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nil about here is magnificent. Bound Island, on the Sinne- 

 oing, has a beautiful waterfall, forty feet in height, 

 i, _ ladies while- yon are attending to the 



lunibe iut^ejing the piles on piles and 



row upon n ->v. of the odorous 



pine trees. The f'orestB abound in winged and footed game; 

 the streams iu brook trout and other varieties. The royal 

 Susquehanna alone boasts of thirty-one varieties. Near 

 Hyner is Young Woman's Town, which has the wildest, 

 orookedest Stream of the same name. Whj so named is a 

 mystery. Perhaps a blundering attempt was made by some 

 rode fellow of anuntei to fit ire name to its nature. After 

 leaving the Susquehanna it runs backward and forward ia 

 an inconsistent way, forming a cluster of scallops, and then 

 suddenly splits itself into a multitude of tiny branches, 

 which runoff In hide fhemselvee among the "mountains. 

 Kettle Creel; is another very beautiful and romantic stream. 

 The Short Bond on this stream is a lovely spot, not far from 

 where the Susquehanna turns around the corner of a moun- 

 tain. One could be content to fisl)»all day in Buch a "kettle" 

 ns this, even if they caught no fish, said our excursion 

 friend. This gentleman's preference was plainly for the 

 "rod." It is a more peaceful instrument, said he. Its in- 

 tention is clear. It was never made to catch men with, 

 whereas the gun is used for men and beasts indiscriminately, 

 although the Quakers decided long ago. to the infinite de- 

 rision of the English "Lords Committee of Colonies," "that 

 guns were invented to kill hawks and wolves with instead 

 of men." If, however, you follow any one of these streams 

 out, into the green forest you will have ample use for both 

 rod and gun. If you wish to have the full benefit of the 

 ever-changing ever-charming scenery, you can either re- 

 turn to Benovo by a wayward little branch of Kettle Creek, 

 which, attempting to leave the parent stream, and being con- 

 fronted by some "little difficulty in the shape of rocks and 

 mountains, tains around and "whips back" toward the 

 Susquehanna; or, not being anxious to return so speedily, 

 you may follow the fascinating winding of this favorite 

 stream up past Beaver's Dam, Spicewood Biver, Trout Fork, 

 and Ox Bow Bend, to Cross Fork P. O., and return by 

 Paddy's Bun through Tamrach Swamp iu almost a direct 

 lino to Benovo. To fitly describe the beauty of ro man ce 

 condensed in such a trip 'is simply impossible. 



The vastlumber interests centered in these pine-clad moun- 



Bfi the hardy virtues of the men engaged in this 



important industry, are well known. As for the game that 



: I b i i up in this region, the sportsman who will not 

 spend too much lime gazing and pondering npon rocks, 

 tree?, leaves, and "such," may find a supply as plentiful as 

 the minutes in an hour. Our excursion friend bagged very 

 little, and then left "the bag" on a jagged, moss-headed rock, 

 which overlooked a remarkably fine view. The whole sur- 

 face in this vicinity is deeply seamed with narrow valleys 

 and ravines spreading in every direction, and marking out 

 the innumerable water-courses. Steep walls of massive rod: 

 rise up to lofty heights, supporting the broad table-land, 

 which is crowned with mountains of dense, primeval forests, 

 and stretches far out toward the sea into five points, called 

 the finger Mountains, of which Mahoopany, Tonawanda, 

 and Blossburg are the most important. This immense 

 forest region lies three thousand feet above the level of the 

 sea, and is sometimes covered during the winter season with 

 snow to the depth of six feet. Perhaps the seenery was too 

 distraetingly beautiful to permit the many sportsmen to 

 swing the rod with that masterly patience, or nim tho gun 

 with the unerring precision necessary to take effect with 

 those shy inhabitants, who have nothing to do after break- 

 fast but to keep out of the hunter's way. Probably shouts 

 of delight, such as lovers of ferns are apt to indulge in, are 

 not calculated to secure the presence of the dwellers among 

 branches, or in mossy nooks and meandering streams. At 

 all events, our famous excursionist did not secure the forty- 

 pound jack salmon (5. AmericcOals), or an overflowing supply 

 of the lesser freckled beauties of the same tribe, which were 

 the creatures of pre-Benovo visions. He made, however, an 

 important discovery. "I havo found," said he, "that the 

 strong odor of pins is excellent for paralysis of the palate !" 

