iMjVEMBEUlS, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



305 



8 at 11 r. M. took tLeir blankets and wont out to spek a 

 I) camp iu for tlie night. And little more than eight 

 :ii;o there stood a bnrk shanty jnst nliove, the only sign 

 iiaa habitation on Blue Mountain Lake. Spealdng of 

 iiish to the Nortliem Wilderness in 70, Colvin says 

 le niio r-nmc last year ten eome this, a hundred the 

 ' TTe is just well ri^'ht. You meet Ibom everywhere. 

 icecssiblo lake and stream, and it is 

 iind striniiiP are not accessible. You 

 D.St out of the way plact'S. just \vliere von 

 -, and alwnvH with brw'eh'-loadcr and U; 



-av what lali 

 in ill the 1 

 I to be alo: 

 ich they h.anc 



„ > like grim death. Said an old guide to 

 If they averaged onedeerto three guns there wouldn't be 

 ] left in tlie wilderness at the end of three yesirs." Said 

 M r iruide, one of the oldest .and best, "What few deer 



: ' ■i/b.'id better he kilb'il by parlie.s who emphiFUs: 



■hrm rn rr.uie again " And I'. .Jones, guide to 



imp and one of tlif ni^wt iiijelligeut, .spoke 



i , I. iJijiTL care to kill many deer ourselves, or to eateh 



■ many trout. Jnst euough f or use. When we bunt, foimar- 



t we go to Micliigan on the Au Sable. Killed twenty -five 



■II' last fall, and am going again when the guiding .sea-sin is 



The deer in these woods are worth more to us guides 



They are -noitb fifty dolhu-8 a head as they 



lout ("he view taken of fl.shiug and buntinu 



■erage ..'uide in the north woods. 



do llie lake anil mountain I conelnded to 



)i'd liliic Mountain on a hot August niorn- 



/uig at tie: verge found Colvin's look-out lad- 



ss strips to the trunks of two S]iru<^e 



•alher an old ntfiiir and looked shaky, laii 1 



lok in the view, which wnus really e.xlen- 



and tine ; and then I followed the tiail whieb leads 



• the signal on the highest point of tlie 



Tb; 



-iiffii. nil 



i un arrivi; 

 M.lebynai 

 It ' 

 up and toi 



e out the 3M lakes 1 

 Mild niilv make nm, aboul 

 •aks the'number was rather 

 ■ j'aii togrlhrr and over and 

 W' an ordinal')' mind hdo a 



iQlbcd the signal, and tried 1' 



been told Tshould see. but 



llf of tbem. As to niouutaiu 



lltfusiiiL'- lli.'in satisfviiiL!;. Th 



, fach oilier in a maimer [o lli 



iatP. of temporary imbeeility. 



I could dimly discern Marcy, and I thought I identified 

 [oiinta Hayslaek and Skylight. But they rose in such inun- 

 ^^6rahle and unknowalile billows, peaks, points and ridges, 

 fat the mind — at least my mind— can retain only a con- 

 ised recollection of them, 'it had been hot work making 

 iuseent. Tt was cold and windy on the summit of the 

 lounlaiii, and the iiimieiliate sui-ninn'.liuL's were iju'ci'lcss 



desolate. One entire summit liad 1 u sl;,.slird in 1H7:! 



till 



Wgive au 



outlook for the siii-n: 



Is of the sui'vev. 



Bead, drei 



ling trees, lying just 



18 they fell, were 



Bant to l-.o 



•: upon. 





lotplea- 



Tliere iva.s an (-xcellent bark .shanty between the spruce 

 fldder and ihe signal, and in a swampy depression near tile 

 nraniit, and under tbe-edire of a b(niliier, I found a, pool of 



)ld spring water which rendn-ed iIh- liollli- of water 1 bad 

 Jronght from the hotel (jnite snperthions, (N. B. When you 

 Tiinb Blue Mouiitiiia it is not necessary to carry up a, bottle 



" water.) 



