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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 18. 1880. 



•would thank you to ask the question, who he was, to 

 your numorous correspondents. It is reasonably certain 

 that lie was a lawyer, and perhaps a politician also. He 

 must have been a greedy, grasping; unconscionable fe] low, 

 and must have lived in Mississippi, or the part of Illinois 

 known as Egypt — though there is a part of Indiana where 

 sttch a man might have lived, I can find no one in this 

 State who knows anything about him. lam almost cer- 

 tain the Amia catoa was not named after him by way of 

 compliment. Please help me find out who he was. 

 I have seen the full name, John A. Grindle, applied to 

 the fish in print. Salmon Roe. 



♦ 

 A Camp Bed,— Athtntie City, March 1th.— Seeing in 

 the last Forest and Stream a piece on camp beds I 

 thought I would tell you of mine, which I have used for 

 six weeks at a time and found verv comfortable. It is a 

 double piece of ticking, 7ft. long by 4ft. wide. It has a 

 place for a pole at each hide and also at each end. These 

 poles are laid in forked sticks, in the manner you have 

 already described. We fill up under the ticking with 

 hemlock or Florida moss as the caso may be. To keep 

 this from scattering all over the tent we make sides of 

 board, or if we are without such a useful article we lay 

 poles one on top of the other till they are level with the 

 ticking at the top and bottom, as well as at the sides, so 

 that no hemlock can get out. "When we want to make 

 our bed soft we run a stick under the ticking and stir it 

 around, which I am sure is quite a novel way of making 

 beds, hut the result is such that I have often wished our 

 hotel chambermaids would copy. 1 never put hemlock 

 boughs as a top layer, but strip them, thus making a soft 

 and comfortable bed, the beauty of which is you have 

 nothing to carry- except a piece of ticking, which folds 

 up hi a veiy small space. Victor. 



Fort Wayne, Ind.. March lath, — In your issue of March 

 4th " H. L.," of Warsaw, asks for a" comfortable camp 

 cot, Allow me to suggest to him and others that the best 

 thing for the purpose is a cork mattress, 6ft. Sin. by 2ft. 

 6in. They are light ; can be rolled up into a very neat 

 package ; can be used in any place ; are much more con- 

 venient and not as heavy as camp cots ; cost 60 per 

 cent, less ; are warmer, etc. The objection I have to 

 the cots is, the feet sink into the ground, making the cot 

 uneven and breaking it. I have used the bed-tick for 

 years, but have, been many a time without auything to 

 nil it. Hammocks cannot be put up in a small tent, and 

 are unhandy in a large one. Willis D. Maier. 



A Fishing Trip Through Canada Wilds.— Quebec, 

 March Mth.—l can give you yet another very pleasant 

 trip that oan be made at small expense from Toronto and 

 will not take more than say two weeks. Take the 

 Toronto and Nepissing Railroad to Coboconk at the head 

 of Balsam Lake. Here take guides, of whom plenty are 

 easily found in the village at a cost of §1 per day, or $1.50 

 if canoes or skiffs are to be supplied. Then the choice of 

 ttwo routes is open, and thev are both good. Go north to 

 Mud- turtle Lake, and then Gull River to Gull Lake. 

 Again follow up Gull River after leaving the lake till 

 Lake Boshkung is reached. Here is fine fishing and 

 shooting in fall. A portage of about three miles brings 

 one into Lake Kashaganigamoz, a very large lake with 

 good fishing. If another route is desired go south from 

 'Coboconk, through Balsam Lake, then a short river, and 

 so into Cameron's Lake. Another short river trip brings 

 us into Sturgeon Lake ; then through Pigeon and Buck- 

 horn lakes into Deer and Salmon Trout lakes. In all 

 these Jakes the fishing is good ; trout, black bass, maska- 

 longe and lunge ate plentiful, with good duck and part- 

 ridge shooting in fall. Deer shooting is also good about 

 the upper lakes after leaving Salmon Trout Lake. Go by 

 'rail, or follow the Ottanabee River in skiff to Hiawatha 

 village, on Rice Lake. Good bass and maskalonge fish- 

 ing : duck shooting in fall. Then by rail to Cobourg on 

 Grand Trunk, and bo to Toronto and home. When in 

 Boshkung Lake it is but a short distance, with compara- 

 tively few portages, to Trading Lake. Then down the 

 South Branch of Muskoka River and through Muskoka 

 Lake to Gravenhurst, where the Northern Railway is 

 taken for Toronto. Ac Sactble. 



