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FOREST AND STREAM. 
certainly very imposing in font), size, and color. From 
the sod on each side of the roadway, about one hundred 
feet apart, rise two huge rocks, the one on the left of 
bright red sandstone, rising sheer above us three hundred 
and thirty feet; on the right, one of darker rock to nearly 
tlie same altitude, standing silent senlinels, while back of 
them are smaller formations that would he very remark¬ 
able were they not overshadowed hy the main noble but- 
resses. So lightly do these tall narrow rocks hold them¬ 
selves that first views do not convey an idea of their size— 
twice the height of Niagara—and only by studying them 
from various points do they assume I heir full grandeur in 
the mind. Turning to the left through them a little way 
brings us to Glen Eyrie, named after eagle's nests lhat still 
occupy the inaccessible rents in the rocks. Here are the 
private grounds of Gen. Palmer, embracing a sheltered 
glen with a fine stream of inouutain spring water that 
comes into the low land by a deep and picturesque cafion, 
the walls of which are of highly colored clay and rock. 
This was a favorite Indian encampment, and sacred it must 
have been, with its columns and masses of stone that must 
have deeply influenced even the rude red man’s sense of the 
grand. Here are thin walls of natural rock, rising hun¬ 
dreds of feet into a ragged sky-line, and pillars of red 
sandstone one hundred and twenty feet high, not over ten 
or fifteen feet square at the base, standing like obelisks of 
single blocks, so slender that it seemed a risk to pass beneath 
them. From these valleys a road ascends a plateau, and 
from there the view iB one of remarkable beauty and va¬ 
riety. Just below lies the valley, to the right opeus Glen 
Eyrie and the canon that enters’it. In front are the mas¬ 
sive pillars of the great gateway, and through and beyond are 
the grotesque rocks of the garden. Rising far above are 
the mountains; on the left Cheyenne Mountain, in front 
over the gate far up in the sky, is Pike’s Peak, a line cone, 
surrounded by broken and rock-crowned peaks of less am¬ 
bition. As we saw it a mantle of snow came far down, 
aud snow-clouds wreathed themselves about it as light, 
mobile, and graceful as a gauze scarf, opening in rifts, and 
disclosing here a cafion, there a hit of dark forest, and now 
and then the bold white peak in brilliant sunlight, above 
the storms that were beating about the lesser cones. All 
the peculiar features of this scenery are embraced in this 
view, and their combination renders it a wonderful one, 
enhanced as it is hy the white rocks, the gray and grim 
cliffs, aud the warm red sandstone towers and gateway. 
Often did we visit this point, ever to find some new charm 
and, familiar with it, we think the drive from Colorado 
Springs to Manitou by this road combines more of rema'k- 
uble beauty tliaB any drive we have yet found. 
Not far from the hotels opens Williams’ Cafion. Strong 
wagons can go some distance up it, a saddle path goes still 
further; but to see it fully, a good scramble is best. It is 
a deep rift among the foot hills, with sides vertical, and 
the narrow sky above, fretted with a wild outline of crags, 
often rising in arches, with here and there the dark mouths 
of caverns that are inaccessible and unexplored. 
From a hunting tramp we came out upon this chasm, 
and walked along the edge until we reached a round, col¬ 
umn-like point that stood boldly out, with only a narrow 
ridge connecting it with the mountain side; We scrambled 
over this, clinging to small bushes, and lying flat looked 
over the edge. The top rather overhung the base, as did 
the old Table Rock at Niagara, and there was nothing to 
break the dizzy height. The tall pines below looked small, 
and from the seconds counted while a stone was failing 
we estimated the gorge as not less than four hundred feet 
deep. It curved around an overhanging point, and from 
it we looked each way into the cafion amid as rugged and 
romantic scenery as ever laid at our feet. Iu a cliff facing 
us was a cave opening. It was about two feet wide and 
three high, the top of it arched as if by'rude art. A nar¬ 
row ledge gave a perilous access til it, and we worked our 
way to it and looked in, not altogether without the expec¬ 
tation of finding some of the panthers’or wild cats’sign 
about it, for these animals are ami always will he at home 
where such abundant shelter willbe their’s. We could 
look in about twenty feet, and then the opening went 
down. No response came in reply to stones that went 
echoing in, and without a rope it was not very prudent to 
enter. All the character of this cave suggested some for¬ 
mer human occupation, a fancy not all improbable, as 
not far from this part of Colorado have been found in sim¬ 
ilar places the remains of an unknown race, designated as 
the Cliff Builders. 
