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summer of those re«;ions is ii« l)eautifiil as it is brief, wliilc tlie 

 sport.smua would be brouj^lit into eoutaet with an ciitirclv new 

 race of bcnsts, birds, and fish of elui.se, I ean iniaj^iiu' nothing; 

 that would better re|)ay the risk aud cuterprise of sueh an 

 expedition. 



All the arranijenuMits of smh a tour eouhl be made with 

 {^jrcatest ea.se at Montreal, where every facility could he atlorded 

 to the tourists by the aj^ents of the fur companies, aiul when- 

 the whole of the necessary means are just as well understood. 

 aiul tlu' necessary outfit just as rasily procured, as are those for 

 a tishinj; excursion into llamilton Count v. in Xeu York, or for 

 a Maine Moose-hunt in Boston. 



The prairies of tlie West have lon<; been explored as hunting; 

 •rrouuds, by the sportsnu'u of the old world as well as bv the 

 hunters and trappers of the new — the forests and deserts of 

 Southern Africa liavc afforded tlieir tropliiesof the savapjc race ; the 

 centml wilds of Abyssinia luivc surrendered their tierce denizens ; 

 the forests of Ceylon, and the dark jun^xles of the farthest India, 

 have become familiar hunting' ^'rounds to the I'^nj^dish sportsmen ; 

 ami I think it is scarcely to be doubted that before mauv years 

 have elapsed, tlie Swedish and Xorwepan rivers beiii^ alreadv 

 overfished, the votaries of the rod aiul reel from either side of 

 the Atlantic will be found whij)piu^' the yet \ir;;in streams of 

 the far north-west. 



I*i>litical reasons, too, will ha\e their wei;xht in briu;^inj; about 

 such a consummation ; for the di.sturbed state of the continent 

 is already sufficiently alarming to deter the plcasnre-seekin}; 

 yachtJT from \i>itin}: his old liaunts in tlic soft and sunnv seas 

 of Southern Kuro|>r, while the stormier seas of the NNCstern 



