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turned to the city and were soon on our 

 way back to Fort Francis. We were ob- 

 liged to wait 48 hours for the steamer, 

 bound for the Lake of the Woods and Rat 

 Portage. 

 The trip by boat from Rainy lake down 



the Rainy river, and across Lake of the 

 Woods, will some day become a favorite 

 one for pleasure seekers. 



Rainy lake may not rival the Thousand 

 Islands, but for natural scenery it is all one 

 can wish. 



THE KING OF THE GAULIES. 



MARK T. LEONARD. 



Many of the sportsmen of Western Penn- 

 sylvania, West Virginia and Maryland will 

 recognize, in the above cut, " The King of 

 Gaulie Mountains " whom so many have 



THE KING OF THE GAULTES. 



followed through the wilds of West Vir- 

 ginia, in the region about the head waters 

 of the Elk and the Gaulie rivers. 



Harmer Sharp is one of the best known 

 hunters and guides in that state. His ser- 

 vices will not soon be forgotten by those 

 who have been with him through the Gau- 

 lie, South, Middle, and Leather-bark moun- 

 tains. 



His training, from youth, in the science 

 of woodcraft in these remote regions, has 

 made him a most skilled, cautious and val- 

 uable aid to hunters going into these vast, 

 unbroken forests. 



It is not generally known that such wild, 

 uninhabited regions still exist, within the 

 boundary of the old colonial states, as is 

 this domain of the Gaulie King. 



Mr. Sharp lives at the foot of the Gaulie 

 mountains, near the junction of Slaty fork 

 and Elk rivers, where he owns a comfort- 

 able little home and 1,000 acres of land, on 

 the Northern edge of this mountain wilder- 

 ness. 



During the hunting season he guides 

 hunters to and from the mountains, where 

 many deer and bear are killed each year. 

 He is an expert marksman; and when his 

 old 45 Winchester sends the echoes ringing 

 from hill to hill it generally means one 

 more antlered monarch down. " Crock- 

 ett " speaks of him as being one of the 

 best shots in the state of West Virginia. 



It was Mr. D. C. Braden, the champion 

 one-armed wing shot of the world, who 

 crowned and dubbed Sharp " King of the 

 Gaulies"; and by this name he has since 

 become familiarly known among sports- 

 men who visit this district. 



Uniontown, Pa. 



" Where can I get good country board? " 



" Well, I should say in the oil regions. 



That's the best bored country I know of." 