Hestigouohe rivers, is TO railea. Hotel Fraser, kept by Daniel 

 Fraser— an excellent houfe, with accommodations tor fifty or sev- 

 enty-five guests. Mr. F., an in telligen t Scotchman, will do every- 

 thing to make his guests comfortable; terms, $2 per day. Al- 

 ways get your guides through him, and he will see you are not 

 imposed upon. He leases six miles of the river, and grants per- 

 mits at $1 per day per man. 



The Kestigouehe ia one of the most famous rivcra In New 

 Brunswick, and the salmonlruu very large, ranging from eight to 

 fifty pounds ; thirty, thirty-five and forty pounds are not uncom- 

 mon catches. The season ia about ten days earlier here than at 

 the >M iraraichi or Nepiseguit, and usually opens from 5th to 10th of 

 June, and keeps up through the summer. The largest fish are the 

 first that run up. Splendid pool within a stone's throw or the 

 hotel. Distance from here to itiviercdu Loup, 178 miles; from 

 thereto Quebec, 125 miles. Whole distance from Boston to St. 

 John, 160 miles ; St. John to Quebec, 588 miles ; Quebeo to Boston, 

 460 miles. Total, 1,445 m iles. 



Round trip tickets from Boston to Restigouche via St. John, 

 and return via Quelle, can boprooured for about $31. 



Expenses of fishing at Kestigouehe per day: Board, $2; board 

 of two guides, $2.50; permit, $1; canoe, 50 cents; two guides per 

 day, $1.50. Total expenses per day, $6.50. As the water is very 

 " quick," two guides are indispensable per man. Estimated neces- 

 sary expenses for two weeks' trip from Boston to Bestigouche, 

 $150. Plenty of aea trout six miles below Metapedia, running 

 from one-half to five pounds in weight. 



For particulars address Daniel Frusor, Metapedia Station, N. B.t 

 Waverley Hotel, Now Castle, N. B.; J.H. Wilbur, Bay View Hotel, 

 Bathurst, N. B. Geo. A. Fat. 



TTest JtfcrKlea, Conn,, March 9th. 



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HOW WE FOUND AND FISHED THE SOUTH FORK. 



N more than one occasion last summer did we have our curi- 

 osity aroused by reports relative to a certain trout Btream 







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NEW BRUNSWICK SALMON RIVERS. 



THE three rivers, jriramichi, Nopissoguit and Hestigouohe, are 

 all reached by the Intercolonial Railway, which runs 

 from St. Join), N. H., to Kiviere du Loup on the St. Lawrence. 

 If the Restigouehe is the objective, point 1 would recommend 

 going via St. John and returning via Quebec to Boston, as the 

 distance from the Bestigouche to Boston is the same either way. 

 Route from Boston to St. John by cars: Boston to Portland, 108 

 miles; Portland to Bangor, 136 miles ; Bangor to St. John, 205 

 tUllea. One through t rain dally from Boston to St. John, via East- 

 ern Railroad at " p.m., reaches Portland at 11.30 p.m. and Bangor 

 next moraine- at 6.10 a.m.: connects therewith European and 

 N. A. Railroad, leat tug at 7.20 a.m., thus giving one hour and ten 

 minutCB for breakfast. Penobscot Exchange Hotel near the sta- 

 tion ; llrst-clttss. Arriving "t St. John same day, 6.45 p.m., making 

 410 miles and 24 hours' time from Boston ; fare. Boston to St. John, 

 $10. I'.trtif-s preferring can take, one of the steamers (Interna- 

 tional Steamship Co), which leave twice a week in spring and fall 

 and three times in the summer at -8 a.m. from end of Oommercfi 

 Wharf, Boston ; fare, $5.50, eStfluslVB of state-rooms and meals. 



