'b SPORT IN NOETH AMERICA. 



I don't happen to have either a gun or any kind of 

 sporting tackle with me." 



" Never mind that ; we shall find all we require 

 in the Sugar Camp at Wyaconda Bottom. So good 

 day for the present. We shall meet again at dinner, 

 and then we can settle all the rest." 



My preparations were soon made, for I had only 

 to pack up some linen, a second pair of boots, and 

 a change of clothes, to be used in case of accident. 

 This done, I walked out to while away the hours 

 between breakfast and dinner, examining the port of 

 Chicago, the most astonishing of ail on the great 

 North American Lakes. 



In the afternoon, I found my friend at table, and 

 directly he saw me he cried out, " Hulloa ! Will it 

 be all the same to you if we start to-night ? In- 

 stead of wasting the night in bed, you can stow 

 yourself in the corner of a buggy belonging to one 

 of my friends, and be at Peoria to-morrow morning 

 in time for the pig market. If we take advantage 

 of this and get there, we shall easily find a waggon 

 to take us on to Wyaconda, which is only five miles 

 off, and near the banks of the river." 



"To-night or to-morrow morning; it's all the 

 same to me," I replied ; " only let us dine first, for 

 I'm really as hungry as a hunter." 



" Make haste, then, for my friend is waiting our 

 reply impatiently." 



We soon bolted our dinner, and washed it down 



