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innumerable islands of every size and shape dot its 

 surface, while the endless forests of birch, pine, spruce 

 and cedar give a fragrance to the fresh, cool air that 

 almost acts as a stimulant. From this sequestered 

 spot, sometimes within a mile, seldom more than 

 three, are dozens of lakelets, from which such quan- 

 tities of Salmo fontinalis and brown trout can be 

 taken in a day, that it will take one man as much 

 as he can do to carry them to camp over a two-mile 

 portage. 



The Lawrentian Hills, north of Quebec, are also 

 well deserving of a visit, and if this trip should be 

 made late in the year an abundance of all North 

 America's largest and finest game will be found, 

 from moose and bears to grouse and hares. 



Lake St. Joseph's, twenty-five miles north of 

 Quebec, is also worthy the attention of the angler. 

 Here there is a fairly good hotel, where boats can be 

 obtained. To go on enumerating lakes and rivers 

 swarming with the finest descriptions of fish might 

 not be impossible, but it would take space that 

 can ill be afforded. However, here is a fishing 

 demesne of unlimited extent, stocked to repletion, 

 free to all, and yet from its very vastness almost 

 certain of being without strangers to intrude upon 

 your solitude. He that wants more would be diffi- 

 cult to satisfy ; he that objects not to camp life, 

 and the roughing incidental to it, will enjoy such 

 sport that can only be approached to in Europe, 

 and then only by those that possess a millionaire's 

 purse. 



When you have spent a month or more in this 

 elysium, if such a course please the visitor, pack up 

 your traps and proceed further westward to Toronto, 

 then north to Orillia, on Lake Couchachin, at the 

 head of Lake Simcoe. All this journey can be made 

 by rail. Make Orillia a very pleasant and pretty 

 village your base of operations for this country. 



