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SHOTGUNS AND
SHOTGUN SHELLS
make a satisfactory and result-giv-
ing combination for field, fowl or
trap shooting. Winchester Repeat-
ing Shotguns shoot strongly, work
surely and wear well. Quality and
finish considered, their price is low.
Winchester Shotgun Shells are
carefully and uniformly loaded,which
insures good penetration and an
even spread of shot. © “S& S &
Try this Winchester combination
once and you will use it always.
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
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BALLISTITE and EMPIRE
POWDER-—Win High Honors
BALLISTITE won the Grand ,American Handi-
cap, while the high average for nearly all the events
was captured by Empire Shooters.
At the Dominion Trap Shooters Association
Tournament held in Toronto, August 7th, 8th and
gth, EMPIRE won first and third high average on
the third day.
At the Clinton, Ont., Tournament, October 3oth,
. Empire tied for second high average in the live
bird events.
The skate of Quality, Elegance and
Durability—proved by test Of pase iy
twelve years. Fully guaranteed. |
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W. H. DUNNE >
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If your dealer won't supply you write us
HAMILTON POWDER CO.
4 HOSPITAL St. MONTREAL.
BRANCH OFFICES:
oronto, Ont. Winnipeg, Man. Victoria, B. C.
Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver, B.C. Kenora, Ont.
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111 Front Street East - TORONTO, ONT.
CANADA’S LARGEST DEALER
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For Target and
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The best in the world.
303 Calibre, Military and Sporting Patterns.
Special calibres to order.
CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION
ROSS RIFLE COMPANY
Quebec
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I grow my own Willow.
$12.50,
these artistic chairs at prices from $3.50 to $10.
kets of any style made to order.
No. 10 $3.50 No.
on
14 $5.00 No. 12 $4.00
IgXI9 18X17
26 in. 24 in.
to in. 20 in.
HE distinctive feature about my Willow Furniture is not the price, but the quality—lots of Art Furniture is sold
at less, but you would not want it at any price when placed alongside of YOUNGER’S WILLOW FURNITURE.
I supervise personally the workmanship.
every article. As toBEAUTY of this furniture, it speaks for itself.
It comprises three comfortable arm chairs, made of Willow.
no reason in the world why you should sit in an unventilated and unhealthy upholstered chair when you can buy
I guarantee strength and durability of
The handsome set, illustrated above, sells for
That means coolness and comfort. There is
We also manufacture a variety of other Rush and Willow Furniture, including Settees, Arm Chairs, Fancy
Chairs, Invalid’s Chairs, Tables, Picnic Baskets, Automobilist’s Bakets, and numerous other articles.
No extra packing charges for shipping to outside points.
Special bas-
Send for catalo g.
W. YOUNGER, 666 Yonge St., Toronto.
A EN LL AAS TL IT TE SRE 5 SA I PORTERS LYFE ATARI 6, STORIES BS ENS Te RI
New LYMAN Patent
Combination Rear Sight
Now accomplished
for Savage Rifle
Model 1899
No. 1A Price $3.00
Send for catalog of Sights and
Bow Facing Rowing Gear
THE
Lyman Gun Sight Corporation
MIDDLEFIELD, CONN., U.S. A
Remodelled, Handsomely Furnished, New
Throughout
THE ALBANY
41st Street and Broadway, New York
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF
In the heart of the city
300 Bathrooms
Cuisine Unexcelled.
Ladies’ Restaurant and
Popular Prices. Plenty of life—
Single room and suites with and
$1.00 per day and up. Send for
ROBERT P. MURPHY
Meet me at the College Inn, under the Albany,
New York's Leading Rathskellar, a place to eat,
drink and be merry. Music.
500 Rooms
European Plan.
Gentlemen's Cafe.
Moorish Rooms,
but homelike.
without bath.
booklet.
4 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
The
Largest
Manufacturers
in the World
in our Line
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UNBREAKABLE ROD.
TRADE MARK
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THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN FISHING RODS
Silk bound waterproof, Split Cane Rod in Trout and Bass. Strongest rod in the world. Every dealer and fisherman
should see this rod. Price is most reasonable and within the reach of all. Made only by usin our factory at Toronto
The Allcock, Laight & Westwood Co., Limited.
78 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ttn ty ty te ny nn
“THEY MAKE THE ROUND TRIP”
HILDRETH
Marine Motors
Eliminate Your Troubles When é
You Make Your Purchase.
What’s the use of going if
you can't get back ?
Buy a HILDRETH, and tow your friends back.
me Hildreth Manufacturing Co.
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7 WALL ST.. LANSING MICH., U. S. A
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“Affer. ‘Sha VIS
Motor BoatPertection | ThAENNEN’S|
comprises speed, seaworthiness, comfort : BORATED TALCUM
and reliability, with one man control
free from complications and annoyances. TOILET POW DER
A scientific built launch which requires
no science to operate. Full explanation
and insist that your barber
in catalogue.
use it also. It is Antiseptic
and will prevent any of the
skin diseases often contrac-
te
A positive relief for Chapped
“Hands, Chafing, and ali:
iffictions of the skin. Re
“moves all odor of perspiration
Get Mennen’ s—th original Put up in non-
refillable buxes—the “‘box that lox”? Sold
N. R T a O Mi ed S O N : everywhere or mailed for 25c./ Sample free.
bd Try Mennen’s Violet (Borated) Talcum
BRANTFORD, ONT. GERHARD MENNEN €O. _ Newark, N.J
: Suaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act
My SPEcIALTY: Made to order Launches ae June 3oth, 1906. Serial No. oS
Designs submitted for approval.
Fastest, Safest, Best Boats Built
State your requirements.
Let me do the rest.
When in
Camp
there is nothing
goes quite so well as
a bit of good fat
} bacon. If you have
F‘ not been used to fat
a bacon — try it — the
¥/ doctors say itis good
and after you have
tried it you will say
so too. Ask your grocer to get you
‘Star Brand’
English Breakfast
BACON
next season. We can supply you
Made by
with the best.
F. W. FEARMAN CO., Ltd. Send for Catalogue.
Hamilton, Ont. ee
All bees sche goods are Government William English Canoe Co.,
PPE RAE BION EEE AEE ILI EL SE SG Peterborough, Ontario.
N is the best time to order a canoe for
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6 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
FOR fae
CAMP
OR THE LONG
TRAMP
fishing cr hunting, in summer or winter, nothing
so satisfying or so strengthening as
Shredded
Wheat
Biscuit and Triscuit. They are ready-cooked,
always ready-to-serve, and contains all the muscle-
making material in the whole wheat grain made
digestible by steam-cooking, shredding and baking.
TRISCUIT (the Shredded Wheat Toast or
Wafer) is the ideal food for campers, for picnics,
for excursions on land or water. Eaten with butter,
cheese or marmalades it makes a delicious lunch,
quickly prepared, appetizing and nourishing.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit and Triscuit are sold
by all grocers and camp supply houses. - Take
some with you on your next trip.
‘“MADE IN CANADA”
The Canadian Shredded Wheat Co. Ltd.,
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO.
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The “Kawartha” Special
The R. M. Beal Leather Co., Limited
LINDSAY, ONTARIO
The “NIFTY” LARRIGAN and
Sporting Boot Makers of Canada
Ga son Bulf “Brand
The “Forest King.”
These goods are made
with SOLES & HEELS
or WHOLE SOLES
and guaranteed to be
superior to anything on
the market.
If your dealer does not keep
them in stock, write us direct.
DO YOU WANT A
Stevens Crack Shot Rifle?
If so send TEN yearly subscriptions to Rop anp GuN AND
Motor Sports 1N Canapa, and we_ will send. you
one of these popular rifles. Those who have used them say
they are worthy of their name, “CRACK-SHOT.”
For further particulars address:
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Woodstock, Ontario
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ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
USE
English Schultze
English Schultze has Won Championships all over the World and holds
THE ONE MAN CHAMPIONSHIP OF CANADA
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Wholesale Agents for Canada
The London & Toronto Trading Co.
14 Front St. East, Toronto.
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ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA
THE HONORS WON BY
DUPONT BRANDS
OF SHOTGUN SMOKELESS POWDER
During the Trapshooting Season of 1907, conclusively prove
REGULARITY and RELIABILITY
Powders Which Win at the Traps
Must Score in the Field
You should therefore see that
ALL YOUR SHELLS FOR FIELD SHOOTING
Are loaded with either
Dupont Smokeless | Bulk
“New Schultze” Smokeless
“New E. C. (Improved)” | Powders
‘Infallible Smokeless” {| jyr%, cy , Dense” Powder
Made in America : : : :
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Powder Co.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
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1© ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
an up-to-date Racing Canoe, or
D O You Want to Get a Law Motor Boat ot a Cruis-
ing Canoe or a Family Row-boat? If you do we can supply you with the best
on the market at a reasonable price. We designed and built the war canoes
used by the Ottawa, Brittania & Carleton Place Canoe winners of the Champion-
ship of Canada,.,'04, 06, 07. Write for catalogue.
THE CAPITAL BOAT WORKS Bank Street, Ottawa.
es
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ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. . II
GREAT VICTORY WON _
BY LEFEVER SHOT GUNS at Boston on October 25, 1907.
HE Lefever Gun won the Massachusetts State Championship 50 tar-
gets challenge match. Two Lefever Guns tied for second place in
the same match. Lefever Gun also won high amateur average at
this Tournament. 4 This is only one of the thousands of contests
won by the Lefever during its fifty years of existence. @ If there
is any doubt in your mind as to the Lefever being the Napoleon of
shot guns, the many recent victories and the thousands of others
won by
~"U/ Lat
2 Shy Ny
"°°" THE LEFEVER SHOT GUN
ought to dispel that doubt forever. 4 We want you to send for our catalogue and
learn what the Lefever is. After reading it carefully, we then want you to go into a
store and carefully examine the Lefever in comparison with other makes. If you are
going to buy a shot gun, you owe it to yourself to do this, and if you DO do it, you
will buy a Lefever. We have never seen it fail. And why do you suppose it never
fails? Because the Lefever is actually the finest gun, and anyone who will look into
the matter carefully willseeit. Send for our catalogue before you forgetit. You ought
to learn what the Lefever is if you are not already a Lefever user, which means Lefever
enthusiast. LEFEVER ARMS COMPANY, 29 MALTBIE ST., SYRACUSE, N. Y.
IF YOU WANT A
Canoe, Skiff or Launch
AND WANT THE BEST
Write to the—
Peterborough Canoe Co.
PETERBOROUGH, ONT: |
12 ° ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
an
Eastman
itisnt
a
Kodak
The Kodak Christmas Story
Wherever Children are there’s a Christmas story, yes, and all the year round story
for the Kodak to record—a story that grows in interest as the years go by.
Let the grown folks with a Kodak and the Children with a Brownie join in building
the family Kodak Book. And there’s no better way to begin than with pictures of Christmas day
Kodaks $5.00 to $112.00. Brownies $1.00 to $9.00
CANADIAN KODAK CO., Limited
The Kodak Baby Bvok—now |
in press, ready im January—| TORONTO, CANADA.
free atthe Kodak dealers or by |
mat’.
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ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
13
The Great International
Double Track Rouee
iS THE MAIN ARGERY OF TRAVEL
between the East and West, reaching, through its own and connecting lines, the large
centres of both Canada and the United States.
THE WELLAND INN DINING ROOM
The St. Catharines Well and The Welland Inn
THE FAMOUS MINERAL SALT SPRINGS
situated at St. Catharines, Ont., 11 miles from Niagara Falls, on the line of the Grand Trunk Railway System,
is a happy combination of family hotel and sanitarium. The Welland is designed for a resting place and possesses
all the essentials at moderate cost. Mineral Salt Water Baths of various kinds, Massage, Electricity and Special
Tonic treatments for ovcrworked minds and bodies. Write to the Manager, The Welland Inn, St. Catharines,
Ont., for illustrated descriptive matter, and apply to Grand Trunk Agents for particulars regarding routes
and rates.
W. E. DAVIS, G: T. BELL,
Passenger Traffic Manager, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, '
MONTREAL MONTREAL [
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I4 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
COMMONWEALTH HO DET) |) GaeIni i VV galas
Boston, Mass.
I Vo FOR
Perfection Marine Motors
A motor that has proven by
test to be superior to any ever
Offers rooms with hot and cold water for $1.00 per ‘ 7 ‘ :
day and up; rooms with private bath for $1.50 per offered. We want a reliable
day and up; suites of two rooms and bath for $3.00 agent for the Maritime Prov-
per day andup. Weekly rates on rooms with hot
and cold water and shower baths, $6.00 to $9.00; inces, Quebec, Eastern and
rooms with private baths, $9.00 to $12.00; suites o . é
two rooms and bath, $15.00 to $22.00. Western Ontario, Manitoba,
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF and British Columbia. For full
Stone floors, nothing wood but the doors.
Equip ped With Its Own Sanitary
Vacum Cleaning Plant
particulars write to
Long Distance Telephone in Every Room The Calle Perfection Motor Co
STRICTLY A TEMPERANCE HOTEL
Send for Booklet. STORER F. CRANTS, Manage, 1302 Second Avenue
Detroit - Mich.
This motor is being regularly
advertised in this magazine.
“We will publish name of
agents we appoint in future
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QLES LANGAs
Ws ly
eS TO H. M. THE KING. Cp
where say it is the best rust preventative
on earth—on water, too.
Being a light oil it enters the pores
of the metal and forms an impercept-
ible covering that is moisture-proof
without making the gun sticky or
fa Sreasy to handle. Best for oiling the
yu fine mechanisms of the finest gun,
Ha because it does not dry out, gum,
; "i harden, turn See dase,
A sample. G.W.Cole
Free Company,
55 New St
New York, N. Y.
4S 826 ,
el £35, £2
2 piece 3 ;
Ejectors an £22
“THE ART OF SHOOTING’ Seventh and Revised
Popular Edition, 2/6; Postage Gd extra.
om ain ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST FREE
Catch ’em and Hold "em.
THE NEWHOUSE TRAP . (Opposite The Comedy Theatre.)
is absolutely reliable. Never
fails to hold the game. Positive
in action, easy to set, will not i Can oe for Sa le
get out of order.
Made in all sizes to catch any-
thing from a rat to a bear. Sixteen foot, cedar, canvas covered
—specially suitable for cruising and
wan chia os hunting purposes. Absolutely new.
ONEIDA COMMUNITY, Ltd. @ oy Color, green. PRICE $44.00.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
D PIKE .CO,
123 King St. East - TORONTO, ONT.
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ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 15
MANUFACTURERS
BY
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HARDY BROS.
THE GREAT PRACTICAL ENGLISH FISHING
ROD, REEL AND TACKLE MAKERS
produce the best in the world.
If you want the greatest
satisfaction you must have
A “HARDY” Cane Built Rod
A “HARDY” Perfect Reel and Tackle
#7 THE ENGLISH FIELD Says: ‘‘It is to Messrs
Hardy of Alnwick we owe our supremacy as rod
makers.
Hardy Bros. International Tourna-
ment, Crystal Palace, won 16 cham-
pionships.
Hardy Bros. have been awarded
forty-one Gold and other awards.
“£7 he publish the finest and most extensive
Catalogue which is sent free to any address.
HARDY BROS.
ALNWICK, ENGLAND:
GLOVER’S
IMPERIAL
DOG REMEDIES.
The result of twenty-five years’ experience
in the treatment of
SICK DOGS.
FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS I”
SPORTING GOODS IN CANADA.
FREE BOOK ON
DISEASES AND HOW TO FHHD
On application to
H. CLAY GLOVER, V.S., 118 W. 3ist St., New York
Never-Lose Key Tag.
Unusually novel and practical. Only Key Tag which makes it easy
for the finder to return lost keys with-
out cost or inconvenience. Two parts
hinged together. Name, address and
postage on inside. Finder simply
reverses and drops in nearest mail
box. Avoids necessity of offering re-
ward fer return. German Silver
handsomely made, 26¢ postpaid
d.
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MOUNT BIRDS AND ANIMALS
Sportsmen! Fishermen! flunters! Lovers of Nature!
The wonderful art of Taxidermy,
» _ so long kept secret, can now be
mY easily learned right in your owa
4 home.
<< WE TEACH BY MAIL how to
properly mount Birds, Animas,
Game Heads, tan skins, make rugs, etc.
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Vol. 1X No. 7
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and Motor Sports in Canada
The contents of this magazine are copyrighted and must not be reprinted without permission.
Contents for December, 1907.
AeCanoe hiipetoe rudson=, Bay.s° Jv M > Bentley 225.6 0.026.. 607
tithes Pine Wioeds:,.Charles-H. Chésley : 2.295 tes se 6
hirecsloursui deat wkrap ely Ay Oils cee Pooky See 621
Lost in a Snow Storm; How My Dogs Saved My Life.
Ree able chicrmtacwest poten aoe oo ere ake eae ry oe es Sie. 023
ihe Coming of the Frost King. W. A. Staebler.2........ 627
Christmas Day is the Day tor Marine Zoology. Bonnycastle
J Dah ESS GA ee Sg a ae pen ca: Oo Rulon ay PSS ins, oe GOR
Awogbeam storieswor, Old -Ontarios (hi W Ma.) ee oe: 632
hokbake Waterloo Wenmis ~Wiittheldi ss iis. 3a vey oe 633
Chicago Authors in Temagami. Richard H. Little... .... 634
AVPeweltappy, Ways. ernest, MeVeioh sa25222 o2. 65) eae pa
RetitomentzOL Won. deans Prevost, K: CG: Micro Pace 7 =) 2) GAG
ost Meee mVOOdseeae bo Vemplen si. 2.> ects ae. 2 eee ee OB!
Canine .Cunmile WeMatry . ak ot ooo ease aes), a ea ARS 654
Some of My Christmas Fox Hunts. W. Hickson..... .... 655
Frenchy Rondeau’s Candlemas Bear. Vagrant........ Jae O57
Pe Una ay ci ea s elie pt Vl cece ses 8, 2 SR Ee OI Cea eR RN 659
Indian Cooking in Northern Canada. Louis Augustin...... 663
Travelling in the Great North Land; Interesting Story of a
PON Cen Ath O leepraers Ma omer cise iP, ere ons neh ne 665
A Moose Story. irom Joe H.C. Armstrong: 22... APIO Tee 669
nee Wilde bre econe (Classy Camenoniss.cs st. oo ae et Pe 670
Se beGestine. WiSitetOu bOVGll s ElOMmes. ai. o. = tees es 672
she kishnana sGaine: Ol NOVA SCOtias.o.-4 7... 2. ese ee 673
NGO Sem tinitimom NOLES. oSBer Ed shies os ney diese Senne Meee reas 674
Coy NEEM CURIE V0 ii) (GI TIE eae echo oa tar Me ra re LE SVEN IO7 5
Automobiles and Automobiling./ 0.0.0). 2 Epa 676
SURES HL OAt esa aenen aes clos es elas) ae eee re Riek 683
JN ivoy intend G3 kul Op rae Spence: SR Sp Pan Rey re ben a EC Reg ie ete a 688
Our Medicines Bac. 15.455 a. SR ee in he rete Poe So V8
TSI BS Ot ie aes Sa Oa AM eee LL RUC EN No Saleh a 703
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Communieations on all topics pertaining to fishing, shooting, canoeing, yachting,
automobiling, the kennel, amateur photography and trapshooting will be welcomed and
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writer, not necessarily for publication, however.
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A Canoe Trip to Hudson Bay.
BY J. M.
ww TER many pleasant experiences in
1 Canadian woods and waters I felt
= prepared to make a long contempla-
ted visit to Hudson Bay. ThetripI knew
was not to be lightly undertaken, but hav-
ing learnt a good deal from personal
travel by canoe
and the spending
of several vaca-
tions in the back
woodsinCanada,
I felt prepared to
face whatever
emergencies
might be in front
of me. I had
likewisetravelled
a good deal under
the guidance of
Presque, a half
breed, and seen
his work under
difficulties and
knew he wasa
guide uponwhom
I could place a
good deal of re-
liance. My own experience had given me
some confidence in my own powers and
I felt that the time had come when |
might with some amount of credit under-
take what I knew to be a difficult trip,
not altogether free from danger, and hope
to emerge successfully therefrom.
For some time I had been gathering in-
formation on the subject and early last
STATION AT ENGLEHART.
BENTLEY.
spring began my preparations in earnest..
The question of route was one of much
interest but the balance was so strongly
in favor of that by the Temiskaming and
Northern Ontario Railway that I decided
to goas faras I could to the End of Steel
and then take to.-
the canoe.
Thad sounded
Presque on the
subject on my last
visit to Temagami
and | had the in-
estimable advant-
age of the advice
and assistance of
Mr. H. G. Wood,
the Hudson Bay
representative on
Bearlsland, Tema-
gami, who gave
time and attention
to making the out-
fit as thorough as
forethought and
knowledge could
do so in order to
ensure against the possibilities of any
breakdown.
As far as I could manage it all the
arrangements had been made when I
left Pittsburg on the evening of July
tenth last on the first stage of what prov-
ed to be a most interesting trip. Before
nine o’clock next morning J] was in To
ronto and enjoyed a hearty breakfast a-~
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the King Edward Hotel. The day was
made unpleasant by continuous rain,
though despite this drawback I managed
to see a good deal of the city. I purchas-
eda silk tent with bobbinet front from
Pike & Company, bought a few sundries
which might have been otherwise over-
lookedand secured my sleeper reservation.
At nine o’clock in the evening I and all
my belongings were on the Cobalt special
and headed north.
At half past seven next morning we
were only ten miles beyond North Bay,
and on account of a wreck were obliged
to change cars and have the baggage
transferred toa train ahead. Thus in-
stead of reach-
ing Temagami
at seven forty-
five it was
eleven o’clock
before our
train entered
that station.
However, I
found Presque
awaiting me
and he had the
canoe and sup-
plies all ready
for shipping.
Train delays
kept us here
till five o’clock
in the evening
and it was nine
before Engle-
hart was reach-
ed. Anall night
stoppage was made here and we put up
at the King Edward—a fine hotel consid-
ering that the town is but one year old.
Englehart is a railroad divisional point
and is also to be made a junction point.
Only a year ago the site was covered
with dwarf Jack pines and now the
place possesses a large attractive depot
painted white with green shingles, a good
hotel of about forty rooms, and about
thirty stores of all kinds, together with
numerous well built dwellings. The
place is a good example of the enter-
prise and energy displayed in many of
the new frontier towns of Northern On-
tario and the short stay here was made
interesting in noting the strange contrasts
VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN OF ENGLEHART.
PLACE IS BUT ONE YEAR OLD AND IS TO
BE A RAILROAD JUNCTION POINT.
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA
presented in a town of such mushroom
growth.
At thattime the End of Steel was
Grant, seventy-five miles from Englehart,
and a construction train left Englehart
for that point at half past nine in the
morning. We were timed to conclude
the journey by between four and six in
the evening—a rather indefinite form
of time table, but we were warned that
even this was not to be depended upon.
The dining stopping point on this ex-
tension is at a settlement called Boston ;
from which place there is a Government
waggon road through to the Larder Lake
district, where much gold bearing min-
eral has been
discovered and
where hun-
dreds of’ pros-
pectors are in
search of the
hidden treas-
ure. As a mat-
terof factit was
nine o'clock
before the train
arrived at
Grant and con-
sidering the
condition of
the roadbed we
did well to ar-
rive at that
time. At three
different places
the engine or
cars left the
tracks and we
had good opportunities of observing the
surrounding country while waiting for
them to be replaced.
This portion of the roadbed well illus-
trates some of the enormous difficulties
to be overcome by pioneers in a new
country. In some places deep rock cuts
had to be made, many large streams had
to be crossed and in other places the
lines had to be laid over muskegs where
it appears impossible to procure anything
like a firm foundatian. In several places
there were found large deposits of soft
blue clay. On these deposits the railroad
builders have been working for over a
year, using pile drivers and putting in
hundreds of logs in their endeavors to
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secure such a foundation as would hold
the track. When the builders thought
they had done this the soft clay would
| slip carrying away the logs and _ shifting
| the track several hundred feet from its
former location. Two large steam shovels
have been put in and worked for months
taking out the deposit, the excavation
thus made being filled up with heavy
rock ballast. This had no lasting effect
asthe clay has again slipped with the
same results. The first contractors who
| undertook to build this portion of the
_ road claimed to have lost $100,000 over
| it and had to give it up uncompleted.
| When we finally reached Grant, the
_ conductor took us to a large railroad
camp for sup-
per for which,
as it may be
imagined, we
were quite
ready. When
we finished our
meal and came
out we found
that the train
had been run
on toa siding
half a mile a-
head. We
walked down
the track to
the train and
_with padlocks. This meant that we
_ must wait till morning with what patience
we could command before we could se-
cure our Outfit. We tried to sleep on
the hard benches of the caboose and
might have succeeded if it had not been
for the swarms of mosquitoes which
would insist on occupying that place with
us. Asit was we were in torture all
the time and at halt past two in the
morning I could stand it no longer. I
beat a retreat and from that time until I
was called for breakfast I spent the in-
terval in walking up and down the track
Switching at my tormentors at every step
I took.
_ It was with glad spirits that at half-
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past eight on Sunday, July fourteenth,
we bade adieu to the railway and set out
on the canoe portion of our trip. We
started with a half mile portage to the
Black River on which we were delighted
to embark. After our experiences on
the railroad we felt free and hada most
pleasant day, though we had to make
three portages in the distance of
three miles which we had to cover before
we reached McDougall’s Chutes.
Here we remained for half an hour
securing Some bread, etc. and looking
with interest at the raw newness of this
crude settlement. When we were there
the frames of nearly every building was
covered with tar paper.
Despite the air
of newness
everywhere
prevalent we
found several
stores doing a
rushing busi-
ness and pool
rooms and
boarding
houses were
seen on every
hand. Many
tents were pit-
ched about the
place and it
was clear to us
that the town
_ there discover- was growing
ed that the DINNER STOP ON THE EXTENSION OF THE TEMIS- — rapidly. Rich
freight cars KAMING AND NORTHERN ONTARIO RAILWAY. mineral depos-
were locked itshad been and
were still being found in the district and
accounted for the energetic manner in
which everyone round about was hustling
for the almighty dollar. i {
We continued our paddle down the
Black River for a distance of fifteen miles,
to its junction with the Abitibi and down
this five miles to Iroquois Falls which
point we reached at five o’clock in the
evening. Several prospectors and a fire
ranger were incamp here and after put-
ting up our tent and having supper we
spent several pleasant hours around the
camp fire in their company.
Upon turning in a night of misery was
our lot. No sooner had we sought our
pillows than our troubles began. I had
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brought with mea cot with a bobbinet
canopy intended forjust such an occasion,
and thought that 1 had confounded these
insect pests. My confidence was not
justified on that particular evening for al-
though the bobbinet reached to the
ground there were many uneven surfaces.
By these means they found entrances be-
low and coming right up along the sides
they reached me and paid me their com-
pliments. They were so very pressing
in their attentions that the dawn with its
moving about and preparations for break-
fast and breaking camp proved most
welcome.
By eight o’clock we were again on the
water and at the forty-two mile blaze
from McDougall’s Chute reached the
Burnes’ Transcontinental Contractor’s
Camp where we stopped for a short time.
Here _ there
were fifteen big
and fierce dogs
running about
and it was not
Sa fiepior,-a
stranger to try
and land until
they had been
called off. Our
journey was
continued for
eight miles fur-
ther down the
river when we
reached a Gov-
ernment Sur-
veyor’sCampat
which we stop-
ped for ~—the
night The
building was locked up but as it was be-
ginning to rain we did not stand upon
ceremony but pried the lock off the door
and made ourselves at home. There
was a good stove anda_ general assort-
ment of eatables inside. Under these
circumstances we made an excellent sup-
per which we much enjoyed.
The next work was to put up my cot,
and I set my thoughts to work to see if
I couldn’t outwit my little, persistent and
most trying enemies, the mosquitoes.
Taking the bobbinet that hung below the
cot I tucked it in all round ‘under the
sleeping bags and after undressing
VIEW ON ABITIBI RIVER.
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
crawled under the canopy, most carefully
tucking in again those portions of the
bobbinet that I had displaced. This plan
proved most successful and I experienced
great pleasure that night in hearing the
angry buzzings of many hundreds of
mosquitoes making desperate efforts to
reach me, and failing. From this time
onward my troubles with mosquitoes
were at an end and my nights calm and
peaceful—a wonderful improvement upon
the miserable ones I had gone through.
On the sixteenth we were on the river
by eight o’clock in the morning and kept
right on until we arrived atthe Long Sault
when we stopped at a prospector’s camp.
At this place | had a pleasant meeting
and conversation with an elderly gentle-
man, Mr. G. Marskell, who came from
Muskoka and remembered seeing me at
Bala Fallsthree
years _ before.
For the next
seven miles we
had. -- we tea
swift waterand
after making
two portages
we camped that
night at Kettle
Falls.
The seventeen-
th was a quiet
and uneventful
daybut we made
good progress.
A_b-0-u t) 4¢ea
o’clock in the
morning we
saw a cow and
a calf moose in
the water and with some trouble took
two pictures of the cow but were too
slow to catch the calf. Camp that night
was made about ten miles above Sucker
Creek.
A long and arduous day was the eight-
eenth but the evening afforded ample
repayment for the strenuous exertions
indulged in that day. We had _ seven
portages to make, and the last one,
three miles long, was not completed until
eight oclock in the evening. We believed
from the map, and the distances we had
covered, that New Post could only bea
few miles ahead. We decided therefore
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
to keep on and at nine o’clock we arrived
at the Post.
