’ were to bestationed. By eight o clock all arrangements were completed. A Captain had been selected and his duty is to station the men. These duties included telling the beaters in which direction they should go, and to see that all possible crossing places on the river of which a fox might take ad- vantage when forced to face the gunners or dodge the beaters, are well guarded. He has also to see that the two outside beaters keep strictly in advance of the rest so as to lessen the chances of a fox breaking cover. The ‘‘gunners” are chosen by seniority and past records as crackshots. Young hunters aré ambitious of attaining these positions, and the thought of proving worthy of them act as an incentive to the members of the rank and file to attempt some heroic feats. At the given signal from the Captain (generally a blast from a dinner horn) the beaters who are ahead and fifty yards apart, make a start. A further signal causes the gunners to take post, or go to the bush as in this case. Each beater has his own idea of the instrument with which he can make the most noise at the shortest intervals pos- _ sible. Inthe majority of cases horns are the favourites, and horns of all descrip- tions are to be seen at a fox hunt—cow horns, dinner horns, conks, while tin pans, cow belis, and toy pistols add variety to the entertainment thus pro- vided. No guns are allowed to the beaters be- cause if they are armed the first partridge that may be flushed comes in tor more consideration than is good tor its health. The firing of agun would also stampede the boys for it is an unwritten law ina Prince Edward Island fox hunt that every time a shot rings out it is a race to see the trophy, and to take part in the congratu- lations of chidings, as the case may be, addressed to the one who has done the shooting. For myself I never envied a gunner’s position. The honor of the office faded away like mist when one was asked by the first beater to arrive ‘‘Where’s the fox ?” and had, most reluctantly, to ad- mit that the powers of locomotion pos- sessed by the fox were stillintact. Before one has finished this halting explanation a second runner crashes through the bushes, and though gasping for breath, shouts, ‘‘Did you hit him ?” Sheepishly you have to admit that you did not see any fur fly. Amid these queries and ex- planations you vow to yourself that the next chance shall mean a dead fox. The fox evidently shares the opinion, for he sits tight in a thick grove, planning some scheme by which to evade the hate- ful noises on all sides of him. While still studying the situation he hears the steady tread of the gunners who go past the grove to take up their positions in advance. As soonas all are ready the captain gives the signal and the music recommenses in such terrible earnestness that Reynard prefers to break out and chance his luck again. Picking out the particular location guarded by the sportsman who missed him before, the fox breaks cover with lightning speed. This time however there is a flash, a sting, andall is blank! A 1180 shout that puts to shame all the horns in the country goes up from the successful gunner as he sees the fox drop. Ina few minutes the beaters are all around and this time the explanations are easily and confidently given. It is pleasant to ad- mit that you nearly missed, as the fox caught sight of the gun and made off in another direction. It proved, however, that you were too quick for him and you modestly admit the fact. With the ad- miring crowd around you, the lost confid- ence is not merely regained but added toa hundred fold. The success of the last run has brought the party to dinner time, and an adjourn- ment is made to a neighbour’s house where previous arrangements ensured a good meal. After a long and tiring chase the enjoyment of that meal is perfect and we agree that it is such as only the good ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. women of our country can serve. In the afternoon the chase is pursued with undiminished ardour. Another co- vert is beaten with the result that a second fox meets his doom. He makes a gallant run for his life and though mortally wounded he manages to evade the fusilade of shots sent after him until a mongrel dog is put on the trail when the curtain is soén drawn over the scene! By mutual consent it was agreed to sell the pelts and divide the proceeds amongst the beaters, the honor of the position of gunner being considered an ample return to those who held those im- portant posts. When night came on it was a tired but happy crowd that camein and dispersed to meet again at the call of the Captain. That is how we conduct an old time fox hunt in Prince Edward Island. One Woodland Night. BY MARGARET MINAKER. Oh! what a night! The long red glow That burned behind the pointing fir, Is lost in richer, purple dark; and lo! The wind through all the forest ’gins to stir; Softly, then stronger with the coming breeze, Swells the deep chorus of the stalwart trees. The lake all day rippled its song, But now its sounding through the dark, Majestic music, deep and strong,— The waves upon the shore, and hark! The rythm of this midnight anthem, grand, The dark surf heating, beating on the sand. My tent, it seems, is even stirred By all this music of the night, Exultant flaps like some great bird Beating its wings, and wierdly white; And lying here, my body, heart and soul Pulse with the throb of this harmonious whole. When all my days and hours are o’er, This I would make my only plea, — Lay me to rest upon this wooded shore, A part of all I love that I may be; Lost, ’mid the trees and flowers, the rocks and sod, Joined in this noble chorus raised to God. A Moose Hunt in North Western Ontario. A Lady’s Experience. BY SARA STAFFORD. OR several seasons my husband had F promised me that I should go with him on his annual moose hunt in the northern regions of Canada. Twice he had come home victorious witha large moose weighing over nine hundred pounds and oneach occasion he had re- peated his promise. Last year he went north to locate a valuable mining property and was absent for a considerable time. All had been silence for weeks when at length I received a letter from him stat- ing that if I would like a few days in the woods I must meet him = at Nipigon House o n November third. Onreceiv- ing this invita- tion I did not stand upon the order of my go- ing but complet- ed my arrange- ments and set off at once. At the station I wasvery heart- ily received by an enthusiastic band of hunters. The Indians had reported moose tracks and every one was anxious for the hunt. Next morning I saw the toboggans being loaded, the men putting in bacon, ham, tea, coffee, flour etc. with portable Oven, oil stove, sleeping bags and other portions of a complete outfit. One of the toboggans, padded on the sides with ex- celsior and covered with cheese cloth, was specially prepared for my use. Over the top of the toboggan wasa covering like a gipsy tent which when turned up completely covered the occupants. There was a good deal of leaping, snarling and barking before the dogs were larnessed OUR HUNTING HEADQUARTERS. and we were off. A heated stone was placed at my feet and I travelled many miles in comfort, the men on snowshoes keeping the dogs at that even trot which enabled the faithful huskies to get over a good deal of ground When the sun was high in the heavens we stopped for luncheon. Mailhou, the guide, cut down two trees in such a way as to make them cross each other and then collecting some birch bark we soon had a wonderful blaze, enabling us to en- joy our mid-day meal in comfort. Soon after we recommenced our journey we .met an English missionary who had just come into the country. He wasengaged in getting out timber for his house and was hurrying to get histask complet- ed before the heavy snow came on. Once he had the house ready he meant. to bring out his family. We gave him our best wishes for his success and pushed on until the shades of evening caused our leader to call a halt. I was much interested in seeing how expeditiously and quietly each man set about his work, and how speedily the preparations for the night were completed. Some dry logs were found and a fire was soon sending its blazes skyward. Branches of fir trees were strewn on the snow and upon these were placed our sleeping bags. In the meantime the cook had taken from his well packed stores some flour and baking powder and kneading the flour upon a small 1182 wooden board soon hada number of small loaves made. When these were put into pans and covered the cook made a bed of coals, made a circle round the fire, turned the oven facing the fire, and to hurry the baking took the loaves from the pan putting them in the circle turning each loaf until it had a rich brown crust on the outside. Next, the cook tookalargeiron pan, which my motherusedtocall a spider,and putting alternate layers of thia slices of bacon and white beans with a little water, filled the spider to the top, an iron lid was placed on top and dig- ging down deep in the hot ashes he placed the pan in the cavity thus made and covered it up. When we were ready for bed the logs were pushed tightly across each other and we crept into our sleeping bags. The fire sent its heat all around inthe mostgrate- ful fashion and I lay enjoying for a sbort time the novelty of my position. The warmth soon made medrowsy and pulling the cover over myhead I was soon sound asleep. I did not wake up all night and when I opened my eyes the light was growing strong. As I removed my head covering the most delicious smell of coffee came to my nostrils and I saw the cook busy around the fire. Foratime I lay there quietly watching his movements and noticed him steep some black tea in a small iron tea- pot. Iwas given atin basin full of snow water and with the help of a clean towel and a small hand mirror I made my toilet. As we were gathering for breakfast one of the hunters came out of the woods. pe a8) Pa A FINE MOOSE. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ‘‘Hurrah !”’ he cries, ‘‘I have seen the footprints of a moose. Hurry up with breakfast and let us all follow.”’ The cook draws out the iron pan from its bed of hot ashes and as the the lid comes off there is not a sign of bacon though the beans smell delicious. The cook cuts off a thick slice from one of the loaves made the night before, showing a lovely brown crust outside and an inside as white as any baker’s bread. Iam hand- ed a slice of this bread, the cook covers it with a layer of beans and covers it with another slice of bread. With this sand- wich in one hand and a porcelain cup filled with delightful coffee in the other I thoroughly en- joyed my break- fast. No meal ever had to me the same flavor as that first breakfast in the woods. The cook who has_ been with many tour- ing parties, knows just what to take and how best to prepare 1t. “aq. The dogs were e-* fedandharnessed 53 totheto boggans ~ Twas tucked in and off we went. Every few minu- tes a rabbit scurried across our path and the woods were filled with delightful odors of barks and pungent swells of the pines. On the banks of a small river we met two Indians. They treated us very kindly indeed but their dogs made as if they would devour us. One of the men showed us the whole carcass of a moose and offered us some which we took, a member. of the party saying he knew it was a young moose by its antlers. We wrapped the piece we took in birch bark and when cooked it tasted like sirloin steak. That night we reached ‘‘Moose Lodge” where we met the rest of the hunting — DRAWING OUT OUR BIG GAME party and next morning we were called at early dawn while the stars showed as though it were early evening starlight. After breakfast orders were given that quietness must reign. When everything was ready we made for the woods and my companions left me. I thought I was alone but the Indian guide Mailhou was near and said some- thing which I knew meant that I was to listen carefully. When standing at strict attention a _ strange clear sound like a call came upon the air. Mailhou gave forth some sounds that to me ap- peared like a return call. A few moments later there was a crash- ing through the woods, a dark shadow loomed up, and then was away like a flash. A short time afterwards I heard the report of a gun and Mailhou spoke to me in an excited manner. I made out that I must hurry if I meant to be in at the end and I did my best to get through that wood as fast as I could. When I came up the moose was down and the air of triumph assumed by one of the party made me know who was the successful hunter. At first I rejoiced to see that massive body and great antlered head laid low but the triumph of the moose hunt was gone when I saw the big tears trickle down that furry nose. I felt faint as I stood and examined the beautifully polished hoofs and the great head. When I thought how Mailhou had decoyed him within rifle range all desire for possession left me At that mo- ment aringing laugh of triumph came from the proud hunter and he remarked commiseratingly ‘‘I am afraid you women are not built for the hunt !° The weight of the moose was nine hundred and sixty-two pounds. The great palmated head now adorns the reading room of a northern hotel, at which rendezvous the hunters assemble on their way to Moose Lodge and where they often fight over again the triumphs of their hunts. Our First Goat. BY AIRD FLAVELLE. q | seven probably witnessed the great- est activity in timber circles in the history of British Columbia. Timber cruisers, good, bad and indifferent were everywhere; though if you hunted from one end of the country to the other you couldn’t find one. That’s what we really were, though wild horses couldn’t draw it from us. We were always hunting, fishing or prospecting or out for the good of our healths (that is when the other fellow was round.) Like all the other innocents we first hit for Powell Lake which lies about eighty miles north of Vancouver along the coast and runs about twenty-five miles inland (though the map makes it forty) right into the heart of the Cascade Range. We had been told that goat and bear were very plentiful at the upper end so when we started round the east side of Big or Goat island, the four of us in old August’s big twenty-five foot dug- out, we kept a sharp look out. Mac was in the bow with Craig’s 25-36 Marlin and about half a dozen shells. Craig was in the stern with the rest of the cartridges while Ed. and I were seated on the duffle in the middle. Just as we rounded the south east corner of the island we spied a goat down close to the water’s edge and only about 150 yards away. Mac of ,course began to spit lead but though there was hardly a ripple to disturb his aim he could not locate that goat. Naturally the goat started to seek cooler regions higher up but, much to our surprise, seemed not to hurry in the least. He calmly went up and up, often getting behind stumps and rocks, with Mac’s bullets striking just above him every time, until the last shot in the gun found his right hind leg. It did not disable him much however so Mac passed the gun back to Craig. By this time the goat had about doubled the space between us so we hastily pad- dled closer. Then Craig unlimbered but with no better success though we did think that he touched him once. The T HE summer of nineteen hundred and goat had now gained a small cave which placed him temporarily beyond our reach but Mac was determined to have him. Craig said he would goup the cliff with Mac if I lent him my 32 Colt, while Ed. and I stayed below with the rifle to watch the cave. Just as the other two had started the goat tried to get out but soon got tired of forming a target for Ed and went back again. I now claimed the rifle andas the goat obligingly stood with his head out I’ fired a couple of shots which only caused him to wag his head as though saying ‘‘Oh dear ! what rotten shooting. Those fellows make me tired!” As all the shots had been going high I decided to investigate and promptly discovered that the Lyman peep was elevated to the top notch instead of being down at the bottom! I was pretty disgusted but by the time | had rectified the error the goat had backed out of sight. But if we inthe boat were having our troubles so were the fellows on shore. What looked like an easy ascent from the water was proving well nigh impos- sible on shore. Craig, never a good climber had cold feet and would go no farther while Mac, some distance higher, had only his Marble Sheath knife. Fin- ally I said I would take the revolver to him. I got it there but I would not have repeated that climb then for a thousand dollars. What little nerve I possessed had slowly. oozed away until now IJ dared not goon. Mac, then, had to go up alone while I got behind a projecting corner which shielded me from the minia- ture avalanches which he started every little while. Next I began to consider my own position. Get down the wayI got up I knew I could not, for, as every one knows, it is easier to goupa cliff than go down and I could see no other way. I was standing on a narrow ledge about forty feet above the lake and by ooking over the edge I could see the cliff going straight down to the water and hrough it until lost in obscurity. To ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. jump off seemed the only way without risking a broken limb or worse. In the meantime by making a short circuit, Mac had gained the ledge which led to the cave, without disturbing the goat. But now itseemed to feel some- thing was wrong and decided to investi- gate. The others below dared not fire for fear of a glancing bullet striking Mac and so could render no assistance. Mac himself was in a rather unpleasant posi- tion. Ona ledge so narrow that he had to crawl on hands and knees, a sheer wall above’ and a straight drop below, and unable to turn round and retreat, witha very slightly wounded goat in front decidely anxious to depart via this same path, was a com- bination I was perfectly willing to allow him to tackle alone. On came the goat in genuine goat style. Talk of the Charge of the Light Brigade! It wasn’t in it. Mac Opened up ata range of fifteen feet but the first three shots, though all going home, produced no effects At the fourth when he was almost touching the gun the goat seemed to stumble, struggled to regain his balance but toppled over the precipice, came crashing down the decliv- ity only to be brought up with a thud against a dead stump. Down come Mac and with one roll sent him flying until with a last bound, amid a perfect torrent of rocks, he leapt into the lake. Mac could hardly wait to get down 1185 and was almost ready to adopt my sug- gestion and jump for it. However with him in the lead we finally managed to get down by grasping and clinging to bunches of devil’s club and salmoa berry, which are just a little more prickly than the worst raspberry, and by crawling over several patches of wet slimy rock where the winking of aneye would al- most have sent us after the goat. When we did reach the bottom we found the other two busy skinning our prize and soon with hide and horns and a good supply of meat we paddled on. What visions of juicy steaks we had as we hastened to find a suitable camping ground ! We were out of meat and had tasted none for two days, and working hard as we were our lucky find was doubly welcome. What a disappoint- ment! Did you ever try to eat goat, especially an old he one ? I have, and I honestly believe you could get more nourishment out of a bunch of elastic bands. I do know that we each took just one bite and none of us, after minutes of effort, were able to swallow that. Sole leather would be tender in com- parison. , However Mac has a splendid pair of horns and a magnificent hide which August tanned for him to remind him of the adventure. Nor do I think that any of us will soon forget ‘‘Our First Goat.” The Big Game of Southern British Columbia. BY AUGUST WOLF. SOLATED and remote from the | whirl and noise of civilization is the Elk River valley in the southeastern part of the Kootenay district of British Columbia, which today is declared by seasoned sportsmen to be one of the most prolific and varied big game ranges on the American continent. Elk roam the valley in bands of hundreds and beaver have colonized by thousands. This is due in a large measure to the restric- tions adopted by the Provincial Govern- ment and the excellent grazing range afforded. Elk and beaver have been pro- tected since 1905 and the close season will continue until 1911. R. L. Laird of Spokane, who has ex- plored parts of the valley, declares that the measure of protection afforded the big game in the preserve has not been half-hearted; in fact, he adds, it is the belief of Government officials, guides and others familiar with the district, that the law has been strictly observed with the result that elk and beaver, bear, deer, goats, mountain sheep and other fur- bearing animals have increased and are today probably more abundant than at any other period within the last halt century. Our Camp on the Severn. BY) Jools :C% M7 TER considerable discussion, we | decided to spend a week of our holidays undercanvas. Our party was very small being composed of Charlie, who was spending his holidays at asummer cottage on Lake Couchich- ing, and the writer, whose school days were not left so far behind but that he could remember them very distinctly. As it was the first time that either of us had camped without some older heads in the party, there was much more responsibility resting on our shoulders than there other- wise would have been : and many were the conferences held before we had our outfit selected and our route decided on. We left Orillia, a pretty town on the south-east shore of Lake Couchiching, Ontario, about seven o’clock in the even- ing, towing our canoe behind a small gasoline yacht across the lake to the cottage where we were to spend the night. There was a fairly big sea running on the lake, and considerable excitement was caused on the trip over by the part- ial swamping of the canoe two or three times, necessitating very careful handling if we wished to avoid upsetting it. Next morning we started off bright and early; the yacht towed us some miles on her way to the camping grouud ; then we cast off and paddled te the mouth of the the river. The scenery along the north end of Lake Couchiching is very pretty, composed as it is of numerous islands and large rocks lining the shores. Near the mouth the Severn River is thickly fringed with reeds, and its bed has many reefs add ridges of rock, enough of them coming near the surface of the water to render navigation somewhat dangerous even for a canoe. An interesting feature of the paddle down the river was the portages, which fortunately were short. We tried