. An all-around boy . anoe for us) on the wharf. Curries hotel, anothersmaller one, the boat-house, a little church, the store,and a few shanties comprise the city of Bala. Thepost-office is in the store, where can be bought any-thing from a toothpick to a steam piano, new orsecond-hand. The first thing we did was to pitch our tent and fixour camp for the night, with ferns for bedding. Hadsupper at Toms. It was our last square meal; and weate a lot, I tell you. After supper we bought our sup-plies at the store, of course forgetting two or three suchnecessary things as potatoes and oil for our
. An all-around boy . anoe for us) on the wharf. Curries hotel, anothersmaller one, the boat-house, a little church, the store,and a few shanties comprise the city of Bala. Thepost-office is in the store, where can be bought any-thing from a toothpick to a steam piano, new orsecond-hand. The first thing we did was to pitch our tent and fixour camp for the night, with ferns for bedding. Hadsupper at Toms. It was our last square meal; and weate a lot, I tell you. After supper we bought our sup-plies at the store, of course forgetting two or three suchnecessary things as potatoes and oil for our lantern. Again in a Canadian Camp. 229 Next morning, Wednesday, we cooked our ownbreakfast, — ham, oatmeal, bread, coffee, and condensedmilk. Packed up and started down the Moon Eiver about nine oclock. The fire-ranger, H , went with us in his own canoe. Tom told us that this fellowwas about the only available guide ; so we took him. I will try to draw a rough map of Bala and the tworivers, to show you where we We came down the Moon Eiver for the especial pur-pose of catching muskalonge; that is why we havenamed our camp Muskalonge Camp. The boys last year here caught a twenty-twopounder. We have had poor luck and rainy weather,and have only caught one, about four pounds in weight. There are five or six portages in the seven miles be-tween here and Bala. Some are rather hard, while thecanoe can be pushed through others by wading. 230 An Ail-Around Boy. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings wererainy, but since then the weather has been fine, — warmdays and cool nights. Our camp is very comfortable,with the blankets spread on a thick layer of hemlockboughs. Everything is kept in the tent, even fire-wood, to keep it from rain and the heavy dews. Pickerel, pike, and a few black bass can be caughtat any time; and these supply us with fish. We ought to have had venison to-day. Ed had aneasy shot at a deer last night, but had buck agueso badly that he missed it. We have
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