Mr. S.B. Barrett, the factor in charge,
came down to the river to meet us and
gave us ahearty welcome. So pleased in-
deed was he to see a white man, assuring
me that I was the first he had seen for
eight months, that he gave us the free-
dom of hishouse, There was much of
greatinterest for us bothto talk about. He
was anxious to hear of what was passing
in the outside world, as he only received
one mail, via Moose Factory, the whole
year. Onthe other hand I wanted to
know something further of the back-
woods, of the journey ahead of me and
there was no more competent man on
these particular points than my host.
Some very fine
skins, trophies
of Mr. Barrett’s
hunt ngprowess,
were hanging
upon the walls
and I made up
my mind to pur-
chase some of
them should my
host prove a
willing — seller.
As Idid not wish
to burden myself
with any more
than _ needful
supplies I post-
poned this part
of our interview
till my return.
The Post con-
sists of four buildings — the Factor’s
residence, a second one occupied by an
Indian, a general shop and the store
house. When we were there we saw
about a dozen tents and tepees in which
the Indians who trade at the Post were
living. All the supplies for New Post
are brought down once a year by the
Indians from Moose Factory after the
arrival of the steamer from England
which is generally in the early part of
August. Early in September the Indians
at the Post leave for the woods many
going long distances and each having his
own hunting location. They remain away
until June when they bring in the results
of their winter’s work Inthe meantime
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611
Mr. Barrett, with one lame Indian ser-
vant, is left in charge at the Post.
Noticing that four cut of five of the many
dogs that were roaming about had their
right fore leg tied to their neck, I inquir-
ed the reason for sucha proceeding and
was told that this was done to keep them
from going into the bush. If allowed
their full liberty they would roam about
and eat up all the rabbits that had been
caught in the snares set out. It was at
this place I first saw a rabbit skin blank-
et. These blankets were beauties being
entirely white. They are made by cutting
the skin into half inch strips, each one
being twisted up tight and then woven
together in a like manner as that in which
carpets are woven. The result is a blank-
et alike on both
sides. These
blankets are
very warm and
every Indian
family is the
possessor ofone
or more of these
articles. New
Post would
make an ideal
place for a rest
cure sanitor-
ium. There
would be abso-
lutely no danger
of the patients
being worried
by outside
troubles.
Our stay at
the Post lasted twelve hours and by nine
in the morning of the nineteenth we
were again on our way. Before starting
I procured two additional Indians to
assist us over the four portages. fifteen
miles below. At the end of the third
portage we had the pleasure of meeting
the Dominion Commissioner and party
consisting of Dominion Police Officers,
Paymaster, Doctor and ten Indians. ©
They had been paying the bounty to the
Indians in all the northern’ sections of
the country, and they were on their way
back to the End of Steel, having com-
pleted a journey of over two thousand
five hundred miles,having started on May
first and travelled most daysin the interval.
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The bounty is four dollars and is paid
in cash to every Indian, adult and child.
As one result of these payments children
are very numerous, the Indians looking
upon them as good assets. Many amus-
ing stories are told regarding the Indians
and their bounty. It is the only money
they ever see andas soon as itis in
their possession they go at once to the
store at the Post and spend it upon any-
thing they fancy. At the New Post they
tell of an Indian who on one of these
occasions took a fancy to an old churn.
As there was not, and never had been a
cow within a hundred and fifty miles of
the Post it was difficult to account for
the churn being there. Without doubt
it had been brought over from Europe
many years be-
fore and insome
manner it had
been included in
a consignment
of goods sent
down to New
Post. The In-
dian had prob-
ably never seen
a cow and cer-
tainly no other
churn. As he
took a fancy to
it there was
nothing else but
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has still upon his final return to the
starting point possession of the money
he had with him when he originally start-
ed, there being left as the evidences of
his visits a trail of due bills along his
whole route. This is certainly a good
example of elastic currency.
It rained hard all the afternoon and
we had to pitch the tent on the wet sand
on the end of an island. We were wet
to the skin and nearly frozen but after
getting into dry clothes and having a few
cups of hot coffee we were soon all right
again. At the end of the last portage I
lost my revolver ; it slipped from my
belt as I was getting out money with
which to pay the two Indians.
Saturday, the twentieth was a quiet
day. We left
camp at_ half-
past seven and
made such good
progress that at
night we camp-
ed about five
miles above the
Moose __ River.
During the day
we saw a mink
on a rock in the
river. It allowed
us to get within
ten feet of it be-
fore it took to
to let him have the water and
it and even the made for the
price of twenty- shore: Al fittesn
JUNCTION OF THE FREDERICK HOUSE AND ; ;
five dollars pee swimming a
which was ° g short distance
charged him for
it did not deter him from the purchase.
He thought it was something on which
he could make music and he determined
to become the purchaser.
The Commissioner after having paid
Out the bounty due at a Post remains
there for a day or two. By that time
the bounty money is in the possession of
the Hudson Bay Company and by giving
them a due bill for the amount the Com-
missioner is again in the possession of
the money. The same procedure is car-
ried on at each of the Posts and the final
result is that the Commissioner after hav-
ing paid acash bounty of four dollars
per head to several thousands of Indians
in that direction
it turned about and came directly towards
the canoe. When withina few feet ot
us the guide raised his paddle to strike
it. He had hardly made a move before
the mink dived straight down into the
water and disappeared. I believe if the
guide had only kept quiet the animal
would have tried to have gotten into the
canoe.
On Sunday, the twenty-first, we reach-
ed Moose Factory. Camp was left shortly
after seven o’clock and at nine we came
on an Indian encampment at which a
woman and child were engaged in drying
moose meat. The biggest portion of the
carcass was lying on the ground partly
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
covered with adirty cloth, andthe balance
hung up across poles over the fire. The
woman was the dirtiest and most
depraved human being I have ever seen.
She was covered with blood which had
dried on her face and hands in streaks
before the fire. Her head was covered
with a dirty cloth to keep off the mos-
quitoes and flies that were swarming
about. The guide endeavoured to find
out from her if the buildings we could see
in the distance were those of the Hudson
Bay Company at Moose Factory. She
declined to talk and after taking her pic-
ture we departed without being enlight-
ened in any way.
Upon reaching the buildings we found
them to be those
of the French
Post of Revillion
Freres. We
stopped off here
for a short time
and Mr. F. X.
Hele, the Factor
in charge, was
surprised and
delighted to see
us. He was a
most interesting
talker and in ad-
dition to his
stories told us
that the Moose
Post was only
three miles away
on the far side
of the island
which was in view across the river. In
addition to his interesting conversation
and information he also gave us some
fine cigars.
As we were leaving this point we saw
acanoe, filled with Indians and dogs
leave the Indian Camp near by. Mr.
Hele told us they were going over to the
Post to attend church, the English Bishop,
the Right Rev. George Holmes, being
there that day on his annual visit. As
there were six paddles in their canoe they
soon pulled ahead, though we managed
to keep them in sight. By and by we
saw them go into shore, and supposed
they had reached the other Post although
nothing of it was to be seen. When we
came to them, however, we found them
INDIAN FAMILY GATHERING AT MOOSE FACTORY.
613
very busy making their toilettes, putting
on their very best clothes, fancy colored
handkerchiefs, combing out and fixing
up the children’s hair, and making them-
selves as spruce as possible in honor ot
the Bishop’s arrival. We were told that
on their return from church they again
exchanged their clothes at this place.
Upon rounding the end of the island
the Post could be seen and we reached
the landing place about noon. Mr. A.W.
Patterson, who was in charge, came down
with his assistant and gave us a cordial
invitation to dinner. We had what tast-
ed to me the finest meal I had ever eaten.
The menu consisted of moose meat,
mashed potatoes, fresh bread, butter,
marmalade,
milk, tea and
plum pudding.
It. ise .easyae to
understand by
those who have
gone through
like experiences
how luxurious
this meal ap-
peared to be
after a week of
bacon, hia:e.d
tack, tea and
coffee.
In the after-
noon the Factor
showed me
round the place
andhis residence
was more like
a summer home in Muskoka than a
house on the shores of Hudson Bay.
There were lace curtains at the windows,
fur rugs on the floors, fancy pillows in
large numbers scattered about in the cosy
corners and on the settees, attractive
covers on the dressers and tables and over
each bed a snow white canopy. . In the
dining room is placed a fine life size oil
painting of Lord Simpson. His wife died
last May and with his two children and
the servants he lives at the Post.
Moose Factory is one of the largest of
the Posts belonging to the Hudson Bay
Company and is quite fairly populated,
there -eing about fifty whites (mostly-
English) and seven hundred Indians re-
siding in the neighborhood. The _ loca-
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tion is an ideal one, the buildings being
on an elevation commanding ‘a view of
the Bay on all sides and as far as the eye
can reach. The salt air of the Arctic is
very invigorating and the position of the
Post is a healthy one. In additton to the
large headquarters, store and warehouse,
there are also the Church, a _ planing
mill, a blacksmith’s shop, a carpenter’s
shop, a paint shop and a boat house.
In the latter boats of all kinds are made
from a birch bark canoe tothe large
steam and sailing vessels used around
Hudson Bay. In addition there are about
twenty-five or thirty residences. The
Indians live mostly in tents and tepees in
a section set apart for them
The land a-
round the Post
is fenced in and
cultivated. The
Factor told me
they could raise
almost anything
except corn. I
saw a large field
of fine looking
potatoes and
was told that
the crop last
year amounted
to six hundred
bushels. They
have six horses
and about forty
head of cattle,
the sires of each
having been brought over on the steamer
trom Europe. Only one mail is received
per annum and this arrives on the steam-
er. The Factor subscribes to a London
daily paper and on its arrival receives
over three hundred copies at once. It is
necessary to carry two years’ necessities
in stock as many vessels have been lost
on their trip over and in that case none
came till the following year. In that way
five vessels have been lost in the last ten
years. Occasionally a vessel is so late
that before setting out on the return trip
it gets frozen in and vessel and crew are
compelled to remain there all winter.
The yearly business transacted at the
Post amounts to over sixty thousand
dollars on which there is an enormous
profit. Supplies are furnished to the
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ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
Indians at a high price in exchange for
furs at alow figure. They also take in
an average annual weight of five tons
of geese and duck feathers. This must
represent an enormous number of fowls
killed. The bodies of both geese and
ducks are salted down and last as food
for many months.
As an illustration of the value of a
railroad to Hudson Bay it may be men-
tioned that the wheat received at the
Post is grown on the Company’s land in
the Winnipeg district. From there it
is shipped by rail to Montreal and
steamer to Queenstown from which place
it is brought back via Nova Scotia, New-
foundland and Hudson Bay to the Post.
Upon its arrival
at Moose Fac-
tory, after travel-
ling thousands
of miles, it is
only about
four hundred
miles from the
ground on which
it was raised.
I was invited
to attend the
service at the
Church which in
theafternoon was
for the Indians
only and in their
language. I was
much impressed
by the full attend-
ance of the Indians and their devout at-
tention to the service. Being unable to
understand a word of what was said and
seeing that my presence distracted the
attention of the congregation, who all
looked at me, probably wondering from
where I came and what I could be doing
there, I left the church. I, however, re-
mained outside until the service was
over and was interested to see how many
of the women brought out their clildren,
nursed them to sleep and then laying
them down on the grass, returned to the
service.
Both by personal observation and from
reports of those who have full knowledge
of the facts, I learnt that the work ot
Bishop Holmes amongst the Indians,
although difficult and discouraging at
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
times, has been blessed with muchsuccess.
It is, however, greatly hampered by
want of means and those who are
abundantly blessed with this world’s goods
would find it difficult to dispose of their
superfluous abundance in a better way
than by assisting in the efforts of those
earnest and devoted men who spend and
are spent in their Master’s service. Any
millionaire who aided this work in the
effective manner so many of them could
do, would raise up for himself a more
enduring monument than any whichcould
be chiseled out of marble. In addition
he would enjoy the supreme satisfaction
of knowing that he had done something
for the uplifting of his fellow men. [am
quite confident anyone who would enquire
into this work would be deeply moved
with the earnest-
ness and zeal of
the workers and
the persevering
efforts they put
forth to raise the
Indians and par-
ticularly to teach
the young better
things. It is cer-
tain that with
extended means
for carrying on
the work much
more might be
accomplished
and the lot of the
Indians inthe far
northern region
greatly relieved.
Any _ philan-
thropic millionaire who would like his
name to be commemorated for all
has here a wonderful chance and he need
only communicate with the Rev. Dr.
Holmes, Bishop of Moosonee, Chapleau,
Ont. to be put inthe right way. I know
from the little I saw I realized, in a way
no reading could make me do, the won-.
derful nature of the work and the great
future which liberality of means would
give it. The Indians in many ways are
but children and need such guidance as
only those who have worked among them,
like the Bishop and his coadjutors, can
give them.
I took about two dozen pictures at the
MOUNTED CANNON AT MOOSE FACTORY.
time |
615
Post, many being of the Indians, their
tents, tepees, children, dogs etc. There
are two mounted cannon in front of the
headquarters, and I noticed others of
larger size lying about at various places.
Some of these were larger than the
mounted ones and there were cases where
they were used as supports for the
buildings. I asked why there were so
many cannons about and was told that
they had been brought over from Europe
in the early days of the Company’s troub-
les with the French, at which time the
whole coast was fortified within forty
miles of the Post.
After evening service, which was for
the whites only, I spent a pleasant time
with Mr. Patterson. He was greatly in-
terested in the news I was able to give
himas to Canada
and the States.
He was not
aware of thepro-
gress of the rail-
road towards his
Post nor of any
of thenew towns
along the line.
When he was
told that the
railroad was
within three hun-
dred miles ot his
retreat and that
a canoe trip
could be made
from it to Moose
in eig hit or
nine days _ he
said he felt he
was getting very close to civilization and
that he would arrange to have some
Canadian mail brought in via this route.
He was a fine talker and from him I
learnt much that was of extreme interest.
He showed me the fine collection of
curios which had been gathered together
at the Post during the past two hundred
years. As souvenirs he presented me
with three beaver tokens of one half,
one quarter and one eighth in value.
These were used by the Company at the
time of their organization in 1670, when
there was no currency in the country.
The unit of value was one beaver skin,
This was a value the Indians could under-
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stand and the tokens were given to the
Indians in payment for their furs and
redeemed by merchandise through the
Company’s store. As the use of these
tokens had been discontinued for many
years and these were the last in the col-
lection I valued Mr. Patterson’s present
accordingly.
During the winter the mail is brought
in from some of the outlying Posts across
the Bay. Sometimes these are brought
in by Eskimos who also bring in some of
their furs. They come in sleds hauled
by sixteen dogs driven tandem, and make
from sixty to one hnndred miles across
the ice per day. Mr. Patterson gave me
a photograph of one of the women who
on her arrival with her husband at the
Post was photo-
graphed. At the
time she was
dressed inacom-
plete suit of seal
skin andiscarry-
ing her papoose
in a skin pouch.
She has fine fea-
tures and is a
type of perfect
physical condi-
tion. Mr. Pat-
terson says that
the true Eskimo
is not an Indian
but a Caucas-
ian who origin-
ally came from
Europe via Beh-
ring Straits.
From aman inthe shop I purchased
a lynx skin and had I been a fortnight
earlier I could have had a_ fine collection
of various kinds from which to make a
selection, the steamer at that time having
taken them out to the Island.
It was with great regret that I com-
menced the return journey on Monday
morning. Anyone making this trip should
arrange to Spend a week or ten days at
Moose Factory. It is a most delightful
place andmany side trips can be made
with this as head quarters, including a
trip on the Bay on one of the Company’s
coast steamers. The steamer from Europe
does not come up to the Post but to an
island, eighty miles distant where there
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is a large warehouse. At this place they
unload and reload. The coast vessels
take their furs etc. to this point and bring
back with them the cargo brought from
across the sea.
The Bishop had intended starting on
his return trip the same time as we did
and as we were covering the same route I °
anticipated a good deal of pleasure from
his society. When the time came for
starting the Bishop was delayed and we
set off without him. As he was to haye
three Indians in his crew while I had but
two —Presque and Joseph Chuchoo, an
Indian I hired at the Post, it being neces-
sary to have an additional man on account
of the swift water—we thought he would
overtake us. We had two long poles
spiked with iron
points for poling
and a long rope
to be used for
tracking, where
it was possible,
along the shore.
Camp was made
at half past six
at the Rapids
across’. -f.ro°m
where we_ had
camped on the
evening of the
twentieth on our
way down.
We left camp
at halfpastseven
in the morning,
made a portage
around = rapids
and after poling all day camped a short
distance above the point where we had
taken dinner on the twentieth. It rained
most of the day and night and we were
thoroughly drenched.
Wednesday, the twenty-fourth was
largely a repetition of the previous day.
We tracked most of the day, the water
being very swift, and to complete our
discomfiture it rained for the greater
part of the day. None of us were sorry
when we made camp at half past six.
The rain continued all night andit was
still raining when we lett camp at half-
past seven. All day again we were pol-
ing in very swift water andit was seven
o’clock in the evening before we made
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camp. It was then raining very hard
and we wereon the middle of the third
portage below New Post.
At the entrance of this portage I
found the revolver that I had lost on the
nineteenth. Al-
though several In-
dians had passed by
this revolver during
that time, no one
had touched it
though it was in
plain sight. You
can leave anything
about in the far
north with the per-
fect assurance that
it will never be tak-
en by a Hudson Bay
Indian. The revol-
ver though it had
been out in many
rains, was but little
rusted as it was in
the holster, and a
little oil soon put it
in good condition
again.
It wasnine o’clock
before we _ broke
camp on Friday the
twenty-sixth and it
was then raining
hard. During the
morning we made
three portages and
the trails were very
wet, much of the
low ground being
covered with water
owing to the great
amount of rain dur-
the last few days.
On the first por-
tage l was re-arrang-
my clothes when my
A VISITOR FROM THE FAR NORTH.
This picture of an Eskimo woman was
taken at Moose Factory in the Spring
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pectors, consisting of six men were en-
camped there and Mr. Barret said he
felt as thoughhe were running a Summer
Resort. A most pleasant evening, one
recollections of the many
pleasant ones on
this trip, was spent
in company with
these men who had
so much to tell of
the backwoods and
whom I was able
to entertain with
some news.
Inlooking around
the Post I noticed
that several of the
best skins I had
seen on my previous
visit were missing,
amongst them
those of a fine tim-
ber wolf and a fine
lynx, both of which
I had set my mind
on buying. I in-
quired what had be-
come of them and
was told that they
had also taken the
fancy of the Com-
missioner while he
was there and he
hadpurchasedthem.
I managed, how-
ever, to secure a
fine black bear pelt
and the skull ofa
lynx which could be
mounted in the skin
I had brought down
from Moose. Mr.
Barrett also gave
me the fore legs and
feet of a jumping
caribou as a sou-
of the finest
revolver again slip- of 1907 and presented to the writer venir.
ped from my belt by Mr. A. W. Patterson on July Our stay at the
unnoticed to the 21st of the same year while up Post was again
ground. It was there on a canoe trip. short and we left at
some time before |
missed it and then we had gone so far
that I decided not to go back for it.
At half past five in the evening we
reached New Post, and enjoyed shelter
and hospitality. Two parties of pros-
half past eight on
Saturday morning. At Long Portage—
three miles in length — We met Mr.
Revillion, one of the brothers who own
the French trading post Situated on the
mainland three miles from Moose Fac-
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tory. He was on his way to the Post at
the time and had a large pile of dunnage
requiring five trips across this three mile
portage for each of the six Indians in his
party.
After negotiating this portage and
paddling across a small bay we came to
the portage, leading to what is known as
the ‘‘Little Lakes Route.” We had de-
cided upon taking this route upon our
return in order to avoid the other seven
portages and the several miles of very
swift water from this point up the river.
The first portage was fully three miles
in length and in many places it was very
steep. This portage was the hardest one
we had to cross on the entire trip. The
next portage
was about two
miles in length
but not so hard
to travel and the
other portages
between the last
six lakes were
short. At the
far side of the
last lake camp
was made. It
had rained most
of the day mak-
ing the brush
and grass very
wet on all the
trails and we
looked like
drowned rats by
the time we
made camp. After supper we had to
spend a considerable proportion of our
time around the fire drying our clothes.
We had a hard day on Sunday the
twenty-eighth. Leaving camp a few
minutes past eight we made a hard two
mile portage coming out on the Abitibi
River above the seven river portages.
We went on up the stream and camped
on a short portage above the rapids. As
soon as we had the tent up it began to
rain very hard and we had considerable
trouble in keeping the fire going long
enough to get some supper which we ate
inside the tent. It rained heavily all night
and the storm was accompanied by high
winds. . During the night several trees
fell near our tent.
INDIANS AT MOOSE FACTORY.
surveyors
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It was still raining in the morning and
we were not sorry to leave the Camp at
half past seven and experience the relief
of work on such a day. Later on it
brightened up and we enjoyed a pleasant
paddle though just as wewere put-
ting up the tent it came on again and
kept on the whole night.
We broke camp atseven o'clock in
the morning in cloudy weather. The
rain kept off till ten o’clock and cleared up
again as we were about to cross the
portage below Buck Tail Rapids. At
this point we met two Canadians who
were on their way down the river. They
had managed to come so far but they hesi-
tated to venture further alone on account
of the bad rapids
below. We all
had dinner to-
gether and dis-
cussed the situa-
tion. In order
to help them out
I let them have
the Indian I had
brought with
me from Moose.
In the after-
noon Presque
and I continued
on our journey
and at five in the
evening reached
the Government
Survey Camp
above the Long
Sault located
fifty miles from McDougall’s Chute.
Here we founda party of eight or ten
who had arrived since our
down trip. Of course we camped here
and had a most pleasant evening with our
new found friends. Swapping experien-
ces and telling stories made the time pass
all too quickly and the memories of that
evening will long remain with me. I
noticed that the lock we removed had
not been replaced, and told Mr. Corde,
the engineer in charge, that we had taken
it off and our reason for so doing. He
was graciously pleased to give us absolu-
tion and I expressed our indebtedness for
the accomodation we had enjoyed.
On our way up Buck Tail Rapids we
saw a _ notice nailed to the limb of
_ kind to be seen along the river.
_ turned back even before
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a tree calling attention to the fact that
D. Lacelle
and
A. F. LeFurry
Of Mattawa, Ont.,
Were drowned at this Chute.
This was one of several signs of a like
Eleven
men were drowned during July of the
present year at different Rapids in the
river. Two were brought in as we were
about to start on our’ trip down the
river. Most of the men were prospectors
who were not familiar with the river and
its dangerous rapids.
An early start was made on the morn-
ing of the last day of the month, half
past six finding us at the paddles. Eight
miles out we reached the Burnes’ Camp
and made a short stay. The people
present complimented us on our success-
ful trip and the short time in which we
had accomplished the difficult journey.
Mr. Burnes indeed said that we were the
first of the several parties that had passed
his camp intending to go to Moose who
had gone clear through. The others be-
came discouraged at the manyswift rapids
and long portages and most of them
reaching New
Post, half way down.
Camp was made that night at Iroquois
Falls which we reached at eight o’clock
having made thirty miles, for the greater
portion of the way up swift water. Three
prospectors were camped here and we had
pleasant company around the Camp-fire
that night. They reported having found
some good mineral deposits in the neigh-
borhood.
It was nearly eight o’clock before we
left camp. During the morning we got
a good drenching from the rain after
which the sun came out for a _ short time
and dried us a little. At four o’clock we
arrived at McDougall’s Chute, twenty
miles from Iroquois Falls, and made an
hour’s stay, talking tothe settlers and
trying a few of the soft drinks sold. At
this place we were told that we had made
the quickest trip to Moose that had been
recorded.
At five o’clock we continued ourjourney
and after three portages in the hard rain,
which made the going exceedingly heavy,
we reached the railroad at seven o'clock.
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As it was still raining we sought shelter
ina shed across the track. There we
found a number of men who had likewise
taken shelter from the storm. When the
rain ceased they made preparations for
locking up and going away. Then I ask-
ed permission to remain until the train
arrived. They informed me that they had
been down to the office and were told
that it would not get in till two o’clock.
In conclusion they invited us to go over
to the Camp with them, an invitation we
were very glad to accept. The cook
gave us some supper and later on a good
bed was made for us. After our hard
day we enjoyed a delightful night’s rest.
A capital breakfast was provided for us
next morning and after heartily partaking
of the same we went over to the railroad
and loaded our outfit into one of the cars.
At nine o’clock the train left for Engle-
hart. Maintaining its reputation for
leaving the rails it went off at three differ-
ent places but succeeded in reaching its
destination at half past nine in the
evening. .
Another night was spent in Englehart
andI was fortunate in getting a room at
the King Edward Hotel as they were
filled up to the limit of their capacity.
This frontier town, which seems des-
tined to become an important place in the
future, was left at half past eight in the
morning and I was able to take a parlor
car through to Buffalo—a great change
to the experiences of the last three weeks.
I had some trouble about my ticket as it
was not made out on the route from
Toronto to Buffalo taken by this train,
but finally purchased another one between
these points. The conductor looked after
my baggage and got it passed by the
Customs authorities and thus saved me
trouble.
It was Sunday morning when I reached
Buffalo and found myself amongst busy
scenes. rth on each tree in
the woodland. The small folk have heard
it, have heard and are busy. From the
last goodly banquet the old earth has
provided, they are gathering and storing
supplies for the winter. Each tiny garner
is filled to its utmost, the work of their
tireless goings and comings. The wood-
chucks have sensed it and are soberly
stuffing their tough little hides with the
fat of the clover,and are adding a layer of
fat for each month they must spend curled
snug in the leaves of their burrows.
It has passed to birds and they pause
in the riot of feeding to gather in council
and discuss, in a babel of chirps and of
chatterings, the time and the way of the
the Going. For them there are no cozy
stop-overs, nonests that may shield from
the tempests. But the door to the South
is wide open, aud for them that may fly
there lies peace and contentment anda
_ with necks stiffly
STAEBLER.
joy of asummer renewed. And like a
cloud of black snow-flakes the specks in
the sky wheel away with their backs
to thenorth, and melt into one on the
horizon. And the trees by the window
are silent, and the music in thickets is
gone, and the solace that one finds in his
heart is that someone may hear farther
on.
And hark! So high that it seems to
come from the sparkling stars, a faint
tingling ‘‘honk !’ breaks on the ear.
Through the thin air a phalanx is rushing
stretched and wings
swiftly beating. The main host of the
retreat, like an express through a village,
is coming, is gone! Down the wind
comes the cry of the strong throated
travellers, ‘‘Get ye gone,for behind us the
cold winds are tearing their fetters !”
The gray woods are silent and vacant.
Once the pipe of a chicadee, small but
defiant, and again the shrill call ofa
squirrel, breaks into the rustle of leaves
brown and stiff as they whisper together
and drop to their fellows. The bright
standards are fallen and the dull gray of
the sky darker and sullen. the sky line for trace of
us, and of couse he would die before he
would acknowledge it, but I don’t think
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I ever saw such an anxious face in
my life. He was slightly above us and
we were so close he did not see us for a
moment and we had a good look at him.
And then the change that came over his
face. It was one of those things that
make you laugh witha ‘‘cluck” down
in your throat. I guess he distrusted
that face himself for he turned and ran to
the house and brought Bob out, and as
we pulled upto the landing with the
boat half full of water they met us and
Jack wanted to know where we had
been. Fred told him we had been fish-
ing, where did he suppose we had been?
and he said ‘‘Oh, I don’t know, the last
I saw of you and the boat you were go-
ing down the lake like an old hat down
agutter, and I expected you to come
walking home and tell us you had lost
the boat.”” Bob wanted to know if we
were wet; Bob isso original in his re-
marks. ButI told him no, we were not
wet, at least I was not for I had sat on
the seat witha hole init for the mast,
and the water ran through the hole, but
had I been onthe other seat I would
have been wet for I noticed the water
was three inches deep on that board
He wanted to know how that could be,
and while I was explaining to him Fred
said something about a few remarks that
had once passed between two United
States Governors and I cut it out and
followed up to the house to get the an-
swer, and left Bob to figure out the
water question by himself. I had all
the water I wanted for a spell anyway.
The following day was our last for
that trip, and as the weather was all we
could wish for we portaged into Rock
Lake, followed it west for some miles,
and then turned south up a mile long
bay to where the waters of the Macken- .
zie, Louise, and other lakes, a great
water system in themselves, come tumb-
ling down into Rock lake, and then
we fished and loafed, until mid afternoon,
and then pulled out for camp. When
we got out of the bay we found the wind
right, so put up our little sail and glided
away down past the islands, through the
narrows, down the Rapids and down
Long lake to the lodge once more, and
the days had been short and the nights
but a moment, and we didn’t want to go
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home, no we didn’t, and when Jimmie
came over we let Bob ask him questions
about that wolf and deer and the mink as
big asa dog, and other lies dear to his
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heart until he got mad and went away,
and our stories had lost their flavor so
we went to bed half cross because we
had to go home in the morning.
Retirement of Hon. Jean Prevost K.C., M.P. P.
