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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[NOVEMBEE 18, 1880. 



Conceruiug eacli mode of burial, aud indeed tlie subject in 

 general, tUe auUior bus collected for his introductory work an 

 immense amount of information whiob gives promise of tbe 

 great value of the final volume aud its interest to the general 

 reader as well as to the special student ia this particular 

 field. 



The purpose at jprosent we are told is " to make a purely 

 objective study of the Indians, and ns far as possible to leave 

 the record uumarred by vain subjective speculations;" aud 

 hence we are to look for plain recitals of facts, and not for 

 generalizations drawn from tiie fads. But, as we have said, 

 tlie chief interest with which we regard the mortuary cus- 

 toms of tribes and races centres in the story they tell us of the 

 . beliefs which prompted them. Tlie ultimate object of the study 

 of the subject reaches beyond the Indian's material dispositi 

 of his dead aud aspires to determine the mental and moral idi 

 Which inspired his life and shaped his character. To rightly 

 draw these conclusions must be the task of those who shall 

 have for their guidance a most comprehensive and authentic 

 collection of facts. 



The task assumed by Dr. Yarrow is aprelimmary one— it is 

 the foundation; it is therefore most important, and tbe char- 

 acter of this introductory volume now put forth is a suffi- 

 cient guarantee that the work is in able hands. 



NEGLECTED FISHES. 



THERE are tons upon tons of good food thrown away 

 within a hundred miles of Kew York through senseless 

 prejudice, aud hundreds of families in the city suffering for 

 waut of something to appease their huuger. 



This food is maiulj' fish, against which nothingcan be said 

 except that it is not customary to eat it, and so it never be- 

 comes customary. A society exists in New York comiX)sed 

 of gentlemen interested iu flshculture, and those who approve 

 of that excellent work, which has for its object the eating of 

 tlie class of food to which we refer. They had two or three 

 meetings, but have not been heard from lately. They called 

 themselves the Ichthyophagists, and whether the name was a 

 greater burden than they could bear or not we do not know; 

 but tlieir object was a noble one, taking upon themselves, as 

 they did, all the risks of dispcpsia by eating Euiiu«ogrmmmi« 

 suibifilrcatu^ immediatclj' after Priaamthm nmeivpt/Mlinm, 

 aud the dangers of nightmare bj' followbig a course of Eugom- 

 plwdiM Uttoralia with fried Branc'iimUima cnrihaum and boiled 

 Limuhu polyplwmun. Think of it .' JSTot only these evils may 

 occm- to these philanthropists, but thej^ are also exposed to 

 derangement of the jaw in pronouncing the names, which 

 may result in loss of molars or at least further torture at the 

 hands of the painful dentist. 



We are moved to these remarks from having recently dined 

 upon the "wing" of a skate, a fish coinnionlv eaten in Europe, 

 but cast aside by our ijcople for no good reason. It was broiled 

 aud was truly good. The opportunity occurred while inspect- 

 ing a pound net on Long Island in company with the landlord 

 of a hotel, and we took out a large skate from the net for ana- 

 tomical purposes and then proposed to eat it. The table con- 

 tained fresh roast pork, roast beef and roast duck. We tasted 

 lightly of the latter, but made the entire dinner on the skate. 



These foolish prejudices are found everywhere. In one 

 place it is against stm'geon, lampreys, turtles, eels, frogs, or 

 other aquatic animal which is eaten in other parts as a deli- 

 cacy. The sqiud is eaten in some countries, but oiu- fisher- 

 men won't even trj' it, although it is held in high esteem at 

 some ICi w Yoik holi Is cluellj Spanish and Itaban In speak- 

 ing on tins Mil.jiet 111. Duki (il ArirvU, m a late number of 

 the Cuntn„i,<„aiij litn.ir sit, <; ,<1 the markets of Munich 

 "The lundu Ki^sol fi(»t,s iwled upon tiuntulu ]n(res of 

 wood, fftidalai^i piir( of siuul ilfdn) with Ihc aptituu 

 closed, appareutlj In a boil of oixiculimi of clay, seem to be 

 a well lecoguizcd ailidc ot human food " Further on he 

 says: "In Jfuuich turn U j:s aie nuuh used, and not only over 

 the whole of the south ot Liu-ope, but over the United Slates. 

 In New York tliey are among the established dishes of the 

 breakfast table." 



