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boats, canoes, tents, blankets, woolen 
shirts, overcoats, corduroy pauts, boots, 
shoepacks, axes, cutlery, &c.; in fact, the 
sportsman need take nothing but gun, 
ammunition, and fishing tackle—a stout 
rod and brown and red hackles. Good 
and reliable Indian guides charge $1 a 
day for their services. These Indian can 
manage a canoe dexterously, and do ex- 
cellent camp duty. 
There are some fine fishing to be had 
in Brandt county. There are numerous 
lakes and ponds that are well stocked 
with large sized black bass, among which 
Grand River and its tributaries, Smith’s 
and Homer’s creeks, are favorite points. 
There is a deep hole at Ivy’s mill, on 
Homer’s Creek, where the fish often as- 
semble in multitudes during the month 
of June. 
The Muskoka district is full of attrac- 
tions for sportsmen, embracing within its 
‘boundaries numerous lakes, rivers, and 
streams, including what is called the 
Northern Lakes, north of Toronto, and 
known as lakes Simeoe, Muskoka, Ros- 
seau, and Cocochong. The waters are 
all well supplied with fish, and game in 
the greatest abundance is found every- 
where through the district. The North- 
ern Lakes are noted resorts for sports- 
men, affording trout fishing that cannot 
he excelled anywhere, and the most mag- 
nificent black bass fishing to be had in the 
Provinee. The larger lakes are between 
thirty-five and forty miles in length, and 
some of the smaller ones do not cover 
half as many acres; but they are all clear 
and deep, and full of salmon trout, black 
bass, pickerel, perch, Xe. The principal 
rivers are the Muskoka, with its two arms, 
both emptying into lakes, and broken by 
many falls; the Magnetewan, the Sev- 
ern, Moon, South, Kasheshebogamog, 
and Sharp’s Creek. The south branch 
of the Muskoka is noted for its large 
and abundant trout. The Meenetewan 
River is famous for its speckled trout of 
six pounds in weight, its black bass of 
seven pounds, and its pickerel of twenty 
pounds; Moon River, twenty odd miles 
northwest of Gravenhurst, has a reputa- 
tion for giant-proportioned maskalonge, 
and also contains its quota of speckled 
and salmon trout, pickerel, and black 
bass. Fine trout fishing can be had in 
Trading Lake, about eighteen miles from 
Bracebridge, and at the head of Lake 
Rosseau; Lake Joseph is noted for black 
bass; speckled and salmon trout, black 
bass, pickerel, &c., are taken in consid- 
erable number in Gull Lake, a short dis- 
tance from Gravenhurst. There are many 
other places where excellent sport can be 
had. Terry’s, Pickerel, Perch, and Sil- 
ver lakes, all in close proximity to Mus- 
koka Lake; Sharpe’s Creek, near Brace- 
bridge; the chain of lakes about fifteen 
miles from the same village, known as 
Fairy, Vernon, Fox, and Peninsula, with 
the Bay of Lakes (accessible by a mile 
“carry”), and the waters adjacent to 
and including the Magnetewan, are all 
well supplied with fish of various species. 
At nearly all these points deer are abun- 
dant and wild ducks plentiful. The 
Magnetewan River courses through the 
finest deer country in the Province. The 
forests all along the banks of the south 
branch of the Muskoka River are alive 
with deer, and a considerable number are 
found around Gull Lake, which is-also a 
good place for ducks. Splendid deer 
hunting can be had at the head of Ros- 
seau Lake and around Trading Lake. 
Ruffed grouse are aburdant along the 
Magnetewan, aud also on the Severn, 
between Bracebridge and Gravenhurst. 
Rabbits and other small game are to be 
