FOREST AND STREAM. 



but without effect, and uo wonder, considering my position 

 iu the water. We soon after met Thompson. He and B. 

 continued to hunt, while ] captured two dozen splendid trout, 

 following the stream to the point where it flows into the main 

 Navarro Kiver. Apart from the sporl my tlv rod afforded rne I 

 greatly enjoyedlhu beautifully wildand romantic scenery. The 

 vegetation along the hanks of the stream is very lovely. At 

 every bend of the stream some new peep, some'fresh attrac- 

 tion presents itself to the view, and on that day the bright 

 eunfight played thiougb the branches. The pebbles in the 

 shallow ripples, glistened, and all nature in that sweet sylvan 

 landscape was calm and tranquil. Thompson, during the 

 day, killed two fawns, Which we packed on the horse. On 

 the way home that evening, B. and Tbompsou being in ad- 

 vance, I on horseback in t .e rear, a line doe and fawn, fright- 

 ened by our approach, left the bed of the stream, running up 

 the aide of the hill on the opposite bank. Thompson fired 

 and missed. B. then had four shots, killing (in splendid 

 •tyle) both the deer. My horse became almost unmanageable 

 from fear at the firing, and I had no small difficulty in keep- 

 ing the animal from bolting over the cliff into the river. 

 (To be continued.) 



■»■ . 



OLD CAZADOR'S PEARL. 



STOP, my boy, I've got something to tell you. 

 She's a girl any man might he proud of, my little blonde 

 darling; but I ain't her father. Won't smoke, eh? Well, 

 take a seat on that chair, and out here on the veranda I'll 

 reel the yarn off, No, she won't come out, for she told me to 

 tell you : don't be restless I This city ha9 changed since I've 

 knowed it. Gas lamp was scarce here in 'GO. an' we mostly 

 depended on moonlight an' what lanterns we toted. 



Bears my name ? why of course she does, an' she's welcome, 

 for she don't know abetter to cany. 



T'was in August ; 1 just had returned from the desert, an' 

 the shade ov these gardens and orchards was pleasant. Iliad 

 sold all my cattle at Prescott ; had considerable money ; had 

 friends here, and wanted to settle, but had no particular rea- 

 son ; knowed the place, liked its people and climate ; hud no 

 kin in the world for to bother or love me. My life bed been 

 rough, more like fighting than quiet. Sometimes I felt lone- 

 some an' tired, an' I thought I would settle. So I bought me 

 this orchard an' vineyard, an' for a while thought I w-as per- 

 fectly happy, but somehow 1 found that a man kud get lone- 

 some with plenty an' quiet jest as easy an' more so thau out in 

 the rough on the desert. I got into sorter bad habits, used to 

 hang round saloons an' card tables, play poker an' monte — 

 maybe more'u 1 bed otter. 



One night I was goiu' home late" from Dona Tomassa's. 

 This street was then only a road, an' well shaded, while over 

 there in the bend ov the zauja war quite a big thicket of mlceda 

 and yuaUiit'iU. I kept the middle ov the road with my six- 

 shooter handy, for in them days it was not very healthy to 

 walk too much in the shadow- clost to the hedges. ' I was pass- 

 ing the thicket when ther' kum a rush through the bushes, an' 

 a man an' a woman ran plum up against me. She was crying 

 an begging, bare-headed, an' es he. struck at. her with one ov 

 them long knives the Mexicans calls machetes, bent over as if 

 to purtect somethin' she was totitf wrapped up in a serape,, I 

 shot before the knife reached her. an' the blade stuck in the 

 sand half way to the handle. At the crack ov the pistol she 

 fell at my feet ; it seemed like neither ov them seen me, bein' 

 lookin' only at one auulber. He war shot: through the neck, 

 ea dead es dead timber ; es for her, I thought she bed fainted, 

 till stooping down to raise her I found her dress was all bloody. 

 After considerable calling (.1 didn't like for to leave her)C'hapo 

 came down with a lantern. She was cut. perfectly sicknen, 

 in the bosom, an' bed a stab in the back 'tween the shoulders, 

 which last didn't seem to be bleeding. I made Chapo fill one 

 ov my boots with water from the zauga, an" started him of! 

 for the police and a doctor. While he was gone 1 batiii dhei 

 face, raised her head up, folded my coat for a pillow, an' tried 

 to get her to swallow a mouthful of water, but couldn't. 