JHE Hon. Jean Prevost who has re-
cently resigned his position as Min-
ister of Colonization, Mines and
Fisheries of the Province of Quebec was
born at Ste. Scholastique, in the county
of Two Mountains on the I7th of Novem-
ber, 1870, and is consequently in his
thirty-seventh year. His father was the
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Hon. Wilfrid Prevost, M. L. C. a liberal
ofthe old school, and it was in that
school and amid its surroundings that the
ex-minister received his political inspira-
tions. He represents in his person
several generations of militant liberalism
in the important districts of Montreal and
Terrebonne. Educated at St. Mary’s
college, Montreal,and at Laval University
in both Montreal and Quebec, he was ad-
mitted to the practice of law on the 8th
of July, 1894. He has been president of
the liberal association of the county of
Terrebone, and conducts a very large
and lucrative law practice at St. Jerome,
where his beautiful home is situated. He
was the intimate friend and warm sup-
porter of the late Hon. Raymond Prefon-
taine, Minister of Marine and Fisheries,
in his electoral contests in the county of
Terrebone, and was himself first return-
to the Legislature for the same county in
1900. In 1904, such was his measure of
strength and popularity with his con-
stituents that he was re-elected by so crush-
ing a majority that his opponent forfeited
his deposit.
Shortly after the Hon. Mr. Gouin became
the leader of the Provincial Government,
the supervision of mines, and of fish and
game interests of the Province was taken
from the department of Lands and For-
ests, and together with Colonization was
made to constitute a new department.
As minister in charge of this department,
the Hon. Jean Prevost was sworn into
office on the first of July, 1905.
Upon his appointment to office, Mr.
Prevost lost no time in proving that he
was the right man in the right place. In
the interests of both colonization and
fisheries he visited different remote por-
tions of the Province to acquaint himself
with the natural wealth ofthe country.
Appreciating the fact that both coloniza-
tion and the fish and game resources of
the province were capable of enormous
developement, the new Minister having
already perfectly familiarized himself by
personal inspection with their then ex-
isting conditions, set about the initiation
of needed reforms. Desirous of profitting
by all the additional light and suggestions
that were available to him, circulars were
addressed to leading authorities and others
interested in both of these great move-
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ments, and two congresses of the inter-
ested parties and of all who had sugges-
tions to offer were held by him, one on
colonization, at St. Jerome, the other
on fish and game, at the Windsor Hotel
in Montreal. Valuable papers were
read and reports adopted at these conven-
tions, which not only served to direct
public attention to the importance of the
rich assets of the Province in cultivable
land and fish and game, but also to fur-
nish information and suggestions which
have enabled the Government to give to
colonization in Quebec such an impetus
as it never had before, and to permit the
Minister to evolve a policy in regard to
other branches of his department which
has resulced in an almost phenomenal in-
crease in the provincial revenue from
mines and from the fish and game of the
Province.
The Hon. Mr. Prevost’s success as an
administrator has not unnaturally indicat-
ed him as the target for some of the most
violent assaults ever made upon a_ public
man by his political foes, but he has been
brought up asa political wrestler, and
never declines a fair fight, knowing that
he has the sympathy of a large circle of
tried and trusty friends and of all fair-
minded men who admire force and initia-
tive, coupled with energy and probity in
the administration of public affairs.
In appreciation of what he has done
for the protection of fish and game, Mr.
Prevost was .unanimously- elected at
Boston, in Februrry 1906, and during his
absence, to the presidency of the North
American Fish and Game _ Protective
Association.
Mr. Prevost’s retirement . from the
Government is due to his desire to be no
embarrasment to his former colleagues in
the trial of his action for: libel against
Mr. Oliver Asselin, of Montreal, who made
certain accusations in. his paper, the
Nationaliste, against Mr. Prevost’s ad-
ministration of his department. The
pluck displayed by him in this circum-
stance is characteristic of the honorable
gentleman and has gained him many
friends. The friends of fish and game
protection will long remember him for
the generous support received from him
in their useful work.
Lost in the Woods.
BY J. B. TEMPLE.
ia boys, including myself decided to
spend our holidays on a hunting ex-
pedition. Not a single individual of us had
passed his nineteenth year, but every one
in the party possessed an ample supply
of that supreme gall which leads a boy to
think that because he has hunted a cow
in a five acre bush he knows all
about the woods.
Our personal experiences with fire-
arms were likewise of a limited character.
There were those in the party who had
shot an occasional porcupine or skunk,
and I find it impossible to forget my own
lucky first shot at the ducks, which
brought down nine. This time our quarry
was to be the ‘‘bounding deer’? and we
thought we knew enough to secure suff-
cient to make our expedition a success.
We talked over all the arrangements and
in the height of our enthusiasm saw our-
selves handing round venison steaks to
our best friends while the lesser ones
would have to be thankful for a piece off
the neck.
We spent much time in polishing our
rifles, in securing cartridge belts of the
latest approved fashion, hunting boots
and procuring all the rest of the trim-
mings of which young hunters are so
proud, but which only cause old hunters
to give a pitying smile.
All arrangements being completed we
waited impatiently for the morning of the
first having decided not to start until
that date. We spent a day and a half in
travelling by ratl, boat and canoe to our
special camping ground, which we found
on arrival to be a beautitul spot between
two high rocks in the. vicinity of Lower
Shonaga Lake. Unpacking our luggage,
pitching our tent, building a great camp-
fire, and preparing supper occupied the
rest of the second day and found us tired
and hungry by the time supper was ready.
It was pitch dark by this time and the
ruddy glow from the fire cast weird shad-
ows around and played fantastic tricks
with our imagination. I don’t know
that any of the others felt homesick. I
il: November (1906) a party of seven
would not plead guilty to that feeling but
all the same I could not keep from think-
ing of my younger brother who had re-
mained at home. In imagination I could
see him enjoying himself in a nice bright
room curled up in an easy chair or stret-
ched on a wide comfortable sofa reading —
‘Rod and Gun.” No, I did not wish to
change places with him butI could not re-
frain all the same from dwelling upon
this nicture of the imagination.
We were all ready for bed soonafter sup-
perand accordingly turned in early and
slept till sunrise. With the beauty of the
morning all thoughts of home sickness
vanished with the morning mists.
What a beautiful spot and what a
glorious morning !_ We were all delight-
ed with both, and our spirits rose to the
highest pitch. On looking out we saw
huge rocks on either side — rocks on
which our vivid imaginations could trace
ancient castles or ferocious wild beasts.
Then the dark waters reflecting jagged
rocks and skeleton trees enthralled us !
There were no signs of human beings
except ourselves anywhere around. Sure-
ly we had, as weall felt, struck the
hunter’s paradise
The two boys to whom the cooking
was alloted for the day prepared break-
fast, while the rest of us unpacked our
guns, ammunition, and other equipment
and got ready for the chase. When the
meal was prepared we were quite ready
for it and our hearty appetites made
that breakfast one which none of us
are likely to forget in a hurry. We were
all quite sure that the best meal ever pre-
pared in the King Edward was never
eaten with a more hearty relish.
Well, our first day’s hunting was not
distinguished by particularly good for-
tune. We caught sight of one deer, but
were so taken up with its appearance
that we forgot to use our guns until it
was out of sight. | Then we remembered
the business upon which we had come and
resolved to behave differently next time.
Our first day’s bag was made up of acouple
of partridges. We chopped their heads
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off, skinned them and put them in the pan
to cook. They smelled good, but alas!
for amateurs, we neglected to clean them
and our tasty meal was spoiled. How
many things there are we have to learn
by experience even after we think we
know it all!
Our second evening around the camp
fire was spent more pleasantly as we be-
came used to our surroundings, and our
second night was passed in restful and
dreamless sleep. Consequently our spirits
were as high when we got up on the
second morning as they had been on the
first day and our enthusiasm was by no
means dampened by our experiences and
we laid our plans as carefully as ever.
The arrangements included a precaution a-
gainst one of us getting lost. Incase ofany
one straying away two quick shots would
be the signal to bring assistance.
After breakfast we all scattered on the
hunt. After straying around for a couple
of hours I saw an object moving silently
among thetrees. I crept along to ob-
tain a better view but just as I got near
enough to ascertain that it was indeed a
fine deer the animal trotted off. I follow-
ed as silently as I could and endeavored
to get near enough for a shot. Sometimes
it went ahead by leaps and bounds and
on other occasions at a trot, often stopping
to look my way but always keeping too
long a distance between us to give mea
chance ata good shot.
At length it came to a marshy swamp
where it turned and held its head well up,
apparently listening for any suspicious
sound. This seemed to be my chance
-and creeping closer,I took careful aim and
fired. The deer rolled over shot through
the neck.
It did not take long to cover the in-
tervening space and I certainly did feel
proud as I gazed on my prize. It wasa
fine four year old buck. I sat down be-
side it and waited expectantly, hoping to
hear from some of the boys, but not the
faintest sound of shout or gun reached
me. Where could they all be and what
_ had happened ? I gave the agreed signal
' and waited impatiently. There was no
answer and as half an hour drag-
ged on I gave the signal again.
‘but there was no answering shot. Well,
I decided that as they had not hunted me
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up I would see if I could not hunt them.
Accordingly I made my preparations for
leaving, and for finding the place again.
I climbed a tall tree and fastened my red
handkerchief tothe highest branch I
could reach, trusting that by this means
I should have no trouble in finding the
place where my precious deer lay.
There was not the faintest idea in my
mind that I was lost—even ‘if the other
boys were. I know I must be a long
way from the camp and I did not feel at
all uneasy when the first hour did not
bring mein sight of the lake. When,
however, at the end of the second hour I
seemed farther away than ever, I began
to feel as though the woods were not
treating me kindly. I fired my gun
again and again and shouted with all my
might. The noise and the echoes only
seemed to make the forest more lonely
and at length I desisted.
I made a scanty meal ofa few crackers I
foundin my pocket and journeyedon again.
Over rocks, through dense underbrush,
over fallen trees, generally following a
track of some kind, only to find it end
at some spring or marsh.
At length I realized that I must be
hopelessly lost. What wasI todo? I
sat down to think it out. It would soon
be dark and I decided it would be best to
keep on tramping a little longer and then
if nothing turned up, build a fire and
make a bed for the night. Fortunately
there were lots of dry leaves and wood
about
For another hour I continued this
weary tramp and then selected a_ place
where I might camp for the night. In’
my pockets I could only find two matches
and so I should need to be careful.
While hunting around for dry wood I
came across a path that looked as though
it should lead to somewhere. I followed
it and in only a short time came across a
sight that cheered my drooping spirits.
I saw not far in front of me a log cabin !
Here at least was shelter and I hasten-
ed towards it. The door was securely
fastened but not locked. Inside I found
a bunk filled with dry leaves and a couple
of good heavy blankets. My other dis-
coveries included some dried bacon, can-
ned goods, oatmeal, sea biscuits, and
cooking utensils. It was not long be-
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fore I had a good fire going in the stove,
and oh, how my mouth watered as I fried
some of the bacon. I made a_ hearty
supper, then threw myself in the bunk
and was so worn out that I slept soundly
till noon of the next day.
When I opened my eyes I noticed that
the snow was beginning to fall and the
little cabin was cold, dull ‘and dreary. I
failed in the morning light to discover
any of the beauties I nad seen in the
place the night before. Unless I made
- some move I could not hope to find my
friends and home. I had _ shelter and
something to eat and that was so far to
the good. I, therefore. got up and saw
about cooking dinner. So busy was I
whistling ‘‘Home, sweet home” and try-
ing to keep the bacon from burning on
both sides, that I heard nothing until the
door opened and in walked the owner of
the house !
As may be imagined I looked him over
pretty quickly and saw before me a typ-
ical bushman. He was a stalwart rep-
resentative of his class and appeared
strong and sturdy with slightly drooping
shoulders as though used to carrying
heavy loads. He hada heavy sack on
his back and this he deposited in a corner
before he took the slightest notice of me.
When he turned, it seemed to me that a
slight smile twitched around the corners of
_ his mouth as he exclaimed ‘‘Hello young-
ster—lost ?”
As briefly as possibly I told him of my
plight and asked him to give me direc-
tions by means of which I could return to
my party. While I was explaining my
trouble he lit his pipe and took a few
whiffs after I had finished before replying
tome. At length he said ‘‘Well, young-
ster I don’t know where your camp is,
but it must be a long way from here. I
am going out to camp again as soon as [|
build a stable and if you care to stay and
work for your board you can come along.
From the camp you can ship somewhere
- for your home.”’
Every persuasion I could think of I
tried in order to induce the old chap to
show me the way. I knew my parents
would be nearly crazy with anxiety if the
boys returned without me or even sent
word I was lost. Failing to move my
host, however the only thing left to do
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was to build the stable as quickly as pos-
sible and then he would be willing to
accompany me to that camp.
I will say, however,that my entertainer
was quite willing to give me directions.
On account of the snow, and my lack of
knowledge of the woods I felt pretty sure
I should get lost if again I tried to go
out by myself and might easily find my-
self worse off. There was nothing to do
therefore but to set to work with a
will, and work I did! I was glad after-
wards I made the best of the situation
and did not endeavour to go out by my-
self for I was convinced that none buta
bushman could ever have found his way
out.
My experience in building, like my ex-
periences in the backwoods were limited.
However I did my very best, and we cer-
tainly did get that stable built in record
time, considering the disadvantagesunder
which we had to work. When it was
finished Ido not believe that any New
York millionaire ever viewed his Fifth
Avenue mansion with more satisfaction
than I did that log stable in the wilder-
ness miles away from anywhere.
Being so well employed a week passed
quickly away. We worked, ate, drank
and slept. That included the whole pro-
gram. My companion talked very little
and never used two words where one
would do. However I learned from him
that it was two months since he had
visited the cabin before and it was lucky
for me he came when he did, orl am
afraid my friends would be still looking
for me. Even if he did not answer I con-
tinued to talk. It was the only way I
could relieve my feelings and after all he
semed pleased to hear something from
the outside world.
On one occassion when I expressed the
hope that my Mother would not hear from
my companions that I was lost, as it
would nearly kill her, he answered gruffly;.
“Never knew my own Mother—step-
mother—glad to be rid of me—all alike—
boys a terrible nuisance.’’ When on an-
other occasion I spoke of a friend lately
married he smiled grimly and _ said;
‘“Maybe he will be glad to take to the
woods soon—to get peace !” From such
hints I surmised that it was the old, old
story.
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On one of the days he went out
hunting and returned with a fine deer. I
did not go with him as I was so anxious
to get the stable finished. My taste for
hunting seemed to be swallowed up in my
desire to find my companions or reach
home. It was the eighth day of my ex-
perience of being Lost in the Woods that
we started out for the Lumber Camp and
glad indeed was I to make a move. After
a long day’s journey we reached the camp.
I stayed there over night
morning as [had no money about me
gave my watch to one of the men to
drive me to where! could take the boat
to Parry Sound.
Fortunately I reached home just one
day ahead of my companions who had
not broken up camp until all hope of
and the next -
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finding me was abandoned. There was
no place from which they could senda
telegram nearer than Parry Sound.
Under the circumstances they decided to
remain in camp and doall they could to
find me before reporting me as lost. As
the week wore on and all search proved
useless they came to the conclusion that
I had either gone home another way or
had forever reached the Happy Hunting
Ground.
When they reached Parry Sound they
telegraphed to my home, but by that time
I had arrived there and so the message
created no uneasiness. My friends
brought home two deer but mine still
lies (for aught I know) in the forest,
with a red flag marking its resting
place.
Canine Cunning.
BY DEMAR.
| ROFESSOR Mills, of McGill Uni-
versitv, certainly one of the best
authorities on dogs in the country,
stated in a lecture not long ago, that of
all the canine species (and he dwelt at
length on the characteristics of most of
them), the Irish Retriever was probably
the most intelligent. The result of my
own observations over a number of years
forces me to the conviction that the pro-
fessor knew what he was talking about.
In all my experiences perhaps no greater
proof of the retriever’s sagacity has come
under my notice than a trick mine tried
to play upon me lately when duck
shooting.
Observing a good partridge covert as
I paddled up a creek, I thought I would
step out and see if I could bag a bird or
two, but as my dog had not been trained
to this kind of work, and would often
flush the birds out of range, I bade him
stay in the boat. Heis very biddable
usually, and as soon as my order was
given down he went in a little hollow
spot, curling himself up as if he intended
to stay there patiently until my return.
I hadn’t gone tifty yards, when glancing
back, I saw him watching me intently.
Soon I turned a corner of the covert and
was proceeding to beat the place, when I
saw my gentleman following me but tak-
ing every precaution not be seen.
Having tramped about for say an hour,
every now and then getting a glimpse of
my follower but pretending not to see
him, I took a short cut over an open
field to the boat. For him to reach there
before I did was next to impossible, but
when within some twenty paces of a
little mound which hid the boat, and at
the foot of which it was drawn up, I saw
‘“‘Bones” going at a great rate to be
there ahead of me, but all the while
keeping close under the edge of the
bank. On my arrival at the spot there
he was curled up as I had left him and
to all appearances sound asleep. Open-
ing his eves wearily at my approach, he
slowly arose, yawned, stretched and
shook himself, as much as to say, ‘‘Great
Scott! What kept you?” j
Some of My Christmas Fox Hunts.
BY W.
(WEIHILE there is keen pleasure for the
duck hunter, to ‘‘Juke” in his hide
of long grass and sedge, inthe
marsh, and to be chewed almost to death
by mosquitoes, on a warm September
evening, as he watches the dark forms of
the birds winging their way toward him ;
while the deer hunter may, if possible,
take a keener pleasure in running ata
break neck speed for several hundred
yards up a steep rock or hillside to head
off a fine buck ; while the fisherman will
take inexpressible pleasure in sitting in
his boat in a blazing sun trying to tease
a gamey bass to make his line ‘‘swish”
in the water, or sitting on the soft end of
a huge granite rock on a cold October
day with his teeth chattering, trying to
get a wary trout to make his line sing ;
or rowing or paddling until his hands
are blistered, on a hot day trying to get
the gamey maskinonge to tug his line—
allthese no doubt give inexpressible
pleasures to the true sportsman practising
them ; but the Christmas fox hunt gives
a joy that lasts forever.
It was my good fortune to spend
several years at the village of Mount
Pleasant, where there were four noted
fox hunters, and it is needless to tell the
reader I soon became the fifth. They
kept six or eight fox hounds and al-
though we had many fox hunts on other
days of the year, we always prepared for
the grand finale at Christmas.
For a couple ot weeks before the 25th
of December the hounds were put in the
very best of fettle ; our double barrels or
fowling pieces were swabbed and oiled ;
our hunting boots were greased ; our
buckskin gloves were put in the pockets
of our hunting coats ; our powder horns
and shot bags were filled and tested ; a
nice new box of waterproof gun caps
were secured (no breach loaders then ;)
pipes and tobacco were put in our pock-
ets ; the fox haunts were noted and de-
scribed, and everything put in readiness;
we then retired on Christmas Eve per-
chance to hunt sly Reynard in our mid-
night dreams. On Christmas morning,
HICKSON.
just as the first yellow streaks appeared
on the eastern horizon, we were astir.
I well remember my first Christmas fox
hunt in the township of Cavan. There
were about three inches of snow and the
morning was anideal one, being mild
and hazy, so that our eight beagles could
be heard for miles. I went to the top of
the ‘‘Hog’s Back” which is the highest
ridge inthe district. From this vantage
point I could see all points of the compass
for miles. Soon I heard our dogs to
the south east and as I peered through
the haze in that direction, I saw Reynard
gliding gracefully through a knolly field
till he came to the highest point in it.
Here he mounted an old ‘‘torn-up” root,
sniffed the breeze and pricked his ears
out in the direction the dogs were. He
Soon discovered that he was the object of
the chase, and at once swung himself off
the root in the most easy manner, at the
same time raising his long bushy tail
till it was almost parallel with the horizon.
Then he slipped along with his easy
motion ever plain, hill and dell, through
copse, glade and glen till he was lost to
my view for atime. Only two of our
dogs followed him.
In a few moments I heard the other
six of our hounds ‘‘start” to the north of
me, and I gazed steadily towards that
point for a little. I soon saw two of our
party scurrying along toa fence at the
edge of a thick wood. Here they stopped
suddenly, levelled their guns hastily and
fired four shots in quick succession. Just
then I saw Reynard swing to the north
and go off at a limping pace.
At this juncture the other two dogs
came back with Reynard number one.
Then there was hurrying to and fro in hot
haste as every hunter endeavored to get
to the place he expected the object of the
chase to pass. Thecalm, clear, mild at-
mosphere was ringing with the music
of our beagles and this was intermingle
at intervals with the heavy boofftwW??
the old muzzie loading shot4eeifed ! 98 isd
Just when the» Spare alia? © NedciHedé
was at the highest, the wriPhy Peured
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through a dilapidated piece of old worn
fence and saw Reynard number two, come
limping along towards him, with his
tongue lolling out and his bushy tail
trailing along the ground.
Now at last fortune seemed tocome my
way and with exulting spirits and un-
flinching aim I raised my towling piece
and pressed the trigger. To my chagrin
there was nothing but a click instead of a
sharp report. Click ! Click ! Down went
the gun, and I jumped the fence and gave
Reynard a lively chase across the field.
At times I came up to him and tried
to jump on him but somehow or other I
always managed to alight on the ground,
as Reynard did not like the idea of my
tying to impede him in that way.
However, as things had become so in-
tensely interesting for him he slipped into
a hollow log near the fence. Immediately
I ran to the other end of it and saw the
glow of histwo eyes which seemed to be
about the centre of it. In a few moments
a couple of my fellow sportsmen were at
my side congratulating me for making
Reynard take the hollow log asa place
of retreat. Soon an axe was secured and
an opening madeto Reynard and ere
long one of the lustiest of the group had
him on his back, and we wended our
way to our homes where we recounted
the events of the day’s chase, and at the
same time narrated Yuletide stories.
I shall now narrate the occurrence of
another chase, a couple of years later, in
which Reynard got free, but I did not
fare as well as on my first hunt. As on
other Christmas mornings our party were
out early. I brought two pounds of B. B.
shot and one pound of Curtis and Harvey
powder. From the poundof powder I
hurriedly filled my powder flask, and
hastily rolled up the remainder in the
paper and placed itin my pockets with
my gloves and pipe. Soon we were all
stationed on the hills. A cold Nor-easter
was blowing and each had on his over-
coat. Those who smoked filled and lit
their pipes to give cheer to the thin cold
atmosphere.
I had just lit mine and was making
clouds of smoke curl towards the zenith,
when [heard our beagles make the swamp,
about half a mile south of me, ring with
their music.
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I turned my attention to a place where
Reynard might appear and I was soon
rewarded with a sight of the Red Rogue,
slipping gently along to the north east.
Directly I saw he was going too far east
for meto get a shot, sol started torun
in hopes I would get to a fence, up which
he was likely to pass. The eastern gale
had started the tobacco all aglow in my
pipe, so that the sparks were flying in
my eyes. AsIran.I quickly snatched
the pipe from my mouth and put it in my
overcoat with my gloves and the powder.
On, on, I was going ata two forty
pace when the powder ignited with such
a boom that it caused every one ot our
party to think an earthquake had occurred
in my direction. I felt my coat crack
over my head and face like a whip, and
I was instantly enveloped in a cloud of
smoke. At once the shreds of my coat
that were left on me took fire. I pulled
it off, jumped on it in the snow, started
for Reynard ; saw the coat still burning ;
turned and jumped on it again and that
is what I was doing when my comrades
first saw me through the disappearing
smoke. My coat was slit to the very
collar, my gloves were found four or
five rods apart, and my pipe was never
found. With all this I was unhurt, which
was due to the fact that my coat was un-
buttoned, and was of course carried back
from me with the strong wind and this
probably saved me from being carried
skyward. I need hardly tell you I did not
see that fox again !
A year ago last Christmas the day was
ideal for a chase so four of us determined
to try our skill. Five hounds were pro-
cured and every one of us was onthe
alert bright and early. We hied off to
the hills in the township of Emily, where
we soon made a start and then each hur-
rying here and there to get an elevated
position so that he might see Reynard
when he emerged from the woods. There
was not much to exhaust our patience
for we soon saw him run from one part
of the swamp to another buthe did not
come within range. He kept playing
about from one little bush to another till
about two in the afternoon, although we
saw him many times and the excitement
was keen, yet hunger and fatigue pre-
vailed so we went to a farm house where
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we were treated very kindly toa good
warm dinner which greatly refreshed our-
selves and the dogs
After a pipe and a social chat we were
off to the woods again where we left the
chase. I well knew Reynard would be
down in some nice sunny place near where
we ceased running him. Wetook the
dogs to the place which we had lefta
couple of hours previously, and in less
time than I can tell the reader, they were
off again, and we got a couple of shots
at Reynard as he glided along a fence.
One shot took effect but still he kept on
towards the thicket. The dogs followed
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him though al! at once their tongues
ceased. This was a signal that they had
the fox. We made our way in through
snowy brush piles which were almost im-
passable. Just at dusk I came toa
tangle of cedar roots, tree tops and fallen
logs that lay in every conceivable way.
I wormed my way into the centre of it
and there under a large cedar roct
lay the object of our chase stiff and
cold, holding on to a cedar root by his
teeth with a death grip. We had triumph-
ed and Reynard was ours.
For pure rollicking sport nothing ex-
cels the fox hunt !
Frenchy Rondeau’s Candlemas Bear.
BY VAGRANT.
T was Booth Camp No. 7 on South
i River, Ontario, and darkness brood-
ed over it while indications favored
an approaching warm spell. Within the
rough log walls of the shanty were gath-
ered the crew of hardy workers. The
big camp fice had received its usual con-
tribution of maple logs which were already
illuminating the scene. The loggers,
after a hearty supper, were gathered here
and there in little groups and variously
engaged. While some, with their fore-
man, chatted over the work of the day,
others were busy repairing the wear and
tear on mitts and moccasins and hanging
up to dry their snow wet socks and gar-
ments. Still others plied the needle
awkardly in applying the unorthodox
patches that more or less adorn a shanty
man’s apparel. The ever busy cook,
assisted by good natured volunteers, in-
dustriously assorted the inevitable white
beans for the morrow’s breakfast. One
conspicuous group composed of Scottie
McRae, Patsey O’Brien, Frenchy Rondeau,
Jake Brown, Dutchy Weiner, and Eusebe
La Rose were variously employed, each
in his own affairs, when after a brief
silence Jake remarked, ‘‘I say, fellers, |
guess I didn’t tell you as how I seeda
bear track down by the old dump today~”
‘‘An did ye no ken this wass Candle-
mas day that tolk have fairy tales on ?”’
laughingly replied Scottie.
‘‘Now thin do ye be belavin that ould
chestnut about bars comin but and per-
cavin a shadder and thin retratin to
winter quarthers agin ?”’ said Patsey.
‘‘Wal, shadder or no _ shadder,” re-
sponded Jake, ‘‘I seed a good sized bar’s
track all right and more an that I reckon
I know abar track from a mule track
every time. Ba gingo ahm wishin to-
morrow was Sonday. Ah was hunt dat
bar out on hes skin before you see me
on dis place annuder tam,” eagerly as-
serted Eusebe.
This remark brought a scowl over the
countenace of the Scot and the inevitable
protest. ‘‘Now wud ye go braken the
Sawbath ye warldly Sono Gaul for the
gain of a wooly bar skin whatever ?”
‘‘Now thin,” said Patsey turning to
the vetern Rondeau, ‘‘Frenchey yer an
ould mon of the wads and do ye be be-
lavin this bar shadder tale ? Whin be-
gorra the baste hasniver a tailat all at all.”
As the laugh occasioned by this Irish-
ism subsided Rondeau replied, ‘‘Wal I
now been on dees shantee beezness long
tam, mebbee turty year, an ah nevaire but
wan tam see that ting arrive.”
‘Vell mine freindt dell us mit dat” in-
vited the German.
Frenchy thoughtfully knocked theashes
Out of his pipe and good naturedly began
his story.
‘‘Dat tam ah was on de camp down on
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de Madawaska, mus be twenty year ago.
Ah was spry youg man den an de boss
snowballer on de camp. We _ was get
out heavy cut. dat winter, but so many
horses was go seek and lame
that de camp was short of team to
haul the log The wedder was gone
warm and de boss was swaren lak
two tom cat on de fence, he so mad fear-
endat some de log git hung up inde
bush. Bout dis tam poor Jimmy McDer-
mid git smash wid de log on de skidway
an de boss he say ah cant spare de hoss
an Rondeau you mus walk to railway an
go on to Sharbot Lake for de doctaire.
Wal mon Dieu wat you tink was arrive
wen ah got dere ? De doctaire he was
broke his leg. He say onme de bes ting
ah can do is send to Kingston for nud-
der doctaire, bot ah say de poor man’s
will be die fore de nudder doctaire will have
arrive. Ah say mon Dieu, what ah can
do? Jus den wasarrive one good pries
from Renfrew an he say ‘Mon enfant,
what mak you troub ?’ Wen ah tell heem
he say ‘Ees he one child of de church ?’
an ah say ‘yes.’ ‘Den’ he say, ‘ah go
wid you an do what ah can before doc-
taire can be arrive. ‘Wal, wen we got
back to de camp de pries look at poor
Jimmie an feel de broke bones and tell de
boss no doctaire can help that poor fel-
low. Hes geev him de rite of de church
and say hes not leev more as twenty hour
more. De boss say ahm sorree, mon
pere, ah cant spare de hoss tak you
back bot ah send Rondeau tak you safe.
Eet was arrange dat we start four o’c!lock
in de morning.
Next morning we depart wid de full
moon make everying light lak day. Eet
was ten miles on de railroad we have to
go, an we go along fus rate aboud seven
mile to one place when some big rock,
beeg as de shantee, was look lak day bin
drop out de sky on dat contree De side
was lak de wall of house and ten feet
high.
“*Yas, I mineself haf see blaces mit
rocks like dat, yas,” remarked Dutchy.
