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becomes more remote, the recollections of those 

 days will always be with me. The call of the 

 wild may be as strong as ever, but the capacity 

 to respond to it must diminish as years roll on. 

 The man who has not a love for the solitudes 

 of nature and the simple life in camp, misses 

 experiences which to me at least have been 

 amongst the keenest enjoyments of my life. 



September 27th. We arrived at Vancouver 

 about 5 p.m. That day I saw Mr. Williams, 

 just returned from inspection and sport in the 

 Kootenay district. He reported game plentiful 

 and brought back two fine sheep heads which 

 he had secured after hard work and stiff 

 climbing. 



I left Vancouver on the 29th and, changing 

 trains at Winnipeg, arrived at Toronto on 

 October 3rd — four hours late from Winnipeg. 



Leaving Toronto the next morning, I spent 

 that evening and the following day at Niagara 

 Falls, arriving in New York in the early morn- 

 ing of the 6th. Through the kindness of Mr. 

 Griswold, I had been made an honorary member 

 of the Knickerbocker and Union Clubs. More 

 luxurious and better-managed clubs could not 

 be found in any capital of Europe. 



At 10 a.m. I was once more steaming out 

 of New York on the Blucher, one of the slower 



