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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov, L5 



h<i and Elver 



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ration notes of ijooii lishino loealities. Will not oi'reoerr- 

 ■ l-iitxjomr Hsin'lh nnh-s of desi ruble points for mif/linn 

 e.revrsionsi' 



To insure, promt}! attention, eonnnti it oritur,) s should tie ad- 

 ■ tressed to the to, est ami Stream PubHsliinii f,,.. onrl vol to 

 individuals, in inltose absence from the nfliee matters .,,' im 

 portaner are liotile to delay. 



OPEN SEASONS. 



Tlie dip-st of open seaso.UK, printed is our Issue of A.up lti ( litis 

 been publisher! in - oarenieut pamphlet roi'm, Mid " HI hp sent to any 

 undress, postpaid, on receipt o£ 10 cents. 



"THE SAUMON." 



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TBU8I "THE ANGELS WHISPER." 



YN" Tweedsifle a-Ktamif n' 



With- Ions: roils our hands m, 

 !n great hopes o' lundin' asaumpn were we; 

 1 took up my station. 

 With much exaltation. 

 Wlijle Morton Cell a-flshing farther down upon the lea 



Across the stream flow-in 



My line! fell a-throwiV. 

 a Bofi wester blt&win' right into uiy ee. 



1 Jumped when nie hook on 



I felt something poolefn'. 

 But upon farther lookin' it proved to be a t ree\ 



Deep, deep the stream in 



1 yaw his sides a ejeumiu', 

 The kins o' the saumon, sae pleasantly lay hi. 



1 thought ho was sleepiu'. 



But upon farther peepin' 

 1 saw by his teeth he was Isughiu' at m<\ 



The Husk frae ray pocket 



I poured into the socket, 

 For T was provoMt unto the last degree; 



And to my way o' Ihinkiu'. 



There's nathing for't but drinkin' 

 When a saumon lies win kin' andlaiicbhi at nif 



There's a bend In the Tweed ere 

 Itiniufe'les with the Tender, 



P "reliance you may see there a wide, eer-sprcadlng I ree : 

 There's a part o' the rivet- 

 That I'll revisit never, 



Twas there that: the scaly buffer lay lauehln at me. 



FVoiil "Songs of ttie Kdiitlnirott Angling Ctuh. 



MEGANTIC TO MOOSEHEAD. 



AFTER ten days' fishing tmtt hunting til, Spider Luke mul 

 Hathan Bog, we left, Lake Meant. tic. in (lie Province 

 of Quebec, on the 4th September lust, for Moowuead Lake. 

 Our party consisted of Ed. Biumore, of Montreal; W. F. 

 James, Geo. II. Morkill and P. H. Thomas, of Bhcrbrooke; 

 S. D. Ball, of Spider Lake as general factotum, al)d tile 

 writer, Through the kindness of " Mr. Win Smith, Road- 

 master of Ihe International Railway, ttxid Jack Kinkead. the 

 engineer, we got a lift on the engine of the construction 

 train to the eud of the track, about live miles, v. Idle Donald 

 M<\l vet's double team followed with our canoes (two Itirch 

 and a Stranahan canvas) and other traps, By keeping ihe 

 Hue of railway we reached Gordon's camp, ten miles from 

 Megautic, at noon, but our team did not arrive until nearly 

 siiLiset, and was so used up that we considered it prudenl to 

 remain here for the night, and were most hospitably treated 

 by Mr. Clark Gordon, one of ihe railway contractors, a 

 -- Im ii souled fellow and an enthusiastic spoilsman. IBs 

 fishing stories are "taken on the spot," and are nol fish 

 stories by a long chalk. Some of the ponds in flic vicinity 

 of the Gordon camps were probably never fished before 

 Chirk fished them; and they are so little known that to sonic 

 of them names have not yel been assigned. Last winter a 

 catch of forty or fifty pounds of trout, through ihe ice was 

 an ordinary afternoons work. .V game of euchre and a 

 stewed duck supper, prepared by 1. If Frascr. tin tillable 

 clerk of Mr. Gordon, finished up the evening, and a shake- 

 down was prepared in the store for the night, while McLeod 

 and Ball luxuriated in the bay mow. 



