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unimaginative, unambitious, namby-pamby lot, unfit 

 for the wear and tear, bustle and excitement, that all 

 must endure before their course is run. 



To those determined to accept the conditions, a word 

 on the best sporting gear may not be out of place. 

 First and foremost, a good double-barrel of ten bore, 

 that will throw ball as well as shot ; an abundance of 

 ammunition, not forgetting buck-shot; a couple of 

 strong bait-rods, about fourteen or fifteen feet each ; 

 several of Buell's patent spoon-baits, reels, &c., &c., with 

 a good assortment of strong untied hooks. Your 

 camping equipments I leave to yourself, or rather 

 to your Indian guide ; one thing, however, let me 

 advise make them as light and few as possible, 

 as many an arduous journey across rugged portages is 

 before you, when you have not only to carry these 

 etceteras, but also your canoe. 



Why this rigmarole ? some may justly inquire. Now 

 for my reason. Numbers frequently ask me where 

 sport is to be obtained, as they are desirous of an expe- 

 dition, but know not in what direction to guide their 

 steps. They do not want to travel as far as the vast 

 prairies of the West, and if they did, only small game 

 could be obtained, unless beyond civilisation. Let me, 

 therefore, advise them to make choice of the afore- 

 mentioned wilds ; they are easy of access, and there a 



