IN CAMP AND CANOE 



LAKES and rivers form so large a proportion of the 

 surface of the great Labrador peninsula that almost 

 the entire territory may be traversed in every direc- 

 tion by means of the indispensable birch-bark canoe. 

 Here the frail craft finds "a smoother highway," 

 says Murray, " than Rome ever builded for her char- 

 iots." In this novel and entrancing mode of locomo- 

 tion, and in the camping experiences in the depths of 

 the virgin forest lie some of the principal charms of 

 a fishing excursion in these Northern wilds. Even 

 without the splendid angling to be had upon such 

 excursions, the trips in question might well count 

 among the most enjoyable of summer outings. How 

 admirably is this idea expressed by George Dawson, 

 of Albany, in The Pleasures of Angling ! What lover 

 of the woods, what angler, will not enjoy the re-read- 

 ing of the following lines : 



"They are greatly in error who suppose that all there is of fishing 

 is to fish ; that is but the body of the art. Its soul and spirit is in 

 what the angler sees and feels ; in the murmur of the brook ; in the 

 music of the birds ; in the simple beauty of the wild-flowers which 

 peer at him from every nook in the valley, and from every sunny 

 spot on the hillside ; in the moss-covered rock ; in the ever-shifting 



