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FOREST AND STREAM. 



than a fresh-run June salmon, with his plump and shapely 

 form, broad shoulders, keen Might eye, and armature of.' 

 silvery i i i adent with the sparkling 



the limpid river ! The females are the most comely, and 

 ean readily be distinguished by their shorter heads. No 

 wonder they frolic and leap for joy. when having escaped 

 tbe great dangers of the passage, they find themselves in 

 the clear, cool stream. What a change from the turbid 

 waters Of the ocean! Here there is nothing to vex or 

 molest. There are no parasites, no devouring enemies, 

 How they plash in the refreshing element, and toy with 

 moving objects, which hover upon or over the surface ; 

 They are as keen as a kitten after a trailing bunch of 

 feathers, and as eaeUj tempted to the chase, only we 



particular how we make up the bob and present 

 it to notice. Salmon will not rise to a fly if it lie tossed 

 clumsily ami violently, but they run off Affrighted, just 

 as a kitten would run under a table in like circumstances, 

 ft is not the instinct of hunger which impels to the pur- 



-almon do not eat in fresh water, but live ou 

 bh " accumulated flesh. With trout itjis different, for 

 they are constantly feeding, and it accounts very much 

 to the angler whether they be hungry or not at the time 

 of fishing. 



I do not wonder that the soul of the salmon angler is in 

 full sympathy with the leaping fish aroun 

 he. ton. leaps. Each is happy in his new 

 butterfly just burst, from its case. The w 

 and the streams ate everywhere vocal with 



and so the angler shouts and 

 do not enervate him : profound slumbers 

 tude ; every drawn breath invigorates; a 

 he grows upon. Day after day, for week 



id- 



ii, and that 

 tent, like a 

 and the air 

 iral sounds, 

 . Fatigues 

 g no lassi- 

 hat he eats 

 rether. will 



of tin 



be go forth with Ms rod and gaff, and never cloy 

 sport. There is an exhilaration about it which seems 

 i , , .diminish or flag. I confess it is not wholly thus 

 with me in these days. 1 like sport of any kind, but only 

 in moderate quantities. -A Very little satisfies — a. few fish. 

 a few birds, or a single saddle. For this reason I .took 

 down my salmon rod hut four times out of nine fishing 

 days spent on the Godbout. I was on the river eleven 

 days, but we never fished on Sundays. My score was 

 nothing to boast of— two fish one morning, and one on 



da 



. but I ^ 



I i 



^ell contented as if 



fish. However, fish 



nthe season, so that 

 sixty-two fish, as I 



each of two oth 

 I had caught m 



tching, and watching oth 

 did not begin to take well until la 

 the joint score of five rods was 

 have, already written". On my first day's outing I caught 

 , kelt, but kelts don't count on our scores. They are 

 never gaffed, but are returned to the river as soon as they 

 can be detached from the hook. 



p ( r [, ■-,, 3 ome readers will be interested to know- what 

 :, keif is. A keif, then, is a spent salmon which lias re- 

 mained in the river all winter, and is now on his way to 

 the gea to recuperate. He belongs to a late ran of fish 

 which are supposed to spawn hi the higher pools hi 

 January. He is as disgusting and pitiful an object 

 as ■;,!! well be imagined. Place, him side, by side 

 with a, fresh-run salmon of the same length, and 



mark the differe 

 Why. lie looks al 

 shrunk entirely awa 

 bead, back, and tail 

 weight. Whatever t 

 not mi. re than 0ne-Bi 

 ary. when he be 

 folds and wrinkf 

 small ones are a 

 will have obtaii 



Starved for so loni 



ihape, weight 



it like a pickerel. 



and appearance. 

 His stomach hat 



id lit 



i.e 



he M 

 the n 



a ted. 



nd th( 



;1 then 



a. tim« 



vth, an 



r full ! 



and 



abrupt hill, rising above the ledge, and clothed with a. 

