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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 27, 



IS 



nil- . 



boat, "it would serve." We pulled round the lake, stopping 

 here and there, and as the sun got up so its to Ik; unpleasantly 

 warm went in for a rest. 

 In the afternoon wo were joined by a parly from Chcboy- 

 i gan, on their way home from Black Lake, of which thegen- 

 i tleman gave glowing accounts: lie had taken some very 

 : large bass and pickerel, and bad one fish on his line which 

 be SWOre was I fther a whale or the next thing to it. It was 

 tdhtar him tell how his rod bent double, 

 pefless he was to cheek the mad rush of 

 ck, and then of the sensation of disap- 

 line snapped, but he kept consoling hiin- 

 l of how big 11 must have been, and said 

 itch Ihc fish be was glad lie had got it on 

 r had such a sensation before, and il was 



•1111..1 



UNA.— Mr. Miles Wood lias twe: 

 ins by sum.' ..f tli.' blueftob sent ii 



MODI'..— Tins pretty little cntbont has been bought tiy F. L,. Dunne, 

 "I Boston, an. I will remain in the Hull Y. (;. 



DAUNTLESS. Mr. Ctolt'e schooner sailed from Cowes Sept. 10, 

 bound for Now Veil;. 



Frogs 



OUR SUMMER'S OUTING. 

 [Continual from page 168.] 



IN TWO rARTS — PART tl. 



After much discussion we mad" up our minds to go to 

 Long Lake, as that seemed to suit the necessities of the 

 occasion, being convenient and there being a house at which 

 we could put up, and the fishing was said to be fair. So 

 nine O'clock Saw Horace and the writer bowling along in a 

 good democrat wagon on the road to Long Like. The 

 distance was made in about two hours and a half. On our 

 arrival al Mr. Stvohn*, whose house is situated on a bluff 

 a few yards In. in the lake shore, wo made arrangements for 

 our team to COtltO after us when notified. 



Long Lake is a very pretty sheet of water from two and 

 one-half to three miles long and about one-half to three- 

 quarters of a mile wide. It is surrounded by dense, forest 

 on nearly all sidi s, the shore is low on about half of its line. 

 on the other the banks rise to a height of fifteen or twenty 

 feet, though the low ground predominates. Toward the 

 lower eiio of the lake are line camping grounds and I under- 

 stand a |i:.iiy from f'hicago go Ihere every year. There is 

 also a fine spol to pilch a tent, in the grove in front of 

 Strobn's, and a voutur gentleman from Ohio had been en- 

 camped there fo'r .-even weeks, thai is lie had his tent there, 

 to sleep in. but procured his meals at the house, a good way 

 for those who do not care to take the trouble to outfit for 

 cooking. The waler in the lake was quite warm and very 

 pleasant to bathe ill Its depth ranged from very shallow to 

 aboui thirty Feet, there may be deeper spots but we did not 

 discover them. Stroho has several very fair boats, built on 

 I lie hat lean plan. They ate Mat bottom, sharp bows and 

 square stern. While investigating the boats we heard the 

 sound of oars, and upon looking up saw a craft approaching. 

 As it drew nearer we recognized two acquaintances from 

 Detroit and wen- in turn recognized. ''We'll. I'll be hanged!" 

 quoth one, "what are you lellows up here for'.'" "Same as 

 yourself." we replied. "Hut what luekV" "Good," and 80 



Saying i or the gents held up a fine string of nine black 



bass. 'That's line," said Horace, "if we can only do as 

 well. 1 shall be sa.tislied. 1 just want to catch one of those 

 big fellows and I'll be happy." Mr IL. one of Ihc parly. 

 assured us Unit we would have no trouble, as he was in the 

 habit of coming to the lake every summer several times and 

 always caue-h; lish. He kindly pointed out the best spots, 

 but we found we had lo find them for Ourselves. 



After dinner we lost no lime in getting our old togs on, 

 rods jointed, bait-boxes filled, and, bidding good-bye to our 

 friends, who were going back to Cheboygan, hied to the 

 lake. ".Now," said Horace, "for some fish, for I do believe 

 there is fish hi tnis lake "We know it." I replied, "for we 

 have ■-(•en oine taken from il, and 'seeing is Jjelieving.' " 

 Horace lit his pipe, let out the trolling line, and I took the 

 oars and started for the other side of the lake for one of R's 

 likely places. Nothing in the shape or Bsh rewarded lloraci 

 tot liis trouble, so as 1 drew in toward shore he reeled up the 

 (roll, r and we cast our stone over. "Now for the first fish," 

 said I, as I impaled some wrigglers on my hook— we were 

 fishing with worms— and into the water I dropped my line. 

