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better to be well supplied. Half a pound of solidified 
milk will last one man ten days, a pound of tea thirty, 
and half a pound of tobacco one week. Eight pounds 
of brown sugar, the same of butter, a bushel of potatoes, 
and two gallons of molasses are sufficient for two anglers 
and five men one week. It is not customary to give 
men milk, sugar or coffee ; they are carried only for the 
gentlemen, and the above calculations are made on that 
footing. These computations may be relied on, and will 
be found extremely useful ; although the luxuries of camp 
life may fail, the necessaries must not be exhausted. 
There is no fun in having to send a couple of your best 
men fifty miles for provisions, when salmon are rising or 
a long journey is to be made. Time devoted to pleasure 
is precious ; a day wasted is indeed a loss. 
And now, good reader, farewell. In looking over this 
book, I perceive how far short I have fallen of my own 
expectations, and feel how greatly I must have disap- 
pointed yours. Much has been badly s'aid, much omit- 
ted, and no doubt much unintentionally misstated. 
Opinions differ, and experience leads to contrary results. 
There are game fish, and modes of taking them, with 
which doubtless I am unacquainted, and yet I hope you 
will find something here that has not been written before. 
My aim has been to induce sjDortsmen to study the habits 
and proper designation of the different varieties of game 
they pursue, to apply the appropriate names and distin- 
guish the various species. My hope is to elevate their 