I had done the mountain, and it seamed the proper thing 



I do the lake. I did it. I paddled 



_ islajid.s, lamled 



light of the yon 



rents or chaji'M-. "V 



! little lioai, :, ' . 



I! round-stei ii- 



Cnnett'slandiriL' ■ 



the double lilude ; 



lU breakfast I si an 



own on my mnsek;, 



II* lime Igot int( 



ud lau 



ebcil 



igste 





lid aroimd aui'. 



nt again, greatly to flu 



.-ith 



of 



> Ed. 



Ibi 



foi 



for tie 

 oolli V 



iS~ tin 



retting rough, and 1 was glad to 



A ted I 



itlct it \ 



Btsafe inlet, I 

 •eary carry of rme and a half. Pro 

 Vind ahead and hard traveling, 

 jiilo and over and I was on the Si 

 ind Ibe second largest lake of il 

 Jong limi- uiakiici 



Aiiotlie 

 veiitli, V 



I I 



liiidv taken 

 . on'lbc del 

 l.y .s|,;am l,< 

 hii it cime down 

 ■est and an escel- 

 ;e, and nilher got 

 1 and rising. By 

 at the moulh (dErown^sTract 

 in the tortuous 

 if four miles, a 

 e Eighth Lake. 

 ioiue carry of a 

 lie wind strong 

 m to rrc.ss. I was a 

 tired to iiia.kc the nc.\t 

 shoulrli-rcrd the canoe 

 ily tothe iMfih. which 

 ■anyiiig lor that, da\. li, was well that the 

 I'll with the sun or 1 could nut have made the 

 inyFoiuili, which of I en drives Ihe best guide 

 As it was the canoe pitched and danced about 

 id it was nearly dark when I landed at Ed. Ar- 

 jld's, on "the south shore of the Fourth. 

 The Fourth, by the way, is the largest 1: 

 ^^ famed for its lake troiit. An iiTr- i- ;i r. 

 Itching them, and he is an . ,, ■ iil< 



M! low, $1 per day, or even Ir , ' , : i :: 



Hhe best points iiear the Iiou.^l., a. .. hiuii 

 luch as you plea.se, and you are supposed to liring 

 U the house. A night's rest at Aj-nold's, a pleasii 

 lile down the Fourth, through the placid Thinl, by the Kagle's 

 lest into the Second, by the Stiokney camp into the I'irst, 

 rith its dead timber and long marshy outlet, anil at 9 a. m. I 

 ftuled in at the Forge House, lauding well pleased with my 

 llue Mountain trip, but with uo idea of repeating it this 

 isason. I C!Ui do better. Nbssmck. 



BUMMER SPORT IN ALAST?:A. 



Sitka, Au^. 3, 1880. 

 |WO-TniRDS of another summer had passed away, and 



arry fn 

 ind made the 

 (tlea.st ended 

 dml Weill, lie 

 )Ugh and str 

 Joatsto land. 

 [Uitc lively, 



of the chain, and 

 r. Mtral point for 

 i.le. His terms 

 ::. lie has buuvs 

 fish as 

 .ur fish 



bill 



iountaiii lop 



iiaiand. Sii 



Ltliered in 



ffthward oi 



Ideterred I 



manacs we would hardly realiw it, f or our 

 still snow-clad and our winter clothing iu 

 arly spring when the ducks and beach birds 

 tless nutnbers preparatory to tlleir flight 

 ns have lain idle. Now aiTd Mien an Indian, 

 • sernples, has slain a mallard or butlle-head 



diich are, I" believe, ilip onlv true ducks which nest in Ibis 

 ieinity, and an occasi'i I _■ i ■ ■■!• ptarmigau, whose laire 

 teast showed that its i i lity was being performed 



'hen kdled, have been all ; a. o iiheredgamc obtainable for 

 Je table. Bntwehave sliotquitea number of odd-looking 

 (Twl which Coues^ Key identifioi! as puffin, aidis, guillimots, 

 Vebcsand divei-s, and of each genus several species. I find in 

 ly note-book the names and dates of killing of Northern 

 Ivor, red-throated diver. Western grebe, horned luillbi, tufted 



ilflin, honied-liilled and knob-billed Aleulian auks, rbhij, 



^^lioty, {indpigeon'gnillemots and divers other shags, coots etc., 

 tc. Venison has been plentiful and good, audimpiroving week- 

 J as family duties atul cares have grown lighter and the grass 

 uorc plentiful. 



