OR, THE LAKE LANDS OF CANADA. 3 



tigue, while the vital organs are maintained by the same 

 power in a healthy state, and their various functions are 

 performed in the best possible manner. It is therefore 

 apparent that the physical condition of workingmen is 

 not generally such as to require the active exercise which 

 the hunter gains by the Canadian chase, especially when 

 stalking his game ; but a high appreciation of the sport 

 may be an ample compensation for every expenditure. 



It may be mentioned in this connection that various 

 hunting-parties seek recreation in the forest in divers 

 ways ; and consequently it is necessary to offer on this 

 point an explanation for the benefit of the uninitiated, 

 although no attempt will be made to give a complete 

 •classification. The heterogeneous mass of men entering 

 the forest with guns and dogs are generally supposed to 

 be hunters, but in fact among these may be frequently 

 found men whose peculiarities of mind and tastes are 

 more nearly allied to those of Oscar Wilde than to those 

 of Daniel Boone. It is therefore natural that these 

 game-seekers should be continually looking for a hunter's 

 paradise in the shape of a first-class hotel, in the midst 

 of a grand forest, from the porticoes of which can be shot 

 the great moose, the beautiful deer, and all the other 

 species of smaller game, while the same must be acces- 

 sible by an elegant steamer or grand palace-car. 



This class of hunters are continually fault-finding, are 

 never happy, and seem to wish their companions to be 

 as miserable as themselves. They never enter the woods 

 without returning to their homes disgusted and thoroughly 

 dissatisfied. Another class, commonly calling themselves 



