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THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



C H A P T E R V. 



THE START FOR A GRAND MOOSE- AND DEER-HUNT SELECTION OF A PHOTOGRA- 

 PHER AND THE CHIEF GUIDE A ROMANTIC WEDDING AND THE HONEY- 

 MOONARRIVAL AT ROSSEAU VILLAGE CANADIAN STAGE ROUTE PROPRIETOR 

 AND DRIVER OUR OLD FRIEND " CHRIS" OUR NEW-MADE ACQUAINTANCES- 

 MR. STRUCE, OF BROOKLYN. 



HE necessary preparations for a 

 grand moose- and deer-hunt which I 

 commenced in the month of July, 

 1884, were not completed until the 

 2Oth of September in the same 

 year. I had originally anticipated 

 that I would be able to persuade 

 some personal friend to accom- 

 pany me; but when I informed them that I should probably 

 be away from home at least two months, and that there 

 were certain hardships and privations that were inseparable 

 from moose-stalking, I found no one inclined to become a 

 member of my party. I was therefore placed in a position 

 to organize this expedition on a basis which was strictly in 

 harmony with my own wishes. The great object that I 

 wished to accomplish by this trip was an improvement of 

 my health, inasmuch as I was then suffering from gluco- 

 suria, making it necessary for me to take very active ex- 

 ercise, which to a lazy man is commonly felt to be a mean 

 sort of drudgery. I therefore took advantage of my love 

 of the chase, and thereby changed what would otherwise 



