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tial of big game hunting, the expense of a prac¬ 
tical trip is considerably in excess of Nova 
Scotian figures. In fact. New Brunswick is in 
some danger of overstepping the limit of cost 
justified by her unquestioned advantages. At 
present, taking into consideration the abun¬ 
dance of the game and the excellent quality of 
the service, 1 should say that the point of 
exact balance had been reached. Guides charge 
from 8s. to 16s. per day; but unless one has 
intimate local knowledge, it is never wise to 
“skimp on the guide,” for although a few 
pounds saved in this way may seem to be a 
good stroke of business at the beginning of the 
trip, at the end they generally represent the 
difference between some handsome trophies and 
a blank license. Most of the well-known guides 
prefer to outfit their patrons, the inclusive 
charge being from 30s. to £2 per day for each 
hunter. Although the plan saves a good deal 
of bother with camp equipment and transport¬ 
ation. there is considerable profit, and the ar¬ 
rangement can hardly be recommended to the 
economical sportsman. Canoe, 2s. per day, but 
may often be had for less. Supplies correspond 
roughly with English prices. The expense of 
an economical trip, giving two weeks in the 
woods, may be apportioned as follows: Sec¬ 
ond class passage from Liverpool to Montreal. 
£10; rail from Montreal to outfitting centre in 
New Brunswick, £1. 10s.; license, £10; guide. 
£8, 8s.; hire of tent and necessary camp outfit, 
£1, 10s.; canoe, £1, 8s., or horse transporta¬ 
tion to and from camp, £1, 10s.; other ex¬ 
penses, including supplies and the hotel accom¬ 
modations incidental to the hunt, £6. These 
figures do not allow for many extras, but they 
are practical, and to keep within them entails 
no hardships, only a little careful management 
and a strong-minded determination not to be 
buncoed into expense by fear of appearing to 
be “stingy.” However, I may say that £70 
represents a far more serviceable, balance be¬ 
tween a tiresome counting of pennies and a too 
lavish expenditure. 
So far as expense is concerned, the sister 
provinces of Quebec and Ontario may be brack¬ 
eted together. For economical hunting the 
country round Kipawa and Temiscaming, the 
moose grounds of Temagami and the Missis- 
saga district, of which Bisco is the centre, can 
be highly praised. The cost of a two weeks’ 
trip in the Temagami country, reduced to its 
lowest terms, may be itemized thus: Rail from 
Montreal to Temagami and return, £3 us. (to 
Bisco, £4 14s.); license, £10; guide, £8 8s.; 
hire of tent and camp outfit. £1 10s.; canoe, from 
14s. to £1 8s.; incidentals, including hotels, sup¬ 
plies, etc., £6. By engaging a guide at 8s. 
per day, the expenses will be lessened, also the 
chances of success./ A trip of this sort requires 
careful planning, and at every point the eco¬ 
nomical hunter will find his efforts to Jreep 
down expenses hampered by the influence that 
fuller purses have exerted on local imagina¬ 
tions; but a thoroughly enjoyable, and probably 
successful, trip can be made for the sums men¬ 
tioned, the sportsman, of course, bearing in 
mind that the figures given allow for no devi¬ 
ation from the minimum of essentials, every¬ 
thing not pertaining to the legitimate business 
of the hunt being extra. Supplies are not much, 
if any, dearer than in England, and excellent 
quarters can be had in hotels for from 6s. to 
12s. per day, including room and board. 
For the purpose of the economical hunter, 
the provinces lying west of Ontario offer 
greater financial obstacles, owing, largely, to 
distance. Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan, 
although they afford excellent sport, may be 
omitted from this article, since most English¬ 
men who cared to travel beyond Ontario would 
probably prefer to go a little further to the 
splendid shooting grounds of British Columbia. 
Unfortunately, hunting in British Columbia, ex¬ 
cept for the native, is inevitably costly, in license 
alone calling for an expenditure of £20, and 
other expenses being in proportion. In the 
East Kootenay, where good men charge from 
12s. to 16s. per day for their services, and 8s. 
per day for each horse, the average cost of a 
hunting trip works out at about £2 or £2 10s. 
per day, anything under the former sum mili¬ 
tating against success. Short trips of three or 
four days’ duration can be arranged in almost 
any part of British Columbia at an expense of 
£1 per day, but these seldom yield much game. 
In Lillooet the cost of hunting is considerably 
less than in Kootenay, as horses can be had for 
as little as 2s. per day and good men for 8s. 
The expense of a trip depends, of course, on, 
the distance traversed, and the number of 
horses used for packing. Incidentally, I may 
say, that when making a long trip, especially if 
the weather is warm, it is better to take an 
extra pack horse or two than to overload at 
the start, and have to travel short days for a 
week in consequence of the ponies getting sore 
backs. 
