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22 NOTES OF THE HUNT. 



each man ; our canoes took their departure in the order 

 following, the names in small type being those of the 

 guides : 



Raynor, Little Twin Lake. 



With Will Blackwell. 



Matthews, Clear Lake. 



Archie Gouidie. 



Hedley, Big Twin Lake. 



James Truemun. 



WiMAN, Poverty Lake. 



Ed. Gouldie. 



Tinker, Narrows, Long do, 



Tom Keown. 



Alloo, Buck Lake. 



Wm. Trueman. 



Chandler, Centre Long Lake. 



Frank Blackwell. 



Kimball, Foot " " 



Tom Salmon. 



TowNSEND, - - - - - Devil's Angle Lake. 



Alvin P'lillips. 



It was a glorious day ; the air fresh and balmy, the 

 lakes now still, now rippled by a gentle north-west 

 breeze. When we had reached the first portage, Alloo 

 said, in a grave tone, very unlike his usual vivacity, ** I 

 am fearing to awake, and find this scene a dream. I am, 

 positively ; it is almost too beautiful to be an actuality.'* 

 He had been ill, he explained, and out of sorts for 

 weeks; but was already recuperating, and good for a 

 fifty-mile paddle, as he boasted to Wiman, who was 

 scaring him with the five mile trip he would to-day have 

 to undergo. •* II faut que j'aille vivre dans les bois, mon 

 cher Jim, avec les gens qui sont civilis6s," he agreed 

 with Hedley, in humorous allusion to the fable. 



About two, the first shot was fired, far up the chain. 

 Shortly afterward, three were heard in quick succession 