Train leaves St. John, Intercolonial Railroad (Northern Divis- 

 ion), 8a.m.. arriving at Miramichi, town of Newcastle, 16' 

 about 5 p.m. notel,Wavcrley; situate about quarter ol 

 from Jliraniichi River; but no fishing here. Takeatcam 

 teen miles up river to Indiantown, and go to Frank Jardfn's hotel, 

 a small affair, but best there is; terms, $1.50 per day. Fishing 

 here good in the season, from 10th to 20tb of June; salmi 



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nlchi to Bffthurst is 4i miles; Bay View 



ics here, but it is necessary to take B tt 

 ishing nine miles up at Rough Wafers, V 

 r to Grand Falls, twenty miles. Fishing ni 

 1Kb or in canons. Guides plenty for $ 



. i . . ■■ | yim go up the til ' 

 leueetill Juafl loth or later, Bi ft ■ 



Permits necessary j charge usually $1 v 

 icntS along the banks near Hough Wate. 

 tthi fault Camp necessary. Salmon r 



that lay away back in the tangled woods of Wyoming County, 

 Pa. We overheard one old veteran saying that he know where 

 ho could get a basketful of the speckled beauties when all other 

 sources had failed him; and still another telling of a stream 

 that was filled with snow water even up to the 4th of July. 



From remarks dropped at one time and another, wo gathered 

 that it must be ft very late stream, running through a deep gorge 

 for almost its entire course ; and on whose b an It s snow could be 

 found almost any time in June. 



As near aa we were ablo we ascertained, after diligent inquiry 

 and search of maps, that it was called South Fork, so named on 

 account of the branching or forking of the Mehoopany Creek; 

 that It flowed through the pure wilderness, that no houses were 

 within many miles of it, and that if w-e fished it we would be com- 

 pelled to spend a night in the open woods. These difficulties, how- 

 ever, did not frighten my friend H. and myself from our deter- 

 mination to seek out and fish this wonder ful stream, so on the 3d 

 of July last, about 3 o'clock In the morning we left home for a 

 few days' trouttng. It was a delightful ride, over mountains and 

 across "valleys. And indeed, I know of none moro pleasant and 

 exhilarating than this same early morning ride of a party bent 

 on a day's fishing. It was about 7 o'clock when we reached Bow- 

 man's Creek, perhaps the best trout stream in this part of the 

 State, as many a fishorman with well-filled creel can testify. This 

 creek was stocked with salmon two or three years ago, bu1 never 

 a one of them has been heard of since. We cannot stop here, 

 however, although it does not seem natural to pass by thf3 scene 

 of many a good day's sport, and the only one of any pretentions 

 hereabouts. We learn that we are still eleven miles from South 

 Fork and are advised to go five miles further up the creek to the 

 house of Mr. Foote, a noted hunter and guide, and put up there 

 for the first night, and in the meantime we can fish the main 

 stream at that point. Twelve o'clock finds us ;saf ely housed at 

 the end of the first day's journey and thirty miles from home. 



After a hearty lunch we rigged up our rods and started to whip 

 the main stream. For myself, I can say that I never fishea 

 diligently in my life, carefully whipping'Ievory pool, ehane-ing 

 my flies from dark to lightand again to a mean between the ' 

 Butall to no purpose. We were rewarded with only a paltry half- 

 dozen, and those were small. Thoroughly disgusted 

 back to Foote'6 where we got supper and spent a couple of hours 

 listening to the stories of our host of bear and deer hunts, and 

 how he was the first to find the great pigeon roost that was in this 

 neighborhood a few years ago. 



There were still six miles of dense woods between us and the 

 mouth of South Fork. To reach it we were compelled to drive 

 five miles up to Dutch Mountain. Here we found a man to guide 

 U3 over the mountain four miles and a half to our destination. 