 Horace followed suit, and very patiently we sat and waited 

 for tin bite thai did not come. "Guess this can't be the 

 place, l.t's in.. ve on." So we moved. That was not the 

 place either, and so we kept on until six o'clock, but "nary" 

 5 fish, As we pulled back lo the landing we met a party of 

 ladies and gentlemen from (Jheboygan, who had come up 

 from the other end of the lake, and it did not make us feel 

 anything better to find that they had several fine bass and a 

 four-pound pickerel or two. "Just our coufouuded luck,'' 

 said Horace, "Never caught any n-hvet; expect I nev, r 

 will— don't believe there are any fish in the lake after all." 

 "Hold on, my boy," said 1, "have patience. There arc fish 

 and we will eel some. Wait until after supper." So W« 

 wait. d. ami alter supper we went out again; fished until 

 dark; still not a Mte. "I must confess, Horace, this beats 

 me, and I d.) verily believe you have 'hoodooed' the 'out- 

 l'n ' for I can generally get something if there is anything to 

 get. Well, we won't Vive up. we'll gel up early and try 

 them earlv in the morning." Horace grumblingly assented, 

 but del not lone i.uich lo sav as we pulled back lo shore. 



Al four the next muming" we were on the lake. Pulling 

 directlv to a deep hole oif of a point, we dropped anchor 

 and our lines. At last I fell a pull, and quickly striking I 

 yelled, "I've got one!" "Don't lose him." cried Horace, 

 "it must be the only one and you've got it." Determined lo 

 save the fish ir possible, 1 did 'not waste much time and held 

 . ■• right up to his work, and soon had the satisfaction 

 of landing a line bass of about a pound and a half. After he. 

 was safe!) deposited in the well we smiled, "There, 1 told 

 you so, i i"i-1 Imiig on and we'll gel them yet." said I. "Yes, 

 replied Horace, and in the same breath "I have 

 'him " '-'Lei himrun a little, you will lose him if you keep 

 such a strain on." liu! no, he did not, and wn soon had the 

 pie: sure of pulling number two in the well. To say we fell 

 better, would be a vory mild way or expressing ii. Ilora.c's 

 fare was as if he had chauged the shape, before it was a \ erv 



lcngthy countenance, now it. was quite broad, ospci iftlly the 

 smile ii wore. We now had an intermieion, and not getting 

 another bite, concluded lo go in and get breakfast.. 



After breakfast we started again, and il seemed as if the 

 ice was now broken, as il were, for we managed lo take in 

 nine fine bass out of Ihe "wet," in about two hours. This, 

 uf course; was not anything tremendous, but as we. could 

 nut have u.,cd maiiv bah and were iu no hurry lo load our 



quite car. 



and how utterly pi 

 the fish when sti 

 pointmenl when h 

 sell with the thought 

 even if he did nol col 

 his line, for he never 

 a revelation to him. 



About four o'clock 

 afternoon we had the best Bshin 

 Horace and I were fishing 

 used crawfish and frogs. 

 considerable' trouble lo ci 

 tempi it. The bass hit. f 



than mi the oilier bait, b 

 more readily. The lake v 

 advised not to try them as. 

 ' all they wanted and 

 myself took one si 

 the other, while Mr. 

 Mr. Si mini's, folic 

 stretch of water n 

 shadow completely 

 your craft on a wa 



.ve all went out on the lake, and that 



njoyed du ^ 



!iis. while Iheotherpa 



•fish, so we did not 



til ihe lat 

 as full of i 

 bait, as the 

 cd a elm 



rest fish took the 

 linnows. and we 

 large lish could s< 

 if diet. Uorac 



the 



bite, 



had' 

 done, 



dox w 

 his Up 



Old V 



. 1 



rigged up 



ival, however 



ay, and had 



it attempt lo 



Itle time, he 1 



lb ihe remark 

 for him." 