Many other pointB of interest offer variety to the tourist. 
The Cheyenne Canon, at this time full of snow, is said to 
he very beautiful, and in Monument Park are many strange 
caprices in stone. The ascent of the Peak is by two 
routes—one hy the Government trail, twelve miles to the 
Lake House, where parlies remain over night, aud go up 
from there six miles aud return the next day. All this is 
safely done on horseback, and many ladles join the par¬ 
ties. The other route is only fourteen miles, nine on 
horseback, the remainder on foot, all possible in one day 
to a strong pedestrian. About the 10th of November one 
of the Signal Service observers came down, and reported 
the snow eight feet deep on the peak and lour feet at the 
Lake House. The view is said to ba very grand, and 
one ourious effect seen in the afternoon is the shadow of 
the peak projected lor many miles upon the great plain 
that commences at its base and goes east with an horizon 
always lower than the observer’s eye. 
Some fine game remains about this group of mountains, 
where, fifteen years ago, every plain swarmed with buffa¬ 
lo and antelope, and the hills abounded in bison, elk, 
black-tailed deer, and mountain sheep; but many hunters 
aud a general iguorant disregard for breeding seasons is do¬ 
ing a sure work of destruction. Anxious to see something, 
if possible, of these noble game animals in their own 
haunts, your correspondent was making inquiries with no 
great success, when fortune threw in his way Mr. James 
id. Link, a famous hunter. He came with a load of game 
that made one’s mouth water for a chance. Among it was 
.a superb specimen of mountain sheep—an old patriarch 
ram with massive and wrinkled neck, and horns of many 
curves, bruised with the marks of many a battle fought 
for supremacy above the timber line. The horns meas¬ 
ured about sixteen inches in circumference at the base, and 
were very regular and handsome. Arrangements were 
soon matte with Mr. Link for accomodations at his ranclie 
on tiie Platte River, and full of pleasant expectation, guns 
Weie cleaned, sheds loaded, and all the details completed 
for a hunt among the mountain ranges about South Park, 
aud with commendable forethought it was revolved in our 
miuda over whose hospitable fire should hang the stag’s 
head wo would shoot. L. W. L. 
For Forest met Htream. 
THE BACK LAKES OF CANADA. 
I N fulfillment of my promise to you when in the office 
of Forest aud Stream, New York, I now inclose 
an Hccount of our winter’s trip, taken in accordance witli 
the resolution arrived at, at the last meeting of our Fish 
and Game Protective Society, Peterborough^ lo visit the 
back settlements and hold meetings to enlist Ihe sympathies 
of the settlers in protecting the fish, game, and fur-bearing 
animals of our country. A party of four of us started 
from Peterborough on a clear, cold, frosty morning to visit 
the village of Apsley. The sleighing was good, so we 
made nothing of the forty-six miles’drive before us. We 
passed through the village of Lakefield, which is beauti¬ 
fully situated on the Otonabce River, nine miles from 
Peterborough, iu order to pick up Major Boulton, one of 
our party. This village is the terminus of the Peterborough 
branch'of the Midland Railway, and any one that was ac¬ 
quainted with it a decade ago would be surprised to see 
the progress it has made. The steam saw mill of Strick¬ 
land & Co., with the fine water privilege that runs the saw¬ 
mill of Boyd Smith & Co., are the two chief enterprises of 
this place; and, in addition to quite a number of manufac¬ 
tories established here on a small scale, may be mentioned 
(in the interests of sportsmen) that canoes are built here 
which, for finish of workmanship, cheapness, durability, 
elegance, speed, comfort, and safety, are not surpassed in 
the world. Lakefield has always been a favorite resort for 
that fortunate class who possess abundance of this world’s 
goods, and many English families, attracted by the beauty 
of the scenery and its many natural local advantages, have 
built solid, substantial homes lor themselves in the imme¬ 
diate neighborhood. 
