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Muskoka " I do not wish to imply that these 

 creatures abound in the neighbourhood of Lake 

 Muskoka or Lake Rosseau, though I heard them 

 sometimes while crossing the ice during the 

 winter of 1889. They are still to be found near 

 Crane Lake and Deer Lake, and it is no un- 

 common event to see them crossing these lakes 

 at the present time. Wolves can not be hunted in 

 this district until the winter, and probably the most 

 successful method is to lure them to some spot 

 with a bait, and then fire upon them while they 

 are sleepy with an over-feed. Sportsmen 

 ambitious to kill wolves must be robust in con- 

 stitution and able to pursue long journeys on 

 foot. Indian guides are the only men willing 

 to undertake such a hunting party, and no advice 

 or criticism must be given to a redskin, or else 

 he may suddenly disappear. 



Mr. J. G. Millais, who has recently returned 

 from a successful exploration trip to a little- 

 known part of Central Newfoundland, quotes the 

 experience of a previous explorer as follows : 



" The leader was a good man, and a good 

 geographer, but had little knowledge of Indians 

 and their ways. He knew how to equip an 

 expedition and how to map, but in this case, what 