 On the way over he went a few steps to one side to show us u deer 

 lick that he had constructed some time before, by forcing some 

 rock salt in among the roots of a tree. We oan plainly see tracks 

 that have been made the night before. Also in crossing the ridge 

 he points out tracks t hat are apparently fresh. We cross the main 

 stream and another branch called Bellows Brook, and here we are 

 at last on South Fork, and it is withmingled feelings of satisfaction 

 and disappointment that we gaze on the almost mythical stream. 

 Before parting with our guide we contracted with him to drive our 

 horse back to Foote's, from which place we were distant eleven 

 miles. In the face of this we were rash enough to start fishing up 

 stream. But what did we care? We had come to test for our- 

 selves the truthfulness of the stories we had heard, and we did not 

 propose to leave any 6tone unturned. Big catches, big trout, the 

 long and hard roud we had come, all tended to work us up to the 

 highest pitch of anticipation. 



H . prepared to make the first cast while I involuntarily ceased 

 operations to watch him, (Jauti jusly he [approached a beautiful 

 pool, first making a few rapid casts in the stream below, so as to 

 render his line of the. proper length. Gently and deftly he lands 

 the feathered delusions on the further side of the pool, and slowly 

 works them back toward him. But nothing rewards that cast. 

 The line describes a graceful curve behind the back of the anxious 

 fisherman, and again does he propel the flie3 fairly over the hid- 

 ing place of the hoped-for trout. The flics had hardly touched 

 the water before there is a strike, to which H. responds with a 

 quick jerk. It was one of those little beggars that rarely get the 

 tly the first time. The result was, the trout missed the fly and 

 H. missed the trout and succeeded In landing his leader in the 

 top of an adjacent tree, and with disgust depicted on his face he 

 prepared to climb. We had no room to complain of our success 

 as fur as catching small trout was concerned, but no large ones 

 came to our creels. We were disappointed. Instead of the deep 

 gorge, we found an average Pennsylvania stream, now flowing 

 u g some level space and again tumbling with a splash 

 and roar over huge rooks and bowlders. 



That night we lay down on a moss-eovered rock in the clothes 

 that we hud been fishing in all afternoon, and between the wading 

 of the stream and a heavy shower that we had had during the aft 



account of everything being so wet, and not having an n.ve, It 

 did not amount to much. We slept probably an hour and a half 

 and spent the rest of the night trying to keep warm by sitting in 

 tho hole where the fire bad been. 



The longest nights come to an end some time, and it was with 

 feelings of satisfaction that we hailed the coming of morning. As 

 soon as it was light enough to see we started to our last day's fish- 

 ing with twelve miles of stream to travel. We met with -varying 

 success, but as before could get no large trout. At the junotion 

 of South Fork with the main stream tho tug of war began. Tho 

 creek bed is completely filled with huge bowlders, and the whole 

 distance must be traveled by stepping from one stone to another, 

 which soon becomes a very tedious operation. Add to this the 

 discolored water, caused by flowing through the tamarack 

 swamps. When one steps into it he does not know whether he Is 

 going up to his knees or to his neck. 



We did not spend much time in casting In the main stream, only 

 now and again when some pool more tempting than its neighbor 

 presented itself. And we soon tired of this, because for the most 

 part our casts were made in vain. Only on one occasion was this 

 monotony varied, when H., standing on a rock in the midst of tho 

 whirling cm-rent, hookedn lusty beauty. Tn some unaccountable 

 way ho became entangled in his line, but with rare good fortune 

 he succeeded in drawing the trout up on the rook, and then sit- 

 ting down on him. 



now anxiously did we peer around every spur of the mountain 

 and every bend in tho creek in hope of seeing a clearing ! And it 

 did seem as if the end of that day's tratnp would never come; but 

 come it did at. lost, and with it two of tho most tired fishermen 

 that ever cast a By. Upon calculation we find that we have over 

 300 trout, varying from Eix to ten inches in length, and they did 

 look very pretty when laid out in the ice-box side by side. 