, Pish of several varieties have been plentiful, and we have 

 iad better sport trout lishing than we did last summer, when 

 ly this time we were .saied-\\iih ihe work of hauling out 

 mehels of fish that were to he captured by ibo veriest tyro, 



with the rudest gear. This j'ear they have been far less 

 plentiful, and a good basketfull is not a certainty. 



The cause is one worth noting ; it is simply the immense 

 body of snow still resting onthe monnlaiiis, which has' kept 

 the creeks high with enow water, and the temperaln 



coiiseqi 

 Ue outside 

 space on e 

 vet thcsah 



to the wan 



Thus the 



and the iisi 



more <••:<- 



wnibiH L 



:■ lo 

 iu Ihe 

 ich lloo, 

 louliav 



Thes, 



'.'if'e'lai 



ion trout (Sain, 

 sail water, runu 

 iiid findii 



sp.dahiUs) still 



I to the strcam.sj .soon roluruing 



J entered into the problem, 



ed uea-e the character of sport ; the 



tty sure that each flood tide 



■ams, we have no way of flud- 



im; oui. . • ■ ,1, ■, , . , :,, II i,,l. jii.=l how far they will run up, 

 or wheiT we will linn ilieiii, or when Ihey will run in. 



The salmon have heen cnu.sing around as usual, bul e.vecpt, 

 the first run early iu. June none have gone into the streams. 

 They appear for a few days and (he ehaniiels are lively wdth 

 them, and the pursuing porpoises then Ihcy disappear, and for 

 several days none are visible. 



Thtra have been five vilrieties which I know of up lo the 

 present date, aud just now a run is in, which is composed of 



ts— viz.: Uirliuinp-l.acked — (.'.//•/««/-</ I'Ku 

 a fish of verv liltle value except, tor sniokiiis, and 

 vervfair I ahle fish and valuable lor caimina;. Am 

 three hundred bn.iuglit iu liy ..lur boat this afternoo; 

 arieties uientioned were aboul equally distributed, 



s one 



be A7t')- 

 ■Ui^ sol 

 the i\ 

 mdllH' 

 vhieh 



le), 



hWm± 



This flsh is c.< 



iisid. 



red t 



last kint 



which riui, it 



not. 



lieiii 



AuLXiist. 



It differs fro 



11 till 



Kil 



Ibis, thrt 



Ihe tail is iiei 



rlv s 



(uari 



the roof 



•f lliemoulli 



is h 



aek. 



hits, bu\ 



ilia- at the sau 



e till 



efoi 



the f/'ii-/i 



,,,/,,,,.■ I-, „• 1 |,.. |i; 



nic s 



im. 



Thr !■ 



■ , ,, ,,,|, 



'ks 1 



las 1 



olber ■,! 





■irii 



lie, 11 



1 tobe theheslof all, and lathe 

 r due before (he middle of 

 IP and other L'ooil salmon in 

 the scales aliulelarcer and 

 I bought this li.sh for two 

 use as halibut bait lluee of 



our 



-sain 



si-ioo 



■ trollin 



wluch has been very plentiful, and which unt 



came among us we called l.ilach .sea liass, but, w li 



who are better taught denoininalc ibc ( 



arctwosptcies — vii«:t,li' .'"'■„' ,'"■.. Hid 



get them weighiini: fin il, ,1 ■■ - . j. 



asthectTortsof a"leii-i ■ ; 



lho,so of il half-pound !■: a. M.;:;:. .ja^;: .Ji 



no particular pains cither in providing ' 



handling. 



