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THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 





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CHAPTER II. 



THREE DOCTORS IN SEARCH OF SPORT OUR GUIDES THE CHIEF, AND THE MAG- 

 NET WHICH CONTROLLED HIM TROUT- FISHING ON SUNDAY, AND THE RESULTS 



WHICH FOLLOWED A VIOLATION OF THE CANADIAN LAW CHIEF JOHN IN 

 DISGRACE FAILURE OF HIS PLANS. 



HE author desires to preface this narra- 

 tive with the statement that nearly nine 

 years have elapsed since these events 

 transpired, and, inasmuch as no notes 

 were taken at the time of the occur- 

 rences, it may be necessary for the 

 *r reader to make some allowance for want 



of accuracy in some of the minor details. 



Furthermore, inasmuch as my companions were exceed- 

 ingly modest men, who might blush even at the sight of 

 their printed names on these pages, we will designate the 

 leader of our party as Governor, a title which well becomes 

 the aristocratic dignity of this fine old gentleman. A fur- 

 ther description of the Governor, as he appeared at the 

 time of which we are now writing, may possess additional 

 interest for our readers ; and therefore we will add that, 

 although we have here spoken of him as an old gentleman, 

 it is quite doubtful if he had then attained his sixtieth 

 year. Nevertheless, his hair was already silvered with age, 

 while his step was slow and slightly unsteady; figure erect; 

 height about five feet ten inches ; possessed of a rather 

 broad chest, while in other respects his form approximated 



