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better to be well supplied. Half a pound of solidified 

 milk will last one man ten days, a pound of tea thirty, 

 and half a pound of tobacco one week. Eight pounds 

 of brown sugar, the same of butter, a bushel of potatoes, 

 and two gallons of molasses are sufficient for two anglers 

 and five men one week. It is not customary to give 

 men milk, sugar or coffee ; they are carried only for the 

 gentlemen, and the above calculations are made on that 

 footing. These computations may be relied on, and will 

 be found extremely useful ; although the luxuries of camp 

 life may fail, the necessaries must not be exhausted. 

 There is no fun in having to send a couple of your best 

 men fifty miles for provisions, when salmon are rising or 

 a long journey is to be made. Time devoted to pleasure 

 is precious ; a day wasted is indeed a loss. 



And now, good reader, farewell. In looking over this 

 book, I perceive how far short I have fallen of my own 

 expectations, and feel how greatly I must have disap- 

 pointed yours. Much has been badly said, much omit- 

 ted, and no doubt much unintentionally misstated. 

 Opinions differ, and experience leads to contrary results. 

 There are game fish, and modes of taking them, with 

 which doubtless I am unacquainted, and yet I hope you 

 will find something here that has not been written before. 

 My aim has been to induce sportsmen to study the habits 

 and proper designation of the different varieties of game 

 they pursue, to apply the appropriate names and distin- 

 guish the various species. My hope is to elevate their 



