THE HALCYON IN CANADA. 



THE halcyon or king-fisher is a good guide when 

 you go to the woods. He will not insure smooth 

 water or fair weather, but he knows every stream 

 and lake like a book, and will take you to the wildest 

 and most unfrequented places. Follow his rattle and 

 you shall see the source of every trout and salmon 

 stream on the continent. You shall see the Lake of 

 the "Woods, and far-off Athabaska and Abbitibbe, and 

 the unknown streams that flow into Hudson's Bay, 

 and many others. His time is the time of the trout, 

 too, namely, from April to September. He makes 

 his subterranean nest in the bank of some favorite 

 stream, and then goes on long excursions up and 

 down and over woods and mountains to all the waters 

 ?vithin reach, always fishing alone, the true angler 

 that he is, his fellow keeping far ahead or behind, or 

 taking the other branch. He loves the sound of a 

 water-fall, and will sit a long time on a dry limb 

 overhanging the pool below it, and, forgetting his oc- 

 cupation, brood upon his own memories and fancies. 



The past season my friend and I took a hint from 



