Sf>ort in an Untouclied A tnerican Wilderness 



Fishing for Grouse. 



had been a bull-partridge instead of a bull- 

 caribou, though the recoil of the rifle 

 nearly knocked the breath out of him. 



The number of unmapped lakes in New 

 Brunswick is very great. The guides are 

 constantly discovering new ones. Many 

 of them are mere ponds, but some of them 

 are beautiful sheets of water two or three 

 miles across. 



These undisturbed waters are a summer 

 paradise for the loons, whose discordant 

 voices can be heard on any quiet day. I 

 asked an Indian once how many lakes he 



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