The squid, Loh'go, to which we referred, is only used as a 

 bait with us, but the Duke lias seen them eaten raw. He 

 tells it thus : " aeeing a little squid taken from a lu't some 

 years ago at Meulone I asked one of the fishermen whether it 

 was good to eat. ' Ecco !' was his reply ; aud, suiting the ac- 

 tion to the word, he popped the poor squid alive into h\s 

 mouth, aud the beautiful eyes of the little cuttle were seen 

 gleaming with an imploring look from the closing cavern of 

 the Italian's jaW5 . This is rather an extreme case, but well 

 Cpoited Willi vegetables the grislly substance of tbe cuttles is 

 a wholesome aud excellent article of food." And while we 

 think it possible that it may be an excellent disli if ]_uoperly 

 cooked, with or without the ink-bag, we would hesitate at a 

 raw one. They are sold occasionally iu New York at ■$! to 

 $1.50 per dozen, but we do not know of Americans who eat 

 them. 



The main obstacle to introducing sl<ates, sculpins, gurnards 

 and other s*.-ange fishes, which are tlimwn fnim tbe nets li;, 

 the ton, into our markets at a price wliich would induce poor 

 people to eat them, is the freight ; and it seems to ua lliat an 

 opening for a lucrative business could be made by some en- 

 terprising flsh-dealer, who would take these fish from the fisli- 

 ermen at a low figure and establish a market in the poorer 

 quarter of the city. He could most likely get favorable terms 

 from the raUroads in consideration of tJie fict that these 

 fishos pay no frioght whatever now. The man who will do 



this, aud introduce good and cheap food to the mUlion who 

 do not ask nor expect .salmon, Spanish mackerel, brook trout, 

 nor even shad, when at its cheapest, will do a good thing for 

 both humanity and himself, aud will be more deserving of a 

 statue iu Central Park than some men whose ofligics have been 

 mentioned as deserving that honor. 

 Let us have skate. 



Tns WioKEusnErMBR Fluid.— The publication of the 

 formula for making tbis preserving fluid, which we gave in 

 our last issue, has brougtil us many letters of thanks. An 

 old suliscrilier writes: " The pnlilication of the recipe of tliis 

 famous fluid is alone worth the price of many subscriptions. 

 1 have no doubt that if some private individual had the 

 formula before it was put)li.shed, he ooidd have mtide Ihou- 

 isands of dollars while it remained a secret. We have long 

 needed such ,i presevver, and now that we have it we wUl not 

 only prize it bul iilso (he paper which gave it to us." 



Our esieemed eorrespoudcnt, Dr. Blerling, writuig from 

 Cleveland, says : 



''lam glad (usee your article on Wickersheimer's fluid, 

 Tlic man should have a fortimc on it, and a monument, too, 

 I have experimented, and find it is all we wanted. I know 

 it wiU produce a revolution in the preservation of perishalile 

 materials." 



Vbnnok, the weather man, has abnost completed tlie prep- 

 aration of his almanac for 1881. This seems a little early for 

 evenVennorto talk about next year's weather: bul we pre- 

 sume that he knows what he is about : and llicii, fur that 

 matter, we should have faith in his predictions for li\c years 

 ahead. We believe in Vennor, and then; are lOb.OOi) cithers 

 who believe in him enough to read his almanac. 



Anohtmoii's letters do not receive aUentiunat this offit 

 iliis in remembei-ed, much time will he saved to thorn 

 IndividuulH iclu/pen them. 



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ROUGH NOTES FROM THE WOODS. 



A CaNOK TlUP TO BlFE JIoLTXTArN AND ■ 1 r. l^.i'illMI'K 

 Waters — Steameks ajvD -iuk Win----; ^ : ' i: i ;-!- — 

 Guides— Theie Bo,iTri akd Way-s^-Ci , ■ i , .he 

 Cajibvixg SiaiEM; akd a Wokd Auulj. ji.i; Ij-l^ils. 



—Yes. Lot us leave the hot pavomoutB, the baking, l.lihleiing 

 walls, and sweltonng sleeping, or bleeple.sw, rooms. _Let iis, i' 

 God's name, take to the cooi -B-iiters aud calui shades of the forest. 



For brick and mortar breed filth and crime, 

 And a pulae ot evil that tlirolis and beats ; 



And men are witliereU before theu" prime 

 By the cm-se xiaved in with the lanes- and streets. 



