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THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



provisions from any of the small villages on this line. Sup- 

 plies may be had of excellent quality and in any desired 

 quantity at Burk's Falls. Hotel accommodation is, like- 

 wise, abundant and of such a character as to satisfy most 

 sportsmen. I think it is highly probable that some sports- 

 men may prefer to remain in a hotel and do their shooting 

 in the immediate neighborhood of the same, although much 

 better results may be obtained by tenting on the field 

 selected for the sport. The author likewise believes that 

 the sportsman will add greatly to his enjoyment by the 

 latter course of procedure, which certainly possesses for 

 most men a charm independent of the increased facilities 

 it affords for procuring game. 



I recently spent a few days very pleasantly in the 

 vicinity of Maganetawan in deer-hunting and partridge- 

 shooting, in company with my son, a youth of fifteen years, 

 and inasmuch as it illustrates the possibility of obtaining 

 very good sport without any great fatigue or exertion, I 

 am disposed to give a brief description of this trip, which 

 I think may not be devoid of interest. We started from 

 our home in Jersey City, New Jersey, August 31, 1886. 

 An evening train on the New York, Lake Erie and 

 Western Railroad carried us forwards towards our desti- 

 nation. The next morning found us at Niagara Falls, 

 where we spent the most of the day in sight-seeing, but 

 we reached Toronto at a late hour of the same evening. 



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The following morning we were moving forward by the 

 Northern Railroad towards Muskoka. In due time we 

 arrived at the village of Maganetawan, where we were 

 very cordially received by the fat and genial proprietor of 



