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there are few amateur sportsmen here to 
disturb the true woodsmen. Elsewhere and 
nearer the railroad the crack of their mis- 
directed rifles may be heard and more than 
one victim goes to his long home, a sacrifice 
to Diana. ‘This is the season of danger in the 
wilderness and the guides must needs be 
bold men, for none know when their hour 
will come. When your city hunter, intent on 
game, sees something moving, he shoots first 
and investigates afterwards. Science has 
provided him with a terrible weapon but has’ 
given him neither judgment nor common- 
sense to go with it. 
Having been fertilised by bumble-bees, the 
lilies were at length drawn into the mud, and 
the seed is now planted as by an automatic 
device. Gentians have appeared, and with 
them, the beautiful berries of the withe-rod 
and mountain holly, which form a fringe for a 
good part of the lake shore. In these days, 
to drift lazily, keeping the canoe almost be- 
neath this overhanging fringe of withe-rod 
by a stroke of the paddle now and again, is 
the most natural and delightful thing to do. 
The berries which hang in luxurious clusters, 
varying from ivory white through delicate 
shades of pink to a brilliant cherry, turning 
