Field Sports in Minnesota. 



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bottom, it is made in two water-tight compartments, besides an air- 

 chamber, to prevent sinking in case of an upset ; it is of trifling 

 weight, and easily transported. Two sportsmen, by each shoulder- 

 ing one-half of the boat, can make portage after portage, shooting 

 out one pond and then carrying to another, no great distance ever 

 intervening. These boats in transit upon a hunter's back have a 

 most ludicrous aspect, and dull indeed must be he who cannot 

 extract much humor out of the novel spectacle. Should a rain- 

 storm arise, one of the compartments of the boat set up on end 

 makes a very good shelter. The inadvertent lucking away of the 

 supporting paddle to your novel roof will certainly justify the laugh 

 sun- to l^e indulged in by your more careful companion ; but, unlikr 

 the turtle which you so closely resemble as you look out from under 

 your temporary shell, you <</// crawl out of it. 



It was quite late, with frequent stopping on our route from one 



cause or another, when our destination was reached. We were well 



used to camping-out, and our tent wa oon in position and in 



readiness for the straw bedding hauled from .1 neighboring stack. 



I his was at once stuffed into a wid« •. empt) tick, brought along for 



