21 SPORT INDEED 



House, Mud Carry, Eagle Lake or Churchill Lake and 

 hundreds of other places — there is always a comparing 

 of notes of the many things said and the many things 

 done by the departed guests. As I have already 

 hinted, I may at some future time give you the pith 

 of a few of these notes. 



It was surprising how many men were already in 

 the woods for the fall hunting, which starts October 

 first, and how many more we heard of that were com- 

 ing. Every hotel register was well sprinkled with 

 names of residents of the Quaker City, more, I think, 

 than from any other place. Here is how I came in 

 contact with one of them. One of my guides hurt 

 his knee, and so much that his limb swelled to double 

 its natural size. I was considering how I could send 

 him home, and as this would require a canoe journey 

 of five days, with five more for the return of the guide 

 who took him out, the matter to me was a serious one. 

 He relieved my mind, however, by telling me he had 

 heard of a doctor who was camping at the head of a 

 bog a few miles away. I put my man at once into a 

 canoe and paddled up to the tent of the -^sculapian 

 disciple whom I found to be an eminent one and a 

 Philadelphian. After looking at the man's damaged 

 limb he said : " Well, I am an expert, or considered 

 so, on insanity, and perhaps on one or two other of 

 nature's calamities, but I am not an expert on swelled 

 legs. However, this is what I advise you to do." 



