” ) i Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from University of Toronto http://www.archive.org/details/n12rodgun10cana . a ROA Suki MADDOCK’S VITRIFIED HOTEL WARE WITH WELDED EDGE MADDOCK’S VITRIFIED HOTEL WARE WITH WELDED EDGE @ ‘Is Used the Most’’ ‘Breaks the Least’’ ‘‘Pleases Everyone” “Looks the Best’’ “Wears the Best’ “And is the Best’’ HAVE THE BEST MADDOCK’S IT PAYS STAMP White or Guarantees Decorated the Quality Badges, Monograms, Crests, Band and Line Combinations under Glaze, in a manner that baffles other makers, Prints, Lithos and other Color Work put under the Glaze, where it can’t Y come off. JOHN MADDOCK & SONS, LTD, ENGLAND. SPECIALLY MADE FOR Hotels, Clubs, Steamships, Dining Cars, etc., etc. Badges done in 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 colors by a new process exclusively owned and controlled by MADDOCKS. If your dealer doe: not carry this line write undersigned, E.W.KLO” . 2%" TORONTO SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA ROD AND GUN IN CANADA THIS CANADIAN ENGINE has been in use in all parts of the British Empire for the past five years, and is a reliable, seagoing machine. This reliability is no accident, but is secured by thorough construction and equip- ment. Made in five sizes from 2 h.p. to 10 h. p. Large stock always on hand for prompt shipment. The Adams catalog fully describes our goods, and is sent free on request. Correspondence solicited. THE ADAMS LAUNCH AND ENGINE MFG. GO. PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., AnD VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA 2,000,000 Acres of Fish and Game Preserve A woodland paradise for the fisherman and camper, 2,000 feet above sea level. Algonquin National Park of Ontario Speckled trout, salmon trout and black bass abound in the 1,200 lakes and rivers of this vast ter- ritory—you get the best shooting in America during the season. Camp out and “rough” it; or, if you prefer, good hotel accom4 modations make it an ideal sum- mering place for tourists. A beautifully illustrated publica- tion which gives careful descrip- tion, maps, etc., sent free on application to G. W. VAUX, 917 Merchants Loan . S & Trust Bldg., Chicago F.' P. DWYER, 290 Broadway, New York Ri "NTON,360Washington St. Boston TON, 606 Park Bldg., Pittsburg -Pass. Traffic Manager NTREAL 1 Pass. & Ticket Agt. MONTREAL ROD AND GUN IN CANADA kK © S@ RIFLES FOR TARGET AND SPORTING PURPOSES ‘‘Long range champion, breaks all records, a rifle of wondrous precision” London Morning Post, July 16th ‘‘Fine Canadian rifle. Records broken at Bisley.” London Daily Express, July 16th ‘Record Scoring,” - - - : London Daily Telegraph, July 15th ‘Champion of the year.” - - - - New York Herald, July 16th ‘‘Phenomenal performance at Bisley.’ - - - London Field, July 18th ‘An altogether unexpected and Se appearance of the new Canadian rifle.” - - London Daily Mail, July 15th ‘‘Triumph for Ross rifle. Beats all the world’s rifles” London Standard, July 15th ‘‘Many experts declare the Ross rifle better than new U. S. rifle.” Nottingham Guardian, July 17th ‘‘An individual triumph. Lee-Enfield hopelessly behind.” London Mor ning Post, July 15th ‘‘Achievements at Bisley truly remarkable.” London Evening Standard July 15th “Great victory for the Ross rifle from Canada.” London Daily eae July 15th ‘Great victory at Bisley for the Ross rifle the ‘rifle of the future.” London Times, July 15th ‘‘A plague of possibles with the Ross rifle.” London Sphere, July 25th CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION ROSS RIFLE COMPANY Quebec When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA Wes No. 10 $3.50 No. 14 $5.00 No. 12 $4.00 Belize OMSEAR Ufo. «eos eaie 16xI I9XI9 18x17 Height of back from seat 23 in. 26 in. 24 in. Height of arm from seat 9% in. 1oin. 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. Isupervise personally the workmanship. I guarantee strength and durability of every article. As to BEAUTY of thisfurniture, it speaks for itself. The handsome set, illustrated above, sells for $12.50. It comprises three comfortable arm chairs, made of Willow. That meansccolnessandcomfort. 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 $Io. We also manufacture a variety of other Rush and Willow Furniture, including Settees, Arm Chairs. Fancy Chairs, Invalid’s Chairs, Tables, Picnic Baskets Antomobilist’s Baskets, and numerous other articles Special bas- kets of any style made to order. No extra packing charges for shipping to outside points. Send for catalog. W. YOUNGER, 666 Yonge St., Toronto GOOD HEALTH! E. W. DARBEY DRINK Bromo FY | neral Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Indian Curios The well known morning bracer. Game Heads Sweetens a sour stomach. Elk Tusks Sold at all Hotels in Canada. Live Animals Glass Eyes ALSO DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF HOTEL GLASSWARE AND TAXIDERMIST SUPPLIES HOTEL SUPPLIES. BROMO MINERAL C0, | | 233 MAIN STREET WINNIPEG, - MAN. Official Taxidermist to Manitoba Government 86 Church Street, Toronto, Ont. When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. 4 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA The highest grade 10 cent cigar in Canada. Sold at 10 cents and—by comparison—worth more. — PR he BO he The ARTZ Sew Folding Tonneau on the MITCHELL RUNABOUT Opened or closed in 5 seconds without the use of any tools. and comfortable as a standing tonneau. Also made for Fords, Cadillacs, Buicks and many others, Write for full description and prices to DAYTON FOLDING TONNEAU COMPANY DAYTON, OBI. S.A. As firm, strong When writing Advertisers kindly menti on Rod and G aun in Canada. JN, ROD AND GUN IN CANADA MOTOR BOAT and AUTOMOBILE Insurance We issue all the latest and best forms of policies. Motor Boats insured against fire and marine perils, while running and while laid up for the winter. Automobiles insured against fire, explosion, theft, the risks of transpor- tation and damage done and received in collision. | Write us for further particulars and rates Dale & Company, Ltd. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS Room 20, Ceristine Bldg., Montreal, Canada WHEN “SNAGGED”—DON’T PULL break and lose several feet of line, and experience the incon- Venience of refitting your line with hooks, sinkers, etc, Prevent this loss ef valuable j time by using } A Immell’s Snagged - Se Hook Releaser:. It positivelyreleases snagged hooks. No extra line required —Simply place the releaser on your line and let it go, it comes back to you with the hook. Can be carried in vest pocket. Price: Trout and Bass size 25¢, At your dealers, or sent direct o® 7 i Pike and Pickerel size 35¢ receipt of price and 4c. postage- IMMELL MFG. CO. BLAIR, WIS For IWO Subscriptions we will send an Ideal Hunter’s Axe with leather sheath, which can be attached to waist belt, manufactured by H. WALTERS & SON, the celebrated Axe manufacturers, Hull, Que. ‘“‘Hilawatha Gamp Hotel”’ Kensington Point, Desbarats, Ontario Exquisite situation; air, water, site unexcelled; good fishing, canoeing and camping; goed society. Reference: Tourist Dept., Ganadian Pacific Railway, , MONTREAL Or a - Hours of Plessace for young and old with our “Eagle” Lawn ot Swing Swings aseasy asa feather, perfectly safe for baby, and the old folks enjoy it. PROTECTED WITH AWNING, and it is neat and ornamental and will last a life- time. Can be taken apart in fall, folded and put away. THE ONLY MARKET. Send for Booklet E. ONTARIO WIND ENGINE & PUMP CO., LIMITED 30 Atlantic Ave., Toronto, Ont. STEEL SWING ON THE Search Lights AGET BENE FOR LAUNCHES AND MOTOR BOATS Including Generator $12.00 Port Head Marine Starboard, and Mast Lights. lamps of all kinds. REPAIRING Auto Lights a specialty. Mangin Mirror Lenses, all sizes, in stock Write for catalogue describing other styles in brass and other finishes. THE HIRAM L. PIPER Co., Limited 17 to 23 Normond St , MONTREAL GOATS ES a When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. 6 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA Preyer fer et ey Pe ee et et ee ee oe et CRUISING AND RACING GASOLINE LAUNCHES FULLY EQUIPPED , Sak ah KPrdenas aul. >, * ‘ Si Be A VARIETY OF STYLES IN STOCK FROM 16 to 35 ft. IN LENGTH 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. When writing advertisers kindly mentioon Rod and Gun in Canada. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA eB Winchester Winchester Rifles and Winchester Ammuni- tion—the invariable choice of experienced and discriminating big game hunters. “& “ Sold everywhere. Ask for THE RED W BRAND Coming Events Cast Their Shadows When writing Advertisers kindly menti on Rod and Gun in Canada. 8 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA WATERMAN Marine Motors Unsurpassed for simplicity, reliability, durability. Few parts. Easily understood and most reasonable in cost. Here is Model A 2 cylinder—2 cycle; built with the cylin- der and head in one piece; no joints to leak. Cylinders quickly removeable. Ignition is jump spark. Plunger pump insures perfect circulation of water in cylinder—can be fitted to use as bilge pump. Can be reversed instantly while running, and runs with equal power in either direction. Equipped with Scheé- ler Carburetor and rotary timer and multiple sight feed oiler. Designed for all types of pleasure and commercial boats. Many of these Model A motors have records of 5 years’ actual service MODEL A without calling for one cent for repairs. x 6-8 H. P. 150 pounds 10-12 H. P. 200 pounds Actual power, not “motor power” The best motor ever built, quality, equipment and price considered. Every one fully and specifically tested before shipment. Send for Catalogue A and learn fully about this dependable motor. Make a Motor Boat of any Boat in 5 Minutes And it’s no experiment—there’s no guesswork about it—neither is there disappointment—simply can't be because the little motor ‘‘motes.”’ It isnot a toy but a dependable motor. If you've a skiff, row or sailboat, or dinghy, you ought to have one. A little 2 h.p. marine motor (49 lbs.complete),that you attach to the stem- post of your boat in 5 minutes without any tools. Drives an 18-ft. rowboat 7 miles an hour andrun 4 hours on 1 gallon gasoline. Can be detacred from boat just as quicklyjand stored in boxin which itiscarried. Equipped with Schebler Carburetor Simplest motor made—does not get out of order. Four years successful results behind it. Don’t be afraid, it will fill your ex- pectations. Send for Catalog C The Waterman Canoe Motor is Waterman Canoe Motors the only specially designed canoe motor on the market. Made in t, 2, 3 and 4 cylinders and shipped ready for installation. Send for Catalog K. WATERMAN MARINE MOTOR CO. 1519 FORT STREET WEST, DETROIT, MICH., U.S.A. ROBER MACHINERY CO., Pertland, Ore., Western Distributors for Our Products. When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA 9 Patented 1908 Unbreakable Silk Bound Rod THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN FISHING RODS Silk bound, waterproof, Split Cane Rod in Trout and Bass. Strongestrod in the world. Every dealer and fisherman should see thisrod. Price is most reasonable and within the reach ofall. Made cnly by usin our factory at Teronto. The Allcock, Laight G- Westwood Go., Limited 78 Bay Street, Toronto, Qntario, Canada MASK ANONGE Caught by Benjamin Westwood, October 20th, 1908, on the Trent River, with West- wood’s Patent Unbreakable Silk Bound 8o0z. Bass Rod and Hercules Silk Line No. E. with Live Minnow. —2——EEE== | Because the Never Miss | | Uiauamanla Steel Fishing Rods No. 8 is Guaranteed fer EEW aR Obs,” 8% or, o3-feet™ = =): = = Se ep ear’s wear ' BAIT RODS, 5% or 6% feet - - : - 1.25 ly ee | CASTING RODS, 4% or 5 feet - - 1.50 CASTING RODS, with Agate Guide and Tip - 2.50 No Trouble CASTING RODS, full Agate Mountings - - 3 50 No Sooting No Short Circuits YS AWW) Trout Flies No Broken Porcelains py “iN ‘| | For Trial—Send Us J U Ss T 8c for a maess sample dozen. Quality A Flies egular price, 24 cents. Real Spark Plug satisfaction and f ds led ; . . at the price you ought to pay. 30c a ieeenlee orks ee anes Quality B Flies f ss ds d . H H $1.00 each CNG S35 See aareae= Quality C Flies G30 kcguiar orice, Scents, GaSS Flies ca e Original and Genuine Den’t Wait peers, OLDTOWN CANOES Order a Set ntroduced andmade famous y us. 16 to 19 ft. Your Dealer or Jobber or Direct, Prepaid. 1) ‘fick 0 0== = SER DE NEVER MISS SPARK PLUG CO. THE H. H. KIFFE ca: 525 Broadway k LANSING, MICH., U.S. A. New Yor ES AR SEER on AE me Illustrated Catalog ue fr ee on HS ie When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. 10 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA oS, a } | Sy + PHONO BULLETIN We Will Send the National Photo Bulletin to Any Amateur Photographer for One Year Absolutely Free The National Photo Bulletin is published monthly by the Photographic Department of the National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, and is sent free to any one who is interested in photography. This publication contains seasonable matters of interest to photographers and describes all the latest apparatus, materials, and methods. One page is set . aside for the readers use, where questions are answered by experts in ¥ photography. y Each month formulae and processes for developing and finishing are : given and fully described and explained. Ghee eens Several competitions for valuable prizes are now open and par- oD Piao ticulars are fully given in its pages. y Lae wy _ , No amateur photographer should be without the monthly | 4 Pehle eo Drug & visits of the National Photo Bulletin, which he can get by 7% Canada, Ltd., Mont- filling out and mailing the attached coupon, to our Photo ¥ “4 Gennmemneas per your Palpatine % Offer in Rod & Gunin Can- ada please send me free of charge your monthly publica- National Drug & Chemical Co. | ~_ itis 'sstonat moto nu. PHO e eee rw seeeeerescncsesace Soe eee eecenesesseccce of Canada, Limited, Montreal 7. Address ..,.....:...nteate ie / Dealer’s Name Atte ee ew eee seeneeennnes Stee e eee eeeenenee When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA 11 Ee oa ‘Empire = | | i : and = = és e ® 9 a S Ballistite | Smokeless Powders aE Leaders in the best class of Nitro Explosives Korona Cameras always represent the highest standard of camera quality. If carefully ex- Grand American Handicap, 1908, Columbus, Ohio, June 23-26 BALLISTITE WINS PRELIMINARY HANDICAP - $§CORE 95x 100 amined they will win your approbation AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP - “222 x 240 by their perfection in every detail and HICH SCORE IN STATE TEAMEVENT “ 97 x 100 the many little features which give them their individuality. Koronas EMPIRE WINS : 5 are famous for their lens equipments HIGH PROFESSIONAL IN PRELIMINARY HANDICAP SCORE 95x 100 and they are sold at very reasonable SECOND HIGH SCORE in prices fitted with our TURNER-REICH STATE TEAM EVENT - - SGORE 96x 100 a Convertible Anastigmat f. 6. 8. The perfect American lens. Send for Catalogue Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. 798 Clinton Ave. So., Rochester, N. Y. AGENTS IN CANADA Hamilton Powder Co. Mentreal. P. QO. Toronte, Ont. Kenora, Ont. Victoria, B. C. ee eS BB ESREEERR EERE RRSLESSe Ree eee eee National Coils and National Spark Plugs Insure Efficiency, Reliability, Economy and Quality The COIL that holds the world’s record for non-stop runs, 4,492 miles on Reo Car. Alsoon the Pilot Car in the New York to Paris race. Question: Why was the NATIONAL COIL used ? Answer: RELIABILITY. We are the Makers of the Reliable National Box Coil. DASH TYPE. National Coil Co., Incorporated Lansing, Mich., U. S. A. 12 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA ROSS CANOES Now is the time to buy a canoe and the canoe to buy is a Ross Canoe. When you purchase from us you get the benefit of years of experience, and the very best material and workmanship, stability and strength have been given careful consideration in the construc- tion of these canoes. They are graceful in design, easy to paddle, light and durable—the ideal canoe. SEND FOR CATALOG The J. H. Ross Boat & Canoe Co. ORILLIA, ONTARIO Hotel Winters Vancouver, B.C. A PERFECT HOTEL FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE Large and New with Every Modern Convenience Elevator—Steam Heat Hot and Cold Water and Telephones THIS BOAT FOLDS in Every Room INTO A PACKAGE Many with Private Baths It's Solid and Stiff when in use—collapsible and quickly mide portable. Carried by hand fOr In a buggy. Tempered, galvanized, light Rates American Plan, $2.00 up eee: cive Bore strength and lightness. Isa velahion 1n boat construction. Non-sinkable. Eurepean Plan, 75¢ up Puncture proof. No repairs. No cost forstor- gat ve longer than a wooden boat. We YS ip make all sizes and styles for ever urpose. FREE BUS a pe oehe ares engtavitige went on, eee of 6 cents. WINTERS & STEVENSON KING FOLDING CANVAS BOAT CO. PROPRIETORS 465 Lake St., Muskegon, Mich., formerly Kalamazoo. When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA 13 ‘‘Personification of Cempleteness in Progressive Marine Engine Construction.”’ —“—_—_—S———S————o————————— eee This is the comment of a prominent boating authority after looking over the “BUFFALO” 1909 line, which now includes engines for any type of boat for any class of work. Regular Type Medium Weight Engines— Sizes, 2 to 100 H.P., 2 to 6 cylinder. Slow Speed Heavy Duty Type—Sizes, 4 to 54,H.P., 1 to 6 cylinder. High dpeed Light Weight Type—Sizes, so Engine shown is Regular Type 4-cylinder, built in 1o, and 75 H.P., 4 and 6 cylinder. I5, 20, 30 and 40 H.P. sizes. Important and distinct improvements, both in construction and equipment’ and ‘‘BUFFALO QUALITY” threughout, which means highest grade in every detail of workmanship and material, go to make our 1909 Models world beaters. 1909 Catalogue, giving full informatien, sent free on request. INVESTIGATION NOW MAY SAVE YOU REGRET LATER. BUFFALO GASOLENE MOTOR CO. 1218-1230 NIAGARA STREET, BUFFALO, N.Y. Spark Plug ‘Electra’ Blue Guaranteed for Six Months | ELECTRA PARIS | Working equally well with Magneto and Batteries Easy to Clean Made with Metric and Standard Thread. Price, $1.75 With Electra Ebonite Terminal, $2.00 Made of heavy Brass fitted with blue Porcelain cap and pure Nickel Electrode Sole Agents for Send for Catalogue Canada: eS The Franco-American Auto Go. ire P| When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. 14 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA Standard Motors Horizontal Opposed for Pleasure Boats. Vertical for High Speed, Heavy Duty and Commercial Use. Practical, Substantial, Serviceable — Built for Real Hard Work, Day In and Day Out. Brennan Standard Motors are Powerful, Free from Vibration and Economical. Write for Catalogue—Free on Request eee AONE ae OT a oe Oa or Brennan Motor Man ufacturi ng £ 0. Two Cylinder, 4x4, 4 PP 5X5, 5 1-2X5, 5 1-2x6, 6 1-2x7. Four Cylinder, 4x4. 4 9-16x4, 4 9-16x5, 5X5, 5 1-2x6, 6x6, 7x6. Syracuse, N.Y. Six Cylinder, 7x7 and 8x8. U-B Live Frog Harness — Two Popular U-B Specialties nen vie THE U-B LIVE FROG HAR- : sentient NESS holds the frog without 4 CUT SHOWING FROG IN HARNESS hooking and keeps it alive. THE U-B SPIN-FLY is made with blue, white and red wings The U-B Spin=fly is the most and colored beads. Leading attractive and effective spinning bait dealers or by mail postpaid. everinvented. Life-like in appearance and closely resembles a fly or bug strug- Unkefer G Bradley ling in the water. Weed-proof. Above MANUFACTURERS cut about half actualsize. Price 25c 91 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Price 35c PATENT APPLIED FOR ONE THIRD ACTUAL SIZE The Capital Boat and Canoe Works 3: Ottawa Builders of fast Gasoline Launches, Motor Canoes, Skiffs and Paddling Canoes A First Class Motor Canoe 20 ft. x 34in., Two Cycle Motor, Complete f 15 Speed 12to 14 Miles perhour. Write for Catalogue) park When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. | | | | | ROD AND GUN IN CANADA 15 The Kent Double Spiner Baits If you want the best Bass Bait on the market try a ea Champion Floater. * Manufactured Exclusively by SAMUEL H. FRIEND KENT, OHIO, U.S.A. Postpaid for 60c. Send for booklet of baits. ATTENTION Boat Builders and Agents We want good live representatives » to handle our line in your locality. We have the best selling, best run- ning, best appearing marine engine on the market. Write for prices and terms. Lockwood-Ash Motor Go. Jackson, Michigan, U.S.A. Send for our New Illustrated 1909 Catalogue. THE LYMAN GUN SIGHTCORPORATION. Middlefield, Connecticut,U.S.A. When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. WATERPROOF RAIN CLOTHING What is Raino? Raino is the most satisfactory waterproof clothing known to fishermen, hunters, motor boat men, automobilists, and indeed to all who follow outdoor sport or pursuits, and no kit is com- plete without this perfect protec- tion against bad weather. Raino does not get sticky nor soil clothes. Neither camp fire nor hot rooms can harm it, and is easily mended on any sewing machine when torn or worn. Raino becomes more pliable with use, and there is in- finitely better style to these gar- ments than the awkward suits hitherto worn. We want every one interested to possess our catalogue, which with sample of material may be had for the asking. Send today for free catalogue. Dealers also can be supplied. RAINO CO. 761 S. HALSTED ST., CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A. FISHING RODS The name “DIVINE RODS” is a guarantee of Quality, Workman- ship and a positive assurance of a fishing trip without disappoint- ments which are due to the break- ing of the rod, and many annoy- ances usually found in cheaper makes. Our Specialty is Split Bamboo, Bethabarra Greenhart, Dagama and Lance Wood. Don't attempt to make up your Camp or Vacation Outfit until you have consulted our catalogue, sent free. The Fred. D. Divine Co. . 