We were so inlcnl watching tin 

 forgot our own interest in the inha 

 were brought back lo business 

 having a tremendous bite. His 

 tried io slop the fish loo suddenly, 

 hook and snell. Ii must have been a 

 ■Irands of line gut. Poor Hor 



anil 



■ f the lake, and the oilier party tried 



the gentleman who was stopping at 



boat. We had found a deep 



shore, and Ihe lr,.es Ihivw a 



making it a dandy -pot lo set 



loon. We dropped our anchor 



as not long before Mr. C. had a 



us to sec him land his fish. He 



and what still-fishing he had 



drawing his 



11. Since 



play II 



fancy to try the ortl 

 with' a reel. This was 

 fid after running his fish round 



ded it in good stvle highly delighted. 



that was some fun, no more cane pole 



debutant that we nearly 

 liianlsofour "hole." l„it 

 ery suddenly by Horace 

 eel sang nie'rril'v, bill he 

 indsnap, awav unit the 

 •ge fish, as the snell 

 disgusted, and 



as he reeled in his line spoke very gentle words, extoll 

 that particular snell. He wanted me to put a new hook on 

 his line, as I had the tackle book in my pocket, so I agreed 

 to do it if he would hold my rod and nve it up if he got a 

 bile. After some bantering he said he would, so WC ex- 

 changed. 1 got the new hook nicely on. and was jusl pulling 

 on a bait, when "Here you are. take your rod," said Horace. 

 I seized it, and tin- moment I had ii in inv hand knew that 

 the largesl fiih yet hOOked was on the end of that line. How 

 he (lid "pull, and for some inexplicable reason ihe reel refused 

 to run. A nice lix, to be sure. "Confound it I why won't 

 this reel act? 1 know he'll get away. See that "rod tip 

 underwater. Now what have you done to it, HoraceV" J 

 cried, while all the time I expected something would go. 

 ■■(.'ii. 'ss | let that stop down." said Horace. There was u 

 slop ..ii the reel which 1 did not use, and he had snapped it 

 down and 1 never thought to try it, as the changing 

 of rods and general mix had quite upset me. 

 The stop was lifted and the strain on the tackle 

 relieved, but seeing my line was so strong, 1 kept, a 

 steady pull on I he fish. How he did light. Now, straight 

 down, trying to get under Ihe boat; this I stopped, and 

 baled in that, away he went for deeper water. As soon as 

 ihe si rain was put op him again, up lie came, leaping clear 

 out of the water, inoulli wide open, shaking his head like an 

 angry bull, disgorging a half a dozen minnows from his 

 capacious throat. Then down again, then out of the water 

 once more, bul all in vain, the cruel steel was too firmly 

 fixed, and slowlv but surelv he was drawn to Die boat and 

 gently deposited in Ihe well. Whal a splendid fellow he 

 was. his black sides full and round, his bright eye glistening 

 with the ardor of his light, and his gills heaving quickly iu 

 the effort to breathe. It was (he finest bass wo took, and 

 the largesl taken from Ihe lake while we were there. We 

 did no1 have a pair of scales, so could not weigh him. I 

 tried In keep him alive until we went to the town, and had 

 him in a box until the last night of our stay, when by sonic 

 means unknown. In- disappeared with one other line lish. 

 So Horace and J Were on equal terms regarding regrets of 

 "what might have been," for he has never forgiven himself 

 lor handing me the rod with the hie' bass on the line, and I 

 have not ceased regrci I inir that 1 did not have Ihe means of 

 w. ighing thai lish'bi.fore it was taken from (he box. It was 

 a lesson, however, to he remembered, and my pocket scales 

 will nol be forgotten again. There is one consolation, how- 

 ever, if the fish had -fallen short of the estimated weight I 

 might have felt worse. 



quite exercised over the reports of the large lish 



to be found in Black Lake, so as Mr 

 over we determined to devote one day to 

 early one morning Mr. (.'., Horace and ens 

 Long Lake in Mr. C.'s boat. Alter arriving 

 lake the boat was pulled up and the oars h 

 though (hat was really a useless prcc" ' 



xious to go 

 l trip there. So 

 •If started down 

 at the end of the 

 d in the grate, 

 a; however, we 

 k back al night. 

