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RECREA TION. 



OUR CAMP ON THE LAKE SHORE. 



over what otherwise would prove a cor- 

 duroy road to success. 



From these sources of information he 

 may make up a list of 'the barest neces- 

 sities. To these may be added such 

 luxuries as individual taste or fancy may 

 dictate, being governed always by the 

 kind and amount of transportation 

 which is intended to be used. By wagon 

 or by canoe many fragile articles can be 

 carried that would be quite impossible 

 to take by pack train, where the rule is 

 to reduce everything to its lowest pos- 

 sible terms. 



I remember an instance of a youth, 

 who, although the outfit meant to travel 

 by pack animals over some 400 miles of 

 rough mountain country, insisted on 

 carrying nearly 200 pounds of ammuni- 

 tion, chiefly for a shot gun that he did 

 not fire once during the entire trip. 



As to choice of an objective point, 

 whether.it is to be the pine woods of 

 the North, or the mountain ranges or 



plains of the West, leaving out of the 

 matter of expediency as to time and ex- 

 pense, there can hardly be a question 

 in the mind of any one who has tried 

 both. He would always chose the latter. 



If the untutored sportsman is invited 

 by an old hand to join him, let him un- 

 derstand at once that a rare favor has- 

 been offered, and never neglect to be 

 duly thankful for it. But in this mate- 

 rial age, the quaint and commendable 

 spirit of gratitude appears to be strangely 

 lacking, and instead, the mere accept- 

 ance of a proffered favor is too often 

 considered a sufficient requital. 



Otherwise, secure a suitable and com- 

 petent guide and go with him alone. 

 Not every lout who heralds himself as a 

 skillful "guide" is to be trusted ; but there 

 is usually to be found the right sort of a 

 man if the proper inquiry is instituted 

 in ample season. 



The chances of learning how to hunt, 

 and of getting game, are in this manner 



