August 17, 1882.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



43 



swamp. Perils rush" in where angffls fear to tread, and in a 

 few years I knew a great deal more than anybody ui my 

 neighborhood about the hidden places in the Bottom. There 

 were many curious hole-; there, bul on one occasion I Stum- 

 hied ivi one with results, and sill thi- preliminary if for 'lie 

 sole purpose "i telling you aboui it. 



One dm I found fliyBelf on the edge of the very worst 

 brake there To get where 1 stood whs a teal of'patbfindiug 

 worthxof hisiorx. bu1 I liadbeeu there several timesnndkriew 

 my way. But before me stretched the worst brake any man 

 evevsaw. Mud, water, vines, cine, fallen ttmberaud green 

 had done all that was possible- 1» r&aEB a prise morass. To, 



Anyhow I managed to gel quite u bag of stilt for him as 

 well as the piece of bacon, His clbthes hadJong since dis- 



gel into 





ted it it 



and per 





dness 



I Wits e 



azv to 



exploi 



A SOT 



of bat 



OU 1 1 



Iml SO 1 



iras 1 



could 



cypress 

 Clouds 



(S; H 

 if insc 



•tewx" 



nose re 



varded 





Hv .lov 



• : Sot 





bard an 





"Fra 



issiblc:to 



;. t .hi nl It, XXol'-e lll;ili thill. 



'dnj; through. Therefor 



,,;ii.i ran into to edgi oi the thicket. 



-•■ \-ii n spread and lust among the 



. J tried to follow the. nearly level bank. 

 in iii. i face and plenty of scratched 



'oils. | -nl down to think ind blow. 

 - these bayous have a sort of bottom 

 ih visor with lite hope returned, and 1 

 Wiis m.iiiii walking in the bayou in water about ;i Foot deep had 

 with ii tine, hard bottom. ' Sling 



After following the bayou for about half a mile or so 

 through iin iiwfnl thicket, dense and gloamj bb night, 1 came 



appeared in a mass of ragy, hut scion iifier tiis recovery 

 rigged himself out in a new suit ruadeofajl Sort! oi squu'ro), 

 rabbit and 'coon skins, sew,, I (..-ether with strings made of 

 their dried entrails, using thomsfor an awl These skins 

 were the gatherings oi :> year. In spite nl' myself 1 find the 

 dcttulf tof stichttUfe -till tn possess a certain attraction. 

 r"et ii was the life literally of a wild beast, and required n 

 tremeuilOus vitality to endnroH. Bad Henij ool been the 

 giani in size and" constitution Unit he was, lye would have 

 lied lnnn before. To the than pf average health arid 



mid he slow, sure. hath. 



there was qdile a comfortable lodge, 

 wood from the sides, paepriug the floor 



streugtli 



In-i-i 



Bj sort 



Willi ft 



li.i.l in 

 The fir 

 d 



i making s ceiling < 



• ;! ii.iii, tight room nearly eight tei 



fas luiiil to one side in a hole. 'mid i 



(Od, there was hut little smoke, ant 



through the top of the tree. Cooking with hit 



affair of broiling, as he had no pots 



iii: 



. He 



Henry bad tried i 



do 



hi 



iile 



ircula 



to a sort oi pond or lake, about 200 



in shape. The fiercest sun that ever s\ 



the swamp I had just passed, but her 

 fight fell in a perfect Hood, i walked 

 sat down hesidean enormous gycamor 

 to the water, l could not but obi 



tree, though I had often seen fine one 

 have been ten feel in diameter at le 

 though a little way uo It divided into I 



For some moment- I had been listen 

 noise, like somebody breathing with difficult 

 able to locate the sound. Just then it eatue 

 or louder, and 1 fairly jumped The noise 

 out oi the tree'. 



I at once ran around to Hie other side. All en-ai syea- 



mores are hollow anclthiswas no exception, About a yard 

 from the ground there was a hole some two feel long and 

 giving a view of the interior of tl 



po- 



ll! til, 



the bright, hlessed 

 up to the baps and ' 

 i leu grew quite close . 

