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does not mean sitting in the bow of the canoe 
and letting the guide do all the work, which is 
a great temptation to the man who has just 
laid down the pen or the green bag with a sigh 
of relief. 
One fine thing about a canoe trip is, however, 
that the guide does sit in the stern, paddling 
away automatically, and that whenever that tired 
(or lazy?) feeling comes over the cruiser, he 
has but to rest on his paddle and give his en- 
ing, and the pools will be new as the journey 
progresses. The result of the trip, after living 
and sleeping in the open for a fortnight, and 
catching a few “whoppers” in the trout pools, 
working as hard as may be helping the guides 
tote the duffle over the portages, and doing a 
fair share of the paddling, wi.l be a new man, 
who shoves his nose up against the grindstone 
with perfect equanimity. 
Now to plan the trip. Apply to some friend 
friend, or your two best, to accompany you, for 
thus you will have a lot more fun; shared joy 
is double joy, say the sapient Germans. And in 
the selection of your companion exercise as much 
care as in the choosing of a wife. If he is a 
“kicker,” or a crank, or gets irritable when 
tired, or insists on talking shop, or is slovenly 
of person or unclean of speech—leave him at 
home. Take somebody you know well. Do not 
experiment, for an unfortunate choice will abso- 
tire attention to the landscape. In other words, 
he can work as much or as little as he chooses. 
Canoe trips are ideal for the tired man for 
many reasons. He must live entirely in the 
open, unless he falls in with certain sportsmen’s 
camps such as Maine boasts too many of, where 
you sleep in a small, stuffy room, not even so 
good as in a regular hotel. He has all the exer¬ 
cise he needs even for his legs, for he will spend 
some of his time crossing carries and in wading 
the smaller streams after trout, or in exploring 
the neighboring hills. The fact that he jour¬ 
neys daily means that he will see new waters 
continually, and enjoy the charm of new camp¬ 
ing sites. In most cases there will be good fish- 
who has “been there,” write to the sportsmen’s 
magazines which have information departments, 
or study the booklets of the great railways—these 
with a certain reticence. You should be able to 
select a starting point where canoes, guides and 
outfit, as well as the more important staple pro¬ 
visions, can be had. There are many suitable 
regions, such as the northern portions of Maine, 
parts of the Adirondacks, the Muskoka, Temagami 
and Algonquin regions of Ontario, the Great 
Lakes, the western counties of Nova Scotia, and 
many others in more civilized districts as in New 
England and Pennsylvania. Of course prices 
and accommodations will differ. 
Having selected your tour, ask your best 
lutely spoil your vacation. Remember that you 
have got to take this fellow for days at a time, 
sleeping in the same tent with him, listening to 
his voice hour by hour; in fact, “swallow him 
whole,” and there is no getting away from him 
once you leave the landing and head down the 
lake. Best of all is to have a man especially 
made as a companion in the woods. Have him 
enthusiastic, bent on enjoying everything, even 
the hardships, willing to take things as they 
come, possessing a sense of humor, and no 
shirker. There are some of this kind on earth 
already. 
Let us say you have heard of the Indian Gar¬ 
den trip in Nova Scotia. You write ahead to 