‘‘Wal wen we was pass on wan dem
rock wat you tink we see? Down de
trail, bout wan acre, we see someting
black comin up on de jomp, by gar. De
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pries hes stop an say ‘Mon Dieu, what
dat ?? Ah say ‘Ron for you life’ an ah
jomp lak cat for wan small tree dat I see
close by wan de beeg rock, Wal, ba
gingo, dat pries hes ron lake racehorse -
an We climb dat tree we have de good
luck to see. When we was got near de
top de tree bend over de rock an we drop
on de top. Justdat time wan beeg bear
was stretch his length ob dat small tree
bot de tree hes too small for de bear to
climb. Den hes try to climb de rock bot
he slips down every tam. Den hes tear
roun dat rock lak mad hes so hongry,
not eat all de winter an ah tink he was
smell dat fat pries.
On dat time eet was arrive dat beeg
black cloud mak de moon go dark lak
wan black cat, den bombye eet snow also
likewise. We was hot wid walkin, bot
now we go freezin wid de chill so we
jomp an kick to keep warm for bout wan
hour den eet stop snow and daylight was
arrive. Bot dere was de bear also, an
hes look like he was hongry as de dev.
Ah pick up some snow an mek a ball
an as de bear com aroun ah hit on he
side an hed jomp an growl an den stan
up like de man. Den ah throw anuder
ball and hit heem on de empty belly hes
drop down on all fours with beeg growl
an hes yowl lak tom cat. Den ah hit
him anuder on de side dat soun lak empty _
barrell, den hes stan up an after dat hees
hit every ball an trow just lak ball
play.
De pries he was laugh an mak de
ball for me trow an ah pelt dem at de bear
an keep heem busy an de sweat was ron
down my face. Den he drop on de tour
feet annuder tam an ah geev heem wan
beeg hard ball on de neck, dat make
heem roar lak de dev an hes ron off up de
trail an lope out our sight.
Den you bet we slide down dat tree
mightee glad to git away trom dat bar.
I say to de pries ah nevaire see wan bear
onde winter before dis tam. De pries
hes say eet was Candlemas yesterday an
eet was cloudy an ah will always pray for
de sun to shine on Candlemas day after
dis tam, an de good Lord be praise for
save us from de beast dat be so hongry !
Now he mus eat some odder mans !”
L’Ingrat.
BY H. J. M.
TK say the least, it was a most pro-
TT voking theft — the six brand new
~— Steel traps besides the axes, and
even the ammunition. Just a few days
’ previous, Don and Eb Fletcher had gone
all the way to The Forks for the express
purpose of procuring these very articles
which they had long needed. And now
to have them stolen almost as soon as
they were purchased—it was something
to get angry about.
_ Andrew and James Fletcher had been
among the first to settle on the lakes near
the head waters of the Tobique River.
At that time the country was a _ wilder-
ness known only to intrepid trappers and
a few scattered settlers. It was in an
atmosphere of hard work and thrift that
the boys, Don and Eb, were bred. They
had grown up more like brothers than
cousins ; everything was a joint task or
a joint recreation. They were enthusias-
tic hunters, and both being good trappers
as well, their profits atthe end of the
season generally tallied favorably with
those of many who were older and more
experienced.
All winter, the ice had been so smooth
and wind-swept that the trappers had
mostly skated down to the trading-stations
on the St. John, drawing their pelts on
pack-sleds. These journeys were often
fraught with danger,._ and always long
and toilsome. Hence it was that the
Fletcher boys conceived the idea—or
rather, Don did—of constructing an ice-
boat which would carry furs and supplies
and do away with the fatigue which was
hitherto entailed in a trip to The Forks.
At first, the trappers scoffed at the idea
of any inovation proving much of a suc-
cess, but when on her trial trip the ‘‘For-
est Sprite,” as she was called, beat the
time record down tohalf, the men be-
came interested. Jake Davis, a special
friend of the Fletchers, was the first to
see the advantages of giving the boys
his skins to carry, and it was not long
before several others followed his ex-
ample. So the voyages to the trading-
Station had gradually become of pecuniary
interest to the young ice-boatmen, and
they were looking forward to a very pro-
fitable season.
But here was a_ thief working against
them! Circumstances pointed unmistak-
ably to a certain man who lived in a mis-
erable shanty some miles farther up the
lakes. Nobody knew much about him ;
he kept strangely aloof from the men who
were to be met at The Forks. It was his.
half-starved, hunted look that had at
first inclined the men to be kind to him
in their rough way, and when his utter
apathy to all advances had turned every-
one against him, it was this half.
starved, hunted look that caused them to
shun this dark morose and ungrateful
mystery. His name was Gautier Le Noir
un Canadien, but other than this, nobody
knew anything.
Here was the man whom the boys were
aware had stolen their traps and ammuni-
tion. They knew well that he bore them
a grudge for building the ice-boat for
since everybody along the route was see-
ing fit to send skins down the river by
them, his pack-sled was but half its for-
mer size ; he had carried skins for a
small fee.
‘‘And this thievin’ business is only the
beginning, Don had vehemently remarked
to Eb.Some fine day we shall find the boat
smashed to smitherines, and it won’t be
accident either.”
This was a possibility, too dire to dwell
upon, for it would practically mean finan-
cial wreck. They decided to lay the
whole problem of Le Noir’s animosity,
betore Jake Davis and ask for his advice
next day on their way to The Forks
for the Christmas supplies.
It was the custom of the Fletcher
families to unite their Christmas festivi-
ties. Thisyear they were to meet at
Don’s home and as the occasion was
always one of genuine backwoods hos-
pitality,it was no unusual thing for several
trappers to put in an appearance in the
course of the day. Thus it was very
necessary for the boys to make a special
trip for certain requisities.
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They found the crisp morning air keen-
ly cold and invigorating as they set out
across the ‘‘Big Pond’s” three mile
stretch of ice. The wind was too light
for fast sailing and it was almost noon
before they reached the ‘‘Six-Mile”
Lake.
‘‘Shouldn’t wonder if some pretty big
ones had opened last night,’””Don remark-
ed asthey passed asmall crack in the
ice. ‘‘It was pretty cold.”
‘‘Yon’s one’ said Eb, and he pointed
to a dark streak directly ahead.
They glanced down into the yawning
crevice as they passed up one side, and it
was fully a dozen feet across.
‘‘T wonder if the ‘‘Sprite’’ could jump
it” said Don suddenly.
‘Jump it, you loon !”
“‘T don’t see why we couldn’t cross it
if we hada good scoot on. We’d get over
that thiniceat the bottom, too fast to
break through.”
‘Well, you just let me out when you
want to try it” grinned Eb. ‘‘There’sa
dinner tomorrow—a big one, and I’m not
quite ready to break my neck™!”
‘‘Never mind the dinner, but look out
for those sails when we turn up the
Crick:
Don headed across to the south shore
and ran in between the thickly-wooded
banks of asmall river to where the shanty
of Jake Davis stood. The proprietor was
busily engaged in smoking some new
steel traps over a fire of hemlock and
juniper. When he caught sight of the
new comers, he came hastily forward
with a broad grin of welcome.
‘‘Glad to see ye, glad to see ye, boys.
I was calk’ latin’ ye’d be along, and I’ve
a bundle I wish ye’d tote down the river
forme. How air ye all at home? Hope
luck aint been makin’ faces at ye? But
come in and warm up a bit.”’
‘“We’re not cold Jake, thanks, and if
you'll fetch those skins of yours we'll be
off directly for we’ve got to be back to-
night, and it’ll keep us jumpin’ with this
wind.”
“Ef I don’t miscalk’late, I reckon
ye’lljog back windy enough, with snow
flyin’ a good scuffle along after ye ; there’s
achange not fur off. But I’ll git the
skins”
His six feet of burliness disappeared
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into the shanty to presently return witha
pack of pelts.
‘Seen any ‘‘bob-cats” lately ?”
‘‘One gave us a big chase with a clog-
trap while ago.”’
‘‘T hearn ’em_ screetchin’ last cupple
nights. ‘N’say boys be keerful of the
wolves ; they aint goin’ to keep quiet
long in this cold snap.”
‘Oh we’re not afraid,” laughed Don.
‘‘They couldn’t look at the ‘‘Sprite’’ if
she had a sailful of wind. But say,
Jake—”
Then he talked about Gautier Le Noir.
The trapper’s face grew serious, and he
thoughtfully pulled his beard as he listen-
ed. The charge of violating one of the
most stringent laws in the unwritten code
of the forest—that of theft—-was a grave
one. Men were rough,andsummary justice
was so easy to administer ; Jake caution-
ed the boys not to talk about what had
happened, but to quietly await develop-
ments. At best it was a nasty trick.
‘‘Of course you’re coming over tomor-
row as usual, Jake ?” said Don as they
prepared to leave. ‘‘Our place this year.”
‘‘Thank’ee boys, I'll be there,” and
with this assurance they started off.
About one o’clock a brisk breeze blew
up suddenly. Eb trimmed the sails, and
soon their speed increased to a rate which
promised to bring them in good time to
their destination. It was generally a
day’s journey fora skater, but about
three .o’clock, the ice-boat rounded a
curve of the river and bore down to the
landing.
As Don turned her intoward the shore,
he noticed a man with a pack-sled skate
rapidly across to the farther side, then
head up the river. His purpose was
evidently to avoid passing them at close
quarters and as Doncalled Eb’s attention
to the fact he suddenly recognized the
gaunt figure of Le Noir, and his brows
came together in a frown.
‘*I wonder if he’s down for Christmas
things too”” commented Eb, and then he
laughed. But Don didn’t.
The boys took their time about unload-
ing the ‘‘Sprite’’ and taking in the new
cargo of provisions and sundry purchas-
es. The wind, which was now dead
against them, promised to veer round
into a more comfortable quarter before
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night, so a little delay until it should do
so, was decided upon.
It was sundown before they prepared
to start. The wind was working round
quiet in their favor and had freshened
considerably. Some of the men had
gathered about to see the ice-boat start
and good naturedly chase the boys who
were, overhauling the rigging and ex-
amining the stays. But a few of the
men seemed rather uneasy and at last
Chris Steel quietly approached Don.
‘‘Look’ee here, I reckon ye _ better
stable that rig o’ yourn an’ bunk in to-
night. There’s goin’ to be an oncommon
big snow afore mornin’; its ben gath’rin’
fer some time” and he pointed out the in-
dications in the sky. ‘‘Take my advice
an’ ye won’t run no risks.”
Bnt Don was in high spirits and con-
fident that with the stiff wind that would
be blowing directly behind her, the ‘‘For-
est Sprite” could run a race_ with the im-
pending storm and come out ahead.
‘‘An’ the wolves air gettin’ mighty un-
easy” continued Steele. ‘‘Sol Pattison
sayed he seed the tracks 0’ nine o’m to-
gether, day afore yesterday.”
“‘There’s no danger from them” said
Don. ‘‘Why, we'll go home more’na
mile a minute if the wind rises any high-
er. Besides, you men intended spending
Christmas here, anyway, but we’ve got to
get home tonight whatever happens.
Thanks though, Chris.”
The boat’s head was now thrown into
the wind, the sails hauled up and the
halliards firmly secured. Then Don push-
ed her alittle way from the shore in order
to catch the full force of the wind, and
_ as she swung slowly around and her sails
filled, he sprang aboard, and they forged
ahead.
‘‘Good-bye !” ‘‘Good Luck !”
from the group of men.
“‘Take keer ye don’t run over that
black French imp’ shouted someone !
There’d be nobbut a few scrapin’s o’m
left, which would be turrible. Haw-
haw!” but a gust of wind blew the speech
to pieces.
Soon they sped around the bend, and
only the dreary stretch of river lay before
them. Don snuggled down beside the
_ oak tiller, amongst the warm furs, drew
his cap well over his ears, buckled his
came
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big buckskin mittens more securely and
then uttered a whoop of pure enjoyment.
Eb had esnconched himself where he could
best attend to the sails.
‘‘She’s going’ to travel to-night” he
called out, for even now they were speed-
ing along at a smart rate, and the wind
seemed on the increase. It moaned
through the dark wall of forest on either
side of the river, andfled in soughing gusts
arounds the turns. The night was too
dark to render objects distinguishable at
any great distance, and in a short time
Don was obliged to close into the lee
shore though he hated to do so for fear of
running against a snag, in which con-
tingency, the worst fatalities were to be
apprehended.
For nearly two hours, the ‘‘Sprite’’sped
on. The white rime spun from the heels
of the runners as they cut into the ice,
and in the occasional lulls that occurred
they gave fortha low singing noise. Sud-
denly there was a warning shout from Eb,
and Don started back as a low dark
object whisked by within a foot or two.
He glanced quickly over his shoulder and
had just time to note what it was, before
it faded away into the gloom.
Eb came crawling from his position
near the mast.
“Pretty close ! Big log, wasn’t it ?”
But Don only cried impatiently for him
to keep quiet, and Eb was surprised to
find him listening intently.
What’s the matter ?”
‘“‘Keep quiet, can’t you !—There, hear
that ?”
It was a faint howl away ahead. Don
grabbed the other’s arm and his eyes
were glowing with excitement.
‘It’s wolves! Eb, Le Nceir’s in trouble!
That was his sled we passed !”
Eb stared at his cousin’s face where a
white set look was forming. Then he
crept back to his station as the ice-boat
darted out into the centre of the stream
and the dangerous rush of the wind.
Presently the river broadened ahead
and they came out upon the ‘‘Six-Mile
Lake.’’ The wind was blowing across
the expanse at hurricane speed, and the
“Sprite” fled before it like some wild
thing of the night. She momentarily
threatened to capsize, but Don held her
persistently to her course.
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The sound of wolves was soon distinct-
ly audible, and Eb, peering ahead for
signs of the pack, presently saw a low
black cloud skimming along close to the
ice, and shouted the tact to Don.
All at once, the whole cloud streamed
off to the left, and in a flash, Eb divined
the cause. Don, who was on the watch,
also observed the movement. He bent
his ear for an instant and caught the
sound of skates dashing wildly overtheice,
then setting his teeth, deliberately headed
the ice-boat two points tothe right ; the
man must be saved.
“‘The crack ! Thecrack !” screamed
Eb above the roar of the wind in the
sails.
But they were already uponit. Eb
clutched the boardsand_ shut his eyes in
terror as the ice-boat bounded over the
edge. For two brief seconds they were
in the air, then a shock passed through
the stout timbers as the foremost runners
struck the bottom of the opposite ice-
slope ; the front few up and Don felt the
steering-runner rip through the shell-ice,
then the whole fabric cleared the edge and
came down upon the level ice with a thud.
As something cracked underneath, Don's
white face grew whiter still as he thought
that a runner was gone. But after reel-
ing for aninstant, the ‘*Sprite” once more
dashed straight ahead and he breathed
freely again.
And now they were bearing rapidly
down upon the dark form of the skater
ahead, and as they tacked within a few
rods of the ravenous animals who were
coming back into the course, Eb seized
his Martini and poured several discharges
into their midst. While the pack stopped
to snarl and tear at the victims, the ice-
boat passed the Frenchman, and Don
threw her head into the wind and shouted
to him. The sails slapped and banged
impatiently and she almost came to a
stand-still as the exhausted skater tumbl-
ed aboard. Out ran the sheet-rope, the
sail filled, and in an instant they were off
again—faster and faster, as she gained
momentum, until they were fairly whistl-
ing over the ice. They gained rapidly
on the wolves who had again started in
pursuit, and in ten minutes all sound of
them was lost in the distance.
Don glanced curiously at their passen-
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gerwho lay stretched out motionless
upon the boards. Mile after mile fled be-
hind them until at last they reached the
chain of lakes near home.
‘*We'll run up to the Point” said Don
touching him on the arm. But he made
no answer, and with a shrug of the
shoulders the boy kept on towards the
Point.
Lhey stopped close to the shore.
Without a word or even a look, the man
skated away into nothingness—gone like
some Carthusian spectre.
‘*Well, if that don’t beat the Dutch !”’
gasped Eb in amazement. ‘‘Never so
much as ‘Thank you’.”
‘*Bah ! D’you want the man to get
down on his knees ?” and Don laughed
harshly as they headed for home.
* * an
It was the worst blizzard that had
swept the country for some time. All
night long it howled and shrieked on its
way over forest and open. The air was
full of powdered snow which flew in
eddies across waste places and went
smoking over the edges of ravines—
drifting, heaping, with the vagaries of
the tempest. The vast area of virgin
forest pulsated with a dull roar like a beat
of surges on a rock-bound coast.
It was bitterly cold, and the inmates
of every lone shanty along the lakes and
rivers piled logs on roaring fires, and
listened to the wind screaming and whist-
ling about their shelter, thanked Heaven
that they were not out in the dark, and
freezing wilderness of the night.
Over the ‘*Big Pond” near the Fletcher
place the blizzard raged with exceptional
fury sweeping across the three mile of
open with Death rampant in its bitter ©
sting. Buta yellow beam shone steadily
through the windows ofthe solid log
shanty, and within all was warmth and
happiness.
* *
The sun rose on a world of sparkles
and white ; Nature had donned festive
robes, pure and spotless. The air was
as clear as crystal and keen with the
cold that exhilarates.
With his huge frame throbbing with
manly strength and vigor and his blood
aglow from the snow-shoeing,Jake Davis
was breaking a path across the ‘‘Big
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. Pond.” The Christmas cheer was in his
heart and he felt like shouting for very
joy at being alive. As he toiled ahead he
hummed and whistled a lively air.
Allat once a black object sticking out
of the snow some distance away, attract-
ed his attention, and he turned aside to
investigate. On nearer approach it
looked like a—like the end of—
He had a snow shoe off ina moment,
and was soon digging furiously ata
mound of snow. Sharp exclamations
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broke from him as he worked and at
las —
It was the frozen body of a man—an
old toboggan, some steel traps, a couple
of axes, some packages of ammunition,
and a man.
‘“‘Poor—- beggar !”’ said Davis in low
tones that trembled with genuine regret.
The ungratful one—for him the Christ-
mas morn had dawned in another and
kinder sphere.
Indian Cooking in Northern Canada.
BY LOUIS AUGUSTIN.
N the wilderness of Canada the chef
de cuisine-the squaw- must never be
an extravagant person, for when an
Indian seeks a wife he utterly ignores
dimples, pretty smiles, or manicured fin-
gers ; what he wants is a wife who pos-
sesses economical principles ; and if pos-
sible, one who has bulging muscles under
her sleeves. Of the latter she needs every
bit, for everything pertaining to the cook-
ing such ascutting the wood, building fires,
etc., is part. of her daily routine, and
while on the trail, her great strength
only enables her to pole the canoe up the
rapids and carry a heavy pack over the
portages.
From an Indian point of view, the
squaw is a tasty cook also. Those who
have shared the Indian’s hospitality under
the same circumstances as I have cannot
deny it. But ‘‘clearliness next to god-
liness” is of course, not the orthodox
code.
In the woods the squaw is the Reveille
Matin ; and while her husband gets up
she goes down the trail to visit the snares
and bring home the strangled hares.
And after she has tea on the fire to boil,
she skins two or three hares and flings
them into akettle, in which are still re-
mains of previous spoils of the hunt.
She then hangs the kettle over the fire
at the end of a pole. When breakfast is
over she gently throws all the dishes
outside of the tent. This saves soap and
time. And as dish-washers, the Indian
dogs are hard to beat. After her husband
has gone to visit his traps, the squaw
bakes, or in their idiom—‘‘fait de la gal-
lette.” And in the bush as a baker she
is _unexcelled.
To make bread ‘‘ala Indian’ is very
simple. Take a bag of flour, open it and
make a hollow in the centre, pour iu two
cups of water, adda little salt and bak-
ing soda, mixing the whole with your
fingers until the dough becomes hard
enough to hold together, then squeeze
and stretch the amalgamated product
until—well, until you think it is enough.
There are no rules about baking ‘‘a la
Indian.” Thenput the dough intoa
frying pan (if you have no frying pan,
put it on top of the stove) flatten it and
let it cook until it has swollen twice its
initial size by which time it is done.
There are two ways to cook the dough.
One is to cut it into strips an_ inch thick
and coil them around sticks, which you
place before the fire, turning them every
little while. © When cooked, the latter is
not so heavy to carry in one’s stomach.
And the other way is to make a hole in
the sand, bulld a huge fire on top, and
when the sand has been brought to white
heat intreduce the dough, wrapped ina
cloth, or put in a heavy iron kettle and
cover it up with hot sand. A couple of
hours is all you wait and you have the
bread fresh and hot. The Indians are
very fond of this kind of hot bread. They
eat it with a small chunk of pork on top
of it, and onsuch occasions I have, too,
licked my fingers galore.
Have you ever tasted a fat muskrat or
a piece of beaver cooked ‘‘a la Indian”’
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or in other words, hung by the tail above
the stove, and cooked ‘‘a petit feu” over
night ? ‘‘Ha! it is dee-lee shus,” said
an old Indian as he offered me the roast-
ed leg of a beaver. And indeed it was
de-lee-shus for when I left him that night
I had to my credit two legs, a few ribs,
anda part of the tail, which tasted very
much like fish.
In winter when big game is killed, the
meat is cut intolarge chunks and taken
to the camp, where itis kept under the
snow. The way the meat is cooked
later is very interesting, and is called ‘‘a
la broche.” The Indians cut a chunk of
meat into thin but wide slices. To keep
the meat stretched, they insert small
sticks cross-wise through each piece,
and at the end of a large pole they place
the meat before a roasting fire. Some-
times a fat piece of pork is attached to
another pole, reaching say about a foot
above the slice of meat. The result is
that the thawing pork drips on to the
meat below. Fish sometimes, too, are
cooked ‘‘a la broche.”’
In the spring when a bear is killed the
squaw skins it and while her husband
stretches the fur she cuts up the meat.
The fat is very carefully taken out. It is
the best substitute for butter. The in-
testines are also cleaned and turned in-
side out, and with the meat and fat, are
hung in the birch-bark smoke house,
where asmudgy fire is kept constantly
burning.
Every spring the Indians reserve some
of the intestines of the bears they have
killed, and when they are back on the
reservation, at a certain day appointed
all the intestines are gathered and fora
whole day the Indians dance, sing and
eat heap much fat intestines. This feast
is called ‘*Makoosham’’ which in their
language means banquet.
Almost all the wild animals of the for-
est including all the wild fowl, are eaten
by the Indians. The loon is a delicious
bird when well seasoned and cooked.
They boil it first, with its coat of feathers
on, and then it is skinned and roasted,
sometimes in its own grease which is very
plentiful.
To wilderness folk the meat and brains
from the head of a hare,
beaver are sucha relish that they go to
muskrat, or.
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work painstakingly with small bones pur-
posely made for such emergencies and
leave not one atom of it in the skull.
The squaw whose husband had adopted
me had a really splendid way of baking
beans. She used a large clay pot, which
her husband, with an eye to the future,
had given to her as a New Year present.
First of all she boiled the beans in the
afternoon, then after supper she spread
small slices of pork and a .thin layer of
lard in the bottom of the pot, then on top
she put three or four inches of boiled
beans, then another layer of pork and
lard, and so ontill the pot was three-
quarters full, then she filled the other
quarter with water, and covered it up
carefully lest some grain of sand should
getin. Into a hot sand bed it went, and
was kept there till morning. The dish
was generally crisped on top and well
saturated with grease throughout.
Once a half-breed and myself, on our
way to the settlement in quest of grub,
happened to come upon an Indian camp.
We stepped into the tent, and after the
usual greeting of ‘‘Koy, Koy” we squatted
down beside the little tin stove. The
squaw was alone, and was busily engag-
ed in giving a bath to her little papoose,
a thing quite unusual in winter. When
she had finished, we told her how hungry
we were. This squaw chanced to be very
good hearted. After she had dressed her
papoose, she emptied the water out of the
birch-bark basin in which the papoose
had been washed, and into the basin
poured some flour. We had tramped
twenty-four miles on snowshoes, with
half of a partridge apiece in our stomachs
and as the odor of the frying pork and
pancakes wafted to my nostrils I soon
forgot all about the basin.
As long as memory remains I shall —
never forget the time when our provisions ©
were reduced to such an extremity that
we were compelled to scrape every bit of
fat from all the animals we killed and
trapped. We had the luck of killing an
otter one afternoon. That saved us.
For three evenings we _ boiled it ere the
meat had lost some of its toughness and
grease. But, nevertheless, we were that ©
much meat ahead, plus the rich bouillon,
which we kept to boil more game in.
_ Traveling in the Great North-Land.
Interesting Story of a Police Patrol.
| Mounted Police are mostly buried
~ , in forbidding looking Blue Books,
and when one has the courage to get
beyond the covers the formal and official
nature of the reports prevent many from
digging deeper into what—to those who
can read between the lines—are veritable.
treasure houses of romance and daring.
The patrols of the constables in the far
north are often thrilling in the extreme,
though they are narrated with a modest
expression of facts so that only those
who know what traveling in the far
north is like, under the circumstances
under which most of these patrols are
undertaken, can realize, even in a small
degree, the heroic efforts of endurance
-and perseverance involved in the course
of those travels.
In the last Blue Book concerned with
the work of this fine force there appears
a patrol report by Constable Seller of a
journey made by him accompanied by
two other men—Interpreter Ford and a
native named Tupealock—from Fuller-
ton, on the shores of Hudson Bay to
Satety Harbor, Lyons Inlet, about twenty
miles north of the place where Parry
wintered in 1821. A Scotch ship, the
Ernest William, was wintering at the
Islands, Repulse Bay, and it was to visit
this ship the patrol was sent out.
It was towards the end of February
when the small party left Fullerton and
though they had a rather large load for
fast traveling they made twenty-five
miles the first day. The entries in the
diary only give indications of the stren-
uous nature of the journey and it is left
to the imagination of those who know
something of the hardships of northern
traveling to complete the picture.
‘Very bad storm.” ‘‘Still storming.” .
‘‘Had a hard job to get out of our glo as
it was covered by a large bank of snow.”
Two deer were shot on February 28th
and both men and dogs had a good feed.
One deer was cached and the remainder
of the other added to the provisions.
‘mE annals of the Royal North West:
The following day another deer was
shot and cached, and the day after a
bad accident was recorded, the near
runner of the sleigh being broken about
four feet from the nose. The country
was very hilly and full of deep ruts down
which they had to lowerthe sleigh. The
dogs were hitched to the hind end and
the journey continued.
In a very bad: storm on March third
they repaired the sleigh, having first
built a snowsled to enable them to do
the work. The sound runner was cut
in two equal parts and the hind end
used for the nose of the nigh runner.
The constable would have no splicing as
the wood was not good enough. A
short outrigger was used behind where
all the articles were placed. The alco-
hol was finished here and the food had to
be cooked with wood when it was cooked
at all.
Shortening the sleigh heightened the
load and caused it to constantly upset,
even though a man was placed on each
side. In every small snowbank the nose
dug in and hung on like grim death.
On the seventh a desperate resolve
was made. With the exception of the
bedding andtwo days’ rations every-
thing else was cached. If the weather
held good they expected to reach a
cache in two days. Even traveling
light they had to unhitch the dogs three
times the first day, the descents being
long and steep. They had also some
hills to climb. The supply of biscuits
was exhausted and they had to go on
short rations.
It was seven o’clock on the evening of
the second day before they found the
cache and that night they only took out
some biscuits. Next morning they ex-
amined the cache and took out twenty-
five pounds of biscuit, thirty pounds of
pemmican and _ thirty-six pounds of
canned meat. All the wood they could
find was promptly annexed. Their
sleeping bags were damp and they were
suffering from exposure.
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On March 10th they reached a walrus
meat cache, but found that most of the
meat had been eaten out by bears. In
this predicament they took some meat
belonging to a native, meaning to pay
him or leave something for him at the
ship. This day it was forty-seven below
zero and the men experienced a trying
time.
A violent storm prevailed for three
days and the valiant constable merely
makes this note: ‘‘Terrible job trying
to cook in a blizzard with wood.”’ After
two days’ traveling another terrible bliz-
zard set inand although they hada
warm breakfast they had to finish the
day on dry biscuit and pemmican as the
wood was nearly finished. =
The next day they hada grand suc-
cess, the native killing three deer. One
was fed tothe dogs, a second cached
and the third taken for their own rations.
The biscuits were finished and the last
of the wood used and still they were two
days from the ship. The next day they
were detained in camp all day bya
storm, and the day after they felt com-
pelled to set out even in astorm. Both
white men had their faces badly frozen
and only ten miles were covered in the
whole day.
On March 19th, after all these efforts
and anticipating food, shelter and
warmth they arrived at the place where
the ship should have been to find no
ship! Many men would have given up
entirely at this point and made a speedy
return depending upon what they had
cached to see them through the return
journey.
After considerable search a block of
snow with a stick in it pointing to Beach
Point was found and the native thought
it meant that some natives would be
found between the point they were on
and Beach Point. An inventory showed
them only to possess fifty pounds of
deer meat, six pounds of boiled beef and
two pounds of pemmican. It wasa
cold day and they all felt that natives
must be found if they wereto get out.
Constable Seller’s feet were badly frozen
ard his foot gear in a bad state, wet and
worn out. They were compelled to
break up some barrels and cook some
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food as they had been existing on frozen
meat for three days.
Next day a terrible storm raged and
it was impossible to go out and look for
natives. The dogs were getting hungry
as they had had nothing forfour days and
it was impossible to give them anything
out of the small supply the men had for
themselves. Constable Seller’s feet were
very sore as the result of frost burns.
