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FOREST AND STREAM 
Sept. 21, 1912 
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T HE above picture of the immortal John Peel, framed 
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scribers to “ The County Gentleman and Land and 
Water.” 
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inches). The original was painted by Mr. Joseph Simpson, 
R.B.A., from old photographs and prints of the famous 
Huntsman. It is said to be the finest representation of John 
Peel ever published, and is worthy of a place in every sports¬ 
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(/Plover. — New Hampshire: Killdeer, up¬ 
land plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Oct. i, 1917. 
Pennsylvania: Law applies to upland plover 
only. Separate seasons for upland plover as fol¬ 
lows: Vermont: Aug. 1, 1915; h’fassachusetts: 
July 15, 1915, (no season for killdeer or piping 
plover). New Jersey: Aug. 1, 1916. Louisiana: 
July i-April 1. Manitoba: July i-Jan. 1. Sepa¬ 
rate season for killdeer. Nebraska: Sept. 1- 
May 2. 
rCuRLEW, Rail. — Curlew protected under 
term “shore birds.” Virginia: Law does not 
apply to sora. 
jDuck. — Separate seasons for teal in Ten¬ 
nessee, Aug i-April 15; mallard and black duck, 
Nov. i-March 16, and shelldrake, Nov. i-April 
11, in New Jersey; blue-winged teal in Louisiana, 
Sept. 15-April 1; black mallard in Louisiana, Aug. 
i-March 1; and woodduck as follows: Maine, 
to 1915, except Oxford county, Sept. i-Jan. 1; 
New Hampshire, Oct. 7, 1917; Vermont, Sept. 
15, 1916; Massachusetts, Sept. 1, 1916; Connecti¬ 
cut, Sept. 1, 1919; New York, no open season; 
New Jersey, April 1, 1915; Delaware, Sept. i-Nov. 
1. Virginia, Aug. i-Jan. 1; West Virginia, no open 
season; Tennessee, Aug. i-April 15; South Caro¬ 
lina, Sept. i-March 1; Louisiana, Sept. i-March 1. 
/Goose. —North Dakota: Goose and brant 
may be shot more than one-half mile from per¬ 
manent waters. Separate seasons for brant as 
follows: California, Nov. i-March 15 (except 
first district, Oct. i-April 1; see foot note e ) ; 
Prince Edward Island, April 20-Jan. 1. 
mBear. —Alaska: Large brown bears, Oct. 1- 
July 2. 
THROUGH ALGONQUIN NATIONAL 
PARK BY CANOE. 
Continued from page 371. 
had a very interesting experience at the French 
lumber camp, being given a hearty welcome and 
an invitation to partake of a lumber camp din¬ 
ner. Just before we retired there were signs in 
the sky of an approaching storm. Hardly were 
we under cover when the storm broke and what 
a storm it was. Anyone who has never laid 
awake in a frail tent and heard a heavy storm 
can realize what it is. 
The following day was set aside for our 
regatta. All of the men were entered in one 
or more of the various events. The jousting 
contest proved to be the most exciting. Two 
canoes were matched, each canoe had one man 
paddling and the other man holding a long pole. 
The best two tips out of three won the joust. 
It was great sport to see the fellows scramble 
in the water after having been tipped over. I 
think perhaps it was more amusing to the spec¬ 
tators than to the participants. The following 
morning was one of those damp mornings when 
fellows rather stay under dry blankets than stand 
under dripping trees, so most of us slept until 
9 o’clock. 
The largest camp-fire of the week had been 
built on the eastern shore of our camp ground, 
and here we spent one of the most enjoyable 
evenings of the trip in song, recital and jest. 
Orders were given to break camp early, and by 
7 :30 we were off on our trip homeward. White 
Trout Lake was quite rough, and it was a stiff 
breeze that we had to buck, but after a few 
hours heavy paddling, our line of canoes filed 
up the picturesque creek inlet. The homeward 
journey over the five portages was like play for 
the fellows who had now become hardened to 
the sport. They shouldered their canoes as 
though they were gas bags. 
By 6 o’clock we reached our camp site at 
the head of Island Lake. Tents were soon 
pitched and supper under way. Our supper that 
night was one of the best of the whole trip. The 
fishermen had been fortunate during the day and 
we were plentifully supplied with salmon trout. 
We all retired early because the following 
day was to be a strenuous one. This day was 
our last in the woods. Next morning, after 
packing up, we started down beautiful Island 
Lake past our old camp site on the island 
through the. narrows, over those memorable first 
portages, through the Joe Lakes and reached our 
starting point late in the afternoon, the trip hav¬ 
ing been accomplished without incident. That 
evening we took the train for Scotia Junction 
where we were to meet the through train which 
would carry us to Toronto. 
That night, as I lay on my pillow at heme, 
the first pillow in over two weeks, it all came 
back to me as in a dream—the eternal vastness 
of the forest, the beauty of the wildwood and 
the silence of the wilderness. I heard the dip, 
dip, of the paddles and saw the somber-coated 
islands and felt the magic spell of the water. 
Somehow I seemed to carry a canoe from one 