fishing at the foot of the falls, but with no luck, indeed the fishing all through the trip was exceedingly poor, since we only managed to hook one small bass, though perhaps the fishermen should come in for his share of the blame, neither of us being experts in this line, although fond of the sport. We found the nights very cold for August, but the days were warm and by the time we got to where we wished to pitch our tent we were pretty well tanned by the sun, and very uncomfortable. The soreness caused by getting tanned took several days to wear off, but did little to mar the enjoyment of the trip. Having set up the tent and made all snug for the night we prepared tea, and no doubt the cooking would have been a revelation to our friends, could they have tasted it, but we soon learned to serve up what were to our outdoor appetites, very nice meals. A raspberry patch close to the tent furnished us with a welcome addition to the bill of fare. From the camp we branched off in different direc- tions, going down the river to try our luck with the rod or through the bush with our .22 rifles in search of game, but with small success, except in so far as bullfrogs, black snakes etc., go. After a couple of nights spent at this place, we paddled bank tothe mouth of the river, spent one night there and came back up the lake acouple of miles toa nice point where we concluded to remain for the balance of the week. Our stock of provisions was getting rather low, but a nearby farm house supplied us with butter andeggs. We had a lot of rifle practice here, using first an old log some hundred yards out in thelake, and later small blocks of stone, for targets. Need we say that nonew records in shooting were established ? An unpleasant feature of the trip wasa paddle of some four mileson the way home, by the writer, alone ‘against a stiff wind and sea, and with a load in the canoe. While a comfortable bed and properly served food were much appreciated after roughing it, still we agreed that the trip was a great success, and will certainly be repeated next summer. A Successful Hunt in Northern Ontario. BY FRANK N. CLARKE, fa HE Brantford (Ont.) Hunt Club have | had; some notable hunts in past years but none better or more en- joyable than the one held last fall. There were six of us who went from Brantford— Col. Page, Messrs Chas. Page, Capt. Kerr A. McAdams, M. Brownand myself and it was with high spirits we boarded the’) train at Brantford which left onthe even- ing of October 29th in order that we might beon the ground and have our camp ready for the opening day of the hunting season. It was at Sundridge that we left the train tor the glorious country going in a north east- erly direction and camping right on our hunting ground. Our guide, a most excellent and competent man, met us at the station and Our baggage was transferred to a wagegon, most of us tramping on foot and finding it a pretty severe effort to get to our camp. As we were old hands at the game — at least some of us were—our baggage and provisions were complete and we hada ten by fourteen tent which accomodated us very nicely. The members of the Brantford Hunt Club hunt with dogs and we took with us three fox hounds and two beagles. Dur- FRANK N. CLARKE OF THE BRANTFORD HUNT CLUB. ing the course of the hunt we lost one of the fox hounds. Porcupines were very numerous in the locality and the dogs suffered from getting their mouths filled with the quills on several occasions. Although we use dogs in our hunting we should all be satisfied to cut them out if other hunters did the same. Most of us have done considerable stillhunting and proved quite successful in securing deer by that method. While we have no wish to enter into the contro- versy of dog's or no dogs we are quite prepared to abide by the decision of the Legislature on the matter, and if the verdict is againstthedogs to give them up cheerfully. We are more inter- estedinthedeer, and if the future of the deer in Ontario de- mand that the dogs be given up the members of the Brantford Hunt Club will willingly ac - quiesce. During the time we were in camp we saw three extra large flocks of geese fly- ing south but failed to secure any of them —they were too high up. The first time he was out Col. Page saw a large buck standing on a precipice five hundred yards below. He fired and the deer went away at atrot. However, the party did not all behave in this fash- ‘1188 ion and before the hunt was concluded no less than eleven deer had fallen to the guns of the hunters—seven bucks and four does, of which one was used for meat in camp. The Colonel after waiting six hours on a runway had his chance and secured a fine buck, In my own case a splendid buck was shot, the animal weighing two hun- dred and forty pounds He had likewise a magnificent head and a beautiful set of antlers on him. Charlie Page had quite an ex- citing time with a wounded buck which tore one of the dogs badly before he was killed. We performed some very rough surgery on the dog and the animal ap- parently recovered though we did not allow her to hunt again. Each day had its pleasures and adven- tures and we were all sorry when the time for departure arrived. Bringing out ten deer made our load a very heavy one and we had a hard time in getting through on account of the snow. The Fish Guardian held us up for a time but as we had nothing of the nature of a net in our baggage we were allowed to go without even receiving a warning. I might just note the fact that we hung our deer so their hair would shed the rain. They don’t look so nice when hung up in that way but I think that method is the proper one when the sea- sonis wet and snowy. Hare and partridge were scarce and in Serious reports come from the Algon- quin National Park as to the havoc wrought by the wolves upon the deer. Dr. Long, who spent a fortnight in the Park, said that there were more than a thousand carcasses of deer lying in the Park as aresult of the work of the wolves. While the deer are increasing largely in numbers, owing to the protec- tion afforded them, the work of the ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. THE BRANTFORD HUNT CLUB. this particular our experience corrobor- ated that of other parties who appear te have found them scarce all through Northern Ontario. We saw a bear’s track but did not catch sight of the bear or some of our valiant hunters would have had his pelt. We likewise saw the tracks of numer- ous lynx and should have liked to have rid the woods of someof these marauders. On the whole we hada pleasant time and were so satisfied with our experience and successes that we intend to be back in the woods next fall. Very few of the hunting parties from Brantford and its vicinity did as well as we did, and it is therefore not to be wondered at that we have made up our minds to allow nothing unimportant to stop us from getting to- gether and once more enjoying a holiday and hunt in the backwoods. wolves (unless exagerated) will make serious inroads on their numbers. After the above had Leen written Park Super- intendent Bartlett issued a denial of the story and added that deer were never so plentiful inthe Parkas at present. Dr. Long is the same gentleman who brought himself under the ‘‘big stick” of President Roosevelt for his nature stories. An Alpine Jubilee. Fiftieth Anniversary of the English Alpine Club. BY A. O. WHEELER, F.R. G. S. attended the Paradise Valley Camp, ' last July, that while the Camp was in session an invitation was received by the President of the Alpine Club of Can- ada to attend the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Alpine Club of England on the 17th of December | following. Coming from the | oldest to the | youngest of Alpine clubs this invita- tion was most | gratifying. At that moment the mountain | weather was atits | best, the peaks were in first class order and ‘‘things” were strenuous; therefore, reply to this most appro- priate recognition of Canada’s great Alpine tracts was relegated to the future. However, a day came when a second pressing note madea definite decision necessary. Looking men- tally across the dim and distant vistas of land and sea lying between—to and fro, 12,000 miles —and the financial requirements of such a journey, the President did not feel equal to the undertaking and no substitute could be found. Sorrowful regrets were about to be sent, when the Executive of the Club stepped forward, an individual member of the Club stepped forward, the Dominion Government stepped for- ward, and the Canadian Pacific Railway 7: will be remembered by those who E. FEUZ, JR., SWISS GUIDE. Company stepped forward. The gist of their remarks was: That Canada was a big country, that its Alpine regions com- pared with any in the world and that the Alpine Club was here to stay; so the President went. We left New York on the 7th Decem- ber by the Cunar- der“'S.) S21 Gat- mania.” Three hours out we came to a_ standstill. The hugeleviathan with 3,000 souls on board, beside whom the old “Great Eastern” was a baby, had quietly and_= se- dately, at full tide, run aground; and this in the regular shipping channel, within sight of the Me- tropolis of the United States of America. It hap- pened while we were at breakfast and the faint heave caused not the slightest comment. In fact, it _ hap- pened so quietly that few knew we were on ground until hours afterwards. That afternoon when the New York pa- pers came on board, we found a_ lurid description of the ‘‘catastrophe”: How those seated at the breakfast tables were flung prostrate, and women and children shrieked with terror. So far, however, were wefrom catastrophe that for the two days of delay the passengers on the main deck below cleared a ring and danced from morning until- night to the 1192 tuneful accompaniment of an accordion. To make a long story short, 8,000 tons of water were pumped out of the hold; then, when the tide was again full, a fleet of powerful tugs with much blast- ing of whistles and straining of cables hauled her back into the main channel. We returned to quarantine and spent the next day pumping water back again. In the meantime, divers went down and carefully examined her bottom to see that no damage had been done. We had lost two clear days, or as the Cap- tain pathetically put it: 18,000 meals. Sarai It was now with mea question whether I should reach London in time for the great dinner. The most impressive ceremony taking place on board was the Church of Eng- land service on Sunday morning, which the Captain read at a desk covered by the Union Jack. Headed by the ‘‘Bo’- sun,” a file of Jack-tars marched in, two andtwo, and took their places with machine-like order. For these grey- hounds of the ocean of which we so often hear, the Mauretania, the Lusi- tania, the Carmania and others of that ilk, are reserve British warships and carry a full complement of naval reserve officers and men; ready at a moment’s notice to speed to any part of the water- surface of the globe on their country’s service. As the deep, well modulated voice of the Captain sounded through the saloon MT. GOODSIR, NORTH GABLE OF THE SOUTH TOWER. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. in joint prayer for His Majesty, King Edward and the President of the United States, and.no other sound was heard except the distant thump of the screws and the lap of the water against the side, the minds of the assembled con- gregation sped like a flash to their re- spective homes over long distances of sea and land, and all realized the solem- nity of the occasion and what units we were in the hands of a merciful Creator, a feeling intensified by the gentle pitch of the deck as the ship rose and fell to succeeding swells. We wokeone fine morning to find the Car- mania stopped, and bobbing at her side a dim- inutive tender, while in the distance show- ed dimly the shores of Ire- land and the entrance to Q ue enstown harbor. I was not taking any chances of fog and mudbanks in the Mersey so left the ship and proceeded by rail to London, crossing the Irish channel, via Kingstown, by the first mail boat. The ‘‘Connaught” is one of a fine fleet that never fails to make its connections, and if the waves are too big to get over, as they often are, simplifies matters by go- ing through them. It’s a funny feeling, that of setting your foot upon your native soil for the first time in thirty odd years. Itis a mixture of many feelings which may all be summed up by a catch in the throat. As the tender moved rapidly down the narrow harbor-way, the glacis of each fort at the entrance, the shore holdings of the farmers and Spike Island, directly in front of the town, showed brilliant green, as green is seen nowhere else in the world, setting at rest any doubts whatever as to the appropriateness of the cognomen, ‘‘Emerald Isle.” on their start- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. The town is quaint and old-fashioned; the buildings of grey stone, Square and ugly, but looking picturesque and me- dieval, rising in tiers above one another against a setting of foliage-clad banks that form the coast line. In due course I took one of the dimin- utive toy trains that were running about the yard. Toy trains they looked; so much so that the impulse is to take one ot the little en- gines and turn it up side down to see where the works are. But don’t make any mis- take about their being able to go. They go to such an extent that there is no Scenery. It flies by you like a streak, and, best of all, you can always count ing and arriv- ing on sched- uled time. Alone in London! The great metrop- | olis of the, world that § makes all other cities look like villages! I have no doubt you would feel lonesome if you were given time, but things happen quickly in an English railway station and you scarcely realize that you are there before you are on the way to your hotel. I arrived shortly after six on the morning of the I7th of December, the day of the Jubilee dinner-—a_ rather close Shave. The night before I should have been the guest of the Alpine Dining Club at a dinner held in Oddennino’s AN AWKWARD — | CORNER, I193 Imperial Restaurant, after which an ad- journment was made to attend the an- nual meeting of the Alpine Club at their rooms, 23 Savile Row. These functions, Owing to the delay in New York harbor, were lost. The principal attraction at the Club rooms was an exceptionally fine exhibi- tion of Alpine paintings, all exhibits own- ed by mem- bers. Here were repr e- sentations of many high mountains of the world: Mt. Everest, Mt. St. Elias, R u wenzori, from the Him- alayas, from the Caucasus, and from the European Alps. Ofthe last, Mt. Blanc, Monte Rosa and the M at terhorn appeared from numer- ous points of view. There was even a painting of Mt. Ararat. The Canadian Rockies, however, were remark- able by their absence of representation. There is certainly room. for enterprise in this direction by the Al- pine Club of England. The dinner was held in Lincoln’s’ Inn Hall, a room of vast proportions and noble architecture. Having reached the ante-chamber, your name was announced by the Master of the Ceremonies who, clad ina Bencher’s gown, with a long beard flowing to his waist, looked very imposing and ceremonious. After shak- ing hands withthe President of the Club, Ewe MT. VICE PRESIDENT. CROWS’ NEST MOUNTAIN. His Lordship, the Bishop of Bristol, you mingled with the crowd; and here I con- fess to my first feeling of loneliness: on all sides were men gripping hands and firing cordial greetings at one another; men who had not met, perhaps for years, and some of whom had travelled over half the globe in many outlandish parts since their last greeting, A fellowship, a free masonry seemed to exist among them which was readily understood by one who had also sat by the campfire and watched the sparks vanish in the leafy canopy overhead, who had been face to face with deathin the snow and icé desolation of a mountain summit. The feeling was of short duration. A voice at my elbow: ‘‘Mr. President, Sir Henry Bergne wishes to meet you.” I then found myself in good hands. Sir Henry was of the Foreign Office, knew Canada and was a most enthusiastic member of the Alpine Club. He prompt- ly introduced me to Sir Alfred Wills (Justice Wills) who was also acquainted with Canada, having been a member of the Behring Sea Commission. They said they were going to look after me that evening, to see that Canada had a sood time, and they did. We then moved for the tables. When all were placed and the rustle of many people finding seats had subsided to the murmur of general talk, there was time to look around and see what had hap- pened.’ I discovered that Canada was ina place of high honor, a tribute no doubt to the 12,000 miles of land and sea — travelled by her representative to attend the function. On one side sat the Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Wills, one of the two surviving members of the original or- ganization of 1857, on the other side sat Mr. Douglas Freshfield, a well known mountaineer of Caucasian fame and an ex-President of the Alpine Clnb. Be- -tween Sir Alfred Wills and the President of the Club sat the Lord Chief Justice of England. On the other side of the President sat the representative of the Russian Alpine Club; next, Prof. T. G. Bonney of Oxford and then Prof. Chas. E. Fay, representing the American Al- pine Club and the Appalachian Moun- tain Club of Boston. The High table ran the full length of the room and from it, at right angles, ten other tables branched across. The only lights were hundreds of candles with yellow shades. While these illum- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. inated the tables brilliantly, above and beyond was in semi-obscurity giving a most artistic and pleasing, though some- what weird effect. All around the walls, the sphynx-like faces of Chief Justices who had been, gloomed from flowing wigs and sables upon the festive crowd. Directly opposite was the ‘‘Hanging Judge,” Chief Justice Jefferies, and in the deceptive half light, I could almost swear I saw his eye twinkle as though at heart in sympathy with a gathering of such good cheer. CLIFF AND SUMMIT, MT. GOODSIR. As I gazed at the men who sat around the respective tables, I could not but feel strongly impressed. Here and there stars and distinguished orders glittered on breasts decorated by blue ribbons. Names that are household words in the worlds of the Church, of Science, Law and Medicine leaped to mind as the eye scanned the originals: Sir Archibald Geikie, the Rev. T. G. Bonney, the Rev. Colin Campbell, C. T. Dent, F. R. C. S., Dr. Norman Collie, Stutfield Baker, Spottswood Green and many others. . 1195 Three feelings were uppermost: Wonder, pride and ambition; wonder! because the faces full of character and the bold fearless eyes bespoke moral and intellectual forces behind this noble sport of mountaineering that were only now brought fully home to.me; pride! that the representative of our youthful organ- ization should be an honored guest upon so great an occasion; ambition! for, ina moment of mental foresight, I could see in the dim future such. a hall in far-off Canada with a similar crowd seated around many ta- bles; a crowd, perhaps not so wealthy of titles, perhaps not so prolific of great clerical and sci- entific men or legal and medi- cal luminarie s, but with the same bold char- acter written on their faces and the same tearless bright eyes; men who had fought fights, who had sustained victory or defeat with stoical calm, where victory or defeat often meant death. I turned to the courtly old gen- tleman on my right and beheld him beaming on the assembly, satisfaction visible in every fibre of his being; and well it might be, for had he not been present at similar annual functions for the past fifty years, and were not he and one other the sole survivors of an organization which, fifty years before, had given expression to the British desire for achievement that has spread England’s colonies over the en- tire habitable portion of the globe. | then and there prayed that it might be granted me, some day, to feel as_ he did at that moment. It is needless to say that the dinner 1196 was the best London could furnish, as also the Toastmaster. The toasts were responded to by speeches both witty and incisive. The banquet concluded by an ancient and pleasing ceremony: that of drinking the Loving Cup. As this stage of the proceedings was reached, the Toastmaster, striking the table sharply with his gavel, announced in a fine mel- low voice: ‘‘My Lords and Gentlemen! His Lordship, the President, will now drink with you the Loving Cup; to the right at the grand high table, to the left at the grand high table, and at the other tables, across and across, and _ be- tween and _be- tween.’’ The cups then passed from hand to hand, as indicated, among the three hundred and fifty-five per- sons present. Among other clubs represented were: the Russian, Swiss, Austrian, French, German, Italian, Nethe r- lands, Canadian, American, Appal- achian and Scotch mountaineering clubs. The following evening, a conver- sazonie was held by the Bishop of Bristol, representing the Alpine Club, in the magnificent hall of Temple Inn. At this function ladies were present and the scene was brilliant with diamonds and rich fabrics. The writer here had the honor of being introduced to Dr. and Mrs. Bullock Workman, the latter the lady who has climbed to the greatest al- titude attained by lady climbers among the mountains of the world, a height of four miles above the level of the sea. Another pleasing incident of that even- ing was the grouping at one time of six men, all of whom had explored and climbed in the Canadian Rockies and had published writings on the subject, viz: Hermann Woolley, President-elect of the DESCENDING MT. HERMIT. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. English Alpine Club; Prof. Fay, Presi- dent of the American Alpine Club; the President of the Canadian Alpine Club, Hugh E. M. Stutfield, vice-President of the English Aipine Club, Dr. J. Norman Collie and G. P. Baker. A delightful little dinner was given the following evening at St. James Club by Sir Hen1y Bergne to a number of Al- pine enthusiasts, his son, Francis a Court Bergne being one of the guests. This dinner is mentioned because it led to my being one of a climbing party in Switzerland when a very sad accident oc- curred, resulting in the loss of life to the leader of the party. In the course of conversation the writer stated that it was his intention to make a flying trip to the Alps to see their construction and gen- eral scenic effects. The statement was followed by an invitation from Mr. Fran- cis Bergne to join him in Switzerland immediately after Christmas. It was promptly accepted and, on the morning of December 26th, Sunday, I found my- self at Sierre in the Rhone valley. The clouds were down low and snow lay on the ground. Mr. Bergne, they told me, was at the Forest Hotel, Vermala, sit- uated high up on the mountain side but now hidden by the clouds. I got in tel- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ephone communication with him and he said he would be down at noon the next day. The Chateau Bellevue, where | put up, is a fine old building, modernized asa hotel, but with much of its ancient state ‘he io EDWARD FEUZ, THE CRACK SWISS GUIDE. left, noticeable in the thickness ot the walls, the frescoes on the ceilings and the massive oak doors and shutters. In the dining room, the waitresses were Swiss peasant girls, clad in national cos- tume, good tempered and buxom; and, 1197 by the time I had learned the difference between ‘‘premier dejuner,” ‘‘dejuner”’ and ‘‘diner,” it was possible, with the help of a smattering of French, to get a good meal. I spent the day exploring the highways and byways of Sierre, a collec- tion of quaint dwelling houses and narrow Streets, flagged or paved with cobble. The valley of the Rhone, I tound more interes t- ing. It is about two to three miles wide. At intervals, in its middle, are knolls, several hundred feet in height, formed in by-gone days by landsli ps trom the moun- tain sides. Now, each is grown densely with scrubby pine and oak, and surmounted by a castle, church or chateau, that carries you back to medieval ages... Fora c ons i derable distance up ths valley sidee countless culti- vated plots rise in tiers, their outsides retained by stone walls. Here grapes are matured in sum- mer time, and every available inch of ground is utilized. The Rhone, a rapid, sad-colored stream winds in ser- pentine loops along the floor of the valley. Monday morning broke clear bright. On both sides of the and valley, 1198 above the steep timbered slopes, rose white-clad peaks, showing so sharp-cut and clear against a blue sky that they seemed close at hand, although miles distant. To the north, high up in the air, almost at timber line, one could see the Forest Hotel, where Mr. Bergne had been spending his time since his arrival. Lit up by a bright mid-winter sun, bring- ing out strongly the color contrasts glinting on castle and chateau, tower and steeple, the valley presented a marked differ- ence to the dis- ma cloud- shroudedtrough of the previous day. Sharp at noon Mr. Bergne ap- peared accom- panied by Mr. S° tie ww) avict, 2 member of the Executive of the Alpine Club and an old disciple of the ice-axe and rope. Our ourney now lay up the Rhone valley, eighteen miles by rail to the village of Visp, or Viege as it is called in French. On the train, the party was joined Mr. Simon, a member of par- liament for one of England’s largest constituencies. The run was full of light and color; now flashing through tunnels, now crossing and _re-crossing the sparkling Rhone. On either hand stood noble peaks, white with winter’s snows, cultivated patches of. vineyard. reaching far up their lower slopes. Everywhere were peasant’s chalets, and never a projecting crag, knoll or emi- nence without its castle, church or chateau; vivid, striking scenes, rich in life, rich in contrast and permeated by a A CLIMBING PARTY. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. picturesque antiquity that, to one from the modernized present of the newer world, created a land of enchantment, where fair maidens dwelt in castles, dragons were still to be conquered and Knights yet sought adventure. We spent the night at the Hotel de la Poste, a quaint old place with rooms heated by stone stoves built of great slabs, carved with the insignia of a fam- ily who had been in possession for gen- erations. Visp is a decayed old village with many pictur- esque features. They showed us a quaint bronze lock, 10.0801" 56:S:S knows how an- cient! “ on’ a carved oaken door, for which a thousand dol- lars had been offered by a curio collector, and refused by the-),ow n’e:r. And ~-yet, 3) it might readily have been stol- en every day of the week for it never was locked. Under an arch of the, foundations of the principal church reposed a stack of hu- man bones, hundreds of skulls, all arranged with neat pre- cision. It was explained that the bury- ing ground was of restricted area and after a certain number of years’ inter- ment the remains were dug up and the space again made available. In the morning, having slept in beds requiring a chair ‘or step-ladder to get into, we set out up the valley of the Visp river along a narrow mountain road. Below, at various depths, as the road rose and fell, ran the railway to MT. BURGESS. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Zermatt, now out of use for the winter. Five miles brought ts to the village of . Stalden, where the stream divides. Up the western branch, the Matter-Visp, the railway—here a _ rack-and-pinion—leads to Zermatt; while the other branch, the Saaser Visp, leads upward to the Monte Moro Pass. It is said that over this Pass remains of the old road used by the Romans are still to be seen. Between the two branches rears a noble peak, the Balfrinhorn, 12,475 feet, the first of a series of ice-bound pinacles rising from the Saasgrat, at the northern extremity of the Mischabel range. It was up this latter valley we continued our way by a very narrow mountain road perched high CROSSING SWISS NEVE. on the side of the valley. The only method of transport is by mules, with jingling bells and pack saddles, or at best drawing a miniature sled, a species of conveyance of which I had an exper- ience later on. Below raged the Saaser- Visp, leaping falls and careering madly down its precipice enclosed bed. At every turn were wayside shrines, and crucifixes were frequently seen in the notches of the rock-bound roadway. Once, the river was spanned by a narrow stone bridge with just room for three to walk comfortably abreast. It rose to an apex in the center, and on the stone I199 coping at the apex was set a small shrine, where none might pass without seeing. High up the valley walls every available crag and ledge had its cabin, with steep zig-zag paths leading to and from them. We reached the village of Saas-Grund at two o’clock and had lunch. Now, finally crossing the Visp, we swung up the precipitous side by a mule path and, in an hour’s time, arrived at our destina- tion, the village of Saas-Fee, situated on an Alpine flat in the center of a magnifi- cent cirque of peaks. Directly in front two fine icefalls from the Fee glacier broke over the edge in a wild confusion of tumbling seracs. All around splen- did cones towered heavenward, not only romantic and picturesque in ap- pearance, but also in name; the Mit- taghorn, Egginer- horn, Allalinborn, Alphubelhorn, the Taschhorn, Dom. Nadelhorn, Sud- Lenspitze, Ulrichs- horn, Balfrinhorn, the Portjengrat, Weissmies, __La- quinhorn and Fletschhorn, rang- ing from 10,330 feet above sea level inthe Mittag- horn to 14,942 in the Dom, the highest mountain in Switzerland. At this point the reader will probably ex- claim: ‘‘What about Mt. Blanc and Monte Rosa?” and receive the same re- ply that I did: ‘‘The summit of Mt. Blancis in France and the summit of Monte Rosa in Italy.” The village comprised, besides the dwellings of the peasants, a church, a post and telegraph office and a number of large hotels, the last, square block buildings with numerous windows, and some with as many as a hundred and twenty beds. They have in connection with them dwelling houses called ‘‘pen- sions’’ where visitors can room by the I200 week at special rates. These large, square bulldings presented chiefly an impression of white walls and green Venetian-blinded windows, for all were closed for the winter. Our quarters were with Peter Supersaxo, an old Swiss guide. We were taken good care of by his family and ‘‘Madam Clara,” a lady who had had a little hotel of her own, much favored by English and Americans, and who show- ed us, with tears in her eyes, her vis- itors book where were many tributes both in poetry and prose to Madam Clara’s ability to make tea. We spent the evening in preparations for the climb on the morrow. Three guides and two porters were engaged, with the old veteran, Daniel Zurbriggan, in charge. Un- fortunately, the next day was New Year’s and it was nec- essary that the guides should attend Mass before a start could be made, for the Swiss peasant is faith- ful in all mat- ters of religion. The day broke clear and bright, and at half past twelve the party of nine started. We were undertaking a feat that would be a record one: the crossing in mid-winter of the Mischabel range by the Windjoch, a pass lying between the Nadelhorn and the Ulrichshorn, and a descent on the opposite side by the Reid glacier to St. Nikolaus, a village in the valley of the Matter-Visp between Stalden and Zer- R. E. CAMPBELL, A WELL KNOWN ROCKY MOUNTAIN GUIDE, ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. matt. Perched in air, ona crag near the crest of the range, we could just make out the Mischabel hut, where we were to spend the night at an elevation of 11,000 feet. In crossing, it was intended to ascend the Ulrichshorn (12,890 ft.) and have a good look over the towering world of snow-clad pinnacles, snow fields and glaciers of the Alps of three coun- tries—Switzerland, France and Italy. The two por- tiets/Ssand* a guide went ahead to break a track through the snow, which reached to the knee in our fzotsteps. Timber line was quickly passed, for the village lies at 6,000 feet; then an hour or so of grassy hillsides where snow now lay thickly. Next a_ rock buttress was skirted and eventually the crest of a mas- sive rock rib reached, rising directly to the hut. In sum- mer 7a. .mule path leads by a series of zig- zags to the hut, but now the mountain face up which it climbs was banked with snow and the guides feared to traverse it on account of danger from avalanching. At the rocky ridge the real work of the ascent began. Here Mr. Simon, the least experienced of the party, was roped to a guide, but the other members did not consider it a necessary precaution. With the sun’s disappearance it be- came bitterly cold and a sharp wind from the surrounding "ice-fields made itself very apparent. All went well until about > & ‘ y: ‘ J E half past five when we encountered our first real difficulty. The arete, which had been quickly rising and getting nar- rower, was now an edge of a few feet in width with sharply descending preci- pices to the snowfields below. In front was a perpendicular cliff, only fifteen feet in height but still an awkward bit. To surmount it one had the choice ofa rather difficult acrobatic feat over a pro- jecting arm of rock or aclimb up a nar- row crevice requiring a left hand hold, which swung you out over the precipice, and areach for the projecting arm re- ferred to—quite a bad place, but not ab- solutely dangerous to a good climber. Two guides andthe porters were up. Stewart selected the projecting arm and, with the help of an ice-axe from below, made it all right. He now took my ice- axe and I ascended the crevice but, while doing so, felt that it was not a pleasant place in the growing dark. At the top I turned and saw Simon’s guide come up the same way, and then as Si- mon was roped and I knew the guide would check a slip, I followed on. Si- mon, aided by the rope, reached the crest with little difficulty. He then leaned down and took Bergne’s ice-axe, tat he same time asking if he should give MT. VICE-PRESIDENT. him ahand. Bergne, who was consid- ered as good asa guide, replied ‘‘No thanks.” As Simon turned away he heard a smothered exclamation and stopped abrnbtly. The guides now be- gan calling excitedly to one another in German and Stewart cried out, ‘‘Bergne has fallen!” ‘‘Bergne has fallen!’”? You can imagine the scene: on a narrow edge in mid-air, the rapidly coming dark making it difficult toseeone another at fif- teen yards; on either side almost perpen- dicular precipices, whose depths were swallowed up in the night; our comrade, a moment before the leader and life of the party, gone! fallen! who knew where! We returned to the crest and shouted frantically; there was no reply. Again we called to absolute silence; but, at that moment, the bells in the village below began to toll solemnly—a requiem to our fallen comrade. What should we do? To descend the cliff in the gather- ing gloom was impossible. The guides declared: ‘‘We must push on to the hut. If we are benighted on the ridge, we shall all die.’’ It seemed brutal to leave the spot but what else was there to be done? So, silently roping, in a dazed condition, we slowly pushed for- ward in the dark. Up! Up!’ Up! it I202 seemed forever, and yet it was only two hours, when the hut suddenly stood in front, and a few minutes before eight we stepped on the platform by the door; the night now so dark you could not see where to place your feet. We found the hut a good sized build- ing of three rooms; a general room, a ladies’ room and an upstairs for the guides. There was a good store, plenty of cooking utensils and other necess- aries, with no end of blankets and com- fortable shoes, to put on when the snow had been brushed off and wet boots re- moved. We were © numb, cold and thor- oughly ex- hausted, per- haps more mentally than bodily, so we eat—one must eat. What a night it was! I doubt if there was one among us who closed his eyes. We lit matches and looked at our w atches fre- quently. The long hours dragged by, but at length thei) fi'r st S\tur-é aks, of dawn lighted up the win- dow; slowly! oh, so slowly! We arose, lighted the fire, had breakfast, cleaned up the hut, but still it was too dim to commence the descent to the village. The light grew stronger. I stepped on the platform outside and saw a sight, the like of which I had never seen be- fore; all around were ghost-like pinna- cles, their extreme crests tipped with faint rose. A thousand feet below lay an ocean of clouds reaching in every direction; bays, straits, arms, channels everywhere. From out this souudless MT. ASSINIBOINE. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA ocean huge snow pyramids stood like island cones, and round their bases the clouds leaped and rolled like billows on a rock-bound coast; but silence, absolute silence prevailed. Down below, at the bottom of this ghost-like sea lay the broken and mutilated body of our dear comrade, who, like his father, was cour- teous, gentle and pleasant to all, with great charm of manner and lovable per- sonality; and now, even as I gazed, the rosy glow at the summit of each peak blazed up a brilliant torchlight as the sun rose and tipped its crest with a flood of, Wilh e rh, t. Looking again below, I saw our ridge stretch out and down un- til it suddenly broke off ab- ruptly in the weird ocean. of clouds. And now began the de- scent, a much more difficult opera tion, even in broad daylight. We roped care- fully, Daniel Zurbrig gan leading the Way. We quickly came to where poor Bergne’s ice- axe had been stuck in the snow to mark the place of his fall. All” were nervous and it took some _ time to descend the cliff. We then saw what had happened. Evidently he had tried the crevice but had not obtained the proper foothold. As he reached for the projecting rock, the foothold had prob- ably broken away and the weight of his falling body had dragged him from his handholds, for we found his mitt still in a crack of the rock, where the hand had been pulled from it. He had then fallen over on his_ back, slid down ten feet of LAUGHING FALL CAMP. sloping snow and gone over the preci- pice. As the guides had said, the night before, there was never a chance or a hope, and death must have been almost instantaneous. We descended to the village to find the peasants crowded round their doors, anxious inquiry in every face. They had seen the party returning and could count but eight, so knew an accident had hap- pened. It was only a question of who? When they knew it was Bergne, their grief was terrible to see; the women wept and rocked themselves to and fro and old men cried like children, for the boy was dearly loved among these sim- ple folk for his kindly and winning ways.. Saddest of all was the return of the old veteran, Zurbriggan, the guide, who had lost a member of his party. The next morning, a rescue party recovered the body from the snowfield, two thous- and feet below. I returned to London that night hav- ing secured a man with a mule and sled who agreed. for a consideration, to take me back to Visp to catch the Simplon express, although the time was all too short to doit in. Then began a wild race against difficulties and I fully real- ized what it meant to .descend a moun- tain trail ina tiny sled behind a long leg- ged mule through gathering darkness. The road was rocky and neither driver nor mule over particular. Twice they threw me out, and both times my only sensation was one of wonder as to how much nearer it would be possible to go to the edge of a precipice without going over. When we met or passed other mules, it was up the mountain or down the precipice as fancy and the mule dic-~ tated; but we got there eventually and in time. The Simplon express left, Visp | at eight p.m. and next day at 5:30 p. m. I was in London. It will naturally be asked, ‘‘How do the Alps compare with the Canadian Rockies?” Ihad but a glance over a small portion, but from what I saw of them and their attributes, 1 am under the impression that they are of a more massive structure; are on a grander scale, more difficult and more dangerous from a mountaineering point of view; and yet, from a scenic point of view, the Rockies appear to me far more beau- tiful. The grand forests, the milky green rushing waters, leaping in falls and cascades, between walls of piue and spruce, the vividly colored lakelets of many shades of blue, green and yellow do not seem present in the Alps; and the fine contrasts created by the flower alti- tude of the ice and snow reaching almost amidst the trees are missing. While not so high, difficult or dangerous for aspiring climbers, I do not know that this is a disadvantage, for there is less likely to be the number of horrible year- ly accidents that have converted the Eu- ropean Alps intoa gigantic graveyard. Reminiscences of Maskinonge Fishing. BY W. HICKSON. WS | allow my memory to run back | over the past thirty-one seasons of my maskinonge fishing, many scenes flit across my mental vision and form an almost endless variety of views. These come and go like a grand panorama of moving pictures. Some of them ap- pear in all their original brightness, while others seem to be taded and almost gone, and only appear as seen through a haze or mist. I shall therefore only relate a few of those that press in upon me in the splendor of the days in which they occurred. Like other spoatsmen who fish and hunt with more or less success, I have alwayshad fellow sportsmen who wished to accom- pany me in out- ings and the first I shall mention was a true son of Erin. In the early part. of his life, by energy and diligence, he had amassed a com- petence, and so he retired to this burgh where he might take recreation, with the rod and gun, in his latter years. He was as en- thusiastic in his sport as he had been in gaining wealth. Many, many, were the days we spent together angling and hunting. Often did I find him at my door at the close of the previous day, to one of our trips, to help me to perfect our plans for the coming day ; we rowed our boat by turns; held the rod and line by turns ; took opposite sides of the thickets to hunt up partridge or quail by turns ; sat with our backs to some giant tree of the forest in the hazy days of autumn, as we took our mid-day meal with a relish peculiar to hunters, and told fishing and hunting stories by turns. ONE DAY’S CATCH AT BOBCAYGEON Although he fished for the different species of the finny tribe, his favorite was the ‘‘lunge,” and for lunge he fished with all the ardour of a devoted son of the Emerald Isle. He was overjoyed when he vanquished me in one of these days’ sport, but was always crestfallen, when I counted the greatest number and larg- est trophies for a day. Occasionally I went out alone for a troll and on my return I usually found my old friend at my home, to learn of my success or failure. When I caught a large fish, as soon as he saw me, he plied me large- ly with such questions as the following:-- ‘How much doeshe weigh?” ‘Where did youcatch him?” “At: 7 parcik:s Rock 2) iin “What bait did you use?” ‘‘Did you play him long ?” ‘‘Was he well hook- ed? shovalt these questions and more too, was | forced to make clear and definite replies to my Socratic companion. Then he would say with an- indifferent smile. ‘““Humph ! I'll beat that !” And some- times he was as good as his word. ., On one occasion I returned with a twenty-four pounder and asI laidit down ona board my friend emerged from the house, with his thumbs looped in his suspenders, his small dark eyes were twinkling, his thin lips drawn tightly together, for a moment he viewed my prize with composure, then said, ‘Jiminey ! But he is a whopper !” Then he mused with himselt for a little and uttered ina low undertone. ‘‘Dad ! I believe I can beat that!” A few days after this just as the laborerers were ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 1205 wending their way to their noonday meal, I saw my veteran fisherman making his way from his boat house, with his right hand raised considerably above the hori- zontal line, asif he were attempting to hold a great sledge at arm’s length. On a closer scrutiny | saw it wasa huge ‘lunge’ he was endeavoring to keep trom trailing in the dust but with all his efforts to keep itin the air, still the great tail fin was making a well defined mark along his way. When he got near me he threw it down on the grass, with ‘‘Dad ! Boy what do you think of that ?” Then the smiles played around the wrinkles of his face, as he related the struggle which he had had with this beauty that tipped the scales at twenty-seven pounds. My first interrogatory was ‘‘Where did you get that monster?” ‘‘Dad boy ? Where do you think?” came his char- acteristic re- sponse ‘‘Jack- son’s_ island ?” I ventured. ‘Hump !” No! try again boy !” “The Head of the Rushes or Jack’s Rock ?” was my _ next guess. ‘‘Well which?” he quickly asked, as a broad smile brightened up his whole countenance. ©; jack's Rock e° ‘said, . ‘‘iVes,- yes pretty near! yes /” he continued, ‘‘Just as I was circling around the lower buoy I felt an awful tug on my leg, for! had the line tied around my leg; Jimminy boy ! I thought the brute would have torn my leg off, but I tell you I soon grabbed the lire in my right hand. Then he towed me right away, and I let him tow till I A FORENOON’S CATCH. saw