80 
one and a half pounds down, and average a 
good size, 
The various tributaries of the Sinnemahon- 
ing number, it is supposed, one hundred trout 
brooks, ranging from middling to first-rate, 
All the other game common to that country 
iv abundance. 
But the natural approach to this region is 
by the way of Genesee Station, on the Erie 
Road; thence eighteen miies up stream, and 
up hill to the head of the Genesee, and to 
the top-knot of that part of creation, near the 
pretty little village of Lewisville, where in a 
radius of two miles may be found the heads 
of Genesee above mentioned ; Cowanesque, 
a tributary of the north branch of Susque- 
hanna; Pine Creek, tributary to the west 
branch of the same river, and the Allegheny— 
which has several tributaries, including the 
Oswayo—all trout streams. 
The Genesee and its tributaries furnish 
from ten to fifteen trout brooks, from fair to 
middling. The country along the banks of 
these streams is thicker settled than the re- 
mainder of the country. 
With the Tiadaghtan branch of Pine Creek 
the best of the trout fishing and grouse hunt- 
ing begins; there are twenty or more tribu- 
taries all good. Passing up the west branch 
of Pine Creek and over the divide, the waters 
of Kettle Creek are reached, and soon the 
charming little town of Germania. At Oleona, 
just below the frowning white pine board 
battlements of Ole Bull’s castle comes, in the 
Carey Fork, a celebrated trout stream, run- 
ning its entire length through an unbroken 
wilderness. Below the junction, for five 
miles, extends the Laure] Bottom Creek, 
almost a river, flowing in a succession of deep 
black pools and wide shallow riffles. 
To reach this arcadia, trains leave the West 
Philadelphia depot of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road Co. every evening at 11:55, except 
Saturdays, reaching Sinnemahoning Station 
at noon the following day; fare, $8.35. From 
this point a stage starts on arrival of the 
train, each Monday and Thursday, for Whar- 
ton, distant about eighteen miles, arriving in 
time for supper; fare, $1.50. On other days 
private conveyance can be obtained at a cost 
of about $5 for a team to carry two to four 
persons. 
Excellent accommodations and bounteous 
THE SPORTSMAN’S AND TOURIST’S GUIDE. 
fare can be had with Mr. M. T. Seibert, whose 
house stands at the head of the valley, just 
at the forks, at a ridiculously small expense 
If desired, Mr. Seibert’ will meet a party 
either at Sinnemahoning or Cameron (a station 
a few miles above on the railroad, and a 
shorter drive; but in that case he should be ~ 
notified a week ahead by letter addressed to 
the care of F. Welton, Sinnemahoning. Guides 
charge $l a day. 
WHITE PERCH FISHING. 
The following account of white perch 
fishing at Betterton is from the pen of 
the late Thaddeus Norris, and will be of 
interest to those who have never partici- 
pated in this pleasant pastime. 
At the mouth of the Sasafras, twenty miles 
below Havre de Grace, is found the best white 
perch fishing in the country. It is a favorite 
resort of Philadelphians, who leave the wharf 
on the upper side of Chestnut street any day, 
at 4 Pp. M., by the Baltimore propellers, which, 
although not large, furnish excellent accom- 
modations, arrive at Betterton by sunrise, 
spend a day on the fishing ground, and return 
by the evening boat, reaching home by six or 
seven o’clock next morning, being absent only 
an afternoon anda day. These are the white 
perch, and here, in their natural habitat, are 
much more game than the same fish in north- 
ern waters, and run from a half toa pound and 
a half in weight. They breed and spend the 
early Summer months in the fresh tributaries, 
but by the first of August, drop down to water 
slightly brackish, where they remain in large 
schools until October. In August it seems 
that the bottom is covered for acres with them. 
The lubberly way is to fish for them with dip- 
sy bow lines, or ordinary hand lines, but the 
angler prefers a springy rod of ten or eleven 
feet, with a stiffish tip; reel, an easy running 
multiplier; line small and of flax; hooks long 
shanked and about the size of No. 7 O’Shaugh- 
nessy trout hook. Three of the latter on 
snood four or five inches long, are attached to 
the line by loops, beginning a foot above the 
sinker, and are five feet apart. The sinker 
varies in weight from an ounce to three ounces, 
according to the strength of the tide. The 
baits are earth worms, pieces of soft or hard 
