62 THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE ; 



boats, of which there was a fleet, dashing to and fro. A 

 little beyond was the home of the great sculler, who learned 

 to row on the placid waters of the lake, which is here 

 nearly land-locked/ At Toronto we procured camping- 

 blankets and provisions which we would require whilst 

 sojourning in the woods. We did not visit the exhibition, 

 as we were anxious to drink in the ozone of the wilderness. 

 Thursday, i^tk. Started for Gravenhurst, had a pal- 

 ace-car to ourselves. The conductor was extremely polite 

 and attentive, pointing out every object of interest which 

 we passed on the road. While our time was thus occupied, 

 in the other car were sixteen lumbermen who were en- 

 gaged to go into the woods to cut lumber, men who held 

 a continual drunken orgy. The bottles of whiskey were 

 continually passing from mouth to mouth. They were the 

 most besotted set of men it was ever my lot to encounter. 

 However, they kept to themselves and troubled no one. 

 Reached Gravenhurst, a place consisting of a few houses, 

 and immediately took a small steamboat, at half-past one, 

 and proceeded to the upper part of Lake Rosseau. We 

 had dinner and supper on board, as the boat did not reach 

 Rosseau until eight P.M. Three of the lumbermen came 

 to the table, and we had a scene with one of them. His 

 appetite was ravenous, and plate after plate disappeared 

 before him. It made no difference of what it was com- 

 posed. During dinner the steward called upon him for 

 the price of his meal, only forty cents. His reply was 

 that he would have to wait till he was sure that he had 

 taken enough, and again he attacked the eatables. If the 

 rest of the band were only able to come to the table the 