On Vancouver Island economical hunting can 
be enjoyed, although the game list is limited to 
elk, small deer, bear and panther. But as there 
is nowhere a possibility of making a compre¬ 
hensive bag economicallly, Vancouver Island is 
no worse off in this respect than any other sec¬ 
tion. The expense of a satisfactory hunt in the 
island should not exceed £1 a day, while a 
sporting trip can be made by boat up the coast 
of the mainland after bear, deer and goats at 
a daily cost of 30s. and upwards. In Cassiar the 
cost of an adequate expedition cannot be 
brought much under £250, which is. of course, 
quite outside the limit of the economical sports¬ 
man. The expense, however, in one sense, is 
really very low, as for this sum the hunter who 
has any luck whatever should be able to secure 
good specimens of moose, caribou (Osborn's), 
sheep (Stone’s), goat and black and grizzly 
bear, to obtain which elsewhere he would in all 
likelihood have to expend an additional £100 
or so in making several trips. The approxi¬ 
mate rail fare from Montreal to Vancouver is 
£15 single, £28 return, sleeping berths and 
meals for the single journey being about £3 15s 
Good hotel accommodations, with board, may 
be had for 12s. per day. or considerably less if 
the sportsman must practice strict economy.— 
Lincoln Wilbar in the Field. 
“SHY” FISH. 
There are people in the world who will hardly 
believe that fish can be trained to be shy. Train¬ 
ing. they apprehend, has the effect of producing 
confidence, and even boldness in some creatures. 
Shyness is a quality inherited by nature, they 
say, and is a trait, under some circumstances, 
to be eliminated. This is a case illustrative of 
the wonderful play which it is possible to place 
upon many of our English words. We are re¬ 
minded of the Frenchman who enlarged upon 
this peculiarity of our “tongue.” “You say ‘fine’ 
for beeg tings and ‘fine’ for leetle tings. You 
say elephant is ‘fine’ animal and' the needle be 
‘fine.’ You say ‘fine’ day when it is gloriou.s 
and the rain when it is ‘fine.’ I say your lan¬ 
guage be ‘fine,’ very 'fine.' After all, it is very 
economical to be able to condense, so to speak, 
our vocabulary in this way and utilize one small 
word to convey so much. 
The fact is, we say that fish are shy when 
they really are cunning—but it is the kind of 
cunning which is indicated by this word—shy. 
We find also that there are degrees and vary¬ 
ing qualities of shyness, judged by fishermen’s 
parlance. The fish are said to be gut shy, hook 
shy, shy this and shy that, which indicates that 
this evolution along this line is going ahead. 
There is no doubt about it that there are times 
when the fiserman is beaten, in spite of his 
skill, his refined tackle and human wit. No¬ 
where is this so well illustrated as on hard- 
fished club water, and especially at this time of 
the year. It would appear that fish of the hid¬ 
ing habit such as trout have acquired the power 
of observing times and seasons in the habits of 
their human enemies, and remain in hiding un¬ 
til they calculate that these should be hiding, 
too. comfortably in bed: then they come forth 
to feed, and rise when the shades of night have 
fully gathered, or in the early hours of the 
morning, before the humans are astir.—-Staf¬ 
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The Story of the Indian. 
By George Bird Grinnell. author of “Pawnee Hero 
Stories,” “Blackfoot Lodge Tales,” etc. 12mo. Cloth. 
Price, $1.50. 
Contents: His Home. Recreations. A Marriage 
Subsistence. His Hunting. The War Trail. Fortunes 
of War. Prairie Battlefields. Implements and Indus¬ 
tries. Man and Nature. His Creation. The World of 
the Dead. Pawnee Religion. The Old Faith and the 
New. The Coming of the White Man. The North 
Americans—Yesterday and To-day. 
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HITTING vs. MISSING. 
By S. T. Hammond (“Shadow”). Cloth. Price. $1.00. 
Mr. Hammond enjoys among his field companions the 
repute of being an unusually good shot, and one who is 
particularly successful in that most difficult branch of 
upland shooting, the pursuit of the ruffed grouse, or 
partridge. This prompted the suggestion that he should 
write down for others an exposition of the methods by 
which his skill was acquired. The result is this original 
manual of “Hitting vs. Missing.” We term it original, 
because, as the chapters will show, the author was self- 
taught; the expedients and devices adopted and the 
forms of practice followed were his own. This then may 
he termed the Hammond system of shooting; and as it 
was successful in his own experience, being here set 
forth simply and intelligently, it will prove not less 
effective with others. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
