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Although good fishing is to be found within easy- 

 access in every direction, I should advise the wanderer 

 to push on at once to Gravenhurst, the entrance to the 

 Muifkoka region. In it there are eight hundred sheets 

 of water of all shapes and sizes, and a proportionate 

 number of rivers and brooks. The whole region not 

 only abounds with Salmonidce of different species, 

 but also with large game. The weather here in 

 September and October is simply " grand," and the 

 scenery magnificent. If the traveller should remain 

 here late enough in the fall of the year, excellent wild- 

 fowl shooting can also be had. There is one great 

 advantage in this region, you can go almost anywhere 

 by water without the trouble of crossing portages, 

 and, therefore, having to carry your effects from one 

 lake or river to another. 



I spent almost a year here before the country was as 

 accessible as it is now, and I never enjoyed life better. 

 Moose, bears, and carriboo I found very plentiful and 

 the few Indians that I came across were most friendly 

 and obliging. Of course a guide, or guides, will be 

 required in both these parts of Canada. In the 

 lower Province a French Canadian might be found 

 the most useful person to employ, but in Ontario by 

 all means try and secure Indians. There can scarcely 

 be any difficulty in doing this, as there are plenty of 

 Chippewas knocking about all the frontier settlements. 

 Their adroitness in handling canoes cannot fail to 

 elicit admiration, and their knowledge of the habits 

 of game, and success in finding it is really wonderful. 

 However, they have their drawbacks, but these you 

 will not discover unless you give them whisky, when 

 they will become very apparent. Make a rule, to be 

 broken under no circumstances, viz., that spirits are 

 to be kept for ever out of their reach. 



Although many of the Indians are passably good 

 cooks, the minutiae and details of your culinary 

 arrangements had better be done by yourself. I do 



