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anglers shall be allured by inducements herein given to un- 

 dertake the trip thereto, let them provide a good outfit of 

 warm clothing, and plenty of oil of tar (one part tar and 

 four of sweet oil) to keep off the flies, take their trouting- 

 tacklc, and go to Collingwood, via the Northern Eailroad 

 from Toronto. There take the steamer through G-eorgian 

 Bay to the Sault Ste. Marie, steaming meanwhile for one 

 whole day among innumerable islands, great and small, and 

 touching at many little points upon the route, all chock-full 

 of novelty and interest unabating. At the Sault, if pre- 

 viously arranged as I shall hereafter direct, guides and canoes 

 for the anticipated excursion may be put on board. Thence, 

 passing through the magnificent canal by its two great locks, 

 catching frequent glimpses of the rushing tide which dis- 

 charges from Lake Superior, we enter the broad expanse of 

 that great lake and continue our voyage to "Eed Eock" 

 landing, on the great Neepigon Bay. Before we reach this, 

 our place of destination, we shall touch at the Michipicoton 

 Eiver, on the east side of the lake, where there is excellent 

 trout-fishing, though its hea^y portages are much of a draw- 

 back to the angler. But as we have a promise of something 

 better than this, we journey on, casting one lingering look 

 behind. Arriving at Eed Eock, we find a comfortable frame- 

 house and store, which belonged to the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany, in the palmy days of its reign, located on a grassy pla- 

 teau, with a bright red-sandstone bluff in the foreground, 

 and a range of wooded hills behind. Here we are received 

 with an old-fashioned Scotch welcome by Eobert Crawford, 

 Esq., recently the agent, and his "gude wife," who spreads 

 before us an entertainment that might propitiate the gods — 

 I mean such heathen gods as depend upon their appetite and 

 diet to shape the ends of their divinity. Here may be ob- 

 tained everything needful for a protracted voyage, such as 

 tents, canoes, guides, clothing, shoes, blankets, and provisions, 

 in great variety — everything but fishing-tackle ; this, of 

 course, the angler will provide for himself. Parties intend- 