We left Foote's at 3 o'clock in the afternoon with a thirty-mile 

 drive before us. We stopped for supper at Forkston, and again 

 at Bowman's Creek, reaching P. about 4 o'clock next morning 

 with ail our fish in good condition. Taking it all in all, it was 

 avery enjoyable trip, and one which we Intend to repeat next 



We noticed one peculiar feature of this stream, viz., that not a 

 single minnow was seen in nil the time we were on it. And con- 

 sidering that this is a favorite ami very successful bait for catch- 

 ing large trout in this part of Pennsylvania, we are both of tho 

 opinion that if a party were to go there with a stock of minnowi 

 for bait they would catch more large trout in this way than with 

 ufly. 



It is also a splendid field for shot gun and rifle, there being nn 

 abundance of both large and small game, such as squirrels, pheas- 

 ants, deer and bear. Our guide told us that over eighty deer were 

 shot and taken from there during last season. These woods are 

 distant only nine or ten hours' ride from either New York or 

 Philadelphia, and offer excellent advantages for city sportsmen 

 who cannot spare the time to make more extended excursions in 

 search of sport. ,^^__^^_______ 



twenty-five pounds. .«♦>,_ \i~,„„ a ,v., „r.n noon thev were pretty wet. Wemanaged to start a small fire, but 



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SOMETHING ABOUT BREAKERS AND DOG 

 BREAKING. 



combining the views op col. butch inson AND OTHER. 



FAMOUS HANDLERS, 



NO. I. 



TO insure good sport the shooter must be provided 

 with good dogs. However abundant game may be, 

 there can no he real sport without good dogs : and how- 

 ever Bcarce game may be, a good day's sport is only at- 

 tainable with good dogs, and by a person who feds what 

 sport is, and who does not look upon filling the game bag 

 as the sole end and aim of the sportsman's occupation. 

 The mere act of killing game no more constitutes sport 

 than the jingling of rhyme constitutes poetry, Since, 

 then, if you want a first-class dog, break him yourself ; 

 if, however, you cannot spare the time, be careful toselect 

 a breaker who lives where game is plenty — a man with a 

 good temper and a plentiful store of patience to fall back 

 upon — and of all tilings avoid a bad shot, for he is quite 

 sure to be either a careless person or an impatient one at 

 times. 



It is to be presumed that you have selected a young dog 

 that carries his head well up when beating, and not one 

 that works with his nose tp I be ground. Though bear in 

 mind, that a pottering dog that " tracks" can bo some- 

 times cured if taken in hand when young, by working 

 him on an overflowed snipe meadow, where the birds lay 

 on the high tussocks and rafts of floating reeds. He isthen 

 obliged to feel in the air for the scent, and the splashing 

 made by his forelegs obliges him to keep his bead well 

 up. This system does away with the old-fashioned me- 

 chanical contrivance called the puzzle-peg. 



The most killing dog is one that has had but one ma.s- 

 ter, for he unconsciously studies his owner's disposition 

 along with the daily rudiments of his education. The 

 Babel of dog language is then unknown to him, as he 

 knows but one voice, one dialect and one code of oral and 

 manual signals. Thus he is never at a loss to compre- 

 hend his master's meaning, and unbounded con li. lei ice in 

 each other takes the place of perplexity and distrust. It 

 has often been a mystery to us how borrowed dogs really 

 could adapt themselves to anew language so readily, for 

 at a moment's notice an entirely new list of orders must 

 be obeyed, and, as is often the case, issued by those unlit to 

 command. Hence we consider it equally as necessary for 

 the handler to be "broken in" as we dp the dog, and 

 the number of good dogs that are yearly ruin. I 

 living examples Of the truth of this assertion. 



The common sense (for there is no secret) in i lo . i a 

 ing is this : Never order your dog to do an impi 

 and after commanding him to execute your wish, make 

 him obey and stick at it ; be consistent even if it takes a 

 week, and do not leave him until you have conquered. 

 You will fi ad by experience that you and he will have one 

 or two grand tussles, but. if you but firmly insist and use 

 judgment you will be astonished and gratified at having 

 won a complete victory when least expected. Of course 



plenty of dogs who learn in. time to obi 

 master's voice most excellently, and there ;ire old steady 

 fellows that cannot be induced to do wrong even when 

 " hunted " by a raw hand ; but if one wishes to see the 