A ‘‘bad storm” raged the following
day, but not with sufficient violence to
prevent the Interpreter and the native
going out to look for natives. The
men traveled in wide circles all day and
‘‘towards evening,” which is the descrip-
tion given to halt past two o’clock in
the afternoon, the dogs scented the na-
tive camp. At five o’clock the men re-
turned to camp with some meat for the
dogs and stated that the natives would
visit them in the morning with as much
meat as could be spared. The best
news of all was that the ship was at
‘‘Melackuseeteck.” (The-place-where-
ghosts-chase-women.) The constable
had no map or chart of any description
by means of which he could locate the
place. Fortunately, however, the native
said he knew the route well. The men,
after talking over the whole matter, de-
cided if at all possible, to try and cover
the journey in two days.
Next morning they finished all their
meat for breakfast, but at noon the na-
tives came in bringing about four hun-
dred pounds of meat with them, the
whole of which was purchased. Nearly
all of it was seal meat, which was
“rather high all by itself, but hunger
Was a great sauce.”’ Two summer deer
skins were also purchased and a native
woman made them up into socks. The
sleeping bags were now so wet the men
had to sleep in their clothing. The
storm continued the following day, but
cleared up towards evening and all prep-
parations were made for an early start in
the morning. About two hundred
pounds of the meat they had purchased
was cached and the rest cut up for use.
At five o’clock in the morning camp
-was broken and the ground covered that
day was estimated at forty-five miles.
At dark camp was made inan old iglo
and supper was cooked with wood taken
_ from the islands. During the day while
_ navigating a sloping bank along a very
narrow river bottom, the sleigh began
to slide down upon them and despite all
their efforts they were carried down over
a cut bank fully twenty ‘eet in height.
One pot was flattened like a pancake
and that was the extent of the damage.
As early as two o’clock inthe morning
a start was made and fifteen miles were
covered before the sun was up. At
eight o’clock they came across a native
who was on his way to the ship and took
him with them as he could show them
the exact position of the ship. By
pressing on till eight o’clock in the even-
ing, despite the cold and drift of snow,
they reached their destination, having
_madea forced march of sixty miles in
the eighteen hours of one long day.
_ Even the matter of fact record describes
_ this as ‘‘a good day’s work considering
_wehad nothing very luxurious in the
_ grub line for the last few days and had
lost some of our surplus flesh.” They
were welcomed to the ship, to reach
_ which they had made such heroic strug-
_ gles and a warm supper served, the ap-
_preciation of whichis but poorly con-
_ veyed in the hackneyed phrase of doing
_ ‘tample justice” to it by the men who
_had undergone such considerable hard-
ships. Captain Murray, who was in
_charge of the ship, told the constable
that he had taken the cache from Re-
_ pulse Bay because he feared the natives
_ would steal it.
After one day’s rest the energetic
constable set to work checking the
_ goods in the ship for customs purposes,
_ made a list of the furs and even explored
the surrounding country.
F Nine days were passed in resting and
working and making preparations for
the return journey. Captain Murray
presented the little party with anew
sleigh with wide iron shoeing and also
outfitted them witha plentiful variety ot
provisions, One dog was left behind,
but with the other animals in good con-
dition as well as themselves they set out
in good spirits onthe return journey.
_ The two first days were taken up with
_the journey they made in the long day
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before reaching the ship—a journey of
eighteen hours, which coming at the end
of a long struggle must have tried their
endurance almost to the breaking point.
On the third day out, owing to an acci-
dent to a box, they lost all their knives,
forks, spoons, etc.
At this camp they found a number of
old barrels which Captain Murray said
belonged to him and which they could
use. Wood is so valuable up there that
these old barrels were broken up and
taken in the sleigh to assist in cooking
meals.
Despite the fact that the leader was
ill, suffering ‘‘terribly from cramps’’ no
less than thirty miles were made the
fifth day and their cache of deer meat,
which proved most acceptable, was
picked up.
Another meat cache was reached the
next day and after replenishing their
supplies a good run was made. On one
day the Indian took sick and had to
ride and the same day the Constable had
to wear glasses as a_ protection against
the glare of the snow.
On April 13th the natlve killed two
deer and herded athird down to the
sleigh and they took it along with them.
On this day the cache they should have
passed was missed by a few miles and
the Interpreter with the dogs was sent
to it. He tound the place, but the
cache was so banked up with snow he
could not get atit. Immediately on his
return he was taken with snow blindness
and the party had to remain over a day.
The next morning the Constable and the
native went to the cache and dug it out,
finding everything in good condition.
The Interpreter had to ride the next
day when the journey was continued as
he hada bandage over his eyes. By
travelling and resting the detachment
was reached on April 19th, and the
journey of practically a thousand miles
(the official calculation is nine hundred
and ninety-five) was completed.
The conclusions ot the officer upon his
journey form most interesting reading.
The party was supplied with six weeks’
rations when they set out put these did
not last them for more than one-third of
the time they were intended and they
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were forced to exist on the produce of
the country with the help of what was
found in the caches. In addition a com-
plete outfit had to be given them from
the ship in order to enable them to take
the return journey.
Included in the outfit was one alcohol
lamp with one gallon of alcohol. The
lamp was so poor that it took three
hours to boil three pints of water. For
twelve days they used wood when they
could get it, ‘‘otherwise we were forced
to eat our food frozen and raw.” ‘‘This
is a very poor accommodation for per-
sons working hard, especially in such
cold weather, when one needs the best
of food and plenty of it to keep out the
cold.”” The recommendation that ‘‘two
good lamps would add to the comfort of
a party travelling, and no patrol should
be made without them,” is one that will
be generally endorsed by all who have
had the very smallest experience of
what travelling in the far north is
like.
The natives at Repulse Bay number
about forty all told, including women
and children. All the winter through
they live onthe ice subsisting on the
seal which they harpoon when he comes
to his hole to breathe. ‘‘They build a
small wind break of snow and stand in
the shelter with their harpoon all ready
to strike at the seal when he pokes his
nose through the hole. They frequently
spend a whole day in this attitude before
they are successful. Even then the seals
may not come to the hole, as they
generally have seven or eight of
these blow holes.” These natives
proved the largest and boldest the Con-
stable had seen. They are _ called
Ivilicks, and are divided with two tribes,
which strangely enough are known as
“Scotch” and ‘‘American.” There are
various off shoots, few in number, and
the totals can only be estimated. The
Interpreter endeavored to teach such as
visited the ship the reason the police
were in the country and the value of the
musk ox. They told him they killed
very few musk ox as_ the walrus were
very plentiful. The only deer hunting
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was done in order to obtain a supply ot
clothing.
The country is rough consisting of
hills with deep narrow valleys an d sia
lakes. One valley, however, was about
ten miles wide and looked like a bit of.
prairie hemmed in between the hills. It |
was covered with a luxuriant growth of |
grass and heather. They followed the.
course of asmall river after reaching |
what appeared to be the Height of
Land. This river has two small rapids
from twenty to thirty teet in height and
here the party were forced to unhitch and
lower the load in pieces.
Deer were seen from every neck of
land and once from the salt water along |
the coast. Tupealock killed seven and
the Interpreter one. They saw one bear |
and plenty of fresh tracks. Fox tracks |
could be seen in almost every direction. |
Several wolf tracks were also seen. On |
the way back a few seal were on the ice |
and a wolverine was also seen. The In-
terpreter. shot a rabbit near one}
camp.
The Constable pays a tribute to the |
good work of his two assistants. The |
native had never been over a _ consider-
able portion of the route before, but he |
made an excellent guide never taking
them far out of their way. ‘‘On our
journey to the ship we had to contend |
against some terrible stormy weather,
but coming back it was splendid.”
It is in the story of the outward jour-
ney that the chief interest of the narra-
tive centres, and _ particularly’ in the |
heroic struggle, in the face of the dis-
appointment caused by the departure of |
the ship, and the condition in which the
men were at the time. Many of the.
bravest men would have given up under |
such circumstances and felt themselves
justified in so doing. Constable Sellers
was made of different stuff and well
deserves the compliment of the Commis-
sioner, who in a covering report to the
Premier, draws attention to this, one of
two noteworthy patrols made during
the year. and expresses his pride in the
comradeship of such men.
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. when acanoe stole around
A Moose Story From Joe.
H. C.
SHE Arcadians met the other night at
Joe’s place on Sandy Hill. Joe has
— a little den upstairs that he persists
in calling his ‘‘rathskellar”’. On the floor
are dead leaves and pine needles. This
makes a woodland effect, and reminds us
of camping out. There are five of us and
we meet once in a while to exchange
stories and work off jokes we dare not
perpetrate upon any person except an
Arcadian.
We had settled ourselves comfortably
among the dead leaves and the pine
cones in the den. On the table wasa skull
filled with tobacco. If Joe was tobe
believed this was Yorick’s skull and had
been given him by Lord Hamlet as a
Christmas present.
‘Pass the chicken feed,”’said somebody.
We filled our pipes, and looked expect-
tantly at Joe. It was really his turn to
tell something.
“In 1890” said Joe, ‘‘I spent a month
in the woods in New Brunswick. It was
up Tobique, among some of the lakes up
The season for calling moose was
passing, and we decided to go out one
night and try to tempt his majesty to the
shore of the lake. There were two of us,
Pete, the guide, and myself. The lake
was quiet, and our paddles made scarcely
a sound as we guided our little canoe
around the points, tothe head of the
water. At last the guide motioned with
his paddle, and we glided intoa little
bay, which afforded a good hiding place.
Pete then took his long conical birch-
bark horn, and gave two or three short
grunts ; then with a slow revolving
motion of the horn, a fine imitation of
the call of the female moose. He had
scarcely taken the horn from his lips,
the point at
our right, with an Indian paddling in the
stern. He was evidently in bad humor.
**Me no like you call moose here. Me
call moose here tonight,” he saidina
very surly tone. I looked at Pete. Evid-
ently there was no use in having an ar-
gument about the matter. Such a dis-
turbance on that quiet lake would have
ARMSTRONG.
sent the moose off to the mountain tops,
and it would be good-bye Mr. Moose for
us that night. The Indian had evidently
been around first and we gave way. He
paddled stealthily away, and soon we
heard hlm giving the call, from the end
of the point. He evidently expected the
moose, if he came at all, to appear on the
shore of the little bay at the left. A long
silence followed. No sound was to be
heard, excepting perhaps the far off cry
of a deer, or the splashing of some in-
quisitive muskrat. The night was dark,
though occasionally the moon looked out
between the clouds and made a long sil-
ver path across the lake. A mysterious
stillness seemed to—”’
‘‘At it again, Joe” said Binks mourn-
fully and reproachfully. ‘‘What is the
penalty, brother Arcadians ?
Joe glared mildly at us. Then, after
beating a double tatoo on the table with
his pipe, he calmly refilled it, and gently
placeda ring of smoke around Bink’s
head.
“‘The Indian,” he continued, soon
blew another call, and we listened atten-
tively for an answer. Still no reply.
Now you know a moose may heara call,
and yet not answer, if his suspicions have
been aroused by anything. Sometimes
he steals down without so much asa
twig cracking, and may be looking out
from tbe bushes at the lake, while you
are getting ready to paddle away to
camp. I noticed that Pete was getting
interested. From where we were we
could see the point of the Indian’s canoe
sticking out of some bushes at the point.
Another long quavering roar came from
his horn. I supposed he was getting
tired by this time. All of a sudden we
heard a tremendous yell comefrom the
direction of the point, and a cracking and
smashing of the bushes. Then an enor-
mous bull moose, bellowing with rage
and breaking the small trees apart like
matches, plunged out and jumped right
into the Indian’s canoe with all four feet.
Why that Indian hadn’t his finish right
there I don’t know. He must have slid
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out of that canoe like an eel out ofa
boat. By this time Pete and I were mak-
ing good time to the point, with our
guns ready. The moose of course had
smashed through the canoe, and was
churning his feet, trying to extricate him-
self from the mess of birchbark and canoe
ribs. The Indian had taken to the tall
timbers. All at once, just as Pete was
going to fire, the bull gave a final roar
and plunging out of the water, ploughed
off through the bushes. We heard him
crashing up the side of the mountain for
quite a while. When we got to the
point there was nothing left of the In-
dian’s canoe but some bark in ribbons.
Soon the noble savage himself emerged
from behind the trees, and you may be
sure he presented a woful spectacle. ‘‘Me
no hit’im. Me gunno good now,” he
explained. When his excitement cooled
down he was the most disheartened Indian
you ever saw. There were the pieces of
his canoe, about all he owned, floating
around in the water. With true Indian
stoicism, however, he set about making
a little raft, and putting his broken gun
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on it, he poled his clumsy float around
the bay, and into the stream going out of
the lake. It was now daylight, and we
saw him float slowly down with the cur-
rent, and disappear around the _ bend.
“Well,” said Pete, ‘‘I thought I knew it
all, but I never saw a moose do that be-
fore.” And asif to dismiss the incident
he expectorated silently into the lake.
That animal must have smelt some-
thing wrong in the Indian’s call, and de-
cided to appear without announcing him-
self. Any woodsman knows how mada
bull is, when after answering acall, he
finds it a fake.
Well anyway, we built up a little fire
and warmed ourselves. Then we got
into the canoe and paddled for camp.”
There was a pause, during which we
all gazed admiringly at Joe. ‘‘That’s all,”
he observed, ‘‘and the thing really hap-
pened.”
Binks had relapsed into a comatose
condition in his reclining chair. He was
aroused, and silently the skull was pas-
sed around.
The Wild. Pigeon.
BY CHARLES CAMERON.
“‘mO write of the wild pigeon that years
ago frequented parts of Canada and
= the United States in great numbers,
seems like writing ancient history. But
itis history prompted by the fact that
within the past year small flocks have
been seen, here and there where for many
years they have been entirely unknown,
and it has been predicted by some en-
thusiasts that they would shortly return ;
a prediction it is to be hoped may not be
altogether premature. Those who can
recall the time when they were so numer-
ous at certain seasons that passing flocks
might be seen any hour of the day, and
when a good sized bag might be secured
by a single discharge of the family shot-
gun as they decended on the grain fields,
will hail with joy any indication that those
days will return.
In some sections these birds appeared
at trmes in such countless numbers that
toexaggerate in speaking of them is
scarcely possible. In some of their great
migrations they would congregate ina
column that would sometimes be
miles in length and so dense that the sun
would be obscured as when a dark cloud
intervenes, and the rushing sound of
their myriad wings was like an advancing
hurricane. They were high and switt
flying birds and usually kept well out of
the way of the sportsman, and it was
seldom they could betaken on the wing
except when about to alight, or when
rising from the ground or from the trees
where they had perched.
It was the usual custom for the hunter
to conceal himself near their feeding |
grounds and wait for a flock to alight. If
_he was so fortunate as to have them come
down within range a raking shot at the
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bobbing heads, and if he had a double
barrel, another shot the moment they
rose would probably give them all the
the game required forthe day. They
were not ready to be bagged, however,
when the last shot was fired there still
was sOmething to do. Those that were
killed might remain where they were for
the present, but here and there over the
field would be seen birds running, and
some running and half flying with broken
leg or wing. The gun might now be
left in the bushes or fence corner, for
each wounded pigeon would give the
hunter a lively race as they scattered. in
diverse directions, and if not caught be-
fore grass or other cover was_ reached
might never be found.
The springing net yielded good results
sometimes, but the birds were inclined to
be suspicious of the arrangement, how-
ever well concealed, and they had an ex-
asperating way of lighting just beyond its
reach. These nets varied in size but
were sometimes ten yards long and half
as wide and were carefully folded on the
ground, and concealed as much as pos-
sible by a light covering of hay, straw,
leaves or whatever was most suitable to
the location in which they were placed.
There was a strong spring at each end to
which ropes were attached that extended
perhaps one hundred and fifty feet to
where the person on watch was concealed.
Close tothe net was the stand for the
‘*stool pigeon” usually a wild pigeon that
had been captured, but the domestic pig-
eon or drove was frequently used. They
were tied to the stool by their feet and
another rope ran from the stool back to
the place of concealment. Wheat or
other grain would be scattered in front of
the net, and when a flock was passing
the rope attached to the stool would be
pulled causing the pigeon to rise and
flutter his wings in his efforts to escape,
which was intended to attract the atten-
tion of the passing flock and induce them
to light where the grain had been scat-
tered. If they did come down a slight
pull on the ropes would release the power-
Already reports come from the West
of the ravages of wolves on the cattle
ranches. According to these statements
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ful springs and the net would be thrown
over them so quickly they could not es-
cape. The mesh of the net was just
large enough for them to get their heads
through and the little prisoners would
struggle frantically to get free.
It was an interesting sight to see them
perched in the forest trees, especially
when a large flock had_ settled down for
the night. They would sit close together
in pairs, male and female, the different
shades of coloring on their breasts alter-
nating regularly, for the birds on each
particular branch would face in the same
direction. It not infrequently happened
that a dead branch snapped with the
weight of the closely packed birds, and as
they flutteringly caught themselves on
their wings half a hundred more would
take fright, and sometimes the alarm
would spread until the whole flock was
in a panic, and they would rise above the
tree tops, circle around, and then if all
were governed by the same instinct
would head in a body in the same
direction for a new roosting place. Their
power of flight was great and not in-
frequently their place of rest at night
was hundreds of miles distant from their _
feeding ground.
The wild pigeon has often been referred
to as a species of game that has departed
not to again return. This may be true,
but it must be borne in mind that unlike
some other kinds of game they have not
been exterminated. They have migrated
to another clime for reasons we do not
fully understand. In some parts of South
America they are still numerous, and
conditions may so change that they will
again seek a more northern latitude as
heretofore. Probably never again in the
old time millions, but as they multiply
rapidly under favorable conditions, it is
possible the few scattering flocks that
have been seen are the harbingers of
their return ; and if we may again an-
ticipate their periodical coming, even in
scanty numbers as compared with myriads
of former days, it will cause every sports-
man to rejoice.
the losses from the inroads of these
brutes have been much greater than for
many years.
An Interesting Visit to Bovril’s Home.
In these days of commercial enterprise
many of our wants which formerly had to
be supplied by individual effort are now
supplied ready to hand by large trading
concerns, who cater not only to the gen-
eral public but to the needs of particular
classes of the public. In consequence
the comfort of the home is increased, and
the strength of the housewife is saved.
Outdoors, too, sportsnen explorers and
travellers can doin comparative com-
fort what used to entail very considerable
inconveniences, and the pleasures of a
hunting or fishing trip are materially in-
creased.
This is very noticeable in food stuffs
and an encouraging point in this matter
is the readiness with which some of the
better firms invite their patrons to a full
inspection of their manufactories and
their methods of operation. In certain
instances, it is true, such an inspection
is disappointing because the enquirer is
carefully placed under the care of a guide,
who takes him through a_ prescribed
course avoiding certain parts of the
manufactory, or the operations which are
of vital importance. But there are quite
a nuinber of firms where the inspection is
free and entirely open. A short time ago
such an opportunity was given to the
friends of Bovril, Limited. Invitations
to the number of twenty-seven thousand
were issued and the chairman of the Com-
pany, the Earl of Bessborough, C. V. O.,
C. B. had the pleasure of welcoming to
the home of Bovril, in Old St., London,
England, a large party of nearly three
thousand persons. Among the Company
were several members cf the London
County Council, of various Boards of
Guardians and General Sir William
Wilson, K. C. M. G.
The first thing that meets the eye at
the entrance of the huge building is the
Royal Arms indicating that Bovril, Lim-
ited, holds the King’s Warrant. The
party entered by the handsome marble
stairway and went through the entire
building, which was greatly admired on
accouur of its absolute cleanliness and
bright cheerful appearance. All walls
are lined with polished white tiles, and
all floors are of concrete, while plentiful
supplies of fresh air are kept circulating
through every room. It was mentioned
that each employee had to pass a periodic
medical examination. The visitors were
interested to learn that Bovril is manu-
factured entirely from the flesh of selected
cattle reared on the open plains of the
British colonies, and on the River Plate,
where the healthiest prairie fed cattle are
plentiful, and that the flesh is prepared
for shipments to England in carefully
supervised factories.
Emphasis was laid on the fact that
Bovril is beef and all prime beef. There
are in vogue certain methods of produc-
ing so called Meat Extracts and Fluid
Beefs which yield the manufacturer and
trade more profits, but Bovril has set its
face against all these preferring to main-
tain its reputation and guard the public
health. The process by which the album-
en and fabrin of the beef is incorporated
with extract of beef was found very in-
teresting, and theclear object lésson show-
ing that ‘‘Bovil comprises the whole ot
the valuable properties of beef’ was
highly appreciated. This is the essential
fact which gives Bovril its unique position.
Solid extracts of meat, medt jellies, and
meat essénces contain the stimulating
and flavoring elements of beef only, but
Bovril contains flavor, stimulus and
nourishment. The method of preparation
by which the whole work is carried
through without any portion of the work
being once touched by hand was carefully
followed out in detail. One point of im-
portance, which is not perhaps widely
known, was made clear, namely that
Bovril is standardized. It is always the
same. What it was yesterday itis to-
day and it will be tomorrow.
The immense size of the business sur-
prised the majority of the visitors although
all were familiar with the sight of the
Bovril bottle on the shelf of every grocer
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
and druggist and many knew that there
is no place in the civilized world where
Bovril is not in evidence. Very great was
the astonishment at the number of great
vats, each containing the produce of the
prime parts of three hundred. oxen ready
to be poured through taps into the well
known bottles.
England is the home of Bovril, but it
is also manufactured in Montreal in pre-
cisely the same way and from the same
high class materials, and it is, therefore,
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the proud boast of the Company that
throughout the whole world there is only
one Bovril. ‘
Afternoon tea and light refreshments
were served and the strong” impression
left on all was that scrupulotts care is
taken in all processes to ensure absolute
cleanliness and purity and the” mainten-
ance of the high standard of the prepara-
tion. Meetings of this kind do much to
inspire confidence in the integrity of the
British manufacturer of food stuffs.
The Fish and Game of Nova Scotia.
change has been recently made in
the. Secretaryship of the People’s
Game and Fish Protective Associa-
Mr. Roy S. Kelley
Ruggles in that impor-
tant office. Judging from an interview
with Mr. Kelley, held in ‘the Editorial
ial Office of this Magazine last month,
there is no fear of any falling off of inter-
est in the work of the society while un-
der the charge of Mr. Kelley. Like most
busy menMr. Kelley always finds time to
do a little more work. Before he under-
took the Provincial Secretaryship he was
already Secretary for the Yarmouth branch
of the organization and Secretary for the
Guides’ Association of the Province. In
addition to the three Secretaryships Mr.
Kelley is a bookkeeper and commercial
traveller and preaches the gospel of fish
and game protection when he is abroad as
well as at home. He is now on the war-
path to secure protection for cow moose
similar to what is afforded in nearly every
other province of Canada. Mr. Kelley is
a great believer inthe resources of his
own province for both fishing and hunting.
The fishing at present is unsurpassed, and
the people of Bostonjand other centres in
the States, who are able to visit the Pro-
vince very easily by water, are quite aware
of this fact. The Province has had a
plentiful supply of caribou in past years
but the numbers have so decreased that
a close season for some years has had to
be declared and will probably be extended
when this expires. The deer which
have been imported, are doing well under
protection and when shooting is allowed
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tion of Nova Scotia,
succeeding Mr.
‘favors a $50.00
it is believed there will be a good supply.
Moose have always been at home in the
Province, and with more effective protec-
tion there is no fear of Nova Scotia de-
preciating as a game country. The non-
resident licence is $30 00 but Mr. Kelley
license for moose, and
$10.00 for birds, while he would put ona
$5.00 non-resident license for fishing, and
likewise a resident game license fee. It
is felt that the $30.00 non-resident license
fee for birds is absurd, and at the same
time it is not enough for moose. Need-
less to say Mr. Kelley is against the dogs
in big game hunting. He describes the
centre of Nova Scotia as useless for any
purpose but hunting and states that the
Provincial Government have promised to
disallow any proposal to divert it from
this purpose. From any portion of this
hunting territory itis easy to get the
moose out once the big game is secured.
Mr. Kelley believes that after the period of
close protection now given to the big
game, the Province will need only to be
known to become one of the favourite
hunting grounds of Canada. There cer-
tainly seems good reason to believe that
with the increased interest of the people
in these matters, fostered by the members
and the work of the People’s Fish and
Game Protective Association of Nova
Scotia, the big game will not only in-
crease, but remain inthe Province asa
result of efficient protection, and that in
future Nova Scotia will take her proper
place as one of the best shooting and
fishing territorities of the many fine ones
in the Dominion.
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N almost all ages and in almost all countries beef has been regarded as
the strength giving food par excellence.
But it is not always possible
to obtain beef just at the moment when nourishment is required and again
it is not always that the system is in a condition to draw the full store of
nutriment from the meat.
Each of these difficulties has been overcome
and the nutriment and stimulus of beef can be obtained at any time with
very little trouble and in a form which admits of immediate assimilation by
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Moose Hunting Notes.
BY F. H.
WW rather curious incident occurred
recently in Nova Scotia. Dr. King
of Boston was out in calling season
in the Lake Alma country,
County. His guide, Will Woods, of
Albany, called up a fine bull, Dr. King
went forward to meet him and managed
to get in a shoulder shot. The bull
reared, turned round and made off but he
did not govery far before he suddenly
pulled up Dr. King followed, saw the
bull standing and putin aneck shot ;
still the bull did not fall. He fired four
shots in succession with no effect. When
Will Woods got up he noticed that the
bull’s hind quarters were down so went
in and found that the bull was hanging on
Annapolis
asmall pine tree by the horns. In his
hurry to be off he had run full tilt into
the tree and his horns had locked on it
and so held him up.
Another moose incident happened near
Springfield, Annapolis County, N. S.
Two railway section men on their trolley
early one morning noticed a bull moose
tied up by the horns in the barbed wire
fence on the side of the track. They set
off as fast as they could to fetch a rifle
but when they got back the moose had
vanished leaving them a stretch of the
fence to repair as their share of the fun.
The C. P. R. Wolf Hunt.
OVER LL. O. Armstrong writes from
M Montreal ;—We have three points
= in view for the Wolf Hunt of 1908,
Lake Nipigon, Ont., Lake Kippewa, Que.,
and the country north of Nomining, and
the Gatineau, Que. I will probably have
trapping-Indians as guides, and have
trapping as one of the features. If in
Quebec we may add caribou hunting. I
shall make it as instructive a winter’s
outing as possible. Everyone present
will be able to learn the Indians’ ways of
camping and trapping. The enjoyable
features of last winter will be improved
upon, and the camp will probably last
fora longer time. The marvelous im-
provement that took place in the physique
of the participants last year was a revela-
tion even to me, and this hygienic feature
Three Government surveyors who have
been engaged for several weeks in sur-
veying new townships in New Ontario
returned with the report that they had
seen much big wild game. One sur-
veyor, Mr. Galbraith, completed his
work in Leitch Township, Algoma; Mr.
Wells did the same in Kennedy town-
ship, Nipissing; and Mr. Rorke, who
was engaged in townships on the Mon-
treal river, made good progress. The
first two reported the land good for ag-
riculture.
A lynx hunt in Old Ontario is coming
tobe arare event. Towards the end of
October one was seen about a mile from
the town of Paris and a day afterwards
a young man tracked it to a tree where
he made an easy shot. The animal
weighed thirty-six pounds and measured
from nose to tail three feet one inch,
with a measurement of eighteen inches
round the chest. These animals are
dangerous to have near a well settled
community where people do not usually
go around with defensive weapons and
as they are treacherous and do not hes-
itate to attack defenceless individuals
I intend to dwell upon and to make the
outing from the health-giving point of
view as good and effective as it is pos-
sible.
I think that it has been proven beyond
doubt that the intelligence of the wolf is
increasing more rapidly than that of his
would be slayers, and thatthe wolfis in-
creasing because of the ineffective hunt-
ing and trapping that is being carried on.
The remedy is a higher bounty. The
United States Government is employing
men by the year to destroy wolves in the
Western States. The Governments of
the Canadian Provinces should spenda
larger portion of what they receive for
licenses in protective work and politics
should be kept out of it when it comes to
punishing offenders.
they are best given a wide berth. Had
this lynx not been killed outright with
the first shot it would no doubt have put
up a harder fight.
The Ontario Provincial Secretary has
not this year repeated his success of a
year ago when he shot a moose. There
were five members in the party and they
travelled fifty or sixty miles north of
Englehart in the hope of further success.
In explanation of this year’s failure Mr.
Hanna pointed out that a year ago the
place was a wilderness and there were
lots of game. Now there is not a hill
that has not been staked by prospectors
whose blasting and other noisy work has
been unbroken all season, while even the
settlers are putting up log huts and
driving the game away. The hardest
part of it all was, however, that on the
day camp was broken moose tracks were
found. Investigation showed that two
moose had spent a portion, if not the
whole, of the preceding day within a few
yards of the camp. In the words of the
Hon. J. W. Hanna, ‘‘What more need
be said?”
AUTOMOBILES 4NP AUTOMOSBILING
The Great Canadian Exhibition.
As was anticipated in the notice which
appeared in these pages of the Internat-
ional Automobile, Motor Boat and Sports-
man’s Exhibition heldin Montreal early in
- the present year steps havenow been taken
to make this exhibition an annual affair.