 ■rve the maeiiiticenl 



before. This must 

 st near tin ground, 

 separate braathesJ 



uit was un- 

 arcr perhaps 

 tajnlv came 



hickory 

 he saved in baskets 

 keep out the worms, 

 me manner, hut lie 



dl the men 1 ever knr 

 nd most In 



skill tl 

 e the sheila 



Id -real .,u 

 nts for W 

 ami huu. 



ih. 



i -iinpl, 

 to cook iti. 



m of bark, bul 

 as can dotheat 



I looked 

 leavi s, evide 

 darkened th< 

 toward me a 

 wasted featu 



tin' tears roll, 

 it all. Buna 

 here alone until 

 I gol into the hof 



i ti'i'juiil 

 nd piint 



and savs 



lltlV sick 



hole he i 



nd feebly lified 1; 



res and ionelv fat. 



id down my 'face, 



way from home a 

 , and disc 

 unci at 



c uegro lying oil :i bed of 

 as for breath. As my face 

 yellow eve- and greasy face 

 hand a- if for pity. The 

 ,vere toe much for inc. .and 

 Pom fellow: | could divine 

 I friends and slavery, bring 

 . had overpowered him, 



him some water from 



the lake, which he drank eagerly, and theu fell hack with 

 deep sigh. There was no sign of food about the place, but 

 fortunately 1 had a good lunch, and gave him that. Fte was 

 very hungry and ate it all. tlioUgh feeblx . 



In about- half an hour he revixed enough to talk a little, 

 and told me hi- name — "Henrv Bunch — runaway — Mar- 

 B " 



This was the worst master in the whole counirx around. 

 On my part, I said slowly and distinctly to him . 



"1 will not betray you! Hehry; but I will brine- you some 

 medicine- and grub and help yon all I can." 



This was evidently a great relief to him, He brig&toned 



up. seized my hand 'and Shed a tear or two. 



As this was in October, the air was much fresher than in 

 the close weather of summer, so I had hopes of bringing my 

 patient through. For that nighf 1 broiled a few birds, and 

 left them with him, while] sought mj home to iftj in better 

 suppUes. 



. Well, "to Cut it Short/' he got aS Well as ever in a couple 



nd good food, 

 the looa and 



fee and spent 



or didn't. 



plentx of 



jf a living. "You 



for a brigade of 



i- big knives— and 



red. lie intended 

 im he xvould 



•did km 

 . Will 



b 



if a 



supply h 



e toha 

 self. 



i offered biro tnj nonpareil Harper's 



—don't hah no use here 

 agcr to shoot game, and 

 im. Dis no place tor 

 ■>W. .in' .: axe, :in plenty 



of weeks on plenty of < 



Ylv heavens, what 

 careless Southern 



But we became 

 hour- in disCussiot 

 Henry was most : 

 these be declared l 

 may he sure 1 sup 

 niggers. I also j 

 what he valued in 

 to raise enough t< 

 have, even though 

 I'Vrry musket 



"No, Mars 

 for gun. Ma 



loo much fur tote when exvinc to run. 

 Bghien, No. -..b gib me ' acct seeds, 

 fish hook an' I do well <■/. atu piggl p.*' 



