To the best of listeners, the kindest of critics, 

 who for many years has shared with me the cares 

 and comforts of a happy home, and who has been 

 my fond companion in my journeyings to lake and 

 stream ; in memory of many pleasant hours passed 

 in canoe and camp, this book is affectionately ded- 



icated - c. w. s. 



