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that a black bass of four pounds can be caught 
in some of these Rib Lakes, and that they 
are magnfiicent eating. Around these lakes 
are many deer, for their fresh tracks were 
abundantly apparent along the margins and 
through the woods wherever a marshy tract 
gave our inexperienced eyes au opportunity 
of reading the signs which were elsewhere as 
distinct as to the continually practiced eye. 
There are grouse in the woods, for in our pros- 
pecting tramp, we flushed seventeen ont of a 
small piece of marsh, three old birds and four- 
teen well-grown youngsters, aud we have no 
doubt that the rest of the two covies were 
lying hid. Of all the points along the line for 
an all round sportsman, perhaps, Westboro’ is 
the best, for within easy distance of the road 
and of a base of supplies is to be found good 
fishing, good deer shooting, and also some 
sport for the wing shot who may desire a day 
with his dogs after the grouse. ‘There is in 
particular, one lake there upon whose borders 
we should pitch our camp. Surrounded on 
every side by a magnificent forest, its clear 
depths lie; its surface ruffled only by the 
passing breeze or the splash of some finny 
denizen who has jumped for a fly. On the 
east side a firm, hard, shingle beach rises up- 
ward to a steep ridge, upon which there is 
much hard wood, though chiefly clothed with 
magnificent pines. On the other side, the 
shores are low and are partly of shingle at the 
points, and partly soft in the re-entering 
angles of the many curving margins. The air 
is redolent with the odor from the pines, bal- 
sams, and cedars; and the omnipresent mus- 
quito is markedly scarce ; a better locality for 
the house of some sportsmen’s club could not 
be, than on the ridge to the east of this lake. 
Brothers of the gun and rod, what more 
could you want? Deer and grouse around 
you, fine fish at your very feet, many lakes 
close at hand, and dense trackless forsets on 
every side. Oh, the shade of St. Hubert! 
What a paradise for a tired business—weary 
sportsman to retire to for a fortnight’s rest 
and relaxation, in September or October. 
Later than October, deer might not be found 
in any numbers around Westboro’, for, as the 
forest is of softwood chiefly, they would have 
followed their habit and gone south to the 
hardwood lands. 
If we had inspected the country around 
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Ogema, Worcester, and Phillips, we should 
have had probably to report as well of it as of 
that at Westboro, though this latter is more 
suitable to the fisherman, on account of its 
numerous lakes. Phillips, however, can 
boast of some lakes and some bass and mus- 
kalonge fishing. 
Between Fifield and Chippewa Crossing, the 
hardwood again predominates, and especially 
in the neighborhood of Butternut Creek. And 
it may be that this hardwood island in the 
ocean of pine forests may be, as that further 
south, a harbor for deer during the Fall and 
Winter. Butternut Creek has become recent- 
ly famous for its muskalonge fishing, as the 
fish are said to run up to forty pounds and 
over; but as they are very peculiar gentlemen, 
and only bite at the luring bait at uncertain 
periods, it is hardly worth while to devote 
any considerable time to waiting upon these 
fastidious fishes. Still, an expedition by canoe 
down to the Flambeau main stream ought 
richly to repay the town-weary sportsman, as 
there can not fail to be plenty of deer as well 
as bears, wolves, and other wild animals in 
this well nigh unknown land. That game, 
abounds in this tract we have the authority 
of the men who run the trains now, and of 
those who surveyed the country for the 
railroad. 
North of the Chippewa River, the pine, 
balsam, and tamerack reassert their sway, 
and this may be written down as a poor coun- 
try for Fall sport; what may be there in the 
Summer we cannot say, for we could not dis- 
cover, and it looked to much like ths happy 
buzzing ground of the vigorous mosquito for 
us to venture upon any prospecting. 
As one draws near the Penoke iron range, 
the country becomes ridgy, and hardwood 
trees again become prominent, while brawling { 
brooks take the place of crawling streams and 
marshes. This Penoke country looks a very 
gamey district, and the brawling brooks and 
streams, notably the main stream, looks very 
fishy ; but of the game character of the coun- 
try there was litile to be discovered, as the 
inhabitants were not many and were devoid 
of information on the point; but as to the 
fish in the handsome river they were very 
decided ; there were none beyond a few chubs 
and the apparent beautiful trout and salmon 
stream was named Bad. Thus named pe- 
