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RECREATION. 



more, despite all efforts to haul it in, and 

 then it is suddenly let go, as if the fish had 

 broken loose from the hook. 



THbse unacquainted with the legend be- 

 lieve it to be a monster fish, but the know- 

 in ■? ones say that the muskalonge of these 

 regions always leap out of the water on 

 being struck with a hook, and therefore 

 this is not a muskalonge. 



The mystery, perhaps, will never be 

 solved ; the spirit of the fickle Indian maid- 

 en will always visit the place at the ap- 

 pointed time, and the winds that murmur 

 through the tops of the pines will sing 

 ceaseless requiem to the memory of the 

 once happy maiden, now the Phantom Fish 

 of Sayner's Bar. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY H. D. COCHRANE. 



LOOKING BACKWARD. 



Highly commended in Recreation's Fifth Annual 



Photo Competition. 



A CALL FROM THE WILD WOODS 



COLIN MCKAY. 



Ye have beaded your land with towns, 

 Ye have ribboned it round with rails, 



While the White Man's lodge or factory 

 frowns 

 O'er the last of the Red Man's trails. 



Ye have hewn down your forests of pine, 

 Ye have planted and tilled the land ; 



While of moose and deer there is seen 

 no sign 

 Near the spots where the hamlets stand. 



Ye have harnessed the winds and waves ; 



Ye have tunnelled the mountains 

 through. 

 Ye have made of yourselves poor slaves, 



Ever searching for something new. 



But ye follow a foolish quest, 

 In sorrow, and toil, and strife ; 



And the fruit thereof is unrest, 

 And weariness of life. 



Get away from your city streets, 

 And go out in the woodland cool ; 



Where the streamlet the river meets, 

 And the trout swim the crystal pool. 



Where all day the bird carols flow, 



And at evening the whip-poor-will 

 sings; 



Where the wind, as it pipes soft and low, 

 A comfort and happiness brings. 



There learn of fair Nature her lore; 



Her lessons she'll gladly impart. 

 Then back to the woods and the shore! 



'Twill ennoble and gladden your heart. 