For this purpose an incorporated company
has been formed under the title of The
Automobile and Sportsman’s Exhibition,
Limited, and arrangements are now ina
forward state for the holding of the Third
International Automobile, Motor Boat
and Sportsman’s Exhibition at the Arena,
Montreal, at which building the two for-
mer Exhibitions were held. The commer-
cial capital of the Dominion is so suitable
for such a show and the accommodation
afforded is so excellent that success under
_ the circumstances is not a matter for
wonder. The placing of the Exhibition
on a permanent footing allows organiza-
tion work to go on without intermission
the year round, ensures more complete
arrangements and gives a greater cer-
tainty of success. Mr. R.M. Jaffray,
under whose management the former ex-
hibitions achieved such marked successes
asto make them annual events for the
future, is manager for the new Company
and his office is at 312 Notre Dame St.,
West, Montreal. The date fixed for the
Exhibition is April fourth to eleventh,
1908, and there is every promise that the
success of the past two years will be ex-
celled by the next exhibition.
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It has been decided to hold an exhibi-
tion at Toronto from March 21st to 28th
inthe St Lawrence Arena, and prepar-
ations for that exhibition, which is ex-
pected to exceed anything yet seen in
Canada, -are now in a forward state.
Since the plans were issued, about two-
thirds of the space has already been ap-
plied for and will be allotted on the 16th
of this month. Among the applicants
are the Automobile; & Supply Co., The
Dominion Automobile Co., The Oldsmo-
bile Co., of Canada, The Ford Motor
Co. of Canada, Hyslop Bros., The Can-
ada Cycle & Motor Co., The Chatham
Motor Car Co , The Standard Automo-
bile Co., The McLaughlin Automobile
Co., The Beaudry Gasoline Engine Co.,
The Buffalo Gasoline Motor Co., S! F.
Bowser & Co., Dunlop Rubher Tire Co.,
Croftan Storage Battery Co., Gutta
Percha and Rubber Co., Canadian Rub-
ber Co., and others. About twenty of
the prominent manufacturers of Automo-
biles in the United States and Canada
will have cars on the floor, among
which we might mention the Packard,
Pierce, Great Arrow, Thomas, Maxwell,
Olds Ford, Darracq, Cadillac, Russell,
Chatham, Peerless, Stevens-Duryea,
Stottard-Dayton, Reo, Royal Tourist,
Franklin Comet. It is expected that
every foot of space in the arena will, be-
fore the first of the year, be taken. Mr.
Jaffray informs us that the plans for the
decoration of the arena are well under
way. One of the features will be the
electric lights, thousands ot which will
be used. The Arcade on King Street
leading into the big arena will be ea
tirely used by the railroads for their ex-
hibits of animals, game and pictures.
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
A Veteran Automobilist.
Mr. Charles J. Glidden, whose name is
so wellknown to all autoists from his
connections with the Glidden tour, states
that, in company with his wife, he has
since 1907,motored 42,567 miles in thirty-
Twice they have taken
the automobile round the world, east and
west, crossed the Arctic circle in Sweden
and driven upon the most southerly road
possible for the antomobile to run in New
Zealand. As a testimony to the healthi-
ness of the exercise they state that nota
single day’s sickness has been their lot
although they have driven in all kinds of
weather and in countries infested with
contagious diseases. The automobile
was taken on sixteen steamers without
packing and they consider it no more
trouble to travel with an auto than with
a steamer trunk. They intend continuing
their world’s tours till fifty thousand
miles stand to their credit.
five countries.
Ladies at the Wheel.
Every observer knows that ladies drive
automobiles to-day and the reason is that
automobiles have been perfected to a
point where ladies may drive them with-
out trouble. In the early days men
could not venture on this work without
experiencing difficulties that drove them
almost to distraction and numerous were
the witticisims indulged in by the on-
lookers at the plight in which the motorist
too often found himself. @All‘this is now
changed. Ladies may drive a car day inand
day out without experiencing the slightest
dithculty. A Cleveland lady states that
she has driven her car almost daily from
January Ist last and never seen under the
hood. Occasionally the car is taken
into the garage and the agents go over it
but the lady driver, who handles her car
with consummate skill has never been halt-
ed on the road with the slightest trouble.
Ladies elsewhere, if they have not so wide
an experience, have nevertheless the most
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pleasant ones of managing autos, and
their numbers are likely to increase as
the pleasures of this form of travel become
wider known amongst them.
The Ways of the Law
Great are technicalities and wonderful
are their outcome — sometimes. One
little word in Wisconsin automobile law
seems likely to upset all their careful re-
Strictions. Section eight reads as fol-
lows : Any person or persons who shall
violate the provisions ot sections l, 3, 5,
and 6 of this act except as provided in
7, shall be punished by a fine of
not less than $ 10 or more than $25 etc.
An automobilist violated section 3 which
detines a speed limit, but did not violate
any ofthe others. It is therefore argued
that according to the words of the act he
cannot be punished. If this reading of
the Act proves correct the substition of
the word ‘‘and”’ for ‘‘or’”’ means that any
automobilist can break all the restrictions
except one with impunity. As long as
he complies with one ot them he is safe.
The point was referred to the Attorney
General’s department for consideration
and if the technical objection is upheld no
doubt the section will be amended at the
next meeting of the State Legislature.
Tar for Roads.
Evidence continues to accumulate as to
the effectiveness of tar when properly
used for overcoming the dust nuisance
and for making good roads. Mr. Jetfer-
son De Moit Thompson, who is chairman
of the A.A.A. Racing Board has_ recently
returned from a visit to Europe and he
reports that both in England and France
great improvements have been made in
tarring the roads. Early attempts were
largely ineffective owing to the fact that
the road surface needs to be specially
treated, and the tar put on at exactly the
right temperature and under favorable
atmospheric conditions. ‘‘In short it is
the substitution of scientific methods for
a rule of thumb procedure.’’ The best
process not only abolishes the dust nuis-
ance but also holds the surface of the
road together as nothing else will.
‘‘When properly treated with tar the
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that tires have very slight effect on the
roads. Treating a new road with
tar increases the first cost but proves
economical in the end.”’
A Wonderful Record,
The growth in automobile manufac-
turing in the States constitutes one of the
most wonderful records in modern indust-
rial progress. In 1902 only 314 machines
were made in that country and in the
short space of four years that number
has grown to 60,000. When the States
were turning out 314 machines France
manufactured 24,000 in the same
length of time. In 1906 France manu-
factured 55,000 machines, or 5,000 less
than the United States. Well may lead-
ing autoists predict that 1907 will showa
wonderful advance even on this record
and 1908 a greater one still. Not only
has the States jumped into the leadership
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but foreigners are visiting their great
factories for ideas and suggestions to im-
prove the cars of foreign make. Such
a state of things cannot failto havea
great influence upon Canada where pro-
gress, if slower, is likewise sure and is
rapidly gaining strength.
For Sport and Honor.
‘*! challenge the Renault and the Fiat
toa single car, twenty-four hour race
withthe Thoma’ Flyer and onitsconclusion
I will retire permanently from’ circular
track racing as itis now conducted on
tracks not suited to such events.” Thus
spoke Mr. E. R Thomas recently in ex-
pressing his determination to quit circular
track contests. Before retirement he
wishes for one more contest ‘‘for sport
and for the honor ot America.” Mr.
Thomas lays down the conditions of the
race and gives his reasons for the chal-
lenge as follows :
1. The. cars shall be
the Thomas
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679
Flyer which won the Brighton Beach
twenty-four hour race and established the
record for that time for competition ona
mile track ; the Renault which won the
first Morris Park twenty-four hour race
and the Fiat that won the last one. These
cars are representative of their countries ;
they have never been entered against
each other and each has demonstrated
that it is able to withstand the terrific
strains of such a race.
2. The track shall be the one best suited
for track racing by automobiles and its
selection is to be in the hands ofthe rep-
resentatives of the three cars.
‘‘Accidents from racing on circular
tracks,’ Mr Thomas continues, ‘‘are
caused by the entrance of too many cars,
the entrance of cars that cannot stand the
gruelling test of a long race of this kind,
the recklessness of inexperienced drivers
and the unpreparedness of the tracks.
In this race none of these conditions
would be present. But three cars are
entered, they have each proven their
staunchness by winning a hard contest of
this kind, the drivers are old, experienced
men and the track will be the best that
can be found.”
‘‘We, in common with other manufac-
turers, found years ago that it was only
by entering races and contests of all kinds
and submitting our cars to the terrible
strains of such events that we could
find out and eliminate weaknesses and
bring about absolute reliability, without
which no car can win.”
‘“We feel as if our carshave been tested
to the extreme and that there is no fur-
ther necessity for our continuing these
contests. It is a matter of self congratu-
lation for us that during our entire exis-
tence not a manemployed by or author-
ized todrive for us has been killed or
even seriously injured and that nota
spectator has been hurt by one of our
cars.”
The Fiat in America,
The wonderful Fiat, the famous Italian
car that has carried all before it in Europe
this year, has now invaded the States in
earnest, the makers and stock holders be-
coming directly interested in the new
American agency. A reduction has been
made in prices at the same time and it is
also stated that the Fiat will be entered
or everything in sight. The latest mod-
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The agency embraces Canada and no
doubt the Fiat will be much in evidence
at the Montreal Show.
How the Law Works,
Some prominent men were recently
fined in the States forexceeding the speed
limit and this fact called attention to the
manner in which these cases are manag-
ed. ‘‘The laws are wrong”’ it is declared
for they should allow a _ safe speed at
any point and punish only when the
drivers operate dangerously. There are
districts where forty miles an hour may
be safe and others where eight miles an
hour is unsafe.’’ The principle is unden-
iably good but the difficulty is in its en-
forcement. Someone’s discretion would
have to be relied upon and the question
is whose it would have to be. The driver
is not an infallible authority on this point
and the policemen, whose work under the
present system is so severely criticised,
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would scarcely secure the confidence of
the drivers. No dcubt itis true that
“the real speed violators are seldom ap-
prehended for they go too fast. The
man going atan easy rate is easy to
catch. The man at great speed is not
easy” Thereal truth of the whole mat-
ter is we shall have to become more
accustomed to autos before traffic ques-
tions settle teemselves. In the mean-
time we can only hope that our legislat-
ors may be endowed with more wisdom
than they have hitherto shown themselves
to possess and will evolve some method
by which autoists may enjoy touring
privileges without unnecessarv annoy-
ances. Most autoists recognize freely
the rights of others and are careful not
to give needless trouble With some
give and take on both sides, an agree-
ment satisfactory to both parties ought
not to be impossible.
The New Youk Shows.
The first of the New York shows, the
one which is often denominated ‘‘the In-
dependents,” has been held and proved
such a success as to demonstrate tothe .
full the great interest now taken in autos
by the general public. Really it was
the eighthannual show of the Automobile
Club of America, supported by the Amer-
ican Motor Car Manufacturing Associa-
tion, and good business is stated to have
resulted despite the financial disturbances
which have been so marked a feature of
the American business community. A
wide range of new models were shown
and many of them were beauties. There
were full lines of accessories and the
arrangements were almost beyond critic-
ism. Most notable was the scheme of
decoration although, the autos themselves
needed nothing added to their attractive-
ness. The tendency of the runabout and
touring auto to approach each other, and
for differences to be so merged that they
can no longer be distinguished, is most
marked, while the limousine, so far as
this show was concerned, may be said to
have practically disappeared. The gen-
eral adoption of wide wind shields and
close fitting canopy tops make the tour-
ing car fairly comfortable in all weathers
and explain the reason for other cars
approaching it in construction. The
accessories were aS numerous as ever
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
and attracted much attention. Tire ex
hibits were the most important in this
department and the non-puncturable and
quickly attached varieties came in for
close examination. Speedometers, spark
plugs,lamps and automobiling garmentsall
received much attention. A novelty was
the Phelps vehicle recorder exhibited by
Wm. S. Jones of Philadelphia. The
recorder keeps an accurate record. of
speed, milage and the duration of stops
and may be applied to almost any kind of
vehicle. A new instrument was likewise
shown by the Jones Speedometer Com-
pany, of New York. This is an automatic
speed control governor and by its use the
driver can avoid exceeding any predeter-
mined rate of speed by setting the lever
after which the instrument works auto-
matically. The well known and time
tested Springfield motometer shown by
R. H. Smith Manufacturing Company of
Springfield, Mass., was strongly in evid-
ence and it was clear frum the attention
given to it and the many enquiries about
it that its name and reputation had gained
fcr it wide attention.
An invasion which was welcomed was
that of the Aero Club of America. Their
exhibition consists of various models of
balloons, airships, flying machines, kites,
etc. and the great interest taken in every
one of these exhibits demonstrated the
keen interest that it being generally
developed in the science of aeronautics.
The International Aeronautical Congress
was in sessionat thesame time and assist-
ed to increase the interest in the show.
Major Squiers expressed his belief that
aerial navigation would go a long way to
make war humane by bringing about a
decisive result with a minimum destruc-
tion of human life. ‘‘If we could utilize
scientific principles to bring about this
result without killing anyone it would be
ideal.” Admiral Chester stated that
ball6ons were used both on land and sea
during the Russo Japanese war. He be-
lieved that the airship would become the
long sought antidoteagainst attacks from
submarines. ‘‘The elevation enables the
observer to discern the movement of sub-
marines under the water and floating
mines and stationary mines may be de-
tected.” Altogether, as will be seen, the
show not merely created great interest
but was amply deserving of that interest.
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The Ontario Motor League and the Observance
of the Law.
A circular has been sent out by the
Ontario Motor League to every known
motorist in the Province drawing atten-
tion to the importance, in the present
state of public opinion, of every motorist
strictly observing the existing law. While
complaints of carelessness and reckless
driving are no doubt exaggerated the
mere fact that they continue to be made
brings home to the committee the absol-
ute necessity for every member observing
fully both the letter and the spirit of the
law. Accordingly motor owners are
urged to take particular care to have
their licensed members properly displayed,
to see that their licenses have been pro-
perly taken out and to studythe avoidance
of driving in any place in such a manner
as will be dangerous to the public.
They are also requested to show the drivers
of horse drawn carriages every considera-
tion. The League asks members to
drive their cars not only in such a manner
that their vehicles will be safe on the
road, but also that they will appear to
other users of the road safely and care-
fully driven.
_ Farmersand the Auto.
In view of turther restrictive proposals
being submitted to the Ontario House at
their next session it may be well to point
out to the members that farmers are
being rapidly educated to a different
view of the auto. In the Georgia State
Legislature recently some drastic propos-
als were put forward and voetoed by the
farmers who stated that ‘‘no factor has
been or will be so important in the
development of good roads as the auto-
mobile.” It is stated that at a farmer’s
fair at Bowling Green, O. nearly one
thousand autos were admitted to the
grouuds and the majority were owned by
the farmers and trades people of the ~
district. Once the farmer gets initiated
into the delights of automobiling there
can be no doubt that the days of ill ad-
vised legislation will have passed. The
Ontario House cannot put back the clock
of progress and care should be taken
that they make no foolish efforts in that
direction. Motorists themselves will
agree with any reasonable restrictions
but protest in advance against any un-
reasonable ones.
The R. C. Y. C. Meeting.
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club held
its annual meeting for the election ofa
Sailing Committee for next season on
November ninth at which there wasa
good attendance of members. Commo-
dore Dr. Albert A. MacDonald was in the
chair.
The annual report by the retiring chair-
man was read and adopted. It expres-
sed great satisfaction at the result of the
season’s racing and operations generally,
more enthusiasm being shown by the
local yachtsmen than ever before.
Changes in the entrance fees, etc. were
confirmed, and now are :
Junior residents I6 to 20 years of age,
entrance $10, annual $10; residents 20
to 24 years of age, entrance $20, annual
$20 ; residents over 24 years of age, en-
trance $50, annual $20 ; non-residents,
entrance $10, annual $5; foreign, entrance
$10, annual $2 ; members of 25 years’
standing, annual $10; members of 30
years’ standing, annual $5 ; members of
40 years’ standing life membership.
The new committee for year 1907-8 is
H..F. Darrel, H. Logan, A. E. Jarvis, J.
S. McMurray, E.K.M. Wedd, J. Young,
jr-, T. K. Wade.
The Commodore in a short speech,
reviewed the season’s operations espec-
ially referring to the Canada’s Cup races
at Charlotte.
The meeting closed by singing the
National Anthem.
Some of the season’s winners are :
First Division—Zelma, Lorne Cup,
Nicholls’ Gold Cup, Championship Cup
and flag.
Second Division — Zoraya, Prince of
Wales’ Cup and gold medal, Champion-
ship Cup and flag.
Third Division—Naomi, Championship
Cup and flag.
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14-foot Dinghy Class—Leys Gooder-
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A Motor Lifeboat.
The Toronto authorities have authoriz-
ed the purchase of a motor life boat. A
similar boat has been doing good service
at Charlotte, the port of Rochester, for
some time, and it is due to reports of the
performances of this boat that the order
has been given by Toronto. The neces-
sity for more effective arrangements at
Toronto has been before the authorities
for some time and enquiries led them to
believe that for all purposes nothing can
exceed the efficiency ofthe motor life
boat.
On a.well equipped motor boat there
is much to keep clean, bright and polish-
ed. The hardwood cabins and deck,
the brass work and the glass all require
constant work to keep clean. Soaps,
oils and powders of various kinds may be
used but after all it is the rubbing that
counts and for putting on the polish there
is nothing like chamois. To use chamois
freely is rather costly and therefore all
motor boat owners, who above all like to
see their boats spick and span, will be
glad to know that chamois can now be
obtained in a shape which will allow them
to make good use of this fine polishing
material. The Twentieth Century Manu-
facturing Company, 19 Warren Street,
New York, are making what they very
appropriately call ‘‘Rubs” made up of
the clippings of the best oil tanned
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so cheap ascompared to equal
quality of chamois skin that
it is economy to have several
“handy” for the various uses
they can with great advan-
tage be put to.
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on receipt of price.
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chamois, every piece warranted washable
and guaranteed not to get hard orto
crack in water. These pieces are sewed
on toa flexible back conforming to the
shape of the hand and the article rubbed.
The ‘‘Rubs” are equally good for sports-
men and can be effectively used for clean-
ing guns. While they can be used asa
sponge they are good for wet and dry
cleaning and polishing. There is as
much or more material in one of these
“‘Rubs” asin any whole chamois, yet
one can havea halfa dozen of them on
board the boat, to the great advantage
of all polishing material, for the price of
one whole skin. Every house-keeper
knows the value of good chamois and
there are many uses to which these ‘*Rubs”
can be put unknown to man. Their
use in garages, stables, by ra'lway com-
panies and on ocean liners is certain to be
considerable once it 1s known that they
can be procured. In Canada they will
retail at 35c each and at present it will be
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Later on arrangements will be made for
them to be procured through the trade.
They will be exhibited at the Motor Boat
Show to be held in New York in the
course of the present month and will
doubtless lead to many inquiries and to
considerable business.
How to Attract Attention.
An effort was made recently to direct
national attention to an attempt to secure
direct connection to the ocean from Chic-
ago by way of the Mississippi. For this
purpose a message was taken from the
Mayor of Chicago to President Roosevelt
at St Louis by motor boat, the four hun-
dred mile race occuping twenty-three
hours and the motor boats working in
relays, five boats being used for the pur-
pose. The effect was entirely successful
with the exception of a delay of ten hours
and was acknowledged by the President
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who expressed his belief in the scheme of
so using the Mississippi that it shall
give us a sea coast right into the heart of
our country.” In Canada we are favor-
ed with waterways which merely want
improvements and connections to make
them capable of being used for a similar
purpose and without doubt the great im-
provements in motor boating will call
attention tothe wonderful facilities pos-
sed by Canada inthis respect. Water
carriage is with us a development that is
bound to make progress.
How to Leave the Boat in Winter.
This is a problem for many owners and
its solution is worth a good deal of
trouble. If there is. no good shed in
which to store the boat in company with
others the owner should himself build a
covering, a by no means difficult task to
one accustomed to the use of tools as
the owner of a motor boat ought to be.
No doubt there are cases where a boat
is simply drawn up beyond high water
mark and left to the mercy of the ele-
ments all winter. When spring comes
such an owner is disposed to grumble if
his boat does not act in all respects as it
would have done had the best of care
been bestowed upon it during the winter
interval. There is no excuse for such an
owner. As he behaves to his hoat so he
must expect his boat to behave to him.
If he will give some care to the boat he
will gain his reward when spring comes
and the increased enjoyment of the sum-
mer season will lead him to see to the
care of his boat the following winter.
The cost need not be great and the time
must of course depend upon the nature
of the protection the owner. is disposed
to make. A simple but effective covering
is all that the boat needs care being first
taken to properly raise the boat on
blocks and shore her well up. If in ad-
dition the owner cares to prepare her for
the following spring by overhauling her
and making her ready for the coat of
paint which will make her look so trim
and smart when taken out again, so
much the more advanced will his
work be when spring returns.
A combination, of considerable inter-
est to boating men, has been effected
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at Detroit, and by this means Pittsburg
is about to lose one of its growing in-
dustries. At recent motor boat contests
at Detroit boats fitted with the Verona
engine, made by the I. Kowalsky En-
gine Company, of Verona, gained first
place and the engines proved ot such
superior quality as to attract the atten-
tion of the principal officials of the
Waterman Marine Motor Company with
the result that an amalgamation has
been brought about. Now that this con-
solidation has been .effected, the Water-
man Marine Motor Co. with its new
plant at 1506-12 Fort Street West, De-
troit, Mich., willshave one of the most
complete lines in the trade. This line
includes the well khown Waterman Out-
Board or Porto Motor, a detachable
2 h-p motor; Waterman motor model K.
which is a canoe motor of 2hp weigh-
ing but 85 pounds and having an alum-
inum crank case and a spun copper
water jacket; and the Kowolsky Com-
pany’s models in 1, 3, 6 and 10 hp tor
marine use and 1, 3, 6, and 10h-p sta-
tionary Engines.
A Big Ferry Steamer.
A big car ferry is to operate between
Coburg, Ont., and Rochester N. Y. all
the year round. Passengers and freight
will be taken and the most complete ar-
rangements have been made for both.
The freight accomodation will be twenty-
eight loaded carsand two hundred and
fitty passangers will be carried with state-
room accomodation for one hundred.
Motor Canal Boats.
The first canal boat in which motor
power has been used has been built and
put in use in England and is attracting
much attention in Europe. A Birming-
ham boat builder installed a fifteen horse
power two cylinder kerosene motor in
the hull of an ordinary barge having a
capacity of thirty-four tons, limited,
however, under canal conditions to a
load of twenty-six tons. The cost of
operation is low, the boat making a trip
of one hundred and fifty miles for about
six dollars. The speed attained
was four miles an hour which is a
great improvement upon that which is
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secured when horses or mules are used
as the propelling power. The speed,
too, is said to equal the average of a
freight train and oncethe system is im-
proved and perfected there would seem
to be a great future in store for sucha
method in Canada as well as in other
countries. It would certainly do some-
thing to relieve freight congestion to the
advantage of the railroads as well as to
that of shippers.
The new designs of the Brantford
Motor Launch, the great feature of which
is one man control, with no _ trouble,
noise or need of extra help, have been ob-
tained from one of the most eminent de-
signers on the American continent, and are
such as are likely to meet with the ap-
proval of the majority of boating men.
The launches are light, strong, seaworthy,
speedy and comfortable, no one feature
being sacrificed to any other but the com-
bination made such as to ensure an equal
effect for all. Such a design was of
course aiming at perfection and if perfec-
tion has not been reached avery long
step has been taken in that direction. The
launch is twenty-two and a half feet in
length, with a seven horse power engine
and will run eleven miles an hour. The
cockpit is entirely clear so that no one
using the boat need get their clothes soil-
ed by grease, etc. The engine is placed
under a hood in the prow of the boat but
means are taken to make it easily acces-
sible. Successful experiments have de-
monstrated the practicability of starting
a single cylinder engine in this boat with-
out cranking the engine. Double ex-
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capable of being changed from one to the
other from near the steering wheel, are
supplied. While realibility has had the
first consideration, comfort and conven-
ience have also been thought out and the
results are such that most boat owners
will be glad to have themin their launch-
es. This boat will only be built to order,
none being kept in stock. The draw-
ings are completed for several different
sizes but it is believed that the twenty-
two anda half footer described above
will be the one mostly in demand. The
Brantford Motor Launch is built by N.R.
Thompson, Brantford, Ont., who also is
the sole distributor of Mullins Steel Boats.
Mr. Thompson states that he has found
‘‘Rod and Gun” most helpful and profit-
able to him in making known the many
advantages of his boats. He was very
pessismistic when asked to make the
plunge but when once he gave a trial ad-
vertisement all doubts as to the value of
Rod and Gun asthe best medium for
such a purpose were set af rest. Through
this advertisement he received inquiries
from prospective purchasers from Halifax,
N. S. to the Yukon district anda num-
The one from
Halifax led to an order amounting to
nearly $500.00. So satisfactory is the
outlook that Mr. Thompson contemplates
seeking larger premises to meet the ex-
tension of his business and rightly counts
Rod and Gun as his best friend.
A New Use for Motors.
Motor boats are said to be in use in |
Russia in order to try out motors for the |
Russian navy. The Czar is declared to
be an enthusiast in this form of motive
power and already has more boats of
this kind in his country than any other
nation. His influence is of course all
powerful and in consequence it is more
than interesting to note that running
with the current his latest motor boat
attained a speed of thirty and a half
nautical miles per hour. The boat is_
called the Zariza and the statement is
made that in order to reach this stage |
the expenditure upon the boat when first |
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Alpine Club Notes.
The President, (Mr. A. O. Wheeler,
F. R. G. S.) has decided to accept the
invitation of the English Alpine Club
and to represent the Alpine Club of Can-
ada on the occasion of the jubilee dinner
of the English organization which will
be held in London on December 17th.
It is a great compliment to the young
Canadian Club to have its existence and
work recognized in this way and it will
be a matter of congratulation to all the
members of the Club that Mr. Wheeler
has been able to take advantage of such
an opportunity to tell sone of the best
mountaineers in the world of the advan-
tages which Canada can offer them. So
much has been heard in England about
Canada in other ways that it will be a re-
freshing change to have the beauties and
wonders of the mountains told about by
one whose knowledge and experience
constitute him one of the best author-
ities on the subject. Mr. Wheeler will
undoubtedly meet many men who have
made mountaineering a life study and
who will be delighted with what he will
be able to tell them about the Rockies
and the Selkirks. The progress made
by the Alpine Club of Canada has been
such as to command attention and will
of itself secure the interest of those who
have gone to more distant places for
mountaineering when Canada can pre-
sent them with any number of maiden
peaks. Both in his own person and as
the representative of the Alpine Club of
Canada Mr. Wheeler will be certain of a
wirm welcome in England.
The President on behalf of himself and
wife desires to acknow'edge most grate-
fully the handsome presentations made
by the members attending the Paradise
Valley Camp of 1907. These tokens
are particularly valued as representing
the esteem and good will of the Camp,
but especially are they valuable as em-
bodying indications of a keen and cour-
ageous mountaineering spirit among
Canadians—of anational work begun
and well on its way. While the Presi-
dent is distinctly ambitious in the matter
of good will and esteem from the mem-
bers, he in fairness must say that many
others have done as much and more, and
are equally deserving of recognition.
He now wishes to take this opportunity
of thanking the members for their eager
and efficient help, and to express his ap-
preciation of the very many noble and
unselfish qualities that have continually
been uppermost at the two camps held
by the Alpine Club since its inception,
without which success would have been
impossible. In the not distant futnre,
when the membership is numbered by
thousands instead of hundreds as at
present, when club houses and camps
are established at many beauty spots in
the mountains, when Canada looks with
pride upon her Alpine organization and
remembers with honor the names of the
early promoters, it will be felt by one and
all associated with those early days that
they have had a share in a national work
and one that has helped to lift the Do-
minion up among the Nations of the
Earth.
The: . President | would feel very
grateful for glossy surface prints from
the negatives of any striking or excep-
tionally good pictures you may have ob-
tained during the Paradise Valley Camp.
The Executive are now gathering ma-
terial for the next issue of the Alpine
Journal, and desire to makea_ selection
from the best. It would be considered
a very great favor if you will lend your
assistance in the manner indicated. It
is preferred that the negatives be sent
and a prompt return will be made as
soon as suitable prints have been pre-
pared. An early reply will oblige. It is
suggested that members having good
collections of Paradise Valley pictures
should prepare an album of prints and
donate the same to the library for record.
Such action has been taken by Mr. F.
W. Freeborn of New York.
The E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder
Company advise that the recent disas-
trous explosion at their Fontanet, Ind.,
mills has in no wise affected the manu-
facture of their sporting powders either
black or smokeless. The Fontanet mill
manufactured only black blasting or.
mining powder whilé‘all the Company’s
smokeless powders are manufactured at
Carney’s Point, Haskell and Oakland,
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Ome lViE DICH EB AG
An exciting story of an encounter
with a wolf comes from Lansdowne,
Ont. It is stated that Mr. William
Blackwell, a well known Toronto trav-
eller made a hunting trip three miles
from Lansdowne and on his return along
the railway track was followed by a
wolf. He had but one cartridge left
and fired at the big animal, but missed.
Apparently the wolf was enraged at
being treated in this fashion and charged
on Mr. Blackwell in a way to bring the
fight to close quarters. Mr. Blackwell
made astand and defended himself with
the butt end of his gun to such good
purpose that he killed the wolf though
not before receiving some severe wounds
from the brute’s claws. Thisis the first
wolf seen in that section of the country
for some years.
