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Paul's. It was a right merry party, and they laughed and 

 chatted and drank St. (rermam's " pop-beer " with a 

 charming air of confidence in its integrity, as delighted 

 with every thing as if they were enjoying an after-theater 

 lunch at Delmonieo's. The last \ve saw of tin-in they were 

 setting olT. ladies, children and all, on their two-mile walk 

 over the carry, with light, tripping steps and the merriest 

 laughter, as if walking down the lawn at home, after tea. 

 for a boat ride on the river. 



This wis not ijiiite the sort of sunshine and romance 

 one would be looking out for on a carry, hut it is precisely 

 the thing not uncommon on these forest thbroughfarea 

 among Ihe St. Regis and Saranac waters, -a region which 

 has charms of it > own for the gentler sex and all others 

 who want to see the wood., mid waters in their primitive 

 -tale, with improvements." The sportsman is crowded. 

 every \ear. into remoter region-; hut there i> room cnouirh 

 for him. and he ought not to grudge some little portion of 

 his realm to beauty and childhood. He must, however, 

 heed the "move on." which the increasing multitudes utter 

 all along hi.- favorite haunts. If he is a sensible, ^-em-roil- 

 and gentle-hearted sportsman, he will not grumble a! this 

 and talk of "Murray's fools," but will rejoice thai it is 

 possible for so many to share with him the b.n-<t and its 

 benefits to health and heart. The unexplored wilderne-sis 

 close at hand, and it is his if he will but <ei/e it. Let tin- 

 wife and children journey over, and enjoy, the favorite old 

 ways, even if their presence frighten- tin- den- to ivniofer 

 regions and the trout are to be sought in more <ecludcd 

 haunts. 



