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have been an Irksome duty into a pleasant pastime. It 

 required but little reflection on my part to discern the ad- 

 vantages that might accrue from the presence of a photog- 

 rapher in my party, since he would enable me to bring 

 away from the wilderness so many grand scenes which, 

 otherwise, would be so soon forgotten, even by myself, 

 and never enjoyed by my friends. It was while I was im- 

 bued with this idea that I met Anton Mildenberger, an 

 educated gentleman and highly skilled landscape photogra- 

 pher, who very readily consented to become a member of 

 my party. This gentleman possessed in a very high de- 

 gree those qualities, physical, mental, and social, which are 

 so important in every member of such a hunting-party. 

 The reader will readily perceive that since there is much 

 heavy labor to be performed, especially on the portages, it is 

 very desirable that each member of the party should be able 

 to give some assistance, and it likewise requires physical 

 strength to travel long distances through these unbroken 

 forests. It is equally evident that, prior to engaging a 

 photographer for such an expedition as I was about to start 

 on, his mental and social qualides should be carefully con- 

 sidered. Having given the necessary attention to all these 

 points, I finally determined to employ Mr. Mildenberger. 



About the middle of August the terms were arranged, 

 and he was requested to be in readiness for the departure 

 on the 20th of September. I had reached the conclusion, 

 prior to entering on this engagement, that the individual 

 selected for this duty was neither an epicure nor a dude, 

 and therefore I believed that he might be able to content 

 himself in a hunter's camp. This conclusion was, in some 



