Outing . it: There were fourof us in two canoes, both built by Eng-lish, of Peterborough—the Alcyone, 15)^feet long by 31^ inches beam, and theMarmite, 16 feet long by 29^ inchesbeam. Let me advise everyone attempt-ing a similar trip to take larger canoes—our gunwales were far too close to thewater. The first canoe was manned byPilbox and Captain, the second by Pefdand Pugwash, the latter a distinguishedfisherman. Pilbox being a duly qualifiedD. L. S.* held the onerous and honorablepost of surveyor to the party, entailingthe duties of finding portage roads, camp-ing sites, etc. We had our bedd
Outing . it: There were fourof us in two canoes, both built by Eng-lish, of Peterborough—the Alcyone, 15)^feet long by 31^ inches beam, and theMarmite, 16 feet long by 29^ inchesbeam. Let me advise everyone attempt-ing a similar trip to take larger canoes—our gunwales were far too close to thewater. The first canoe was manned byPilbox and Captain, the second by Pefdand Pugwash, the latter a distinguishedfisherman. Pilbox being a duly qualifiedD. L. S.* held the onerous and honorablepost of surveyor to the party, entailingthe duties of finding portage roads, camp-ing sites, etc. We had our bedding,clothes and personal effects packed eachin his own dunnage bag. A white duck * Dominion Land Surveyor. OUTING FOR OCTOBER. bag which has had a few coats of paintmakes an excellent waterproof dunnageor provision bag. We had two tents andpoles complete, two frying pans, twoaxes, a nest of five tin pails, a tin can ofmolasses, a tin basin, a whetstone, plates,cups, etc., fishing and shooting gear and. GREAT EXPECTATIONS. 190 pounds of provisions, consisting prin-cipally of ham, bacon, hard tack (/. e.,ships biscuit), flour, rice, dried apples andblack tea. After dividing up our impedimenta sothat the weight could be apportioned tothe two canoes, Pugwash and Captain de-cided to try the lake for fish, while Pilboxand Pefd fixed up the camp and cookedthe supper. After paddling several miles Pugwashsuddenly gave a shout and began to haulin his line, a whisk of a large fishs tailand a splash astern showing that it wasnot a false alarm. Pugwashs excitementand suspense for the next few momentswere indescribable. Suffice it to say thatthe fish was finally dispatched by a pistolball through the head as it lay in thewater alongside. Shooting a fish in the absence of a gaffwas a wrinkle we had picked up from aprofessional hunter who visited our campduring the afternoon. Pugwash wouldnever otherwise have been able to securehis fish, which proved to be a fine maski-nonge. We estimated
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