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SPORT FOR MODERATE OUTLAY. 



Albion, and adopt the motto of" Westward Ho ! " for 

 quite four months to come. Thus you can take your 

 time to select your rods, tackle, and firearms, and not 

 be compelled to accept what avaricious or ignorant 

 tradesmen choose to thrust upon you. I can assert 

 that there is nothing so conducive to the thorough 

 enjoyment of a distant excursion as having exactly 

 the outfit that you require ; nothing, on the other hand, 

 to militate more against your pleasure than the reverse. 

 A badly-balanced, indifferent- shooting gun is an abo- 

 mination at all times, but infinitely more detestable to 

 be saddled with, where money cannot obtain another. 

 The same may be with equal justice said of a rod, for 

 one that is too heavy, too long, too whippy, or too 

 stiff will soon turn the most delightful recreation into 

 the most arduous toil. Moreover, the possession of 

 such abominations as alluded to, is certain sooner or 

 later to affect your temper, when adieu to all chance 

 or prospect of future comfort, and of the good fellow- 

 ship and harmony that are absolutely necessary if 

 your expedition is to be a success. 



The tour that I am about to lay before you does 

 not require a great outlay of money, for economical 

 persons, I have little doubt, could accomplish it — 

 particularly if there are two — for about one pound 

 sterling or five dollars per day each from the date 

 that they sailed from a British port until the time 

 that they returned to it, and yet live comfortably, and 

 have all the sport that is desired. However, it must 

 be remembered that all play and no work is not to be 

 anticipated, for there will be times when you will 

 ^ have to put your shoulder to the wheel, although 

 those times will not be of frequent occurrence. But, 

 then, this ought to signify nothing to my young 

 countrymen, for after all that can be said, it is only a 

 taste of the bitter, which will make the sweets more 

 enjoyable by contrast. 



To the fishing I will first allude, as it is to be had 