 The remedial effects we experienced in this direction were 

 certainly surprising. The rnoming we left Philadelphia we 

 frowned darkly at the waiter— pronounced our Centennial 

 coffee veritable dish-water and our steak and chickens de- 

 void of flavor. When we returned from our wild-woods 

 tramp to the Benovo dining-tables a "strange glamour was 

 over it all." Never were the "fifteen minutes before train 

 time" so hugely enjoyed. Our host modestly remarked, that 

 "appetite was what was the matter." Perhaps he was more 

 than half right. Perhaps the whetting mountain breezes 

 had sharpened this faculty to such a fine edge as to enable 

 us to find a flavor even in saltless soup and pepperless 

 hash ! 



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For Forest and Stream. 

 ON TO "G" LAKE. 



IN MEMOBIAM. 



»"T"*HE bells of the city rang out a merry peal, as a 

 A. party of eight of its' redoubtable citizens moved for- 

 ward, as aforesaid. I anticipated a cheerful start, but by no 

 means was prepared for such enthusiasm as I saw around 

 me. Many were hurrying to and fro, and, in short, there was 

 aery of "fire," at the very time when we were thus in pursuit 

 of water, which probably accounts for the commotion. It 

 was a bright May morning, and our' ample Wagon, red, 

 strong, and handsome, adorned with baskets, rods, etc., 

 stationed early at the appointed rendezvous, received its 

 joyful passengers for an all-day ride. We. had arranged to 

 breakfast together at tavern some twelve miles on the. 

 way, where, while the table was preparing, the party amused 

 themselves with the game of quoits, which is one of the 

 readiest, most available, and healthful of your recognized 

 out-door sports. 



Where on earth and what is "G" Lake ? Such inquiries 

 arose spontaneously in the minds of some in this meridian. 

 For one, I little knew or eared. Enough for mo that a jolly 

 party of young men, friends and neighbors, were going there 

 a fishing, and that I was cordially invited to attend— to join 

 them, it was thus, for the time'being, the one choice lake 

 of all the woods. Like Abraham, I went out bebeviug. but 

 not knowing whither I went. I have since fully ascertained 

 to ei>, satisfaction, having seen it, that it is a small, semi- 

 circular lake, like ihe letter G, not far from Piseea, It, is 

 down 011 the map a ■ idftms in Hamilton County, 



but not obtru.-ive in itB prominence. 



An all-day ride, enjoyable, and not without incident, 

 brought us to tbi and of the road beyond Morehousoville, 

 where we could see or hear nothing of mors house, where 

 civilization ceased and wild forest life begun. There abode 

 Joe Lane mid another, who were to accompany us bs 



Where all slept that night I wonder, but cannot tell. Pos- 

 sibly it was in a hay-loft, or barn, where I too have some- 

 times reposed in analogous cirenmstances. I was assigned 

 to the prophet's chamber, a small, dark room, whose only 

 means of light and ventilation was through an aperture. 

 However, there was a comfortable bf>d in it, and I slept 

 soundly, though not dreaming of loves and roses. _ In the 

 morning we commenced our Pilgrim's Progress — ten in all- 

 each man with a pack on his back, and if not a staff, then a 

 rod, in hand, for a seven-mile tramp, "through ways un- 

 known, tangled, and steep," where no horse could go, as there 

 was not even a bridle-path, and trees were often as thick and 

 close as "blackberries." 



One of the most amusing incidents of the route was the 

 crossing of a wide, cold, and rushing stream, where the only 

 bridge was that of a large, long, horizontal trunk of a fallen 

 tree, whose roots were firmly fixed in the opposite bank, 

 whence it extended itself to tapering across, several feet above 

 the water, tdl we could reach the tip. To get started on it 

 was the difficult thing ; and a full half-hour was required to 

 effect the passage; The party crossed apparently in natural 

 order of the weights of its respective members. The lightest 

 man was first over, and then, lighting his pipe, ho seated 

 himself, con union, to enjoy the prospect of his successor's 

 struggles. One and another passed, when another— dipped. 