Young fellow, I never saw a face more beautiful, in spite oy 

 a pallor, which by the light ov the lantern I could see war 

 increasing. Wrapped up in the serape war a little girl baby, 

 sleeping es peaceful in spite ov (he jacket es if it war home in a 

 cradle by the bed ov its mother. Haiti thur faces together, an' 

 when t hat lit lie bal iv, hull' waking, ne.-tled close up to itsmother, 

 drawing one ov her'long yaller curls crosr a check like a blossom, 

 it slept quiet an' happy. I fell mitey soft-hearted, an' kivered 

 them up with the serape to keep off the light ov the lanterns. 

 Several of the boys kum down with the doctor, and, sending 

 to the house for a mattress, we brought mother and child to 

 that little room at the corner. She moaned once or twice es 

 we lifted them up, tho' the boys was tender and careful, but 

 must a died on the way, for when we turned down the cover- 

 lid old Chapo bed laid over them, only the baby was living. 

 At the inquest next, day we found they was strangers. No- 

 body knew them. The man an' the mother an' the baby kum 

 down on the last steamer from 'Frisco ; staid one day at the 

 hotel. The register showed the name ov Odon, but, at re- 

 quest, it was wrote by the clerk. The next da}' rented rooms 

 in a doby. The mother gave the name of Almona; said she 

 enme from Tepic, in Sonora ; was Spanish ; Odon was her 

 husband, the child's father, but she was in every way per- 

 fectly Lnglish iu ways, looks an' manners, accoi cling "to the 

 old woman, who swore at the inquest that she swept out thar 

 rooms and went errands : that Odon didn't act much like a 

 husband and father, an' wanted to get rid ov the child, of- 

 feriu' the old woman fifty dollars in silver to steal it. Es fur 

 being its father, Odon was neatly es dark as old Chapo, while 

 the child— well, the child is es fair es white lilies. On the 

 day before the night ov the murder, after a long time of cry- 

 ing, she commenced writing letters ; had w T rote an' burnt up 

 two or three when Odon, comb' sneakin' into the room, 

 looked over her shoulder, read what she was writing, grabbeb 

 the letter, pen, Ink an' the rest ov the paper, threw every- 

 thing in the fire, cur; ed and swore and went on lil a a mad 

 inati ; asked if she wanted him hung and her hanging with 

 him; said site could never go back. 



Here the old woman got frightened, ran off an' saw them 

 no more till the inquest. With their things there was no 

 scrap ov paper toshowwho they were, where they came from, 

 no old letters nor nothing. There was a small sum of money, 

 a knife (the knife and a pistol which was on him). In a 

 trunk with her clothing, an' somethings ov the baby's, was a 

 eopa! prayer-book, with the name-leaf lorn out. The 

 book lays in there on the tabic. There wus no wimmin's 

 tr'mkets nnr jewdry— not even a weddin' ring. I did all I 

 could to find out who they were ; found the place they stop- 

 pBjj al two days in 'Frisco, giving the name of Chabolla, from 

 Cadiz. There the trail broke short off, an' I've nuver sence 

 struck it. 



Young man, Pearl wur that baby. She nuver knew all ov 

 this story till to-night, when she told me you were coming. 



She's all oy my life to me. God gave her to love me. No 

 harm shall ever come nigh her, if f can prevent it. and if you 

 don't love her before every thought ov your life and relation, 

 an' know T after calm thinking that you can lend every Say ov 

 your life to keeping hers holy an : happy — What I my dear 

 "boy, God bless you! You make an old man's heart very 

 happy! She's in the little room at the comer, our darling, 

 and any day, after to-morrow, come and hang up your lull 

 in oiu "hallway. El Cazadob. 



nds the width of the take, from Rogers Slide to 

 Nililiiilli hay Point, and Hague lies on the westerly 

 midway between thOSB points. 1 cannot but 6 el that the op- 

 portunities ot this region Lave been much neglected, and I de- 

 Biretoadd this to the contributions made through your sheet 

 by sportsmen of the many places where one can obtain plea- 

 sure and health. BOSTON. 



LAKE TROUT FISHING ON LAKE 

 GEORGE. 



