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NOTES OF THE HUNT. 



My subject is so prolific of thought and so filled with vivid 

 memories that, with all my effort to be brief, I have already written 

 much more than I intended. But I cannot refrain from making 

 mention of the many excellent visits and discussions in which all 

 engaged so agreeably around the cheerful cabin fire, during the even- 

 ings, and the two rainy days of our stay. The useful discourse, as 

 well as the songs, the stories and the jokes of all, and the parrying 

 and fencing of keen words so industriously indulged by Wilbur and 

 Willie, will long be remembered with pleasure and satisfaction ; while 

 the stories of Louis, the sailor, the Parisian gentleman, and man of 

 business, having had all classes and conditions of the human race to 

 serve, told with his earnestness, wonderful particularity of detail and 

 charming foreign accent, rivalled in interest the story of Robinson 

 Crusoe, and those of the princess in the Arabian Nights. 



Nor would my report upon my experiences be complete without 

 bearing testimony to the unsurpassable excellence of our fare, pre- 

 pared by our wonderfully skilful cook Billy, whose good humour, 

 songs and jollities added much to his usefulness. 



The high esteem in which "The Club " is held by guides and 

 the few settlers in that primitive region, and the gratitude of all for 

 the great good accomplished by it in past years, was constantly ap- 

 parent, and was especially manifested towards the warm-hearted 

 thoughtful and helpful Vice-President, who often appeared to feel 

 more satisfaction in making a struggling settler or a bare-footed 

 child happy, than in achieving some financial or commercial victory, 

 for which he is so renowned in New York, and throughout the 

 Dominion. 



All things must have an end, and our hunting days, and a safe 

 and agreeable journey homeward proved no exception. But my re- 

 membrance of that fortnight's experience will be Lnght while 

 memory lasts, — and I expect to tell my grandchildren many an in- 

 teresting story of it when my days of toil and activity are gone by. 



For the many kindnesses shown me by every member of the 



Club, and by each guest, the good fellowship that grew out of such 



association, and the thoughtful consideration of that member of the 



Club, the friend of my boyhood, to whom I owe my valued acquaint" 



ance with nearly all that goodly company, I shall always be sincerely 



grateful. 



A. B. C, 



