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anglers for his prowess amongst the big denizens of 

 the lake. Like many Americans, he has obtained a 

 freehold on one of the islands, where he has built a 

 house and spends his vacation with his family every 

 year. I had luncheon with them ; and the charming 

 hostess and sweet children, like buds of honeysuckle 

 entwined amongst fuller bloom, made a group not 

 easily forgotten. We all nibbled green corn like 

 rabbits, and a few hours later, when the " Joe " took 

 its solitary passenger away and the landing-stage 

 began to recede, the notes of " Auld lang syne " rang 

 out in the best of all impromptus, a heart overflow, 

 until one voice cracked with — well, a high note ! 



I had still to make acquaintance with the resources 

 of this section of Georgian Bay, and returned later in 

 the season, when the Wawa tourists had taken wing, 

 and Savage Den no longer held its merry party. 



Dorset is the best centre for angling, and making 

 that my headquarters, I spent a few pleasant days 

 there. Hollow Lake is one of the favourites. It is 

 an extensive stretch of water fed by many streams, 

 where speckled trout, as well as the lake species, are 

 plentiful. In the shipping office at Huntsville I saw 

 a cast of one taken, thirty-one inches long and nine 

 inches deep, which is as large a specimen as is likely 

 to be caught anywhere. 



A storm raged on the morning I proposed fishing 

 in Hollow, and a smaller and more sheltered piece of 

 water had to be selected. Hollow is six miles' portage 



