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THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE, 



CHAPTER VI. 



Our Departure from Rosseau — A Charming Morning and a Healthful 

 Walk — Camped near Spence — Incidents which occurred there — Joined 

 BY our Guides — Camped on Birch Island — Camp-Life on Ahmic Lake — 

 Struce starts for Home — The Balance of the Party off on a Long 

 Tramp — The Beaver's Trysting-Places — The Photographer's Sport near 

 Burk's Falls — Plodding through Woods after Dark — The Youthful 

 Driver — Arrival at Sphynx Shoot. 



^^T was nearly five o'clock on the morning of 

 the 23d of September when our party took 

 their departure from Rosseau. The dark- 

 ~ ness of night still enshrouded the earth ; 

 the air was cold and chilly, while the 

 ground was covered with a heavy 

 frost. Chris's old gray horses, which 

 are now at least twenty-one years of 

 age, moved forward just as well as 

 they did four years ago when I rode behind them over the 

 same route. The morning is so chilly that Chris, Struce, 

 and Mildenberger prefer to walk rather than ride in this 

 wagon, which is not supplied with springs, over the rocky 

 mountain road. I have, therefore, at the request of Chris, 

 mounted the driver's seat, wrapped myself in the horse- 

 blankets, seized the reins and whip, and am thus duly in- 

 stalled in this new position. 



The photographer and Mr. Struce very soon disap- 

 peared in the darkness after leaving the hotel, but Chris 



