Rod and gun . itecture. Electriclights and hot and cold water are provid-ed. The bedrooms are larger than thoseusually found in summer hotels and, be-cause of the arrangement of the houseevery room has an attractive outlook,either across the lake or towards thewoods. All the other appointments ofthe hotel in the way of lounging rooms,writing rooms and dining room are inkeeping with the general plan. One naturally wonders at this point,what amusements are to be had at theLake. It is all very fine to be surroundedby charming scenery, to breathe fresh 26 ROD AND GUN IX CANADA air and U> have a
Rod and gun . itecture. Electriclights and hot and cold water are provid-ed. The bedrooms are larger than thoseusually found in summer hotels and, be-cause of the arrangement of the houseevery room has an attractive outlook,either across the lake or towards thewoods. All the other appointments ofthe hotel in the way of lounging rooms,writing rooms and dining room are inkeeping with the general plan. One naturally wonders at this point,what amusements are to be had at theLake. It is all very fine to be surroundedby charming scenery, to breathe fresh 26 ROD AND GUN IX CANADA air and U> have a comfortable room inwhich U) sleep, but the body cravesactivity and the mind wants amusementand variety. The item of bathing has al-readv been mentioned and it has beenpointed out that, because of its sandbeaches, everybody from the merest tod-dler to the most exoerienced swimmercan enjov this pastime. A bathing suitshould therefore be included in everyones wardrobe, who purposes sojourn-ing at of Looking Up Tho Lake of Bays. Then boating and canoeing are also aform of amusement whi:h never palls. Toglide over the rii-pling waters of the lakeeither by day or night, provides a sensa-tion of satisfaction which nothing elsecan equal. .Motor boats are plentiful andtrips to all parts of the lake in theseswift-moving vessels are most at night, when, lighted withcfilored electric , and with searchlights playing on the hotel and cottagestlu-v nam anicmg the islands, the experi-ence is romantic in the extreme. Thentoo the larger steamboats, the .\lgon-quin, the Iroquois, the Ramona andthe Mohawk Bell, capable of carryingfive hundred passengers each, offer watertrips up and down the lake at low rates,alT<irding a way of spending thedav, when other amusements fail. Theyalso make weekly around the lakes bv moonlight with bands on essential element in the eyes of thevoung men and women for a proper en-jovment of life
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