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existence that no amount of resolution will be able 

 to overcome. 



Now I come to Northern Canada. To commence 

 with, unless the sportsman is sound in wind and limb, 

 capable of enduring fatigue and exposure, and 

 possesses a temper allied to that of Job's, he had 

 better not go there. But if he has got all these 

 essentials well developed, then he can engage his 

 passage across the Atlantic, and take his ticket for 

 Pembroke, 100 or more miles west of Ottawa, on the 

 Canadian Pacific Railroad. As places change their 

 names in new countries, I will give you its latitude 

 and longitude, viz. : 46 N. by 77 W. From 50 to 100 

 miles north of here, and therefore not very far from 

 about the latitude of Paris, a country will be found 

 intersected by numerous rivers of which, if I re- 

 member right, the Coulouge and Noir are the 

 principal dotted over with many lakes, is hilly with- 

 out being mountainous, where both large game and 

 splendid fish, with an abundant sprinkling of nearly 

 all varieties of American grouse and duck incidental 

 to such a region, are fairly plentiful. 



Before you rush into this Elysium, look well about 

 you, and fix your plans for the future. The most 

 respectable store-keeper you must make your friend. 

 A well-filled purse shaken in front of any of the 

 fraternity's eyes will generally accomplish this. 

 Then, with two or three Indians, start upon a tour 

 of exploration, remembering that the further you go 

 from civilization the more sport you will procure, and 

 the greater hardships you will have to put up with. 

 Also that after the initiatory trial, things will go on 

 more swimmingly. At first a cosy shanty must 

 satisfy your wants, but soon you will be able to 

 launch out into building a log-house. With a little 

 skill these can be made fit for the residences of kings. 

 Enter heart and soul into the labour attached to its 

 construction, and that of tilling a small clearing, and 



