10 A FISHERMAN'S PARADISE 



excellent, with light frothy omelets, thin crisp bacon, 

 puffy and tender pancakes, fresh eggs, excellent 

 cream and fresh trout in every form, while baked 

 beans, cornbeef hash, tongue and other things from 

 the native tin, hot biscuits, doughnuts and similar 

 solids help to make up an entirely sufficient menu. 

 The floors are exquisitely white and everything is 

 clean and attractive. Back of the main house is a 

 barn for the storage of canoes, which the Club sup- 

 plies free of charge. Most members keep in the bed- 

 rooms a trunk containing their fishing outfit, cloth- 

 ing, rods, tackle boxes, packs and packing bags, etc. 

 I always take up a steamer trunk containing my per- 

 sonal necessaries for the trip, consisting chiefly of 

 clothing and tobacco and, on leaving Saccacoma for 

 the upper camps, stow these into what is called a 

 "Nessmuk" pack, consisting of a bag of waterproof 

 canvas, with flap and fastening strap, which swings 

 over the back like a knapsack and is quite sufficient 

 to carry everything needed for two weeks. The Club 

 engages guides, all French Canadians and mostly 

 speaking only Canadian French, which is quite dif- 

 ferent from Parisian French and hard to understand 

 until you get the hang of it. They seemed to under- 

 stand my French without serious trouble, but I found 

 great difficulty in understanding them. A number 

 of the guides have picked up considerable English, 

 sometimes through talking with the members and 

 sometimes through having worked in the New Eng- 

 land factories, and this is a great convenience to one 



