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RECREATION 



our absolute faith in John was pa- menscly, much to the disgust of the 



thetic. Chaperon. 



Patient, long suffering John, what Our one grievance was that we were 



would he not have done at our bidding? not permitted to carry firearms into the 



Had it been in his power he would have district, but we took our revenge later 



AN ONTARIO PIKE 



marshalled all the beasts of the forest 

 before us for the Chaperon to photo- 

 graph and the enthusiast to eat. 



When the latter wailed one day for 

 the sight and the taste of a porcupine, 

 he came to camp that night with a radi- 

 ant grin, leading a young porcupine by 

 a string. He killed it by a single blow 

 on the head with the paddle and next 

 day served it up in a savory stew, 

 which he and the assistant enjoyed im- 



when we went shooting with one of the 

 Government's game wardens. 



Our first portage was at Sharp Rock 

 Inlet. John gallantly offered to do all 

 the carrying, but when the enthusiast 

 shouldered an eighty-pound pack and 

 with the aid of a pack strap carried it 

 to the other side without stopping, he 

 gasped out "Great Neck!" and grinned 

 from ear to ear. 



After that our order of march on the 



