Rod and gun . own thelake. Here weenjoyed anotherexcellent mealof much thesame menuwith the addi-tion of canned peaches for dessert. Need-less to say, we were all ravenously hun-gry, and while I was in the habit of help-ing myself out of the frying pan to thelean slices of bacon, I now began to lookfor the fat pieces, and also went so far asto put my weak digestive organs to thegreat test of assimilating chunks of breadsoaked in the greasy fat which came fromthe bacon, as it was fried. Such a thingnever entered my mind on any other trip,and what was more satisfactory thananything else, was the
Rod and gun . own thelake. Here weenjoyed anotherexcellent mealof much thesame menuwith the addi-tion of canned peaches for dessert. Need-less to say, we were all ravenously hun-gry, and while I was in the habit of help-ing myself out of the frying pan to thelean slices of bacon, I now began to lookfor the fat pieces, and also went so far asto put my weak digestive organs to thegreat test of assimilating chunks of breadsoaked in the greasy fat which came fromthe bacon, as it was fried. Such a thingnever entered my mind on any other trip,and what was more satisfactory thananything else, was the easy way in whichthese frugal, but wholesome outdoormeals agreed with us. Even the Col- onel was compelled to acknowledge thathe was beginning to feel quite hungryand did wonderfully well taking a doublehelping of everything and a big bowl oftea, which we all did at every meal, whenwe did not take two or three, one ofwhich would be about equal to three or-dinary home cups. On the narrows of this lake we sfop-. BLL POLSON IN FRONT OF HIS HOME. THIS INDIAN GUIDE CARRIED SEVEN HUNDRED POUNDS ON A PORTAGE AND BEC.\ME FAMOUS OVER THE FEAT. ped at a solitary log cabin in which dweltWilliam Poison, a famous Indian guideof this district, who formerly resided atNorth Temagami, but is now settled hereif such a term can be applied to his littlehome and a few feet of clearing aroundit. Poison is a splendid looking fellow,standing over six feet, and dlsplaving amagnificent form of physical develop-ment. Some years ago hg made quite aname for himself by carryinp- ^ pack ofseven hundred pounds oVgj- ^ small por-tage which wonhim the reputa-tion of beingthe strongestIndian in thewhole of theA 1 g o n q ui HTribe. An or-dinary pack forthe Indian inthis district isfrom 150 to 200p o u n ds, al-though it ismore often theformer than thelatter. Totheun-initiated, fortyor fifty poundswould be a verycumbersome and heavy load to bear overthe uneven paths known as portages, al-though in this country t
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