 primitives forest. At the foot of the island an immense 

 mass of hugo boulders fills one-half the channel. Looking 

 up the river from below the pool, the vista is one of the 

 wildest and most charming imaginable — the \iyid green 

 of the mantling forest enclosing the sweeping rapids, 

 and the blue sky and fleecy clouds overarching from hill 

 to hill. The two islets gem the middle foreground, while 

 the boulders and the ragged ledges add most striking 

 features to the picture. Mr. Gihuour, my host, who is 

 the owner of the river, has a superb painting of this land- 

 scape, made by Sandham. Nothing can be more char- 

 acteristic of tin's northern scenery than these lofty, fir- 



glad, towering hills, 

 white churning foai 



its rugged channel-- 



clusively for this po 



ing fastened a fish, push for the pebbl 



as soon as possible, and kill him there 



.cut ■ 



del 



which are almost mountains, and the 

 of the ice-cold river, leaping clown 

 ay. A boat is always kept here ex- 

 1. We cast from tlie.boat, and hav- 

 hore of the island 

 Nothing but bad 



ckle 



managei 

 pool, which i 

 a fish Bhould 



can be follov, 



Cadia has ni 



fastidious angler might here find 

 Most of the pools abov 



ght to lose a fish hi this 

 aably large for ordinary play ; and if 

 .1 in getting into the lower rapids, lie 

 -n the shore and gaffed below. Ar- 

 niore perfect than this. The most 

 s Elysium, and rest eon- 

 re of quite a different 



character. When you hook a fish in any of these you 

 must fight him with all your might from the start to 

 the finish. ' If you yield an inch, the captive gets into the 

 rapids, and is captive no more. 



We take things easy at camp. There is no stealing a 

 march on your comrades by sneaking away to the river 

 at earliest dawn. Indeed, it is against rules to fish before 

 breakfast. We have breakfast at eight o'clock, and a good 

 breakfast, too; oat meal '-pan-itch" and fresh milk 



(Comeau. the guard! 

 or broiled salmon, fi 

 and the like, All re 

 ness the night befon 

 prepared ; the boat 

 poles, gaffs, and p£ 

 are all ai their posts 

 ting away. As a ru 

 daily run of fish tak 

 only serve once nte 

 gets away, and th* 

 cook, sole represent! 



m. hi 

 led pc 

 is and 



; the < 



hi 



id f,s' 



i. -.no 



up of 



coffet 



i put 



spe 



id 



idles handily best 

 ; and so there is nc 

 e an early start is i 

 38 place with the 

 while. One afte 

 samp is left alon 

 five of the red 11 a 



h crew's hi 

 ;, and the. 

 wed ; the 



lido. 



uttitsl 



nchec 

 setting 

 gaffers 

 lost in get- 

 icfr, tor each 

 d the tides 

 ither each boat 

 charge of the 

 ioh flutters and 

 flouts from the tall staff on the tower. Who shall tell 

 how much good company that waving flag is? It is an 

 index of life and occupation in camp, and a perpetual 

 beacon, guiding star, comfort, and friend. It is the last 



at once, and review the sport which we so much enjoyed 

 last June, but I. find my space is shortening, and despite 

 my promises last week to give them some salmon fisMtig 

 in tMs letter. I am constrained by circumstances to defer 

 it to my next. I will then begm at the "Upper Pool" 

 without preliminary chin-music, and fish down, describ- 

 ing my own exploits, and noting what the other rods 

 have done below. HAliOCK. 



j 34th ot 



nlov Ly 



s to be nothing but 



1 to half his original 



e very minute, being 



d size. Last Febru- 



is skin hung in loos 



is all sloughed off. These 



I by next September they 



ize agam. How he has 



nanaged to survive, is a 



marvel. And vet, you see, there was game enough left 



in him to take the fly in good style. Noble old Roman ! 



•\s many as three dozen of these spent fish are often taken 



fishing, and constitute a very 



;,.,, ... , to I n jlers. It 18 very disgusting- to be 



obliged to waste a half hour on a lively kelt. 