And lungs a 

 In tlie, poi 



And deatli ^ 

 But he fill 



nothered, a 



d shoulders bowed, 

 fd. 



jiiill 



11 III! . ii-; :-,:■.. I i;ji,.- .n iir a.nd pine. 



IT was on the niorninu' i,l liie last 7tli of August that ever 

 was Avben 1 .startetl for Tbinl Lake to fish lor sainiou, as 

 lal<e trout are invariably called bere. The weather could not 

 have been fairer. I -nas well organized to fish a buoy of uiy 

 own, with an iufonn;d permit to tish others, and I "had no't 

 the slightest intention of doing anything else. And just here 

 Comes in the fascination of this happy-go-lucky, care-free .sort 

 of forest life. You never know, or care, one" day what you 

 are going to do tlie next. 



After a deii-hiful paddle through First and Second Lakes, I 

 passed the Eagles' l^esf and entered tbe Tliird, Then it oc- 

 cuiKd to me iluit 1 had a blanket mil al ,Sani Dunakiu's 

 eamji, consisting of gum coal, blanket, pocket liatcbetarid re- 

 vohei. It was a good time 

 tt tunes rough, l^ow il wa 

 . si ^Miides ill" the wilderness 

 s lit ol a visit, which made 

 loi the Third Lalce, 



Now, a short nnle below Dmiakin'i 

 or Snyder camp, whicii I had a 

 As J was passing, Mr. M., tli 

 me with a conlial ijivitation I 



spring camji rather a high-toned affair for a forest re 

 There was an ice-house, a good boat-liouse and a loii-bonse 

 that woulci be a palace to an early settler. They had a guide 

 who, like most guides, was an excellent cook, and of course I 

 was not to be let off niUil after dinner. I wish to record the 

 fact that the best lid-:e front f have eaten in the wildei'ness 

 was at that camp. They -were also capable of a glass of good 

 wine, and people of culiure, withal. What wonder if it was 

 M, when I said good-bye, and paddled out iuto the Fourth? 



get tbe I raps 

 nioolh. .^am 

 nd of coursi- 

 e a little Jali 



Fourth Lake is 

 is one ol tbt- old- 

 we liad a, chaltv 

 in paddling out 



nakin'scamp 

 a standing i 

 head man ot 

 land. I did. 



is the cold-spring, 



ivitalion to visit. 



lh(- camp, hailed 



Found the cold- 



iidel 



Tnen it sin 

 Blue jMounlaii 



be liud at Ai 

 and up 111 



el< 11-11 

 Luke 



lliat I had : 



^vilh such weather a; 



rue, 1 had no suppIL 



• start toward 

 gld not get 

 ', they could 



lake for Arnold's iila. 



ranged uiv dnfUe for a ti 



ill, and pai 



II. -.i . 



Iknew of al tlie foot of 



he Fifih Li 



lo-. 1 



when I struck ilie inl 



t, and h\ 



be til 



camp it was iir;uii\' riai'k 



■ but I foU! 



d the 



dition. There was irc 



•h browse 



md pi 



wooil, with :i rool iiiv 



ilnerable to 





coffee, or anv .sorl fif dis 



II. linl 1 lo 



a--ed 1 



and made a pot of hem 



oelv tea, ha 



1 a s 



ni^rht just sucli as a. \v 



isMiaii lox-e 



. Tb 



within miles of me. :'.•••'. 





r (lie 



afar off, bevond tli.' :.;■ 



. 1 ,,i 



The 



than usual, and in evn 



i''!.::lli -' MM 



\ oice 



le 1 reached the 

 lamp in good con- 

 II It of diy birch 

 1 "hrid no tea or 

 1 old tonialo can 



re was not a soul 

 deam whistle was 

 The owla were x>lentier 

 ce. while a loon, just 

 above iu the Fiftli, kept u|) his strange wild cry at intervals 

 through the night. 



At daylight I repeated the dose of hemlock tea, finished the 

 little lunch I had left, and paddled up the Fifth Lake, which 

 is only a frog pond of some ten acres. 



From Fifth to Sixth Lalie thcje is a carry of three-iiuarters 

 of a mile, which rather turned my hair, for it was a warm 

 morning ; but from 8ixth to Seventh it is clear paddling. 

 From Seventh toEighthisa stiff cairy of one mile and twenty 



rods, according to the best informed guides, aud before I got. 

 over tlus I was pretty weU winded. 