W^lun, however, one day an eighteen pound salmon took 

 hold of a bass spoon, fortunafelv aliaehed to a good line and 

 trolling rod, handled by a young geiillinian from San Fran- 



having no 

 used them- 

 ; for a fish 



Dr. Bean 



•h now we 

 Of these there 



;■■:■ ''■■r.'.i;^':l,]ilM. We 



■:-"]iial to 



,.■,.1111, ■^■.L, have taken 

 jry strong gear, or in 



Cisco, M>. Ben WoocL 



vorlh, now siieniliiii;: ,a month wdth us, 



who under such c 



ircunislances ihonjiighl)^ understands 



his duties, and theref. 



ire landed bis fisli, and when the nexl 



(lav, an eight pomidci 



look the same liberty with .i beautiful 



liule s|- n aliarhi'il i 



. a line made fa.st to a belayins cleat. 



and wii,-; liiii'^: d i 1 ■, 



'1 ■■■,-' ■lairid In' a lad v and her husband, 



lioth fi" ■ ■ .■ '■■ ,- ' 



_■ iidearl. and who from the deserip. 





- 1 1 I'd ncarlveverv source which 



would oidmanlviir-v 



- ■ ■■'■t nd of even a biuieh of 



ki'lp, bill in S|iile ol' 



i i ■• ii-a was saved, and hauled 



into the boat without 



■ i: ■ JT or exhaustion we cou- 



eluded it was worth ■,■ 





I of course liad n. 



t wasU'il a minute in getting to work, 



and. fortunatelv for ii 



V reputation as a fisheriiiau, my fifteen- 



liouuder .was safely ii 



Ihe boat nearly an hour ahead of the 



feat of niy pupil thi' lad^ 



Then everybody w ent a"i it. I had five gpoon.s, which had 

 done good service at Alexandria's Bay, Piseco, and Lake On- 

 tario. 



I loaned three, and wth the resull usual under such cir- 

 cumstances — all of the three were ai'propriated by salmon, 

 which in Contet.t^of strength had gol Uii' best of ihe fishermen! 

 1 then lost another myself, and on my only one left no .sal- 

 mon will strike. No lines Avill express niv feelings more 

 AiieieiitiMariner." 



vividly than those from t 



^'Watei 



Aud 1 



which wdth slight verbal 



I h 



it a dr 



hooks, 

 curve, 

 well e 

 so bar' 

 axid le 

 1 si- 

 This 1 

 haiis 

 j\lask: 

 lietl 



wLe 

 . ih-iuk." 

 II fit. 



large Lim 



,. rick liass 



1 learned at Ihe Gallouiis, iiv which a 



e : spinning, can be ohiaiiied. These work 



li 111 gelling strikes, but the double guts twist up 

 t at each strilie the snclls ajiap and I lose my fish 



I all 



f purchasing .Salmon to use a.s bait for halibut. 



or lish of all kinds than Iresii .salmon, ana there 

 is nothing cheaper than saluion here. 



Within' a radius of live miles fKnn the ship there are quite 

 a number of sand banks on which halilnit, are plentiful, and 

 otiier rocky patches, where iininense rock eod <l caUL^ht one 

 weighing twenty-three poundsj, Norway haitdocks ami 

 other large fish abound, and the only dnnvback to nood hsh- 

 ing beuig the usual one, a superabundance of doglfish, wdi 

 don't seem to be at all particular, Launting the resorts ol a 

 sorts of fish. 



The halibut of Alaska are bond to help develop the coun- 

 try. They are plentiful aud ■* . ,., mlily, and we gel 

 them in from five to fony falh : 



The schooner tleneral Jlillei . i , , , .'l , iii;s.se_v, 100 tons ca- 

 pacity, left San Fi-aiicisco, Jime 13, to search for halibut. 