The next morning, after an early breakfast, tve were again 

 under way, and by following the railway dump and tote 

 road, managed to reach Gordon's Maine camp, about, eleven 

 miles farther, oath- in the evening. Here we were enter- 

 tained bv James A., Gordon, another of the contractors, and 

 his son. Willie. The old gentleman would sooner fish than 

 eat un\ tune, ami we have intd good times together at Brornp- 

 lon Bake and on the Magog River. Very lew can handle a 

 rod as well as he can, and his day's fishing always figures 

 tip weli on the count. Another early morning start, and we 

 pass the camp of James A. Gordon, Jr., about o'clock. This 

 is the last camp on the line of railway, and Mrs. Gordon and 

 her daughter seemed delighted to meet us, as they so seldom 

 see any one except the railway hands. Here wefirsl struck 

 Moo* River, and on we went over logs and boulders, stopping 

 to chop a tree or two which had fallen across our path, and 

 after a w Bile crossed the river at the first hay farm near the 

 mouth of Bog Brook. Ball had hunted and trapped on this 

 brook, and considers it unequalled for fish and game. At 

 noon we stopped at the second hay farm below the Lowell 

 Falls, and here our teamster left us. We remained here over 

 night, amusing ourselves in fishing near the camp, until we 

 had a two days' supply of trout on hand, the largest fish 

 weighing 'ii pounds. 



On Saturday we launched our canoes, and by dint of 

 Wilding autl dragging managed to make some ten miles dur- 

 ing the day. We had too much to do to think of fishing, 

 and besides we had an abundant supply on hand. Tlie 

 banks of the river were thickly tracked by' the footprints of 

 moose, caribou and deer, w ith occasional bear tracks. The 

 day was showery, and we were glad to camp that night on a 

 high bank close to the river. We were wet from head to 

 foot, hut too tired to change our clothes, and a good bed of 

 spruce boughs prevented us from taking cold, in fact we 

 found it "a bed for coughs and colds consoling." Ample 

 justice was done to a couple of frying pans full of trout, and 

 a double allowance of tea, strong enough to float a harrow 

 tooth. Nothing in the woods allays fatigue as a pannikin of 

 strong tea. When camping in Australia it formed a part of 

 every "meal, and was considered as indispensable as bread. 



On Sunday we struck deeper water, and found less diffi- 



culty' m getting along. We. passed the third hay farm, 

 where we feloniously appropriated about a half bushel of 

 potatoes from a patch which we found growing there. We 

 trust the owner will accept this open confession in payment, 

 and hereby tender him Carte llanhlit to raid our potato patch 

 when in similar straitened circumstances. Below here we 

 met I wo young Bostouians, who with a guide from Moose 1 

 River village were up on a fishing trip, and who returned 

 me i i An, passing our camp while we were busy it-pair 

 ing canoes.' Although we had very little swift water the 

 sunken granite boulders made navigation extremely danger- 

 ous to our birches. In many places these boulders toweled 

 twelve or fifteen feet above the. water, the tops of some of 

 the highest Having been blasted away to facilitate lumber 

 driving. 



Mondav noun we reached Holeb Falls, some six miles be- 

 low our lasl camp, which we passed by two portages, the 

 longest about half a mile. This portage is strewed with im- 

 mense granite boulders, evidently dropped durine the glacial 

 peiiori,'":iud it is as Ball said, the '•coarsest gravel he ever 

 saw." The fust carry is over an island, at the foot of which 

 the TEft branch of the river comes in at right angles over a 

 nearly perpendicular falls of some sixty to eighty feet. These 

 fulls are a magnificent sight; on one sale of them a buttress 

 of logs has been built to keep lumber from lodging. The 

 guide whom we afterward enaaged til Moose RiverA illage 

 fold us a blood-curdling story of how he got jammed there 

 in cutting away u jam of logs before his males could swing 

 him up bv 1he rope to which he was fastened. He was for 

 several weeks incapacitated from work. The falls on the 

 other brunch of the river are not so abrupt, but no boat can 

 run them at any pitch of water and live. Where the river 

 iiniteaal the foot of the largest, falls the spot is one of the 

 best places ou the river for trout, although not, so large as in 

 other places. We afterward passed the Spencer rips, a short 

 fall round which we earned, but which can be run in a 

 canoe in high water. At the Attean rips, which arc passed 

 bv two short carries, there is excellent trout fishing, particu- 

 larly in the large basin tit the foot of the lower falls. This 

 night we camped on a tote road on the left bank of the river, 

 where we shot several partridges, which we fried next morn- 

 ing for breakfast. While breakfast was being prepared. 

