2 5 4 A SPORTING PARADISE 



torrent, it was an odd, and I must allow a 

 ludicrous, sight to see our party on the march. 

 Like a man suddenly caught in a shower, at 

 the same time suffering from an excruciating 

 toothache, his coat-collar raised, and pocket-hand- 

 kerchief tied round his head, my friend led the 

 van, with his vasculum on his shoulders, and 

 in his hand a spruce bough, which he whisked 

 about his ears, whilst the tormentors, blackening 

 his neck and hands in tens of thousands, were 

 almost driving him distracted. 



At length, after an uncomfortable two hours' 

 march, we gained the banks of Grand Lake, and 

 encamped. 



I lost no time in repairing to the water, and 

 at the second throw two salmon-trout jumped 

 together. 



I hope I have not exaggerated my Sporting 

 Paradise, but from a fisherman's standpoint I will 

 guarantee excellent sport surpassed anywhere to 

 Crane Lake, Muskoka. 