 Still another's legs seemed at the mercy of the stream, and 

 were carried under, when he clung sturdily with his right 

 arm to the bending tree, and worked his passage, till, where 

 it was stouter and broader, with a bound he surmounted 

 it. Must I confess that your humble servant was the heav- 

 iest man, and therefore last across. But, as an offset to this, 

 I claim to have reached the opposite embankment (I scarcely 

 know how) with dry feet. Laughter in turferod somewhat with 

 dexterity. Could we all have refrained from it, wo might 

 have made the passage easier. On our return, by the way, a 

 week later, the waters having decreased, and my agility in- 

 creased, I had the honor of being the first man across. 



G Lake is utterly secluded. Bounded by forests and 

 high lulls, it is not without attractions. Doubtless it would 

 be more highly estimated if other lakes, larger and statelier, 

 were not near. Such is the luxuriance of our inland wator- 

 system, that lakes like G pass frequently under the name 

 of ponds. It was formerly reported famous for its trout, 

 but. llhim fuit. Like that of many others, its glory is, in a 

 measure-, at least, departed. Wo were somewhat disap- 

 pointed. Others had been there before us that very season, 

 and in the wholesale business, too, though Jack Frost had 

 not yet withdrawn. Whatever may have been the cause, we 

 found the fishing nothing extraordinary. There were no 

 boats on the lake, if 1 except a very small, portable one, 

 which was brought into tho service of the lightest man of 

 our company. We fished from rafts already constructed. 

 These consisted of logs, from four to six, according to size, 

 fastened together and covered with bark. Blocks sawn from 

 the logs, answered the purpose of seats. The rafts were 

 moved around from place to place by long poles. They 

 were steady, water-tight, could not be upset, or raced with, 

 but I have know n mure convenient, and desirable convey- 

 ances. Two lish.'i-mi n were assigned to each, but in vain, 

 if fly-fishing was in practice. No experienced fly-fisher will 

 welcome another in the same boat, as lines are thus sure to 

 tangle, and rods are liable to be broken. 



An interesting and novel feature of this excursion was, 

 that a photographer was one of the party, prepared with in- 

 strument, chemicals, etc.. to take pictures of the lake and 

 adjacont scenery, and likenesses of all the fishermen. I 

 relate this the rather, ashy experience, having found it entirely 

 practicable, others may be glad to avail themselves of similar 

 advantage. Our artist took us several times in a group, as 

 well as individually, just as we were without one plea, and 

 a wild looking set, of fellows we were under the circumstances. 

 Our shanty is in this manner well preserved and perpetu- 

 ated in remembrance, and even now, with aU its tenants 

 and appendages, it is before me. Fine views of the lake, 

 with its rafts and rafters, its sides, and mountains in the 

 back-ground, are still in my possession. On one occasion, 

 when alone on a raft, seated, and in the act of throwing 

 my h\, from a near shore in the woods lheard a voice, butsaw 

 no' one. It was the voice of our artist, directing me to keep 

 perfectly still for a few moments. I did so. He was about 

 to take a picture of the scene, through the cross-branches of 

 trees, and there I am, visiblo through said branches, pin- 

 ioned to this day. 



Haying returned to Joe Lane's, we separated ; half of the 

 party went home and half remained. While there, or in that 

 vicinity, I enjoyed more satisfactory sport and had better 

 success than at the lake, in West Canada Creek. I filled 

 my basket one day with quarter and half-pounders, and 

 caught, at sunset, some particularly handsome trout. Three 

 of us had peculiar luck. Parvus homo, in his little boat, had 

 more than he could well attend to to keep from going down 

 stream, and at the Bame time manage successfully an ex- 

 tra-large customer. However, he was determined, of course, 

 not to lose him, if possible. He held himself close to an 

 alder-bush — by his leeth — in order to have full use of his hands. 

 After a very long struggle with fish and tide, he succeeded in 

 capturing a three-pounder ; but this was the only one he 

 had to show. He is u very accomplished fisherman ; makes 

 the best flies and rods in Central New York, which are much 

 in request. I have one of his rods, and it is a beauty. 