he was getting tired of the job, then I played him till he rose two or three times. When I saw he was tired I dart- ed my gaff into him, and shouted, ‘‘Bill, has you now !” ‘‘Yes ! you certainly had him’? I added! ‘‘Yes Boy! that is the biggest fish that has been caught this season” he causally remarked as he again raised his trophy and started for home. As the years went by my friend passed away from the woods, the lake and the world, and we aver, as he did well here, he is still doing well over yonder. For a number of years a large party of us used to camp, atamost beautiful spot, named ___ Birch Point, which is three miles west of Bobcaygeon. In our party there was one young fellow, whom we nam- ed D. W. who was noted for his wit, drollery and buffoonery. He, however, knew nothing about taking maskinonge though _ he thought he ‘‘knew it all.” Being buoyed up with his own ability to ac- complish al - most anything he undertook, he got ready his canoe and fish- ing tackle and invited one of the young ladies to our party to accom- pany him on a few hour’s trolling. As soon as they were ready I directed them to a spot called ‘‘Shallow Point’ which was in view of the camp sothat we could watch developements. We well knew that there were some large fish at this spot and all were eager to see how our humorist would handle a twenty pound “‘lunge”’ without either a gaff or i 1206 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. a knapping stick. When they stepped into the canoe they had just the trolling line and their paddles. D.W. struck off with his paddle and the fair one held the line. We all watched intently and our desires were soon gratified for just as D. W. made his first turn on the weed bed, a few rods from the point, we hearda scream from his lady companion and saw a large fish rise in the air almost at the same instant ; then we saw our gallant take the line, we noticed his canoe moving out into the lake, the fish rose out of the water to the height of three or four feet again ; still the gallant fishermen seem- ed to be tugging on the line ; at last we saw him draw his prize partly into the canoe. His lady companion protested vigorously against the entrance of the third occupant and D. W. let his elastic charge slide back into his native element again. Again hedrew his troublesome trophy partly into the canoe ; again his lady objected, but D. W. held on ‘“‘like grim death” while the large tail fin was pounding the side of the canoe and at the same time covering both with a shower bath. Heassured his companion he could manage his charge ; she had not unbounded confidence in his ability ; he entreated her to alow the fish a place in the canoe ; no she was obdurate : finally his entreaties, courtesy and patience came to their limit and he yank- ed the fish right into the centre of the canoe. The scene that followed baffles pen description, as he lay his full length on his hard earned prize, and his fair one endeavored to get as far away as pos- sible from both. True, when he proved beyond a doubt that he could manage his game, she pad- dled the canoe to shore, and then there were some acrobatic movements on the part of each, till our hero clubbed his fish, which tipped the scales at twenty- two pounds. t Both were as wet as if they had been in he lake, but D. W. did not mind that. During our camp at this point, some fine catches were made, and a sample is shown on the previous page. . Two years ago, last season two young ladies arrived here from Cleveland, Ohio, and were very anxious to capture a mask- inonge ortwo. They requested me to take them out fo: a day. I tried to convince them it would only take a couple of hours if the day were suitable to take the number they desired, but I found it impossible to dissuade them from, at least half a day. One ideal afternoon we | started for ‘‘the beds.”” I discovered on our way that they were greatly interested in birds and their habits, and as I knew where there were some nests in abeautiful copse, on the lake shore, I took them to this place. Here they saw the nests of thrushes and willow wrens and in their ardent zeal to find out as much as possible about these feathered friends, they forgot about the fishing, till I reminded them it was drawing near four o’clock in the afternoon. This surprised them so we went off with all haste to the ‘‘grounds”’ to try our skill, at the maskinonge. The first round we took on the ‘‘beds” I saw Miss Allie straighten herselt up, set her teeth and then call out ‘‘I have one!” ‘SOh1/T have one:*»> 1 * at- once directed her how to play him. This she did nobly, but when the fish which was about ten or eleven pourds rose to the surface, she called to me ‘‘here take this! I’m not going to land that thing!” | obeyed the behest, took her line, prepar- ed to kill her prize, but just asI was raising the knapping stick, her compan- ion, Miss Gertrude, shouted ‘Oh ! Oh! don’t dothat !” I told herto turn her head the other way, and shut her eyes for afew seconds. This she did and I soon had the line ready for another. Another circle was made and Miss Allie had another beauty, which she played till he rose and then I landed him. At this juncture their enthusiasm was un- limited and Miss Gertrude became san- guine. She really wished'‘one would bite her hooks and she was not disappointed for after a couple of circles on the ‘‘beds’’she had one tugging On her line. She played it very nicely, but I had to do the killing whlle she looked on this time. We had arranged to meet another party ata breezy point, where we were to have our tea, on our homeward trip, and now we Started for the appointed place, the time seemed all too long to both of them. We landed about six p.m. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. The three ‘‘lunge” were weighed and displayed, and a Rev. gentlemen who was present had to write them out a dec- laration, as to the size and weight of their trophies, as they wished to write home the next day, and they thought their good [friends there might think their letter ‘‘fishy’” unless the Rev. gentleman’s declaration accompanied it. As the early part of the season, last year was cool, the maskinnoge fishing in the Kawaritha’lakes, was not good. They remained in the shallow water in the marshes and creeks till July as food 1207 in these places was plentiful and the water the right temperature for them. In July, August and September the fishing was excellent, and I made some nice catches as the illustration shows. When the temperature of the water and other conditions are right, the min- nows come to the rocky points, in the latter part of August or the first of Sep- tember, and of course the maskinnonge always follow them as they relish them for food. At this season of the year the finest catches of these gamey fish may be made at these points. Ontario Guides and the Game Laws. WWI the annual meeting of the Ontario ‘Al Guides Association held at Dorset, = Ont. Mr. Alvin Philips was elected President for the year 1908-9; Mr. James Avery, vice-President, and Mr. E. W. Lockman, Secretary-Treasurer. When the ordinary business had been concluded the assembled guides, as practical woodsmen and hunters, pro- ceeded to discuss several points in which they believe the game laws can be im- proved and rendered more _ effective. Several speakers pointed out that for thirty years they had watched the grad- ual decrease of the deer and the corres- ponding increase of the wolves. The guides depend for their livelihood upon a continuation of the game and fish and realize how closely their interests are bound up with the policy of efficient pro- tection. If fish and game are allowed to disappear sportsmen will have no fur- ther use for guides. After very full con- sideration, in which every guide was given a chance to express his personal opinion, the following recommendations were unanimously adopted and forwarded to the Headquarters’ branch of the On- tario Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion for presentation to the Legislature: 1. That the limit for speckled trout be placed at five pounds per day instead of ten pounds as at present. 2. That the limit for salmon trout be placed at ten pounds in weight instead of four in number as at present. 3. That the close season for salmon trout, on the smaller inland lakes be from Oct. Istto 3lst instead of from Nov. Ist to 30th as at present. 4. That the bounty on wolves be raised to $25 instead of $15 as at present. 5, That the use of dogs be prohibited in any manner in the hunting of deer. 6. That the number of deer that may be taken by any one sportsman or settler during the open season be limited to one for a period of at least three years. 7. That the license for residents of the Province be raised to $5 for deer and $10 for moose instead of $2 and $5 re- spectively as at present. 8. That settlers be charged $2 for a license to kill the legal number of deer in open season instead of $25 tor a per- mit as at present. 9. That the extra money thus collect- ed be appropriated to pay salaries of special game wardens to devote their en- tire time to the enforcement of the game laws both among the settlers and hunting and fishing parties visiting their locality. 10. That each and every party of campers making extended canoe trips be compelled to engage at least one reliable guide in the interest of both the Forest’s and Fish and Game Acts. All of which we respectfully submit believing that the protection of Fish Game and Forest will be greatly pro- moted thereby. The Man Behind the Gun. BY; Len) D: Wwe the rifle, as with the shotgun, W so much depends upon the man be- hind the gun—and experience only emphasises this, that it is somewhat didactic to attempt to lay down any laws regarding one’s choice of a weapon. How- ever at the risk of being tedious, I will discuss this question broadly and give a few important rules, in the hope that they may be of some use to brother sports- men whohave not been able to experi- ment with fire-arms to any great extent. For the man ‘‘who knows it all” this article is not written, but for you who can afford to spend a fewminutes in search of right on the subject, I say ‘‘read on!” One of the first errors into which the beginner naturally falls is the selection of a weapon unfit for the particular sport in view. One does not need a cannon to shoot snipe, nor should a 22 be taken on a bear hunt, yet there are those who are almost as unwise in their choice. The man behind the gun is so frequent- ly the chief factor in successful shooting that many are disposed to under rate the importance of a suitable arm. A good shot kills large and small game with a 32.20, and continued suc- cess supports his argument that itisa good all round gun ; but when the be- ginner tries it on deer—being only a passable shot—his bullet fails to find a vital spot and he only wounds the animal. One or two incidents of this nature generally lead him to the other extreme and he adopts a weapon more suitable for elephants than deer. He lugs it about and eventually makes another hit, but to his great surprise the deer escapes or is secured only after a long and arduous chase. More food for reflection—and finally it dawns upon him that the ‘‘man behind the gun” rather than the weapon itself is responsible for success or failure. The same day his friend with the 32.20 returns to camp with a tale full of woe, —a big buck slightly wounded and _ lost. Our beginner is still perplexed but VON IFFLAND. hugs the big gunas better than the little one. The next day he sees that ‘‘almighty big buck” whose antlers have so long been coveted, dropped almost in its tracks by the same 32.20, and he himself makes mincemeat of a small doe with his young cannon. He is fast becoming a better shot and a better hunter, and being a sportsman at heart, is thoroughly dissatisfied with the disgusting mess he has made of the little doe, so he resolves totry another rifle. This time he knows more about it and selects a light, handy gun, much less powerful than the .405 which he has been using, but far superior, both as regards trajectory and killing power to his friend’s 32.20. Today there are so many good rifles on the market and science has brought am- munition to such a state of perfection, that itis easy to geta good all-round rifle. Two dangers must be guarded against, viz, the use of hard jacketed bullets and of those soft pointed ones which fly to pieces heavy bones. The shape of the bullet has much to do with the last. After exhaustive tests both on game and atthe target I have adopted the 32.40 Marlin high power rifle Model 93 as having in my opinion most advantag- es and fewest faults. Others may swear by this or that gun and cartridge, and everyone is entitled to his opinion. I don’tintend to attempt the conver- sion of others to my way of thinking but simply recommend a type of gun which has given me every satisfaction. The main object lesson is that a good hardy and powerful gun, with a flat tra- jectory, is best for most big game shoot- ing —beyond all success depends upon ° the ‘‘man behind the gun.” bs dane The Majesty of the Mails. BY HAROLD RAYMOND. up out of the east and shot wide streamers of light across the great flat barrens. Inthe dry, cold stillness of the northern morn the _ streamers seemed like shafts of steel, sharp, search- ing, and void of the least suggestion of warmth. Everything was frozen to a tense immutability—everything but a man and adog who were slipping easily along a hard beaten path that led through a gateway half buried in the winter’s snow up to a Hudson Bay House. Arriving at the door they en- tered without the preliminary of a knock. The factor was sitting beside the big box Te broad blush of dawn had rolled stove that crackled cheerfully with afresh. fire. He was having a silent, thoughtful smoke; fitting prelude to a quiet day in- doors. ‘‘Bonjour, M’sieu, Fragaire, ah come for de pacquet, me.” The factor looked around with sur- prise. ‘‘Eh, mon, but ye’ll no be thinkin’ o’ takin’ the trail wi’ the bit letters the day, i’ this weather, and nane t’ gang wi’ ye? t’d be the deatho’ ye.” As he spoke he took the pipe from his mouth, parted his heavy, sandy moustache with the stem and spat into the fire through the open damper. ‘‘Ah mus’ go, ah mak’ de beeg prom- eese to la compagnie, notting shall keep back de pacquet, ah can’t get nobody go wit me, but all same, ah promeese, me, Antoine Laflamme, an’ ah mus’ go.’”” The French-Canadian was a little man and the firm set look in his black eyes as he stood gazing into the flaring fire would have appeared mere affectation and ludicrous but for the background of savagery, strength and purpose to the scene. In those cold, hard, frost-bound places of the North, nothing little ever happens, the battle of life is too keen to be taxed with trivialities. Nor is a man measured up and down and across. The big: brawny Scotch factor saw nothing small in his diminutive friend. He took him seriously. ‘*Ve’ve a maist profound sense o’ duty Meester Laflamme, but I’m dootfw’ if the company theirsel?’ wad expect ye tae travel wi’oot a companion. Can ye nae get a mon?” ‘*Non, but ah don’ wan’ none, ah haf Victor.” The dog lying near the stove pricked up its ears. ‘‘Aye, quite richt, ye hae Victor, but a dog, ye kens’ nae a mon. ‘‘I’d like weel tae gie ye ane o’ the Indians, but I canna spare ony the noo, wi’ the pelts sae short the past season, but mon, yer time’s nae up yet, bide a wee, and may- hap some ’at ’Il turn up.” Mr. Fraser arose, knocked the ashes from his pipe and threw more wood into the stove. ‘‘Hev’ ye heerd yon about Chief Black Eagle?” he asked suddenly. Antoine looked up disdainfully. ‘‘Heem, dronk wit’ de bad liquer, no can fight wolf mit’ de crazee brain. Non, M’msieur Fragaire, dere ees jus’ wan ting tor do, no woolf for stop, no col,’ notting, ah mus’ go, me,’ and the little man drawing upto the full his meagre inches, pulled down his cap and ear-laps and drew tighter his red woolen sash belt in preparation for the long, cold trail. His action was an indirect signal to the watching dog, lying in the black shadow of the stove, to get up and follow. ‘Weel, if ye’ve made up yer mind fully [’m thinkin’ words winna change ye, but I’m sair dootfu’ o’ the course yer takin,” said the factor going over to his desk, and unlocking from a_large chest the packet of mail, which showed a lean- ness altogether incompatible with the toil of delivery. Antoine shouldered the packet and turned to the door. ‘Au revoir, M’sieur Fragaire, ah’ll see you ’gain bimebye,” he said, stepping out into the cold. ‘I’m maist wishfu’ ’o that, guid day and guid luck t’ye.” The factor hurriedly closed the door as the keen frost catching his bared face stung him like a lash. Outside, the friend, I2IO white wilderness gathered the two beings into the fold of its mighty silence. They sped quickly along the path neither ven- turing a sound save for the crisp crunch of their feet upon the frozen snow. The breath of the body is too slender an issue to be wasted upon the invulnerable cold. The cluster of houses and cabins that comprised the post were snugly settled in the vast drifts that blanketed them for the long dreary months. A few wisps of wood smoke stole up straight from the broad open chimneys and the rays of the now rising sun catching these turned them into slim columns of yellow gold. From the main track that led down to the frozen river the man and dog struck off on a by-path that brought them toa small log cabin somewhat away from the rest of the houses. A dog sled stood up against the wall which Antoine took down and prepared for the journey. Entering the shack he came out with his camp equipment and food. At the very bottom of the sled he placed the mail. Over that an H. B. Co. blanket with the camp duffle and grub for the trail. Then he strapped all down carefully and se- cure. Experience had taught him what to take and what to discard. He went to asmall lean-to at the back of the cabin and opened a door. At once there went up amedley of barks and snarls and three husky dogs rushed out nosing the snow in every direction. To each brute the Frenchman threw a portion of fish which was devoured greedily. The dog Victor, a mixture of collie and huskie, being an immediate companion had evidently breakfasted earlier with his master. Soon the last vestige of fish had disappeared amid much sniffing and licking of chops, and all four dogs were harnessed to the sled Victor having the lead. Going into the shack the man returned with his long driving lash and a pair of snowshoes which he deftly tied to his moccasined feet. With the customary ‘fallez, marche, mes chiens!” punctuated with afew vigorous snaps of the whip, the team started off on the lone trail through the wilderness. Dropping rap- idly down to the river they swung into easy going on the broad level of frozen snow. Quickly they passed the stretch of a half mile or so of naked shore line, ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. presently entering a heavy-wooded coun- try where a turn inthe river blotted out the last view of the Post. The dogs seemed to know that they were to lose the warm fires of civilization for with sharp explosive barks they sprang into a steady pace which carried them rapidly focward onan even trail. As they sped along the frost began to gather on the ear-laps and collar of An- toine’s coat, while the fangs and eye- brows of the dogs took on the same ghostly white. There was little variety in the aspect of the land they travelled through. Low lying woodlands of spruce, jack-pine and silver poplar with now and then a swamp of half-starved cedar. Occasionally tar back from the shore line would appear some tall mountain of rock clothed with closec linging scrub timber and rearing its sharp outline in many grotesque and un- couth figures against the glaring sky. ' Not a living thing obtruded to break the awful quiet; even the trees suppressed their frosty mutterings and stood stark and stiff like ghosts of trees long since severed from the spark of life. Mile after mile they covered, the tinkling of of the dogs’ bells with the swish, swish of the man’s snowshoes the only sounds upon the air. To relieve the monotony and the mind from a too heavy incumbrance of thought Antoine broke out into song, those rare old chansons that have broken the hush of many a cool grey morning and purple evening on many a Canadian lake and river. He alternated the singing with hurling all sorts of invective and admon- ition at the dogs, who sped along un- heeding; they were used to the vagaries of their master on the trail. The sun even in all the glory of radiant noon thrust but little heat through the clear cold frost. The day wore on. The fierce dry cold gave the dogs a continual thirst evidenced by their con- stant snapping at the snow. The leader tried in vain to keep his companion in even line, for the side stepping invaria- bly tangled the harness and hindered the going. Several times Antoine had to stop the sledge, build a fire and melt snow for the parched tongues of the brutes. Together with the thirst there came a gnawing uneasy hunger upon eae ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. them. They bit at their traces, chewed and tore at each other when occasion offered, and behaved in a most unac- countable manner. It was with a glad heart the little man saw the red globe of the sun sink down below the rugged shore line of the west- ward woods. It meant the _ night’s camp. Selecting alittle hollow among the trees above the bank he dug out a good circle of snow about two feet in depth. Emptying the sled of its con- tents he turned it on its side, piling the duffle in two parallel lines leading from the sled. In the centre of the circle he built the fire and after partaking of the evening meal and ashort smoke he cut some spruce boughs for his bed in the wind- break, wrapped himself in his rabbit skin blanket and was soon lulled to sleep by the soft throbbing of the burning wood. The collie took up a position near his feet while the huskies ranged themselves as near the fire as they deemed safe. The night hung tight, pulseless, cold as death above and about them. Not a breath of air moved through the forest behind and only the crackling and siz- zling of an occasional blazing stick fall- ing from the fire tothe snow, broke the eerie stillness. The dogs were unusually wakeful, shifting about their snowy beds in a con- tinual restlessness. Even Victor, the leader, displayed signs of uneasiness al- together out of keeping with his ordi- nary behavior. He awoke several times and at last noticing the nervous fidget of the huskies he vented a series of low growls. It awakened Antoine who got up. Piewrat de mat’ wid you dere, sacri’ diable!” he shouted, ‘‘go sleep!” He threw more wood on the fire and sought again his blankets muttering wearily: ‘‘Dem dog ac’ ver’ founee t’day, ah’ll no compre’nd dese shif’, shif’, bout all tam, ah’ll go sleep, never min’.”’ ; Again the night settled into its impla- cable silence, but somehow the frozen world shorn of the broad light of day seemed less sinister and foreboding in the pall of the moonless sky. The stars glitteredin the dark, blue heavens like sparks struck from hardest steel. E2ZUE The dogs moved again in that odd strange manner. This time they woke completely, tossing about amongst each other, at first playfully then recklessly as if inviting a quarrel. The collie jumped up and attempted by biting their ears to reduce them to order and quietness. But the noise again roused the Frenchman. He arose cursing them roundly, each and all, and hurling sticks of flaming wood at the unruly brutes. By this time a faint brightness to the east throwing the horizon in that direc- tion into black silhouette proclaimed the easy birth of a new day. Antoine saw it and decided to break camp. Breakfast was soon eaten, the dogs fed and put in harness and before daylight they were far on the frozen trail. The dogs were a constant source of annoyance. It was very rarely they be- came so ungovernable. Even the sin- uous sting of the lash curling about their bodies, snatching off patches of fur in its cutting curves, failed to elicit a be- coming show of deference to the word of - command. Antoine grew frantic. ‘Allez! marche donc! marche! monje, wa’t for you stop for notting you; ah’ll bus’ de head firs’ wan wa’t stops, wit’ ma asc marche a traverse! tink ah wan’ be on trail wit’ de pacquet all dese win- taire, me?” At last by dint of much whipping and lashing and some assist- ance from the collie order was restored in the line, and they loped along more consistently. The sun rose again cold and clear and not a shred of any kind of cloud flitted across the widebluedome of heaven. The odd fit of thedogshad lost much time. It was the fourth day of the journey, about the hour when Antoine was considering a suitable location for the night’s camp. For some time they had heard a murmur upon the air, that, as they neared it, finally resolved itself into the sound of rushing water. A bend in the river showed them athick volume of steam rising in a solid cloud. The French- man decided to follow the portage through the woods and camp on the up- per side of the rapids. As the trail through the trees would be a little difficult he edged up close, very close, to the margin of ice that run I212 up into the roaring rapid. He took off his snowshoes and was guiding the dogs over the snow covered boulders up the bank when stepping on a glary patch of ice his foot slipped sliding him down heavily. He lurched for the sled but only managed to seize a loose end of the cover blanket. The firm tug pulled the sled over on its side and his bundle of beans and the fish for the dogs bounded out and down the sloping bank disap- pearing into the hissing foaming waters. Antoine nearly followed it but his firm hold of the sled cover saved him from falling far and the dogs seeing the disas- ter dug their toes into the crust and held hard. Heescaped witha foot soaking to the ankle. That was bad enough in such a frost. Drawing himself up out of further danger he looked at the seeth- ing torrent of rapid but the mocking water laughed up in his face, taunting his helplessness to recover his loss. A numbing sensation in his left foot roused him to the recollection of a more immediate danger. Driving the dogs with the the remainder of his load up the steep bank, with much difficulty he found the portage trail and donning his snow- shoes again, he plunged boldly on. He could not stop before reaching the end of the last rapid, for the thick heavy steam from the fast flowing river had throwna moisture upon every tree, bush and shrub within a radius of half a mile or so, making the prospects for a fire utterly futile. Hesaw he must pass this ice- clothed range to make camp but his fast stiffening foot told him he must hurry. Urging on the dogs with voice and lash he drove along at a most remark- able rate. The portage was long and the dogs tired though at last they emerged beyond the zone of the dense vapor. Hastily building a fire, Antoine pulled off the frozen footgear. He had to cut his sock off for the pain from melting the frost with hot water was too excruciating to be borne. It mattered not if the skin came off with it. His foot when uncovered showed a sickly livid white; frozen to the bone. In vain he rubbed it with snow, bathed it inice cold water, not the least tingle awoke in the stiff numb flesh. _Large beads of sweat rolled from his ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. forehead as he realized the peril of his position, and a look of hard grim deter- mination settled on his face ashe wrapped up the injured limb. ‘‘Mus’ be seexty mile yet from nex’ pos’; ah make itin day an’ half, me’ De mail, she’s stop nevaire, ah mus’ go right ’way an’ fas’, Mon Dieu! ah mus. go fas’.” Both he and the dogs needed sleep, needed it the worst way, but he wouldn’t think of it. He snatched a mouthful of food, threw out the camp duffle leaving only the blankets, a little grub, and the inevitable packet of mail. The dogs whined piteously for rest, but their un- ruly behavior since the start, steeled the Frenchman to their suppliant cries. Seizing his whip he snapped vigor into their aching limbs. They shot down the bank out into the broad open of the river and away. It was now quite dark and high in the northern sky the Aurora Bo- realis danced and quivered fantastically across the night. ‘‘Allez! marche! vite!” shouted An- toine in a new and a sharper tone, snap- ping the cruel lash that made the animals prick up their ears and rebound with rare alacrity to the taut traces. But the frozen foot could not stand the pace set by the dogs. The torment of pain that shot through his body doubled the French- man nearly to his knees. He lessened the speed, still he could do little more than hobble along and finally with a ges- ture of despair he unslipped his snow- shoes, jumped into the sled, settling himself as well as he could and forced on the dogs. The added weight told terribly on the poor brutes, yet with a fine courage, Victor, the collie, now took upon him- self the duties of a thorough leader. He seemed to recognize the dilemma of his masterand it brought out those finer qualities of his nature that much associ- ation with lesser breeds had almost erad- icated. He caught the firm, set look of Antoine and moulded a corresponding expression onhis ownmind. He vented a short surly growl or two that showed the huskies it was to their advantage to follow as he led. Taking on a quiet, steady pace the others followed and soon it appeared as if they were but starting ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. instead of ending a long arduous trail. All night they plodded on. The steady strain upon the dogs put a frost on them that covered nearly every hair of their hides. Though with the blankets tucked up nearly to his ears, Antoine felt the chill encroachment of the bitter cold creeping upon him. Several times dur- ing the night he got out of the sled and hobbled along behind sufficient to keep Several the blood going in his body. times he felt a 1213 just beginning to inflame. To act counter to the last odd trick of the brain he started counting all the white-barked poplars that stood along the bank and river edge, even going so far as to stop the dogs when he came to a confusing cluster to ensure a proper count. He kept this up for hours for- getting the intense cold, the frozen foot, the racking pain of his body, forgetting almost the sole purpose of the trail in _ pursuing the lazy stupor, harmless antic of warmth of feel-& | his mind. ing, stealing over time. E Another dayf dawned cold and clear. Would it never grow warmer? Once he stopped the dogs, made a fire and melted snow for them to drink and gave each a little, a verylittle, piece of the pork. Then on again. When he felt too stiff and numb to sit longer he got out on his snow- shoes and walked till exhaust e d; then dropped back into the sled again. On, on they went. The vast mystery and si- lence of the great barrens began to work oddly on his brain. He started to stare straight ahead, always straight ahead, without the drooping of an eyelash, without a quiver, a glazed, hunted look, which, if not stopped, would eventually rob him of his sight. For hours he stared stumping along behind. Then he fortunately stumbled on achunk of ice sticking up out of the snow. It was well he did so for it broke the stare and roused him from the dead- ly inactivity of his eyes, which were ON THE LAST STRETCH. Then dusk and darkness broke that spell. The ——-2 poor dogs were in a pitiable con- dition, covered with frost, lean in the flank from hunger, and sore footed from the ice-balls that the heat of the body gathered on their feet. Still they kept on. Any lagging was promptly checked by the sullen pace of the leader, Victor. Suddenly a long weird cry went up, cutting the solemn silence like a knife. It came from far back on the trail. Its very distance seemed ominous of peril.. The dogs whined and sniffed the air in fear but kept on. Antoine had been sinking into an easy lassitude of brain and body when that cry, shrill, penetrating broke on the night. It proved a quick antidote for the torpid feeling for he sat up erect, regardless of the fierce surge of pain that the effort cost him. He shouted to the dogs and they glad to hear the human voice sprang into a faster pace, the sharpness of the cries behind acting better on their feelings than the Frenchman’s lash. 1214 Antoine pulled out the last remnant of pork and chewed ravenously at it. ‘‘Ah dunno how far ah’m from de Pos’ yet, mus’ be good twent’ mile, ah tink, but ah get dere yet, me.” Again that cry eerie, indefinable, struck the ears of dogs and man. It was now quite dark and only a pale light radiated from the stars. ‘*Sacre’, dem wolf howl ’s’eef dey was mooch hongree, no get mooch t’eat dis wedder, ah’m ’fraid.” He opened the front of his blanket coat, dipped within and pulled out a revolver of the pattern in use by the R. N. W. M. Police. It was fully loaded. ‘“Mabee ah die wit’ de col’ on ma foot, but par dieu, .ah won’ be kill by dem wolf, no siree. Marche! chiens, marche!” The poor brutes needed no whip, no urging now. Fear, added toa love of life, gave them an impetus no beating or blood-letting could attain. Forward they drove fiercely, madly; but the howls of the starved beasts behind drew nearer and nearer, With a painful effort Antoine turned around. In doing so he dropped his whip, but he let it go. Showing black against the broad, white light of the snow, he saw the swiftly moving pack, fire dancing in their eyes as they loped along. He drew his axe trom the bottom of the sled and laid it across his knees. He clutched the revolver in his mittened hands in readiness. The long howls of the grew louder and more eager as they drew closer. He presently saw the vanguard of the pack speeding along in great springing strides. A short time and the foremost one was up even with the sled but at a good safe distance away. Their hungry loins had not yet overcome their prudence. The dogs were nearly all in now. Antoine could hear their rapid, hollow panting as with tongues lolling out they toiled desperately on. He flapped his hands and arms briskly across his shoul- ders to keep the blood warin and the muscles taut for the encounter when it came. The dogs done right out dropped intoa walk, and the wolves equally tired did the same, though they drew, but almost imperceptibly, closer to the sled. pursuers ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. One great frothy-mouthed brute, over bold with the hunger, trotted up close to the rear dog. Hunching up his sound leg Antoine rested the revolver on the knee and holding it with both hands levelled it at the shoulder of the wolf and fired. The shot rang out sharply in the tense frost; the wolf leaped silentiy into the air and fell prostrate upon the snow. Immediately there was a rush towards the victim and by the growling and snarling, Antoine knew his shot had not been in vain. The dogs though they neard the wild orgy over the first-spilled blocd felt wholly unable to take advantage of it for a sudden dash forward. Even Vic- tor laggeda little. Soon the haggard brutes were up with them again, their tongues dripping with the warm life of their comrade. The silent, almost nonchalant move- ment of the dogs tempted another of the bristling maned brutes to make a leap at them. A leaden bullet with a fatal message took him in his lean muscular shoulder and he dropped. This time the dogs did try to break, into arun but they were soon forced to abandon it. They had gained about a mile ahead of the wolves when one of the huskies, the rear one, dropped limply to his knees and rolled over on the snow~ utterly exhausted. The others stopped glad of areason, but Antoine leaning over toward it, with his axe cut it free of the traces, then urged on the rest. As he passed the poor brute that lay with bulging eyes and heaving flank, he mer- cifully delivered it a crushing blow on the head that robbed the wolves at any rate of a death. They had gone on some distance be- fore their pursuers came up with them, and they showed more caution now for they knew the danger. There was al- ways one with limited prudence to over- step the mark and fall a victim to the Frenchman’s aim.- Each time they fell back to devour the fallen one. As the dogs kept on another of their comrades dropped out of the line. To him was meted out the same measure of mercy as his fellow and his body abandoned to the wild harpies behind. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. As the sled, with its occupant, was now too greata load for the two remain- ing dogs Antoine decided to break away from it and struggle on alone. He ate the last of the pork throwing a portion to the starving dogs. Then he hitched the packet of mail tohis shoulders and secured it there, seized his axe and re- volver and started on his snowshoes over the trail. He had cut the two dogs free of the sled and they fellowed him. As they toiled wearily on Antoine no- ticed the air growing less bitter, the sting being gradually drawn from the frost. Towards the lastalso a darker pall of blue seemed rolling up the heav- ens, obliterating the stars: ‘‘Ah tink she’s goin’ now” he muttered, then again, “‘mus’ be preety close now to-de pos’; ah can’ las’ mooch longer lak dis, me.” On, on they struggled. Soon they heard the hunger-mad fiends coming on once more. Thecollie and the huskie crept close to the Frenchman’s feet, al- most walking on his snowshoes as they trudged along. Antoine blew away some powdery snow that had gathered on the revolver. He had but three chambers left. Had he the proper use of both limbs he would have scorned the beasts even with no better weapon than his axe, but with a frozen foot to hinder his agility he knew the odds were against him. He prepared for the worst, the dogs clinging to his heels. Nearer came the enemy. One gaunt, grey fellow, lank with the hunger that made him bold, loped up and madea lunge for the huskie, his jaws coming emptily together with a snap like a steel spring. Angered with the futility of his effort he made another dash, but the re- volver turned him over to his kind, meat for their rapacious maws. The red of the blood now seemed to drive all fear from the brains of the maddened brutes. They turned again and again upon the struggling three, and at last they man- aged by incessant biting, teasing and worrying to separate the huskie from his friends. Antoine and the collie looked back to see the poor brute being ravenously torn to pieees. The two resumed the trail, but not for long. Soon again the evil 1215 ones were at their heels. The last two chambers of the revolver were dis- charged into the pack with fatal effect and during the time taken in laying the victims’ bones bare to the biting cold, Antoine gained some distance on his pursuers. When they came up again they began the same tactics on Victor as had been so successful with the last huskie, but he, wise dog, kept before instead of behind his master and was shielded by the axe. Antoine had re- turned his now useless revolver to his coat. He made several lunges at the over-venturesome, forcing them to drop back out of range of the sharp steel. The clouds grew thicker and darker overhead and asthe stars sputtered and sank out of ken the darkness battled with the grey gathering light of another dawn. Then slowly, few and far be- tween, came the wayward flashes of snow. Turning a bend in the river brought them in view of the post. It lay in an opening about a mile further on The Frenchman seeing it roused himself for a final effort. But the wolves also notic- ing the lone fringe of civilization felt that the chase was nearing the end, and closed up in solid form for a desperate rush. Allalong the trail the pack had been lessening its numbers Besides those killed, there were some who had dropped out too weak with hunger to continue and had fallen back upon some less strenuous hunt for food. There were left about a dozen or so of. the sav- age brutes but these showed a bold, de- termined front as they came on. Antoine braced himself against a huge upheaving boulder that edged the river, axe firmly in hand. He swung his weapon with deadly result at the first approaching wolf, catching it in the shoulder and cutting deep through muscle and bone. It fell dead. He dis- embowelled another with a_ slanting blow. But the exertion, the pain of his limb and the weakness from the long tramp were fast spending his strength Seeing a lusty hemlock bough hanging over the shoulder of rock, he seized it to escape falling. It seemed like providen- tial aid. The wolves drew back fearful of the 1216 power of the axe, and after a rest of some duration Antoine again strove on- ward, the faithful Victor following. But the brutes had designs on the dog. With a swift rush they came along in a solid mass and biting, snarling, tossing about they managed this time to wedge between the man and the dog, though at the cost of several lives from the fatal swing of the axe. The Frenchman fought fiercely to re- gain possession of the collie but in vain. He was afraid too, of tripping over his snowshoes. A fall might mean a fatal ending to himself. He turned however to have a last look at the faithful ani- mal. Victor had with rare canine sa- gacity, backed up against the river bank and stood facing his foes with bared fangs. He would die fighting to the bit- ter end. Once Antoine caught the faith- ful glance of his eyes upon him and it sent a pain of awakened memories through his mind. Long before he had seen that same time glitter of avowed comradeship in the animal’s eyes. It was the day when he had rescued him from the cruel persecutions of a band of Indian boys in a Cree encampment. They had clung one to the other ever since. And this was the parting. Pain- fully the man turned away his head. He must hasten forward during the interval —all too brief—when the noble dog would be holding the enemy at bay. One or two attempted to follow him but afew swings of the axe cooled their courage, and they fell back upon the main body around the dog. Slowly but inevitably they crept in upon the brave collie. The air grew less bitter, less poig- nant, and the falling flashes gathering in volume, obstructed the breaking of the dawn. The sightof the post, the goal of all his efforts aroused within the Frenchman new hope and added vigor. He plodded steadily on. Far behind, growing faint and more faint as he in- creased the distance between, he heard the howls of the hungry wolves eager for the kill. He dared not look around a second time; it might turn him from his purpose, but he listened intensely straining every nerve for each incident of the final act. Closer and closer the ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. brutes edgedin, nearer and nearer. He knew that from the more exulting ring from their throats, closer yet, then with a fierce sweeping commingling of howls and cries, he knew the end had come, but not one cry had escaped from the victim. The yelping, howling, snarling grew fainter, more faint and died away in the distance. Dawn, struggling through the fast falling snow revealed to the wolves the figure of a man creeping slowly up through a gateway tothe door of the post. They followed his trail to the gateway but dured no farther. They saw the man drop limply, lifelessly down upon the door step, then venting their discouragement ina chorus of weird howls they sneaked off in a body back along the open spaces of the river and were soon swallowed up in the vast quiet the wilderness. The snow came thickly and hurriedly down and after a while a stiff wind arose blowing the flakes along in whirling clouds and laying long col- umns of drifts in most unlikely places. It ran a bank up the pathway to the door of the post quickly enveloping the hud- dled quiet form upon the step. The wind grewstronger, the snow whirled faster. The drift at the door rose higher, higher till all semblance of a door became hidden under the incessant fury of the storm. The storm was a bitter one while it lasted, but afew hours after daybreak, when at the height of its fury, the clouds suddenly broke letting through a daz- zling effulgence of sunlight that chased away the sullen gloom of the storm the wind dropped. The snow bereft of impetus and worry quietly settled down The sun burst broader rifts in the envel- oping grey till soon the clouds, shat- tered and torn, fled from the sky in utter rout. Up through the gateway of the post an Indian trapper came with his tobog- gan load of furs. He was covered on one side from head to foot with the driven snow of the late storm. He had evidently been travelling all night. He toiled up the obliterated pathway to the door of the post and, after clearing away some of the obstructing drift he banged the postal with the butt of his ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. gun. Presently the door cpened and a young man stsod behind the wall ot snow. Hewas about to tell the Indian to enter when his eye was caught by the dark form lying on the door step. He uttered a cry and stooping down pulled the unconscious body into the room. The Indian took off his snowshoes and followed. The young clerk brushed the snow away from the face of the fallen one. ‘“Why, it’s Antoine Laflamme with the mail; he must have lost his dogs and footed it alone. Brave chap, hewouldn’t forsake the mails on any account. Run, Sasatawa, and get Mr. Sandbury here as soon as you can*” The