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FOREST AND STREAM 
A WMISiKlOLY JOURNAL, 
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM¬ 
ING WEEK. 
Thursday, August 3d.—Racing: Saratoga. Trotting: Minnerva, 
Ohio; Buffalo, N. Y.; Muskegon, Mich.; Treport, Ill. Rockaway 
Yacht. Club exercise. Cricket; St. George vs. Canadians, at Hoboken. 
Base Ball: Louisville vs. Chicago, at Loulsvile, Kv.; Cincinnati vs. St. 
Lonis, at Cincinnati; Athletic vs.Boston, at Boston; Defiance vs. 
Cincinnati, at Philadelphia; Our Boya vs. Madison, at Brooklyn; 
Crystal vs. Fallawny, at Brooklyn: Chelsea vs. Argyle, at Brooklyn. 
Friday, August 4th.—Trotting: Buffalo, N.Y.; Freeport. Ill. Regatta: 
Alexandria Bay. Base Ball: Peabody vs. Baltimore, at Baltimore, Md.; 
Enterprise vs. Jersey City, at Jersey City, 
Saturday, August Gth.—Trotting: Buffalo, N. Y. Rifle: Team 
practice and matches at Creedmoor. Base Bail: Louisville vs.Chicago, 
at Louisville, Ky; Cincinnati vs. St. Lonis, at Cincinnati: Athletic vs. 
Boston, at Boston; Rivals vs. Mpha, at Stapleton, L. I.; Oar Boys vs. 
Jackson, at Brooklyn; Redstoclrings vs. Hudson, at Brooklyn; Staten 
Island vs Oceola, at Staten Island; Atlilelic vs. Eureka, at Brooklyn: 
Olympic vi. Hoboken, at Hoboken; Winona vs. Witoka. at Brooklyn: 
Crescent vs. Putnam, at Brooklyn; Chelsea vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn: 
Campbell vs. Ban Francisco, at Philadelphia. 
MONDAT, August 7th,—Trotting: Piq'ia. Ohio. International Re¬ 
gatta. Sara'ogaLake. Base Ball: Athletic vs. Boston, at Boston; Ho¬ 
boken vs. Eagle of New Brunswick, at Jersey City. 
Tuesday. August 8th.—Racing; Saratoga. Trotting: Rochester, N. 
Y.; Pique, O.: Pentwater. Mich.; TisUilwa, III. Base Ball: Athletic 
vs. Hartford, at Halford; Chelsea vs. San Francisco, at Brooklyn; En¬ 
terprise vs. Athletic, at Jersey City; Athletic vs. Volunteer, at Pough- 
keepsio. 
Wednesday, Angnat, Sth.—Raclng-.'Saratoga. Trotting: Rochester, N. 
Y : Piq'ia, 0,: Pentwater. Mieh. International regatta, Saratoga Lake 
—Sportsmen will find in ourNatural History Department 
to-day, the first, half of a “vest pocket” manual by which 
they can identify whatever shore-birds they may have shot 
while they lake their lunch nr lie in wait for more. 
—An excellent illustration of Ihe disappointment meet¬ 
ing nineteen out, of twenty men who dig for gold, is found 
at the Centennial Exhibition. The British Colonies have 
erected a tall gilt pyramid to represent the built of gold 
taken from their mines by Europeans, amounting to 
$38,166,970. This seems a dazzling mass of gold, but the 
average y ield to each man was only $658 for many years of 
labor. ____ 
—A very interesting and valuable article from our cor¬ 
respondent, “Piseco,” on Guides and Game Protectors is 
unavoidably left over until next week. 
—From excessive beat we have jumped to almost the 
other extreme, and spring overcoats may be seen on the 
morning train running into the city. 6iuce the storm of 
Sunday and Monday the wind has continued from the east 
and northeast, and we are promised more rain by to-morrow. 
EDITORIAL RAMBLES IN CANADA. 
V Matafedia, Restigouohe, N. B., July 27th. 
Editor Forest and Stream;— 
Our hostelry, in charge of mine host, the. stalwart Daniel 
Fraser, wliostands six feet four inches in his stockings, and 
charges $2 per day for board, nestles among some moun¬ 
tain spurs, one of which divides the waters of the Mata- 
pedia and Restigouohe Rivers, uniting here. The Inter¬ 
colonial Railway has a station at Ibis place, and the tourist 
leaving New York on a given day, is dropped in front of 
the door within thirty-six hours. (Ten years ago, when I 
used to fish here, and wrote a description or the river for 
Harper'SxNagazine , the journey occupied five days). One 
can go first to Montreal, either by tlie St. Lawrence River, 1 
or the Grand Trunk Railway, and thence take river or rail 
to Quebec; or lie can leave the Grand Trunk at Newport, 
on Lake Mempremagog, and take the Pasumpsic Railway 
direct to Quebec, thereby saving one day. From Quebec 
to Riviere du Loup the road travel ses 120 miles of eoun- 
try occupied by the French speaking habitans, with a quaint 
little village every six miles, every village having its sub¬ 
stantial stone chapel, and every chapel its priest and its 
patron saint. There are no less than twenty-four stations 
on the road, and of these no less than nineteen bear the 
names of saints not known outside of the Acadian calen¬ 
dar. From village to village there is an almost continuous 
line of farm houses. The River St. Lawrence is on one 
side of the river, with the blue Laureutian mountain 
range in the distance, and a range of hills girts the other 
side. The whole intermediate valley is fertile and vivid. 
