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killed a bear at the foot of Bear Lake, 
which weighed three hundred and twen- 
ty pounds after it was dressed. ” 
The following appeared in the Grand 
Rapids Hagle: ‘A party of four hunt- 
ers passed through the city this morn- 
ing (November 27) on their return 
from a short hunting season up north, on 
the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. 
They state that the woods are full of 
of a gentleman well known in sporting cir- 
cles, writing from the Traverse Region: 
“ At daylight the next morning we were 
in the river, and never did we enjoy a 
morning better, for the hundreds of acres 
of wild rice were just full of ducks. Af- 
ter dinner, we shouldered our guns, 
and started out for partridges, and I 
know of no better country for that kind 
of game in the States. We bagged sev- 
BOYNE RIVER. 
gaine and hunters, and displayed eleven 
deer and two bears as their share. 
John Semon and party of five hunters, 
belonging tv Allegan and vicinity, have 
returned ( December 6) from Fife Lake 
with nineteen deer as trophies of ten 
days’ hunting in that neighborhood, and 
say, that had their dogs been good for 
tracking such game, they might have 
had a number of bears; the woods are 
alive with game.” 
The following is taken from the letter 
eral. The next morning we changed 
our programme, and took our trolling 
hooks, and in about two hours’ time, at 
the mouth of the Indian River, took a 
fifteen-pound muskalonge, and several 
pickerel weighing from two to six pounds 
each. It would be tedious to inflict upon 
your readers the every-day adventures 
of a week’s hunting, but suffice it to say 
we had splendid sport, and returned home 
delighted with our trip. Indian River is 
the boss place for ducks.” 
