150 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING. 
mals. Our visit to this charming region was so replete 
with quiet pleasure that it seemed like a beautiful dream, 
and one from which we did not care to awaken. Previous 
to returning homeward, we captured specimens of nearly 
every edible creature in the country, and having placed 
some on one side, as presents for friends, we prepared a 
feast for ourselves of the others, and on a Sunday after- 
noon sat down to a dinner that would have been a credit 
to some of the best hotels onthe Continent. In order 
to give those who have never feasted in the wilderness 
an idea of what can be procured there, I will give our 
bill of fare for that day. 
BILL OF FARE. 
Soup, Mountain hotch-potch, 
Salmon trout, Dace, 
Venison steak, Baked venison head, 
Stag’s head, Venison stew, 
Bear steak, Stewed squirrel, 
Roast grouse, Stewed grouse, 
Roast duck, Roast cygnet, 
Roast goose, Roast heron, 
Baked beans, Boiled sweet potatoes, 
Mashed potatoes, Greens, 
Hot biscuits, Butter crackers. 
CONDIMENTS. 
Chow-chow, Worcestershire sauce, Pickled onions, 
DESSERT. 
Canned peaches, apples, wild berries, tea and coffee. 
Having partaken of this royal repast, we hitched up 
the horses, which had been feeding generously on the 
grass found in a glade not far distant, and turned their 
heads toward the settlements, but we were not out of 
sight of the lake before a fierce storm arose, and that 
place which had been a scene of the most enchanting 
beauty for a week seemed to have given itself completely 