with green. Fences dividing the farms into equal longi¬ 
tudinal strips extend from the foot hills aforesaid to the 
river; the farm houses are midway, and nearly every 
house has its out-door oven, its barn, and its rude wind¬ 
mill for grinding grain. Thrift, and comfort reign, and the 
earth annually yields its abundance. The journey is most 
charming, and the scenery constantly changes, so that the 
eye never wearies. French is the spoken language, and 
occasionally one meets a tri-color floating from a flag-staff. 
At Riviere du Loup a large number of the passengers 
disembark for Carouna, a favorite watering-place on the 
St. Lawrence. At Bio is another resort of prominence, 
and at Trois Pistoles we find a perfect dinner from soup to 
dessert, well cooked, with prompt attendance and nap¬ 
kins, for 50 cents, with plenty of time to eat it. Ah! 
what a comfort! A little farther on is still another water¬ 
ing-place called Rimouski, with its large brick convent 
and seminary. Here we leave the river; soon comes Me¬ 
tis, and presently we reach the little hamlet of St. Flavie, 
where we leave cultivation and settlements behind, and 
begin to cross the dividing ridge that separates the St. 
Lawrence River from the Bay Chaleur, an arm of the Gulf 
of St. Lawrence. Hence to the River Restigouche, at Mat¬ 
apedia, all is a wilderness, where the moose ranges and the 
trapper finds rich returns of pelts. There are several fine 
rivers and streams between Point Irvi, which is opposite 
Quebec, and Rimouski, some of which contain salmon, 
and nearly all trout; but their lower waters are much 
fished, and one is surprised at the excess of population 
rather than the absence of it, which his fancy prepared 
him to expect. Civilization progresses at such railroad 
speed that it is difficult to keep in advance of it. Even 
here on the quiet Restigouche, where the Matapedia and 
main river once mingled their waters with a delightful 
murmur of aboriginal wildness, the navvies have tumbled 
the railroad ballasting into the meadows, and built up wa¬ 
ter tanks, stations, switch signals, car sheds and bridges. 
All the primitive beauty is marred, and the two little 
churches that have sprung up here like mushrooms cannot 
supply the quality of worship we wot of away up among 
the forest aisles long ago. Mr. T. C. Clarke, of the Phe- 
nixville Bridge Company, iu Pennsylvania, who built the 
splendid iron structure over the river here, came down the 
other day; but although he is an angler of the old school, 
the manacled river had not charms enough to tempt him 
to slay and he departed. 
From New York to its terminus there is a Pullman car 
over the whole Intercolonial line, and. it is delightful to en¬ 
joy these luxuries of 'travel while we penetrate, Into the 
unexplored recesses of anew wilderness. From St. Flavie 
hither the railroad follows throughout nearly its whole 
distance the route of the old Metis or Kept road,'survey¬ 
ed many decades ago. It is up grade for thirty miles, 
through expensive rock cuttings, spanned by huge timber 
sheds to keep out the drifting snows of the long and tem¬ 
pestuous winters, so that one need not make the journey 
to California in order to see these quaint structures. The 
expense of construction has been great, but the work 
seems thoroughly done, and the Canadians are justified in 
boasting of its superiority. At the summit is Matapedia 
Lake, a sheet of water several miles long, filled with, splen¬ 
did trout and salmon trout (here called tuladi); and thence 
the route is along the valley of the Matapedia River, 
which empties out of it in full volume, and abounds in 
large trout and salmon, and sea trout in their season. For 
sixty miles there are only a few cabins, but the ever-shift¬ 
ing mountains and the winding river is enchanting. 
And now we come back to Dan Fraser’s again. Directly 
in front of the house and less than twenty rods distant, Ihe 
two rivers join, scooping out a magnificent salmon pool, 
beside which the Indians used to camp and spear many a 
salmon; but the law prohibits them now, and the glimmer¬ 
ing light of the torohes is no more seen on the river. Be¬ 
yond the pool is a crowded island, and on the other side of 
the island another pool, where 8. R. Gifford, the artist. 
landed a 27-pound salmon two days ago. From this pool 
down, for a distance of seven miles, the river is open to 
the public at $1 per day per rod. At the railroad bridge is 
a grand pool, and there are others below. Altogether the 
privilege is a valued one. Of the Main Restigouche, Mr. 