'•But how will you get game when 'I 



"Is'e got >'. bow an 1 arrer and kin shoo 

 said he. "And donesot traps all aroiini 

 ain't much chance uv mj rtarvio' to Am 



Henry's •unlit and home were grei 

 fancy an ignorajit man going into the sw 

 xveapon or utensil other 'leu. a RarloW 

 all the nigger had the day he ran off. C 



mer for a nigger, ca iithor plan nor w 



ing cold weather. And so for a few dux 

 and roots while he stcariil v pushed inn 

 swamp. I'.x nice iuek he discovered an 

 carried along a. "chunk" and kepi a ligh 

 fashion. For awhile he lived in the ope 

 "jess like a wild hog," but after tho disc 

 he had been glad to indulge in thecOmfi 

 and fixed habitation, His little lire was 



I fee so thai the ,nmke wn- -cattcivd I 



limbs and made no mark on the ikj 

 plied him with materials for bai 

 cans and other nuts, as well a- Strings I 

 hook gave him more trouble than ai 

 trying all sorts of plans with wood; he I 

 rough one out of the hack spring of 

 altered by the aid of lire for the purpose 

 he multiplied indefinitely., and I was ast 

 much meat he had been able to secure 

 varied in descriution, but all bettor ihan 

 This all sound.- much heller though tl 

 Bread of course was absent, and the bai 

 tobe. eaten without, ,-ab. I had thOUghl these 



greatest wants, but In declared wiih eai sti 



wanted "baceu fust and den some lilt meat, jet 

 run down hof side rie mouf and grease up al 

 Nebber mind the nab, Mass (1., you jess foteb 

 bacon ef you want, see nigger chaw wid hof sidi 



■ lived, 



id tba 

 chilriri 



hisfea 

 e had b. 

 lin prol 



(hiring Hie winter. 

 •X the -moke of hi- 



Soni" of his game he dried in 

 •aid it was poor stuff and not fu 



a- this nigger si ems yet to lie the 

 lie bad but one "strong weak- 

 r of recapture. Wilhoul either 

 ■nl all the energies of a powerful 

 iem- -how in escape the white 



To a 

 recesses 



■hou-e' 



old thes 



.1 thesv 



B he remained constautlx in the deepest 

 amp. rarely leaving the brake in which his 

 is situated. "I'sesiife in Here. Max- (Jeorge," he 

 ef I go squandering all about the woods fust 

 thing 1 know some de-e nigger dogs he dtfne gal my track 

 and den xvhar is poor nigger gone!" 



And so by keeping to his fastness he expected todefeal the 

 schemes which h, well enough knew were laid for bis cap 

 turc. 



At last 1 went Off to College and Hi 



When 1 returned 



Jl seem- thai B., bit 



two ye 



after tber 



torn, bloodv. 1 

 Acquaintances 



would not take 



he intended to; 



B. was foun< 



-uiolh.red lo di 

 the th 



I ill alive i 

 d in catcbii 

 iilf cra/.ed 

 idercl to 

 ke of pity. I 



i thousand 

 ive him. 



dead in I 

 nh, and He 

 N, 



. had i 

 u i he -w 

 g the pj 



were hung by the neighbors 

 necessities of the Institution 



his plantation. 



e nigger of him a I. greal 

 • besotted brute -wore l.e 



- apiece for the whippings 

 is morning, having been 



infcsscil thiil lie was one of 

 •ill tried to escape, bul all 

 once, for such were the 



KiMiKisiiEU and Tm: 



Scribe. — Cincinnati 

 r issue of Aug. :i. • 

 men of "Old Knots 

 nto the 



inn- fron 



loud .■ 



old sprin; 



.•ral. in "Camps of the Kingfishers.-" 

 an old friend don't burl much, 1 

 lough to di-turb the camp. Hi 



The Scribe" 

 and Knnls" 

 en wind and 



ifc 



Bul 



von'l 



ry :: 



nie.' 



hx' Ill's 

 Kiver.' 



-Ull 



b most K ■rrifviii"' 

 forth to public ga/.e 

 ivtng not long -im 

 iv John l,vl« King, 

 ,'rcd from' tlic effeff 



! pr 



of hi 



ril kn. 