Indian at once left the room and in a short time returned with a stout red faced man, the fort factor. Hecare- fully lifted the Frenchman over toa pile of blankets and furs, and drew a sigh of relief when he discovered the mail car- rier was yet alive. ‘‘Thank God for that, the brave lad, now, Macdougall, lend a hand till we get him to bed.” The mail was unstrapped from his shoulders and the Indian noticing the looseness of one his leggings drew their attention to it with a short exclamation. *‘Ah yes, that’s it, poor lad,” replied the factor, ‘‘he’s frozen his foot; touched water somewhere and couldn’t get it dry in time, probably while portaging Dead Man’s Rapids. Uncover his foot, Mac- dougall, while I get my instruments. He’ll have to lose it, too bad, but better his leg than his life.” They laid bare the white, livid limb. When the factor returned with his in- struments the Indian spoke to him in his native tongue, pointing at tbe same time to the lean hollow face, more lean and hollow against the bed of dark furs. **You’re right, Sasatawa, he does look rather famished. Perhaps it would be as well to wait until he is stronger before amputation, only I’m afraid of letting it go too far,”’ Mr. Sandbury knelt down, felt the pulse and respiration of his patient and pondered, doubt in his mind. In _ his lonely life he had often been called upon to use a Ilttle surgical knowledge he had acquired in younger days, but his pres- 1217 ent case was a problem. Antoine was weak with hunger and fatigue. He might not be able to rally from the oper- ation. Yet every minute brought him nearer the peril of mortification and other complications beyond the skill of the factor. They debated the matter awhile then all three decided upon the amputation right away. With careful, yet deft fingers, Mr. Sandbury performed the necessary task with the ready assistance of the clerk and Indian who looked on; Mr. Macdougall with anxious sympa- thetic eyes and Sasatawa with the stolid, unemotional stare peculiar to his race. A warm bed ina quiet apartment in the factor’s own home was prepared and when all was over the brave mail carrier was taken out and gently carried over to the room, there to await in peace and quietness the result. A crowd of the habitue’s of the post hearing of the un- fortunate circumstances had gathered about the scene, and Indians, squaws and children were grouped about in wide-eyed, open-mouthed wonder. The arrival ofthe mail was generally fol- lowed with the wildest merriment: firing of guns, blowing of horns, and a gen- eral feasting as a wind-up, but this time all was quiet. With a child like respect and deference they followed the will of the factor. For days Antoine lay in a sort of leth- argic sleep, coming to consciousness slowly and falling easily back to his old state. But tended indefatigabjy by Mr. Sandbury and his wife, the sick man gradually overcame his weakness, his heroic, hardy spirit asserted itself, and helped by his naturally vigorous frame he rallied, but very slowiy. His first ap- pearance at the door of his apartment was grested by aloud cheer, and then arose the merriment and the feasting habitual with the yearly coming of the mail. It had only been postponed. The Frenchman’s work asa mail car- rier was ended. _ Bitterly he regretted the loss of his foot as it, of course, ne- cessitated his going about with a crutch. But the Great Company always looks after its employees. Antoine was given light werk about the post for the winter and in the summer he was allowed, at 1218 his own request to take a paddle in one of the canoes that transported the furs to headquarters. He was active and agileand became quite dexterous with his crutch. Willing and able, also, he was ever a welcome addition to a canoe. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Then there were his songs. Many a long mile he enlivened, many an hour of toilhe shortened singing his rare old chansons to the ever-going dip, dip, dip of the flashing paddles. A One Legged Trapper. when a man possesses his ~ full complement of limbs, and itis more difficult when he has had the misfortune to lose one of his legs. Most men labor- ing under such a disadvantage would avoid such an occupation and attempt something more easy. Thereareexceptionstoevery rule and one of these exceptions is found in Mr. Fred. Hechel, the one legged trapper of Desbarats, on the north shore of Lake Huron. Mr. Hechel is thirty nine years of age, a bachelor, and by his skill as a trapper earns as good a living as many men who have the full use of all their limbs. It was in an accident on a hunt- ing expedition when he was about nineteen years of age that Mr. Hechel lost his leg. For four years he went about on crutches when he conceived the idea of manufacturing an artificial limb for him- self. He succeeded so well that he has been making his own wooden legs ever since. We giveapicture of Mr. Hechel as he appears on snow shoes It will be noticed that he fastens the wooden leg in a swivel joint made on the snowshoe to suit the ac- tion of his self-made limb. When fittedout in this manner he will set a line of traps and cover from eight to twelve miles per day on his snow shoes in order to attend to his traps. Mr. Hechel is a man of untiring energy and few men in perfect health can keep up with him as he travels through the forest attending to his traps. He is likewise a good boat builder and makes his own boats and canoes. During the summer he devotes much of his time to T ae is hard work even FRED. HECHEL, THE ONE LEGGED TRAPPER, OF DESBARATS, ONT. fishing. He is known as a_ genial character and can tell many original and funny stories of his life and experience as atrapper. All his acquaintances give him the character ofa first rate fellow, sober and industrous, and the fact that he makes his living the way he does proves the latter. A good education was given Mr. Hechelin his youthand sincehis accident several clerical positions have been offered him. He, himself, says he has no love for money and being able to sup- ply his frugal wants he prefers his free- dom and open air life to any position which could possibly be given him. His love for Mother Nature is so great that he feels compelled to live in the woods and he enjoys to the full the untramwell- ed freedom of a frontier life. A Bear Hunt in the Olden Time. BY JAMES HAMMOND. Fp QACK in the last century, among the | early sixties, when this part of the — country was being .settled, and when, as yet, the settlers were few and far between, when the clearings in the backwoods forest were small; when wild beasts were abundant, and domestic ani- mals but few, then, it was not an uncom- mon thing to hear that the wolves had killed some of the young animals be- longing to the settlers, and on one occa- sion, in the fall season, these savage an- imals, attacked, killed and devoured, a spring calf, within a hundred yards of the writer’s shanty. The next morning when we examined the place, there was scarcely a vestige of the calf to befound. About this period, but later in the sea- son, and after a heavy snow had fallen, one of our neighbors who had only one pig, that was being fed for the next sum- mer’s use; was awakened by the squeels of the animal, which seemed as if it was being carried away. The man ran out in his night garb, amid the falling snow, and called on his dog, a specimen of the bull-terrier breed, which up to that time he believed feared neither man nor beast, but to his surprise and discomfort, this animal positively refused to approach the place where the pig was making such a terrible outcry, but on the contrary pre- ferred to remain behind his master, so he was under the necessity to return out of the snow and darkness, into his shanty, a colder, if not a wiser man; and as he was but a recent immigrant from Scot- land, and but little acquainted with the wild animals of Canada, he was for the time at a loss to conjecture what had so unceremoniously travelled off with his pig. The next morning, before day- light, the writer was aroused by a loud knocking at the door, and going to see who was there so early, found it was my Scotch friend, who came to tell me of his loss, and wanted information as to what had carried off his pig alive. I soon settled that point by telling him that it was acertain Mr. Bruin, who no doubt resided in the neighboring swamps. Af- ter daylight, we started off to find the place where the pig had been killed, but as a heavy snow had fallen, no tracks were visible. We therefore took the direction which my friend supposed the animal had taken, and after a considera- ble hunt, we found what remained of the porker after the bear had evidently taken a hearty feed. Then my old reliable bear trap was brought to the place, and set, with a part of the pig for a bait, sus- pended to a branch overhead. The fol- lowing night the bear visited the place, and in attempting to pull down the piece, broke it apart, and one of these portions fell on the trap, snapped it off, and when I visited it next morning, that was what I found. Then I fixed up the trap again, and hung another piece of the pig over it. Next morning when I revis- ited the place, it was evident that the bear had been there again, but there was also evidence that he had not fared so wellas on former occasions, for in his attempt to pull down the bait, he had got one of his hind feet in the trap, and though he had moved away some dis- tance, he was a prisoner. By following his track in the snow and noting where he had attempted to climb a tree, but failed, I soon got sight of him. Hewas standing and watching my approach. I soon put a bulletin his head, and he lay down quiet asa lamb, and gave me no more trouble. He had _ killed his last pig. (It may interest our readers to learn that Mr. Hammond is now in his eighty- second year and after a long experience in both hunting and trapping has had to give up going tothe woods. He still however enjoys his recollections of past successes andeven goes so far as now and again totake a shot with a.22 Stevens, the game being scarce in the neighborhood of his. residence in North Perth. ) Mr. J. B. Tyrrell and His Famous Canoe Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, standing by one of the canoes in which, in 1894, accompanied by Mr. R. H. Munro-Ferguson, he travelled I900 miles in his second trip through the Bar- ren Lands of Northern Can- ada. Starting from the north end of Lake Winnipeg, he as- cended the Saskatche wan river to Cumberland House; whence he turned northward and paddled up the Sturgeon river to Frog Portage, across which the canoes were car- ried to the bank of the Churchill River. A paddle of atew miles down the great Churchill River brought him to the mouth of Reindeer River. Thence his course was up Reindeer River, across Reindeer Lake, up Cochrane River, and down and up small tributaries of Thlewiaza River to Kasba Lake, at the head of Kazan River, in descend- ing which Kasba, Ennadai, Angikuni and Yathkyed Lakes were crossed. A _ short dis- tance below the latter, a long portage was made into the Ferguson River, which was descended to its mouth on the west coast of Hudson Bay. Thence the shore of the Bay was followed north- ward for three hundred miles and Fort Churchill - was reached on the first of Octo- ber. Here the canoe was abandoned as the rest of the journey to Winnipeg had to be accomplished on snow- shoes.. It was afterwards brought down to Nipigon, and after being used for several years, was brought to Toronto and was included in the Canadian Northern Railway’s exhibit at the Sportsmen’s Show. a = JAA Ge \ ere ~ a wonderful success. advantages equal or superior to many other districts which have long been ex- ploited. The accessibility of the Lake of Bays District with which a camp may be conducted, the plentitude of farm and dairy products, the facilities for safe bathing, boating, fishing etc., all con- tribute to the desirable nature of this section for the purpose referred to. In- quiries addressed in person or by mail to the nearest Passenger Representative of the Grand Trunk Railway System will be dealt with most cheerfally and further literature and information will be fur- nished. These are the days when improvements are constantly being made in almost every article that comes into daily use. This statement applies both to the actual necessities of life as well as commodities that are more or less luxuries. The camera has reached that stage where it has become almost as much of a necess- ity asaluxury. The result is improve- ments are constantly being made, not only in the cameras themselves, but the plates, papers, films and other access- ories. One wonders whether it’s possi- ble to make any further advances than have already been made. Although ‘“‘Wellington” plates, papers and films have only been in use in Canada for the past year ortwo they have met with These are without 1251 exception the highest standard camera accessories in use today. By the use of the *‘Wellington” supplies, the art of de- veloping photographs is very much sim- plified. For instance with the ‘‘Wel- lington” Slow Contact or Gaslight Pa- per, negatives which, if developed on other papers would be practically use- less, will often give good, clear pictures when printed on this paper, which ap- pears to have a depth of body previously nnequalled. Any amateur photographer looking for the best results will not fail to ask for ‘‘Wellington” brand papers, plates and films. More particulars about these photographs will be gladly supplied On application to Ward & Co., 13 St. John St. Montreal. There are many uses for tents in our modes of life, and all tourists know how faulty is their equipment if it does not include one of these most useful articles. With a good tent the weather may be defied and the outing rendered next to perfect, whatever conditions of wind and weather may be encountered. Mr. Rob- ert Soper, 369-71 Bay Street North, Hamilton, Ont., has had forty years ex- perience in this work and his tents are consequently the best of their kind and calculated to stand whatever usage may be their fate in traversing the back woods. A reliable tent isa most desir- able equipment, even at home and its uses may bemultiplied to the great ad- vantage of its owner. Mr. Soper also makes awnings, flags, sails and covers and finds that this variety in manufactur- ing is most useful in giving him exper- ience as to the means of making the very best use of the material at his dis- posal. As the results of the work of a practical sail maker, Soper tents are good tents andthe most absolute reli- ance can be placed upon them. To still further popularize the charm- ing Highlands of Ontario the Grand Trunk Railway have issued a handsomely illustrated booklet oa the Lake of Bays. A glance at the beautiful pictures and a study of the letter press must convince the most skeptical that the beauties of ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. STRENGTH AND VIGOR are contained in a bottle of Bovril. Beef is a food rich in those elements which are necessary to the maintenance of health. Bovril is a pure preparation of beef which comprises the whole of the valuable properties of the meat in a form It is, therefore, valuable to all A biscuit and a cup of Bovril provide a nutritious meal which renders assimilation particularly easy. persons at all times. adapted to the needs of the busy man or of the traveller. When from any Cause the system is run down, a cup of Bovril is an unfailing reviver, while in actual sickness it is invaluable. After all, its most important function is in the kitchen, since by its aid in the production of appetising and nutnitious dishes the health of the family is maintained. A spoonful of Bovnil alone added to a cup of boiling water makes a delicious and strengthening consomme sufficient for one person, with practically no trouble to the housewife, and a little Bovril added to soups or sauces renders them more appetising and strengthening. Bovril Limited, 27 St. Peter St., Montreal. Nature are here to be found in all their wonderful charm—a combination of wa- ter and land presenting every beauty and attracting tourists from every part. In addition to scenery of the most ravishing description there is capital fishing and of course excursions by water and land such as would make any vacation mem- orable. The booklet gives all needful in- formation concerning the district—how it is best reached, the hotel accommoca- tion, the boats for excursions, etc. Mr. R. E. “Young, .D: L."S., -whowis superintendent of Railway and Swamp Lands in the Department of the Interior recently addressed the Canadian Club of Toronto on ‘‘Canada’s Fertile North- lands.” Mr. Young quoted facts and figures to show the value ofthe north and secured the enthusiastic assent of all his auditors when he asked the question ‘‘Isn’t it time we knew something more about that country!” In presence of such vast natural resources the only apprehension felt was ‘‘Whether the Canadian people are worthy, and can rise to carry out the magnificent destiny that God Almighty seems to have placed in our hands.”’ A Carburetor equally adapted to all engines is to be found in the ‘‘Breeze” manufactured by the Breeze Carburetor Company of Newark, New Yersey. Many exclusive features are claimed for this carburetor including simplicity, all ad- justments being independent and when made remaining set; gasoline and air adjustments both placed on top of car- buretor, non-fluttering auliliary air valve maintaining an even addition of air to the mixture on high speeds ; central draught for main air and gasoline spray preventing the changing of fuel level on grades ; peculiar construction of needle valve causing the breaking up of the fuel into the smallest particles possible giving at the same time economy and power ; choice of vertical or horizontal connection to engine ; carburetor easily detachable from flange of en6ine pipe connection ; spun brass float obviating all need of adjusting fuel level, interchangeable main air tubes ; simple and easily detached hot air attachments and an easy starter. , _ Treasurer showed the club to be _ very prosperous condition, with the mem- _ bership steadily increasing. s i SPORTS AFLOAT! Being a Section Devoted to Those Who Brave Wind and Wave, in White-winged Yacht or Dainty Canoe, Edited by LOU. E. MARSH in Fragile Sheil or Swift Power Boat Queen City’s Yacht Clnb. A large and enthusiastic gathering of members attended the 22nd annual meet- ing of the Queen City Yacht Club at the Club’s quarters, in Toronto. The reports from the various committees and the financial statement of the Honorary in a The elections resulted in Mr. T. A. E. World being re-elected Commodore by a large and handsome majority, and the former Rear Commodore, Mr. W. G. H. Ewing, will fly the Vice-Commodore’s flag for 1908, Mr. Fred Clarke and Mr. Fred Phelan retiring from the contest. The following were the other officers _ elected: Honorary Secretary, Mr. S. W. -Commeford, Fred Cornish, _ Management, Salmon; Honorary Treasurer, Mr. F. S. Knowland; Auditors, Messrs. W. D. Thomas and Robert Tyson. The man- agement of the clubfor 1908 will be in the hands of Messrs. Edward Ball, J. W. Arthur W. Durnan, C. W. Embree, Herbert Hen- derson, John A. Nicholls, Arthur Somer- ville, Arthur W. Steward and H. W. Turner, Messrs. Fred S. Holmes and A. W. Steward were a tie for the Board of Mr. Holmes retiring in ' favor of Mr. Steward. ? GEG TRE oe February last, - future. Mr. Charles S. Armstrong was elected Rear Commodore at a meeting held in with the Sailing Com- mittee. Favorably known amongst power boat men as have been the ‘‘Little Giant” gasoline motors in the past they are likely to be even more popular in the The improvements for the pres- ent year include a positive force . oiling system and an exhaust condensing muf- fler. The former secures efficient lub- rication in an economical manner. By its means the pressure is taken out of the crank case and carried through a copper piping to a single feed lubricator. This lubricator is regulated to feed about ten to fifteen drops of oil per minute, which oil is forced through a passage, through the hollowed cross head pin to the cross head pin bearings and down through the passage in the connecting rod bearings. The pressure is applied to the oil after it has been properly regulated and left the lubricator. The ‘‘splash system” has proved expensive, uncertain and unsatisfactory. All objection- able features and troubles are banished by the adoption of the new system ap- plied to the ‘‘Little Giant” motors this year. The new mufflers instead of being constructed on long narrow lines taking up valuable space, are nearly square in proportion making them compact and not cumbersome. They are divided in separate chambers by means of special baffle plates’ with properly propor- tioned ports which compel the exhaust pipes to come in contact with the water from engine reducing the volume of gases by condensation and reducing all back pressure found in other mufflers. The inlet for water is in the first chamber (which is of greater area than the rest) and is carried down below the centre line of the exhaust inlet pipe. On entering the first chamber the velocity of the gasses is greatly checked and this process is continued on through the succeeding compartments so that when it finally leaves the muffler it cannot be distinguish- ed from the appearance and sound of the exhaust of the steam engine. There is enough water sent through the exhaust tokeep the pipe cool and there is no danger of setting the boat on fire or Launch Fittings BRASS AND GALVANIZED IRON Compasses Flags Lamps Life Preservers Oiled Clothing Limited 76 Wellington St. West, Toronto. Fenders John Leckie SSSSISESHTSESSSSSSISSSIISSS a oe ___ ____ Don’t Forget PATON’S Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Etc. Special Discount to Rod and Gun readers during May and June. <>< 18 Adelaide St. West Opposite Grand Opera House, Toronto. JAMES F. PATON, Mgr. your boat 1 to 3 mile : There are no restrictions nor strings what- ever on this proposition. W* GUARANTEE to in crease the speed o By years of experimenting we have found that a propellor with blades of a differential pitch and a concave curve from the hub to the outside of blade will hold the water the whole length of blade which lessens the slip more than any other design of wheels, thereby increasing the speed of any launch. We also make all kinds of bronze trimmings, stanchions, etc., and fog bells at lowest prices. BRYANT & BERRY CO. 34 WEST ATWATER ST. DETROIT, MICH. | burning the hands. Witha drain open- ing in allthe partitions there is no chance of the muffler freezing. Tests of the most severe character have been applied and it is a tried article and not an experi- ment that is being offered to the pur- chaser. 