73 State St., Utica, N. Y. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA HOW ABOUT A New Engine for Your Boat? We make them all sizes from 7% to60 H.P. This little one is our 8 H.P. Special for 1909. We guarantee it to deliver 8 Brake H.P. at 800 re- volutions and it can be run up to 1,100 or 1,200 with a proportionate gain in H.P. Perfectly Simple Simply Perfect Ask about our 6 cylinder light racing engine. Ask the man who owns one. This is one of our 4 cylinder, 30 H.P. engines. The first 4 cylinder engine et this type we built was installed in our fast boat, ‘‘Miss Fidgety,” which, although not intended fer a speed boat, and weighing 3,000 lbs., attained a speed of 21% miles an hour. This engine has been in hard use for three years. It hasnever been taken down nor has it had a single piston removed from the cylinders during the three years of its life. We have not spent ten cents in repairs to this engine since it was put together. We can today, turning the fly wheel by hand, show 60 lbs. of compression in her cylinders, which was all we could do the first day she was made. We build boats te order and test them under any reasonable conditions. There is no cranking with eur engines, al! that is donein the shop while the engine is being built. We insure you against repair bills Send for catalogue. SCHOFIELD-HOLDEN MACHINE CO. LTD. 14 Court Street and 2 Carlaw Avenue, TORONTO, ONT. When writing Advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun in Canada. VOL. X No. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA The contents of this magazine are copyrighted and must not be reprinted without permission. Contents for May, 1909. The Delights of Georgian Bay Fishing .................. Dr. Frederick F. Hoyer 1123 hes hilosopliys ofa likes peste eee eke ere = we noes Sicrsheatieaes oust eho O. E. Morehouse, M.D. 1126 EAM snes Sub Ar Chics Ole CAnaday ne tose = eeece ees iets yaroha ayes ve eas» 2% «se de )oe s, 06 1127 SAL MOM LICH. TELCO Ys or i AA Se ech oe cea eisne ow uia aye alate eZ A. D. Conger 1135 Js TLE di CTE 1 eae ne ar Charles Everett Colgrove 1136 Losing a Moose Head after a Hard Trail .................. Nimrod the Trapper 1137 Vie GEE Tetiniei tinaeoarin iN eWen ro) of! = a3 Sines 3 6 Gicto'sc. co a He crn ROR OIETS OC Ee ee ane ae 1138 A Sporting Trip on the British Columbia Coast .................. R. K. Scarlett 1139 LESTE OEP Se 5,6 ie NS CR TER Ce OC Ie yy H. P. Leonard 1145 HElonino NOT bern ONtaTION. «222.527 sea ete are eae James Dickson. O.L.S. 1146 VPs ih “ay CHR CIE, es fea pas Seo 63 cee ee elects Cos token eee Charles Jenkins 1151 oe: 158 (Sale) TE OSES) OKO Fao cube Oe ary ae ON ar oc Rk. Clapham 1153 IPDS? BI OHDS 6 oa Sele 08 6.5 Me COLORES PUI ne Gawain et Max Preston 115d CAMGEEUMUME ACK STAs ATG LL sin vcs cs els sscereat aayasie hers eel cise ese tee A. J. Algaie 1157 itemeaiceeresident oi bie Peterborouch Canoe Co. o...s. 2. et eee ee lcs eens 1165 AN UE IEGSUP SHO Sin 6B po Cae eee ae re eae H. E. Holcombe 1166 Hows iGot My Bear While Hunting Deer ....-.. 2.22.2. 22.2 e eee W.A. Merriisl 1168 LRN OMEOESS OLD tera lvencisks Senne are vicie-dsi sis este edie cea ee ee es Captain Gordon Bolzs 1170 way WUT GLA GDS» CLARITA, os Ie S/R econ Re ech Reginald Gourlay 1172 IBTd) alive! Grit 4a, TEs AG Eh este Seon os, 6 Se aeons eee Se Ce ae eee a 1178 ORHEIIND iD TERR bres eet CG ee ae os See eeiieie naee Se 1179 VEE) LUTE. ow Sg .did 's,B 6 Bers Ore ROO ee eee ee Cy Warman 1180 ieriOssrlidle-and. ihe Wee-Hnhelds = .45 5 e--c cele se occ bee sees Heber Logan 1182 Physical Culture: Weak Lungs and Wasting Sicknesses. No. VI. ............... F.E. Dorchester, N.S.P.H. 1184 Wroeteershmeinebminishs Columbiar < 2.5.41- -02 ots - 0 ces lee ee ee ee ed H.G. Byrne 1187 Alpine Club of Canada: Third Anniversary — Message from the President....... 1188 HshsanduGamererorecoion in Ontario . 7. . 26... 3. ow ees ee ke ees W. A. 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Toronto, Ont. Herald Building, Montreal, Que. Outer Temple, 223-225 Strand,London, W.C., Eng. 5 Beekman St., Temple Court, New York, NY. Entered Feb. 17, 1908, at the Post Office at Buffalo, N.Y., as second-class matter under act of March 3, roc8 Price 15c¢ a Number, $1.00 4 Year; U.S. Postage 50c Additional; Forsign Postage, 75c Additional. OUR point of view of Motoring is determined by the car you own. Pleasure and comfort are dependent on its year-in-and-year-out reliahility- | Riding in an OLDSMOBILE the machinery is only apparent as an unobtrusive source of power— boundless, yet delightfully responsive. Inevitably the Oldsmobile owner learns to place absolute confidence in his car....and he experiences the real pleasure of motoring. Four Cylinder Cars $3,000 Six Cylinder Cars $4,750 Closed bodies for each chassis. Details sent on request. The Oldsmobile Company of Canada, Limited FREDERICK SAGER, TORONTO. ONTARIO, W. L. STONEBURN, Manager City Sales Mgr. VOL. 10 | : IN CANADA MAY, 1909 EES: GEE? CPR ¢ EE Ss pee Oe ee eo cee <0 cme eo cae s+ armor am ao mmm off Of eee ea ey a eam ar eum emcee NO. 12 The Delights of Georgian Bay Fishing. An Interesting Experience. BY DR. FREDERICK F. HOYER. MMOQOKING back over eighty-seven | (87) years of life, and more than (60) sixty years of professional work, one of the most successful prescrip- tions I have ever used is to send my patients back to Mother Earth, (I de not mean six feet below the surface) to sit on the rocks, ride on the water, and live the out of doors life which brings health to worn out nerves and tired bodies. It is from personal experience I speak, for many, many summers I have spent on Georgian Bay, making my headquarters at Archie Campbell’s fishing lodge on Copperhead Island, where hospitality and good cheer greet the guest oO n approach- ing thelanding. Last sum- mer the fishing was ‘‘unco guid.” I fish- ed early and late, (four o’clock in the morning is none too early for a start, if the wind is right) trying for the mate of ON THE PORCH, COPPERHEAD ISLAND. MRS. HOYER WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED SIXTY- TWO YEARS SPEND THEIR SUMMERS IN THE GEORGIAN BAY DISTRICT. a muscalonge I lost the season be- fore,—now all you boys, old, young, and gay, stop laughing and listen to what I say ! J said the mate to one [ Jost! 1 had caught all kinds of fish that day but ic was muscalonge I was after and when I finally hooked one,I worked to land him. He also did considerable work at his end of the line with the result—he went off with eight feet of my line and my spoon and hooks. Great was my disappointment - for it was the end of the season for me. All winter I thought of the big fellow. Next’ year, my first day out [ directed my guide to the spot where the fish disappear- ed,andremark- ed I had lost a muscalonge there the year before. He immediate- ly said a mus- calonge weigh- ing over forty pounds came ashore with a line and spoon, the date coin- ciding with that of my loss. The next DR. AND ONE DAY’S SPORT NEAR COPPERHEAD ISLAND, GEORGI- AN BAY, DR.F.F. HOYER, AGED 87, AND DAUGHTER. THE OLD DOCTOR'S PRIZE day he brought me the spoon and line. They were mine! The fish was so large that a caretaker of the Island, and brother of my guide, boiled it up and fed it to his sledge dogs—my beauti- ful fish literally went to the dogs, instead of coming in the boat with me where he would have received the honor justly his due. This isone of the vicissitudes of fishing. When I go out for the PETER MONAGUE. CHIPPEWA INDIAN GUIDE, day with my faithful Indian guide, Peter Monague, (who has all the virtues and none of the vices, of a _ thor- ough bred Chippewa Indian) we are al- ways sure of enough bass for our shore dinner. I wish I had space to describe the delights of one of these shore dinners —but that is another story—the bass fried to a crisp brown, served with the Geor- gian Bay appetite for sauce, which goes with the outing. This is pleasant medi- cine for the over-wrought brain workers. The accompanying pictures tell their Own story. CAMPBELL’S FISHING.LODGE, COPPERHEAD ISLAND, GEORGIAN BAY. : se SS ee ISLAND OF NIAGARA, PETER MONAGUE, GUIDE. Not all of my fish run away with the spoon. After a long day spent in fishing coming home weary with the day’s tro- phies, one still has the beautiful stars to look at. They seem to hang low in the heavens, and sometimes the northern lights are visible, called by some the ‘‘merrie dancers.’’ Could Izaak Walton, himself wish for more.? Best of all are the health giving quali- ties of the peaceful occupation indulged in amid such pleasant surroundings. THE DOCTOR’S DAUGHTER. es = 4 a3 *<. % a> OPPOSITE COPPERHEAD ISLAND THE DOCTOR. The days are days of guiet contemplation, varied by successes and failures and the nights those of calm repose, While the Georgian Bay provides a splendid field for those who fish for the fish, it is also a fine place for those with whom the fishing means more than the fish. Al- together the summers on the Georgian Bay are unsurpassed and doubtless many thousands will in the future follow the example of those who now enjoy them. The Philosophy of Life. BY O. E. HROUGHOUT all our lives there T runs a streak of something that makes for trouble, and is for the most part difficult or even impossible of explanation. An inborn cussedness keeps continual- ly cropping to the surface and making things unplesant for us and we don’t know the reason why; a certain perverse- ness seems to exist and to meet us at every turn until we get accustomed to have things go wrong and are surprised if they do not, and a life time of combat- ing adverse circumstances or conditions tends to make one cynical and doubtful of things in general. Theoretically it would seem just as easyto go right as wrong but it is not. Why? To go way back to our boyhood days who does not remember running about the back yard, perhaps ragged and bare- footed, with our piece of bread and but- ter in Our hand for lunch, and who does not remember dropping that bread in the dirt and seeing it always fall butter side down and becoming destroyed? Why? We all know it is true and that the bread always did fall that way and that there is a ‘cussedness’ about it that we can’t explain. Who does not know how impossible it is to light a fire or a pipe when we have only one match in our possession, while if we had a pocket full one would do the trick? This may be due to over anxiety on our part, for fear we will lose the only match and we take too great a pre- caution for its safety, and thereby defeat the end desired; then on the other hand, if we have a supply of matches no mat- ter how careless we are with the first one it will succeed even in a gale of wind and under the most adverse circum- stances. Why? A man will forsake his father and his mother and the pomps and vanities of this wicked world to go fishing and will spend a few days in pursuit of that elusive fish and with varying success and on coming home was never known to tell the truth about his catch. Why? That is pure ‘Devilishness’ on the part of the MOREHOUSE, M. D. man and seems to go naturally with fish- ing the world over. Then again why do all the big fish escape and all the little ones have to be destroyed to get them off our hook? What amateur photographer is there who has not at different times got every- thing ready to take a snap of some fine bit of out-door scenery and just as every- thing was ready have the sun dodge be- hind a cloud and remain there until his patience was exhausted and the chance of the picture gone? Why? ‘Cussedness’ or what? I hada fine opportunity to shoot a deer once—took correct aim—pulled the trigger—and the only cartridge I+ ever saw fail to explode was in that gun— and the deer got away. That same car- tridge was good and went off easily enough when fired ata mark. Cussed- ness again, or was that deer fated not to be killed at that time? In travelling through the woods with a gun On our shoulder we suddenly come to where the road divides on a branch leading home or to the camp and the other going to—God knows where—; both look alike so far as we can judge and it is just-as reasonable to take one as the other—then why is it we always take the wrong one and are compelled to walk five or six times as far as we should to get home? Why? Such thing's or occurrences might be multiplied without number, but these few are sufficient to set one thinking, but we ~ can think and think and what will it avail? The fact remains that a perver- sity exists and that we meet it at every turn. It is useless to fight against it, much better to float with the tide and take things as they come and make believe we are satisfied, so that we can say with James Whitcomb Riley: It a’int no use to grumble nor complain ’Tis just as cheap and easy to rejoice, And when God sorts out the weather and sends rain W’y rain’s my choice. Through the Sub Arctics of Canada. fmiHiE wide interest aroused in the T nothern regions of Canada, and the demand for definite information concerning them, has led to the publica- tion of a new edition of Mr. Tyrrell’s book entitled ‘‘ Through the Sub Arctics of Canada.’”’The publisheris Mr. W.Biggs, of Toronto, who has done his share of the work, equally as well as the author. The joint results are the production of a book likely tolive as long as interest in Canadian exploration remains a feature of our public life. of the publisher we are able to present the cuts used in this article, thus adding ma- terially to the writ- ten description of the book. Mr. Tyrrell, ac- companied by his brother, Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, C. E., D.L. S., of the Canadian Geological Survey, left Ottawa a few years ago to explore what has been known as the Bar- ren Lands of the North West. They had two fine Peterborough cedar canoes, eighteen feet long and cap- able of carrying two thousand pourds each, while weighing only one hundred and twenty pounds. Arrangements hadbeen made to have a nineteen foot basswood canoe, used dur- ing the previous summer, and two men in readiness at Fort McMurray on the Athabasca. River. Four canoemen, three being Iroquois from Caughnawaga, Que., and the fourth, John Flett, from Prince Albert, Sask.,were engaged. Two other men, half breeds, were to meet the party at Fort McMurray. It was intend- ed by these arrangements to include good canoemen and portagers. Great care was taken over the outfit, including a complete set of portable ma- thematical instruments. Supplies were ordered from the Hudson Bay Company at Edmonton with instructions to have Through the courtesy them freighted down the Athabasca River to Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca as early as possible. Finally a start was made on May six- teenth trom North Bay and on arrival at Winnipeg it was found that the canoes had not gone through. This caused fur- ther delay, but at length Edmonton was reached, and with their provisions, which had not been forwarded,the northern trail was taken on May twenty-nineth, the provisions having been sent on two days ahead. The first camp was made on the Height of Land between the Saskatchewan and STARTING OFF ON THE TRAIL. the Athabasca, the yells of the prairie wolves preventing much sleep. It was late in the evening of the following day when Athabasca Landing was reached, the supplies having got in safely a few hours before. Athabasca Landing is a great supply and trading centre for the Hudson Bay Company ‘‘From this place up-stream for about one hundred miles and down for fifteen hundred miles to the Arctic Ocean, this great waterway, excepting at two rapids, is regularly navigated by large river steamers, owned by the Hud- son Bay Company and employed in car- rying supplies for their Posts and the furs which are secured in trade. Because of these two impassable rapids the river is divided into three sections, necessitating 1128 The use of three steamers, one for each section. Goods are transported from one boat to the other over the greater part of the rapids by means of scows, but for a short distance, at the Grand Rapid, by means of a tramway built for the pur- pose.” Advantage was taken of one of these steamers to ship the bulk of the supplies to Fort Chipewyan and the ca- noe journey commenced Mr.J.B. Tyrrell, with two of the Iroquois, Pierre and Michael,had the first canoeand the authorwith the third Iroquois, Louis, ROD AND GUN IN CANADA and Flettftook the second. Nogreatpro- gress was made the first day, but sixty miles were gone over on the second. On the third a moose was obtained and the same even- ing the Grand Rap- id was reached. A detachment of the North-West Mount- ed Police wer ein camp and a pleasant stay was made till the arrival of the steamer and the tranference of the baggage. In the yymeantime the Indi- | ans took the canoes down the rapids safely though again- st the strong advice of the local men. A FOREST OF ANTLERS, Many other rapids were run and at the third one an accident almost filled the ca- noe and wetted all within it. At one place they took a rapid at the worst point with the re- sult that they were carried down a fall. Fortunately the ca- noes were light and they had a_ lucky escape. ‘‘With- out a guide such mistakes will some- times occur in spite of every precaution.” After that, one small rapid completed the series and calm water was enjoyed till Fort McMurray was reached. Here they were met by two men, Jim Corrigal and Francois Maurice, with the third canoe. The entire population at the Fort were in a state of starvation at thetime owing to the delay in the arrival of supplies. These were expected every hour but five days passed before they came. This long delay was caused by the grounding of some of the boats in one of the rapids THROUGH THE SUB ARCTICS OF CANADA, necessitating the ‘removal of the cargoes which had to be carried on shore, the boats freed, lowered past the ob- struction and reloaded. With eight men and three canoes the expedition was complete, and obtaining their supplies they left the Fort the following morning, and two days afterwards reached Fort Chipewyan. The follow- ing quotation of one side of life at this point will prove of interest : ‘‘The staple food for both men and dogs (which latter are important members of the community) is fish, several varieties of which are caught in abundance in the lake close at hand. One or two white- fish, according to size, is the usual allowance for a dog. In the north the dog takes the place which the horse occu- pies in the south, and it is a very interesting sight to see the canine population ot the town, perhaps thirty or forty in all, receiving their daily meal. They are called toget- her by the ringing of a large bell, erected for the purpose at all Hudson Bay Company’s Posts. At the first stroke all dogs within reach spring to their feet and scamper off to the feeding place, where they find a man in charge of their rations. Forming round in acircle, each dog waits for the portion thrown to him, which he at once trots away with to enjoy in some quiet retreat. Occasional snarls and fights take place,but it is astonishing to see how orderly Chipewyan dogs are able to conduct themselves at a common mess.” When they left the Fort a guide nam- ed Moberly accompanied them. In re- packing they found the only article which had suffered from frequent trans-shipment was a chest of tea. This had been broken open and a few pounds lost, but the bal- ance—about sixty pounds—had been gath- 1129 THE AUTHOR IN ESKIMO COSTUME. ered up and put in a flour bag. Although the total outfit amounted to about four thousand pounds it was found that all could be nicely carried in the canoes. On the way to Black Lake, Moberly de- serted, having obtained board for himself and a month’s payment in advance for guiding work he failed to perform. There were some difficult portages in the trip and the men’ did hard work in getting the outfit across. So far they had had 1130 some hints of the way they had travelled but trom this point