N* 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Tourists on their annual round of pleasure seeking in their 

 passage through Lake George admire its magnificent scenery 

 and clear waters, but seldom stop, except at Caldwell, where. 

 perforce, the peculiar arrangements between the landlords and 

 steam boat proprietors oblige them so todo. Sportsmen traveling 

 this thoroughfare to and from the Adirondacks, occasionally do 

 stop at the principal fashionable resorts, where the fishing is 

 of no consequence, and they test it long enough to become dis- 

 gusted. Therefore, it may cause surprise to some to state 

 that Lake George teems with trout, both lake and speckled, of 

 the finest quality and extraordinary size. At times, on a soft, 

 still, hazy May morning, immense numhers of Lake trout,into 

 process of schooling, trill break a large surface of the water in- 

 foam wth a noise H;e the falling of a roller on the sea 

 beach, so loud one can hardly hear his companion 

 speak; then they sink, and not a ripple disturbs the calm 

 expanse until The same or another s -hool suddenly break 

 again in their mad sport. I well remember the ecstatic thrill 

 that struck to my very marrow when first my eyes saw and 

 cars heard this. But, alas, the cast of the fly "wins no re- 

 sponse ; the dantiest hues bring no speculation'to those eyes; 

 monsters roll their graceful forms on every side, heedless of 

 all efforts to ensnare, 1 never knew them to take the fly. With 

 exception of still fishing at baited buoys, which is" always 

 more or less successful, if one cares for that method, these 

 '•lakers" can he caughtonly by trolling— scientific tiolliug, not 

 the happy-go-lucky way by which the careless urchin, with 

 clumsy rig, snags the fierce and voracious pickerel, but one 

 straining all the knowledge and skill a sportsman can boast. 

 You must suit the humor and understand the freakish habits 

 of the gentleman below, for be is a finickey fellow, and will 

 have things just as he wants them, otherwise he metes out 

 quiet disdain to the unskillful angler and his clumsy contriv- 

 ances. 



Two trolling rods and reels, one hundred yards of small 

 braided ran silk and leader for each, ami, with swivels, gangs 

 of four sets and a lip of the truest houks, put together in the 

 most artistic manner, leng sinkers having holes at smaller ends, 

 weighing from one ounce to half pound, to be fasten, d to the 

 main line with short lines attached to them so as to swing 

 cleat, and a gaff complete the implements of death. The 

 huge shiners caught at Ti, the lowerend of the lake, make the 

 best bait, and next, brook trout; 01 in lieu of these, large min- 

 nows. Von use only one line for surface fishing and the other 

 deep. A hand line is qui teas successful ns the rod. but don't, of 

 is hooked to the bait so as 

 loving tlnough the wal 



ed c 



the practical 

 boat, very slow 

 feiuateiy wtiere your 'bait is 

 of the hot loin- and familiarity 

 •se trout are ibe requisites to 



don't handle things well, that 



course, afford the sport. The gi 

 to give it a slow rotary motion 

 The proper management of the 

 fisherman, preserving the prop 

 and steady, usually, to know 

 running, a thorough knowledge 

 with Hie changeful habits of tl 

 secure a strike, and then if yoi 

 is as far as you will get. 



These lake trout (those of this lake) are as tricky and sullen, 

 as ugly and unmanageable as any Sabuo /•juthn'iM that ever 

 spoiled a fly, and the man who strikes his gaff inside 

 three-quarters of an hour is lucky— that is, into a large 

 one. You quick'y discover there is a sentient being 

 at the other "end who Understands the matter 

 quite, well enough, and although he won't leap, yet will 

 try all the known, and some unknown, dodges. Like the 

 fisherman, he won't stand much snubbing ; should you try it. 

 yourself and tiny hooks or lead'r mtickly part company! he 

 must and will have his own sweet way, and wdien, as is occa- 

 sional, he gets tired and concludes to go into the sulks in some 



fifty or seventy feet Of water, you have taken a I ■ i I 



Considerable magnitude. Then is the time to relight your 

 cigar and take a long breath, still mindful, however, of possi- 

 ble breakers. 



With fresh determination you send word by the line down 

 friend to come Ijp, but in stern obstinacy heswimsback 



and fort 



down jerks, 

 last, fretting 

 fortune in ib 

 the rapidity i 

 —the higher 

 waters are as 

 and lends 

 within re 

 careful. 1 



w fee 



aal in sullen hearing 

 an ugly toothache. Ai 

 concluding to try his 

 for l he surface with 

 is t he supreme moment 

 hat of feeling. Those 

 il ii ' graceful fish. 



toll and Coax him 



PIGEON SHOOTING IN NEW JERSEY. 