I this particir 

 i" to pervade ' 



■iiks of have 

 i his intiniatio 



appearance- 

 the bottle xx 

 on the day i 



this— 1 WOU 



Scoffs 



>rt of 



his angling 

 ar fluid will 

 old Knots.." 

 il least ihc 

 . that i con- 

 ►wevwr, thai 



ie fact that 



shooiiti'."— KiM'-i't-nti: 

 Maim 



"Hold on, I'll come doxvn xxithou 



Hoi ri> —In my article di' Jpuo 21) i( xvii 



,1'ieitation of "Wa'rctielii." who. as well a- thei 



aiion to brother sportsmen in : 



o-ilies. Just 

 rithouta tool, 



lo, this UiC 



hingdur- 



■ 11 berries 

 the depth- of the 

 old log afire and so 

 after fl w^llfcnown 

 i wood-, as he -aid, 

 .ver.x of the Big Tree 

 it of a tiirht house 

 built inside of the 



r fishing lines. A ' 

 thing else, SLi'ter 

 liilK mad,, a very ■ 

 ie knife which he 

 Traps and snares 



lisheriln learn how 



,!. this way, rather 

 tarvation. " 

 nthe actual reulilx, . 

 x broiled flesh had 

 these would be bis 

 ii -in.—- thai he 



I de iniiurd; 



. th 

 wished to impart infor 

 to the famous hunting 



Seven I'oiid-. Mussachi 



ihei.rticletoFottKST A 



mg to arouse a lionupi 

 propose under any circ 

 in regard to the routes 

 your worthy paper. 1 



(•lie. 



27, IHy 

 nderstan 



of ; 



ur .Mail 

 nuch a 

 •1, and 

 ,ih. up. 



to., thai 



o,i-,,t Maine, 

 enter into a 

 woods in I he 

 statements 



•obuunsof 



nl. 



i tin 



ii - 



' •Backwoodsman,' 



rulhfiihies.sof lb, 

 but JliSt that xvi 



Mn 



ring the i 

 that we would not 

 sportsmen and tourists to lake a 

 woods other than for their oxx u spe. 

 garriless of hotels, stag,:.-, guide-. Etc. -S.xniii. Kmimi:k 

 (Phillips, Maine, Aug. 10). In mv attiilc. in place of 

 diet-.'' read "I lingo I fouse and 



write 



ial t 



-.1. W. T. 



I XMC- (IP T1TM K 



same beautiful water- from the 

 Clam River and with the mosl a 

 return I have eagerly followed I 

 your valuable journal, and lived 



to be enjoyed on those lovelj l.-.k- 

 hu to makpa cast in right of i 

 lhall reel in" and pull for .-Imr 



■rmit me through the 

 .(, icome pages, to ex- 

 thanks fn- thcenjoy- 



\ Mile 



tifying 



ready 



■ •iCinglisher-'Canip."'! 

 hopes (if thanking ''Old 



ue piece flit Hickory" for the laudis 1 have had iiuo.^b him.— C.xpt. 

 he mouf" I "Bousm, Finn."— (Chhago. 1 1 1 . > 



Jta/tt^/ §&torg. 



THE CHESAPEAKE SHORE. 



Ill A VI". referred in previous article" to u yacht cruise in 

 the \v..ters of the Chesapeake and its tributary streams. 

 I xvould like to give to your readers the result of my obser- 

 ations and describe a few of the incidents which attended 

 that crnisi . 



We -.pent the months of March, April. Max, .luue and 

 July below the mouth of the Potomac, along the shores and 

 among the creeks and ponds of tide-water Virginia. Mv 

 brother Phil and my-elf found amusement in making add! 

 tions to our oOlogical collection, and observing the habits of 

 (sitcb birds, animals and fishesas came under our notice. The 

 inhabitants al-o came in for a huge abate of our attention, 

 and the many acts of kindness x\ huh we n ceived from their 



There is quite a fi-liiug Industry on these shores, and sex- 

 id kinds oi fishermen attracted our attention. I do not 



thiol, ui had ever before realized the extent to which tish 



ipon. nor the amount which 'bey contribute to- 

 ipport of life. 



