OR, THE LAKE LANDS OF CANADA. 6 1 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Start and Incidents of the Journey — Lumbermen and their Drunken 

 Orgies — Travelling by the Royal Mail Stage in Muskoka — The Party 



ATTACKED BY FLEAS — CAMP ON CaNOE LaKE — DeER-HuNTING — GOVERNOR 



Starts for Home— The Remainder of the Party off for New Fields 



Camp on Pickerel Lake— Rain and Fish— Crossing the Horka-Porka 

 Portage— Camp on Rock Lake — Trout-Fishing— Camp near Loon and 

 Grass Lakes— Camp on Sand Lake— Homeward Bound. 



EDNESDAY, 13TH. — Arrived at the 



Falls of Niagara at eight a.m., and a 



. few moments later started for Toronto, 



and reached that city at one-thirty p.m. 



Dined, and afterwards saw a display of 



the fire department, given in honor of 



^^W the mao;nates of Rochester and Buffalo, 



^who are paying a visit to the exhibition 



that is now being held here. The force of the water is so 



great that no engines are necessary ; the water, rushing 



through the hose, ascends to the highest roof 



Afterwards we strolled through the city, admiring the 

 beautifully laid out streets and the fine buildings. Among 

 other scenes we visited St. James' Cathedral, — a magnifi- 

 cent structure, — and we ascended the spire, which is three 

 hundred and nineteen feet high. Here a perfect panorama 

 lay at our feet ; a fine view was obtained, but it was in 

 miniature, on account of the great height. Yachts were 

 seen flying through the water ; vessels at anchor ; steam- 