Maklboeo. N. J.. June 1, 1877. 

 Editor FobSST asd Stream axtj Rod axtj Grx : 



Last summer, about the lust of August, I had an afternoon's 

 sp'ort with wild pigeons perhaps worth relating. It is Of the 

 rarest occurrence to gee these beautiful swift flying birds in 

 this part of the State nowadays. Many years ago I am told 

 by ptd sportsmen, wonderful tales of their" abundance pnd the 

 great amount of shooting they afforded, during their usual 

 migrations. Occasionally" in the northwestern part of the 

 State a few scattering birds or flocks may yet be seen in the 

 spring, stopping long enough to rest and feed in their northern 

 flighfto their nesting-grounds. But to my story. I was in- 

 formed that the birds were feeding upon a" wheat stubble in 

 considerable numbers, about five miles from my home. 1 must 

 confess I did not credit the story, thinking my informant had 

 mistaken doves for pigeons. However, if the" former is true, 

 they give the finest wing practice, equal. I think, to Captain 

 Bogardus' glass balls, and I therefore resolved to try it at all 

 hazards, jf consulted with a friend and a very enthusiastic 

 shootist, and it was not long before we were en route for the 

 scene of the anticipated sport. We arrived upon the ground 

 at 1 o'clock p. m.. and what was our delight to see a large flock 

 of the biggest doves we had ever seen alighting upon a tree " 





eld 



ad. prefe: 



full leaf, in a distant r 

 once that they must 1 

 upon a tree of this Id 

 '•blinds." or as ue call morn ■• imsli D( 

 ranged in the most desirable localities 

 most shooting, a matter reejuiring no 

 judgment. I conducted to make my 

 from whence the flock had flown upon 

 and which was the only one in a largi 



This fact satisfied us at 



doves scarcely ever alight 



: leafless deadwood. Our 



houses." must now be ar- 



ties, likely to give us the 



•mall amount of good 



•house" near the tree 



our stealth; approach, 



field. I had to go a 



opposite- side of the field, near 

 not far from a pine of standing til 

 until five o'clock is generally the 

 Everything being in reiio i i 



suitable bushes, and the ground being hard 

 :ime and haul wort to get them tt sta 

 My friend selected his position upon an 



•he 



il'iilh 

 nd i 



tgle d 



line pigeons eai 



of deachvond, and 

 Prom two o'clock 

 ina- for the flight. 

 3 made ourselves 

 g. 1 soon found 

 the same- field. A 



.on after a flock of 

 jOl cl range. I took the 



swiftly by i 

 head one with the first, ban-el, and it tumbled out, and the 

 second barrel followed in quick time, and I found three fine 

 ful, large wild pigeons to gather up, and one dove the result. 

 Of three shots, Alt.' here is where the breech -loader stands 

 pre-eminent. Quickly inserting my cartridges, which were 

 handy by my side, and glancing over the bushes I saw a large 

 flock'of "pigeons coming like lightning from the timber almost 

 directly for my tree. I must say just here this is the kind of 

 shooting for a lazy mini on a warm summer afternoon. I was 

 in mv glory. Situated upon an eminence 1 could set and enjoy 

 all the shooting of my friend. I vrss disappointed _" 



a shot at the large flock, but thev went down by him. and he 

 killed several of them in tine st'ele. How keenly your eyes 

 scan the- horizon in every direction, and if, perchance, looking 

 one wav too long you rind a good ''shot" has escaped .you on 

 another side, how you are chagrined. In your eagerness 

 and excitement, how easily the smallest flying in--.. 

 pitied into a bird of wondrous size. My friend said he was 

 annoyed by the incessant flight of potato hugs, w hich he mis- 

 took for pigeons or doves. It was certain he wasted con- 

 siderable ammunition at something. I was fortunate enough 

 to have my place in the shade the" most of the afternoon, and 

 took il coolly, and did not get excileel. I made one very fine 

 : i I: : '.'killing two birds with each barrel out of n passing 

 flock of a tlozcn. 1 have a pair of these elegant birds mounted, 



and I love- to look at thein and look bs 



joyed in gel 



■fc upon the time en- 

 ine 'i'ii! ;-. suited out 

 __ D ray squirrel. Being 

 thirstj andhnngry, the feast of peaches and watennclons we 

 had on the wnv back was like "hat inv friend. Judge Van- 

 svckle. says of shooting, "that the man" who fenOWB nothing 

 about it losses one half the pleasure of living." I must add, I 

 fervently trust the worthy sportsmen of Michigan 



■ ■-• wild pigeons are so ruthlessly deal toyed in neet- 

 , s m: ill be eminently successful in putting a" Btop '? the 

 barbarous practice. M. 