all was unknown. ‘*On Saturday morning the 8th of July, without guide or map, we commenced our journey into greatuntravelled wilderness.” There was a good breaking in for a begin- ning—a portage two miles long, through the thickets and swamps and over rocky hills. That week the men carried the entire outfit a distance of eight miles over the roughest kind of country,representing a total transport of fifty-six miles or a walk of one hundred and four miles for each man. Six little lakes and as many short portages, were cross- ed in the next couple of days, Wolverine Lake was discovered and its geo- graphical position de- termined. Birch Lake was reached and then ~ ‘*Big’’ Lake, _- as the Indi- | ans called it, but which the explor- ers named SelwynLake and which was careful- ly surveyed. At this camp someIndians attempted to frighten the men with the possible dangers to be found on the route they were following. From this lake they reached the Height of Land, over a portage a mile anda quarter long, the northern end terminating on the shore of another large lake, the level of which was ascertained to be fifteen feet lower than Selwyn Lake. On this portage, the summit of the continent, the flag of Can- ada was securely affixed to the top of a tall,straight tamarack. Easier canoeing was now the rule as A PIONEER OF THE NORTH. (Drawn from life by Arthur Heming.) ROD AND GUN IN CANADA the course was with the current. Daly Lake was crossed, after a delay of a day and and a half by a severestorm, and the Dubawnt (broad, shallow) River was reached. ‘‘Eskers,” or high sand ridges, sixty or seventy feetin height were ob- served. These trended in a north easter- ly and south westerly direction, were quite narrow ontop, and ‘‘so level and uniform that they might well be taken to be the remains of the embankments of ancient railways. Geologists, however, have another theory accounting for their oP ew 0, namely that they were formed by fissures or splits in the ancient gla-_ ciers.”” Many rapids were run on this river, the Wieltiewr jan Pierre guid- ing them in Sar Exeot-y, though the third canoe on one occa- sion received injury. They now passed be- yond the timber belt to a vast rolling, tree- less wilder- ness. While on Barlow Lake, an ex- pansion of the river, they found their meat running low. Just at camping time a moving ob- ject was noticed on a little island out in the lake. Finding it to be a caribou a canoe was manned and a hard chase en- sued when the animal took to the water, the explorers eventually winning, their first meal of venison on the trip be- ing enjoyed that night. The following day they saw immense bands of caribou, the numbers being impossible to estimate as ‘‘they could only be reckoned in acres or square miles.” They obtained a good THROUGH THE SUB ARCTICS OF CANADA supply before the animals scattered and several days were spent in preparing and drying the meat. Inthe meantime Mr. Tyrrell and his brother roamed the hills and viewed and photographed the deer. They ‘‘walked to and fro through the herds causing little more alarm than one would by walking through a herd of cattle in a field. The experience was de- lightful, one never-to-be-forgotten!” At length ‘‘Caribou Camp’’ was left and at Markham Lake a decided change in the climate was noticed. Snow banks were seen on the hills and wet and cold weather experienced although it was only August. Finding a few stunted trees and enjoying acamp fire was now a luxury. Goed catches of fish were obtained. A great frozen lake was encountered and for sev- eral days they were storm bound. Three deer were ob- tained with which to replen- ish the larder. Observations from a hill-top showed open water to the north but not much progress was made be- fore another block occurred. During the night of August eleventh the ice moved off the shore leaving an open chan- nel and on the twelfth the jour- ney was resumed without much obstruction. Several white wolves were seen and numerous little ermines. When landing at nightfall for the purpose of making camp the party were attacked by a pack of huge gray wolves. The leader was shot and the others fled, though they continued howling all night long from the sur- rounding hills. It was not till the eigh- teenth, after days of storm,that they were able to launch on the Lower Dubawnt and that day they saw two musk oxen. The first Eskimo family was met on the nineteenth, and some information as to the route obtained from them. A few reindeer were seen and shot and the sore- ly depleted larder again replenished. The men finding an Eskimo cache were about to break up a Kometic for the purpose of boiling the kettle but fortunately Mr. Tyr- rell saved it, and after repairs it was left where it had been found with a plug of SARCEE BRAVE, 1131 tobacco as a peace offering upon it. Continuing down the river they came to an abundance of drift wood which told them, after some consideration, that they must be near the confluence of some stream flowing through a wooded coun- try. On the twenty-sixth they reached Aberdeen Lake, a fine body of water about forty miles in length. Two days were spent in exploration and Eskimo cairms, raised for no apparent object, were viewed. Nine musk oxen were found late at night and the whole of them were shot. Mr. Tyrrell does not justify this action, of which he confesses he is ashamed and gives the details to show some of the characteristics of these ani— mals. ‘‘I might add that al- though many other opportuni- ties were afforded me during the continuance of my journey, no recurrence was perpetrated or permitted, knowing that I had already overstepped the bounds of truesportsmanship. ” A battle between two of these animals, with a third as referee, is most interestingly described. A way was found out of Ab- erdeen Lake and Schultz Lake reached when the search for an outlet was renewed. Dreary weather followed; the discom- forts increased by the impos- sibility of making a fire. At an Eskimo encampment they were told they were near the mouth of the river and later on another Eskimo village was visited. Baker Lake is seventy miles in length and half that in breadth and the remainder of the road was to some extent known to them. They calculated that they had seven hundred and fifty miles to cover before the close of navigation in order to reach Fort Churchill, a Hudson Bay Company’s Post and the nearest habitation of white men. The situation was explained to the men and every effort made to accelerate the speed but bad weather caused great delays. The exit from Baker Lake was by means of a big river in which at first no current could be observed. Two miles further on they encountered a cur- ROD rent almost approaching a rapid and they concluded that they had reached tide wa- ter though much sooner than they ex- pected. Before long they witnessed the strange phenomenon of a river changing its direction of flow. The following day they were on Ches- terfield Inlet and after paddling for sev- eral days down this arm of the bay they reached the open sea. The start south- ward down the coast of Hudson Bay was made on September 13th and that night they camped twelve miles north of AND GUN IN CANADA Marble Is- land—an Is- land whose round, gla- ciated, rocky ‘hills bear a* very close resem- blance to white mar- ble and isa well-known wintering station for New Eng- land whal- ere. pA:s there were no whalers at the island the party had to stick to the can- oes. In three days they made one hundred miles which upon such an exposed coast they considered good pro- gress. This meant two weeks to rie a@hesoh Churc hill, and by care- fully ration- ing themsel- ves they had only meat enough t o THE CREE HUNTER’S PRIZE, last five or six days. A gale sprang up on the night of the fifteenth, and they were imprisoned on a little sand island, in the mouth of Cor- bet’s Inlet, for a day without fresh water. On leaving the island they had a narrow escape from drowning and for two days were stormbound, the hunting only sup- plying asmall duck and two gulls. The weather continued bad and the provisions became exhausted. A hare and a ptar- migan were procured by Mr. Tyrrell and his brother and several of both by the other men. A bouil- lon was made and greatly aided the men. Next day being still storm bound they only ob- tained five mar- mots. The gale still continued and find- ing that if they stay- ed where they were they wouldbe starv- ed they made a start. Seeing some deer on the shore they had a long and _ unsuccessful hunt and on their return found that with the rapidly falling tide the men had been unable to keep the canoes afloat. The water of the bay was barely visible in the dis- tance—such was the extremely low and flat character of the coast. As it was neces- sary to await the return of the tide the men were sent off and Louis succeeded in shooting a bear. Although the car- cass was poor and the flesh of the polar bear is famed for its rankness ‘‘we would not have exchanged it at that time for its weight in silver.’’ Moss was found and a good deal of bear meat boiled. Five days they were stormbound, during which time, in addition to other discom- forts, Mr. Tyrrell suffered from poison- ing by partaking too freely of fried liver —polar bear’s liver being considered poisonous by both the Eskimos and the northern whalers. When travel was resumed on October fourth, winter had set in. After a long portage to meet the tide and with the most strenuous exertions no more than ten miles were made that day. On the following day it was noon before the canoes could be floated and then ice and a strong head wind forced them to shore atter making a mile or two. Theyhad been three weeks.on the coast and were at least two hundred and fifty miles from Fort Churchill. It was decided to aban- don everything except notebooks photo- graphs, plant collection, rifles, blankets THE MOOSE CALF AND ITS CAPTORS. andtwo light canoes, ‘“‘and with theincreas- ed force in them to travel for our lives.”’ The cache was made and eight dreary days passed, six in battling with the ele- ments and two in lying stormbound in the tents. Cold, lack of food and dysen- try caused the explorers mutch suffering. On October fourteenth, in order to clear the ice, they had to go so far out as to lose sight of land. With the canoes leaking badly and the weather bitterly cold they had to remain out all night. It was thirty hours before they effected a landing. Fortunately they found some drift wood with which they soon made a fire and prepared a hot meal. On the previous day a seal, the only one procur- ed on the trip, was shot. They noticed dark clumps of spruce trees and knewthey must be near Churchill. Walking overland was now the only alternative and Jim and John, who volun- teered, set out to the Fort with the idea of bringing back a relief party. Camp was made in a thick grove of spruce trees and a much needed rest taken. The two men on foot reached the Fort after a hard two day’s tramp, the distance being about thirty miles, and with a rescue party,with dog teams and provisions the whole of the men were transferred to the Fort, though several were quite done up, 1134 and Michel, whose feet had been badly frozen, was in a particularly bad state. After thorough discussion with those in charge of the Fort and the mission it was decided to proceed southward on foot, and on November sixth, after a stay of seventeen days at the Fort, a start was made. A sled, twelve feet long and a foot and a half wide with a team of Es- kimo dogs, carried the outfit. The party consisted of ten persons. Three flat sleds or toboggans hauled by the men carried their own dunnage. Michel was carried on one of the Hudson Bay Com- pany’s sleds. About twenty-one miles was made the first day though Mr. Tyrrell suffered much from lameness. On the second day out the guide shot a deer and the third day no less than eight were taken. Several of the best haunches were taken and the rest of the meat was cach- ed in order that the Compan’y servants might take it back to the Fort on their return. Three more deer were shot, making a total of twelve for the trip, most of them falling to the Indian guide. On November eleventh the parties sep- arated, the Company’s servants going to the east while the explorers kept south. On the Nelson river the provisions were again exhausted and ten dreary days of waiting would have caused much suffer- ing had it not been for the success of the Indian guide in securing a deer. A fox was trapped and devoured. At length, after almost superhuman exertions and many failures, the Nelson was crossed by means of a large boat which had been left on the river, and nineteen days after leaving Churchill the party arrived at York. The next stage was Oxford House and after four days of preparation a start was made on this twelve day trip. Very cold weather was experienced. ‘‘Our meals, after being prepared, were served upon the hot pan to keep them warm while eating, but even so they were sometimes frozen to the pan before they could be disposed of.”’ On the last few miles Mr. Tyrrell’s brother fell behind owing to lameness and the author keeping him company they had a bad experience. Dark- ness had fallen but the guides knew they were near and kept on. Fearful of losing the trail the brothers only kept up- ROD AND GUN IN CANADA on it by going down on their hands and knees. Fortunately this was not pro- longed and passing through a narrow strip of woods they saw the ligne of Oxford House. Six days’ further tramp, with the ther- mometer in the neghborheod of forty below zero brought the party to Norway House, situated at the northern extremi- ty of Lake Winnipeg. From this point the brothers travelled in carryalls, drawn by teams of strong dogs,to West Selkirk, four hundred miles. The western men were sent home, Michel had been left at York Factory and only the two Iroquois, Pierre and Louis still accompanied the explorers. An average of forty miles per day was made with these good dogs.The two Iroquois gave out before the journey was over but arrangements were made to procure them positions on sleighs. The notable canoe and snowshoe jour- ney of three thousand, two hundred miles finished on the evening of January first, 1904, and thirteen hundred miles more of journey by rail ended an expedition which took eight months. In a concluding chapter, Hudson Bay, a National Asset,is discussed and itsvalue and advantages pointed out. There are many historical and personal touches throughout the book, largely increasing its value, and to those fond of travel nar- rative, toldin a plain and unassuming style but with a directness all its own, the book must appeal. Asa record of Can- adian exploration, undertaken and car- ried through under difficulties sufficient to appal the stoutest hearts, the re- cord will long remain as a testimony to the daring, resourcefulness, and stamina of Canadian explorers. At the present time when surveys for a railway to Hudson Bay are being made and an additional outlet thus secured for our western crop, Mr. Tynell’s forecast of this developement, made as the result of knowledge and careful study, is full of interest. Two appendices—one containing a classified list of plants and the second an Eskimo vocabulary of words and - phrases, together with an index, maps and fine illustrations, made the book a valuable one to students, as well as in- teresting to the general reader. A Cattle Ranch Tragedy BY. Aj-.D. @ Canadian Cattle King once import- ed a Mexican bull to breed up his herds. The animal looked gigan- tic among the steers and other bulls which grazed over the forest range, and it soon developed that his superior im- plements of bull warfare won for him not only a clean sweep of his own range but also free intruding privileges into all adjoining territory. Every cow-puncher ia the country watched the big brute’s _ sovereignty expand with growing inter- est. At the end of a month he was lord of all he surveyed, which, because of the untiring spirit of his wanderlust,embodied a stretch of land comprising some five different ranges. He seemed to divide his time equally among these, his five subjected states, and as he had fought victoriously each of the male proprietors native to the different ranches, his wan- derings were unmolested. But the owner of the Mexican bull did not import that animal as a_ knight- errant, nor did he care to use him in the arena! So to curb the brute’s insatiable beliggerence he had him rounded up one day,—and it took every cow-puncher on the range to saw off his formidable instruments of warfare. Pictures where- in fire is represented to be emanating from a bull’s nostrils, are popularly be- lieved to be mythological, but if it wasn’t fire which blew from that creat- ure’s nose when they were doing the job, then that animal must have been a sight ventriloquist. It was the nearest ap- proximation to the bulls of Hades one would care particularly about seeing. When he was liberated again, we still unanimously conceded his soverei- gnty by generously keeping our distance and he plunged off, with head lowered, bellowing loudly into the woods. I was interested in that Mexican, and, waving farewell to the bunch, hit the breeze down the trail in the direction the bull had taken. My pinto was fast and soon overtook him. He had stopped running and was striding along at a nervous rate, his head still way down and a low, grum- bling sound emanating from his throat. CONGER Somehow my imagination said there was a tragedy approaching; and I follow- ed on, expectant, half-fearful. It came abruptly.. Through the woods I heard an answering bellow. The Mexican’s fur rose straight on his spine, as he renewed and renewed again the challenge, and his roar fairly rent the earth. ‘‘Good Lord,” I ejaculated, con- fiding to my pinto, ‘the doesn’t know what we did to him, he thinks he still has his horns’. The other bull came slowly through the woods towards the challenging Mexican. At sight I recognised him a Texan, and one of the Mexican’s oldest and most formidable enemies. In the accustomed way they went through the preliminaries of battle, and my pony trembled from nose to tail as the terrible thundering curdled from their throats. Their tails switched the air, their huge hoofs hurled quantities of dust and earth upon their backs. Slowly, with a slug- gish reserve of brute passion, they drew near one another,—the Mexican with the same old self confidence and careless bravado instilled in him from never hav- ing known defeat, the Texan, careful, full of nervous virility, yet agressive and angered to a horrible rage by his old-time enemy. Within eight feet of each other they charged. There was a dull thud only as their heads met: no clash of antlers, no boxing, no feigning, or pinning of horns to the earth,—enly the impact of two massive heads, temple to temple, eyes to eyes. Without sound the long prongs of the Texan had buried deep into the thick virile neck of the Mexican. For an instant the latter stood tense, motion- less. Then his whole, huge frame seemed to quiver violently, as slowly he withdrew from the charge. Stabbed, bleeding and terror-stricken, he backed cautiously away,—tail between his legs and neck muscles lax in token of defeat. The Texan did not flank him as he turn- ed and strode slouchingly into the cover of the forest. A week later we ran across him. The 1136 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA fight had all gone out of him and a monarch who had been bereft of his he wandered about alone in the recesses crown. The bull fully realized his im- of the woods. It was like the case of potency with the loss of his horns. / Avian Migrants It is estimated that thirty million Canadian-born birds of all kinds fly to the South ingAutumn and twelve million return each Spring. Over eight million perish annually on the route. BY CHARLES EVERETT COLGROVE In the South the assembly call Echoes like trump in Burgher’s hall. At limpid stream and sapling tall The Avian’s voices rise and fall Like hearts with tempests tossed. With pinions wide the myriads ride, Swarm and swirl and dart and glide, Crested lord and downy bride, Sailing in space, a living tide, Bound for their land of birth. Up, up into the blue they fly. Testing the scent of northern buds, Reeling in dreams of pleasures to come, Planning a trail o’er forest and floods— Up in the sky so high. Meeting their friends and neighbors too, Trying their wings and tendons true, Warbling their song in sun and dew, Feathers of bright and dusky hue Gathering for love’s long trail. Lost is their memory of leagues and leagues Flown in dark nights of storm and hail On the line from the land of love, O’er mast and sea and spire and dale Where danger and death abound. Gather the bands, gather the clans, Twitter and sing and honk and cry, From Castro’s land to the border line, From hill and stream to the North they hie,— ’'T is Spring! They are coming now. Losing A Moose-head