 Tried thorougldy Queen Clnu-loite Sound, Di.xon Entrance, 

 Chatham Straits aud various other places fn ivvff here un- 

 BuccessfuJly. July lij, in sight from ild- -^i ie d e licijan to 

 take in fish in paying qu.anlltics, an isi wheu 1 



boarded her she had with tliree of hei ;i eew Ijoat 



in this locality) taken about seven ton.-.. .Villi im other do- 

 ries, three iunumher, the lime was occupied iu seining sahnon 

 for bait. 



As a len-pound salmon can be bought for five cenhs, and 

 caught perhaps for less than a ceiil. and as one such flsh will 

 cut up into aboul thirlybail, which will probalilv catch not 

 lesslhmi .^illO pounds of halibut, it is rvideiil Ihat'llie cost of 

 bait is a smallei' item in proportion to the returns than is l)ie 

 cost of halt on our Easloriv banks. 



The schooner has just came in from a tcn-davs' cruise 

 among the outside banks, during whichher catch haa'averaued 

 over 7,000 lbs. per day, and she is novf over a third loaded 

 with every prospect of filling up dming August, which is al- 

 ways a Calm, pleasant month here. 



The salt used is |.irocm-ed iu San Francisco, at $16 per ton, 

 and is rriaiiiilaediied at licdwood Citv from sea water. We 

 aU got the halibut fever, and have had lots of fun, hard work 

 andexcilemout. Aly biggest So jar weighed 150 His., and 



was 5 ft. Sin. long. I bad a log of wood slung with spans at- 

 tached to the end of fifty fathoms cod line, and it was veiy 

 exhiliarating to see that log go diving tmder at about tea 

 knots an hour. 



1 learn that within a siiort distance the halibut are far 

 more plentiful than here. So there can be no question but 

 thni m time the business will be well followed up, that is if 

 lliis present venture finds a food market, which, as most all 

 South Americans like sail, ti.sh, I fancv it will. 



Mining enter]irises have received little attention this year. 

 Tlie snow has postponed everything. We live in hopes. 



PiBEOO. 



NOVEMBER. 



AJ UVEJlPKll'S frosty days are here, 



With bided grass and foliage Here; 

 The tutted wondkind tojis are brown, 

 The oak tree wears a yellow crown. 



The landscape far and near 

 Is painted with a russet hue ; 

 The distant hills, eiewhile so blue, 

 Heddeued by autimin's Lavish hrash, 

 Glow with an evanescent blush 

 Enchanting to the view. 



The brooks that tlu-o' the meadows sweep, 

 Or thro' the tangled thickets creep. 



No longer flash and gleam ; 

 For dead leaves fill the woodland walks ; 

 The wild flowers droop theh wither'd stalks 



And choko .and stain the stream. 

 The mill-pond where the wood-ducks swim, 

 SwoU'u by fall rains to tlie brim, 

 Pom- o'er the mill-dam's moeay stone 

 A fide that makes the old wheel groan, 



Itevolviug oil its beam. 



The angler no more plies his craft 

 In shapely boat or anchored I'fift 



By brook or pond or bay ; 

 But now it 18 the joyous time, 

 AVhou crispy grass is white with rime ;— 



It iH the B^.iortsmaii's day ! 

 The brown quail fill the stubble iield ; 

 In the bare woods, but halt'coneeard, 



The partridge is his prey. 

 And where the salty marsbeg spread 

 'The liay-ampc circle overhead ; 

 And where the breezy bays expand, 

 Iu shaUow cove, by shelly strand, 

 The honking, quacking wild fowl poise, 

 And yield the gnmier endless joys. 

 ,s7u/ter Island, AV-c. 7. Isaac McLellan. 



