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mals. Our visit to this charming region was so replete 

 with quiet pleasure that it seemed like a beautiful dream, 

 and one from which we did not care to awaken. Previous 

 to returning homeward, we captured specimens of nearly 

 every edible creature in the country, and having placed 

 some on one side, as presents for friends, we prepared a 

 feast for ourselves of the others, and on a Sunday after- 

 noon sat down to a dinner that would have been a credit 

 to some of the best hotels on the Continent. In order 

 to give those who have never feasted in the wilderness 

 an idea of what can be procured there, I will give our 

 bill of fare for that day. 



BILL OF FARE. 



Soup, Movmtain hotch-potch, 



Sahiion trout. Dace, 



Venison steak, Baked venison head, 



Stag's head, Venison stew, 



Bear steak. Stewed squirrel, 



Roast grouse, Stewed grouse, 



Roast duck. Roast cygnet, 



Roast goose. Roast heron. 



Baked beans. Boiled sweet potatoes, 



Mashed potatoes, Greens, 



Hot biscuits. Butter crackers. 



CONDIMENTS. 

 Chow-chow, Worcestershire sauce. Pickled onions. 



DESSERT. 

 Canned peaches, apples, wild berries, tea and coffee. 



Having partaken of this royal repast, we hitched up 

 the horses, which had been feeding generously on the 

 grass found in a glade not far distant, and turned their 

 heads toward the settlements, but we Avere not out of 

 sight of the lake before a fierce storm arose, and that 

 place which liad been a scene of the most enchanting 

 beauty for a week seemed to liave given itself completely 



