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toria and drove up to the Chateau Laurier, 
Canada’s most magnificent hotel. With our 
packs and paddles, clothes torn and patched, 
we presented a sight that made the liveried 
hallboys grin; but the manager apparently 
was satisfied with our explanations and 
gave us accommodation. After a hot bath 
we were ready for dinner, but only after 
the second attempt were we permitted to 
enter the grill room. The head waiter 
insisted the first time that we must have 
coats and collars, and politely but firmly 
directed us to the door. 
One of the big things we had looked for¬ 
ward to during the trip was our first meal 
at the Chateau Laurier and we were not 
to be easily deprived of it. So we were 
finally able to overcome the head waiter’s 
objections. Two of Ed’s business asso¬ 
ciates joined us after dinner, provided us 
with a working capital and showed us the 
sights of Ottawa in the evening. 
In cqnclusion, a few suggestions for 
those who may wish to make this trip at 
some future date may be of value: Warm 
clothes and blankets are absolutely neces¬ 
sary, as the nights and early mornings are 
always cold. Small waterproof bags for 
the different food items, all again packed 
in a large waterproof food bag, prevent 
any possible accident to the food supply. 
Waterproof cloth to spread under the 
blankets and cover the packs in the canoes 
when raining; a supply of chewing tobacco, 
preferably in ten-cent tins to give to the 
natives (this is a real luxury to the habit¬ 
ants and at once creates good will and 
friendship that is invaluable) ; a rubber 
tube to start a damp fire, a small acetylene 
lamp, waterproof match boxes, an extra 
axe, and a good supply of rope, were some 
of the things which proved to be indis¬ 
pensable. 
We also found a spear to be preferable 
to a landing net, which becomes entangled 
with the dowagiac. 
Practically all the outfit can be pur¬ 
chased in Pembroke, and the factor at the 
Hudson Bay Post, Grand Lake Victoria, 
will arrange to have guides if you write to 
him. A detail map of the country may be 
had from the government of the Province 
of Quebec, in Ottawa. 
changes to creepers in three to six days. 
Another six days, by continuous feeding' 
they should attain full growth, that is an 
inch long (more or less), according to the 
size of the species of fly. The adult state 
of the gentle is from two to four weeks. 
More meat should be added if the gentles 
consume all of it, if another hatch is re¬ 
quired. Other flies will deposit eggs all 
HOW TO RAISE AND USE 
MAGGOTS FOR BAIT. 
Concerning information required by Mr. 
Miller as to the method of gentle or maggot 
fishing: Gentles should be hooked at the 
neck. For bass two or three are none 
too much bait (see sketch). 
Regarding the food and length of life 
much depends upon season and tempera¬ 
ture. I conducted experiments in the moun¬ 
tains at a farm in pine. Placing one-quar¬ 
ter pound of liver in a cigar box full of 
sawdust; exposing a little meat, the greater 
part covered with sawdust. After being in 
the sun a short time, the bluebottle fly soon 
discovers it, deposits the eggs. The box 
should be kept on a shelf or place in the 
open air; the warmer the temperature the 
more rapidly they develop. The egg 
summer if meat is provided and a good 
supply of gentles are always available. 
Should have two stout snelled hooks 9 
inches long attached six inches above the 
sinker. In river fishing the water flow 
will keep them well out from the line. In 
still water, lake fishing, it is wise to lift 
the rod occasionally to keep the gentles 
movin g- Louis Rhead. 
If you keep your wits about you when 
you get lost you can and will find berries 
of all kinds in the summer and fall in our 
northeastern forests—if you will only 
trouble yourself to look for them in the 
burnt-down areas. 
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