After a Hard Trail. BY NIMROD THE TRAPPER FesOME years ago I made a trip iS) through the Caribou district of British Columbia and incidentally had a grand moose hunt on the famous Fraser River. I travelled from Ashcroft, a town on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, to Barkersville,a distance of two hundredand sixty miles. This was then the end of the stage road to the once noted placer diggings. So far I had saddle and pack horses. At Barkersville I found old timers, left from the rush in the early sixties, who could not be induced to leave that place, which, so far as they are concerned, means their world. After resting there for a few days I started to make my way to the Fraser River over what is called the Goat River trail. The first day’s travel, about twen- ty miles, to Bear Lake, was very fair, but after that I had to chop the greater portion of the way, as there had not been a horse over the trail for twenty- eight years. Cutting through fallen timber, bridging swollen streams and corduroy mud-holes took up fifteen days to make the eighty miles. Some readers living in the east may form a small idea from this short des- cription of the difficulties and trials we have to undergo in prospecting. After looking over the country and seeing lots of game such as bear, caribou, deer, moose and smaller game I ran across the largest moose track I had ever seen. As the track was fresh I decided to fol- low it. The first day’s travel was inacircle from where I started and then the animal swam the Fraser River. Next morning bright and early I followed it over, crossing in my canvass canoe. With enough grub on my back for a week,and with my two little companions, I started again, following the tracks through swamps and mire, over rocky ridges, through underbrush and across small streams aud other difficulties. At times the tracks were undecipherable and then I had to depend on the scent of my two little dogs. For three long days I followed up those tracks without catching sight of the moose. Just before sunset on the third day I managed, with the aid of my glass, to get a good view of him. At the time ! caught sight of him he was on a bold ridge about a mile away. Heap peared all uncouscious of danger, not knowing that old “death shot” was on his trail, That night I camped under a_ spruce tree and not daring to make a fire, dined on cold bannocks, washing them down with cold water. I was up and doing with the first streak of light, and work- ing my way round the ridge I speedily discovered his tracks leading down to the Smokey River. By making a circle I came upon him feeding in a small swamp about six hundred yards from me. As after ali my troubleI dared not risk disturbing him by getting any nearer I took a long chance of hitting him at that distance. Gauging my sight as well as I could I took careful aim, trying to hit him just behind the fore leg. At the first shot he gave a jump showing he was hit, and starting off broadside to me. Although I sent four more shots after him he got out of sight in the thick bush. Going down to where he had disap- peared I found it easy to trace him. Blood was flowing freely and it was not long before I came upon him dead. I found that four bullets out of the five had taken effect upom him. I felt very proud of these results, seeing the distan- ces from which the bullets had been fired. The moose wasa monster and ap- peared to be as old as thehills. After skinning the head and taking off the meat ready to send it away, I built a raft out of some dry cedar, with the in- tention of rafting down the Smokey River to where it enters the Fraser,from which point it was not far to my camp. I did not know what the river was like but took chances, as about four hours on the river would save me three days 1138 walking. Placing the moose head on the raft and then my dogs I stepped aboard. For the first two hours all went well. Then we got into some rapids which proved a little too swift for us. The raft ran on a rock and then over we went into the ice cold stream. By ROD AND GUN IN CANADA great good luck | got ashore with my rifle, my two dogs managing to scramble out ahead of me. As for the moosehead that I had trav- elled tour days to obtain, it went on down the river, and for all I know it may be going yet. SOME OF OUR TROPHIES. Wolf Hunting [OLF hunting is a fine winter sport in Manitoba and anumber of sports- men indulge in this healthy and vigorous pastime, The above illustration shows only a portion of the results of a three week’s hunting trip in the Riding mountains bya party of Winnipeg sportsmen. The two hounds ‘‘Diana” and “Tony,” are old hunters and caught several wolves,tearing the skins so badly as to ruin them before they could be call. in Manitoba. ed off. Thirteen welves, nine foxes and one otter were killed on the whole trip, The ‘‘Teddy bear” seen in the picture was also captured in the same district. The hunters who achieved these suc- cesses are F. M. Conerston, manager Pigott’s livery, owner of the dogs and trophies, in the centre ; W. Alexander to the left and J. McLeod Holiday to the right; all of Winnipeg. ' ty — ALONG OUR ROUTE, B. C. COAST. A Sporting Imp on the British Columbia Coast. BY R. K. SCARLETT. N all this wide world I doubt if you will find a more ideal country to hunt in than our far-famed Province of British Columbia, I was born and rais- ed in the Highlands of Ontario, the Mus- koka district, in the thriving town of Huntsville, which I believe is considered by many the central point of as good hunting grounds as can be found in Eastern Canada. I have also hunted game in Cape Breton, but for real sport and plenty of it there is to my mind one place far superior to all others, and that is in this western province ot British Columbia. There may be at some points more game than at others but you are sure to be well rewarded for time spent no matter where you make camp. To be sure you will meet with many obstacles such as mountainous territory and thick underbrush but these are only to be ex- pected in good game countries. One can alight at any point along the Cana- dian Pacific Railway through this Pro- vince and find himself in close proximity to big and small game and thrown in with this are game fish of many species. I have had but little time for hunting expeditions on the coast but being for- tunate enough to be the owner of a good, comfortable yacht have laid work aside on several occasions long enough to take arunupthe coast ashort distance to spend a day or twoshooting and fishing. On November 21st last, along with Messrs. Herb Edwards, Arthur Edwards, Max Le Cappellain, Frank Lalonde, Howard Montellius and R. F. Ohlin, all of Vancouver, I made a trip two hund- red miles up the coast of British Colum- bia in the good, staunch launch Beaver, which is named after the first steam- propelled vessel to ply on the Pacific Ocean. Captain Fraser, well known in these parts,was in command and W. Burmister was our engineer, anda good, jolly, interesting team of officers they were. Our trip lasted eight days and to say we had a good timeis putting it very mildly. We wanted an outing and we had it. There was no necessity for steaming so far, but as our launch was fast and more comfortable than most of its kind we did not mind. There is just as good hunt- ing to be found within a few hours of Vancouver. All was rustle and bustle on the day 1140 set for our departure. Express wagons were arriving every hour at the dock where the Beaver was moored with pro- visions, arms and ali the equipment necessary for a trip such as that in view. The only excitement of our preparation over our ‘‘medicine” chest. necessary item had been placed in the hands Of ‘‘Montey,”’ (H. Montellius) but some misunderstanding as_ to the emedies were to be delivered caused a lot of anxiety. With this aboard all hands heaved a sigh of relief. With everything apparently in order the party disperse? till the starting hour, which was set 0r seven p. m. Prom- ptly at the ap- pointed time all were aboard. A stiff wind was blowing which kicked up a big sea and the skipper ordered our stores stow- ed more com- pact while he went on deck and lashed the canoes, of which we carried three and a life-boat, to make sure these would not be washed over- board when we got outside the harbor. With the booming of the nine o’clock gun, which is stationed on Brocton Point at the entrance to the harbor, we cast off. We made excellent time with a fair wind and fol- lowing sea until we commenced to cross the mouth of H oe Sound. T he tide running out day was This very place ourr HEAD OF LOUGHBOROUGH INLET, B. C. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA and the sea rolling ia made it very inter- esting, tossing us about in no mild man- ner. Owing tothe dense darkness o the night, which prevented our skipper from seeing any distance ahead, and our several narrow escapes from Striking logs, of which there were quite anumbe adrift, he decided to anchor til] daylight at Snug Cove, about fifteen miles from Vancouver. Two of our company did not take very kindly to the first part of our voyage but managed [to keep their last meal eaten ashore down with diffi- culty, and once in smooth water they soon recovered. All hands were tired and as the time was ten-fifteen, it was decided to turn in. Aftera heat- ed discussion it was agreed to match for the choice of berths. ‘‘Herb”’ handled the coin and of course won the best. This over, blankets were spread andafter Frank poured tea, lights were ordered out and in avery short time a snoring chorus was in full swing—at least that is what the Cap- tain said for I was accom- panying the rest. The vibration of the engines woke us next morning, the skipper having weighed an - chor at six thirty-five and proceeded on our way. The wind of the night before was still blow- ing a good pace COAST A SPORTING TRIP ON THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST and the water was very rough. The Beaver was directed to the most sheltered course but itwas onlya short time be- fore we had torun right out into the open Gulf of Georgia. The heavy swell made it interesting for the cooks (Max assisted by ‘‘Herb”) getting breakfast. Howard, Frank and friend Ohlin were making faces at each other and smiling inasickly manner at the rest of the bunch. But they ,~—- were game and everybody par- took ofthebacon and eggs and slap jacks with the exception of Montey. Poor boy he was even compelled to loosen his hold on the big sup- per of the even- ing before. On several occas- ions the dishes on the _ table came near being strewn on the cabin floor. A good run was made all day heading about due north and many other craft were pass- ed. Two moun- tain goats and one deer were sighted during the day. The Euclataw Rap- ids were reached aboat seven p. m. and it was so dark ome could hardly see the bow of the boat. But as it was about low tide the captain decided to venture through. It was my first trip through this dangerous passage and my only regret was that it was not daylight. I expected an exciting trip and was not disappointed. The distance through is about four miles and we shot along at full speed at a rate of eighteen or twenty miles an hour. First it was starboard and then it would be hard-a-port and vice NEAR HEAD OF LOUGHBOROUGH INLET. GLACIER IN THE DISTANCE. 1141 versa. Pitching and plunging and sway- ing on our beam ends we were swept along. The phosphorous spray flew out foryards on either side and sparkling brilliantly were the lights from the cabin windows as they shone on the waters. It reminded one very much of some fire- work displays. Never in my life had I seen so much phosphorous in the water. About half way through to add to our excitement _ we hit a big log which shook the staunch craft from stem to stern. A short distance below this the engine signal ‘full speed as- tern” brought us to attention and another bump told us we in trouble again. The Beaver was in the midst ot a field of drift- ing timber and was being cCar- ried round and round in an ed- dy, which in the terrible dark- ness was very trying. Captain, however, mana- gedto work out, and the balance of the trip through the rapids was made under ‘slow bell. By this time we had sufficient of the perils of travelling on adark night through a dangerous rapid which was hemmed on both sides by huge mountains, thousands of feet high, and when it was announced we were through and going to tie up for the night at Shoal Bay a sigh of relief was heard. Our skipper intormed me he would never venture through the Euclataw with the tide running the opposite way, at night, but as it was near low and the tide running out it was not quite so dangerous 1142 as when the tide was flooding. The captain on another occasion when we were discus- sing this passage,informed me that he had passed through the rapid on large vessels and had seen huge logs and timbers swirling about in the eddies, stand right on end and sucked down by the ‘current to come up no one knew where. The Beaver tied up about eight o’clock alongside a float at Shoal Bay, which is one of the largest logging camps in Brit- ish Columbia. After a smoke and a chat, centering pprincipaily upon the doings of the morrow, which was to be our first day of shooting, we turned to for another snooze. November twenty-third, our second day out, was not very promising. A heavy rain was falling and a nasty east wind blowing. The evening before we had decided to run into Jackson’s Bay, which lay about twenty miles further north, for a day’s shoot with the ducks and geese. It was eight o’clock by the time we left Shoal Bay. Breakfast over, the guns were looked after, waders, oil- skins and sou-westers were donned and every preparation made for the bombard- ment of the flats at the head of Jackson’s Bay. Those first to get into their hunt- ing togs went on deck and plugged away at every duck which came within range anda lot that aid not get with- in range. Max winged one duck which was passing Over us andit had no sooner dropped in the water in our wake than a large white-headed eagle, which are very numerous in these parts, swooped down, picked up the crippled bird and flew off tothe mountains. We arrived at Jackson's Bay about ten forty-five and anchored well out to- watds the mouth. From the Beaver we could see hundreds of duck and all were anxious to get away. The canoes were launched anda quick start made. Arthur and Max formed partners while Herb and Frank decided to paddle together _ Bill, the engineer and myself had become rather chummy and took the other canoe. Howard and friend Ohlin took the boat and went ashore with the rifles for deer, but the underbrush was so dense they had to return to the Beaver. The three canoes spread out and started for the headof the Bay. The ducks took to flight passing well over ROD AND GUN IN CANADA head as we worked towards them. We all managed to get some. With all hands aboard again about two-thirty the different bags were counted and it was found Bill and myself had made the record for the first shoot. Our luck for the remainder of the day was not up to expectations. Herb and Arthur, who had paddled about three miles around to another bay, ran into a flock of mallards which placed them in _ the lead for the best luck of the day. It was de- cided to remain another day here but this was a mistake as our bombardment of the first day had frightened most of the ducks from these grounds. After lunch on the third day, upon Bill’s recommendation, we decided to run to the head of Loughborough Inlet, which was about fifty miles further on. Bill assured us we would get plenty ot geese and duck, and for our two big game hunters, Howard and Ohlin, plenty of bear. Owing to our late startandthe dense blackness of the night we only got as tar as Beaver Creek about twenty miles from our goal. Here we had some trouble getting good anchorage. A hand- logger, anold timer on the coast, who lived here,came aboard and enlivened the evening’s program. With Frank picking away ona mandolin and others in the party singing many ahappy hour was passed. The music was interspersed with reminisences of other days. Among those related our skipper’s were the most interesting. But our guest, the hand- logger,James Hasam by name, who hails from Waterloo, Ontario, not very far distant from the home of ‘‘Rod and Gun,” ran hima close second. Jim had just returned from his annual trip to Van- couver a few days before and had not fully recovered from the effects of his stay iu civilization. After our physi- cian had perscribed for him several times Jim broke out and I regret very much that space is too limited to give some of his experiences, for they certainly were both interesting and very amusing. Per- haps I may be able at some future time to give some of them in readable form. It was late when our guest had departed and we quickly rolled in our blankets and went to sleep. Our fourth day out broke beautiful and | A GOOD BAG, BUT WHEN SHARED WITH RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, NOT MANY LEFT FOR THE HUNTERS. clear and at sunrise we left Beaver Creek for the head of Loughborough In- let. The sky was as clear and blue as ever it was and the sun shone brilliantly. Hemmed in as we were on all sides by high snow-capped peaks the scenery was sublime. It would be simply impossible to attempt to describe its beauties. Every reader knows of the grandeur of British Columbia’s scenery but this inlet seemed on this occasion to be the grandest of the grand. We arrived at the head of the inlet about nine-fifteen and were soon matched for the day and a start made. Bill and I stuck together and lead the others on the way to a marsh at the ex- treme head where quite a large stream emptied into the inlet. Bill and I got out of the canoe and stationed ourselves in the long, marshy grass while the oth- ers paddled up the stream. Here is where we used the better judgement for the other boys scared up the game which flew down and right over us. I shet my first wild goose here. Bill also got one. The flight of geese was soon over and my partner and myself started back and went up a small bay which was pass- ed on the way up the Beaver. I never saw so many duck. as we en- countered here. It was a very open place to approach but a fine marsh to shoot from. As we drew near they rose by the hundred. After landing, the fun immediately commenced. With the boys shooting over the marsh we had just left, the birds flocked back to where we were and by long odds the record for the whole trip was made that morning. Had wehad a dog our bag would have been almost doubled for both of us lost nearly as many as we picked up-__‘It was not long before our ammunition ran out and back to the Beaver we went for mere. Arriving there we found Art and Frank who had gone out together earlier, changing from wet to dry clothes. Frank had hada very narrow escape from being drowned. Both were accus- tomed to a canoe and put too much con- fidence in their ability to handle one. Frank to rest his cramped limbs was sit- ting on the thwarts with his legs out- stretched in front when Art half turrmed around to shoot into a flock of ducks coming up behindthem. The recoil of his gun was enough to precipitate Frank into the water and half fillthe canoe be- fore he could get his gun from his shoulder, The water rushed to his end and he had to make a quick shuffle to get amidships and prevent the canee from 1144 filling. They were a short distance up the river where they had gone in the morning and the current was very swift. Frank was handicapped with his gun, which he managed to hold tight, and also his heavy rubber boots, and by the time his partner had got his bearings, was out of reach. Arthur, however, manag- ed to work the canoe down to him and while he paddled hard for shore the un- lucky hunter hung on tothe stern of the canoe. Hewas almost overcome when dragged out of the icy water. After the boys had changed and all had something to eatthe four of us went back to where Bill and yours truly had met with such excellent luck. We ar- rived before the evening flight and were well rewarded. Both canoes managed to get several geeSe and many duck. We again felt the want of good dogs as we lost numerous geese and duck. All re- turned to the Beaver after dark but good old Bill and myself were far ahead on the quantity of game bagged. Howard and his partner Ohlin, here, as at Jackson’s Bay, went ashore for big game but re- turned reporting no luck. Much evidence of grizzly bear were found and some of the tracks were fresh that morning. Dog salmon were running in the river at the time and hundreds of them were strewn along the banks of the stream. It was upon these the bear were feeding. Such good luck persuaded us to remain another day but again we were disap- pointed for as at Jackson’s Bay the birds had been too badly frightened to return so soon, Our second day at the head