 "tole" road, and 



■h time the 



did not want to risk the chanco of 

 We th.-ii struck into the woods on an old 

 after a sharp walk of a half hour, during 

 festive "skeeter" sang and bit his prettiest, we reached 

 Ihe main road, which we followed to ihe end, and there 

 into Ihe woods again over an apology for a road lo 

 a famous house "on the banks of glacis Hivcr. Here 

 we secured a large clinker-built sadboal, minus (he 

 sail and started up the river for the lake. If was 

 claimed Ihc trolling was tine and any quantity of pickerel 

 could be taken in the river. One man. a farmer, assurad us 

 he had captured six the eveniug before, right iu front of his 

 house, rowing not over two hundred yards. "We did not 

 secure any, however, but enjoyed the trip up the river, as it 

 was quite pretty with the green foliage growing to the 

 water's edge, and even down into the waler where Chi land 

 was low, and here and there little coves filled with wider 

 lilies, while everv few moments small flocks of ducks would 

 rise from the rushes and reeds as we rounded sonic bend in 

 the stream, and go sailing off just out of gunshot. We had 

 a gun wiih us but did not get a chance to use it Upon 

 reaching the lake we kept near the right hand -le.iv. and 

 headed directly for a point where the lumbermen had eneted 



what are called "head yvorks," (his being the point where 

 our friend from below had lost his meat fish. 



As we pulled up lo the works we saw two small boats will, 

 two gentlemen in each, evidently fishing, oil' to our right, 

 We tied up lo the limbers and proceeded lo lish. Mr". (.'. 

 had hardly dropped his line before the bait was seized by 



some voracious fish, and off it Weill will, his honk and pari 



of ihe line. "Evidently one of those nraskollonge they told 

 us of," quietly remarked ('.. as he proceeded to pat on another 

 hook, in the meantime Horace and 1 had" taken in some 

 small perch, when, seeing thai worm was not He- bait lure. 

 we tried lo capture some of the numerous small Irv we saw 

 swimming round the logs. Chad in the intend got ail 

 damage repaired and was lucky enough lo Secure II bile 

 as soon as his line was m the water. I hi- time all 

 hehl, and he succeeded in landing a line bass of abmit four 

 pounds' woicrht. After the little stir this made hid quieted 

 down, and no more lish seeming lo be anxious io make our 

 acquaintance, we concluded to pull over to the short!, whici 

 was about a mile distant On our way we pas-.-.l one of the 



boats we had seen, but uid not interview them, and 1 I r/L 



in;. Ihe land we found Ihe other boat drawn up on Ihe sand 

 and the former oecupanls stretched in the shad.-, taking il 

 easy. As there- ia never any ceremony needed in situations 

 of this kind, we did not hesitate lo approach Ihe strangers, 

 and soon were conversing with them. 1 had been on the 

 lookout for the "Kingfisher" oullil. and about Ihe first thing 

 I asked was if this party had run on to any such outfit. The 

 gentleman I aeensted smiled very broadly. 'and remarked thai 

 that happened lo be the "gang" and "oui iu Ihal boat was 

 Ihe old sea-dog himself." I was loll, to believe il for one 

 reason. We. had bad the parly in view lor at least two 

 hours, and during thai time the parly in the boat pointed 

 out had nol been on shore lo look for 'some "cool spring to 

 get a drink of ice-cold waler." However, I was forced lo 

 believe the gentleman, though circumstantial evidence was 

 against him; but the mystery was explained .soon alb i when 

 WO passed Ihe boat which "Kingfisher" was in, bvour di- 

 covering several bottles containing, no doubt, the well 

 beloved "spring: waler." and I noticed our friend was also 

 supplied. In reply to what luck they Were having, they said 

 "fair," bul thai there were "whales" in the lake. They had 

 seen a mtiskallonge which Ihev would lake their "daw 'was 

 "six f. et t.ing.'' and they were after some- of "those flub.' 



