Notes and Queries ay, 
Our Western Branch. 
At 415-417 Dearborn street, Chicago, will be 
found the Western branch of the Harris Pub- 
lishing Co. It will be under the exclusive 
management of Mr. John F. Waite, who, for 
a decade of years, has successfully carried on 
a publishing business in the West. Anglers 
and ‘lovers of angling literature will find in 
‘the Chicago house all our publications kept in 
stock, and those who desire to examine my 
book, ‘‘The Fishes of North America,” will 
find there all the parts that have been issued, 
and future ones as fast as published. 
I can warmly commend Mr. Waite to my 
angling friends in the West; they will get from 
him -genial and courteous treatment, and 
promptness in all business matters. 
Wm. C. Harris. 
Notes From the Yellowstone, 
I again come to time, to let you know that 
Iam stillon earth. I am stopping this sum- 
mer on Trail creek, about eight miles from 
Fridley, toward Livingston, and at an old 
ranch owned by Mrs. Thompson, where she 
has lived since 1865, being one of the first 
settlers in the valley of the Yellowstone. The 
ranch is about three miles from the river, and 
near the junction of traveling road, where it 
branches off the Livingston road, and is on the 
road to Bozeman, which is twenty-five miles 
from here. 
I have been putting in good time in the fish- 
ing line, and have had some of the finest kind 
of sport, and have never struck any small 
stream so fine for trout in this country. Trail 
creek heads about eight miles up in the moun- 
tains, and runs and wiggles along through the 
open fields for about the same distance from 
here before mixing in the waters of the river. 
The trout run nice size and will average near 
half a pound each, but I have got hold of sev- 
eral that would go over two pounds each, I 
have been out most every day and never came 
in with less than ten pounds for half a day’s 
fishing. A greater part of the stream is covered 
on both sides with alders and willows, which 
make it bad for the patent leather gentry to 
fishin. I have never yet been over two miles 
up above the house, but I shall try the water. 
farther up in a few days. 
I went down to the river a few days ago to 
try the Yellowstone fish. A friend took ateam 
and lumber wagon, and we had grub, except 
meat, which, of course, we were to get out of 
the river. Arrived on fishing ground and 
made camp at 8A. M. by picketing the horses, 
then started to fish the river, which was mud- 
dy. ‘The fish did not take hold in the old way. 
At noon we had about forty pounds, which we 
dressed and salted down in a keg, after tak- 
ing out enough for dinner. The catch was 
more than half whitefish, which are full as 
game as the trout, but are not considered quite 
equal for eating purposes. The greatest draw- 
back we met with was the water, not the quan- 
tity but the quality, as the river was full of it, 
and one terrible oversight I made when start- 
ing out was in not bringing anything along to 
mix with it. 
After dinner and after smoking my cob pipe, 
and resting an hour or so, we started in again, 
and at night we had about the same score as 
in the forenoon. We ate our supper, drank 
some more Yellowstone, smoked and then 
‘‘clum”’ into bed, and that was fine; plenty of 
new mown hay and blankets in the wagon box. 
After getting in position I tried to count and 
make out the number of stars in our covering, 
but gave up,as it had been so long since I 
looked over my astronomy that I even forgot 
where to look for the handle of the big dipper. 
Only one mosquito came around, and when he 
saw who it was, left to join some of my other 
fine day friends. 
We awoke in good shape to enjoy fish, bis- 
cuit, new butter and strawberries. Fished til] 
noon, then, after salting down our fish, started 
for home. I only got one trout of any size, 
which I think would weigh about 2% ib. I am 
satisfied now for a spell to fish Trail creek. I 
can go out and in one hour get enough for a 
meal for five of us any day. I was surprised 
at the trout here being so large. Ofcourse they 
run up from the river in spawning time, which 
is in May and June here. 
On the 15th of next month comes the legal 
time to begin on the grouse, and here I am 
Tight in the midst of them. Wild berries of 
several kinds are abundant, and here where I 
am stopping we have eaten about a quart or 
more of garden strawberries every day for the 
last month. A week longer and we will have 
to commence on thecurrants and gooseberries, 
choke cherries, red raspberries, sarvice berries 
and such like. I have been here about a month 
and only once or twice failed to have trout for 
breakfast, and of my own catching. I think 
spots are beginning to come out on me now, re 
