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and the staple articles of food are fish and moose, 

 and one and a half dollars will buy a quarter of 

 a moose from an Indian. I have been assured 

 that there are such places within twenty miles 

 of Big River. We did quite a little exploring 

 up Lake la Ronde, but were not satisfied, as it 

 was impossible for us to tell what was muskeg 

 and what was hay land, so we decided to come 

 home and take a trip up to Stony Lake at the 

 end of May or the beginning of June, as soon 

 after seeding as possible, in order to examine the 

 country in the summer. We arranged with an old- 

 timer to be ready for us with a canoe, so that 

 we can thoroughly see the country. Fancy a 

 place where summer travel is largely confined 

 to Indian canoes because of the host of lakes 

 and rivers. 



" I was going to tell you briefly of oiu* imsuc- 



cessful bear-hunt. We discussed the matter 



with more than one old hunter, and they told 



is that we should be able to get him out of the 



lole by smoking with sulphur, as, though a bear 



supposed to go fast asleep for the winter, he 



as a matter of fact, only rather drowsy most 



the time, and we should probably be able to 



lake him angry enough with the smoke to get 



lim out. We camped on our return by a stream 



ibont a mile from the hole, having two packages of 



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