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it to be a rule without exception that if you insist 

 upon first class sport, you must pay a stiff price 

 for it. To reach rivers that are not, comparatively 

 speaking, fished out, you must travel far and wide, 

 and then — as with small game shooting — there 

 is the problem of what to do with your fish. In 

 the North, the Siwash Indian will smoke them for 

 his own use in the winter, and if you go far afield, 

 it will be necessary to take one or two of these 

 fellows with you. They can be hired, according 

 to their age and accomplishments, at a wage some- 

 where between fifteen and forty dollars a month. 



You will find three rods, with extra tips, quite 

 sufficient : one, as I have said a Greenheart, the 

 other a split bamboo for light work, and a stout 

 trolling-rod. You will do well to take a rifle with 

 you, for sooner or later (particularly in the fall) 

 you are sure to see a bear. Bruin loves fish, and 

 when the salmon are running, he will stand on a 

 sand bar and scoop them out of the water. More- 

 over, upon the banks of all the northern rivers 

 berries grow in great and varied profusion, and 

 Bruin is a glutton for fruit. Black-tail deer too are 

 common, and if Fortune smiles upon you, it is 

 possible that you may have a shot at a wapiti. 



If you can sketch, your enjoyment will be doubled. 

 The colour of this Far Northwest is enchanting. 

 And the cool, lonely woods possess a fascination 

 that some artist may learn to transfer to canvas. 

 The great age of the moss-bearded pines and 

 spruces and redwoods pricks the fancy. Beneath 

 their fragrant boughs primal man still wanders. 

 To the artist, these ancient groves are the sanctuary 