 Mr, .fames walked a short, distance up the tote road and 

 came back with a large set of caribou antlers, which with 

 the skeleton of a caribou, lie had run across. Afterward, 

 iu walking down the road, he noticed a caribou coming to- 

 ward him. His gun was only charged for partridge, hut he 

 stepped behind a tree, drew his revolver, and when the 

 animal had got within about twenty yards of him he fired 

 and cut a large lock of hair out of his mane. If It hadn't 

 been close season in Maine he thinks he could have made a 

 closet -hot. 



About, 8 o'clock Tuesday we reached Attean Bond. This 

 is a lovely sheet of water,' some six miles in length, dotted 

 with islands and inlets, most of which arc covered with 

 small pine. The boulders appear to be mostly- sandstone, 

 and by the action Of the waves have been made to assume the 

 most fantastic shapes. We find that we have got around a 

 mountain which has been in sight for three days, and which. 

 like Saddleback Mountain, has been always ahead of us. At- 

 tean Pond is the place where the loon arid blue heron most 

 do congregate. A paddle nearly around the pond satisfied us 

 thai we had gone about eight miles lo reach the outlet when 

 half that distance would have sufficed, had we known where 

 lo look for it. After entering the pond, keep to the right in- 

 stead of going through it. After a paddle of about a mile 

 from the outlet we reached the farm of Pat McEenney at 

 dusk, and remained there for the night. An excellent .sup- 

 per was prepared for us. and for the first time in a week we 

 had the satisfaction of sleeping without our clothes. Mr. 

 McKenney is one of nature's uobiemeu. He is a native of the 

 .North of Ireland, but has lived on this farm for the past 

 nineteen years. He has a market at his door for all he can 

 raise. The lumbermen pay good prices in cash. His farm 

 comprises 300 acres of excellent land, and is situated a short 

 distance above the inlet of Wood Bond, a sheet of water 

 about three miles from inlet to outlet, or four miles in its 

 greatest length Nobody should go within ten miles of Pat's 

 without making it a point to stay at least one night under his 

 roof, and if the tourist be made of the right stuff, he will be 

 trcate.ti with the utmost kindness and something besides. 

 Just think of the charge— meals, ill) cents: beds, ft) cents 

 each! Our breakfast, consisted principally of "chicken 

 fixins," done up in a style to tempt an epicure, while the 

 potatoes had tin open countenance that would extract a gain 

 from the hungriest Irishman. Pat is of a very communicat- 

 ing turn, and possesses u tund of pleasant anecdotes. If 

 his daughter was only as talkative as she is handsome we 

 should liave liked it better. 



Ou Wednesday morning we paddled through Wood Pond 

 and down the outlet ball a mile to Moose River Village. The 



cultivated farms, with the fields of lipi 

 beautiful from the pond, and the mow 



guide: 



ill in 



ed the ft? 



in the buck 



of 



staac 



nebe 

 daily i 

 by a covered 

 baa arrived 

 We engaged t 

 to Little Bra 

 rods, where 



i between t 



■idge. Hi- 

 rst" before 



l very attractive picture, 

 en rising near the outlet. Moose 

 te thirty or forty neat cottages, and 

 d between the forks of the Ken- 

 the Quebec Centrail Railway. A 

 lese places, the river being spanned 

 e we saw our Boston friends, who 

 is and were leaving by the stage. 

 r guide. Abncr C, Moore, to accompany us 

 i. Lake, and dropped down Ihe river a "few 

 slopped fo: dinner. We never had a guide 

 wdio gave us so much satisfaction as did Moore; a more 

 courteous and obliging man doesn't exist, while in preparing 

 a comfortable camp he cannot, be beaten. His charges are 

 $2 per day, with canoe, which carries three men and baggage. 

