150 IN CAMP AND CANOE 



their own services $2 50 per day, or $1 25 each, and 

 their board. If the hotel people supply the provi- 

 sions and outfit, the latter including tents for both 

 angler and guides, blankets, cooking-utensils, etc., the 

 angler is supposed to pay hotel rates for board in the 

 woods. The guides do the cooking, and their board is 

 charged at the rate of $1 per day each. The angler 

 selects what he likes from the hotel stores, which 

 usually include flour, bread, butter, biscuits, tea, coffee, 

 sugar, salt, condensed milk, fresh meat (if for a short 

 trip), salt pork, canned meats, vegetables, soups, and 

 fruits, pork and beans, cheese, potatoes, etc. 



As almost all the ouananiche waters within a radius 

 of several days' journey from Lake St. John are leased 

 to Mr. II. J. Beemer, the proprietor of both the ho- 

 tels at the lake, the hotel charges include of course 

 the right to fish them. The angler may purchase his 

 own supplies in Quebec or elsewhere and simply en- 

 gage guides at Lake St. John, especially if he has his 

 own camp outfit, tent, blankets, cooking-utensils, etc. ; 

 but it will usually be found more convenient to leave 

 everything to the hotel people, though the angler 

 should never forget to check over his supplies care- 

 fully, upon the eve of his departure, lest some indis- 

 pensable articles, such as salt or matches, be found 

 wanting in the woods, where it is impossible to ob- 

 tain them. The guides invariably carry a small axe 

 stuck into their sash or belt, and are most excellent 

 woodsmen. It is wonderful with what rapidity they 

 will cut tent-poles, pitch the tents, cut firewood, light 

 the camp-fire, improvise pot-hooks and torch-holders, 

 cook and serve the dinner, and cut and make up the 



