104 THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



to move rapidly forward. The reader will not, therefore, 

 be surprised when informed that I soon found myself in 

 the company of my companions, who had taken the lead 

 immediately after our departure from the hotel at Rosseau. 

 We now journeyed on together, and reached the " Ten- 

 Mile Lake Hotel" before _eight o'clock. Here we ordered 

 breakfast, which was to be served as soon as Chris should 

 arrive with his team and our baggage. My companions 

 had walked this morning, without food or stimulants, ex- 

 cept that supplied by an invigorating atmosphere, ten 

 miles. I had walked seven and did not feel fatigued. It 

 was more than an hour after our arrival here before 

 Chris came up with his team. 



The long journey had fully prepared us to enjoy the 

 breakfast, which consisted, principally, of delicious venison, 

 pure country butter, home-made bread, coffee, and wild 

 honey. I am sure that our entire party, this morning, 

 thought our breakfast good enough for a king. 



Every article of food placed before us was of excellent 

 quality, and the serving could not have been improved. 

 We complimented the hostess on her excellent table ; she 

 thanked us kindly, and, having probably learned that we 

 hailed from the United States, then inquired if any one in 

 our party was acquainted in New Hampshire, which, she 

 now informed us, was her native place. We were com- 

 pelled to answer her inquiry in the negative, but she now 

 volunteered the information that she had only lived in 

 Canada since her marriage. 



We had already spent at this wayside hotel more than 

 two hours ; the sun was still shining brightly, but it was 