of Lough- borough Inlet was also ideal. It was quite evidect we were only losing time by putting in more than one day at any one place. Had we been less in number probably such a course would have been allright, but for seyenor eight of us shooting it was too much. The bear hunters had made such good resolutions the night before,and did not venture in the bush. The sight of such large tracks the morning previous had a bad effect on them and the rest of the party gave them the laugh. Montey remained aboard while friend Ohlin joined our duck-shoot- ing party. ; With the close of our fifth day out and everybody aboard by seven p. m. we ROD AND GUN IN CANADA got underway to return as far as Nelson Island which lies within fifty miles of Vancouver. We had previously made up our minds to try Nelson Island for deer. The tide being in our favor we made excellent time as far as Shoal Bay at which point we stopped up on our way north. Our skipper tied up at this place, again intending to navigate the Euclataw rapids with plenty of light. At daylight the start was made and with the last of the flood tide we ran the Euclataw again. With good light to see to navigate our secondtrip was not such a hair-raising experience. There was plenty of drift- wood circling about in the swirling wat- ers which was given a wide berth and the passage was made without mishap. I had the Captain promise to wake me early so I would be able to see for my- self what a dangerous and exciting pas- sage the Euclataw Rapids were and I| can assure your readers itis a trip worth while. . Running under full power we arrived at Nelson Island at four that afternoon. We anchored close to a party of hunters from New Westminster, who reached the same place that day at noon, only four hours before us, and in that short time had shot four good sized bucks. This greatly encouraged us and several of the party took rifles and proceeded ashore. We were doomed to disappoint- ment for not one of us got within good range of a deer. We had to have some venison how- ° ever and I was selected, as the only one having the most nerve to go and ask our New Westminster friends for some of theirs. They very generously res- ponded by cutting off a hind quarter and presenting it to us. Venison steak we had for our evening meal and the re- mainder was used to make a good mulli- gan stew which lasted us till we reached home. Saturday, our last day hunting, was not so successful as we expected. There were plenty of deer on the island but they had been hunted so much it was very hard to get within range. We managed however, to bring down three. Bill and I shared in the honors. On both nights put in at Nelson Island, shooting could be heard in several direc- A SPORTING TRIP ON THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST tions. In fact we could see from the Beaver that pit light hunters were num- erous. Uutil game wardens along the coast are furnished with fast launches it will be impossible to stop this unsports- manly method of hunting. Sunday morning late we started for home. As the weather was mild no homesickness affected any of our party. On the way we sighted several whales one of which came within easy reach of rifles. Five of us stood on deck and on one occasion when Mr. Whale appeareu on the surface we pumped a lot of hot lead into him. Witha mighty plunge, and lashing the water into white foam, he went down only to appear afew mom- ments later crossing our bow a few yards ahead. He was evidently greatly en- raged and whether or not he attempted to come at us we do not know. The Captain ordered us to shoot at no more 1145 whale which was quite unnecessary as we were all thoroughly convinced it was bad business. The whale would measure about seventy feet in length and had it come in contact with the Beaver I doubt very much if this story would have been related. We reached home in good time Sunday night after being away exactly eight days and ended the first of what | we pro- nose making an annual event. One of the illustrations shown herewith might suggest we were game hogs but by the time we had shared with friends and relatives at home there were not many left for any of us. We bagged in all one hundred and thirty seven duck, nine wild geese and three deer. The duck were principally mallard and butter-balls, the latter, though smaller, I believe were the better eating and were very plentiful. Memories. BY H. P. LEONARD. My old muzzle loader’s day is done, My sight is no longer true, While the young folks roam the wildwood, I note all the changes new. Where once! followed the elk and moose From dawn until shades of night, They’ve adopted another method And claim that it is all right ; They go togged in the latest fashion With guns all inlaid with gold, Start to hunt in an automobile With chefs and supplies untold, They sit on a pneumatic cushion, While keepers drive up the game, Then blaze away in volleys At deer which are almost tame. Not any of them could tell a moose track From some cows, astray from home ; They smoke cigarettes —not tobacco— Would get lost if left alone. It may be they are real hunters— They are seen at each Sportsmen’s Show ; But if they are the real goods, What was I ? That’s what I want to know. Exploring Northern Ontario. BY JAMES DICKSON oO. L. S. EING assured that former papers [3 of mine relating to canoeing experi- ences and travels have been of in- terest to the readers of ‘‘Rod and Gun,” and believing there are many who would like to know all they possibly can of the highways and byways of Northern Ontario I submit an account of another season’s outing in that great northern territory. Now that the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific is an assured fact in the near future it would be a misnomer to apply the term ‘‘hinterland” to the large northern section of the Province. The term ‘‘midland’’ will soon be much more appropriate. So far as Ontario is con- cerned almost every foot of the track has been located and mapped. At present large gangs ot mea are at work preparing the roadbed for those ribbons of steel which are to form a furtherconnecting link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway will be connected with the lines in a few months and I believe it is only a question of a few years before the rock- bound shores of James’ Bay will re-echo to the whistle of the locomotive. There are many residents of Ontario, still in the full vigor of manhood, who can recall the time when the building of the Grand Trunk Railway was looked upon by those, who were rightly regard- ed as by no means the least intelligent,as a visionary scheme. Similar pessimistic views were enter- tained of all our early railway enter- prises. The traffic of the great lakes was to be curtailed, that of the inland waters completely wiped out and horses, it was declared, would soon be a drug on the market. How different have been the results! Trade on nearly all our waterways has expanded just as rapidly as railway mileage has increased and the agriculturist has no safer invest- ment today than the breeding of good horses. It is now a quarter of a century ago that the east and the west were linked to- gether by the Canadian Pacific Railway ; and extensive and widespread as have been its ramifications it has never been able to keep pace with the growing needs of the country in the matter of transpor- tation. The Canadian Northern has done something to assist in this work but both together have failed to keep abreast of the growing needs of the country. Ere the new transcontinental can be complet- ed the expanding industries of the coun- try will be calling for yet another one. In crossing Ontario the new transcon- tinental will pass over many miles of bar- ren country though not nearly so many as the Canadian Pacific had to do in its pioneer days. Even now from Chelms- ford, a few miles west of Sudbury, to the western boundary of Ontario, the country, from an agricultural point of view, is only a forbidding wilderness. Netwith- standing the many rich ores that are be- ing worked within the Province the min- eral riches of Ontario are still an unknown quantity. Along the watersheds, or what might not inaptly be called the backbone of On- tario, whence the numerous streams branch out like so many ribs, expanding into large rivers and wending their sever- al ways north or south to the ocean, there are stretches of country known as the mineral belt extending westerly all across), the Province. Inthe clefts and gullies of the frowning mountains lie those hid- den riches, the possession of which the average man so keenly desires and for which he will undergo all sorts of peril and hardships. Immediately north of the mineral belt is the great clay belt, the northern limit of which has not yet been defined. This great belt is being traversed longitudin- ally by the new transcontinental and transversly by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, which starts from North Bay and will probably find its terminus on the shores of James Bay. The latter railway was the pioneer in opening up that part of New Ontario. The contractors for the line plunged right into the heart of an uninhabited wilderness in advance of all settlement and opened a sae. L ta EXPLORING NORTHERN ONTARIO section of the country which but for the advent of the iron horse would have re- mained the home of Indians and wild animals for generations to come. The wisdom of the undertaking has been clearly demonstrated from the fact that it is already yielding a larger net revenue per mile than any other railway in Canada. “We were delayed at Metagami Siding on the Canadian Pacific Railway for four days awaiting the arrival of men and supplies. It was the twelfth of July ere with five men and three well laden canoes I was able to make a start up the Spanish River. From that date till the twenty- fifth we traversed a route described in a former article, and it is needless to in- flict upon the reader a further description of the same country, contenting myself with relating a few incidents of the jour- ney. Just before making the first portage on the Lost Channel a massive head, sur- mounted by a huge pair of velvet coated antlers was observed moving around in the water. As soon as the keen and ever watchful eyes descried our party the owner of the horns headed for the shore, and we saw a noble moose stalk leisurely into the thick woods. That night we camped on the Dam Portage and at dusk had a good look at two more huge forms taking their evening stroll knee deep inthe water—a scant two hundred yards from and in full view of our camp fire. Talk of moose being wild—pshaw ! Next day we had a passing glimpse of ared deer. He had sail set to catch the breeze and was hoofing it up a hill at a stance of some five or six hundred yards. Evidently he felt that to remain near us might not result in any advantage to himself; or perhaps he had some previ- ous acquaintance with the long range rifle. Wealsosaw a lynx but he dis- dained to be disturbed by the mere pres- ence of men and sat quietly on a log watching us tilla bend in the river hid him from sight. At the head of the tortuous stream which forms the headwaters of this part of the Spanish River we found the carcass of a young cow moose. The body was stretched by the side of the water and there was not a scratch upon it except where the one bullet had entered. The 1147 moose had been a beautiful animal, fully sixteen hands high, and must have been brought down from a distance of thirty or fourty feet, falling dead in her traeks. The shooting could not have occurred more than a day or two before as the carcass was just beginning to taint the atmosphere. It was a case of wanton slaughter, and the miscreant who did the deed has no doubt boasted that he killed a moose. It is a pity he could not have been caught and made to suffer for the misdeed. We succeeded in getting everything across the first Height of Land portage into Perch Lake and had our camp for Sunday pitched ona nice open spot in good time on Saturday afternoon. Barely had we taken our goods away from the landing when a flotilla of large and deeply ladened canoes, freighted with supplies for the transcontinental railway, and in charge of Mr. S., arrived on the the scene. We had seen these canoes at the Siding preparing for loading up. They were manned by Indians and_ half breeds and once they got off had made a quick passage. They also camped over Sunday at the other end of the portage to the one we occupied. For the next ten days the two parties travelled in company and we were glad of their society. They were all jovial, hard working fellows and gave my party, who were new to the business, some use- ful lessons in the mysteries of the tump line. We allowed them to take the lead and by following in their wake we were able, without incurring any dangers, to run some rather nasty rapids, the negoti- ations of which we might otherwise have found both irksome and difficult. On the afternoon of the eighteenth the united party met at Fort Metagami and camped for the night. An impromptu ball between the voyagers and the maid- ens of the Post was soon arranged and kept up till the morning stars began to pale. Neithersex was robed in what certain circles would call ball room costumes, Dress coats or in fact coats of any cut, were conspicuous by their absence. Heavy booted and moccassined feet trip- ped the light fantastic in the small dimly lighted room to the music of a single vio- lin. Lancers, quadrilles, strathspreys, and step dancing were all indulged in, 1148 ROD AND without a gesture or word to which the most prudish could take exception. The preceding night had been a hard one for my party. . We had run late,hop- ing to make a portage but failed to reach our goal and were compelled at dark to spread down our blankets on the river bank and seek repose without even erect- ing our tent.As one result of this the flies exacted a heavy toll. I watched the proceedings at the dance for half an hour when I retired to my tent hoping for a good night’s rest. This hope however proved illusive. I had barely turned in when the tormentors of the previous night discovered my presence, entered in countless hordes and made an all night of it ! If it ever again falls to my lot to pass a mid-summer night at Fort Metagami and there is a ball on the tapis—well those inveterate blood suckers will not again find me in my tent ! On the morning of the following Thurs- day, July eighteenth, our transcontinental friends left us at Sturgeon Falls. They forged ahead, while at noon the same day we arrived at the centre line of the township of Aubin, where our work of surveying commenced. In order to reach some work that lay at a considerable distance inland from this point I found it necessary to take a flying camp along a line twelve miles east. What is a flying camp some readers may ask? Well,it simply means travelling as light as one can, leaving everythiny be- hind it is possible to do without, taking a few days’ provisions and proceeding to some point from which a small outlying portion of work can be easily got at. In this way the ground can be got over with moderate speed and work accomplished which would otherwise be impossible. In this case the trip occupied six days and on our return the whole camp was moved six miles further down the stream. Here we put in afew more days and fin- ishing our survey at this point we drop- ped downto Yellow Falls, a beautiful cascade where the river has some thirty feet ofa drop. On the way down we passed Loon Rapids, another fine cas- cade but not more than one third the height of Yellow Falls. Behind a small island near the east shore, and only a few chains below the GUN IN CANADA Loon, the portage to Driftwood River, seven miles distant, starts. As we knew we should have to cross this _por- tage in the course of a few days we cached one canoe and the major portion of our supplies here. After a few days at Yellow Falls we crossed Island Portage and shot a thirty chain rapid requiring quick eyes and steady hands toavert disaster when go- ing down, and strong muscles, skilfully applied, for the return trip. Twelve miles below Loon Rapids the Muskego River discharges into the Metagami from the west. We went up that stream, struggling with rapids and flood-wood for a day and a half and returned therefrom on Friday, the six- teenth of August, to a transcontinental cache on the Metagami River, half a mile above the mouth of the Muskego. [t was in the afternoon when we made the camp and as there had been a steady downpour of rain from eight o’ clock in the morning, we were drenched, blan- kets and all. The gentlemen in charge of the cache kindly provided us with a dry tent and bedding, which enabled us to pass a comfortable night and feel none the worse for our experience next morn- ing. The railway will span the river three quarters of a mile below the cache, where a short and shallow rapid with a flat rock bottom affords an admirable foundation for a bridge. This points is one hundred and fifty miles from the fountain head of the’ Metagami and verging on two hundred miles north of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Next morning we pitched camp on the east bank of the river and remained there until the following Wednesday, return- ing to our cache at the Loon Rapids. Here we found that some passing white man had left his trade mark by helping himself to a portion of our goods. I say white man advisedly as I have never known an Indian to steal from acache. Itis an unwritten law of the woods that when a traveller, who is short of provisions finds a well stocked cache he may help himself to sufficient food to serve him until he can make the next point where he expects to renew his larder. He should of course be care- ful to leave everything as neatly covered EXPLORING NORTHERN ONTARIO as he found it, and place inside a note stating what he had done and giving his address. In our case the fellow had not con- fined himself to necessaries and after rifling the cache he had not taken the trouble to replace the covering—proof positive that he was only a common thief. It took us until the afternoon of Thurs- day of the tollowing week to negotiate the seven miles into Driftwood river. In an average season the trail would be a good one. It had however been very little used for years and at the time of our visit was pretty well grown up. Moreover for three weeks it had been rain, rain, rain, every day and all day. We occupied one day in improving the trail but the conditions were against us and we did not leave it as we would have wished. The Driftwood, so far as I saw it, and I first had to raft across it alone, some distance further south, is a stream of an average width of one hundred feet. It would be classed as a river »n Old Ont- ario butin New Ontario, a country of large streams, it is only described on the maps asacreek. From the point where we struck it to the Abitibi River, some twenty five or thirty miles, it is a fine clear stream, and as it flowed through the centre of a portion of our work we had not to take the camp from its shores. The portages were few and easy. It was the afternoon of Saturday, Sept- ember the’ seventh, when we entered the Abitibi River. Although only ninety miles from the lake we found ita deep river, fuy ten chainsin width,and with a smooth swift flow. We ascended it for six miles to the Frederick House River. As our next field of work lay for thirty miles along this stream we camped over Sun- day on a point about one mile above its mouth. For a distance of twelve miles the Frederick House is a fine, wide, smooth stream, with only one short rapid, easily overcome. After that the trouble began. When we were there the stream, owing to recent heavy rains,was fully three feet above its normal level. The rapids are numerous and dangerous with only short stretches of smooth,swift water between 1149 them.Our work on that river consisted of alternations of paddling, poling, towing and portaging. The first two miles proved a hard half day’s work for the whole party. At each end the Frederick House is a lovely canoeing stream. If however any reader should have occasion to travel the ten or twelve miles of rapids which form the middle portion of the stream I would caution him not to forget the good old adage ‘‘one cannot whistle and chew meal at the same time.” Gentlemen of my profession are for the present clear of the Frederick House as the land along its course is now all surveyed. Tke‘‘Bushkego,” another large stream, enters the Frederick House from the west at one of the worst chutes. It, too, is said to be rather frolicsome for the last few miles of its course. It was not until the nineteenth that we returned to the Abitibi, and that day we had dinner at the head of Kettle Falls, one mile above the mouth of the Freder- ick House. The drop in the river here is probably ten feet in as many chains. The portage