4 A Motor Ferry Boat. 2 ie Chicago has put into commission a motor ferry boat which is used for trans- ferring passengers and goods across the Chicago River whenever a new bridge is being built or an old one is under repair. The City Fathers have found that it is economical as well as useful to keep this boat in full work and though it is not beautiful to look at it is most useful and serviceable. The engine is athree cylin- der, eighteen horse power and so tar has proved equal to all the demands made upon it. Two new power boats are being built at Picton, Ont., are being equipped with a 12-16 h p Smalley motor and the other with a 15 h p Buffalo engine. Commercial Motor Boats. Why not? Commercial automobiles are growing in fashion and promise to take an important place in future trans- portation. Commercial motor boats are likely also in future to prove paying in- vestments. There is a great field of use- fulness in frontof them. The day of the towing barge will soon be over when the commercial motor boat gets to work. Instead of slow, irregular voyages there will be regular and prompt service which can be depended upon and which will be the best possible developer of traffic. In Canada with her magnificent waterways there should be a future which will make for developement in a way which will as- tonish many people. The three horse power Refined Motor manufactured by the Thrall-Fishback Motor Company of Detroit, which at- tracted much attention at the Toronto Show can be obtained in Canada through The Canadian Supply Company, 36 King St. East, Toronto. This agency which carries motors in stock for immediate delivery will be glad to demonstrate the motor to any who would like to see it, and to answer all inquiries concerning its working. ie _ way of a spark plug for gaso- \ ROD AND GUN The Enterprise Machine Company of Minneapolis, Minn., have within the past year placed on the market something entirely new in the line engines. The accompany- ing cut gives a fair idea of the general design and appear- ance of the plug which is called by the manufacturers the ‘‘Westman Low Tention Vibrating Igniter Plug.” As the name suggests itis a low voltage device of the electro- magnetic type and in the opin- ion of the makers will rapidly replace the complicated jump spark or high tention systems in vogue to-day. The plug is self contained and produces a hot and fat series of sparks as long as the circuit is closed by the timer. The only moving part on the plug is the firing pin and as its range of movement is very slight there is very little chance of wear. The action of the plug is very rapid permitting of high speeds in the motor without diffi- culty, in fact the motor can be run at varying speeds in a highly satisfactory manner. The plug is very simple in de- q sign, is substantially and compact built and handsomely fin- ished with either a nickel plated or oxi- dized copper cover. Can be successfully operated on dry cells or on amagneto and the wiring plan is Rd simply itself. The current being low tention _ practically eliminates all chanc- es of short circuiting, a very decided ad- vantage in marine work where an en- gine is exposed to more or less damp- ness at all times. An ordinary induction coil is the only coil used in connection with the plug thus eliminating all the troubles experienced by the ordinary man in the adjusting of vibrator, the burning off of points etc., on the jump spark coil. It is claimed by the AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 1255 manufacturers that this new plug system has all the advantages of the jump spark system with none of the latter’s disad- vantages, a claim that is being borne out by actual test and experience every day. The plug has only been on the market a comparatively short time, about one year, but in that time has created con- siderable interest among engine builders and those vitally interested and has been tried and tested by a great many with perfect success. The Enterprise people are also the manufacturers of that ex- cellent line of marine motors, The ‘“‘Westman” and are having a large de- mand for their motors from different points of the country for the coming sea- son. The ‘‘Westman’’ is a four cycle motor built in one, twe and four cylinders and ranging in power from two to eighty horse power. They are made in two different styles, the ‘‘Auto-Marine’”’ and the ‘‘Standard” type. The ‘‘Auto-Mar- ine” is considerably lighter in weight than the ‘‘Standard” andis adapted for use in the ordinary pleasure boat or for semi-speed or speed launches while the ‘*Standard’’machineis more ofaheavy duty engine especially practical for heavy crafts or working boats such as fishing, towing, etc. Westman engines have been sup- plied quite extensively to the trade in Canada, several machines having been purchased by the government through the Indian and Public Works departments. The Dominion Fish Co., last season equipped a fleet of their boats at West Selkirk with Westman motors. while numerous individuals at Portage La Prairie, Winnipeg, etc are satisfied users ofthe ‘‘Westman.”’ The E nterprise Co., 1256 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. IF WE SAY Goods Wholesaled At Retail Prices WE WILL CATCH YOUR EYE BUT! get our catalogue and you will find Goods Retailed Whuilesnte Prices BECAUSE, WE MANUFACTURE all kinds of Boat Trimmings, Railings, Stanchions, Chocks Cleats, eckrings and Oarlocks, etc. _ We also have complete facilities for Repairing, Renewing or Refinishing anything made of metal 20th Century Brass Assn. 223, 5th Avenue, South, Mnneapolis. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. also have an extensive demand for their machines from Alaska and different points on the Pacific Coast and have recently Opened up an agency in New Zealand with excellent prospects for a large trade trom that point. This company is also turning out areverse gear thatis meeting with marked success. It is made in five different sizes adapted for engines of from four to one hundred horse power and can be easily installed in connection with any make of engine. Motors For Fishing Boats. A revolution of the fishing trade of the Atlantic coast is said to be taking place owing to the use that is being made of motors in fishing boats. The fishermen are now to a large extent independent of the weather except in severe storms and can carry on their trade with some ap- proach to regularity and certainty. Mo- toring on both land and water promise to bring about revolutions in several respects and most of these are extremely beneficial to the users. Even in the nec- essary changes there is less friction than is usually the case, because although the changes are being made rapidly they en- ter over so widea field that they are not felt as acutely as someother changes, All these various uses however go to Show that the motor is going to be su- preme aud the foolish endeavors to ar- rest the onward marchare about as ef- fective as the famous suppositious at- tempt to sweep back the Atlantic witha broom. The day of the power boat has arrived. By meansof a good marine engine boating men can obtain very largely increased pleasures from their boats and greatly increase the range of their excursions. Consequently in boating circles the talk is all of marine engines and the merits of the respective makes upon the market. In this respect attention may well be called to the engines of the Marine Power Co. of Milwaukee, Wis. All the engines of this Company are of the four cycle type, this type being adopted after full con- sideration because of its many advantages over the two cycle engine. Careful at- tention is paid to the cylinders, the cylinder head and valve chamber being 1257 cast integral, which does away with an- noying joints amd packing. The valve chambers as well as the cylinder is water jacketed. The valves are large and ac- cessible and being made of the best materials will retaintheir shape without warping or scaling, thus avoiding all trouble from a leaky valve. The piston and connecting rod are of ample length, while the piston rings are fitted so ac- curately that the full power of the expand- ing gasses is Obtained without loss. Three oilers secure the best lubrication. The ignition is of the jump spark type and effects a great saving of battery power. The water jacket enables the engine to run at a high speed under a full load continually without over heating any part. A reversable propeller or a revers- ing gear can be furnished with these engines. A year’s guarantee is given with every engine and these are supplied in various horse power efrom three to twenty. A crank for starting is supplied with every engine, which can be started by rocking the flywheel, though the Com- pany advise using the crank as the most convenient method. All engines are thoroughly tested before leaving the factory and power boatmen desirous of obtaining an engine which will give them satisfaction should at least investigate the claims made by this Company. Further Uses for Motors. Electric passenger launches and rev- enue cutters equipped with motors are methods which proclaim the further ad- vance of the motor boat. In some of the Southern States the mails are trans- ported by motor boat and in many Cana- dian lakes this system has not only been adopted but also led to numerous devel- opements. The motor boat is conquering by reason of its effectiveness and its adaptability to various uses. With so many advantages in its favor it is bound to succeed and what it has already ac- complished will prove as nothing to what the future will reveal, There are great advantages arising from the location of a boat building con- cern at Hamilton, Ont. and Mr. H. L. Bastien who builds both canoes and boats, ‘is prompt in making the very best of his 1258 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. CRUISING AND RACING GASOLINE LAUNCHES FULLY EQUIPPED A VARIETY OF STYLES IN STOCK FROM 16) to). 35.-ft. “IN, LENGTE: Special Light Motor Boats FOR HUNTING AND FISHING Hulls furnished, caulked, puttied and painted ready for interior fittings. Knock Down Frames, Frame and Plank Patterns. Second Hand Launches. Send for Catalog Robertson Bros. Yards and Launch Works Foot of Bay St., HAMILTON, CANADA. PPPPPPEPPPSS 7 Aaa eo ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. facilities for good work and thoroughly testing the same. It is nearly half a cen- tury ago since Bastien row boats were first placed on the market and dur- ing that long period—a very long one in the history of Canada—these have gained and maintained a high position. These boats include row boats designed for small parties, for family use, combined rowing and sailing boats, square stern boats, yachts, dinghies, sailing dinghies and canoes. The power boat receives special attention and some very fine launches are turned out at the Bastien yards. All the accessories for these boats are supplied, the best of material being used for the oars, paddles, etc. as in the construction of the boats them- selves. Mr. Bastien has been sharp enough totake advantage also of the manner in which the tourist traffic is developing in Canada. Boat liveries have been established at the Muskoka Lakes and Georgian Bay. At six different branches — the Penetanguishene Hotel, the Sans Soucci Hotel, Moon River Post Office, the Royal Muskoka Hotel, the Stanley House and Port Carling, no less than three hundred and fifty boats, canoes and launches are kept for sale or hire, while next month a new boat house will be opened at Lake Joseph Station. A fleet of gasolene launches for rent by the day, week or season are maintained in Muskoka, and in this way Mr. Bastien keeps abreast of the times both in his boat building and in catering to the re- quirements of the ever increasing army of tourists who invade Canada for the summer months. Motor Lifeboats The United States have placed some motor lifeboats in service and a new one containing many special features has been prepared for the Northwestern Pa- cific coast. The new boat fs called the ‘**Audacious,” is non-sinkable, self-bailing and in case of a capsize, will immediately right herself. The Canadian Govern- ment have a similar boat stationed at Banfield Creek on Vancouver Island The Brantford Launch. The many points of advantage to be found in the Brantford launch have led 1259 to many calls for boats—so much so in- deed that Mr. N. R. Thompson, of Brantford, the manufacturer of the launch, has difficulties in keeping pace with them. Experience has enabled Mr. Thompson to overcome all difficulties and to turn out a boat that meets with the approval of many critical boating men. The result is a constant increase of bus- iness—the very best testimonial the launch can have. Satisfied men talk of the advantages of their boats and others who see and appreciate the advantages of such a craft are eager to possess one themselves. In this way the launch is making the name of Brantford known all over Canada. The one man control is complete in this launch and its appear- ance is in consonance with its complete- ness in other respects. Grey Motors An exceptionally good motor is the Gray Motor made by the Gray Motor Co. of Detroit, Mich. The company have gone the right way to work to produce a mo- tor which shall gain a reputation and re- tain it. Building upon the strongest foundation they have spent money lavish- ly on jigs and tools with the result that these motors are equal to the best. As an instance of the thorough way in which this work is done it may be mentioned that the cost of this tool department equalled the entire labor cost of machin- ing the first three thousand motors built during the present year. At first sight this may appearan exaggeration but upon full consideration it is seen that the policy embodied in this statement is the right one. It is only upon a sure foundation that a superior structurecan be raised. The Grey Motor Company take care that their foundation—their jigs and tools—are un- surpassed and the resulting motor is one they are proud to show to anyone. No wonder with such care in the beginning the finished product is of the best and as many as sixty motors are shipped out in a single day. The power boatman on the lookout for a motor which will prove sat- isfactory in every respect should investi- gate the claims of the Grey motor and if upon inquiry he does not find the methods of the Grey Company to his tastes he will indeed be hard to please. R“ and Gun and Motor Sports in Can- : ada is the Official Organ of the Dominion of Canada Trap-shooting Association. All communications for this department should be addressed to W. A. Smith, Editor “The Trap” Kings- villes Onts {i sas-t yeas sas) cca eens ati pens ARRAS AARARRARALNRARARAARMRR SE wewe vcwwwevsevscvvuw Tournament Dates. Iihay 20, 21, 22—Olympic Clay Bird Trial Matches in Toronto, open only Ito Canadian amateurs. A team or teams will be selected to represent Canada in the clay bird shooting events at the Olympic games in England. May 30, 31—Clinton, Ont. August 5, 6, 7—Dominion of Canada Trap Shooting Association, Sherbrooke, Que. Stray Pellets The Parkdale Gun Club will hold a thr tournament on the Exhibition Gaoumia: ame to, on May 20, 21 and 22, for the purpose ol selecting a team to represent Canada in the Clay bird events at the Olympic games in Ene- land during the coming summer. The tourna - ment will be under the sanction of the Canadi- an Olympic committee. Mr. F. A. Parker ,chair- man of the committee and president of the Parkdale Gun Club writes: ‘In order to make this shoot strictly impartial and to have our best men come, we are having a three days’ shoot and are selecting the fifteen high guns from the first two days shoot and ont’: day for positions on the team. The pro- gramme we are arranging will be the most at- tractive money event ever offered in Canada, and we think we will have one of the most representative gatherings that has been seen in Canada for many a day. I might add that the profits on the birds will be given to the team going to the Old Country, to help defray expenses, so there will be ample inducements from) a money stiandpoint, as well as from the more commendable one of patriotism to com- pete for the honors. The contest will be held in connection with the Franco-British Inter- national Exhibition at London, England, and will be attended by representative teams from the different European countries as well as the British colonies and the United States. The date of the Olympic shoot and the condi tions attending it we are unable at present to state, but it will, no doubt, be the event of a life time for those shooters who are fortu- nate enough to be able to attend. The Cutler (Ont.) (Gun Club met om April 6th and appointed the following officers for this year:—Hion. President, Ralph Loveland ; President, Leon Fortin ; Vice president, N. Durocher; Fin.-sec., J. A. Gignac; treasurer, T. Lacelle; captain, A. Turgeon. The secretary, Mr. Gignac, reports the prospects of the club very good for the coming season. It has now twenty members, with two sets of traps, one at Cutler amd one at John Island, where sev- eral of the members are located, and regular weekly shoots will be held. There are several promising young shats who will surprise the old boys at the first of July shoot for the cham- pionship of Northern Ontario, which will take place at Sault Ste Marie, on that date, it is Said. = * * The annual meeting of the Gladstone, Man., gun club was held in the Alhambra hotel Ap- _ RRA tet ~ Reet RADAR se 2A RRA ARAR _HA_A_A_ _R_R_R_ RW Vee sae www we owe wee seeo Tew eweeeweesew se vee seuewuwssvrvus ri) 3rd. The following officers were elected: — Patron, Dr. J. W. Armstrong, M.P.P., Hon.- President, W. Williams; President, J. J. Lea- men; vice president, W. H. Squir; 2nd _ vice- president, Wm. M. Boyd; Captain, A. Single- ton;.sec.-treas., Geo. A. Fairbairn; executive committee, A. W. Murdoch, C. William, and Dr. McDiarmid. This Western Club has made won- derful progress in the last few years, both in membership and shooting abiliey. Its shooters are known throughout the west as the best of sports. Their annual tournament always ae tracts the champions fram all over the pro- vince. * * * The North Hatley, Que., gun club announce their annual shoot for July Ist. rye ES At the opening shoot of Sprinowood Gun Club, London, Ont., for the Dupont Trophy, the following scores were made: Glover 24, Day 22, Parker 18, Simcox 18, Brock 19, Webb 21, Bis- sett 24, Winchester 12, Curley 20, Bryce Aa Gunn 19; “ | of hook, single, or one THE ART OF SHOOTING” Seventh and Revised | of a series, and does not Popular Kdition, 2/6; Postage Gd extra. ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST FREE 11, PANTON STREET, HAYMARKET, LONDON, S. W. (Opposite The Comedy Theatre. A a = a King Air Rifle Will be given FREE to anyone sending 3 SUBSCRIPTIONS to ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA The King Air Rifleis a winner. 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A special catalog on all-wood boats and canoes, 1H. RUSHTON, Inc. 603 Water St., Canton, N. Y. REA pleasure row-boats, Dinghies, Power When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports.in Canada.”’ 40 ) ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Tm DIETER-OFELDT STEAM EQUIPMENT FOR BOATS More Reliable, Safe, Efficient and Flexible than Gasoline Engines 6°48: 27 (15) and, 20°H-"P: Boilers furnished with Kerosene Burners or grates for Coal and Wood fire, or with both combined. Light weight, moderate cost, easy and inexpensive to operate. Write for information to Boilers Engine r 2,3 0r 4 Cylinders Round or Square The Dieter Steam Engine Co., or August Ofeldt & Sons 123 Liberty St., New York THE FAMOUS Michigan Speed Wheels and Reverse Gears. ‘THE FAMOUS MICHIGAN SPEED WAIEELS TRADE MARK (F %. | aa ae MICHIGAN ON 4LL SOLID WHEELS All sizes, styles and types. Reversible, weedless and solid speed wheels. 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If so send TEN yearly subscriptions to Rop anp GUN AND Motor Sports IN Canapa, and we _ will send you one of these popular rifles. Those who have used them say they are worthy of their name, “CRACK-SHOT.” For further particulars address: W. J. TAYLOR, Publisher Woodstock, - Ontario. “When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.’’ 50 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. | For Sale, Want, and Exchange Depts. Advertisements will be in- serted in this Department at 2c.a word. Send Stamps with * order. Copy should not be later | than the 15th of the month. | SPORTSMEN—Send one dollar to W. J. Taylor, Woodstock, Ontario, for a Perdew Crow Call, made from red cedar, with Ger- man silver reed and band, handsomely polish- ed. Each one guaranteed to be perfect and give satisfaction. FOR SALE—E. grade Lefever gun, automatic ejector, new, special price, Box P. Rodand Gun, Toronto, Ont, FOR SALE—GREENER GUN —ro gauge, for $75 Box P. Rod and Gun, Toronto, Ont. FOR SALE—A complete fyle of Rod and Gun in Canada, ning with first issue June, 1899, eight volumes, all in good condition, $5.00 will buy the lot. Address Box C., ‘‘Rod and Gun in Canada,’’ Woodstock, Ont. FOR SALE—A Three Horse Power Gasoline Engine absolutely new, complete with boat equipment ready to install, reversible propeller, American manufacture. For particulars apply Box E. Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto Ont. 5tf FOR SALE —Sixteen foot, cedar, canvas covered canoe—specially suitable for cruising and hunting purposes. Absolutely new. Color green. For price, etc., address D. Pike Co., 123 King Street Bast, Toronto. FOR SAI.E—Canoe, sixteen footer, cedar canvas covered, new, suitable for cruising purposes. Address Box C, Rod and Gun Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto, Ont. stf FOR SALE—Collie Dog, puppie, aged two months, pedigreed. Apply Box C.D., Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto. FOR SALE—Mounted Buffalo Head in per- fect condition. Photos on application. Address, Box B., Rod and Gun, Woodstock, Ont. 11-3t ENGLISH BEAGLE HOUNDS—“‘The best ever’ as regards breeding, type and hunting qualities. Atty age, sex, size or color — Debon- air Beagle Kennels, Gloversville, N.Y. 11—2t FOR SALE—Five Horse Power, four cyclo. Gasolene Empine, complete. Specially suitable for large slow speed boat. In excellent condi- tion—mever been used. A bargain. Apply at omce to A. Connor, Nicholl I 3 a be: olls Bros., Lake St., ~ SEND 85 CENTS to ADH. Byrne, 414 Hur- on Street, Taronto, for qa Sullivan Hook and 12tf Reel Guard. ——————— I FOR SALE—Mounted Moose, Elk, Caribou, and Deer Heads, also horns and scalps for mounting; Buffalo horns, Buffalo robes, etc. It will pay you to get descriptions and prices before purchasing.