 His address is Moose River Village, Me., and this is a good 

 point from which to start on a fishing trip either up or down 

 the river. It can be reached by two days' staging from the 

 Quebec Central Railway at an expense of about $4 



Prom the village to Long Pond are six miles of nearly dead 

 water. The hanks of the river are beautifully wooded, and 

 each stretch Of Water presents a perfect panorama of loveli- 

 ness. Long Pond is nine miles long, and we camped on 

 Wednesday nkdil about two miles down on the right-hand 

 side, at a favorite trout spawning bed. The inlet is lined 

 with stakes and booms for some distance to prevent lumber 

 from floating away from the river at high water, and tied up 

 to the shore are several rafts or headworks, with shanties, iu 

 ,, .;, i the men live. Two fine-looking farms occupy the 

 northern shore of the pond, where the men were busy har- 

 vesting. 



Thursday we paddled through the pond and camped, 

 about the middle of the afternoon, a few rods below the out- 

 let, a' the remains of a dam which had been erected to facili- 



tate lumber driving, and had washed out. Here we caught 

 some twenty-five pounds of trout, the largest vt etgbing two 

 and one-quarter pouuds. These, trout we're without excep- 

 tion the finest we ever ale. the flesh being a- red, flaky and 

 curdy us any salmon. Two or three islands near the outlet, 

 form the foreground of a charming picture looking up the 

 pond. Our camp ground here was the prettiest and most 

 comfortable of any wehad <m the trip. From Long Pond 

 to Little Brassua is a long four miles, and the worst part of 

 the river. There tire on the way several nasty falls where 

 we had to let the canoes down with topes. At one pitch of 

 about four feet there is excellent fishing. This part, of the 

 river is ornamented with several wing dams partially divert 

 ing the current to keep lumber from, lodging, and there is a 

 good lumber camp on the lefl bank with stoves and bunks 

 complete. A fine tote road follows this side of the river. 

 To go from Long Pond to Little Brassua look us well info 

 the afternoon. A hut is built til the head of Little Brassua 

 which until recently was occupied by one Jones, a whisky 

 smuggler, who is accused of lifting over $1,000 ri ' om » pairtj 

 of lumbermen. and who lately "lit out," leaving his small crop, 

 some flour, salt beef and dried apples for chance comers to 

 help themselves. We appropriated a pound or two of dried 

 apples. Here we parted with our guide Moore and started 

 down the lake and river, reaching Big Brassua, two miles 

 further, at sunset . From the inlet "to the outlet of Brassua 

 is four miles, and it was pilch dark when we camped at the 

 latter place. The lake is about seven miles long by about 

 two miles in width, and in going to the outlet it is necessary 

 to keep well to the right. Shoal water runs out nearly half 

 a mile. Any one unacquainted with this lake would imagine 

 that the outlet was on the extreme lefl or north end of it. 

 As we had no time, to collect boughs or fuel we passed tin 

 uncomfortable night. | 



The next, morning, Saturday, loth, we made an early 

 start, three of us taking the canoes, while the other three 

 look the lake road on the left bank of the river. In passing 

 the first two rips at the outlet of the lake, we caught some 

 splendid trout, and could have enjoyed excellent spoil if we 

 had not been eager to push ahead. The weather looked 

 threatening, and we were anxious to cross Mooseheud before 

 the wind should be too high. At two successive Casts, as 

 the canoe swung in the eddies, I caught two I rout: one 

 weighing 8J and the other 1} pounds. From the lake to 

 Gertrude Island is rough water, but we ran all but, two short 

 pitches without leaving the canoes. From Gertrude Island 

 to Moosehcad is still, smooth water, and we reached the 

 booms and sighted the Mt. Kineo Rouse at 11 A. M. Two 

 or three farms have been started on the right bank of the 

 river, and the land, though rough, seems good. To the Ml. 