A proposed railway from Edmonton to
Dawson is a very attractive proposition
inasmuch as it would bring the Yukon
within reasonable reach of all parts of
Canada. The surveys are said to have
been made and the proposed route will
cut through the Stewart River country,
then through the mountains and down to
Edmonton. The last seven hundred
miles—about half the length of the pro-
posed line—will be through a piece of
country that is claimed to be exceed-
ingly fertile. With the present rate of
immigration and advancement of agri-
cultural interests it is believed that such
a line would pay from the first, although
an effort isto be made to get the Do-
minion Government to endorse the
bonds. Canadian interests are strongly
concerned in the proposed line and it is
evident that its establishment and suc-
cess would mean much for the future ot
the Yukon and those portions of Canada
served by the proposed line.
Visits of coyotes to bustling Winnipeg
are pretty sure to end fatally—to the
coyote, One fine morning in October
Mr. W. Little, who is engaged in the
real estate business, discovered a coyote
wandering round the streets as though in
amaze. Civilization as represented by
Winnipeg, did not appeal to the animal
and he was desirous of getting ont.
Mr. Little had with him a recently pur-
chased shot gun which he had_ bought
for duck shooting purposes and he got in
a good fire at close range which finished
the animal. The body of the prairie
wolf which was found to measure forty-
two inches trom the nose to the tip of
the tail, was taken to the Government
buildings and the bounty of two dollars
paid for the slaughter.
The lynx is one of the least desirable
of Canadian animals with which a
woman would like to make acquaintance.
Mrs. F. “Evans, who lives in the town-
ship of Machar, near Wiarton, Ont.,
while ill in bed suffering from a sore foot
saw a lynx when a pane of glass only
was between herselt and the animal.
Her attentiun was first called to the
window by a _ chicken fluttering against
it, and immediately afterwards the lynx
put his head and paws to it as though to
break through. Fortunately a rifle was
at the woman’s side and with it she shot
the beast in the right leg. When Mr.
Evans returned he tracked the lynx to a
swamp and shotit ina tree. The skin
measured six feet and it was clear that
the animal was a nasty one with which
to make too close an acquaintance.
The shooting of a bear in Old Ontario
is worthy of record by reason of its
rarity. On the day October was ushered
ing. Mi Wo” .Waallstige aan Windthorp,
McQKillip township, near the town of Sea-
forth, was out with a gun near his own
farm, when he meta bear ina small
piece of wood. Mr. Walsh was equal
to the situation and promptly shot the
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bear which was dressed and exhibited by
a local butcher.
Northern Ontario is exhibiting some
wonders in various directions and ac-
cording to latest reports is to have a
straight line of track extendiug for no
less than seventy miles. For this
length there will be no curve, rock cut-
ting or any obstruction save rivers.
The length will be on the new transcon-
tinental and will probably be the longest
straight line of track to be found on the
continent, even including prairie sections.
In thoroughness, the arrangements of
the United States Government for the
reception and upkeep of the herd of
American buffaloes donated to them by
the American Bison Society appear to
leave nothing undone. The new park is
in the Wichita National Game Preserve,
which is a reserve of over 60,000 acres
located in the mountainous district of
southwestern Oklahoma where it is be-
lieved conditions as nearly as possible to
those under which the buffaloes thrived
in the country in the early days will be
established. No less than $35,000 is
being spent on awire fence and it is
hoped that within this protected area the
longevity and propagation of the buffalo
will be assured. Since these arrange-
ments have been in progress several ad-
ditional buffalo have been given to the
Government and itis arranged to send
many species of small game to the
reserve at the same time as_ the buffalo
are introduced there.
Another dash for the North Pole is
being arranged by Dr. Cook, who in
this expedition is to be accompanied
only by his faithful Norwegian cook,
Rudolf Frank, and a couple of sturdy
young Eskimos and their dogs. Three
stations will be established on the route
from the point from which the last dash
will be made and in this way it will not
be necessary to take too heavy a load of
provisions. The last trip will be over
six hundred miles but Dr. Cook is hope-
ful of being able to accomplish the dis-
ance with the assistance of the natives
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and the dogs. In his preparations and
expenses he has been much assisted by
Mr. Jno. R. Bradley, who is blessed with
a large proportion of this world’s goods
and is awell known and experienced
hunter. The quiet manner in which the
preparations have been made have done
much in the opinion of those most inter-
ested, to secure the success of the un-
dertaking.
For some time past there has been
trouble between the whites and the In-
dians over the St. Peter’s reserve near
Selkirk in Manitoba. Arrangements
have now been made by which the In-
dians will move to a new reserve on
Lake Winnipeg where 21,000 acres will
be patented to them on the basis of
eighty acres to each family of five.
Three thousand acres will be set aside
for hay land. The reserve will be sold
and half the proceeds given to the In-
dians while the other half will be funded
for their benefit.
The famous Reed collection of heads,
horns and skins of Alaskan big game
animals, which for three years has been
on exhibition at the Union Club in Vic-
toria,.B. C., has been secured for New
York, and safely landed at the Zoological
Park. The collection was formed by
Mr. A. S. Reed, an English sportsman,
during an extensive series of hunting
adventures in the wild Northwest, and it
contains the finest lot of heads, of giant
moose, caribou, Alaskan brown bear,
white mountain sheep and walrus, ever
brought together. Owing to the disap-
pearance ot the big game of Alaska, it is
doubtful whether it would now be possi-
ble for anyone to bring together such a
collection of extra large specimens.
Several of the objects are, by experts,
believed to be the finest of their kinds in
existence. The collection is widely
known among the sportsmen of America
and Europe, and it will be a satisfaction
to American sportsmen and naturalists
to know that it will remain in America.
It arrived at the Zoological Park packed
in six huge cases, on October 16th, and
was temporarily stored in the horn room
of the Lion House. The collection was
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direct.
some new catalogue.
secured through the efforts of Dr. W. T.
Hornaday, who last winter was _ instru-
mental in founding the National Collec-
tion of Heads and Horns, owned by the
New York Zoological Society. Itcomes
to New York as the gift of gHmerson
McMillin, Esq., a prominent member of
the Campfire Club of New York, who is
himself an ardent sportsman. The col-
lection is valued at $10,000; but by rea-
son of the purpose to which it will be de-
voted, it was finally acquired at a total
cost of $5,500. It was secured barely
in time to forestall its sale abroad. A
famous German sportsman, of unlimited
wealth, passed through New York City,
on his way to Victoria to purchase the
collection, when he learned that it had
been secured two weeks previously by
the authorization of Mr. McMillin. He
has since stated that he would: willingly
have paid $10,000 for the lot.
A fine colored hanger, a true camp
scene in natural colors, drawn by Phillip
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R. Goodwin, has been issued by the
Marlin Firearms Co. In the foreground
two men of the guide class are just put-
ting off in a birch bark canoe. The
tent, placed amongst the white birch
trees, is Seen in the background and the
smoke of the campfire is rising, the men
being evidently on the quest for big
game. The foremost man has his paddle
already in the water while his compan-
ion is pushing the frail boat off. Under-
neath is printed the words ‘‘Marlin Re-
peating Rifles and Shotguns. The gun
for the man who knows!’ A copy of
this hanger whichis 14x24 in size will
be sent toany of our readers who will
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Canada.”
In the far Northwest Commissioner
T. A. Bothwick and. party have been en-
gaged all summer visiting different In-
dian tribes, paying treaty money, and
hearing claims for half breed scrip. In
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the course of this trip the party travelled
over two thousand miles, the whole
journey with the exception of short
distances at the beginning and the end,
being made by canoe. The most remote
point visited was Lac de Brochet, in
Keewatin, just east of the northeast cor-
ner ot the Saskatchewan boundary.
Treaties were made at this place with
two bands of Indians—the Lac Ja Hache
and the Barren Lands Indians. The
journey proved most interesting to those
taking part init and did much to bring
the Indians within the reach of civil-
ization.
A split cane fishing rod strong enough
to land the biggest trout or bass that
ever tempted angler, and durable enough
to withstand an all night’s soaking in
the rain without loosening a joint, is the
latest triumph of Mr. Westwood of the
Allcock Laight and Westwood Company
Toronto, Ont. This firm has beenin the
business over a hundred years in Eng-
land, and nearly fifty in Canada, and
their latest production is a_ beauty.
Made of six strips of bamboo, securely
glued into an hexagonal rod, the whole
is closely wound with the purest silk
thread, andthen given three or four
coats of the best waterproof varnish.
The result is a red which is practically
waterproof and three times as strong as
the ordinary cane rod. It is to be called
the Ubreakable Rod and well deserves
the name.
The J. Stevens Arms and Tool Com-
pany of Chicopee Falls, .Mass., has
placed upon the market a new Stevens
Telescope which they describe as ‘The
New Stevens Telescope No. 462.” This
Telesccpe has sufficient eye relief to ad-
mit of its being placed forward of the
receiver and ontop of the rifle. Tele-
scopes having short eye relief can only.
be used with side mounts on a maga-
zine that eject the shells from the top.
As top mounts are generally preferred
the new glass is certainto be a favorite
with shooters who use repeating rifles.
The Telescope has a power of two and
three-quarters inches; the fieldis as large
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as it is possible to make it, and is re-
markably bright and clear. In dark
woods or at dusk, where the ordinary
sight is useless game is easily sighted
with this glass. For target practice it is
unexcelled and long likely to remain so.
The Toronto Council authorities main-
tain a Zooat Riverdale Park in that
city Amongst the animals in captivity
isa fine elk which is confined within a
wire-fenced paddock. His next neigh-
bor was a Scotch buck, which had been
dehorned after killing a doe a year ago,
and for some time ill feeling had been
growing between them. One morning
in October the two started fighting and
though the fence was between them they
engaged in adeath struggle with the
result that the elk gained the victory and
killed the buck. The Corporation also
possess another elk at High Park which
is likewise said to be very cross and
fears have been entertained that the an-
imal might break through the fence and
injure some of the visitors.
Reports from Rice Lake, Ont., are to
the effect that the wild rice crops are
disappointingly small this year owing to
the high water in the spring. This crop
is gathered by the Indians, and it is
suggested that the Government of the
Province should take some _ steps to pro-
tect the famous rice beds of the Lake or
they willy soon be a thing of the past.
While the wild fowl are plentiful on the
lake they are stated to be wilder than
ever and good decoys are needed to
bring them close.
To trappers, guides and backwoods-
men generally, the price list for raw furs
issued by H. N. Norrish, Guelph, Ont.,
is always of interest. Mr. Norrish,
however, intends to make it more inter-
esting still by including in the next issue,
a summary of the Ontario game laws.
Everione asking for the same will be
supplied with a free copy, and will thus
possess a most useful reference card—
the seasons when hunting and trapping
are permitted andthe prices for the furs
when obtained. To havethis informa-
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A local pedestrian, James Reynolds,
who is in his fifty-seventh year, has
walked from Port Hope to Toronto and
back again in thirty-six hours, nineteen
minutes, lowering the best previous
record by two hours and fifty-four min-
utes. The length of the walk was one
hundred and thirty-eight miles.
A wonderful record in line construction
troubles is reported from Northern On-
tario. At the one hundred and fifty-first
mile of the Temiskamlng and Northern
Ontario Railway, or just thirty-seven
miles above New Liskeard there have
been two subsidences that are serious.
In the first case the Jine which was,a
fill-in’ of a ravine suddenly sank tothe
depth of ten feet. A big gang of men
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were put to work refilling the vacancy
but when they had filled and levelled to
the rest of the grade of the line, the fill-
ing sank again, this time fifteen feet. A
third effort is being made to fill the
yawning gap and this timeit isto be
hoped thatthe work will remain per-
manent.
Loud and bitter were the complaints
voiced at the annual meeting of the Ni-
agara Falls branch of the Ontario Fish
and Game Protective Association as to
the laxity in the enforcement of the fish
and game laws at that frontier. The
allegation was publicly made that every
Deputy Warden who tried to enforce the
law was dismissed and that as a conse-
quence illegal work was going on un-
checked. Instances were given of in-
fractions of the law and it was stated
that thousands of tons of fish caught in
the Canadian waters of Lake Erie, Lake
St. Clair and connecting streams pass
through the Falls every year on their
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way to the markets of Buffalo, Boston,
New York and Pittsburg. When the
wardens attempted to do their duty
thousands of little fish and fish out of
season were found with the result that
extensive seizures were made. While
the fish export business was the princi-
pal cause for discontent it was declared
that matters were very little, if any,
better with regard to big game. A
prominent citizen declared that a big coal
wagon filled with carcasses of deer was
shipped from Toronto and taken across
to the American side unmolested. Sim-
ilar cases were also mentioned. It is
stated that the deer are shot under Can-
adian licenses and sold to American
dealers. As it seems no one’s duty to
enforce the export regulations the traffic
is said to be profitable though it could
easily be stopped. American citizens are
said to be running fish traps on the Can-
adian side of the Niagara River at
Queenston and to be hourly sending
fish across without the slightest inspec-
tion by any Canadaan official. Charges
of dynamiting and shooting birds at all
seasons in the Gorge were also made.
The Provincial Government has been ap-
pealed to without suceess.and it was de-
cided to go direct to the Federal Gov-
ernment asking that the Commissioner
of Customs be instructed to direct his
officers to enforce the Dominion exporta-
tion law. It certainly appears, if only a
tithe of the complaints made can be sub-
stantiated, as though there is plenty of
work for the whole organization of the
Ontario Fish and Game Protective Asso-
ciation to do at Niagara Falls. They
should support their branch in their
efforts to move the Government in this
matter. While the branch may not be
powerful enough to accomplish much the
whole organization ought to he able to
secure an effective remedy tor the pres-
ent condition of things.
Some most interesting statements
were made by Captain Bernier of the
Artic, on his return from an exploration
trip in the Polar seas.
ing taken possession of many Northern
islands on behalf of the Dominion and
visiting many remote points. The Es-
He reports hav-.
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quimeaux of the far north are said to be
all pagans and to live almost entirely on
Arctic seal, their diet being only varied
by any fish they may catch. Houses,
kyaks and clothing are all made of seal
skin while the fat and oil are used for
light and fuel. Musk ox, reindeer and
polar bears were seen. One of the lat-
ter animals which was killed required
nine bullets to despatch, though he was
only a few yards from the ship, and
charged valiantly upon the enemy.
There are still many whales in Baffin’s
Bay, including the ‘‘right’’ whale, the
carcass of whichis said to be worth
$10,000. Ten Dundee whalers were
seen by the Arctic and in each case the
Dominion license fee of $50 was exacted
without any demur.
Mr. F. B. Guild, who recounted his
experiences in moose hunting in Quebec
in 1906 in our July number, has with
several companions spent two weeks in
the same province fishing and hunting
this season. The whole of the members
of the party succeeded in capturing
moose and that secured by Mr. Guild had
horns with a spread of sixty-one inches.
His companions’ gained heads with
horns measuring forty-seven inches,
fifty-five inches and fifty-six inches re-
spectively. Later on we hope to pub-
lishan illustrated account of Mr. Guild’s
experiences on this hunt.
The United States Forest Service cir-
cular 113, should have a very consider-
able interest for Canadian people. A
study of dead timber in the National
Forests has resulted in the establishment
of the fact that sound dead timber is
valuable and the only cause for rejecting
it is ignorance of its true value. Dead
timber is divided into three classes:—(1)
fire killed timber; (2) timber killed by
insects, and (3) timber killed by other
causes such as dying out and lightning.
Fire killed timber is the best and while
about fifty per cent of it is fit for saw
lumber, the whole of it can be used in the
round for cord wood, making charcoal
or similar purposes. The strength ot
sound dry timber was found to be nine-
tenths of green and twice the strength
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of green freshly cut. For mine timbers,
railroad ties and fence posts it is in many
cases, the very best material. The use
of dead timber is a double economy—it
prevents waste and saves more valuable
timber for better uses. There must be a
very large amount of fire killed timber
throughout Canada and if this inquiry by
the States should lead to the use of a
proportion of it, a very considerable ad-
vantage should accrue to the Dominion.
At Port Arthur, Ont., the first moose
of the season was brought in from Loon
Lake by W. H. Flaherty and Louis
Walsh. eS
Mr. L. O. Armstrong is busy making
arrangements for the wolf hunt of 1908.
He is looking for the territory which
offers the best chance for slaying wolves,
whether it be by shooting, trapping or
poisoning. ‘‘Rod and Gun” will be
very gladto receive information from
any of its readers of the proximity of
bands of wolves. This information
must be of a reliable kind. The prom-
ising districts will be visited by an agent
to see that they are about right. Mr.
Armstrong has been busy studying up
wolf methods. Through the experience
gained in the wolf hunt of 1907, even
greater enjoyment will be provided for
the parties attending. Everyone who
was on that wolf hunt enjoyed every
hour of it. Nipigon, Ont, and Kip-
pewa, Manwaki and Nomining Que., are
suggested for the wolf hunt.
The Indian population of Canada
show a slight increase during the year as
compared with the previous year but
whether this is due to an actual growth
or the inclusion of hitherto uncounted
Indians appears to be still open to ques-
tion. It is clear from the report the
Indians are not going back either in the
agricultural arts or in earning powers,
and in educational and religious matters
if there is no advance there is at least no
retrogression. Influenza seems to have
done more to thin their ranks. than any
other illngss though measles made many
inroads amongst the Indians of Ontario
and whooping cough attacked the same
reserves where measles secured a footing,
assuming a more virulent character than
usual.
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we like to show ourselves in print
every little while to repeat that we
believe we can give you—whether
trapper, small collector or dealer—
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The record for a New Brunswick
moose head has been beaten this year
and the happy man is Dr. W. L. Munro.
The Dr. had a four weeks’ hunting trip
to the headwaters of the Nepisiquit
River and brought back with him the
head of a moose he shot upon his trip.
The antlers have aspread of sixty-eight
and a quarter inches, the larg-
est shot in New Brunswick of which
there «as any record. The best
previous record was sixty-seven and a
half. During the present season Mr.
E. C. Russell, an English sportsman,
killed one at Upsalquitch Lake with an-
tlers having a spread of sixty-one
inches, and twenty-nine points, each
brow piece having four points. Both of
these moose were shot on Charlie Cre-
min’s territory. His home address is
Scotch Lake, N. B. It is further worthy
of note that this is the first time the
record has been held by anyone outside
of the Province. Mr. Russell’s head is
also arecord head as it is the largest
ever secured by an English sportsman.
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The Hamilton branch of the Ontario
Fish and Game Protective Association
continue their activities and at the end of
October a deputation of three members
including Major Hendrie, H. Barnard,
and Thomas Upton waited upon the
Hon. Dr. Reaume, the Minister of Pub-
lic Works, who has charge of the fish
and game interests of Ontario, drawing
his attention to various infractions of
the laws throughout the Province and
the laxity of their enforcement. Amongst
other things they pointed out that non-
resident hunters, when unsuccessful,
purchased deer shot by unlicensed parties
along the railway. Dr. Reaume prom-
ised that their representations should
receive attention, and that he would look
into the particular matter of their
complaints
Mullerite smokeless powder, manufac-
. tured by Messrs. Muller & Company, of
Liege, Belgium, used by the winners in
many European meets, is a powder
about which shooters should make some
enquiries. There are many virtues
claimed for this powder which is unaf-
fected by heat, cold, age or moisture.
It is equal in strength to black powder,
quick in ignition, clean and hard in
grain and leaves no residue being en-
tirely consumed in the barrel. It con-
tains no nitro-glycerine, gives high
velocity, low pressure, and each batch is
proved to a fixed standard before issue.
With these advantages in its favor it has
no injurious effects on the gun barrel, its
penetration is good, it is safe and pleas-
ant to shoot with and does not strain the
breach action of the gun. The gases
are generated very rapidly and the shot
reaches the game quickly. At all times this
powder is reliable and does not give gun
headache. The combustion being per-
fect there are no flat reports or ‘squib
loads.” The London ‘‘Field’’ reports
that Mullerite gave superior results to
any shotgun powders they had tried.
Altogether the claims for Mullerite are
so great that gun users cannot afford to
overlook it. Messrs. Schoverling Bros.,
6 Reade Street, New York, are the
American agents and the powder can be
obtained through any cartridge company
or gun dealer.
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The story, ‘‘Two Maids and Some
Fish” which appeared in our November
number was written by Miss Mary Jar-
dine Thomson, her pen name of ‘‘Alex,.
Jardine” being used.
In certainty of operation and rapidity
of fire the Winchester self loading rifle
made in the powerful .351 calibre has met
with wonderful successes. In the mili-
tary rapid fire contests of both last year
and this year this rifle made clean sweeps.
At Sea Girt, Creedmoon, Wimbledon,
Camp Perry and Camp Logan contestants
using Winchester self loaders carried off
all the prizes. The rifle is not only fast
and sure but also simple and strong in
construction while it is also handsome in
outline and strong enough for the largest
game. The cartridge is neither so bulky
or expensive as the less modern ones and
is equally effective.
For some time we have been accus-
tomed tothink of the forests of the
States as all depleted. They arein a
far worse position than Canada truly, but
the people are waking up and as a pre-
liminary to altering the present condition
of things they are inquiring into the sub-
ject and finding out the exact position
and how best a change can be inaugur-
ated. The hard wood cut is declining
without a doubt and figures are given to
show that this is so. The supply in In-
diana and Ohio, the original centre of
hard wood production, is practically ex-
haused. The cut is now widely distrib-
uted and is heavy in every State even
when the hard wood is found in very
small quantities. A wide survey of the
existing supply, and allowing a generous
estimate of existing quantities shows
that the entire quantity at present avail-
able will be exhausted in sixteen years.
The Appalachian Mountaius must have,
we are told, fully halt of the country’s
present supply of hard wood in spite of
the fact that heavy cutting has been go-
ing on there for over a hundred years.
In the western States there is no hard
wood supply though there are many soft
woods on tbe Pacific coast. If ener-
getic measures are not taken, and taken
at once, the many and important indus-
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tries dependent upon the hard wood sup-
ply will be crippled and then destroyed.
The entire country is concerned in re-
lieving the situation. The conclusion is
inevitable; the States are dangerously
near a hardwood famine and have made
no provision against it. In the Appal-
achian Mountains it is suggested that the
key to the situation is to be found.
These mountains excel in the production
ot timber. They bear a great variety of
species and they have the best remaining
hard wood growth anywhere to be found.
If they could be fr eefrom these enemies
—fire and uawise cutting—their forests
could easily reproduce the best kinds of
timber. It is estimated by officials of
the Forest Service that if the Appalachian
forests are rightly managed, and taken
soon enough, they will ensure contin-
uously the hard wood supply of the
country and doit without exhausting the
forest. So much damage has been done
that years will be required before, even
with the best ofmanagement, it will be pos-
sible to reach a high state of productive-
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must be a shortage in hard wood timber.
The longer the delay in putting the for-
est under control the longer continued
andmore extreme will be the shortage.
In Canada we should take warning from
their experiences and see, while we have
yet time, as we have at present, that this
country is not allowed to drift into a sim-
ilar position and that not even the
shadow of a wood famine is allowed to
hang over the Dominion.
Among the bewildering choice for
Christmas presents which the present
month, bringsupon us that of chamois
garments should not be _ overlooked.
For all who love the out of doors these
garments are perfection. They retain
the heat of the body better than
anything else, they are aristocratic
looking, they wash and rewash likea
handkerchief and retain their softness
like a glove, and altogether they form
ideal winter garments for those desiring
out of doors comfort. The chamois
jacket for sportsmen which has _ hitherto
been the only one of the kind made by
the Pennsylvania Tanning Company, |
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gained such a measure of popularity that
the firm are now making jackets, vests, |
shirts and women’s Norfolk jackets.
They are also finishing the chamois in
| suede which adds materially to its fine
appearance. A descriptive booklet with
prices will be forwarded to any of our
readers who are interested upon for-
warding a request for the same and men-
tioning ‘‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports
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A consignment of furs said to be ad-
dressed to a New York firm from a
prominent Montreal manufacturer were
seized on the last day of October at East
Alburg, Vt. A deputy collector of cus-
toms met two men driving a wagon.
His suspicions being aroused he followed
them to the place where they put up
| when he discovered the furs in a bin of
oats. The property seized is stated at
the lowest valuation to be worth $25,000
Mr. Hugh P. Baker, who has done
| good work in the State Collega of Iowa,
has taken charge of the new Department
of Forestry in the State College of Penn-
sylvania, succeeding Dr. Fernow, who
had undertaken like duties at the To-
ronto University. A four year’s course
in Forestry has been outlined and al-
ready the number of students entered
| has been larger than expected.
In the whirligig of politics Mr. C. R.
| Delvin has succeeded the Hon. Jean
Prevost as Minister of Colonization,
| Mines and Fisheries in the Quebec Gov-
ernment. Mr. Devlin has been a mem-
ber of the Dominion House, of the Brit-|
| ish House of Commons, and now takes |
| office in the Quebec Government. His
| experiences in Imperial and Federal pol-
itics should stand him in good stead in
his new duties to which he comes with a
knowledge of political Ilfe and some of)
the difficulties before him. Friends of
fish and game and forest protection are
| hopeful that he will carry on the policy
‘inaugurated and pushed forward with so
much energy and success by the Hon. |
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only 6 1-2 ounces. Made to be worn under the
usual outside garment during cold weather and doesn’t
bundle you up with a bunch of tight wadding.
@ We also make a Sportsman's Black Horn Wash-
able Chamois Shirt, the same style as the ordinary
blue flannel shirt, with soft, turn-down collar, and
two breast pockets stylishly fitted with buttoned
lapels ; and a Black Horn Brand Washable Chamois
Vest of the usual single-breasted style, which buttons
close up around the collar, or with the usual vest
opening as desired.
The price of our Jacket for Men and
Women is $10; Shirt, $10; Vest, $6.
@ All garments made to order. We will ship gar-
ments for Christmas gifts within one week after re-
ceipt of remittance and measurements.
@ Regular tailors’ measurements are all we need.
For shirt, be sure to specify size of collar. Write for
beautifully illustrated booklet.
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Tanners of the famous Black Horn Brand Washable
Chamois, which is sold by all first-class dealers through-
) out the United States for Household, Garage, Saddlery
and other uses.
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portunity of distinguishing himself in the
position to which he has succeeded and
if he will take up these questions where
his predecessor left them he will do much
to strengthen the Government of which
he is now a member and to assist the
cause for which so much is now being
done throughout this wide Dominion.
Everyone who has studied conditions
in the north has long been convinced that
discoveries other than mineral would re-
ward some of the pioneers. A story now
comes from Edmonton to the effect that
a prairie country of much richness has
been found in what is called the Pine
River district. Two settlers who went
in are authoricies for the statement that
cattle and crops of all kinds thrive won-
derfully in a country where the sun
shines twenty hours out of the twenty-
four. The great drawback is transport-
ation but if the reports now made are
correct transportation facilities are
bound to come.
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The authorities of the Canadian Pacific
Railway are making arrangements for a
wolf hunt this winter in the Province of
Quebec. In order to give an extra fillip
to the sport it will be combined with a
caribou hunt and the double event will
take place in January, it there is only
sufficient snow on the ground to give
promise of successful sport. _. ow
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Another of those little inventions which
do not loom large upon the attention of
sportsmen but mean much to themin
comfort and success has been brought
out by the Marble Safety Axe Company of
Gladstone, Mich. Itis in the form of a
new handle for their jointed rifle rod and
is called a Bulb Handle. It will be fur-
nished in future instead of the straight
wooden handle. The new handle allows
the thrust and pull to be given in a direct
line with the bore of the gun and much
more power can be exerted with less
strain on the hand. Marble’s rod is
made of brass with steel joint connections
and steel swivels. It will not ‘‘wobble”’
bend or break.
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
Mr. L. O. Armstrong, who has for
many years held the position of Coloniz-
ation and Tourist Agent for the Canadian
Pacific Railway, during which time he
has done much exploration and develop-
ment work in Canada, has had added to
his existing duties those of developing
the mineral resources and industrial pos-
sibilities along the Company’s line. For
years the Canadian Pacific has done
much by its influence to forward the work
of forest preservation and it is stated
that in this direction it will do more than
ever in the future. Of necessity much of
this work has come under the notice of
Mr. Armstrong in the past in connection
with his exploration and development
work, and his new duties will not be
strange to him. They will give him an
extended authority and greater powers
for usefulness and in entering upon those
duties he does so with ripened experience
and a full knowledge which will enable
him to do good work for his Company
and for the whole of the Dominion.
As a result of a conference of the
American Fisheries Society at Erie, Pa.,
when a paper was read by Mr. A. Kelly
Evans, of the Ontario Fish and Game
Protective Society, advocating a more
effective control of the fisheries of the
Great Lakes, the Hon. W. E. Meehan,
Commissioner of Fisheries for Pennsyl-
vania and Secretary of the Executive
Committee of the American Fisheries’
Society, has forwarded a request for an
international convention to his excellency
Earl Grey, Sir Mortimer Clark, Lieut.
Governor of Ontario, President Roose-
velt and the Governors of all the States
bordering on the Great Lakes. The bus-
iness of the convention will consist in
devising uniform regulations to save
what remains of the lakes fisheries and
suggest schemes for re-stocking them as
the basis of a permanent supply. In our
next number we shall publish in full the
paper of Mr. Evans and our readers may
rely upon being kept informed of the
latest information upon this most im-
portant matter.
Christmas
Time
be especially careful to guard
against inferior articles and
substitutes. To get the best, all-
around revolver, simply ask for the
IVER
JOHNSON
Safety
Automatic Revolver
And to be sure that it IS a
genuine Iver Johnson,
look for the Owl’s
Head on the grip.
