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THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



CHAPTER V. 



The Start for a Grand Moose- and Deer-Hunt — Selection of a Photogra- 

 pher AND THE Chief Guide — A Romantic Wedding and the Honey- 

 moon — Arrival at Rosseau Village — Canadian Stage Route — Proprietor 

 AND Driver— Our Old Friend " Chris" — Our New-Made Acquaintances- 

 Mr. Struce, of Brooklyn. 



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HE necessary preparations for a 

 grand 77ioose- and deer-hunt which I 

 commenced in the month of July, 

 ■1884, were not completed until the 

 20th of September in the same 

 year. I had originally anticipated 

 that I would be able to persuade 

 some personal friend to accom- 

 pany me ; but when I informed them that I should probably 

 be away from home at least two months, and that there 

 were certain hardships and privations that were inseparable 

 from moose-stalking, I found no one inclined to become a 

 member of my party. I was therefore placed in a position 

 to organize this expedition on a basis which was strictly in 

 harmony with my own wishes. The great object that I 

 wished to accomplish by this trip was an improvement of 

 my health, inasmuch as I was then suffering from gluco- 

 suria, making it necessary for me to take very active ex- 

 ercise, which to a lazy man is commonly felt to be a mean 

 sort of drudgery. I therefore took advantage of my love 

 of the chase, and thereby changed what would otherwise 