Four miles further up ihe Otonahee River is "Young’s 
Point," our next stopping place. It is situated at the en¬ 
trance to Clear Lake, where the locks are built. We 
crossed a new bridge, that was constructed here a year ago 
to connect the townships of Smith and Donro. We found 
the water rushing over the dam as if it was the month of 
May in spring tide. The rickety old saw mill (which iu 
its day was a great boon to the neighborhood) we found 
non eaf, it having served as an illumination for a couple of 
hours on a dark night of last August. Its destruction will 
resuscitate the bass and ntaskinonge fishing, which has 
been nearly destroyed in the river between this point and 
Lakefield by the habit of easting all refuse saw-dust aud 
cuttiDgs into Ihe river. There is no better spot for an after¬ 
noon's^ bass fishing than here, and the open water almost 
invited ns to cast in a line. The building of Young's 
locks, about four years ago, has opened out” a stretch of 
navigation through Clear Lake and Stoney Lake for about 
twenty miles, and the steamer Chippewa ploughs these 
waters for the benefit of pleasure-seekers, travel, and ex¬ 
cursion parties. We paid a visit to our old friend Jimmy 
Kearney, who, with many others, used lo be seen in the 
spring of the year with a "long pole and a sharp spear, and 
other contrivances, to destroy fish and fishing, but who 
now, under the beneficial influence of tire “Fish and Game 
Protective Society,” have become model sportsmen. 
Having refreshed ourselves after the manner of the 
country, we started for oor next stopping place, the Bur¬ 
leigh Hotel, six miles on. Onr road was now literally in 
the backwoods, and the beauty of thu scene surpasses de¬ 
scription. Two days before there had fallen a heavy storm 
of sleet, which made the trees weep aud groan under its 
weight, and the bright sun glistened on the icy boughs like 
diamonds, which were tupped off with the light fleecy snow 
that had fallen during the night, made it loots, like a fairy 
scene. Before reaching Holmes’ Burleigh Hotel we had to 
moss the Burleigh bridge, with the water rushing over the 
rapids from Lovesick Lake. To the right you see the 
water empty iuto Burleigh Bay among islands, and falling 
over rocks pell mell. The bridge is a wide one, and very 
substantially built. On the other side is the hotel, which 
is a new enterprise of last summer’s growth. It is built 
expressly for the accommodation of sportsmen in the sum¬ 
mer season; it is a two-story lionse, about 50x30, with a 
nice airy dining-room and parlor, and six or eight bed¬ 
rooms. ’Adjoining it is the old tavern, which has been 
transformed into sleeping apartments, to'serve in the height 
of the season, so that the hotel can accommodate about 
thirty people. It possesses a bright, cheerful hostess, and 
a good host-, and we were heartily welcomed. Dinner was 
not long iu making its appearance. Venison steak, ac¬ 
companied by mashed poiatoes, served on the daintiest 
table linen, was placed before us—not venison killed out of 
season, for we are moral men, but venison killed and hung 
till it just melted iu our mouths. At this point is caught 
some of the finest fresh water salmon (or salmon trout) in 
Canada. Those fine fish weigh from ten to thirty-five 
pounds. When opened they are of a dark orange color, 
and in the month of May they are in prime season. We 
were loth to leave our comfortable quarters, but as it was 
three o’clock P. M , and we had twenty miles further to 
go to Apsley before seven, where we were to hold our 
meeting, we hitched up and proceeded on our way, accom¬ 
panied T)y Mr. Holmes, our host. 
