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THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE. 



newly-wedded pair; the steamer takes its departure from 

 the rock, where it had remained in waiting- for the pas- 

 sengers. The bride and groom have come to the water's 

 edge to receive the parting salutes of their friends ; the 

 row-boats, canoes, and the dug-out have all withdrawn 

 from the island, and the wedded pair have retired from 

 the lake-shore to the bridal bower, where they remained 

 the sole occupants of this island for about forty-eight 

 hours. They then started on an extended and novel 

 wedding-tour, which lasted some six weeks, during which 

 period they travelled more than one thousand miles on 

 these mountain lakes. The Peterborough canoe, which 

 has already been mentioned, served as the vehicle for their 

 journeyings, and the handsome tent which was erected on 

 the island soon after the performance of the marriage cere- 

 mony was their bridal-chamber. They spent only a small 

 portion of their honeymoon on Lake Rosseau, but passed 

 from one mountain lake to another, the husband transport- 

 ing the canoe and other luggage on the portages, while the 

 wife walked at his side, or more frequently followed behind 

 him in true Indian style. Thus they journeyed from lake 

 to lake, visiting the pioneer villages situated on these 

 beautiful bodies of water for the purpose of purchasing 

 such supplies as their frugal mode of life required. Here, 

 on the lakes of this wild mountain country, in the bright 

 summer months of June and July, they continued to bask 

 in sunshine and love, undisturbed by the rude and unsym- 

 pathetic crowds that are often met with on the ordinary 

 highways of travel. 



We find it impossible, while contemplating the wander- 



