for either large game or small I have never been out with 
more congenial companion or agreeable “pal.” 
Aug. 19th To-day has been occupied in completing the final details 
of the trip. 
We had planned going north on the Princess Beatrice, 
sailing from Victoria to Wrangle, with a twelve-hour lay¬ 
over at Vancouver. 
Upon the advice of the Ca¬ 
nadian Pacific agent we have 
decided to send our guns, etc., 
on the Beatrice and take the 
Princess Victoria, making con¬ 
nection with the former boat 
at Vancouver; this since the 
Princess Victoria is a much 
speedier boat, and the hotel 
accommodations in Victoria 
far surpass those of the other 
city. 
If excitement be one of the 
essentials of a big game “shoot¬ 
ing,” we have certainly made a 
start. The Princess Vic¬ 
’s due at noon, and is 
to remain a half 
giving a five-minute 
before starting. She 
in to-day about an hour 
late. 
LITTLE Little and I sat on the ve¬ 
randa of the Empress, awaiting 
her arrival. When the boat docked, we saw Kennedy, my 
valet, aboard with the baggage; and as the ship carried a 
large crowd of excursionists, decided to promenade until 
the whistle blew. When not more than two hundred yards 
from the boat we heard the warning, and, walking down, 
found the Victoria in midstream, the whistle not having 
been blown until the lines had been actually cast off. Our 
feelings are hard to describe; personally, thirty cents would 
have been a high value to place on my own inward observa- 
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