About eight miles further on we passed the road which 
leads to the Mount Julian Hotel, also put up for the ac¬ 
commodation of visitors, and which is also reached by the 
steamer Chippewa in the summer time. It is situated on 
the shores of .Stoney Lake—a fine, spacious hotel, capable 
of accommodating, about fiity people; it is closed in win¬ 
ter. On our road we passed through large tracts of burnt 
pine, for fire, that great destroyer of wealth, spares nut the 
forest, but mows down the tall, majestic, valuable pines 
with such a ruthless hand as to make the axmen mere pig¬ 
mies alongside of it iu its destructive power. There will 
be weeping some day if measures are not taken to preserve 
our forests and resuscitate those that are destroyed. 
Apsley was reached hy half-past six o’clock, when we 
found a goodly number of the settlers come together to 
hear what we had to say, some suspecting that we had 
come to spy out the land and enrich ourselves with fines 
against the guilty ones. 
I cannot give you a description of Apsley, as it was 
dark; but it is a place about a mile long, situated on Eel's 
Creek. It contains two taverns, two stores, aud six or 
seven houses. The Crown land agent, who distributes the 
"free grant, lands’’ lo localers, lives here, and J. Goiborrie, 
Esq., the Reeve of the township has a saw and grist mill 
close by. The Doctor (Dr. Clegg), is not far away, so that 
though Apsley is not densely populated it has laid the 
foundation or future greatness and prosperity. The set¬ 
tlers are a healthy, hardy race, and the population is 
steadily increiisingi one worthy couple could boast of six¬ 
teen children, and there is no doubt that when this back 
county is opened up it will raise one of the hardiest, and 
healthiest populations to be found anywhere. However, 
we will leave political economy to our politicians. One 
tiling I must observe; we do not move fast in our country. 
'We find thinking ihe most economical, aud we do nothing 
else but- think that we, the Government, or somebody 
elsexwill open up the country some day. 
After supper we proceeded to the town hall. The Reeve 
was requested to take the chair, and he called Upon us to 
explain’(he object of our visit. Had we come to spy out 
the nakedness of the land, to look out a site for a junior 
Peterborough; or had we come to victimize some poor fel¬ 
low who had shot a doe to support his twelve or sixteen 
children? We explained that having felt for some time 
past there was a necessity for some organization to enforce 
the game laws, which were a dead letter, and such an organ¬ 
ization had been formed in Peterborough in 1S74, under the 
title of “The CouDty of PeterborouglTFish and Game Pro¬ 
tective Society," and that its objects were to reslock llie 
lakes and streams with fish from the Government pisricul- 
tnral establishments, and protect all game and fur-bearing 
animals in tlie close seasons—that there were many lakes 
in their neighborhood that contained no fish, and that we 
would assist them to stock them—that deer were becoming 
more and more scarce, and that as an article of food it was 
essehtial that they should not be molested iu tlie breeding 
seasdn—that there were districts in their back country that, 
would never be anything but haunts for the deer, and, if 
they were only allowed to increase, naturally great, benefits 
would accrue to the settlers; the same with partridge and 
duck; and that our object in visiting Apsley was to enlist 
the sympathies of the settlers and to get them to form a 
branch society, which would exist in their midst, and have 
a direct moral effect. In the course of the meeting we 
drew forth local views with regard to the game laws, and 
to certain alterations that would be beneficial. We had a 
friendly and pleasant meeting, and laid tlie foundation of 
future good for the cause we espoused. A committee was 
formed to discuss the feasibility of forming a society, tq_ 
report in a week, and we explained the details of organiza¬ 
tion. We broke up at half-past nine with a friendly feel¬ 
ing expressed towards us aud the work we had iu hand. . 
