. Rod and gun . steamer Alice. We crossed Kippawa Lake eighteenmiles on this hoat. plies and getting all the final arrange-ments made took us till nearly noon sowe decided to wait until after over, we loaded into our birch barkcanoes with an Indian guide each, andtwo cooks for the party, and paddled upthrough Hunters Lake. A short portageled us into Little Birch Lake and throughto Birch Lake and then on to the clubgrounds. We paddled two or three milesup Birch Lake, put into a nice sandy bayfor our first camp, put up our tents, andmade ourselves comfortable. We caughtplenty of fish
. Rod and gun . steamer Alice. We crossed Kippawa Lake eighteenmiles on this hoat. plies and getting all the final arrange-ments made took us till nearly noon sowe decided to wait until after over, we loaded into our birch barkcanoes with an Indian guide each, andtwo cooks for the party, and paddled upthrough Hunters Lake. A short portageled us into Little Birch Lake and throughto Birch Lake and then on to the clubgrounds. We paddled two or three milesup Birch Lake, put into a nice sandy bayfor our first camp, put up our tents, andmade ourselves comfortable. We caughtplenty of fish for our supper and everyone enjoyed the first meal in camp. 394 ROD AND GUX IX Mr. Elliot, sober and happy. Next morning, one of the guides killedtwo partridge near the camp beforebreakfast. During the morning we allwent out on the lake to fish. Mr Wrightand I were the first to come back and theillustration shows our first morningscatch as well as a few partridge we shotnear the waters edge. After dinner wefished again and hunted birds and lookedfor moose signs. We decided to divideinto two parties, Messrs. Beniis, Wrightand Elliot would make their camp a fewmiles down Sasaginata Lake, and and myself would go across thesame lake. So altogether we went upBirch Lake and portaged across to ClearLake, which is a beautiful body ofwater, so clear that we could see thewhite sandy bottom through many feetof water. From this we portaged overto the big lake, Sasaginata, and separat-ed as suggested. Mr. Seifert and I with our two guidesand a cook went across the lake to makecamp. After putting up our tents wewent down through a deep bog to twosmall lakes. We sta
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