is on the left bank and is short but there is rather a stiff pull round a rock to reach it. The distance from this portage to the foot of the Long Sault is sixteen miles, and for three-fourths of that distance the current is so swift that to pull a canoe against it spells hard work. A few miles below the Sault we cross the boundary between Algoma and Nipissivg and enter the latter district. The length of the long Sault 1s various- ly estimated at from three to six miles. I put it at four miles and it took my party nearly one and a half days to overcome it. We found it one continuous rapid full of large boulders and rushing down between high banks. At the time I was there it was much more difficult to negotiate ow- ing to the high water. We worked up the left shore as the portages, three in number, were all on that side. There were a few short spaces where headway could be made by the use of paddle alone. For the greater portion of the distance, how- ever, it was either pulling up by the aid of projecting bushes, poling or towing with an occasional dip, waist deep, into the seething waters while passing the tow line around trees or bush as the wa- 1150 ROD AND ter was deep right into, and in some places even undermining, the banks. From the head of the Long Sault there isa clear run of twenty-four miles to Buck Deer rapids with only one short rifle between. Thirteen miles above the Sault the transcontinental railway will cross the river. Frem here to the Meta- gami crossing the distance by the new railway is forty miles and is practically a tangent. Think of it! In this wilder- ness which the people of Ontario only the other day believed consisted of nothing but rocks and bogs we are constructing a railway with a straight line of forty miles in one stretch. The heaviest grade is only six-tenths of an inch in one hundred feet and the land passes through heavily timbered first-class agricultural land. The right of way is already cleared here and ready for the grub hoe and shovel and this is the case for several miles on either side of the river. I noted with interest and satisfaction the care that is being taken topreserve the forest from destruction by fire. The con- tractors are prohibited from falling any timber off the right of way. All must be fallen to it and consumed right there, not a charred brand being permitted to be hauled into the adjoining bush. The junction between the Grand Trunk Pacific and Temiskaning and Northern Ontario Railway is to be five miles west of the Abitibi River. For a full week we pitched our camp at the crossing, attending to business in that locality and then went up the Mis- tooga River, one of the Abitibi’s wet nurses, which drains several townships east of that stream and into which it dis- charges two miles east of Black River. The Mistooga would bea lovely stream on which to canoe if it would only cease retaining its flood wood, or at least do so in onor two places only. The log jams however areso numerous that the work of ascending the stream is both slew and difficult, and we failed to reach the point I had hoped to gain by several miles. This completed my work in this sec- tion of the country and we headed for McDougall’s Chutes which point we reached one hour after dark onSaturday, October the nineteenth. Here we cach- GUN IN CANADA ed our Peterborough and entrained next morning by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario for Englehart. From Englehart we drove to,the foot of Wendigo Lake on the north branch of the Blanche River where we put in four more days. While travelling the lines here we encountered—as we had fre- quently done during the season—a good many traces of the ‘‘Prospector”’. How much hard labor, and in many cases hard earned cash, nearly all of them would have saved had they spent only a few weeks at some school of mineral- ogy. At such a school they would have been taught the fact that only certain rocks carry certain minerals and that although the rocks are very frequently found without the minerals, the minerals are never found without the rocks. ‘‘Men do not gather figs of thistles or grapes of thorns”. This text holds good in many spheres. Wendigo Lake ended the season’s outing and the party wend- ed their ways to their respective homes. It is still a difficult matter to convince the public that Ontario owns any arable land north of the Height of Land. The opi- nion is still pretty generally ‘expressed that no matter what the quality of the soil the district is too far north for success- ful farming. I would call the attention of all such pessimists to the fact that the parallel of forty nine degrees is the south limit of Canada west of the Lake of the Woods, and what country under the sun has produced so much grain,acre for | acre, during the past ten years as has our great North West. It has been my privilege to have seen nearly two millions of acres of the large area which Ontario has now divided into farm lots,and I have no hesitation in saying that fully sixty per cent of itis good arable land with sufficient valuable timber thereon to do more than pay for clearing. In many portions of what is now call- ed the garden of Ontario, not only had clearing to be done under great difficul- ties but also much heavy and costly work in ditching. The clearing of the heavy growth of timber in Old Ontario was accomplished at a time when the blazing log pile was almost the only means available for its disposal After this work was done large trunk ditches had to be made for drainage purposes EXPLORING NORTHERN ONTARIO before the land could be brought into a state to yield its best. In the northern section, although the country is comparatively level, Nature has been so lavish with streams of all sizes, and pure water isin such abun- dance that all the husbandman has to do to provide a pertect network of natural 1151 ditches, is to clear out the fallen timber with which they are choked up, and cut away the beaver dams. It should never be forgotten, but should on the contrary be emphasised, that the northern boundary of the land now sur- veyed in Northern Ontario is forty miles south of the City of Winnipeg. Wilson's Catch BY CHARLES JENKINS. JAM Wilson was notorious among | his friends for being the most un- lucky fisherman any of them had ever known. In fact, his persistent fail- ure to land anything better than a crab or a puny, slothful chubb, became a byword with his chums. The fimny brethren ac- tually seemed to know that man’s bait the minute it dropped in the water, and he’d sit there hour by hour, cursing his luck and irritably complaining about jonahs and the like, while the rest of us would make him sulkier still by occasion- ally adding toour strings and saying nothing. Only once in his life, to my knowledge, did Wilson ever make a catch that was worth speaking of, and it isthe purpose of this story to relate how this remark- able thing occured. One summer, about five years ago, six of us, Wilson among the number, spent our holidays camping along the beauti- ful Maitland, about fourteen miles up- stream from Goderich. We had our tent pitched about fifty feet from the edge of one of those grand and ever shifting cav- ing-banks, which gird the river for miles and miles along its western side, rising sheer cliffs of yellow clay, seventy-five and one hundred feet high in places. At many points, the banks stretch almost perpendicular from the water’s edge, and the view from such eminences is one of awe inspiring grandeur. Indian tradi- tion informs us that the Maitland lost its way once in the long ago, and ever since has been eating its way back to its pro- per channel. [In corroboration of this time-honored legend, the aborigines point to a deep ravine which runs parallel with the river some miles to the west- ward. Year by year, as the caving banks are undermined and swallowed by the stream, the Maitland draws closer to what the Indians allege was its original course. Although the fish are so plentiful in that section of Wawanosh, that the farm- ers feed them to their hogs, Wilson’s luck was, if anything, worse than ever. It was therefore with loud exclamations of surprise that we hailed him trudging into camp late one afternoon, loaded down with strings and strings of the fin- est river bass you ever laid eyes on. The man had enough bass there to feed the multitude without any miracles being worked. ‘“Where on earth did you get ‘emall?”’ I asked, as we helped him unload. His face was beaming with triumph. “‘Bet he bribed old Jimmy Smith to catch them for him,” jibed in Jack Car- son, who was always a little too previous with his sarcasm. Jimmy Smith was an old hermit, who lived alone in a hut on the banks some distance up, and eked out a lonely livelihood for himself and his surly curs by fishing and trapping. Wilson’s face fell in a sullen frown at Carson’s hasty insinuation. ‘Just for that, you'll never find out how I did catch them,” he retorted, and he was as goodas hisword. Noamount of coaxing or cajoling would induce him to tell how he landed the catch. Next day, a bush-fire broke out along the banks, and we beat a hasty retreat as far 1152 as Donnybrook, where we spent what remained of our holiday at a temperance hotel—there was none of the other kind within twelve miles. Shortly after our return to Toronto, Wilson left to accept a position in Toledo and it was over a year before I saw him again. Seated in my room, recalling old times, | suddenly nerved up to ask him how he caught those fish. ‘“‘Mac., old man, I don’t mind in the least telling you,” he began, ‘‘and seeing that writing is your business, it mightn’t make a bad story to putin print some day. I would have told you all on the day that it happened, if it hadn’t been for that Smart Alec., Carson, who was always butting in with his sarcasms. “You will remember, it was about three o’clock that afternoon when I hit out alone with my rod and line,” he con- tinued, after we had re-lighted and were puffing merrily. ‘‘Well, it happened that some distance up-stream, I espied old Jimmy Smith, followed by his dogs, climbing up a zig-zag and perilous path on the face of the caving bank. His basket was full of wriggling bass. ‘‘Aha,’ thought I, ‘so this is the spot where old Jimmy makes his famous catches? Well I’ll just wait till that old bundle of rags and his hungry yelpers pass out of sight, and I’lltry to change my infernal luck by taking over the seat he’s been warming.’ ‘I thought I’d break my neck getting down that goat path Smith came up. More than once I slid for yardson my back, but each time managed to check myself by clutching the tufts, which here and there grew onthe side of the cliff. Finally, more by luck than good man- agement, I arrived at a sort of a landing place, at the base of some eighty feet of perpendicularclay. Just above this natu- ral platform, the jagged edge of a huge rock jutted out from the smooth . yellow wall. Four feet out in the stream, sata big, round boulder, beneath which I could see the bass swarming in hundreds. It had turned out a little cloudy, and thunder was booming in the distance. New, if ever, was my chance to make a catch that would make the rest of you fellows sit up and take notice. But I tell you honestly, Mac., it was the same old heodoo—the blamed fish would brush ROD AND GUN IN CANADA right up against my bait, just as though they didn’t know it was there, and never a bite. ‘Tl was just about giving up in despair when I felt a rain of pebbles on my neck and back, which I could also hear sing- ing into the water in front of me. I turned just in time to see that length of caving bank coming down at me like an avalanche. It didn’t take me half a sec- ond to hug the jutting rock behind me as close as glue. I was never so thoroughly frightened in my life. I thought I would be buried alive, and my people would never be able to find my body. But it didn’t last long. There were afew mo- ments of darkness, while tons of rocks and gravel whizzed down all around me. When it was over, I had to pull myself out of debris up to my waist. ‘‘My escape was miraculous, and if it hadn’t been for that jutting rock, | wouldn’t be here to tell the tale. But what was more, Mac., that cave-in gave me the first chance in my uneventful lite- time to catch fish, and catch ’em faster thanI ever even saw them caught by others. As you will understand, the cave in spread at the jutting rock, beneath which I took shelter. Well the portions thus divided swung out into the stream, and encircled that boulder and its finny inhabitants, just as neatly as if it had been all planned before-hand. The little | pool around that boulder was lousy with whopping bass, and they were sticking out of the mud all around it. It didn’t take me long to scoop ’em up in dozens and string them on branches I cut from shrubs which had come down with the avalanche. I knew it wouldn’t last long, as the dirt surrounding my captives would soon be washed away, and I work- ed like a madman. Egad, it did my heart good to get my hands on those plump, wriggling rascals, even if I didn’t catch them inthe regular way. I had more than I could carry away, and I had to throw a lot of them back in the stream. I will never forget the time I had climb- ing up that clay bank with that load on my back, but I was happy to think I had caught them all myself, so happy that I caught myself shouting out loud several times. ‘That, Mac., is how I made the catch.” we The Beagle for Sport. BY R. CLAPHAM fe}PORTSMEN who do not consider the chase of the humble cottontail as beneath them, usually employ one or more beagles to jump and run their game for them, and having once enjoyed the music of these diminutive hounds, as they hustle Brer Rabbit out of some swamp or thicket, become enthusiastic supporters of the breed. In the pursuit of wood-hares, cotton- tail rabbits and foxes, beagles are extre- mely useful,andif they are bredfor size and general conformation, most suited to the game they are to hunt, and the nature of the country over which they are expected to run, they will, if properly handled and trained, give a very good account of themselves. On this side of the ‘‘big pond’, beagles are asa rule mainly used to hunt to the gun, while in England they are used in pursuit of the hare, where they are expected to hunt and finally run into their quarry unassisted. Some few cou- ples are kept on certain estates for the purpose of working rabbits in thick gorse and other dense coverts, but their main use is in the chase of the hare, as before mentioned, and a great sport it is to run behind a pack of the little fellows as they chime along over the grasslands or the moors. Unfortunately, in this coun- try, the hare is a swamp loving animal, and when run by hounds she will stick religiously to cover, dodging here, there and everywhere in circle after circle, as the pack follow her trail. It is next to impossible to watch your hounds when running thus, in thick cover, and the chances of a kill are extremely remote, therefore the gun is brought into requis- ition in order to enact the final scene. The same thing applies io the chase of the cottontail, only in his case, you can see your pack at work more or less, as rabbits frequent the open fields, brush piles and small patches of woods, and take to the open far more than their long eared cousins of the cedar swamps. When in pursuit of bold Reynard you can, if mounted, follow your hounds and see sport, that is if you are using fox- hounds, but the beagle has not pace and drive enough to account for a fox unaid- ed, therefore the gun is a necessary adjunct to the chase. When I speak of the lack of pace and drive in the beagle, I do not mean to say that these little hounds are wanting in either respect, but to successfully hunt and run intoa fox requires fast, powerful hounds, and though a pack of fifteen or sixteen inch beagles, under favourable conditions, could kill their fox, they are for this par- ticular sport, more suitable to hunt to the gun. . There is one particular sport however, in which small beagles can be used in this country, and that is in the pursuit of the weasle. I thinkI hear my readers remark ‘‘But good gracious, whatever sport is there in chasing a stinking weasle!” To all such, let me say that there is an immense amount of most excelleat sport to be obtained when out with a pack on the trail of this blood thirsty little robber of the woods and fields. Whenever possible | like to see a pack of hounds do their own hunt- ing and end the chase with a kill, unas- sisted by gun or rifle, for I consider the work of the hounds loses its very essence when the quarry ahead of them is bowled over by a charge of shot or a rifle ball. I am not averse to shooting rabbits or fox ahead of a hound, if conditions are such that legitimate hunting is impossible, but if the hounds cam do their own hunt- ing and killing, so much the better, in my humble estimation. There are many men who keep one or two beagles, and perhaps find a scarcity of rabbits or hares in their immediate neighborhood, with which to find sport. To themI say, get your hounds accustomed to run the trail of a weasel and you will then have sport of the best. There is not a country district which cannot supply its quota of these blood thirsty little beasts, and be- sides ridding the district of vermin you will find lots of fun and excitement in the chase. The proper season to hunt these little beasts is in the early spring and summer, 1154 for then the male weasle travels far as do foxes in the breeding season and it is no uncommon occurrence to travel five or six miles during the course of the chase. For this sport, hounds of from nine to twelve inches in height are the most suitable, according to the character of the district over which they are expected to hunt, but it is not advisable to have them any larger than twelve inches. There is no pack in England at the present time which hunt the weasle, but in Irelandthere are two packs kept ex- clusively for this sport. I should like to hear of some friend of the beagle taking it up On this side of the water, forI feel sure that many packs could be started and could show good sport, where now there is hardly a hound seen from one year’s end to another. Besides giving pleasure to the actual owner of the hounds, the chase can be followed by others, and when you have a good ‘‘field” to join you, there is much keen rivalry in being able to run well up to the little pack as they dash along in full cry. I can thoroughly recommend it to those who feel that they are taking on undue averdupois, and I guarantee that ifthey will run hard behind such a pack they would soon get into a good healthy condition, and at the same time enjoy the very best of sport, and, if they love hounds, they will be treated to some exceedingly interesting phases of hound- work. When getting together one or two beagles to hunt to the gun or as a pack to hunt hares or weasle, it is always the best to start from practical working Strains. Never buy show dogs as a foundation upon which to lay future greatness in the field, unless you have positively seen with your own eyes that the hounds you buy are staunch workers, and havs something besides show-bench looks to recommend them. Get your hounds as much like minia- ture fox hounds as possible, with straight legs, good shoulders, and round feet, not to mention being well ribbed up, then you will have something solid upon which to commence breeding operations. Many of the show-bench type of bea- gles are simply muzzled brutes, with more ears and bulging eyes than any- thing else, and though their pedigrees ROD AND GUN IN CANADA are long and of much supposed worth to their owners, the hounds themselves are only fitted to be led about on a string by some ignoramus who doesn’t know what real hunting means. Always, when breeding any kind ofa dog for sport, choose parents which are all that can be desired in their work,then when you have got together a pack of thorough good hunters, you can begin to improve their looks and general con- formation as time goes on. lit 1s nice of course to be able to win on the bench with a hound which is A.I. in the field, but in nine cases out of ten the award goes to some specially prepar- ed and faked up beast that is kept solely as a means to connect with prize ribbons and silver medals, and unless it happens to be at a hound show, pure and simple, itis not much good to think of show- bench victories, so long as you can get lots of good sport afield. Hounds, and especially foxhounds, have been far less contaminated by the ‘‘tar brush” of the show-ring, than have other breeds, and let us hope it will be a long time e’er they will begin to ‘‘go back” as have the fox terriers and setters, which were once bred for work and not to collect prize money and ribbons as they do at the present day. Height will have a good deal to do with the success of your pack, and you — must use your own judgemeut in