 Homo No. 2, sought a tributary brook, where he was assured 

 that trout were numerous. He caught the most, numeri- 

 cally, but they all wuro " fingerlings," and should by fair 

 rights have, been returned to the stream. I took tho medial 

 course, catching neither the largest, nor the most, but more 

 pounds than either, and' "the bost mess of fish." Indeed, 

 they were a handsome show. So honors were easy, or 

 divided. 



Our semi-party, four in all, took a day to visit Wilmurt 

 Lake, enjoying a delightful forest-walk through all the way 

 up hill. ' There we found a party of greenhorns, who were 

 fast becoming devoured by flies. They complained much, 

 but had no preparations or means of relief. I was happy to 

 furnish them a bottle of fly medicine, which pleased them 

 more than any dainties which could be produced. We were 

 glad to make acquaintance with the lake, and took a satisfac- 

 tory row over it, not attempting to fish ; after which, with 

 thankful hearts and invigorated strength, we turned our 

 thoughts toward Utiea, and concluded it was time to sing — 

 " 'Mid ploaauros ami palaces tlioaaa we may roam. 

 There's no place lino tome, there is no place like home. ' 



Amatbub. 

 i:ih-u, Jfttmry 22, 1877. 



For Forest and Stream. 

 DUSKY LITIGATION. 



GOLIAH JACKSON was the biggest, the blackest, the 

 ugliest, the-e-e-e— hut there, it's no use to attempt a 

 description of him. Any man who could gaze upon Goliah 

 Jackson's physiognomy and physique for ten seconds, and 

 turn round and blaspheme Darwm, is a traitor to his kind. 



Goliah was one of those blue-nose niggers, which go to sea a 

 little during the fine weather of summer, and loafs round a 

 big fire made of stolen wood during winter. Now, in the 

 place of Goliah's nativity was another " kullud pusson," 

 Mr. Sam, or Tliam, Johnson, who kept boarding-house, in a 

 tumble-down shanty, for other "kullud pussons,"of suffi- 

 cient respectability. Fall weather having set in with- the 

 usual local severity— that is, keen enough to curl a nigger 

 up like a maple leaf, and turn his hide to a dismal mixture 

 of purple, blue, and gray — Goliah decided on no more 

 coasting trips for that season, and took up his quarters with 

 "Mr. Johnsing" for the winter, under a special arrange- 

 ment as to terms. For a time things went smoothly, but 

 about mid-winter a disagreement took place, and Goliah re- 

 moved to a rival establishment. Thereux>on Sam sued him, 

 for an alleged deficit in the board bill, before the district 

 magistrates. Goliah appeared promptly — coming, the wags 

 of the neighborhood said, in iiro carts — and the trial began 

 summarily. Sam pressed a claim for " free dollaths an' 

 thixty-free thents," which Goliah denied, asserting that he 

 " didn't owe de dam niggah nuffin 'cept a hammin." De 

 charge was seben an' thixpence a week, an' he'd paid up 

 ebry 'vidual red, an' he be cuth'd ef he was gwineto pay any 

 mo' on dat sco', so daT now." Besides, he had " done all de 

 cho'es fur do houthe all winter long, 'cordin' to de 'agree- 

 ment, an' let dat lyin' debbil ob a niggah deny it, if he dar." 

 On inquiry, such proved to be actually the case, the other 

 contestant admitting it, without hesitation, himself. 



" Sam," said the magistrate, with asperity, "Sam Johnson, 

 you're an unconscionable rascal. How dare you come here 

 and waste the time of the court, when you've no case at all, 

 by your own showing ?" Sam rolled up the whites of his 

 excited eyes like a flash of heat lightning on a summer 

 mid-night: 



"I axes your parding, Massa Porter — but I has got a cathe. 