At the landing on the Eighth I met a young man, one of a 

 party of two engaged on the Adirondack survey, aud who 

 very considerately invited me to his camj) for dinner. It 

 was well. Like Falstaff when be took a foot command, I 

 was "heinously impi'ovided," and 1 felt too weak and tired 

 to malic the tedious caiTv from ElLdilhLake to Ibown's Tract 

 Inlet \villioiil food and rest. I found the two yount; men en- 

 camped in a Bhanl V ler, t on i be south side of a poin I, \\\\\c\i makes 

 out from the mainland, .and tbeir landinij:so bidden tliut Ibey 

 were not likely to be bored with visitors. Sl:i\ril iviih tbem 

 two boiu-s ami got pari iailv rested ; also iv:!, : , i, / : ,, -ovk 

 and beans, and paddled aronnd the jujim i ,i', ■. not 



feeling very well coni|Hjtent to make it. 'I ■ i ■ i_ lell 

 manit migiit bave be.-n a Irill.' "r,irii.-ii / : , ■ iist- 

 uig. I arrived at III'' mHh - •■!! il i '•-,''■■ ,m I ii ■,ieu 



that Hay down till I'r i. ■•■■,,, i' ,: .. ,i , .|i i.. i.,re' 



launching out. 1 I'oinii; u r :■,!.■ i i . |.- i ,. :i,',-i - 1-. ■■ r,.. let- 

 ter S, wi'lh an occasional oxbow llirov.-n in b.r varielv and a 

 dull, slu.!,-isli stream, deep and dark, friu-ed wilh" aquatic- 

 plants, sbrubs and dank cold gra.ss, with nota place in its- 

 course of four miles where I would like to venture a lauding. 

 At last the broad Raquctte lay before me, dolled with green 

 islands, and withitsquaiul bays, points, headlands and islands 

 so nuxed and mingled to tlie eye that although my direelioim 

 had been lucid 1 was puzzled just which war to"steer. My. 

 destination wiis Ed. Bennett's, and I was "lo turn a tn-e.eil 

 island wliieh lay to the left, when I was assured I would see 

 his landing wilh a Hag.stafE and flag, which on the larger lakes. 

 is the usual sign of a forest bostelrie. I saw uo dag.' bul afar • 

 off was what looked to be a now building, and from thence 

 came a sound as of one who drives nails into resonanl lioards. 

 As I live it turned out to be a new church in ibe course of 

 erection on an island, .lust where the congregation is to 

 come from I cannot say, Init jireaebers are jilenty enough 

 here in the summer, and iieiii;i;, li I v:,\] \\m\. Ihey .should 

 have a regular house of w. i- I; . . . i,. re in Use woods in 

 order to keep their liaiid.sii.,i|. _ i br wilderness. Al 



length, .aftermucb desultory |:.l.1,!oii,l, I bi-lued l',eimctt',s Hag 

 and made my btsr, time for ibe landing." Il was time; th"« 

 wmd was rising, and Baquetie Lake can get loo rough for A 

 ten foot canoe very easily, 1 was snr]Mised lo Hnd Bennett's 

 as well furni.shed and more luaily kept than many a first 

 class house in larger \.imm on liie direct line of railroad 

 travel. Table, bnls and rooms were liu-ni.shed forth in a 

 mamier that b '■• n.,|, , , |„. desired, and when it is remem- 

 bered il.ai iJl ,, ,.i ■ . I I ln-bron-lii by aloiigand expeu- 



.sive route Ji I' . side ol the wilderuess his terms 



.seemed verv . n-i uii:].. Two dollars per da.y, or ten to 

 twelve dollars per week, iU'e Ed-'s figures, and having been a 

 giude for years he knows just what the tourist requii'es betier 

 than a greenhorn. 



But alas! for the romance of paddling throngli the fore;,; 

 alone in an eigliteon-pountl canoe. 



Before I was lialf rested my Ciirs were pained, my soul wa:' 

 .sick with the shriek of the steam wdiistle, aud a sinulLsteann r 

 ronuilcd to and made the lainlini; after the manner of small 

 steamers outside the Adiroiidaeks. 



Tbe little c;iuoe serves as a b.lii rof introduction all lhroui;h 



the woods, and 1 SOI -I -omI, i,, m ;„ ainlanee with ibe 



pilot of the steamer-- s- . . : i - :■ . i_li li. sporl a eap- 



tahl— Wdio said, " y : • :.i ; ;..-;■ ibal cockle-.sbell 



over this lake. Put hi., on oi.ck ,oia . o,i,e -^vitb us." Anil I 

 did. 1 was very tired and far from slrony,-. it .seemed sill 

 to do so much hard work needlessly, and I went ibe roue. I ; 

 on tbe little steamer with the unprononncealile name. Acn s-'i 

 the lake we niivleanother landing— Kenwell's-aiid found .ni- 

 other hotel, new, neat, well found and inoderale in prirc. 