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ur Catalogue, also
ammer <= a
DISPLAY AT TORONTO INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
included everything of importance in up-to-date accessories
for boat or car but not this one
FEATURES
One adjustment
only,
but a_ separate
PRICE
coil for each
° cylinder,
2 Cylinder coils and vibrator
$24.00 in unit cases
3 Cylinder 2 Way Switch
with Plug
$33.00
f Distributor
a Cylinder Advantages with-
out distributor
$40.00 faults
Fine Finish
for 2, 3 or 4 cylinders.
Nicholls Brothers Ltd., latest unit dashboard coil with one vibrator (interchangeable)
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First National Actonicont Motor Boat
and Sportsmen’s Exhibition
ST. LAWRENGE ARENA - TORONTO.
March 21st to 28th, 1908.
FOR SPACE AND FULL INFORMATION, ADDRESS
Automobile & Sportsmen's Exhibition
LIMITED-
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THIRD INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE, MOTOR BOAT
AND SPORTSMEN'S: EXHIBITION
MONTREAL ARENA
April 4th to 11th, 1908.
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and enquiries for space so far for the coming show are far ahead of ex-
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FOR SALE—Marine Gasolene Engine, three
to four horse power, three port, two cycle,
complete, including Schebler Carburretor—abso-
lutely new, ready to install in boat, guaran-
teed to give excellent satisfaction. For terms,
etc., apply Box ‘‘E’’ Rod and Gun and Motor
Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toron-
to.
FOR SALE—CAMERA—plate and film, o
44, new, excellent lens. Apply Box ‘‘Camera’’,
Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada,
117 Mail Building, Toronto.
FOR SALE— MOTOR BOAT — twenty -one
footer, with three horse power engine, both new
—for particulars, apply Box 125, Rod and Gun
and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Build-
ing, Toronto.
FOR SALE —A complete fyle of Rod and Gun
in Canada, beginning with first issue June,
1899, eight volumes, all in good condition,
$5.00 will buy the lot. Address Box Cl Rod
and Gun in Canada,’’ Woodstock, Ont.
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GASOLINE LAUNCH FOR -SALE—Length
twenty feet, beam five feet six inches. Regal
four cycle engine, three horse power, new this
year, with reversing propeller, price $2 50. Rob
ertson Bros., Kingston, Ont. 4—l1t
FOR SALE—A Three Horse Power Gasoline Engine
absolutely new, complete with boat equipwent ready to
install, reversible propeller, American manufacture. For
particulars apply Box E. Rod and Gun and Motor
Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto ae
st
HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS—How to train
dogs to hunt coon, fox, skunk, how to tan
’ furs, hunt dees, make scent baits, find young
mink, wolf, fox, kill skunk without odor, skuak
farming, etc. Send 30c monen order for book.
F. W. Howard, Baraboo, Wis.
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FOR SA!.E—Canoe, sixteen footer, cedar canvas
covered, new, suitable for cruising purposes. Address
Box C. Rod and Gun Motor Sports in Canada, 117
Mail Building, Toronto, Ont. tf
WANTED—Good Second hand Parker Ham-
merless, twelve gauge.—C. Fritz, Zurich, Ont.
WANTED—To correspond with parties who
wish to hunt in the Rockies next open season.
Address C. Ellis, Ovando, Powell Co., Mont.
Se eee ee
FOR SALE—Collie Dog, puppie, aged two
months, pedigreed. Apply Box C.D., Rod and
Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail
Building, Toronto.
FOR LIVE Hungarien Partridge, Pheasants,
Quail, Ducks, Geese, Swans, Pegfowl. Wanted
live birds. Charles B. Denley, New York, N.Y.
FERRET MUZZLES—Sizes one, two and
three, fifty cents, three for one dollar. Loose
-em ferret. Ferret camnot get them of. 8
‘pand. Just snap it on. Nangatuck Muzzle Co.,
‘Waagetuck, Conn. 4—1t
PHEASANT INDUSTRY—The money maker
—twenty cents for full information, with color
cuts of Pheasants, all varieties.—Durand Phea-
santry, Durand, Mich. 7ti
FOX AND MINK TRAPPERS—I teach you
how to trap absolutely free (8 secrets) no fake
—I buy the fur. I supply Guns, Traps, etc. I
want 80,000° Skins. Enclose stamps fo.
price list and free methods. E. W. Dougiass,
Stanley, N. B.
THE ADVERTISER is_ shortly making a
motor boat tour on the Mediterranean, and will
have room for two more parties wishing for ~
few months’ outing at verm moderate terms.—
N.R.L., 1511 St. Lawrence Boulevard, Mon-
treal, Que.
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FOR SALE—10 Gauge Greener, double bar- —
rell, good as new. Owner has favorite 13
gauge. Address Alf. Outram, Port Hope.
No 7—1t
I will exchange two Pointer Pups 8 months old (dog
and bitch), pedigreed, for pedigreed English Bloodhound
same age. W.T. Walsh, North Bay, Ont.
FOR SALE—1r Edison Home Phonograph, 60 re-
cords, case, etc. ,1-5x7 Wizard Cycle Camera, 1 Brownie
Camera. J. L. Heath, Rock Island, Que.
FOR SALE—Fishing Reel, Automatic, aluminum,
new. Apply Box R. 117 Mail Building, Toronto,
Ontario. tf
COME to Mountain Valley Camp, located ia
the wildest part of northern New Hampshire in
the Valley of Indian Stream; those that wish
for the best deer, partridge, rabbit and other
small game hunting call on us for further te
foro Chappell amd Lord, Pittsburg, N.
FOR SALE—Fishing Rod, steel, telescope bait cast-
ing. Apply Box F. Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in
Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto, Ont. tf
_ TOURISTS—Book ‘early for splendid health-
giving camoe trip in New Ontario next summer
—great fishin~ amd photographing of moose,
deer, etc.. guaranteed.—Jake Longer (Licensed
Guide), care Rod and Gun and Motor Sports ins
Canada, Woodstock, Ont.
FOR SALE—Launch Hull, twenty-one footer, com-
plete ready for engine, including brass railings, com-
promise stern; a bargain. Box L. Rod and Gun and
Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail Building, Toronto,
Ontario. stf.
FOR SALE.—Canoe, sixteen foot cedar with
two paddles, new. Apr’ H. V. Kahler, Balmy
Beach P. O., Toronto.
FOR SALE—Gasoline engine, two horse
power, complete with accessories, ig A. 1. com>
dition. Apply Box 1, Rod and Gun and Motor
Sports in Canade, 117 Mail Building, Terea-
to.
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 43
BEAGLE PUPS FOR SALE, well bred. —
H. Brooks, Barrie, Ont. 7—1t
os st
FOR SALE—Square stern row boat—cedar
17 footer—including two pairs oars and rudder.
For full particulars apply Box R. B., Rod ond
Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 117 Mail
Buildine. Toronto.
FOR SALE—Beagles, Fox and Deer Hounds,
Crossbred Bloodhounds and Foxhound Puppies.
Trained Ferrets.—W. A. Brodie, Taxidermist,
Unionville, Ont.
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FREE—My Sportsman’s Guide contains in-
structions for saving all trophies of the Rod
and Gun for mounting to the »est possible ad-
vantage. It also contains a complete list of my
Prices for all the different branches of Taxider-
my work. I claim that my work is not begt-
en by any taxidermist in Canada. I will gled-
ly forward references to prove my statement.
My prices will show you how to save money by
shipping to me.—Edwin Dixon, Taxidermist,
Unionville, Ontario.
FOR SALE—Canoe,
sixteen footer, new. Apply Francis V.
299 Washingtom street, Buffalo, N. Y.
cedar canvas covered,
Kahle,
FOR SAI.E—Hammerless Shot Gun, 12 bore
—$65.00 grade, im perfect condition. Parker
Bros. \Also 12 Remington and leather cwse. A
snap to prompt buyer. Write Box M., Rod and
Guar. 3—1t
FOR SALE—High Class English Setter
bitch, nearly two years old, partially broken,
has been worked on prairie chickens and qmail.
Pedigree best in America, color black and tan,
will make a grand shooting amd breeding bitch.
The first $30.00 takes her, and this is giving
her away.—Thomas A. Duff, 3 Maymard Ave.,
Toronto, Ont.
WANTED—A Stuffed Passenger Pigeon, ora
well preserved skin.—James B. McKay, Detro-
ft. Mich. ; iy aad & Lae Se
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da.’’ We will pay a liberal commission to
those whom we feel warranted placing the ag-
ency with. This is an opportunity that should
be taken advantage of by any person desiring
to make good money. For further particulars
please address W. J. Taylor, Publisher Rod
end Gun in Canada, Woodsteck, Ont.
FOR SALE—Canoe, sixteen foot cedar ca-
noe, never been used. Arnly Walter G. Beddoe,
Bank of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
A BARGAIN—16 foot Galvanized Steel
Launch, good as new ; with bronze steering
wheel, propellor, and fittings, made by Michi-
gan Steel Boat Company, Detroit, has 2 h. p.
reversible gasoline motor with speed lever. Rea-
son for selling—no water near here. Cost one
hundred and seventy seven. First cheque for
one hundred dollars takes her f.o.b. our sta-
tion.—F. W. Hess, Zurich, Ont. e
WANTED—Socalps of Moose,
bou.—A. E. Colburn, T-xidermist,
Main street, Los Angeles, Cal.
Deer and Car -
1204 South
VE GAME FURNISHED IN SEASON —
Peer vaaleias Black Game, Ptarmigan, Prairie
Chicken, Hungarian Partridges, Mountain Val-
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Buffalo, domestic and foreign deer, great vee
riety Wild Waterfowl, Squirrels, bas gl a
any kind of Animal or Bird obtainable. ae
alogues. Write for what you ia a __
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SALE—Savage Rifle, featherweight,
mince 303, octagon barrel, nover been used.
Apni- E. M. Byrne, Standard Bank, Richmond
Hill, Ontario.
$< $$
i<* The DUNN Marine Motor
_ Complete Outfit $42.50
Engine only $33. 4-cycle Reversible
Tnis high power 4-cycle motor with batteries,
coil, shaft, propeller, tanks and muffler,
tested ready toinstal in skiff or launch. Weight
1001bs. Bore334in. Stroke 4in. 13 4h. p.
actual. LIalso build 2 and 3 cylinder and
Stationary motors.
Walter E. Dunn, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
HAVE YOU
A Canoe
A Gasoline Engine
A Launch
A Rifle or Gun
A Camera
A Dog
A Fishing Rod or Reel
A Tent
An Automobile
That you wish to Sell
SS
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If so youcan reach a large number of buyers
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Sce pages 33 and 34 this issue—send in your ad-
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FOR SALE—Hotel
Island at head of St.
headquarters for the best bass fishing grounds
or Club Property, on
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on the St. Lawrence River.
three cottages, boathouse, ice house, dock, ete
all in wood repair; charming gTove of fine
timber, ten acres of ground. An ideal club pro-
perty, or a splendid chance for a good hotel
man. Buildings lighted by acetylene cas, furn-
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Fine buildin with
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ware. Can tbe had at a bargain yy prompt
buyer. Address—Camadion Locomotive Compa-
ny, Limited, Kingston, Ontario.
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Member of a well known English County Family with
four years exprience in the Motor Trade, will act as
AGENT for buying new and second hand MOTOR
CARS and BUS CHASSIS in England and ship to
Canada. Satisfactory reference and guarantee given.
Apply, terms, Nicholas Lechmere, Rippledene, Tap-
low, England.
FOX, Mink, Coons,
ped with the Bentley
Lynx are easily trap-
Methods—many ways on
land, snow and water. Price and testimonials
for a stamp. I caught ninety foxes and seven-
ty mink last fall. It’s the only. method pub-
lished ty ow professional trapper. Satisfaction
ruaranteed.—Jesse Bentley, honest old trapper,
Arlineton, Vermont.
44 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
Canadian Wilds
Tells about the Hudson’s Bay Company,
Northern Indians and their modes of Hunting,
Trapping, etc.
This book contains 277 pages, size 5x7 in.
is printed on good quality heavy paper
and contains thirty-seven chapters.
The book is from the pen of a Hudson’s
Bay Officer (Martin Hunter) who has had
40 years experience with the Hudson’s
Bay Co.,—from 1863 to 1903. During
that time he was stationed at different
trading posts in Canada. Price, cloth
bound, 60c. Postpaid 70c, or
Sent Free—to anyone sending two
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Motor Sports in Canada.
W. J. TAYLOR, Publisher.
Woodstock, Ont.
STEEL TRAPS
Describes the Various makes and tells how
to use them—also chapters on Care of
Pelts, etc.,by A. R. Harding
‘THIS book contains 333 pages and 130 illustrations
printed on good quality heavy paper. Just thé
book that trappers have long needed—gives the
history of Steel traps, how made, sizes for various
animals, with detailed instructions on where and
how to set. Makes no difference what 'fur-bear-
ing animal you wish to trap, the best methods of
its capture are described. Price,'_cloth bound,
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Lefever Guns | Shooters Supplies
To introduce this famous HOT AMMUNITION
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es CLAY BIRDS.
LEATHER AND
CANVAS COATS.
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White for catalogue.
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ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
WHY GO ABROAD FOR YOUR ENGINE ?
When you can get just as good material and better workmanship at home.
No need to accept our statement for
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Brantford, Ont., Nov. 4, ’07
Mr. H. Biddell,
Premier Motor Co., Toronto.
Dear Sir—I have considerable satisfaction in saying
that your engine gavemea very pleasant summer. It
was easy to operate and never failed to do the expected
work. We had all makes of marine engines at Moon
River, but it was the general opinion that yours was
one of the most compact. attractive and efficient in that
part of Georgian Bay. Inarun of seventeen miles to
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a misfire. Yours sincerely,
W. B. CASWELL,
Pastor Colborne Street Methodist Church
The original of this letter will be gladly sent upon
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We build Two-Cycle Engines in the two and three port system from
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For simplicity, speed and durability our workmanship can not be
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Remember we repair as well as manufacture.
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MONTREAL.
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PROPRIETOR.
Factory Address, 138 Pearl St., TORONTO, ONT.
[AIRBANKS-
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TRADE MAAK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
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For the “crack” fisherman, or the
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Sta-Rite air spaces and glazed insulating surfaces
permit perfect ignition in oil and soot.
Latest circulars and 2s5c six inch rule sent free on
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THE R.E- HARDY CO.
86 WATTS ST. - NEWYORK
John Forman, Montreal
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A. W. LePage, General Agent for British
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ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 49
FIRST. ANNUAL
Sportsmen’s
| Show
AUsEeEs OF 1 HE FOREST, FISH AND
GAME SOCIETY OF AMERICA
T. CHARLES FARRELLY, President. WILLIAM F. KIMBER, Secretary
GEORGE D. PrRatT, First Vice-Pres. ARTHUR ROBINSON, Treasurer.
ARTHUR F. RICE, Second Vice-Pres HARRY C. NAsH, Assist. Sec.-Treas.
RICHARD E, FOLLETT, General Manager.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
. Howard F. Whitney Briton N. Busch Henry L. Batterman
Kenneth Fowler Herbert L. Pratt T. James Reilly
Homer Davenport Stuyvesant Fish, Jr. Sidney Webster Fish
William S. Champ George Bird Grinnell L,. Ashley Grace
T. Ferdinand Wilcox Louis M. Gibb Robert A. Franks
Madison Grant Dr. WilliamT.Hornaday Dr. Robert T. Morris
Dan Beard Gen. James A. Drain Irving Bacheller
Frederick Gallatin, Jr.
beteld tthe Grand Central Palace
43rd STREET AND LEXINGTON AVENUE
The Largest and Best Lighted Exhibition Building in the United States
Dec. 23rd, ’07 to Jan. 4th, ’08
No effort or expense will be spared in making this the best Sportsmen’s
Show ever given.
Trappers will be well paid for perfect specimens of Live
Animals and Birds.
EXHIBITS OF
FORESTRY LIVE GAME FISHEs5
LIVE ANIMALS LIVE GAME BIRDS
SPORTSMEN’S OUTFITS ART IN OUTDOOR LIFE
CAMP LIFE TROPHIES
PHOTOGRAPHY
A Rifle Shooting Tournament for school boys including Intercollegiate
and Interscholastic matches under the management of the National Rifle
Association of America assisted by the Public School Athletic League
Only first-class exhibits will be admitted and only those properly be-
longing to a Sportsmen's Show, or pertaining to Forestry, Fish, Game and
Camp Life.
Particulars and floor plans on application to
RICHARD E. FOLLETT, Manager
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IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN AUTOMOBILES
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE
1908 RUSSELS
We're ready now to tell you all about their points of excellence.
and the cars are ready for your inspection
There are no radical departures in design and construction. Refinements and
improvements have been added wherever experience has shown them to be of
advantage.
RUSSELL 1908 models will be characterized by Strength, Power,
Simplicity. They will be known as the cars that are thoroughly dependable.
THREE MODELS, EACH A PEER IN ITS CLASS:
MODEL G—2-cylinder opposed 18 H. P., Touring Car...... $1600
RUNABO Uber. aeeias eee eter ents terest eo . $1550
MODEL H—see 21
Michie: &: CQigcigi ese saie oobropacaerstometins Ae tis 58
Willow Chair—W. Younger............-.-->
Jaeger Undyed Camel Hair Sleeping Bags,
Blankets and Rugs, Dr. Jaeger Co. Ltd.... 678
Clothing.
Chamois Jackets—Pennsylvania Tanning Co .... 699
jyaeger Pure Wool Underwear, Knitted Coats,
Sweaters, Golfers, Caps, Gloves, Hosiery, |
ete. — Drs Jaeger Co std un funees ener 678
Jackets for Hunters and Motorists —Knit-to-Fit
Mtg. Co ..
MPS ATS See cba ato eeiteeiere 702
Pike; The} DE Go; Ltd’) Satie ok on areeien 45
Rice, Lewis'& Son’ Lidia cack eee 2
Cigars and Cigarettes
Van Horne Cigars—Harris Harkness &Co.... 32
Cutlery )
Pike, ‘The: Di Coy, tates os canis ciel crete: Greene 45
Duck Boats
Thompson, N. R........ i, iain chore eps 5
Dogs fae 3
Glover's Dog Remedies—H. Clay Glover ...... 1S
| King Edward Collie Kennels—N. Gordon ...... 16-686
Dr. Johnston Dog Remedies—Dr. Johnston .... 676
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
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Electrical Novelties
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co.... ......... 17
Furs
HallamsJohnesns 22 teers kee ee eke cae or I
Raw Furs —E. T. Carter SCO se mae ewcreies 695
McMillan Fur’ & Wool'Go:. 22 2 .3..52-.--sc-- 682
Flags.
LeekiesJohn Ltdiint a) Sete Sense ce ess 682
Fisheries Supplies.
eckiejohnitdiee fee ee ee eer 682
Fishing Tackle
Bristol Steel Fishing Eod—Horton Mfg. Co°-- 47
Collapsible Minnow Traps.............. ie tore 37
Brost) sEi iGo aye aye curcentne ect st Mia syora toys 698
Hardy's Rods, Reels & Tackle—Hardy Bros.. 15
Merchants Awnings Co. Ltd .................- 20
Pike; The) De iCo:, tietditse «asec nee. ieee 45
Rods, Flies, and Lines—H_ H. Kiffe & Co.... 1G
Unbreakable Rod, Allcock, Laight & Westwood
COM ea ae chien mbes ee ete ton nusteratet 4
Fountain Pens.
Conklin Self Pilling: Renee =. nee oeueeieie ee 691
Fishing Territory
Caribou Lodge— D. L. Smith....... inside back cover
Gun Cabinets.
Hudson & Sonia ceca cctencntaw au eee 15
Keiffe EsING@o cae hee aicictios. aarrsis ete Osta e 19
Gun Smith.
Johnston, Alex sic. n= ose Sace nse ceecciciens baie: 705
Gun Sights
Lyman Combination Rear Sight — Lyman Gun
Sight Corporation. eiscet ems miei 3
Guns and Rifles
Fox GuniGoi—As Aik oe eee ecte noe ence actos 706
HunteyArmsaCorgslhe meen etree erect 705
Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle ‘“Norks........ jot
Ithaca Guns—Ithaca Gun Co...... .... 2S adore 693
Kaffe; (Hi: SHIN Co. ss yikes co ation teeerssticictere 19
Mancasters Chas, Wwondon. .5-- eee eens 14
Lefever Guns—Lefever Arms Co. ...... 22... II
Merchants AwningsCo,Ltd .. ............. 20
Marlin Rifles—Marlin Firearms Co .... ...... 21
Parker Guns—Parker Bros ....- 6c. sce 24
PikesOhe iD Cos hetdene sein ieee 45
Ross Rifles—Ross Rifle Co ................. 2
Rice tIkewis & Sone tre eel cnc eee cee sera 27
Savage’ Arms Coin. ccs. ciicin- on coats dee eae elers 708
Stevens’ Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns, Rifle Tele-
scopes. Guns, etc........ ... Outside back cover
Winchester —Winchester Repeating Arms Co...
Inside front cover
Health Resorts.
St. Catharines Well & The Welland Inn, ......
Gx PRS ae © eee eee etre recs a sian 13
Hotels
Albany, The New York, Robert P. Murphy.... 3
Commonwealth, HKoston, Storer F. Crants...... 19
Lenox Hotel, Buffalo, Geo. Duchscherer,,..... 29
Hunting Territory :
Caribou Lodge—D. L. Smith........ inside back cover
Jewelry
Diamonds—Loftis Bros. & Co...............- jos
Liquors.
Club Cocktails—G,. F. Heublein & Bro.... .... 47
abatts ‘Johny s6 5 28 to tone oe sees seem yes 704
Michiel & | Coyplitdicnees ss enscem eke eo 58
Watson's Scotch—Jas Watson & Co. Ltd...... 667
Launches
Adams Launch & Engine Mfg. Co ............ 10
Capital BoatsWorks 23005 ce ie nares 36
Butler, M sigs eee er ehree eeee 40
Golden, JaRi& Cored. 2c ce cose here eee 25
Hamilton Motor Works)-2 32.0502 se. eee 22
Jutten Boat & Launch Works ..
King folding’ Canvas BoatiCo. 2-2) js ese PH
Merchants: Awnings)\Co: utdis., 2.).5 22eeeeee 20
Pikewlihe: DU Conletdtraer ua. 5 5..o eee eee 45
Robertson | Eros seo) a- cae. ieee ene ne 687
hom pson IN eRe ease eie aceon eae 5
Mineral Waters
Bromo Mineral Water—Brcmo Mineral Co..... 47
Marine Motors
Adams Launch & Engine Mfg. Co.... .. agstehs 10
Buffalo—Buffalo Gasoline Motor Co. ........... 20
Canadian Haibanks\Coree. 4 seers cece 46
ConnoryvA es nee eaitet aie’ a a EE 25
Dunn; Walter Ba. 2ceeece sackets eee 43
Goldens. Jake & \Com wt carsesc okies ne eeeeiee 25
Hildreth MigaComaans ceticcss es sett oie terete 4
Hamilton Motor Worksi.52-4) ae ena eieene 22
‘Little Giant’—United Mfg. Co.... ... ..... 27
Lackawanna Motors—Lackawanna Mfg. Com 16
Merchants;Awnings @o,,slutdige- suse neeceeeeete 20
PaimeriMGore Cor 5. oa koeeeeiee caine 45
Palmer Motors—Palmer Bros.... ...... ...--- 28
Premier Motor Co.—H. Biddell........ ....... 46
Perfection Marine Motcrs—Caille Perfection
Motori Core sjcserasere eee hen een ee 14—22
‘AhompsonygNa Rao teers eee Sabet 5
Waterman—Waterman Marine Motor Co ..... 36
Miscellaneous
Key Tags-—CoB. Locke|MienConens eee eee 15
Mennen’s ToiletPowder—Gerhard Mennen .... 5
Metal Polish
Majestic) Polishes itdeee nee eerie 48
Motor Boats
Adams Launch & Engine Mfg. Co.... .... .... re
Butler, M.-H. edn neuicnes Gace SC Eee 40
GCanadian}FainhbanlisiGos.- ee eee eee eee 46
Hamilton’Motor Works=. ...454.) seeeece eee 22
Merchants Awnings Co Ltd........ .... .... 20
Premier, Motor Covs-nese eee ce eee eee 46
Robertson) Bross). eral ee eee 687
Ross, }. (He —Canoe! Cox .s5 seeene ee Inside back cover
Thompson. .NigRqsiccyae. pre sae eee 5
Waterman Marine Motor Co.... .... .... .... 36
Motor Boat Accessories
“Baby Grands’ Searchlights — 20th Century
MigriC@ot scr toch eeieninen eine 4
Croftan Storage Battery Co.—Complete range of
ACCESSOFIES EEE ELE EEe oi ejeleseseistain sisters 25
Golden, Ji. (Re (@iCorn cee cen erecace cn eee 25
Millen, John & Son Ltd., Complete Range of
Accessories <5. feck sees shoes teas 68:
Merchant Awnings Co.Ltd..................-. 20
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co.............- 17
Spark: Plugs. 5:2; ciaccme cen cis sec cee eects 682
*‘'Syntic” Motor Accessories—Nicholls Bros. Ltd. 33
Sta-Rite Plugs—R. E HardyCo ... .......... 47
Terry (Geo: -Hi"&i Corey). 3 eae eere re eee 34
Oils, Varnishes, Paints, etc.
Goles:G: Wi Cones. ere once pee ee eee X46
Sanderson; Pearcy «& (Cos td). ...-- eee eee 28
Office Appliances
Conklin Fountain Pens—Conklin Pen Co
Smith Premier Typewriters — National Type-
Writer COM ce eae ha eee ete eee 38
Outfitters
Golden, ‘Je R: i Comgaeeec avocecemies cts secre 25
Kiffe; Fie 'F Co. caiiies | terete neers 19
Pike; the DS Coy Vitdi ee zB io ovareus ebsie wont elerele 45
Merchants Awnings Co., Ltd............ .... 20
Michie. &:Co2). Syd. doh eae eee eee 58
Premiums
Premiums) o.oo cous yee eee ee oe 53 51. §2
Photo Supplies
CanadianKodakiCo, ides eenene sete 12
Ward:& Co. sss 5 ssaicc se cea cess wee emer 37
Rifle Sights and Gun Implements
Marble Safety Axe Co
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 57
Revolvers Trunks & Travelling Bags
Iver Johnsons Arms & Cycle Works .......... 7o0t | Trunks & Leather Goods.Co...... ........ 41
Pike, TheiD Cossids &. ots a oslenet 45 Télescopic Gun Sight
Row Boats Goerz, C. P.—American Optical €o. -.... 24
Kg Folding Canvas Boat Co............... 40 | Trap~Shooter’s Supplies
Pikes hell) {Com ltd merece eae eet 45 | Black Birds—Warren Sporting Goods Co...... 704
Merchants Awnings Co. Ltd .......... . 20.)|" Kiffe, HH. Canaan. ea ee eee ne 19
Jattem,; 1. Wi Soe acene on) a= anc cs 37.:| Pike, The Di. Copttdt Sc ueey eee rn ee 45
‘fhompson, Nios eee eee ce eeter == 0 2-0" Ga *T aixidermiate
Rust Preventative Canadian School of Taxidermy.........:.... .. 15
3 in| One) Oil—G- Ws, ole Coss. 5... 5. =~: 14 | Northwestern School of Taxidermy............ 40
Shaving Soap. Tents
Taylor, John: & Conese -eececeias: Inside back cover | Kiffe, H. H.Co.c¢o0..0 1)... Stee 19
Skates Leckie, John ‘Lidtaca i 5 Svea eee 682
: Fee Michie & Co., Ltd 8
Tube Skates—W.J. Dunne, inside front cover : 9 AaUCl hatesele/\iaroi<| tage nisistnleigiotn etorstsiste 5
Si caiee. Sat Mtg oO NEB poe aOnene 26 | Merchant's Awnings Co...................... 20
aay : Pike, The D. Co bid’ S22 & . bee 2 45
Sportsmen’s Exhibitions Wail’ Paves
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Sportsmen's Exnibition — St. Lawrence Want Advertisments
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Palace—New, Yorky.2) 2a. tesco) als were : 49 Winter Sports.
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W. J. TAYLOR, Publisher.
Woodstock, Ont. -
ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 59
Extra Quality Briar Pipes
ENGLISH HAND MOUNTED
The Most Suitable Christmas Giit
for a Man
Nothing we can say would be half as effective as the fact that H BB Special
pipe has enormously the largest sale of any pipe in Canada, all of which isn't a
mere happen so—all we ask is that you give ita trial. If a pipe bearing our
Trade Mark should with fair usage crack or burn, we will take a very great
pleasure in replacing a new bowl without charge. All HB B pipes are POST-
TIVELY GUARANTEED. Made in 200 shapes, both with Amber and Black
Hand-cut Vulcanite.
If your dealer cannot supply you, write for catalogue of shapes and _ prices,
and order direct.
HEYES BROS., Limited, Pipe Manufacturers, Toronto, Can.
60 ROD AND GUN AND’ MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
The Best Shilling and Six
Penny Pibe in the World
Sold for 35c in Canada
Any comparison you care to make will show
THE SHIELD BRAND
to be the best pipe for the money sold in Canada and one that dealers
can thoroughly recommend. Nothing about it in any sense inferior, and
enormously the biggest sale of any pipe in the world. Made in One Hun-
dred Shapes. If your dealer cannot supply you, write for catalogue of
shapes and buy direct.
Heyes Bros., Limited Toronto, Canada
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