PREFACE. 



Fishing and Hunting in the Northern Summer Land, the poetry 

 of motion, the music in the air, the thrill, the healthful exercise; 

 what exquisite, unutterable joy ! Where is the sportsman, or the 

 pleasure tourist out for a week, who can resist the temptation to 

 shoulder a gun and throw a line? One's mind grows fresher; 

 memories bring back the scenes of early youth, the brooklet, the 

 meadow, the silvery lake and the alpine height. Yes ! all of these, 

 and myriads of game and tons of fish await your arrival in the 

 Northern Wilderness. The great forests of Wisconsin, Michigan 

 and Minnesota, bedecked by an infinite number of glistening 

 lakes and crystal streams, together form one of the grandest 

 pleasure gardens of the world; and there is where our little book 

 wishes to guide those who are susceptible. Then, if we should 

 inform you only in regard to " Points of Interest," choice localities 

 for game and fish and the ways of getting there, you might, if not 

 a practical sportsman, fail of "bagging" a single fowl or deer, or 

 of catching even a trout. But no ! such is not to be. You will find 

 your game and will " bag " it too, for we have given you explicit 

 instructions and many useful hints for sporting operations. We do 

 not claim perfection, or that any one subject cannot be more fully 

 treated. We have simply done our best, and hope to be encouraged 

 by those who could, if they ^ ould, help the good work along. We 

 shall be glad to receive criticisms if any of our readers should 

 happen to find us in error regarding any point or subject. Our fund 

 of information has been gathered from so many sources that it is 

 not at all improbable that some small errors occur. To attempt a 

 description of all the desirable points located within the bounds of 

 the three States previously mentioned, we find entirely impossible 

 in a work of limited scope. Therefore we have arranged in alpha- 

 betical order, an "Index to Northern Sporting and Pleasure Re- 

 sorts," which will add considerably no doubt to the usefulness of 

 our little work. 



