An autobiography / by Edward Livingston Trudeau.

  • Edward Livingston Trudeau
Date:
1916
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: An autobiography / by Edward Livingston Trudeau. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Paul Smith’s that the six dogs he had were very thin and always ravenous, and I spoke to him about it. He gave me, as a perfectly good reason, the information that his wife always baked one pan of corn-meal each day for the dogs. Last year he had only three and they did very well, but this year he had six and the corn-cake cut in six pieces made a thin meal for the hungry hounds; but then he said, You know if my dogs can’t live on that pan of corn-cake, why they can starve if they choose!” I don’t think it ever occurred to him to cook two pans of corn- meal instead of one when he had six dogs. Each guide had his specialty. Some were bet¬ ter fishermen and others, who were the real woodsmen, better hunters. A really good guide could contribute greatly to the success and com¬ fort of a hunting or fishing trip, while a poor guide would make it a discomfort and a failure. Really good guides were certainly experts at their busi¬ ness, and easily earned their two and a half or three dollars a day. A good guide was first of all a truthful man whose word could be relied upon; he was a skilled oarsman, and often car¬ ried his boat on his back for miles from one lake to another; a thorough woodsman, with all that implies of fishing, hunting and wood-lore; a good cook, resourceful in emergencies, and an excellent companion. One or two of them— Fitz Greene Hallock and Albert McKenzie— besides possessing all these qualities to the full,
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