.h-Lv 1891.] 



AND OO LOG 1ST. 



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my senior, I was not at all anxious to unde- 

 coive liim, myself. 



But, in some way oi- other, the story leaked 

 ont, anil came to the ears of the scientist. 

 What became of the "Bittern's" e^ss I was 

 m-ver able to learn. Bayanl Wi/mdu. 



Perry. Ohio. 



Hunting Eagles' Nests in Nova 

 Scotia. 



I was up at six on the morning of May 18, 

 1801, and 7 o'clock found me with gun and rod 

 on the coach bound for the eastward. After a 

 rough jolt over beastly roads I arrived at my 

 destination, thirty-five miles from home. After 

 taking a rest, I picked up my gun, shoved 

 some shells with No. 2 in barrels, put a few in 

 our pockets, an<l with guide leading with axe 

 and basket on his back, we lit out for Oak Lake, 

 four miles away, over the hill. On our way 

 -we passed by second lake, climbed up some 

 high mountains, over barrens, through swamps 

 and thick spruce groves. On the hills, thickly 

 covered with mighty ti-ees, the guide would 

 let up and proceed to mount and to take 

 observations and get bearings. It was a 

 mighty rough road to travel, but about 

 5.a0 P.M. we hit the Eagle's nest, situated 

 on the northeast side of a high hill, up 

 about sixty feet in crotch of large birch 

 tree. The guide chopped down two large 

 spruce trees and let them lodge in the lower 

 branches of tlie birch, then with basket on his 

 back started uji. After considerable trouble 

 he reached the nest, and swinging himself up 

 over it, sang out " Two young Eagles." " (lood 

 enough," says I, " Put them carefully in basket, 

 and bring do .\ n alive," which was done. All 

 this time the old female bird was flying around 

 overhead, but not within shot (I have often 

 read of these birds being so very savage and 

 attacking one, but have taken several nests 

 and found it most difficult to get them within 

 shot.) The nest was about five and one-half 

 feet in diameter, and had eels, suckers, etc., in 

 it. At 7 P.M. we were back to the house. 



May l!)tli. Started at 8 a.m. for Salmon River, 

 went up in a boat two miles through salt 

 water, tramped one-third of a mile, and hit 

 Salmon River Lake, took boat up this two miles 

 to the head, then walked ona-fourth of a mile 

 when we arrived at camp, made tea, had some- 

 thing to eat and lit out about 11 a.m. for Log- 

 ging Lake, tramped tliree-cpiarters of a mile, 

 passing Round Pond on tlie way. Took boat 



at Logging Lake and went up one and one- 

 half miles to the head, passing Eastern and 

 Trap Lakes. At head of Logging Lake is 

 where the river conies in, and here we found 

 the trout in hundreds. In about an hour I 

 landed with fly thirty odd fish, then went 

 ashore and followed river ui) to Fisher Lake, 

 which is head waters of the branch stream, 

 which we were then on. Fisher Lake is three 

 miles long, and is where fish make for the 

 winter. Took look round this lake but seeing 

 no nests came back to boat (leaving mile and 

 half of main river not fished). This comes from 

 another lake which is two miles long, and above 

 this lake is another called Hartman's Lake 

 with a mile of river fishing between the two. 

 Hartman's Lake is head waters of the main 

 stream. 



On our way down Logging Lake we struck 

 through (with boat) the outlet of Eastern 

 Lake, and here I took with fly about fifty odd 

 fish. From this Eastern liake you can go in 

 boat to Trap Lake, but as it was getting on for 

 6 o'clock we turned for camp, which we hit 

 about seven in the evening, and on counting 

 trout found I had killed eighty, from three- 

 fourth to two and one-half pounds in weight. 

 These we caught from about 2.30 p.m. to (i p.m. 

 with one rod. 



May 20th. Struck camp and left f(u- Maskell's 

 Pond, but found water too high, so kept on 

 down the river and made for Bakers Lake, 

 where I knew there was another Eagle's nest. 

 We found same on northeast side of higli hill, 

 way up in crotch of old birch, but was dis- 

 appointed to find it empty, and coiild not 

 account for it as old birds have been there all 

 the spring. We went further up the hill until 

 we reached the highest point of ground and 

 came out on a high flat bluff. Below, at our 

 feet, way, way down lay Baker's Lake, stretch- 

 ing up through the woods for three miles, and 

 close by could be seen Officers' and Admiral's 

 Lake, all grand fronting places. Away off to 

 to the south lay the village of Musquodobit, 

 southwest, Pt. Reswick settlement, and in tlie 

 distance Pt. Reswick and Mosquodobit Har- 

 bors, and beyond them the open sea, with 

 steamers and vessels Ijound to and fro. It was 

 a glorious sight and beyond me to describe. 

 After looking until we could look no more we 

 turned about, made for the boat, and getting 

 down the waters readied home at about 2 p.m. 



May 21st. Leftat 7 a.m. for Lake Major. We 

 went up .leddoie Harbor two miles, called the 

 Eastern Branch, took our boat over the main 

 ro.ul and dropped into Oyster Pond Lake. 



