136 I GO A- FISHING. 



less murder than the Adirondack drowning. But I think 

 otherwise, and so will any one who believes in giving 

 game a chance for life. 



A few words by way of practical advice to Adirondack 

 visitors may be of value here, notwithstanding the many 

 books in which more full information can be found. Paul 

 Smith's is a good hotel, for families as well as sportsmen. 

 Ladies can enjoy a stay there, and can go a-fishing when 

 they please. 



The boats are constructed for the lake country. They 

 are built of very thin stuff, and are so light that one man 

 easily takes one on his back and walks off, up hill and 

 down, for a half or three quarters of a mile without fatigue. 

 Each boat will hold two persons comfortably, and three, 

 or even four, if necessary. 



Having entered the forest at Paul Smith's, you will per- 

 haps desire to pursue the usual plan of some Adirondack 

 visitors and camp out in the woods for a while. The mo- 

 dus operandi is this : 



Your party will require guides and boats according to 

 their number and character. Ladies, who will find it cap- 

 ital fun to try forest life, need more guides than gentle- 

 men ; and in fact, here as elsewhere, the only direction 

 for traveling with ladies is to provide them with abundant 

 physical strength in the way of guides and assistants. A 

 lady can travel in any part of the known world with her 

 husband or brother, if the latter will only take care that 

 she has ample attendance, easy horses or methods of car- 

 riage, and is never under any circumstances for one instant 

 allowed to over-fatigue herself. 



Thus, if you have ladies, make your day's journeys 

 shorter by half. Make long detours by water, if thereby 

 you can avoid fatiguing tramps through the forest. But 