. radiance to ids beauty. Y 



;h, and your hand slowly settles on the gaff; but. be 

 : gleaming eyes will catch your quick motion and he 

 yjll disappear n> the i-.'.Vn .'iuli slur in "the lirmimetit. Let not a 

 lerve il ike *' muscle, Strike?, and strike sure! You have 

 mm he is in Ibe bout! The lace Hushes and eyes beaui ap- 

 iroval Eou Forget you arc a sinful man and concei 

 lelfaGod. You at c the very incarnation of triumph. Von 

 are rich in possession of a priceless jewel. After weighing, 

 measuring and generally admiring you gently and tenderly de- 

 posit him in his box. 



It was just one year ago today (May 36) when in the 

 oriiing I drew up la-fore I'lnenix Hotel, Hague, Lake I ■ ■' . 



__id received a warm greeting from Rising, the landlord, and 



BS soon asuiy slomaeh cried •'enough" to Ihe trout and Other 



delicacies on" the table 1 took my seat in the stern Ol i ! 



and Clifton the oars, and away we glided over the calm surface 

 of l in- lake. The air was soft, and pure, and as my eyes foved 

 from tie- topof Anthony's Nose along the range 01 mountains 

 dividing Ucorge and Chaplain to tho summit of Black Moun- 

 tain, ftudr then caught 'the ripple of the water, broken by the 

 trout in their playful circles, 1 forgot the past, felt heedless of 

 in i. me in the 'delight S ed the present. Not being well, I 

 fished that day only five hours, in which time 1 caught live 

 lake tTDUt, "lie of one pound ; three, seven pounds each almost 

 to an ounce, and one of ten pounds. .Nearly two hours passed 

 and We drifted before a light breez/-, suddl nly sprung up more 

 than a mile before the largest was safe. That day 1 saw a 

 trout can gl 1 1 w-ighing sixteen pounds, perfect in all respects. 

 These trout in this lake are more delicate and finer -a! oj 



the opinion of competent judges, than ' tie Speckled trout. The 



best lime of fishing is from now, May --I, to la«l week in June, 

 and is fair still later, even to middle of July. The surest 



TURKEY WEEK IN TEXAS. 



AN old contributor, C. L. J., has been hunting turkeys 

 with eminent success in the "piney woods " of Trinity 

 County, Texas. Ill some places the noble birds were to be 

 heard on all sides of him, and he had abundant chance to dis- 

 play his " turkey -generalship," nerve and marksmanship. 

 One old gobbler in particular bus defied the efforts of a whole 

 district to secure his scalp, nnd had thus acquired a reputa- 

 tion for invulnerability similar to that which the late G. 

 Washington had among the Indians some years ago. Him 

 our correspondent especially sought, and, after an hour of aw- 

 ful suspense, waiting for his turkeyship to come within range, 

 was re warded by shooting him dead in his tracks. Although 

 in poor condition, he weighed 33 pounds, which is certainly a 

 very heavy turkey. 



C. L. J. is kind enough to send us a circumstantial account 

 of his exploits on this expedition, but our space will not al- 

 low us lo print more than a single one of his adventures, as a 

 type of the sport he and his friends had during that eventful 

 second week of April I 



After listening B few minutes to those gobbling all abouj 



when we sat down with our hacks against a brace of trees, 

 and I began to call. He gobbled and strutted extravagantly. 

 Here we wailed an honest hour, but he did not come. J sug- 

 gested to Will that I crawl to a knoll just in front of us and 

 gee what he was doing. I did so, and looked. There he was, 

 in full strut, apparently the size of a ' buggy -top u Three 

 hens were with him. 1 lay prostrate upon the ground and 

 watched them, with what interest and anxiety one can only 

 feel from experience, ne was a splendid bird, with his full, 

 black, shimmering breast gleaming in the rising son. his large 