the matter. ; A small beagle will hunt well over comparatively open country or when the underbush is not too thick and heavy, but in swamps and bad places where logs and other obstacles have to be surmount- ed, a larger stamp of hound is necessary. This applies equally well to hunt- ing on snow, and especially in cover. I have seen small hounds, in fairly deep snow become played out in a very short time, while longer legged and larger hounds have worked steadily all day. Deep snow is very trying for a small hound, and if you happen to live where much snow falls, hounds from fifteen to sixteen inches or even bigger, are the most useful, and especially if you intend to use them for trailing fox. One draw- back to the use of a beagle for hunting foxto the. gun, is that they have hard- ly enough tongue to enable you to hear THE BEAGLE FOR SPORT them from a distance, and a slow trailing foxhound, giving good tongue, is really more useful as an all round fox hunter. Beagles are plenty fast enough for my sport when the gun happens to play a part, and they do not take up so much room for necessary kennels, nor do they eat so much as would foxhounds or harriers, therefore to the man who is not overly well blessed with this world’s goods, the last two items are a consider- ation. All sporting dogs should be allowed as much exercise as possible, so as to keep them in something like condition all the year round, and if they are to work hard during the rabbit season or at any Other time, they should be given plenty of road work as this tends to harden their feet, and will at the same time, help them to put on a tremendous amount of muscle. It isa most necessary thing to get your hound’s feet well seasoned and thoroughly hard previous to regular hunting season, for nothing plays a dog eut sooner than having to hunt when his feet are soft and sore. Many people do not pay half enough attention to the feeding of their hounds, and usually give too much soft food and also at the wrong times. Never feed 1155 your hounds on the same morning that you intend to hunt them, for if you do, the food will remain in their stomachs entirely undigested until their return to kennel, and it will help to seriously im- pair their running and staying powers. Feed late in the afternoon or evening previous to the day of hunting, and then give a good Square meal to your hounds immediately on your return from the hunt before you see to your own supper and change of clothes.If hounds are fed directly they get home, and before they get stiff and sleepy they will enjoy their meal, aud will then curl up in the straw and settle down for the night. Keep your kennels dry, and have them so that they will get as much sun as possible, then you will not be troubl- ed with kennel lameness, which is in reality nothing more or less that rheu- matism, brought on by damp rising from the kennel floor. If properly trained, fed, and looked after, the merry little beagles will prove to be boon hunting compan- ions, and whether you carry a gun or only a hunting horn they will give you the greatest pleasure and sport imagin- able, when in pursuit of the long-legged hare, the white tailed rabbit or Brer Fox, that cunning robber of the hen roost. Dog Notes BY MAX PRESTON. make-believe and the real sports- man naturally prefers a real dog to a show dog; a dog that can do thing's as well as look pretty and sing in the chorus at the dog show. Mr. R. Clapham’s article in February Rod and Gun isthe kindof dog stuff that is worth while—not mere dope but lemonade with a stick in it and no sugar, and should appeal to those who are in- terested in useful rather than ‘‘pretty”’ dogs. . I will confess I did own one pretty dog OF prefers the real thing to the once but she never ki-yied froma crate on the bench and I think her beauty was partly accidental. It was surely but in- cidental in my estimate of her worth, for she was the grand-pup of such blood as Meteor III, and Spotted Boy, many times field winners, and her work in finding live birds and retrieving difficult cripples, where other cracker-jacks had failed, was sharp and clean cut. I have nothing to say for or against bench shows because it is unfamiliar ground to me, my entire experience hav- ing been among the ‘‘working classes” 1156 ROD AND GUN of dogs. And I might add without of- fence to anyone but the shirk (for whom none of us cares anyway) that the work- ing classes of men in the field are kings compared to those who strike the attitude while their fellows hit the trail and do the work. The real man’s love for the good dog is only equalled by his contempt for a poor one of the nuisance class,and the barking, snapping, get-in-the-way sort of untaught, meaningless terrier and cur one sees from morning till night some- times gets on the nerves of even the big hearty ‘‘100 point’’ man, the patient,long suffering devil who always attends to his own affairs. But he simply thinks to himself “*I’d teach that dog some manners and to be of some use if he were mine. learn to come if! called him and come quickly. He’d not put his dirty paws on every stranger and he’d have to behave outside as well as in-doors—alas how few know how to behave even in-doors—and whenl thought I’d had about enough a mildly spoken good-bye would send him to his own quarters. How easy it would be to make a decent companion out of that worthless offensive brute, etc. etc.” A dog’s feet are extremely sensitive and if you take pains a few times to step on his hind feet, not too gently, every time he tries to wipe his paws on you it will not take him long to learn to a nicety just how near you wish him to be to you. The useful and the useless dog, how- ever, seem both to be necessary parties to dog politics because both sorts are evidently here to stay. And where indeed may one drawthe line? One man’s dog may be better than another’s but you can’t make the other fellow believe it, trial or no trial, fight orno fight: Speaking of fights here’s the way one began and ended in a village near Mon- treal. ‘Ba gud! A got bes’ dog hin dees countree—hin dees ’ole provance. A got bes’ dog, me, in de worl’”’ said Pierre. **O’s got dat bes’ dog hin dees con- tree? Aint no wan got fan dog lak me. Ma Nero, she’s fanes’ dog you nevair go no w’aret’ see. Ba gar! nevair wan dog lak heem, ma Nero, han belongue tam He'd): IN CANADA ‘fore der’s noder lak dat dog,” said Nap- oleon. ‘‘A show you!” said Pierre. ‘‘Han A show you!” said Napoleon. After Pierre had been duly ‘‘shown” and had cried ‘‘enough”’, Napoleon asked; ‘“Now, o’s bes’ man’’? and Pierre re- plied; ‘*You’s bes’ man,mais A got bes’ dog.” And so it goes. Here are two good dogs and they be- long to the other fellow too, so be good. Memorandum (1). (a) Pup, sixteen months old. First season on deer. Stuck to his quarry over and over again untilit was downed, (5) or too far past the line (1) for hope. Modestly but insistently claimed credit for his work. Knew enough toreturn to camp when his work was done, and he always knew when it was done. (b) Old dog, ten years, ninth Season. Followed his chase to the bitter end—lit- erally so in one case for he went into the ice water of the lake, ice one-quarter inch thick, twenty feet behind wounded (paunched) deer, was shot through the ear and cheek bya careless hunter, but kept after his game till a better shot trom shore went through the deer’s head. Then the old veteran shook his own sore head, swam back te land and insisted on join- ing in the chase each of the four remain- ing days of theseason. One night swam across a mile of ice cold lake water toget tocamp. He, too, knew enough to come home when his work was finished. Memorandum (2). Teach your dog to be or use, at least not a nuisance to strangers—your friends will forgive you and they may forgive the dog. Round about the two thousand mark seems to be the number of dogs that one may expect to see benched in Madison Square Gardens. This year the final number tound in the catalogues was 1940. There is little change and few innovations from one year to another, and Superintendent Mortimer retains the dignity due this great show by insist- ing on absolute discipline. A special feature is its scrupulous cleanliness from the moment the show opens till the doors close the last night. Canoe and Pack-Strap. BY “Acs J. ALGATE ~ PART 11 EAVER creeks are not built for navigation—fact is, the sole am- bition of these engineers is to ob- struct. Wehad left the main channel at every opportunity to explore the out- works of these sagacious, industrious workmen, and always returned well paid for our labors. Much had been said, but littleis known of the beaver, and the present is scarcely opportune for this study. To explore one of the many streams reserved by these animals for the irrigation of their meadows—to examine a dam (that most intricate con- glomeration of — grass, |e sticks and |p mud)—or to|* observe the], ~ method and |, fore-thought |’ in their lab- |” ors, deeply| impresses one with the sagacity and shrewdness of these little brown habi- tan ts ‘Sof the water. The perman- ency of their masonry is well-known, it is a marvel how their dams will with- stand for years the running water which must find an outlet, and which trickles away without any apparent effect upon their structures. The river banks bore many signs of their night activities, and at one point in particular the shrewdness and fore-thought called forth exclama- tions of wonder and admiration. It was in a clump of alders to which our atten- tion was first drawn by a large section of hemlock bark securely held between the gnawed stumps. The bank sloped sharp- ly and on the water side all the cuttings **BEAVER CREEKS ARE NOT FOR NAVIGATION.” but one had been made at the usual height, eight or ten inches. This odd one had been gnawed almost through leaving a deep notch and had then been chewed clean off about two inches higher up. In the notch and supported by stumps at either end rested the piece of bark—and then on the shore side and higher up the bank the operations had been completed and the remaining bran- ches dropped tothe water’s edge. Appar- ently our beaver friend had found it diffi- cult to complete his work on the steep bank and had improvised this rough plat- form to sim- plify mat- ters. In the water below lay two or three of the large cut- tings, strip- ped of their =| buds and an- ==|chored in | shore, _ pre- sumably to be taken down stream next night. Wet, un- pleasant weather kept us in camp all day, but we made an early start on the following morning and were rewarded by many delightful glimp- ses of sleek red deer as they came down to drink. One magnificent buck had just reached the water as we rounded a point. Immediately we held the pad- dles and changed to a silent feather stroke, but his sharp ear was favoured by an up stream breeze. There he stood as a statue carved in bronze, forefeet in the oozy river mud, headerect with towering antlers, alert and straining every sense to name the strange object so noiselessly drifting toward him. Fora full minute 1158 he seemed uncertain—then with sudden alarm he cleared the bank at a single bound and sped away with white brush challenging pursuit, and marking the runway along the bank of a small stream. One must needs travel with eyes ahead to get such glimpses of wild na- ture, but they are not uncommon, and with a favourable wind one may even succeed in getting within camera range. There was the usual complement of falls andrapid to break the monotony of our morn- ing’s work and by noen we were in open water on Tea Lake. Head- quarters were ‘ aA |! to be visited on ms : the down trip, ao j Gi so we hit the = 19 AX ee bush _ which iN [Ne i A leads up iY We through Bonito Lake and made good time into Canoe _ Lake. For the first time since leav- ing our driver on the shores of the Octon- gue, we were Ze reminded of -¢ BOS civilization and fanart er the busy world sui} ie = = el outside by the HOTTA rasping shriek | iW | of a_ locomo- pale tive across the silent waters. At the head of Canoe Lake isthe Station, chosen by many as the starting point for the upper lakes of Algonquin Park. Its shores do not afford many good camp spots, and then too its towering sawdust burner and disused mill scars it with commercial- ism. We succeeded in locating a very suitable spot after some little search and were snug in camp by early afternoon. A hearty meal aud then time was taken to write up the diary. It was now Tuesday and each day’s WM ire: SSUES Sos IN THE NOTCH RESTED THE BARK. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA argument with rapid and portage had been whetting appetites with an edge no longer to be satisfied by light foods. We prepared for a hearty ‘lay-out’ by con- structing a rough fire-place of stones, crescent-shaped, about two feet in height, with two flat stones on the bottom. Such a fire place must always be constructed having regard to the wind, but when completed it will aid materially in getting the most from the camp fire. The bill was soup (Lazenby’s squares, which we always carry) ' with ‘noodles,’ then pork and b’quasikin (our Indian bread,) rice, more b’quasikin and syrup,thewhole washed down with copious draughts o f XXX brew black tea. Plain food, but lots of it and just the stuffto workon. Some day, per- haps, if some interested rea- der desires it, we may ex- change views on camp culin- ary stunts when I shall havea chance to ex- plain our way of . sustaining lite in the woods, Canoe Lake islong and nar- row, and with anortherly blow can get up a sizable sea on short notice. ’Twas a brisk north breeze that fanned the morning blaze as we administered to the inner man after a good night’s rest of balsam boughs, and once headed for Joe Lake we found it necessary to calculate each dip of the paddles. Canoe Lake has also two channels at thenortherly end, one leads up over the portage, the other ends ina serpentine beaver creek. We chose the latter, and after patiently following CANOE AND PACK STRAP 1159 a a4, - er ~ = re ~ , ws * Shy ee Oe 7 ; AL ok A ROUGH FIRE PLACE OF its many turns and bends, drew up to an- other formidable dam. Here we discovered there was still something to learn of these little workmen. This dam, was placed ina sharp bend of the stream—thus the bank received the full shock of spring freshets. The creek was perhaps twenty-five feet wide at this point, and the dam gave an increased depth up stream of fully thirty inches. There was a tremendous weight of water backed up by this obstruction, and the strain on the central portion would be most severe. A sturdy tree trunk placed in mid-stream below the dam and embedded in the muddy bottom with head up stream, served asa central girder for the masonry and effectually reinforced the weak point. The - trunk measured twenty- three inches in circum- ference and wasso plac- ed that any increased strain at this point would drive its nose more firm- ly into the river bed. We threaded our way down stream again and pushed forward to the portage, which is prac- tically a dis-used lumber trail. A short paddle took usacross Joe Lake, and at its farther end we remarked the abund- ance of marsh grass which was badly tredden. TWENTY-THREE INCHES IN The explana- aton was easy when we rounded the first bend and just caught the flying brush of a red deer. This was a feeding ground. Above Joe Lake _ the 3)stream is shal- ae low and and olin midsum- mimer the tra- velling is STONES. slow, while the beaver dams and meadows are additional ob- stacles to the progress of the important canoeist. At Five Foot Falls, there is an inviting spot for a snack right on the portage,and the restful shade is most welcome after a morning’s steady pad- dling in the hot sun. Here is a spot de- lightful to the eye and well worth preser- ving. A short paddle and some wading brings usto the portage in Baby Joe Lake. On the left bank, and at its head is the Height of Land. The portage from Little Joe into Island Lake is but two hundred yards, but either going or com- ing, the ‘‘put in” presents a most pleas- PLACED IN A SHARP BEND WITH A CENTRAL SUPPORT CIRCUMFERENCE, SSS 1160 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA a s FIVE FOOT FALLS IS A SPOT DELIGHTFUL TO THE EYE ing picture. On Little Joe side let us climkt into the cedars and look back over the placid waters as they start out on their long journey to Georgian Bay. In the im- mediate foreground is a pretty expanse of waterscape, bordered by towering pine or nodding alder, broken only by a dis- tant island, and stretching away towards the riyer and the portage, its shores con- verge to hurry the water over a rocky bed on its joyous way. On Island Lake, the panorama almost beggars description — its many islands and blue hills in the distance present a scene long to be remembered. One passes into the lake from a small pond through gateways of granite, and before you reposes rugged shores, heavily wooded with the symme trical spruce and towering birch — the limpid water reflecting on its burning surface astray fleecy cloud, and in the | | | distance the waters blend with the hills softly green at first and then fading into the blue *"CLIMB INTO THE CEDARS AND LOOK BACK OVER THE PLACID WATERS.”’ haze beyond. Island Lake is a favorite camp ground and many de- lightful spots are available. The fishing too is good, and if one seeks adven- _ | ture, a morn- ~ | ing’s tramp in the _ virgin woods will re- “=| veal much of s| interest. Our camp here is down the lake to- wards Otter Slide portage, and here a storm delayed us all day. The storm had blown itself out during the second night and though the waters still romped joyously we started with a clear sky overhead. Across the restless waters could be seen a sandy beach glistening in the morning sun and marking the portage bu* as we came from the shelter of a friendly island the impossibility of hold- ing our course was made evident. Head- ing up into the threatening waves, we gradually worked in under the lee shore and made our haven with little more than a liberal shower of spray. The trailinto Little Otter Slide is misleading. About fifty paces in shore it diverged to the right through the trees from a broad CANOE AND PACK STRAP lumber road, coming out at the end of three quarters of a mile of twisting and turning upon a veritable gem, set with hemlock and spruce in wild profusion down to the water’s brink. Little Otter slide has many bays and inlets making it advisable to hug the left shore as the snigh into Big Otter slide is scarcely dis- cernable at fifty yards. By noon we were snug in camp for the week end. The spot command- ed a view down the lake and overlooked the channel through which we had just come. Itis a most favoured spot, sin- gularly free from flies and mosquitoes, with an outlook worth a hard day’s travel to see. To the left the waters stretch away into bays and inlets—dotted with pine clad islands, an d away above the distant shores, the hills losethem- selves in the blue haze. To the right the shore line is marked with a symeterical | growth of spruce — with scattered gnar- led pines to lend variety. Immediately opposite is a stately cliff, rising abruptly from the water toa height of almost four hundred feet. But the lumberman has been here for aseason, and as we go back to the other side of the ridge, the eye is greeted with one, two, three— a half dozen ugly scars in as many hun- dred yards, making the landscape hid- eous and marring tor a generation the beauties ot thisspot. The sight before us seemed strangely incongruous with the spirit which had actuated our legislators to set aside this magnificent extent of wilderness as a preserve. As we rested on our paddles and viewed this ruthless destruction, one wondered that such dis- regard for the natural beauties of the spot should be countenanced. If it be true that the lumbermen still hold cutting 1161 rights over any portion of this wooded paradise, let them be called off forever and this breathing space preserved to the generations yet to come. Hugging the shore, we pushed around the next point to come full upon the putrid carcass of a female deer bloated and lying in the shallows with apparently only a haunch removed—a sight sickening to the senses of any clean sportsman. Most of the afternoon was spent in making things comfortable for Sunday, followed by a general wash-up of sundry articles. These were “well soaped”’ and anchored beneath a boulder to soak. We went out to seek our evening meal with the troll and on our return, a fleck of white inshore was the first sign to warn ‘INTO ISLAND LAKE THROUGH A GATEWAY OF GRANITE,” us of our drifting wardrobe,—the rock had been displaced by the waves. After the round up, it was found that a much needed sock was missing, and Tookey declared with conviction that it had fall- en prey to some hungry denizen of the deep—for it had been in service a full week. Sunday was aday of quiet andcom- fort, and as the night drew on, the stars preached to us their silent sermon, made the more impressive and inspiring by a brilliant display of the aurora borealis. For atime they stretched in a bow of light completely across the heavens, then palpitating as though loath to part, they separated into clusters to be eventually dispersed by the rising moon. The 1162 night logs were piled high, and while their ruddy glow still lingered on the canvass, we slipped into the land of dreams, upon our springy bed of spruce and balsam, with our heads pillowed on cedar cuttings. At precisely six o’clock,next morning, we were heading for the narrows with a heavy sky and the waters rolling restiessly. We had determined to make headquarters on Cache Lake by night, and were exerting every muscle to that end. Our route lay across Otter Slides and , thence via Island ihe three Joes, Canoe, Tea, Smoke, Kootchie, Little Island, White and Cache Lakes; and we —— had figured twelve hours for its accom- plishment. Approxi. mately twenty-five]. miles embracing twen. ty-two lakes and streams, and ten por- tages varying from three-quarters of a mile to two less than one hundred yards. We), were across Otter Slide portage (three quarters of a mile) by seven- five and at a merry clip of forty strokes per minute, headed off down Island Lake with |g a cool, favouring breeze. | Dinner was served ar twelve thirty at our old camp on Canoe Lake, |p and here we found it necessary to bake bread before pushing on. It was two-fifteen before we were ready, and scarcely had we started before the storm, which had been lurking in the distance all morning,broke upon us. It was wet going, but as Too- key remarked, we could get no wetter, so we pushed on, while the great drops plopped upon the surface of the water like a shower of huge beans going into the camp pot. As we drew into Smoke portage (three-quarters of a mile) the welcome sun broke thro for a brief spell, but the trail was greasy and the going ON OTTER SLIDE PORTAGE ROD AND GUN IN CANADA hard. Wewere on schedule time and anxious to make our goal, which we would have surely done but fora truant axe. Tookey had romped off across the trail with pack, depleted grub sack, and tins, piled high, leaving me to toddle behind with the canoe. We pushed out upon Kootchie Lake (a mere pond ina basin of granite) at four-forty and were well down Little Island Lake before we missed the axe. We reluctantly headed back for the portage. The bow scarcely scraped the shore be- fore I hit the trail only |to be disappointed, for |I then recalled having | lifted the axe from Too- key’s pack to sink it into a stump for safety. | That stump lay across “|the pond at the Smoke 4) portage— in full view ssjabout three hundred .