I caught my kelt in the '-Glassy," which is accounted one 

 of the best middle pools in the river, lie afforded line 

 sport, though I was not aware of his quality and character 

 until I brought hmi to beach. Comeau. the gaffer, how 

 ever, detected him almost at the first, and 1 confess I n as 

 t-ather astonished, at the finale, to see him jump into the 

 water, knee-deep, and scoop him out on the shore with 

 his hands. In a, twinkling the. hook was out ot his mouth 

 and the fish back in Ms native element, before I had time 

 lo realize that. I had caught Mm at all! This "Glassy 

 popl"iB0ne of the most quiet and beautiful of all the 

 pools. It is perha ps a 1 lUiulred yards in diameter. A t its 

 very head is a charming little islet, capped with ever- 

 greens, which divides a most turbulent and angry rapid, 

 whirh ernes surging info the poo). No boat could ever 

 run these rapids, and they must be quite a formidable ob- 

 stacle to the ascent of the salmon. For this reason the 

 salmon are sometimes torn id here in large numbers, 

 i the present season was too early for them. The 

 outflow of the pool was more peaceful, but still a. respect- 

 able dash of broken water, down which it is exhilaratmg 

 t0 mll ,, boat , o„e side of the pool is flanked by a wooded 

 ,ne just above), and the other by a, pre- 

 cipitous ledge of rock, fringed with evergreens, and an 



and the first, retu 

 and is the first to welcome. No 

 blem it is, for the nonce it is our 

 : may it wave ! 



down stream with the current, a 



progress. It has been as- 



3T pools. A second poles up along shore 



est left hand vapid, which is the out- 



1 the angler disembarks and walks 



:>re of an island to his proper cast- 



pposite side of the island is the 



'Belle," called the ■•Kate." These 



assigned to one rod, when there are four 



: and beautiful and well-named they are. 



object we depi 



waves us a final adit 

 matter what nation's 

 refuge and home. I 



One boat drift; 

 drag at its stern, checking it 

 .lie lower pools. A 

 to the 

 flow of the ••Belle." 



up along the pebhl y 

 ing ground. On tl 

 companion pool of t 

 pools are ahs 

 rods on the i 



1 with the iiiusic Which 



always visible from these 

 aile distant. The two other 

 ,b for the foot of the " Kate." 

 i occupants taking the path 

 litre and upper pools. This 



Sprightly, sparkling, and 

 thrills the angler. The camp 



pools, only a quart a 



boats cross the river and p 

 where they are beached, 

 through the woods to the < 



path is no blind trail, tangl d wi ts, obstructed with 



les and soft with miry spots, but a well-beaten track. 



jfci 



ampy places 



, l Is have beer 



i rocks that , 



bridged 

 * the 



,.i tl 



stretched alo 

 istracted the 



bill havf 



th earth. 



3, cooled 



acky clefts' and 

 id there for grate 



He 



r//^ j?j//f 



Long Range Telescopes. —Perhaps the strongest and 

 i opes in the market are those imported bv H. 

 Merrill's Sons. 179 Water Street, New York. The rifle 

 range telescopes are made especially to their order in. Paris, 

 and exceed anything in their power and lightness we have 

 seen. At a distance of 400 feet, the time on a common 

 watch dial can lie distinctly read, a fact of which any one 

 can convince himself by paying a Visit to the establish- 

 ment mentioned. Messrs. Merrill also keep m stock a 

 large variety of spy-glasses, vinoculars and nautical in- 

 struments generally, charts, bmnacles, pocket compasses, 

 drawing tools, and in fact everything that goes into the 

 outfit of the navigator's department of anything from a 

 frigate down to a five ton yacht can be found at their 

 place, and parties in need of an outfit in this fine can do 

 no better than by applymg to them. Goods of their own 

 make and importation they always guarantee. Sports- 

 men and yachtsmen alike can be suited, 



THE ELCHO SHIELD MATCH. 



• • The 1 8th contest for the Elcho Shield came off on Wim- 

 bledon Common July 34. A. cablegram dated from the 

 range announces that the Scotch team won with a lead of 

 eleven points over the Irish team, while the Englishmen 

 were twenty-three points behind the winners." This 

 makes the fifth victory for the Seotties, their previous suc- 

 cess being in 1864, I860, 1869and 1*74, while the Irish team 

 took the shield in 1873 for the first time, and since then 



...to 



i 18" 



id 1878. 



set as though the Irish wei 



the team included such str 



Eigby cousins. W. and John. Lieut. G 



Ian, Dyas, McKemia, Johnson and 



in reserve. The men were selected b 



ranges of the Louth Hi tie 



2d and 3d of July, and capital scor 

 though the weather was very bad. 

 then headed the list, and for general 

 great silver trophy presented to the I 

 toam on their 



id al 



It looked at theout- 

 anothei- victory, for 

 ly shooters ab the 

 irgeFenton, Cogh- 

 ung, with Milliier 

 ompetition at the 

 t Dundalk on the 



made, 



lent. GteO. FelltOn 



1 « ik the 

 b Rifle Association 



to Dollymount in 



T th. 



