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bottom-fished all the time. Trolling covers more 

 ground and increase the chances of sport. 



To enjoy the real delights of Algonquin Park it 

 is advisable to plan a camping-out expedition. I 

 took the earliest opportunity of arranging one. 

 I was fortunate in securing as a guide one of the 

 official rangers, an excellent man, well acquainted 

 with the forest. We had a complete outfit and 

 ample provision for a week's journey. Fish could be 

 caught on the way, but tinned meats had to do duty 

 for game and venison, as shooting was not permitted. 

 The canoe was of the orthodox birch-bark make, 

 built by an Ojibwa Indian, and was a model of 

 cunning workmanship. Its defects lay in its weight, 

 the guide estimating it at lOO lb., but the ease with 

 which he swung it over his head and at the same 

 time carried a heavy pack strapped to his fore- 

 head, showed that of things' avoirdupois he made 

 trifles. 



Late in the afternoon we started by a Grand Trunk 

 train, and after half an hour's journey arrived at a 

 desolate station, which seemed to have no connexion 

 with anything but the solitary forest. There we 

 embarked on the Corkscrew River, en route for the 

 northern chain of lakes. As the canoe silently, save 

 for the soft splash of the paddle, glided along the 

 narrow stream, I learnt something of my guide's 

 history. It was the outcome of my question : 

 " Where did you get all those feet and inches from, 



