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With the fishing I was very much dis- 

 appointed. The trout in the lakes in the in- 

 terior were tiny things, hardly worth catching 

 or eating. 



So long as one has to pack, I do not see how 

 a really comfortable trip can be made. Dis- 

 comfort to a certain extent I don't mind, but 

 we had a little too much of it. I had added 

 one more experience to a life of varied sport, 

 but I mentally resolved that I never again 

 would be tempted to hunt the wapiti in the 

 Vancouver forest, or indeed, to go on any hunt- 

 ing trip which depended on packing for trans- 

 port. Who knows whether I shall keep that 

 resolve ? 



That night we put up at Lansdown's, and 

 never in the best restaurants of Paris or 

 London have I enjoyed a meal more than that 

 which Mrs. Lansdown with true hospitality 

 placed before us, abundance of food — mutton, 

 potatoes, and other fresh vegetables, eggs, milk 

 and cream. I fear we all ate far too much. 