Sandford Fleming leases the lower half, and C. J. Bryrlges 
of the Grand Trunk Railway, the upper half. Both gen¬ 
tlemen are liberal in extending privileges to their friends; 
hut upon principle and policy Ihe whole river ought to be 
open to the public cm the $1 per day condition. There are 
such vast crowds of anglers here anxious to fish, that the 
reveriue to the government would he much larger than is 
now obtained from the two leases re r erred to, while there 
could be no danger of depleting the river by rod-fishing, 
no matter what the number of anglers. This will always 
he a focal point for fishermen, and so long as fishing ex¬ 
ists, here the anglers are gathered together. I sent you a 
long list the other day. Since writing, I have to add the 
names of Messrs. McAndrew, Gregor and Tapp, of Nova 
Scotia; James Chubb and J. McConnell, of St. John; J. 
W- Lanagan, of Boston; Judge Shepley, of Portland, Me.; 
Mr. Hun, of Albany; and Sage, of Brooklyn, 
Just now Ihe fishing seems to be done, aud nearly all 
have left. To-morrow I shall “fold my tent and silently 
steal away.” No doubt there will be another run of sal¬ 
mon, but there is no use waiting upon uncertainties. The 
largest trout are far up tho river, and the two best places 
for trout on the Matapedia within twelve miles are much 
fished. 
The Cascapedia seems to have been the king river this 
season. It is reported that Mr. Lewis, Almon G. Dawson 
and friends, have taken over two tons of fish from it. Mr. 
Dawson has given his testimony in Forest and Stream as 
to his extraordinary success. Messrs. Gifford and Craveu 
have gone to the Nouvellefor sea trout, and others are on 
the Escuminac. Both rivers are on the north side of Ihe 
Bay Chaleur. 
The Indians here who had never before seen a locomotive 
have now gotten over their astonishment. They have a 
mission and chapel fourteen miles down the Restigouche, 
with a population of 200 souls. A large number constant¬ 
ly lounge about Fraser's house, ready to he employed by 
the anglers, aDd their light birch canoes are drawn up on 
shore below, very much as the boats are seen at Paul 
Smith’s and Martin's in the Adirendaclts. Indeed, the 
scene here is altogether similar, although more swarthy. 
Two men go to a canoe always, and the charge for the 
whole i3 $2.50 per day. An outfit of provisions can be 
obtained here, but no tents. In the fall there is good 
moose shooting up both the Restigouche and Matapedia 
Rivers, and by making portages from the Headwaters of 
the Restigouche branches, one can carry his canoe into 
the Rimouski, the Tobique, the Nepissiguit and other riv¬ 
ers, and thereby traverse an indefinite tract of wild coun¬ 
try without much difficulty. 
The weather has been stormy and full of showers for 
many days with a low temperature. Hal. 
P. S;—The following named anglers have been reported 
on the rivers given beneatli: On the Nepissiguit, Messrs. 
J. DeW. Spurr and J- W. Nicholson, of St. John. 0>n the 
5. IF. Branch of the Mirimichi, J. ,T. Dyer, J. W. Laner- 
gan, and H. Wendell, of Boston; Robt. Orr and A. U. 
Wood of Fredericton, and C. A. Smith (Mayor), C. R. 
Robertson, W. Burr, and Mr. Williams, of St. John. H. 
GAME PROTECTION. 
The Syracuse Journal says that “Very little attention is 
paid to ihe enactment of the Supervisors of Oswego coun¬ 
ty, forbidding the lulling of trout during a period of three 
years. Trout are being caught in various places in the 
county for market. If tbe Supervisors did not intend to 
enforce their new law, they shouldn’t have made it.” If 
the Supervisors will go to the Legislature and haveabill 
passed prohibiting tire taking of trout in Oswego county 
for three years, it will probably be of some effect. 
New York.— The Standing Committee of the New York 
State Sportsman’s Association, comprising Hem. R. B. 
Roosevelt of this city, chairman; Hon. 0. W. Hutchinson, 
of Utica; Col. George W. Flower, of Watertown; Dwight 
n. Bruce, Esq., of Syracuse; and J. M. Witrner, Esq , of 
Niagara Falls, meet at Utica on the 17th of August. We 
should like to" have the sense of our readers in this State 
on the question of the abolishment of summer woodcock 
shooting, aDd will lay the same before tbe committee. 
Broiling a Trout Pond —An important case affecting 
the owners of trout ponds was decided at Flushing, Long 
Island, last week. It seems that Mr. H. Seaman owns a 
valuable trout pond at Ridgewood, L. I., and the Lee fam¬ 
ily own a farm near the stream which supplies Ihe pond 
with water. In 1874 they cut a drain from the house to 
Ihe stream, through which waste water ran, and the effect 
was to corrupt the water so as to cause the death of a largo 
number of trout. An action was begun to restrain the 
Lees from using the drain, and for damages, and the mat¬ 
ter was referred to Richard Ingraham, of Flushing. He 
has reported in favor of the plaintiff, and a permanent in¬ 
junction has been issued agai nst the Lees. 
—Boating men will find iu the usual column this week 
a very interesting letter from our Philadelphia correspond¬ 
ent, describing tbe practice of tbe English oarsmen, now 
in this country, and other matters pertaining to the great 
rowing events shortly to occur on the Schuylkill. 
—T. Umbellus of Peotone, Illinois at present sojourning 
in Boston, Mass., would confer a great favor by sending 
his present address to “Mohican,” this office, M. 
