BROWN WATERS 



and bargaining for expeditions to some 

 remote lake which rumour filled with 

 expectant fish the length of one's arm! 

 How much less the pleasure of it had 

 you been able to command all to your 

 liking, magnificently, with a wave of the 

 hand ! It was well for you then to learn 

 and lay to heart that the money we do 

 not spend buys for us the choicest of our 

 possessions. An easy economy was to 

 walk rather than drive over such roads 

 as led towards, but never to your des- 

 tination. A haycart carried impedi- 

 menta and canoe so far as mortal wheels 

 could go ; thenceforward you were your 

 own guide, motive power and maid-of- 

 all-work. The dunnage was packed in 

 bags to keep it dry and render it port- 

 able by strap on head, and the frugal 

 camper may like to know that a flour 

 sack, anointed with boiled linseed oil, 

 makes a better waterproof bag than the 

 shops supply at five times the price; 

 take you care, however, to give it some 



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