We did not remain long on -hor. . but soon all pull, d to 

 ihe headw.uks ami w.re there joined by the othi r boat, We 

 asked wl.i.h gentleman acknowledged to the eoguomeu of 

 the ■Kingfisher.' and with quite ll blush, or at leas, i think 

 he would have blushed if the sun and wind had Ii 

 his countenance iu a condition to blush, the eldt r of the two 

 modestly claimed the authorship of the articles under thai 

 name. I think fhcg s getting considera- 



ble no'ori. tv. to be In. Med out in ihe "northern Wilds," and 



made to acknowledge his identity, bul suea is faaey. and for 

 the benefit of those who mav never mi.el litis Bllgutj fisher 

 of the North. I will simply miv, he is a jollv looking- old 

 parly, and, judging from his appearance, lakes thi- world 

 easy and lias a good time. 1 did not dan- lo tliselose my 

 identity, lor 1 was afraid after the article 1 wrote lasl sum- 

 mer rather decrying the famous haunts. if the lovers of North- 

 ern Michigan, ' 1 might be lyuehed, however. I guess I would 



have been" safe, at one ,,| ibe party 1 *Wa3 conversing with 

 agreed with me perfectly in regard to 4he trout streams in 

 that section, vjz . Rapid River, etc. "Kingfisher" n id us of 

 an immense niuskallonge he had seen, and said he was after 

 "his Scalp," and showing n young clothes line, "this was 

 whal he had prepared for liim " Wlitic fishing from the 

 headworks he captured a pickerel abont eighteen inches long. 

 Which he said "he would keep for bait As We bad a long 

 row back and the wind was fresh, we bade the "Kingfisher 

 partvgood bye, wishing them much JtTCCe - With the "big; 

 fellOWS," and a good Mule. | |,.,\ e watched each week's 



issue or the Koui-.sr ami Si ukam. expecting to see something 



to hear whether tie caught thai lnudvallonge. ii ihisarticle 

 should catch his eve, it will remind him of the dav. and will 

 also puzzle him to know who penned this account. 



Oui pull back to lie- rivet Vas a hard one, as the wind 

 was very fresh and blowing on our port bow, which made il 

 WOWS pulling than if dead ahead. Howevi r. muscle and 

 time brought us to the river, 1 will not attempt tiny de- 

 scription of Black Lake, as 1 expect the party mentioned 

 above, will write for the FoitflST and Stream a much bettor 

 description than I could pen; suffice il to say that personally 

 1 prefer a smaller l»Ko where disianres arc less, and though 

 the fish may average smaller, the sport will nol he so much 

 behind. After our tram]) bark to Lung take, We !"• 

 rial'!, and on the way to Strohn's stopped at some ,,; our 

 favorite holes, just long enough to catch enough ti.-li for 

 breakfast. We arrived home before dark, and were pretty 

 well tired out, having been over about twtniv-iive miles of 

 distance by land and water. 



..,./'/, yea v.rily when one is off on a pleasure 

 excursion, the "old gent" docs more than dy, he travels by 

 some kind of an electrical cable with a "git tjiar Stroke" too, 

 and he got there with us, and the last day of our si ay til 

 Long Lake opened early. 



Wanting lo lake a few fish to Cheboygan for om friend, 

 and haviug lost, as meniioned above, two of my finest, I told 

 Horace I would run down to the lake before breakfa- -t and 

 try a spot near by. Pulling my boat down the shore, just 

 below the house," 1 allowed hor lo drift slowly back with the 

 wind and soon struck a line has> about three pounds 1 should 

 |udge. Just then me bom was sounded and 1 had to go to 

 breakfast. That being dispatched, we started Olll lo fish 



until noon, as we had ordered the wagon at thai time 



PilWi:ll. i)..:: 

 pro BE) roNCi.rnrr).] 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 T. Ci.. hake, .Ph.— Write to J. T. Miller. Jfontvale, N. .1 



;\ M. I'.. lVn.ul> . N. .I.-See 1 elli -I .(Mi BTBfA* <>1 An: ■'•'. f.ir 



S. R. 13.,('imr Girardeau, He -We bave 01) authentic records of llie 

 heiidit and welk'hl nf dm do^'s you mention. 



F. J. B., Hanover. Jtto.— Read "Training vs. Bleating." torinuruc 

 tion in eausiujr your dos to retrieve nis bftds 



Two trnlv rural vouths, disenveriug the tracks of a wood 

 chuck in fresiiivt'allen snow. i.ill»wecl them up and finally 

 suooeededin despatchmg the cDeatncs, One ,,i thorn of a 

 poetic turn, thus celebraicd the exploit, in CliR village news- 

 paper: 



First Israel with his siiu he shot him. 



Then laid it down and went away. 



Then Isaac with his axe he chopped him, 

 Until there were no signs of life reumininjj that we could , er 

 ceive.— B"s'nn Budget, 