TRIGGER AND REEL ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 



WHILE such a vast number of the countless resorts for 

 the sporlsiJian with their manifold allurements have 

 been so ck'Sely, and I doulit not faithfully, described in the 

 cobmins of the Forest and S-ruEAM, I have never seen dur- 

 ing the time 1 have been a reader of that journal even an allu- 

 suin, if I may be allowed toexceptasinglehoteladvertisement, ' 

 to the by far more than ordinary facilities for heallbful and 

 sportive recreation oll'ered to votaries of the rod and gun hj' 

 the interior and southern and -western shores of the "fa'r 

 famed isle " of Manila's Vineyard, which though situated 

 within easy access of the fraternity from nearly every citv of 

 the J-^asicrii and Middle States isas'yet well nigh iib^nn iruyif/- 

 iiita lo the sportsman from those districts. 



The Island of JMartha's Vineyard, situated as it is in a posi- 

 tion peculiarly adapted for the pur].iose, forms a sort, of mnUns 

 res, or middle srouud, for large docks of Gaiiada honkers and 

 immense numbers of widgeon, teal, bluebills, sheldrakes aud 

 whistlers, with anoccasional mallard more iiardy and nomadic 

 than its -wont. In times past mallard were "found here iu 

 al.iundance, but 'with the genesis of " bottom action shooting 

 irons," as those not fortunate enough to be the owner of a 

 breech loader sarcastically term that useful innovation upon 

 the " Queen's iVrms," tlie last named has almost entire!}'- 

 disappeared, and during the spring and autumn tliirbtsof these 

 bii'ls it, is in the sheltered bays and lagoons of (his island, be- 



K. iheadveiit of the summer visitor, and after the e.vodus 

 .1 lie.' camp meeting pilgrims, for which latter this is a verita- 

 ble Mecca, may rest in comparative security from the labors 

 (ii Ibeir wearisome march from Kortherii or Soulheni fields, 

 and wdth but little fear of that obiquitous pest, the iiot-hunter, 

 plume themselves for the homeward run. This is in no wise 

 a paradise for the before-named pot-hunter. He woulil either 

 starve here, or what is more prohafile, would spend a consiiler- 

 able portion of his lime witliin the walls of the county jail ; 

 for allhough there is no regularly organized sporting iissocia- 

 tion here, -which is a matter to he greatly regretted, yd the 

 "natives " have many old customs which are religiou.sly ob- 

 :;e,', I d ;.y lliem, ,aiiil which if prevailing in other disi rids 

 lie' I. id entirely obviate all necessity for legislative in- 



I! Ti I iirotect the game from annihilalionT Thvy are 



al.-.u .-.eru..iile.usly exacting in obedience to the game laws; 

 they neither infringe upon them themselves nor allow others 

 to do so, and woe betide the unfortunate whose avarice tempts 

 him to pull trigger upon an unsuspeciing feather out of 

 season. 



But for a sportsman, whose nature would revolt at the idea 

 of iiracticing the nefarious slaughter so easily accomplished 

 wdih llie battery and its swivels, who is willing to give the 

 birds a fair chance of retaining their liberty, the sport is 

 abundant and weU worth a trial : ami any son of ?^imrod pos- 

 s<issed of a good gun, a sharp eye and 'inoih.'raiely control- 

 ablc temper, can reap here as lai-ge a crop of pleasure and 

 ruddiness as anywhere upon tlie Atlantic coast. The large 

 ponds and coves which abound here and in chi.se conjunc- 

 lion are favorite resorts fur the different species of ducks of 

 which 1 have speiken, as well as of large mmibers of the 

 dusky — or what is more commonly known as the black duck 

 — ^Nvliich, unlike the others, malvc this a permanent abiding 

 place. But he must be gifted with the craft and patience so 

 necessarj' to entitle )um to the dignity of being a a[iortsman 

 to bring "this wary bu-d to bagjforheis '• to the manner born," 

 and in diplomatic parlance is "up to snuff." In the proper 

 seasons the vlaiJtT canaiUnm. the bare mention of whose name 

 must m.akc the pulse of all true sportsmen thrill with excit- 

 .ng desire, is to be foimd here iu quite huge numbers and 



