. Rod and gun . y, our equip-ment including a canoe and a skiff, port-able stove, lantern, tent, and sufficienteatables to last a fortnight. Late oneafternoon the conductor put us off at asiding near the river. We lost no timein embarking, but found the portagesvery plentiful at this point—five withina mile. After negotiating these it hadbecome dark, and we put up in a vacantshanty for the night. At peep of daynext morning we were off again. Theriver was not a large one, and portages 1134 ROD AND GUN IX CANADA were plentiful, but time was no object,and we loitered along, enjoying everyfoot of
. Rod and gun . y, our equip-ment including a canoe and a skiff, port-able stove, lantern, tent, and sufficienteatables to last a fortnight. Late oneafternoon the conductor put us off at asiding near the river. We lost no timein embarking, but found the portagesvery plentiful at this point—five withina mile. After negotiating these it hadbecome dark, and we put up in a vacantshanty for the night. At peep of daynext morning we were off again. Theriver was not a large one, and portages 1134 ROD AND GUN IX CANADA were plentiful, but time was no object,and we loitered along, enjoying everyfoot of the trip. Along in the afternoonwe arrived at a pretty lake, and here ourfirst adventure occurred. While theScribe and the Pharisee were ashore, ex-amining an old hunting lodge, the Doc-tor thought he would take a stunt attrolling. Being a novice in the art, hefastened his reel, sat on the end of hissteel rod. and allowed the line to trailbehind while he rowed. Suddenly ayell was w-afted over the water, and on. My Team of Thoroughbrtd Asst-s. going out to investigate w^e found thata fish had captured the Doctors outfit—troll, line, steel pole, reel and all, and thefisherman was disconsolate. He said,by way of excuse, that he had not comeup there with the intention of fishingfor whales! No amount of grapplingcould recover the lost articles. A weekafterwards a couple of young ladies whowere trolling in the vicinity caught theirhook on something, and pulling in found they had recovered the lost outfit. Thisis no common fish story, and can becorroborated by several Aurora gentle-men who were in at the recovery ofthe pole. After crossing the lake we portagedinto another lake, the object of oursearch—one of the most charming smallbodies of water that the writer has yetseen in his rambles. Here permanentcamp was pitched on a point jutting outinto the lake among evergreens andpoplar, within a few feet of the watersedge. And here a week of unalloyedpleasure was enjoyed. We were in
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