#4| yards across the water, “=“\and on an impulse I ty &, proceeded to skirt the Wem or<|shore. Better had I yer “|returned for the canoe, ‘ey -s|for | had notgone many sqpertt| yards before the trouble majbegan. Manis a stub- \ a) DOrn creature, and like i= | most others, after once i) starting I was unwil- ling See SY Se David 8. Johnston i ee es A TE TG So se Rev. W. A. 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Hunt in’New Serritery, Our 2 Gea acl =) = «3 «15 oi eee = Sagwa Dack Shooting tn Manitapar cs ...c0 5 a0 as elec sisele o widhpalstamiorelee eo F. Manning Ducks, ‘Taming. Wild i. .o'c o0i:05 oa ois wins oa ale s aise ao was. ale) Seles sixes) 9) 51 hae Dunraven "Whooper, aici kya sii ss xe cleiwiweis = iris we eis lote's o's fen dal tiake B. J. Murdock E English Pheasaxits: a1 (epee ices « a0.6 5 enaiinla ss'eie a 602 os + > dae P. E. Bucke Experiences inv ther Backwoods. <4 <.. cre clas she cic Sis ace 6 Sido aro ces OE Henry Jervis Experiences of Two Hunting Seasons, Personal ................2+-+e00- R. E. Sparks Exploration Trips, The Motor Boat on Canadian ..................se0cee .. Explorer Exploring: Northern Ontario). irs sie ee tied Sea oes = ome James Dickson, O. L. 8. | F Falls,, A> Fine British Columbia?) oa. fc odie es de ee os os ss het Charles F. Nelson Bates 6.03 2 Sede Se ente tay Siete Oe ee POO at <5 sy ee Florence E. Bowie Pight Withia ‘Porenpines Avates- sae see ceitesa co «ieee eee Alex. W. Cooke First ‘Rox Hunt, “My: i. cp..c Satiae Sate aoe ceo wna 6 oa ee H. B. Becker First: Night in a Wilderness'Camp;7Av. ae (06%). 20h 1. dead kee Ernest J. McVeigh Pirst of the: Sédson, LHE i3i5.sc) cn hoe ne roe Renee ee ee eee Grasshopper Fish and Game Protection in British Columbia ..................... kee eee Fish and Game Protection in Ontario ..........5.0 oe ds seuss om eee eee 959 Fish and Game Protection in Ontario: A Reply to Rev. E. M. Rowland ................ Capt. E. H. Kelcy Fish and Game Protection in Ontario: A Strong Indictment....... Rev. E. M. Rowland Fish and Game Protection, Nova Scotia Guides and ....... 4./s. ccs goes sto cee Fish and Game Protective Association, North American ............cee-eeedecceeecces Fish and Game Protective Association of Nova Scotia, The People’s.............. 541 Fish and Game Protective Association, Saskatchewan ............002+cseeceeeesseccess Fish and Game Protective Association, The Alberta «:.....2.1. 2. scl le oie eee Fisheries, International . 2... 6 ic. 6s seco vee aso ssc as a maetelteiele nite een aes Fisherman Legislator, A... oo cco enc 5 obec «cities so ues oele ose ee eee Fishermen Should Never Despair <.......:..2..::.0020s0ees 020 055)0e= ern Fishes of the Great Lakes, Conservation of the Non-Nest Building...... W. E. Meehan Fishing and: Hunting Trip, Our Annual ............ ooo. 34.545 << eee eee W. Hickson Mishine Around. >Montreal< os 22. ss saline eee ass ee eee Ls 3 Dididale same eee Fishing at a Game Preserve on Lake St. Clair, A Few Days’........ Capt. Gordon Boles Fishing Experience,A Nova Scotian »...2.. 01.2... «meee eee H. B. Whidden Pushing for Sport. ../s-yec. «sis wie eustelde ele ler ia clsieye ate hae Capt. Gordon Boles Fishing in Algonquin Park, A. Week of ......0.072-.. +e och bees C. 8S. McDonald Fishing in Beautiful Temagami District ..<:-%...:.s-~. «+0 so. see J. M. Norris Fishing in the Kootenay, B. C., The Delights of ..:............1 o.conee eee eee Mishing Lake, A Quebec... 25.0452 s nen «ie 1 oN oie oib wlahe y s1e eee ene Fishing Rights in Nova Scotia: ....50... 000.504 .is ee ee Ezra P. Young Forest, Fish and Game Protective Association, Ontario ..................eeeceees 68 Forestry Association, Canadian : ...s..5..0255-0+ s+ sos 00 n4 0 02s ee Foxhound Performs an Unusual Peat, Ao >.% 5-40. 2.2%,.0% «2-4 .ce eee Park Crossley Freak Deer Head, A Fine)... 2 ...6.c:0:05s 00 016 50.0174 0.0.9. 010010, 0.5 90 00.5 = + 6 For Trading in the Far North ~ .. . ..0:cjso,cies 50s s10.0:6,0,00,.0.0 6 + co G Game and Fish Laws of Nova Scotia, A Sonmimary of ..25 see bn. Boe ee Dan Owen SaaS LOT 1908 a eine. os on ocean wane « once POSEN BLA deh. Doe eee EIST THO OGODC ote on scan cuss cnn 0:0 518% S daleie SSR hy 1 ee Seumemmrereuien In O07, ort e bere es cs 5. wy sk aos c, MABE eee eee Georgian Bay Fishing, The Delights of: An Interesting Experience ....Dr. F. F. Hoyer PREM OLS EOWINEE G6 0 8m o, . S XsacMBy cielo idea dss cL ee RUNS D8 oT OS Fier d Sod ie Ale wd pee A a A. R. Douglas Golf Championships, The Royal Canadian Ladies’ ............... 0c cccccccccccccceee 0 PLD EY DD) LES UE WE TRS ee Ce eee ne pe Sees eee eS aa aD F. M. Deere MMEECOn GS-2. Sis te seme at, cL let ee Es wk E. § 8S. W. peemnwanrerence, New Brunswitk ..: <.0:..2 2.22 oescoehanaads ch dsShecccbnccns Guides in Sessions at Yarmouth, N.S., Nova Scotia ............. ccc ccccccccccccceee pemmetrinamt eGR. Gun WSerse ees oe os wv <)lake oie Ailececleleleh els Uvaelcnde cceceee. LS 2) EES", SER ee Sees, nk es a en er en a H Habits of Quail, Partridge and Wild Duck, Peculiar ............... Capt. Gordon Boles Herring Runs in the Ideal GV NENCLHG wer ae bok oe toe etek cee Leek oes J. A. Moriarty Sel gC Ta Se INS) EE nee a How I Got My Bear While Hunting Deer ....................2020- 0008: W. A. Merrill Peeemeeritod (ur isreaktast. .~: 40.55% 65 s5 6 Sees tase bo lee eel sk eee oe Rozie Pemnier era eataro, Up the Winding ....iscciss..0-++-c0-o0-lleeseseecseess E. O. lis. DLP L EL TLo Se a eee ee Geo. W. Lickman Pousembrtia Beaver Valley. (Ont.) ......2cscscccics Jeecbs.-. cee eieee a eee eepetesrememumedicretprn, AU Mchty oi <.)52 ia). viv o/c vive Pa bode tke oe ee a lea eee Hunter’s Experiences in the North Countree .................22eee00-- W. H. Allison ceticemensomituincences, An Old. ....: < <<2c.:o2s2e...+clsaceccesees-- James Hammond pune EMME MERC rT IOL LHC. 2. <5 -,< ois, akuarenis she Se Feaisdiete Do boa «sewn lo eis'Se ss sow dow Pana ana Pishing in Kootenay, B. ©... ...2.....2.220.-.0-ecee ee eeedee M. Dainard i eareas tee seessa stl SPIe PL OYOREITE (35. wf. o ate a's sls cob ive cep ele ce vceecvlelccsceweessce’ Poanaeninon, tthe Wall of the. 22.52.25 0c. ec ce ese wee cesleeecs: W. A. Staebler fete mameisent EL aN OL Alls 2222 00520 o ehh wSds cS ced en eso e coach luececceece Pen peenmnmene Mertitary.Our Dueck 227.62. ees cc en etcdecdceeseueescsicss Sagwa Hunt of the Wolf River Hunt Club, The Finest ................. 0000000: Max Preston I DES 2 SD SM be Dr. W. T. Hornaday ea OR TI ie Sos ce. 8S og! Piciavae a cae eu cats aceecsesss Martin Hunter Puiieneathertar North, War Trading with .....2........seesceeceeecceesse Thrasher ol EH GSO SATE Sg RSS Wm. Pratt Meets CR CEPE DEEL ULE ESTANION THO 22 oc erc ces wn ce cece cece eeccecnces Chas. Cameron ER J eae cere meee oS oc ncl ce wic ware wig. didn wlcvaye a wie tlejee Gove ade cbemeenceucs PEE Sooo al ic cays eic cis «eax, 21x as Ke che wnipaivivs dace nee E. § S. W. K 2 ES re rr Harry Anton Auer Kennels at King City, Ont., A Visit to Dartmoor .................. Geo. B. Sweetman Pee. Huntins and Fishing’ in-................6....e.. scenes M. Dainard eee he Pelivhts-of Wishing in the .............cecee sees estes ese eeeee Meme eG. The Trout Fishing in .............. 008 cece cece eee cecseceeees L Lady ’s Moose Hunt in New Brunswick, A ............... Cre PR Sade M. Emack I Sara Stafford 5 James E. Orr L—Continued Leases, The Quebec Fish and ‘Game. . 05 Secs cman soso cin been cd sus os om ails anette Licensed Guides, Ontario 0 HAVe: Soe H. P. Leonard Merrytime Hunting Club, A Fine Hunt of the .............. 20s eee cere ee eee ee eces Minister anda‘ Wisherman; ‘Aviv 25 i. s ce circle coco vcs so 6 02 oo wise oie hoe Ministers in New Brunswick Woods, Provincial «.. .... < .. 2. ./.% + os nj wieleielolely eisteloieneneies Montreal; Wishing “Around oo i2 geen oe ooo ceaie le «a1 n> siciesejoir «lee oni aye ete ee ee Moose; As Curious. o)- ejects rave ole intcketistee etsteRele s/s. o\eliayo sy«.sisheietstaletel fete >... A. La Shpp Moose Head in New Brunswick, How I Captured a Fine .................. J. A. Shade ° Moose: Heads "Twoiee oreo terete eee She eine eee W.W.L. New Brunswick, A Novel Holiday Trip in ......... (a slo sae Wia'e)e mide ea Rita M. Elliott New Brunswick, A Successful Moose Hunt in .................... Hon. Charles Scott New Brunswick, Big Game Conditions in ..-.....2.~.. ons sneer Adam Moore New Brunswick Guides*in:Conflerence, 2). 1). 5/2: -1 < «101 s/s sin eiel cas ete teeter ee oe New Brunswick, How I Captured a Fine Moose Head in .................. J. A. Shade New Brunswick, How I Secured My Moose in .................. Dr. W. H. Fitzmaurice New Brunswick: Lost. Lake Hound}A\.- =... 2-202 sie te eee Arthur L. Slipp, LL.B. New Brunswick Ministers in the Woods ..........--s...0:sss00s6 ee te D. King Hazen New Brunswick, Salmon Fishing im 220..je fife cece cele » os «ols olals =~ 5 otsle ne eee ene a New Brunswick, The Deer. 0-92 ccj.cs aisele sia tere ol eel opens entree ee Adam Moore - New Brunswick Woods, Provincial. Ministers im 5... -con: +. 0+ «= 2 ee ee een Newfoundland Salmon, A. Fine ©...) 05.2....0/5 eee «+ wpe ein ole eielelsis oles oye aie ee ““Next West,’’? In tho os. i005 u's «<0 wipe iw Se pisieye\es les = sm 010) sie eee Niagara: res wesaicw os» jeunes apn s SCORER OE EERE REE ERGE Sete Leee Ashley D. Conger LL aid N—Continued Sepemeeenhrihe Coons, Aue 3. bs ehe ese oe.. .. ose ol ee William Carrell North American Fish and Game Protective Association ............--.0.-eeeeeeeeeees **North Star Hunting Club,’’ A Deer Hunt of the ..............+-e++-0- W. Hickson Mueeeeeo opirit of the’ s22.25 ic... .. 2 cee ek cs eee Rev. Stokely Fisher, D.D., Sc.D. Nova Scotia, A Summary of the Game and Fish Laws of .............----- Dan Owen 0 ES ESR Pg ho 0 a rn ee ee diy woe 1 2 IR Pr x B aeeescotia Guides in Session at Yarmouth, N.S. ...:.....0.022.2-.0----0 eee eceeees Bpepenesturct. NOOKG Hatt. Ajo MR ooe >. 22s 5.2... ose eee we Meee Doves J. E. Warner Hoya Scotian Wishing Experience, A............-.-.0..esceee0e Harold B. Whiddene Nova Scotian Guides and Fish and Game Protection ..............0.00-- eee eeeeeees Nova Scotia, The People’s Fish and Game Protective Association of ...............541 Wacht Squadron, The Royal Nova Scotia ...............sccesecees- N. Milton Browne O MTS Pe oro ois acta oan tis was voc d Gas bor eEe ies Dr. Wycliffe Marshall memenirtmmlenrrtestem DI GW. fore s «ass, oiacio tte) eee, oie teehee «o's Heiwiele ote Satine Dee eee Walter L. Thurtell Pee mtemeban WHOPGAIMNG PTOLOCLOMy 2.) od. «ee sie an Vo sare cete series crete bees weeees Ontario Forest, Fish and Game Protective Association ................2-eeeeeeee 68 QD EET E. SEATS TENG isd CTS 0 ee A eo Ontario, Some Old-Time Reminiscences of Old ............20202e00eeeee James E. Orr Open Seasons for Hunting and Fishing Throughout Canada ...................-20005- - SESE ce DEN OECGIR 11 l e e A el g G. J. Mitchell REDE soa SSS = vs Sc a eps aoe woe sive as Sa wee ss James E. Orr ; r LP Taree) DING) LEU GU ERS F LEN epee ee CPP othe uc CLO aCCT Ol Or ep Ra eae J.L. C. Peeetiures ee rench and Bnigligh’ 0... ce cee ws nec be eas eeners epee Ie J. A. Hope SEs detasste ls eee mtd TEL eA TSECR ENN VPS fp or cf ols 21h Si fn) 8 at sol ohare a) ovate ahcheV toner sieh oysho) cis orenate: HaSe G Seiny taco ne 'oleiavels es POE CIEL YS OF cot nee ae eB 2 yn s a's sate og wees Coabe wis! « Dloie< woera cjue's vc ae ' Partridges, The Scarcity of: With a Dissertation on Beavers.............. J. B. Temple De PCLLD SD N08) oe? | Sa On Screener i Lee Wilson Smith Peenette Sept CONnNeMeNnt, THO ss sss cence cases cote e cee ee ene eee rdecee eens HERE THCOUB = a. 5 .)5\0.. 2. ewe ses oe Bee OP OnOY bt te ae R. W. Sawtell (eet bs, J Py Dic (Ca ee oo se rine eee ae Lone Pine Eun LU p pul i. CLUS SSS Sat aspe eae emeeia or kn iar wore eS Sete re een rere re eee People’s Fish and Game Protective Association of Nova Scotia ............-...+++005- Pererporoueh Canoe:Co., The Late President of the’... 02.62. eee ce ieee e ee eens Phe fit Dio Doing Go). SUA o 1G) ee ee on eee ie P. E. Bucke CU Doi) Cup Lh SUG) ene rn een O. E. Morehouse, M.D. Sil SU ee oe er F. E. Dorchester, N.S.P.E. 2. aN JENA cologne GocOO CRORE CACO net ara Sa eM ion Seirice aa PoE SEMEL SRI TTGTOR: ge iscea avers is 8 Srddisie s/s. deta wis-seie.e.e ss'elcre siosievic Slee s.clp Cielderd eas 2 EEE VE eae ee hee een oo eee EMU IOL A XEPCISING J Src. ele asia wis dices ces wiweiweck dive ds chs ce eta Fa IE Spoons 5 4 Oo g's SEM a Un Ves Meh so AS wil ae wale OW eb ei onc ees a Ge Weakwuungs and Wasting Sicknesses. ... 1... 6 cece eee w te radavencens RIOR SAMUOR ANG. 2. Gees os lisa sleewseeesebeeeeesbeswdebecs C. W. Young EMME MGENGr GUCDEC 6.1 sc. ccs ii vee a eeu sertemeeseseesccess W. H. Allison Pioneers, Experiences of: How We Killed a Marauding Bear ............ James E. Orr Pointers, A Plain and Common-Sense Talk About .............4.. Mrs. Charles Waters Preparing for the Fall Hunt: Which Shall I Take? Our Cover Cut ................. oe Preserve, British Columbia’s New: Game <2... <. .. . << x5 5 oe Ord epee en ree etna cc Preserve on Lake St. Clair, A Few Days’ Fishing at a Game........ Capt. Gordon Boles Preserving the Nation’s Fish ..................-sseeseeeeeeeeeeees Cyrus MacMillan President of a Far-Reaching Organization, The New ...... 1.6... cece ee eee eee eee enene os eee Nimrod the Trapper P—Continued Protective. Work in British Columbia. < -visizjer.ctm)s sles. sco + toe .eis oesisiela « © ole) elahe ateleeneeieene Protective Work in British Columbia, Game ...............ceeceecccececcccccssrcees Protective: Work, ‘The Problems Of s~ « skye oaenistete cist: cietin.e Slaistela ete! -1-t-sf 2 tote Cinna Quebee Fishing Lake, A ei eee: Miele once wr dieie 's e's (ole sets tote on CRO eS Quebec Game Laws, THE 2... 0 viscose ce cece winless te ee 0.0 0.0 0.0.0%e clei ovtjele oialels stein R Railway, Heow Totfelped toy Make ae. joi. cicnrs aja «a lefole's 0 ese > see pe Hs Ae BRecord-Bréaking Manse Eannt, Ac sn clive aapectse, cia cre teinjecn's 010 dive afoietelegs Dr. W. L. Munro Reminiscences of Old Ontario, Some Old-Time ..............00.scceceece James E. Orr Return of the Novice yo vc. cou cle sistas ae ep eleva eiate elem as2 ile «sons: 1 ey eee R. R. Elliot Rideau Gakes;' Camping ‘onthe Banks of iss... ..s cline ols elem David 8. Johnston Bile TRG on occ tas ak ee eevee ee EME oe Bee's. eo 32 200 292 689 794 1014 Rifle, The; Usevand! CanczvO fae ccs os cis Ca tare ere cise + 06-6), ee eee Heber Logan Rotkies; AP reshsMieldtinathese.. «a's acc eipeiciens Gail viatevc's sss «0's ser there eee Mrs. Spragge Rod and, Gun’s Birthday (0. os ok ae ces c oe'e aa 5 ae 6 aint alee eke Roosevelt asa. Sportsman, ‘President! .)....ciisie(e sciators o/s «0's lcs biel eleuieheel toner eee en eee Ross - Rifle; The 2s 2 o.oo eciediw olvare atcle'e sisinins o's os. 0'e ols siete ae ee eee Ross Rifle and the.Lee-Nnfield; The... cen. acs... escent Heber Logan Ross" 8 HANCH: © 2/-: oo 2. aidieia ae scssqie «oye lalate eles int cleteas Ieee ape ees See Oscar C. Bass Running the: Rapids swithvan Amateur iy, cj.ccjssisie siete tos oleieite cle eee L. W. Bingay S Salmon, A. Fine! Newfoundland: is ..5.0005. 05 on. ale wo 0)c, acs ate roto che acne eee eee nee Salmon and Piscons. 767. <2. e 0) soe ww are em ickergne, cieetele au ahtue oe ee ee C. W. Young Salmon and. Pigeons 2205106. ks occ eo eis wens eet a ees cp we 5 On Cinna Salmon Catching, Record 5 yiic et csisie cscieine Potato renee eather ee eee H. B. Whidden Salmon Fishing in New Brunswick. . ..:: 215.0% sa. s - 5. «0 sie «jeeis cabs ene Salmon: from Inland Waters, A’ Large i... 1. ..:.c;00 0s . Whois 6» ate inicio alee eens Salmon in the North Land 6:0 o..:j05.).o.ae oie nce oleie 62 0:04 scaieje 6 0) eps ost eee eee Salmon, Speckled Prout. and Piseonss.4- 2-1-6 oe eee M. Forster, V.D. Salmon ihe Unsolved Mysteryfot the merece iscieeier bie see eee Bonnycastle Dale Salmon. Trout; vA: Pine 5-2/2). le gave aster gees © 0s 2 wliehers wl oie avove cere [ello cope Ene ae Salmon ‘Trout Wishing in“Ontario® 3.0.25. 0.265 22s 2's «are cates 9 a 50s ee Saskatchewan, A Sporting Outing im cs. 45..% 2. oa cued «i cisie'eteas ee Pca oNk cic DOS Iii, TBP Saskatchewan Fish and Game Protective Association ..................eeececnccsvees Saturday in-August, Ans, 152/015 sislecsiel ein! ote cite: ani utretentas es pease ee W. A. Staebler Scieritific Travellers: in= Alaska 2.3. 02s.) weston aydlevonn «Lice ioo oie « « ois wicked » armas Trout and the Trout Streams of Alberta, Facts About the..................2-..00000e Pepe inno in British Columbia ccs <\. 4.2% be oot dekce en ca laneeees H. G. Byrne eramsebanums an tootenay Dake, B.C., The... 22 ici. eg vec ojece cece sauessacesceuces Mepmmisnnense Ene Cercainty Of ....... .< ¢ 3) «:s0eid £.cFpeioete slow ne Sein BET SRS Ss James G. Shaw Vanishing Deer, Our ...... Meee trac ob oo eee cae cee re eee Sa er ee A. White mare mtr Ee OMI, 157) uaa ins cts vibe Ss mlaels Dicials o)odiw wk oie oe Dr. W. A. Hart Vanishing Deer, A Few Words More on Behalf of Our .......... James Dickson, O.L.S. EERE reGHO SV URMIEO SWE oot crass io es oie nce ea dw we ERO ES Harold Raymond W “Wana (Elis A: os Sec en Oi ado OG Doane ees errr eee Dr. F. T. Cadham Wayside Tavern and the Shooting Match, The ......................... E. B. Fraleck AGS iy ca LG STE eS CT UT nO J De. rn MEI Etre hares sce Spal 3s wis wo Se bine iete #16 vclniviainpe é hiwin's bie asie'les CaeK as Wild Fowl, A Manitoban Collection of Native ....................... R. M. Matheson Shee a NE SEMPRE PRI ose ro tba nce cho <0 x Cys,sinins tod aivie we SRonimie Re © data ase Reginald Gourlay Vivollel, ILGWPS) 5 5 coo Hae SWISS Regs Oe OI ICIOICIEHIRU OEIC IEE Ieper ett ee Cy Warman Same Me ES EWAN ITU INGVE SCOLIA 6. ons ons ejarsn ee bah Saw kanes ci ween ce ehecacvacacte ilar Cindi. 4 Si Saas es a a ee, nee ee a ee Charles Jenkins Samora N GOrinerml ONEATION A. afm, o c's Ae wt ane cos ale J. W. Holland emer cert enl NL AS 505.01. he's pic) a > veale y is pam 8 Se 5 Biereae hoe Nia ew RW phot « Wigla Gimerack Wolf, How I Missed a Moose and Deer and Shot a ............-.-.--.,. 20. Jack Miner tLe irre a Sy = ee a ee ee DERPEETHIATILODA 2.1... tine econ ee eke eh Sam RN EA we