—Edwin Dixon, Taxidermist, Main Street, Unionville, Ont. LD tte = FOR SALE—Five Horse Power, twin cylin- der, two cycle, two port, reversible, gasolene engine. Weight 165 lbs., bore 34 inches, stroke 34 imches. Diameter of fly wheel, 12 inches : length of crankshaft, 24 inches: width of base. 94 inches; height of cylinder from centre of crankshaft, 13 imch.; main bearings, 3 3-16 by 14 inches; speed, 250 to 1200 revolutions per minute, guaranteed, new- Apply at once to A. H. Byrne, 414 Huron street, Toronto. FOR SALE—Marine Pngine, six horse pow- er, single cylinder, complete with boat equip- ment, absolutely new; American make; bore, 42 inch, stroke 4 inch.; weight, 160 lbs; 16 in. three blade propeller wheel. Apply at once to George Pike, care D. Pike Co., King St. E., Toronto. WANTED—Good Second-Hand Hammerless or repeating 12 gauge shot gun. Must be full choke with trial or guarantee. Greener or Baker preferred. Address Bert Petty, Eramo- sa P. O., Ontario. 12—1t DOMESTIC ICE MACHINE, makeit your- self, simple, cheap, practical, complete direc- tions, 50 cents. MAKE MISSION FURNITURE from _blue- directions, sent for 50 rinted designs, details, rs Pittsburg, cents! No stamps.—The Farms Co., Pas, eis 12 tf FOR SALE—MARINE ENGINE with tim- er and float feed carburetor, seven h. p., dou- ble cylinder, opposed, new engine complete with exception of boat equipment. American make, new. For further particulars apply Box ‘‘Ma- rine Engine’’ Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.’’ Woodstock, Ontario. WANTED—To buy Cottage Site, where there is good fishing. About. 100 acres timber land on some lake between MHuntsville and North Bay, or Central Ontario. Box A., Rod and Gun, Woodstock, Ont. 11—3t FOR SALE—Fishing Reel, Automatic, aluminum, new. Apply Box R. 117 Mail Building, Toronto, Ontario. otf FOR SALE—A No. 3A (3%x5%) Eastman Folding Pocket Kov:ak, with Glass Plate Adapter, Double Plate Folders, and Tripod. Cost $30. Apply Box O, “Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada,” Wood- stock, Ont. FOR SALE—Marine zontal opposed oiler, bore and Engine, 12 h.p., hori- cylinder, with timer, pump, stroke 54x43 inches; height 13% inches, diameter of fly wheel 20 inches ; weight, including f! wheel, 325 pounds. A high grade engine. American make; new. Ap- ply at once to Box ‘‘Twelve Horse’ Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada Woodstock, Ontario. FOR SALE—Fishing Rod, steel, telescope bait cast- ing Apply Box F. Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto, Ont. otf FOR SALE—Launch Hull, twenty-one footer, com- plete ready for engine, including brass railings, com- promise stern; a bargain. Box L. Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto, Ontario. : 5tf. FOR SALE —Gasoline engine, two horse power, complete with accessories, in A. 1. con- dition. Apply Box 1, Rod and Gun and Motor ports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toron- oO. FOR SALE—Three Horse Power, three port, two cycle, marine engine, new, complete, rea- dy to install in boat.. Apply A. H. Byrne, 414 Huron Street, Toronto. } ' } o ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 51 BATTERIES for Auto and Moter Boat Ignition, try the new German Dry Cell, ‘‘Eclipse’’ will solve your ignition troubles. Set of six by express for $1.25. The Canadian Electric Novelty Co., 334 Spadina Ave.. Toronto, Ont. 12-tf SEND fifty-five cents to H. T. Allsopp, 97 King Street East, Toronto, fora McCurdy Frog Harness Hook. 12-tf SEND fifty-five cents to A. H. Byrne, 414 Huron Street, Toronto, for a U.B. Live Frog Harness—double hook. 12-tf FOR SALE on Belmont Lake near Havelock, 25 acres of land with fine large house, good well, ice house, wharf, boats, etc., suitable for fishing club. Part cleared, balance very handsome bush. Apply Cook, Bond & Mitchell, Solicitors, Temple Building, To- ronto. I2-It ORDER Knock Down Frames for launch, row boat or canoe, and have your boat built ready for vacation. Catalog free. Address, R. McGregor Co., 99 Glad- stone Avenue, Toronto. I2-1t FOR SALE—Sixteen foot, cedar canoe; lead- ing make, new. Apply for particulars, Trunk and Leather Goods Co., 97 Kine Street East, Toronto. 12tf FOR SALE—CANOE-—sixteen footer, baswood, including two paddles, painted red,new, a dandy,apply at once to A. H. Byrne, 414 Huron St., Toronto, Ont Also a motor boat, eighteen footer, with two horse power engine. FOR SALE—r2 gauge Remington gun with solid leather case, $40.00; asnap. Box P. Rod and Gun, Toronto, Ont. FOR SALE—A three cwlinder, gasolene engine, ready t install, absolutely new. A leadimg make. G« particulars now. Apply A. Connor, Nicholls Bros., Lake Street, Toronto. FOR SALE—Twenty One Foot Motor Boat Hull— compromise stern—brass railings fore and aft—all ready for engine—can be seen at warehouse Trunk & Leather Goods Co., 97 King Street East, Toronto. Apply for particulars and price. YACHTS AND LAUNCHES FOR SALE—Fastest 30 footer on Great Lakes. g firsts in 9 starts 1907 Championship 1906 and 1907. Good cruising accom- modation. First-class condition. Very fine racing and cruising cutter. rig. Entirely re-buil and re-furnished 1907. complete inventory. Splendid opportunity. Will exchange for larger boat or sell 30-foot water- line fin keel sloop. Good condition. Well equipped. Fine fast cruising cutter, Fife designed. Fully equipped. Good condition. Very fast and roomy 20 footer. spars. Good condition. Very fast Owen designed 20 footer. Splendid condition. horse power dovwbie Has also yawl Very Silk sails, hollow Two suit sails. Very fast and able Herrcshoff 30 footer. Well equipped. Good condition. Famous ocean racer, Little Rhody I. Splendid condition. Two suit sails. Very fast class ‘‘Q” racing yacht, ‘‘Little Rhody II.” Twosuits sails. Excellent condition. 38x6 open launch, especially well built. 15 H. P. en- gine. Good condition. Cheap. 31 foot launch, standing roof. 20 H. P. Buffalo, electric light. Completely fitted. Guaranteed. 21xs open launch McClennan spray hood. 4 1-2 H.P. 26x6 openlaunch. to H. P. Buffalo engine. 18X4 1-2 mahogany yacht tender. Fife 31-2 H P. 30x6, standing roof, 5 glass windows in front; ro H.P. 20x 4 I-2 semi-speed launch; 5 1-2 or 7 H. P. Ferro engine brand new outfit. Full particulars and prices of any of the above from T. B. F. Benson, Yacht Designer and broker, Port Hope, Ont. 10-1 built; _FOR SALE—A Meek Improved Blue Grass Simplex Reel, made of brass and m sgil- ver. A beauty. New. Sell. cheap. Box ‘‘Meek Reel’’, Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, Woodstock, Ontario. AMONG THE 30,000 ISLANDS OF THE GEORGIAN BAY.Building lots for sale at Honey Harbor, each containing from one to four acres. Honey Harbor is only five hours ride from Toronto; two lines of steamers from Midland or Penetanguishene; mail twice dal excellent fishing, boating and bathing. Prices of lots from $50 to $150. Honey Harbor is the ideal summer resort of Canada. Apply to Thomas A. Duff, 3 Maynard aAve., Toronto, Ontario. 12—3t WILD DUCKS—EGGS $3.00 per 12 live decoys supplied in season.—Geo. K. Thomson, Box 67, Whitby, Ont. 12—1t FOR SALE—Claborough Hammerless Shot Gun, 10 gauge, absolutely new; never used.— Address Box 252, Cornwall, Ont. 12—1t TO RENT—Camp Cottages on the north shore of Lake Huron, near Desbarats, Ont. Address R. Shaughnesay, Desbarats, Ont. 12tf FOR SALE—Square stern row boat — ced- ar 17 footer — including two pairs oars and rudder. For full particulars apply Box R. B Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto FOR SALE—Five Horse Power, Single Cyl- inder Marine Engine, complete with Float Feed Carburetor, boat equipment—cost $150.00. Will sell at a bargain. Apply to Francis U. Kahle, 299 Washington Street, Buffalo, N.Y. FOR SALE OR RENT—Eleven acres 0: an Island _on Lake Huron, one mile from shore, with two cottages; good fishing amd boating. Fine Summer Resort. Apply Box 25, Wiar- ton, Ont. 9—2t FOR SALE—24 H. P. $70.00, 4 H. P. $90, 6 H.P.$110.00. Also castings,complete launch engines, jump spark, or make and break. None better. Send for catalogue 1908.—Guarantee Motor Co., 67 Bay N., Hamilton, Canada. ENLARGEMENTS of Amateurs’ Snap Shots of Hunting, Shooting, Boating and Automobiling Trips. Charges reasonable and first-class work guaranteed. Largest enlargement house in Canada. W. G. ROUNDS, Woodstock, Ont. IO-It FOR SALE—Several Foldimg Canvas Fold- ing Boats, at a bargain, write for particulars to Box “Folding’’, Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toron- to. FOR SALE—Crossbred Bloodhound and Foxhound puppies. Beagles, Bloodhounds and Foxhounds. Trained dogs and puppies usually on hand. W. A. Brodie, Taxidermist, Unionville, Ont. I1I-1t. FOR SALE—CAMERA—3¥ x5 % ,new double plate hold, excellent lens, Apply to C. M. Horner 32 Prospect St. Toronto, Ont FOR SALE—Three horse power engine, new; make and break sparking device, two cycle, American make. Apply Trunk and Leather Goods Co., 97 King st re East, Toronto. t FOR SALE—tTent, twelve by fourteen, ten ounce duck, white walled, including pegs and poles, new. Apply Trunk and Leather Goods Co., 97 Kine Street East, Toronto. 12tf ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. For Every Camper---Fisherman---Hunter The Way of the Woods A Manual for Sportsmen in North-Eastern United States and Canada By EDWARD BRECK A practical Field-Manual, intended to form a part of the kit of every Camper, Fisherman and Hunter. It contains concise, thorough-and authoritative information on every subject connected with life in the Woods, such as Outfitting, Fishing, Shooting, Canoeing, Tenting, Trapping, Photography, Cooking, Hygiene, Etc. Size 4% x7 in. “Excellent practical directions and advice.”—N. Y. Sun. 436 Pages. Pocket Size. 80 Illustrations. Price, $1.75 net. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR. G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS, 27 West 23d Street, NEW YORK. This Ne German Ignition Battery Gave such remarkable results last year that we have obtained the Canadian nghts. Gives Hot Spark Like a Storage Battery or SE Oe NO MORE IGNITION TROUBLES New process. New Chemicals. Bettcr Results. There have been no improvements or change in manufacture made in Dry Cells until the German Chemistry (who lead the World in Chemistry) brought out this new Dry Cell. IT GIVES RESULTS. Write for prices. If your dealer does not keep them we will sell direet. The Canadian Electric Novelty Co. 334 Spadina Ave., Toronto. When writing Advertisers kindly mention ‘‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.’’ — Index to Volume IX. June 1907 to May 1908. A. Albertas ishing in. (3) Grasshoppenmey wee tek oie a ee a aes) ees Pee 1040 nw Gane Wawss Thee. Perea ters... she Sbocasta oe Pay ot ake y heme: Ce ate 367 pe Snooting: Geese inj e\ Dede lanka n kins)! 3) ue ha 2 age vt a ge ae 270 Alzonguin« National Park:).'Cy Watnadia co 20 eee a ew eee 78 Alpine Club in the Rockies, With the. Mrs. E. Spragge .................. 289 a me On Canada..." 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Mo bse eo oats 4 tol sa hy 632 i ap. unree: Frours/‘inia: , 7° Ly A. Dilley se ie et ae eae oe eee Binoy hod and Guuns\ 4/110 5 ors a Ss SNE cet shewe sald kogreke ono one fe 3 Eaopanounad: in Canada, LHetitcei. ss hiss. oon ahh eta Rea ele ee ee 988 mbm ee EN AN, ONS Os CRE Le yen 2 Ce Sata tae ee a 961] Bobeayecon, Ont., A Big>’Lunge from 3 0c). ake. 40 os oie se 278 PSR OL LMLETEST, COU SPOLESMIEN Ys. -- «5 = astye ein 2 eect a RaenO es 188, 299, 762, 875 Boyed-s,Home, At interesting Wisitto, 0). 02 3. A waren Sale ge ee 672 Bem s camp in: the Laurentians; A. €..B. Powter)... 2.5. 3. sah. See 168 British Sea, A. Day’ Hishinguns-P; EK. Bueke- i-th nd eee es. 15 : An Enthusiastic Appreciation of. C.. ©. “Alloway: .415. eae 528 sf ‘‘ Big Game Hunting in; The Diary ot a Successful Trip. J. E. Campbell saci) f cave hes agi tote sgt i th ne... 236 ss ‘« Fishing on the Kootenay Lake. Fred J. Sammond............ 20 di it" PB orest and) Game se rotectiOn/in®. 3)... Po. cnaaan ete. 5. 175 A A MS Tole) 1 as CUE ee ee OL I en ak | 189 Oy cs The Bie-Game'ot Southern... “August: Wolf <.. 5. i.gpeee . 1185 es cc. "Trout Fishing Through. “G.'C.. Hacking: °... > cseeeae. . - .. L065 Bnexwbever: Howl Caucht.) (ARB. Crawtord . 0. ot ici sd prs +. oes 159 Bucksy Lhe Battle. of the. Fembina.” C) Ke. Selwyn .3 ..% \. fies... 0 538 ButalOn ab een ih.) In: DOUDNAS s sirereiiat 6k). 3+ «sods chain aceem SiN ss kN 0 822 (E: Camp Fire}(By-the5\ ‘Miss P.-E. yBogrie ase oa x 09 2 Oo ee eee eee ee 443 onthe Severn;-Our.. Pa e Ce hel: Peis Eee he anne renmieen eae. 2 1186 Camper, he: Dominion’s Greatest 126g) bs ee ee ae ee ean ot 155 Camping.“ JRevivG.) 2." Easton: cosine mateo cs Ga ee ae Nate 52] ‘‘ Among the Thousand Islands. Arthur Ormandy .................. 33 ‘> Points, Good (ishing and.) Straw) Hat ce as eerste ke bee as 73 *f With an!Automobilel-.CEiarry,Cavece tte ora osk apa s aye a He tte aye Riad Nt oe ger 963 C.3/P.)\Re..mpress, Hotel, Victoria, B.e€., he: Newiras tiie. ste eee bee 980 58 WW LE SEUUINt: Aiton Seether 8 ead ai Ae Ber ccs ba eg tee ORE eer Sf tS cctiel ch erro ce 675, 776 ae by Sy, OFM 908." he O) Armstrong espe ipe onto ses ha hs tee netted 957, 1034 Cruise on a Canadian Lake, A Short. Ducens.......... LAA eam Mana ce 261 Curiosity, A Naturals: 2c ies iclelerd a bols tbe Bt ode A Ree a oe Oe ie iva eee 371 D. Days, A; Hew) Happy,...;/Kenest,Js)McVeigh® o7. 2g Vt eds .\on. aie ah 642 Eos and:Game: Fish;:Our Vanishing...) W).5 TlickSome >... \Wa4 2) pols rtoh Weer ieee 544 Ate Vanishing, Wihy Our 0b jew... Niismerireye 2) 4 neil. hy Nene Aal oe, ieee 156 E.\ Dogs and their Ways... MeV ere hse trea ORE Tone Laie een 530 mak GrOb, Cardgch t,o yay oy ete cat tuue se cae es, satett th eda oh aur NC eT cia ae 10 iy How: One Settler Helps thes]. \b:Bottrelly ee soars ep regen oes 1052 CO Raa wi) ol eats} 1s eee rads RAT Or ee NAR, ly eile LS eae) ‘*. Hunt, Became a Bear Hunt, How Our. E.R: LaFleche “|... 9:. 2.2. 426 aes) any Boyhood -Days, A>. Amos Green (5) 22cm eck i nae eee 546 tema | “Muskoka, ‘A Suecesstuls” Amos Green. sijemscn ote ae ree 37 So Piage Mby thirst. sAlex. UC aldwegl si.) 12 utah tame ea line Pek aa aan hcg ee 939 of pea, SF USS A aw Suit in Gamp-. 7]. ab. Cassonunt: .r cnr gnoness tere ae 437 of Fumater Kallsca Wola orn ok eles lente eerie: ees Renin SG EMER at euet a eran omens 1059 ‘i laggters, ‘The \Veracity jofac 7} Mic V eigh scan an vee eee ele eat 166 * hunting, “A Few) Thoughts on... Amos Greens.) -2).c te er) ee 970 as Sm Dogs in. oA Suggestion, Mis Dainard srl aiecsey sas ey ae ees 1049 cf ““liow, 1 Have Madea Success of.’ sJack;:Minenar. | ae eer 469 ‘Why Should Dogs be Prohibited in; Some Interesting Deer and NVolotessmeein ealleché 23 en easy eon OS oe eae 382 ‘* in Ontario, Protection of the. Rev. A. Murdoch, M.A., L.L.D.... 874 ms ee Vanishing, eesti naeta Wi. bs) Pes a ait eee ee cae Be eg RL 860 as “A Few Words from Dr. Murdoch li. kos ae, een iy BS! sé a ee Died catia ul le oi: |e Re a PRS UA 3 kin 4-2 Fn By er nal Be 8 478 a oh heiegel Satie leroy 00 Vais (=! 6, ue cial ae Oe. Wee Me eee nh a ee 483 ui Kf i Hrom a settler s:romt of .View:. -j.7H.! Bottrell rece 203 oo ee 282 ck ck em atiicly Eis Mis Kee raem ctl. cud aa: > lchdionecetes aye aR ane Rae ae 1161 a ae Bist ts SPN Fes el a at%=: sve eva es Seda nana sere is, BOER «| SNR gta ga 1041 weabteser vations... ernest: );: Me Veto hr i... 1.0 o6.c oS. ls Se ee 1083 Seas Of lo0 7. nn...) Mitehelliss 22k too, Se ees ae ee 2736 2 Stalking ip. the Gatineau, Valley.~One of ‘the Party.) ».) 4.0.05 55 ee 930 Bene. lrasedy ob thentokiw Raymond o>, yiaes cides. aa ee ee 5TA4 Diary, Eeaves;trom an Anglersive). AC Moriarty io43.45 © 2. ). ile, ee Gites 28 Dog is Not the Cause of Vanishing Deer. W. J. Moody.................. 541 Bg ASGOGG: WOE Tomine. [Wee Misnet. 3). Cus cx fst ee ee oa 24 and ire, Ailmentsic. Ee Ra sea bleche:.:.).'.ccidaione ns e.2.s akties ees 1089 ‘* be Prohibited in Deer Hunting, Shall the. Ernest.J. McVeigh...... ee 22 poet) cers, Phar Gh es AG NIT ASS. certs tais satan set cra's) aci'sete ath cok ok rata Rasta ee 563 RS ‘¢ An Explanation and Reply. John Arthur Hope.......... 555 piety be wih ‘) Avouprestions 5 IV -eDainandy. 22° /l0tioik 6 facets ae 1049 Dominion/Cartridge ‘Company's. New: Mactory ,)) x22). 20 4c. eae ee 776 17; hkap| Shooting Tl Ournamenins.-.s.ha gee aly ce See Aa ees eee fy ee Duck Preserve, How to Build a Club House on a. John Arthur Hope ...... 390 ee Shooting Expedition, Ours 4Sagiwae sau asc uis jahwetiy bette ee ener ee 346 Aa 544 oT wo Maids.and: Some,*Alexy Jarding....10.0 0.2%. 0h. Wee 550 it Pipe, Uncle Humph’s,:, GJ tAshworthicd (:!ulcsice a es eee) 526 Bieheries. “bhe Ontario, |) :).r)e iad vahiccelclueh valcle ee eee 228 Fisherman and his Yarns, A Veteran. Oscar C. Bass ....0...00......ccccccce ccc ece 718 Fisherman’s First Experience, a Youthful. Horace F. Brodie,...................., 361 Fishing and Camping Points, Good. Straw Hat.............. ae 73 “Hunting Expedition,.Our. 3. W, Hickson yi i ayes ... i... (29 fs . e¢ ‘in Old Obtaniony “James ‘Knox. (52. [p ede es Re eeeeEY. . . oo cchces 279 “ 6 ‘¢ Trip in Northern Ontario, Our. Frank Carrell, ............ 39, 137 ‘sat 'Shirley’s Bay};"A\ Week's. wiGeoy |ellastie*); hoe eee 537 ‘* Experiences in New Brunswick. C. S. Macdonald............................ 1046 (iv Albertal. *Grasshopper=i3 x toge aie sts a bien acca Coe ee eae aN 1040 o British Columbia, iA Day sey, P:E. | Bucke) 200), yen seen ee et 15 cos (Northern Quebet.: Wo sAlllis@ny. |)". ek ee erin eee tL) - 380 ©: “Incident, A Curious. > Ce Fb 2a) eee ee eden cee 360 HF Salces: AcNoya Scotia. a. Ia INSIS Ie stn JR Ae er nme ere IER eden ant 1043 a 29.68. 4s wre ue ee oe eee 876 G. “aameiAct, the Ontario New Bish and eo Gj 21 2. ek Bae ee ac ee 52 Fish; Out, Vanishioe Deenand. W.jlickSon>. i. erste eee 544 (0). How. to-Preserve our Big. ESE. ilemieux see is peer oe eee 862 ‘* Hunt in New Brunswick, An Unsuccessful; Experiences of Four Jolly Hunters=:. J?) AvsShade cry 25.5 ee Oo oe Ra oe SCs Ree ee 936 ‘¢ Hunt in a Quebec Preserve, A Successful Big, G. R. Christie ............ 951 (Mm Tsaws, Nova Scotian -Guipes, and them rsenstaans ee 1p hs en Mee etal, 990 ‘ (om New Branswick,) fhe [ria ya ee eerie cae niet er Mee cae 32 oS cS. FOF ANOVAL SEOUIA ts. Wks ts ote Stn oS ae oes uae tae eh eos ae a 234 if 6% Whe Alberta oo 22s yo es ee ees et oR erveese 367 a Sc) (ake ya eee 1163 Hi: Heads ands Horns;7 7 Nationae@aiicetion Of... on te: Dig ‘‘Highlands of Ontario.”” New Hotel for the Lake of ek oS aye oe epee er 940 6c 66 Steve Miler Weale Ot AV SUM he oss se eo os pie BP oer Obi ait Saints 756 Holiday, AP REtrespectives) SYOneyelope dt «3... 6.0 Succ aclabls Sage 84] *« in the New Brunswick Forests, A Fall. J. W. Gears PANO Ata Graf 856 Hudsenpbay, «Canoe, Erip to.. jj Mewbentiey ... 5). eS ee 607 ae foby anor, to. Robertaeayors —) 2.0. a. ee me Meth ot Mls 66,179 Humausvatutc hwo, Touches of.) Straw Hat >... 0... fe Ue bet 178 Hunt in By-Gone Days, A Rough. Avery Moorehouse .... .......... .... 450 ‘¢ <“* Northern Ontario, A Successful. Frank N. Clarke «side phe ae 1187 ‘¢ My Fime Canadian. Ww. BemGibsony 7 ont.2 Vicia iit} | oo eee 44] «© On a Quebec Preserve, A Successful Big Game. G. R. Christie ...... 95] Hunter, A Plea for the Real Sportsman and Still. R. Clapham .... ...... 560 ee Questions bygaehractically Jaek Miner). vac oe. vo. SS ee rete 388 nunter sybxpemence, Ay Still; Roy D./Almas®. (.,'. 1. 6.66... 4). A 160 Hunting, A Philosophical View; With the Evidence in Favor of Still. R. (CRT EICE it a2 tip OS Ipea ie oe et Ree cae DORMER GRR Jae) Ole ys 2 | 283 Haunting, Mxpeditjon, Our lishingsand:. WW VWlickson <0)... eae 729 ‘* in British Colnmbia, Big Game; The Diary of a Successful Trip. jee Camp bellies sack eee 6. ce ce) uae en Pa ye rea 236 «¢ «¢ Newfoundland, Caribou. N. Milton Brown ...... SAE SR te See 919 sys Old, Ontario; Fishing ands) Ajames Knox)! 20 4 Ss 279 ar Lhe Parry, Sound District.’Almon) Almas?) 4 (oe oo eee 452 ‘© On Vancouver Island; A Dangerous Encounter With a Bear. E. S. SHG 10) Cl PG) anaes Att Ae eee ae aN Rg.” 2 eRe CKO ON g © acd Hunting the Wolf Dens; A Story of Old Gataricr NE WW." Misnen 112 peesaee 166 ‘« Trip in Northern Ontario, Our Fishing and. Frank Carrel ...... .39,137 I. Indian Cooking in Northern Canada. Louis Augustin ....... .......... 663 International Control of International Waters. C. H. Wilson ........... 1072 ae a ‘“ the Great Lakes Fisheries. A. Kelly Evans ...... 740 K, Pda LhowNew Rod Wood. . P..E. Bucke’ 02.04 40.0 eee 1042 mianoey«ccal raced A. VW. Hi. Pisher "i. isnt is Cee on ee ee ee 126 Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Fishing on the. Fred J. Sammond .... 20 L: Papcuster, Ai Champions ysis iets pvlh ub ob heal pa Wadd wet ae Se 1165 Lake Joseph, Ont. A June Day on. Rev. A. Murdoch, M. A., L.L.D. .... 1027 ‘* Muskoka Outing, A True Story of a. An Aggressive Fox Terrier and a Porcupine’ Irene Hallis” 42.2. ow oS ue le a a 336 ‘* of Bays, New Hotel for the—Highlands of Ontario .................. 940 fe ee “© Sailing om the; How Sam Johnson Sailed into Health in a Cana- dian' Catboat. . ‘Herbert Shearer’. ... 2. .00; CGpeU ee. . 1050 oat, ee **Fishlands of, Ontario’ >). oc.. 6. : Gy ea eee... 756 ieeOranapan, Bs C., Lines:on:\ Revi 'C..T; Easton *): 3/1 ee ee ... 1045 ‘* Waterloo, To. Dennis Wihiteteld ici. . os heat a . 633 Lakes, The Lord of; the’ Silent tA at shore)... 2. eto cen ham... 423 L’Ingrat. Ba | AWE rete. Gite, "teat Se Meee Deen Soi tie so vue katte Ceo eee 659 Lions, in One Night, Shooting Two; A Young Canadian in East Africa ... 59 Look-Um-Deer Club at Play. The Doctor ...... ete. ee 711 Lost in a Snow Storm; How My Dogs Saved eS Life. E. R.:LaFleche ©... -.' 623 63 5*-the Woods... Js) 15. Lemiple ce istumactatnes =n; a sue peloliore ait eke emer 22 te 651 Luck, , Unexpected. R.-Crapham, (0)... og oo). 08 28 22 pe ier eel ote e+ el 766 "Lunge from Bobcaygeon; A Bigeye... ce. - 2 eine TV NeiSm ats: «Act fan bs be eis aed oe aah Oe 1043 “© Silent Places, In the; My First Moose Hunt. W. A. Warren. 834 es Sie Bag FETS aan Gh Cra V OLY cet Shek. a).)=) 0 ajeye’ a, Soavayeles «ahi pcacseeue beats mare ae 673 <6 “c bh. Bueke oP oS) in ee oe oc lac eke 853 Ke og all ie Fie Popes cinta Pinta aie ean Ape Se eet IRL Se aR a Ce 675, 776 eee of 1908, The CaP-/R. lL. O. Armstrong-..-.)....... 0.2. 957, 1034 Woodcock, Nova Scotian. E. F. - inner Teper eke es i 377 ‘< The. John Arthur Hope sy Pe OPA y atiet fa Root deh os oc SNe 851 Woodland Night, One. Margaret } Minaker Sah dst ahs Fassia eel es 1180 Wosdsin Winter Time, The. “F.B. Doud .... . 2.522 Bk oo eke dpe Sy ee We Yachting Cruise in the Georgian Bay, Our; The Log of the ‘‘Wego.” Tamarac 11 Zi Zoology, Christmas Day is the Day for Marine. 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