The Sportsman's Paradise; 



OR, THE 



LAKE LANDS OF CANADA. 



CHAPTER I. 



Recreation and its Objects — Classification of Hunters — Active Exercise 

 AN Excellent Remedy for Obesity — Sport at Shelbyville, Tenn. — 

 What Occurred at the Evans House — A Friend in Need is a Friend 

 Indeed — Home Once More. 



HE prudent business man, 

 i before making an investment 

 or inaugurating any important 

 >y^ change in his affairs, is accus- 

 tomed to ask the question, Will 

 it pay? Is it a good investment? The same question 

 may be properly asked by any person prior to his de- 

 parture for the great forests of the Dominion of Canada. 

 The answer to this query must generally depend on 

 the physical condition of the individual and his apprecia- 



