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relative positions will be quite reversed, Some skillful anglers will 

 handle several lines at once, the same as is customary on the cod- 

 fish banks; but the average visitor to Marquette will be quite satis- 

 fied with the catch of one line. 



The bay contains several large, well-wooded islands, which are 

 favorite resorts for picnic parties; and, as people visit them in every 

 style of boat, the scene on the bay is often remarkably brilliant and 

 lively. Still longer excursions are made in yachts and steamers to 

 the northern shore of Lake Superior in search of shooting and brook- 

 trout fishing. There is no finer field for the sportsman anywhere 

 in the world, especially as the hunters have not yet become so 

 numerous as to make the game scarce and unusually wary. It 

 should be remembered, however, that the Hudson's Bay Company 

 control the killing of all game on the Canadian shors, in conse- 

 quence of which, permission should first be obtained from the com- 

 pany's local agent. 



On that shore you will find nature in all her wildness. The white 

 man's arts and ways have not yet penetrated its wilds, and the In- 

 dian with his peculiar habits can be found without seeking far. 

 This Indian is not the savage of the plains or mountains, but he 

 who has been tamed by the kindly teachings of the patient Catholic 

 missionary, who has been a dweller in the tents of the uncultured 

 child of the forest for generations, and who has lived there really 

 and truly for the Indian's good, and not for the white man's ag- 

 grandizement, as is too often the case with the so-called friend of 

 the Indian. No finer trout fishing is to be found anywhere on the 

 broad earth than can be found on the north shore of this great in- 

 land ocean. Speckled trout, weighing from five to twelve pounds, 

 are often caught by the few adventurous spirits who have for sev- 

 eral years sought these favored shores. The rivers Neepigon arid 

 Michipicoten are the best known of the trout streams of the north 

 shore. Guides to these streams can be easily hired at Marquette, 

 and fishing parties be fitted out with little expense or labor. And 

 here we might drop a hint that may be useful to the stranger: Take 

 an Indian for your guide if you go to the north shore to fish ; see 

 that you get one that does not love "fire water," and one that is 

 not afraid of work. 



Near Marquette are several famous sporting streams, the Au 

 Train, Chocolate, Carp and Dead Rivers, besides numerous brooks. 