 Dad G'liah owes me, 'caze I can't 'ford to keep him on dem 

 i-angements. Why; Massa Squire, jest look at him ! Jest 

 look at him ! Who can 'ford to keep dat monstrous, great, he 

 nigger, for seben an' sixpense a week; and de cho'es — dam 

 de clo'es ! Why, Massa Squire Porter, he breed a faminly in 

 do houthe— he did— de dam wall-eyed, woollen-headed, 

 sculpin-moufed hip-an'-bottom-up-amoth (probably Sam 

 meant hippopotamus), an' I had to go and buy mo' fish an' 

 taters afo' de winter half troo. Ebry mealth's wittals dat 

 brack elemfunt take, he eat free dam great Labrado' herrin', 

 later accorin', an' G-o-o-d knows how much bread ! Seben 

 and sixpence a week, an' da cho'es be dam ! Massa Squire, 

 I axes you now, could you 'ford to keep boardin' houthe 

 ye'self on dem 'rangements, an' feed sich a mountain ob a 

 niggah as dat, dnl'll eat ale Tophet, an' cliase de debbil vlur into de 

 middle ob de wilderness ?" 



But, notwitstanding Sam's eloquent appeal, ad Itomimm, ho 

 was non-suited, and left in high dudgeon, grumbling a 

 threat of appeal to the Supreme Court. 



N. W. Beckwith. 



Eantsport, Nova Scotia. 



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MANAGEMENT OF TROUT DURING THE 

 SECOND AND THIRD YEARS. 



—There is nothing more disturbing to the peace of a 1am- 

 ih than lot a brother to attach his sister's "bangles" to his 

 dotr's tail. 



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Wut is a dog's tail like a decrepit old man ? Ans.— Because 

 it is in firm. 



No. n. 



IF the young stock has been skillfully and carefully 

 managed hitherto, tho success of tho fish farmer is al- 

 most certainly established. The really critical periods of 

 fish-life are now passed, save those unforeseen contingencies, 

 which are liable to arise in the form of epidemics among the 

 fishes, or from overflows, which, if not thoroughly guarded 

 against already, are sure to ruin the so far safely conducted 

 enterprise. Y'et, the practical fish culturist can discern no 

 period, from the deposition of the spawn npon the hatching 

 boxes until the trout are marketable, in which he can relax 

 his energies or let down his watch over the thousands of 

 wards hehas voluntarily assumed to care for, for his own be- 

 hoof and profit. The period of sojourn of the fry in the 

 first pond is brief indeed. We placed the last of our crop in 

 it about the middle of April, and by the first of November 

 they should be removed, in order that the aquatic plants may 

 have time to grow and the insects, larvio, and natural fish 

 food of the pond may have time to increase for the next 

 year's occupants. The same method of removal as made 

 use of on a previous occasion must be adopted in the re- 

 moval of the fry to pond number two. Our fishes have now 

 grown out of their infantile state, and require a more gener- 

 ous supply of food. They have greatly increased En Size, 

 are qualified, in a measure to take care of themselves. The 

 food question presents itself again, and in order to promote 

 the growth of the fishes as rapidly as is consistent with their 

 health, the supply should be abundant, cheap, and readily 

 obtained. Hitherto the hearts and kidnoys of slaughtered 

 animals and the larvaa of flies have been staples of supply, 

 but now their rapidly increasing wants exceed our ability to 

 obtain those varieties of food; hence we must have recourse 

 to such kinds as are more easily procured and less expen- 

 sive withal. There are many substances at this stago of 

 growth well adapted to their voracious appetites— for they do 

 not seem to objeet to almost any kind of animal food, how- 

 ever coarse in quaUty, only so that it is reduced to such parti- 

 cles as are adapted to the size of their gullets. The lungs 

 or lights of all slaughtered animals fill the bill in all re- 

 spects, and when properly chopped are eaten with avidity. 

 An abundance of those may easily be obtained, especially 

 if fish farms are near large cities. These articles may be 

 very easily reduced by passing them through . 

 sausage-cutter, the kind in which the knives are stationary, 

 and the meat is forced against them by pegs on the cylinder, 

 as those cutters haying "knives placed on the oylinders do 

 not cut well, but disappoint the farmer, and render this 

 operation extremely vexatious— a fact worth remembering. 

 In those locations where fish farms are suppbed with 

 abundance of water, and the supply source being elevated, 

 a convenient power may be constructed by the use of an 



