the wilds of Nature. Tlion,<;li the time was comparatively 

 short the trips were not. By lainl and water, by rad, 

 steamboat, waj;on, buekboard, yaeht, row boat and bueli- 

 bark eanoc, the miles covered were over ten ihousand. 

 Xo trifling distance; and yet throngh it all 1 was never 

 ill but once, and the damage done then was not serious 

 enough to prevent my returning home, 



" I'ull of viyor, toutrh and i^lad, 

 Fcfliiii.; like a wiry lad, " 



and with a capacity for work that was well worth its cost 

 of two months time. 



And now a parting word to you, y(.u man of busniess, 

 chained like a felon in his cell, bereft of sunlight, 

 harassed with care, tiring your brain over the one mighty 

 problem of money-making— or else some scheme to stave 

 oflf financial disaster— 'twill pay you to ponder on my 

 words and my experience and call a halt. Mak^- up your 

 mind that nu)ney without health is a much greater 

 calamity than iR-alth without money. Leave your desk 

 and turn your back on the steaming streets of civilization 

 and your thoughts where Nature tempts with her trout 

 streams, her mirrored lakes and her game-abounding 

 retreats: to her forests, fragrant with balsandc odors and 

 watered by living streams, streams wholesome with tla- 

 leechings of the Spruce, and Pine, and Cedar— Natures 

 own nectar; a draught of it and youll need no other 

 stimulant. Then when the days sport is over and the 

 night comes, what a revelation is in store for you '. Cud- 

 dled in your warm sleeping bag. with plenty of blankets, 

 you "lay me down" on your bed of spruce boughs 



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