Sporting Innocents Abroad 



THE boys who have been in the trenches probably 

 would not deign to notice such little hardships 

 and physical discomforts as are to be encountered 

 upon a spring and summer fishing and hunting trip, 

 but to the many who were unlucky enough not to be 

 called and partake of the advantages coincident with 

 military service, a camping trip will present a great 

 many new and uncomfortable dilemmas. Especially 

 is this the case when such an expedition is undertaken 

 in the wilderness and actually out of touch with civiliza- 

 tion. 



We will presume that the reader is going to have a 

 combination canoe, tenting, and trout-fishing trip in 

 the Lake Rossignol district of Nova Scotia. His last 

 contact with civilization would be at the hotel in Cale- 

 donia. He would be driven or motored twelve miles 

 to Lowe's Landing, upon Lake Rossignol. The first 

 six miles would be through a sparsely settled farming 

 country, while the last six would be entirely through 

 an uninhabited wilderness of trees and rocks. At the 

 point of embarkation he would find his guide and canoe 

 awaiting him. There is a log sporting camp at this 

 place where guides, canoes, and supplies are available. 

 He would probably have lunch at this camp, served in 

 quite a civilized manner, and would be inclined to think 

 that if this were life in the woods, assuredly it was no 

 hardship. He does not yet feel out of touch with things 

 he has been used to. 

 As the guide gets ready to push the canoe off into the 



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