viii CONTENTS. 



LETTER XVI. 



PAG 



Farewell, Shamus Perusing a guide-book Amusing illustra- 

 tions From Saratoga to the Blue Mountains On the coach 

 A change in the programme Entered for ' hounding ' 

 The necessaries Posted out Interesting work The plan 

 of operations How the hounds behave An Ayrshire re- 

 miniscence Lee Harris the angler Daubing his boat with 

 molasses The Adirondacks Want of close-times - - 171 



LETTER XVII. 



Life in Victoria The Celestials Fashions and amusements 

 Invitations Description of the town A naval officer's ex- 

 perience with a panther Looking for a house A boating 

 picnic Salmon- fishing Game -finding in the forest The 

 atmosphere of Victoria _.-..-. 181 



LETTER XVIII. 



On the Canadian Pacific A conductor's warning An Irish 

 omnibus-driver Rumours of moose The first time without 

 sun ' No-matter- where' A Canadian Whiteley's A courtly 

 manager Plenty of credit No bad debts Arrival of Jocko 

 A cart expedition Jocko's life Lumberers Small farms 

 Dense woods A French Canadian trapper Darkness and 

 the camp A last look into the forest Going moose-hunting 

 A miracle of beauty Blondin-like exertions Jocko's 

 perseverance Disappointment Seven miles from camp A 

 tiring day Alarmed by wolves ' No-matter-where ' better 

 than Brighton -.-.-..-. 191 



LETTER XIX. 



Story of two moose-heads How they were obtained Plenty 

 of snow White-tail tracks On the scent of a bull moose 

 An ideal scene Lean meat and hunting The value of fat 

 Rewarded at last One of Nature's first-born A second 

 day's wanderings A fusillade Dead beat Two bulls 

 brought low Moose-hunting for legislators One more day 

 A major's amusing story - - - - - - -215 