 Kineo House, the distance from the rivet is two miles, and 

 we reached there at noon. So much has been written about 

 Moosehcad scenery that we could do nothing but .'repeat 

 what others have said, it is lovely. Mt. Kineo. which towers 

 up like a wall some 800 feet, and" forms a magnificent back- 

 ground lo the hotel and adjacent buildings, reminded 

 me of the background which Table Mountain gives to Cape 

 Town, in South Africa, The old hotel was burnt last year 

 but a new one is in course of construction, which will 

 accommodate about 500 gUBStB. At the lime of our visit, 

 there was only accommodation for about 80, and I bey wen- 

 all there, Many pitched their own tents, getting their meals 

 and supplies from the hole] and store. Mr. Dennati. the man- 

 ager, was very attentive and obliging, and the manager of 

 the store is also very accommodal ing. his prices ar- 

 able, and it gives us pleasure to acknowledge bis kindness to 

 our parly. ' We were all in u very dilapidated plight, and 

 after setting the wherewithal to keep the pot boiling, m 

 crossed the bay to the next point, pitched our tent, had din- 

 ner, and then lay by for repairs. After a thorough change 

 of clothing we started back to the house. Two of the younger 

 members of our party bad expended considerable time in 

 tittivating themselves' so as to" be piesentable to the lady 

 guests, and it was too bad that just as they hud got fairly 

 afloat their canoe look it notion to come the Ksquiinunx kyn'k 

 game, and they reached shore swimmingly. However, t'hey 

 were plucky enough lo start a rousing fire, and in the course 

 of an hour" had dried up enough to join us at the house. A 

 number of guides are on hand and ready to accompany par 

 ties, and all appear to be quiet, attentive men. It perhaps 

 isn't wise to particularize, but among those we' saw, our 

 own choice would be J. H. Qttilty or Fred Smart, both have 

 Splendid canoes, and considering that they weren't paid for 

 doing so, showed its a great deal of kindness and attention, 

 Parties who don't want to' put on style can get a good sub- 

 stantial meal at the guides' boarding house for forty cents. 



Some of the guides, particularly the India ie.s, have 'heir 



own shanties" They make the best birch canoes we have 

 seen (carrying three and baggage), at a cosl of about ^10. 



Sunday Ve spent in strolling around and on Montiay morn- 

 ing Messrs. James. Morkill and myself took Ihe steamer f 01 

 Greenville, leaving the other three to return by Moose River. 

 Our trip had taken eleven and a half days; they made the 

 return trip in seven days, taking udvanlugcof several carries, 

 especially the one to Holeb Pond by which some twenty 



tniles are saved. Off the outlet of the lake we picked up a 

 gentleman who had been fishing there with good success. 

 He showed us four trout caught in the Kennebec before seven 

 o'clock that morning, all weighing over three pounds each. 

 We saw one caught near Mt, Kineo House which weighed 

 five and a Quarter pounds— as pretty a speckled trout as one 

 could wish to see and shaped exactly like a salmon. The 

 steamer passes Birch Island, containing one or iwo acres, 

 a great resort for picnic parties and a perfect gem in tin 

 sett ing of the lake. Prom Greenville we staged to Blanchard. 

 twelve miles, fare one dollar including baggage. Our Stran- 

 ahan boat frame seemed to be. a curiosity and our statement 

 that it was a patent hen coop was satisfactory to some oi 

 the inquirers. From Blanchard we took the Bangor and 

 Piscataquis Railway to Bangor where. we arrived about sevi n 

 P. M., putting up at the Bangor House, where we found 

 excellent accommodation and comfortable quarters. Mr. 

 James had business with the G. T. R, ticket agent here, and 

 while waiting his return from supper amused himself by 

 promenading in front of the office. Imagine his disgust 

 when a policeman told him "he had better move on. 

 US he had bean hanging round that corner long enough. ' 

 Mr. James prides himself on Lis neat and tidy appearance 

 when at home, and concludes that Bangor policemen are nut 

 "■ifted with very keen perceptions when they couldn't see 

 the gentleman sticking out of his old fishing suit, but the 

 fact' is that he looked very much like a river driver on active 

 service Xext inorniug he was taken down again, when he- 

 picked up his hobnailed boots at the bedroom door and found 

 "SO els." chalked on the soles. We left Bangor at 8 A. M., 

 the cars being crowded with excursionists to the State Fair 

 at Lewiston- Mr James was the fortunate possessor of » 



