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in- between these covers for that kind of thing. I hope 

 rather to meet his expectation that here is something of the 

 woods woodsy, of the camp merry, of the streams trout-y. 

 And I hope, also, that if he accompanies us "campers 

 through our varied experiences in camp and tramp, he will 

 sometime follow our example and our trail and get great 

 good thereby. 

 — My companions on these excursions were as follows:— 

 To "Jock's Lake," H. H. Thompson, then of the United 

 States Treasury, now in the Treasurer's office of the N. 1 . 

 & E R R Co. ; Mr. Johnson, merchant, of Washington, 

 D C • Professor Loomis, then of Manlius Academy, 

 Manlius, N. Y. ; and E. J. Benson, merchant, then of 

 Syracuse, now of Binghamton, N. Y. 



To " The St; Regis and Saranacs," D. H. Bruce, one of 

 the editors of the Syracuse Daily Joimial. 



To "The Beaver River Waters," Hon. W. J. Wallace, 

 U S District Judge of the Northern District of New 

 York- D H Bruce of the Syracuse Daily Journal; and 

 C. h'. Lyman, of the Syracuse Daily Standard, all of 

 Syracuse, N. Y. 



On the trip, " Booneville to Saratoga," my son Edwin 

 F Northrup, then eleven years of age. 



To "Cranberry Lake and the Oswegatchie Waters, 

 Reuben Wood, the " Captain;" Hon. George N. Kennedy 

 lawyer and Ex-Senator; Hon. Irving G. Vann, lawyer and 

 late Mayor of Syracuse; John J. Meldram, then Sheriff of 

 Onondaga County; and William B. K"-k, Jr. all of 

 Syracuse, N. Y. ; and E. B. White, Justice of the Peace, of 

 Hermon, N. Y. 



On the excursion, - Grayling Fishing in Michigan," Hon. 

 S M Cutcheon, U. S. District Attorney, of Detroit, Mich. 



A. J. N. 

 Syracuse, N. Y., March 24. 1880. 



