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ing between these covers for that kind of thing. I hope 

 rather to meet his expectation that here is something of the 

 woods woodsy, of the camp merry, of the streams trout-y. 

 And I hope, also, that if he accompanies us "campers" 

 through our varied experiences in camp and tramp, he will 

 sometime follow our example and our trail and get great 

 good thereby. 



My companions on these excursions were as follows: 



To "Jock's Lake," H. H. Thompson, then of the United 

 States Treasury, now in the Treasurer's office of the N. Y. 

 & E. R. R. Co. ; Mr. Johnson, merchant, of Washington, 

 D. C. ; Professor Loomis, then of Manlius Academy, 

 Manlius. N. Y. ; and E. J. Benson, merchant, then of 

 Syracuse, now of Binghamton, N. Y. 



To " The St. Regis and Saranacs," D. H. Bruce, one of 

 the editors of the Syracuse Daily Journal. 



To "The Beaver River Waters," Hon. W. J. Wallace, 

 U. S. District Judge of the Northern District of New 

 York; D. H. Bruce of the Syracuse Daily Journal-, and 

 C. H. Lyman, of the Syracuse Daily Standard, all of 

 Syracuse, N. Y. 



On the trip, " Booneville to Saratoga," my son Edwin 

 F. Northrup, then eleven years of age. 



To "Cranberry Lake and the Oswegatchie Waters," 

 Reuben Wood, the " Captain; " Hon. George N. Kennedy, 

 lawyer and Ex-Senator; Hon. Irving G. Vann, lawyer and 

 late Mayor of Syracuse; John J. Meldram, then Sheriff of 

 Onondaga County; and William B. Kirk, Jr., all of 

 Syracuse, N. Y. ; and E. B. White, Justice of the Peace, of 

 Hermon, N. Y. 



On the excursion, " Grayling Fishing in Michigan," Hon. 

 S. M. Cutcheon, U. S. District Attorney, of Detroit, Mich. 



A. J. N. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y., March 24. 1880. 



