Rod and gun . visitorsmust be delighted to find one place wheregrouse, black squirrels and deer are safefrom the man with a gun. Particularlyis this the case when the Park is so nearour centres of population as RondeauPark. Rondeau Lake, or inlet as it may bebetter termed, is one of ttie great duckshooting centres of Ontario. Owing tothe abundance of wild rice and celery theducks are attracted here on their north-ward and southward flights. Profes-sional shooters even bait the mallardsand black duck before the shooting seasonopens and have them quite tame for themerciless slaughter which sets
Rod and gun . visitorsmust be delighted to find one place wheregrouse, black squirrels and deer are safefrom the man with a gun. Particularlyis this the case when the Park is so nearour centres of population as RondeauPark. Rondeau Lake, or inlet as it may bebetter termed, is one of ttie great duckshooting centres of Ontario. Owing tothe abundance of wild rice and celery theducks are attracted here on their north-ward and southward flights. Profes-sional shooters even bait the mallardsand black duck before the shooting seasonopens and have them quite tame for themerciless slaughter which sets in as soonas the season begins. These men havetheir pictures taken standing in the midstof two or three hundred dead too these are published andadmired by Christian people who sendmissionaries to India where the nativeshold wild birds of all kinds sacred. Trulythe Inconsistencies of Christians are thestronghold of unbelief. Would it not be highly commendable ifthe Ontario Government prohibited. The Head Park Keeper {Mr. Isaac Girdiner) and hiaYoungest Daughter, Mar>-. shooting in Rondeau waters? Thenthere would be one little spot in southernOntario where wild ducks and other wat-er-fowl could light down and rest in ab-solute security. I trust other cor-respondents of Rod and Gun. will take upthis matter and press it upon the attentionof the Ontario Government. One of the greatest pleasures visitorsto the Park can experience is to meet thehead keeper, Mr. Isaac Gardiner, thegrand old man of Rondeau, who is a nat-ive of the Province. Mr. John McDonald, the well knownguide of Plaster Rock, X. B., believesthat he captured the record salmon of theTobique. ^Ir. McDonald was fishing inhis own pool at Blue Mountain Bendabout five in the evening when he hookedhis fish. A battle royal followed lastingtwo hours and ten minutes. At timesthe angler had one hundred yards of line out and followed the salmon down theriver no less than six times in order toregain his line. Fi
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