We felt that we had not made our visit, in vain 
We left for home the next morning, mutually satisfied 
that a fish and game protective society would soon be jn 
existence in Apsley. Due of our party bought a couple of 
wolf skins. The Reeve told us that lie had given more 
wolf certificate's this year than ev, r before, lie accounted 
for it from the fact that there had been so little snow; Ihe 
deer could get away from them, consequently tlie wolves 
were starving, and came round the settlements for food, 
where they were either trapped, shot, or poisoned. Jn or¬ 
dinary years the wolves chase the deer on the crests of the 
snow, tiie deer break through, but the wolves do not, and 
therefore easily catch their prey; but tills year there lias 
hardly been any snow, up to ilie present time. We re¬ 
turned on our back track, reaching Peterborough at four 
o’clock P. M., having enjoyed tlie beauties of nature in 
mid-winter—a sight never to be forgotten—and a roost de¬ 
lightful sleigh ride. 
I send you Lhis account of our first trip in hopes it may 
he the means of acquainting your readers witli our hick - 
country, and the sport it affords. It is rough, but healthy, - 
aud though it may not afford as much sport as some of 
your well-preserved districts, still the sportsman ox disciple 
of Isaac Walton can get a fortnight’s amusement or pure 
enjoyment in these backwoods about as economically as 
anywhere else. Another inducement is, our people exleuu 
a hearty welcome to all. Excellent guides can be readily 
obtained, canoes can be had lor hire, and all camping 
equipments can be purchased, or perhaps rented, at reason¬ 
able prices by merely applying to the landlord of the house 
where tlie sportsman may put up. 
Since writing the foregoing we have heard that the Aps¬ 
ley Fish and Game Protective Society lias been organized 
with an efficient staff of officers, aud it is dow in full op¬ 
eration. The importance of Ibis movement can hardly lie 
estimated, for that immense back country, covered will) 
millions of acres of forest, and dotted with hundreds of 
small lakes, streums, and .ponds, will, if well-preserved, 
furnish an inexhaustible supply, for ull Lime to come, of 
fish, game, aud fur-bearing animals, besides being a source i 
of food and wealth to the settler, as well as a paradise for 
the sportsman, the hunter, and trapper, 
An Old Guide Gone. —William Nash, a well known 
Adriondaclc guide, died on tlie 3rd inst. at Rowlands Mills, 
three miles from Saratoga. The Cause of his death was 
somewhat singular, and is thus related by the tiarnhyinn; > 
About three years ago he met with a painful and com- | 
plicated physical misfortune, in consequence of which lie 
was not only held hack from pursuing his chosen career of 
trapper and guide, hut also afflicted with a great dc d of 
suffering. By an over effort in some of his exploits iu the 
woods or on the lakes he ruptured a blood vessel in bis 
chest. The case was treated by the laic Dr, Armsby, of 
Albany. The breast was cut open in such a manner as to 
reveal Ihe vital organs at work at their various duties. The 
artery of the left arm was cut and closed up so that after¬ 
ward that arm was almost lifeless. He was ml vised not to 
bo betrayed into any excitement or over exertion on ac¬ 
count of the danger of agaiu rupturing blood vessels. He 
returned in time to tlie it oods, where, the temptation being 
irresistible, lie one day fell to throwing a line for trout and 
became so excited tnat, true to the surgeon’s fears, tiie 
blood vessels of his chest were again ruptured. From tins 
last affliction lie suffered a great deal, more than once com¬ 
ing near to death. Once or twice he has been reported U3 
dead, which reports have given occasion for interesting 
newspaper articles on both ids life in the woods, and also 
on the lamous surgical operation that was performed upon 
him. 
' Fox Chase in Pennsylvania.— The Lancaster (Pean.l 
Examiner of the 7lh inst., says; “One of the largest and 
most interesting foxhuntB of the season took place on Satur¬ 
day’. The fox was started at 2 o’clock in the afternoon,, 
aud twenty minutes afterwards the hounds, numbering 
nearly one hundred, were let loose. The start was wit¬ 
nessed by hundreds of spectators from various part* of 
the State. Afterathiee miles’ chase the foxuaa cauglU, on 
the banks of the Conestoga, near tbe entrance of the Cocsdico 
Creek, ft waa adjudgud that Messrs. Rutter, Carpenter, 
and Warfel were the best rideTS, and they were olloted thu 
purse of $30, which had been offered for the fieri i», 