dug down ; hollows have been Mled u 

 and there along the route sparkling sp 

 ice which has not yet melted, gusli fro 

 empty into cups which have been plai 

 fid service to the thirsty. As the banks are steep, the 

 path, for the most part, is many feet above the river bed 

 and within sight of the river. ►Sometimes it buries itself 

 in the thick spruces and balsams, and betimes winds dow 

 to the very edge of the water. The view is constantly 

 h mging as we pass along, not only from placid pool to 

 impetuous rapid, and from impending crag to sloping 

 shore,i»ut each rapid has its constantly varying moods 

 and features, and each separate landscape some new point 

 of view. In a dark retreating cleft on the opposite side 

 is a large mass of clinging ice, which it Will still take 

 weeks to melt ; and oh ! how refreshing it is. when we 

 are hot and moist with our long tramp, to turn and gaze 

 thereon. More forbidding was the wintry storm which 

 whirled the driving snow into the chasm, and deposited 

 it there. Occasional patches of ice are seen all along the 

 ronte. At the "Indian pool" there is another boat al- 

 ways on duty ; and here those must cross who wish to 

 fish the pools above. I fain would take my readers there 



h team had been selected at Cowglen, 

 it practice together, and comprised Oapt. 

 " -d, M'Vittie, J. G. S. 

 ■ 11. .ii.l ( orp. Caldwell, 

 as reserves. While the 

 irksmen as Lieut. -Col. 

 Evans, Capt. Plnilips, 

 plu-ey. Serat- Instructor 

 !ol. Feut.on, and Mr. T. Turner, had 

 from the English Eight Club at Sandwell 

 near Birmingham, on the 11th and 13th of 

 were men on all the teams who had visited 

 had learned' somewhat of the American sys- 



.hooting. Gilder in the English team, used 

 and Humphrey shot with afceinington rifle. 



,s not a good one for shooting, but the men 

 well together, and at the close of the 800 



ihmen were leading by a lew points, though 



Fletcher; B, 

 M'Kenzie, M'Kerrell. Sergt. Caldi 

 with Messrs. Johnson and Dunlot 

 English team, comprising such n 

 Siri Henry Halford. Mr. EL S. W. 

 Lieut. W. H. Toller. Mr. A. P. H 

 W. H. Glide 



i Sha 

 The 



did n. 



close enough together to 

 900 yards the leading team 

 more, while the Scotchmei 



standing : Ireland, 1 



;i!)9. Th. 



■a the 



the liking of tb3 men 

 the Irishmen have al 

 the 1,000-yard rangt 

 averaging but 59J- in 

 lishmen picked up soi 

 who held second pi a 

 Shield by 1.505 point 



irds. 



akit 



Theb 



making 45 in all pr 

 st Elcho Shields 



ke the race 



teased their 

 d not hold 



; Scotland, 

 ow more to 



and while 

 res best tor 

 score there. 



it took the 



. is the 



letter than anything 



as on three occasions 

 ies made for the shield 

 use with the three-foot 

 Before that time the 

 d the scoring was dif- 

 at 800, 900 and 1,000 

 ithout sighting shots, 

 a team total of 1,800. 

 made at Wimbledon was by 



ugh foi 



scotch 



soo. 



ed a I 

 shots 



the Irish team in 1S78. when 1,610 was scored. 



T1IK -ELOIIO StATCH— W1MBKEDON. 



800 yds. two yds. 1,000 yds. 



ISTt-'E 



lOtlaurt. 

 laud. . 

 Hid. . . 



i trc 



(irclniid... 

 t Ireland 

 lBW-j England.. 



/ Scotland.. 



i Ireland. . 



IW8K England- - 



I Scotia 



..604 



..483 



..iin; 



..534 

 ..XS 



488 



m 



473 



Ml 

 663 



180 

 HO 



60S 



m 



Total. 



1.43V 



uor. 



1,37 S 



1,603 

 1,503 

 1,463 

 1.158 

 1,393 

 1,508 

 1,404 

 1,489 

 1,010 

 1,600 

 1,652 

 1,505 

 1,494 

 1,483 



i 



1870- Ireland 



( England.. . 



The Creedmoor scores, which may be compared with 

 these, are [Hose for the Centennial trophy in 1*71. 

 and the walk -over match in 1878, Ths conditions of men, 

 distance and number of - i - ly the saina In 



1876 the weather was cha . : the scores ran u> 