 Kenwell's terms are 81,5(> per day, --ji to •:-y per week, ami 

 his place is very pleasantly located.' Fiom tvenvveU'H lo (lie 

 Forked Lake llouse lauding, aud here I struck tourists and 

 guides in force. Leavitt was full to overflowing, i could 

 find a place lo sleep aflei some managing, and the table was 



excellent, but peo] ill n a; too numerous, and I bad 



a suspicion that I In. iler part of the \vil.li.inehs 



behi id nie when 1 kill . , i kalre. Game and iksb were 

 br no means pleiitv- i be 1 . .i i;...i I ,aV, - TT...is.- k:i.| a corps of 

 guides employed, fiul they could n.;i . i .. i ..s.- in fish or 



venison. 1 ifid not take eitlieraflr; 1 ; . . '.liion Chain. 



All the same every lom-Li b:..! l.i-- i .;i( lerv, and 



a full supply of roils ■ I ■ . .ileiaidorl 



to the avera-e tomi- .. n iroul or 



deer. From Forked l.sl-.j i . . . . - ,. . r i, ..-uiv |o ihe 

 carry on Ihe Miu-ion, made the carry, and fonn.i an.Jllier lit- 

 I le sieauier to make connections on tbe up-river side. A\'ent 

 on lioard of her, and became resigned to steam and a leeniiiig 

 civilizaiion that increa.sed ne;u-lv everv lioui-. 



Fassed up the Marion, tbroirub fbiwanaand Ka-le lakes 

 and saw an old seirled faiin and an oniinary larni lioiisr on 

 tlie noribeni sliore of tlie liittcr, wliieh being tbe only iiiiila- 

 liou of a farm oh the trip usually induces inquiry. You will 

 be told that long before the gfandvush of tourists and tlie 

 advent iif costly hotels this place was olGai'Gfland occupied by 

 "Ked Bunlline." Here he secluded himself during a part at 

 least of every year fir many seasons ; here he did his literary 

 work, and the"iilaee is, ami probablj' always wUl be, known 

 a-s the "Ned Buntline Farm." 



A very clear aud beautiful sheet of water is Blue Moun.hdn 

 Lake. It has often been called the gem of the wildoness. 

 But its days of natm-al wildness are gone forever. There are 

 three large hotels on its liauks filied lo overtlowiui; with 

 guests. Lines of stages leave daily for different points to 

 the Eastward. All lii.vuries of tlie season are to be foimd al 

 llv Isfifi-ls. and billiards, ei-o(|iiei, boating, lounging l!iroii-li 

 ;. ■-linirini;' and I'ianodilaviug give the shores. .rib 



.1. ■! .. ■ . boil- Un-ane-liy air. .Besides the hotels lle-o 

 iirl ..-:,ii- l..;a!din.i;. bouses, -wbili- many families have jiriwii.. 

 residences on the prettiest sites on the lake, which they a i 

 pleased lo call camps. 



The Blue Jloimtaiu Lake House, kept by a genial, tlioi 

 ough landlord, once a guide, bad n bumlred and fifty guests, 

 and, more coinine- in, tbe house was overcrowded. John 

 Holland is not tbe man to turn anybody out of doors, and he 

 worked hard tmtil nearly midnight to stow tho whole party 

 away for a nomforlable sleep. Chairs, sofas, lounges, and 

 finally the dining-room^ floor, were utilized, and at last the ul 

 timate citizen was quieted. I succeeded in getting a shia i 

 lounge wilh a back-breaking liend in nearly the middle of ii. 

 but could not get so much as a cotton sluet in the way of bed- 

 ding. I went down to the canen.., got my tent cloth aud gum 

 coat, wet with the heavy dew,, put the iby .sides next iim- 

 aiid turned in, soon got wann mid slept soundly. Of lb- 

 other boiels, tbe American, juat across the bay, had in 

 eleven wall tents, all of which were full, and tlie house over 

 run with guests. The Blue Moimtain House (Merwiu's) wa 

 also full, as well as every boarding-house ; aud some of tb 



