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HINTS FROM AN OLD HUNTER. 



preparation for the hands ^and face, where mosquitoes are trouble- 

 some. 



In locating a camp, first consider well the lay of the ground. Se- 

 lect as near as possible the north side of an opening or lake, so that 

 the night breeze from the south which usually sets in about eight 

 o'clock, will strike you. Then, if on high land, you will experience 

 an exquisitely refreshing sleep, entirely free from mosquitoes 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS, which as a rule are first- 

 class, costs the traveler usually $2 per day; occasionally at the 

 more popular Summer Eesorts the rates are $2.50 to $3.00, but sel- 

 dom higher, except for extra rooms, etc. 



PRIVATE FAMILIES in the larger towns often take summer 

 boarders, and charge from $5 to $12 per week. 



SMALL BOATS are to let, at nearly all places of resort, and 

 range from 50 cents to $1.00 r>er da^ the higher mice as you go 

 northward. 



GUIDES, OARSMEN AND COOKS, serve at from $2 to $3 

 per day, and found. 



CAMP ON 



EAGLE RIVER. 



