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go as <i tourist, you should select some of the easier routes, 

 and tliosc upon which regular conveyances run, as. \>\ 

 way of ihc Adirondack Kailroad and stage lo P.lue MI. 

 Lake, or )>y rail road to Point of IJocks and stage lo Paul 

 Smith's. However, conveyances for parties of three or 

 four or more can lie procured al reasonable rales at any of 

 the points ol' entrance already mentioned. 



Again, as a tourist you may take your family with you. 

 There are, on the principal routes through the wilder: 

 comfortable although generally unpretentious "hotels," 

 less than a hard day's journey apart, so that an entire fam- 

 ily, including ladies and children, may travel for a hun- 

 dred miles and sleep under a roof every night. 



For such a journey, gentlemen may wear their ordinary 

 clothing, being careful, however, to provide boots or shoes 

 suitable for occasional muddy walking over "carries," a 

 hat that will endure a smart rain, and a light rubber over- 

 coat. Ladies need good walking shoes, dress. * tlmt do not 

 trail, and rubber wraps. A good umbrella is serviceable 

 against sun and rain. Woolen clothing is best. On the 

 water, sit xtill in tin l><it, heed the suggestions of your lioat 

 mau, and you are U safe as in a rail road car. Leave all 

 heavy baggage at the point of entrance, or have it for- 

 warded to the point where you are again to resume rail-road 

 travel. 



As a sportsman, seeking the wilderness .for the fishing 

 and hunting, the requirements are very diH'eivnt. First, to 

 find fish or game, you must go to solitary and secluded 

 lakes and streams, away from the much-traveled routes ; 