Not. one iii-t:int ot your lives hui is fraught 



Fr 



levied 



ward- the 



1'oorlisl 



with (laiigr 



iii/i) to the tiny ininnoxv 



by relentless foes. Tiny 

 element. An endless 

 shoal.- of herring, shad 

 the Atlantic to the head 

 visit. What thej suffe 

 what they meet w 

 Toward th, la-i 

 fish 



•k (..sw.n'/i,- mm- 



■//.„ • .... jitumnui) — all are pursued 



iavc many enemies in their natural 



lain of- "destruction follows the 



id menjiarien from the depths of 



raters of every stream which they 



in the deep l can only imagine; 



th along the shores 1 have seen. 



of February the enterprising Chesapeake 



from his winter's rest, and overhauls his 



like- 



pound net. preptu-s his s t .| -take-, and gels things in good 

 order generally. On some mild morning in March he loads 

 his canoe- with long poles made from the stems of slender 

 spruce pines; with a. companion to help -et them, he sculls 

 his boat down the creek and around the point into a larger 

 he bay itself. Probably he has picked out fiisSita 



1 located it ty.ii'l 

 hush lied to it. This 

 think it is always re 

 spot the labor eoniine 

 drixeii solidly. There a 

 itself— which is square 

 fence, which extends d 

 in length with the dUlun 

 Tin v are coniinonly 

 stakes are set the ne 

 to preserve it. Th. 



ing down a 

 s their mod. 



■ peeled. On 



-ill hi 



ngie large pole with a 

 of pre-emption, and I. 

 arriving at the chosen 

 one the stakes are to be 

 he stakes for the pound 

 ie false pound, and the 

 •d the shore, and Varies 

 . etc. 



rjushe 



togell 



similar stake 



Iredfeet long. After the 

 put up: this has first, to be well tarred 

 pound i- a square net with wall 

 ner is provided with a set, stake and a large, 

 i- -lipped on io a permuiienL stake and 

 the bottom: then the two stakes are lied 

 p. In the side toward the shore is an open- 

 aigli. to admit a canoe; Ibis is provided xvith 

 The false pound is made in the form of a 

 heart, the point facing the opening in the true pound and 

 made fast to th, permanent stakes. The fence is -, i in s 

 line with this opening, extending directly back. Theobject 

 of Mm fence is to intercept the tish and "direct them into the 

 false pound. On ineclinir xvith an Obstruction tish naturally 

 nun toward deeper Wiiter: having entered the false pound, 

 they tire bewildered by the returning curve of its sides, and 

 on finding the opening lo the true' pound, at once pass in; 

 they inav stray out again, hut soon return. 



I went xvith a friend -Mr. J. 0. Haynie— to see him "tish" 



his "trap." We got Off before mi 

 his canoe proceeded down Cockk 

 tiful morning, I laid hack in the, 

 -one- of a mobkihg bird, then Ihc 

 cardinal grosbeak. At thisearlvl 

 be heard and also the call 

 largest of the (kfiriraulfftdm. 

 lants do not distinguish boh 

 saw there knew of the hird 

 xvas broad day when xx e r.-a 

 our sails, for there was a bn 

 Point, and glided out on 



•i xx hen we reached Ihc 



>e, and getting on board 



'S Creek. It was a beau 



noe, and enjoyed tirst the 



beautiful whistle of the 



.. ur the whippoorwill could 



if the ehuck-wiils-widow. the 



Singularly enough, the inhabi- 



v.lwcen the. two, and no one that I 



il other than as whippoorwill. It 



cached the Wicomiea, and setting 



ine/.c. we -non rounded Old Field 



he ( 'hesapeake. Others were astir, 



trap." canoes could he. seen Up 



milled the n 



•tup iron 



aler. Asyi 



i. 1 liiid -, 



at the botloi 

 'led up the i 



n of the n 



et. iiDll In 



nock in form, 

 i to dip them i 



cays, londiisii. 



and down shore from Smith's Point to the Diiininaron 



marshes. We pushed into the pound, and quickly untying, 



ikes pulled the net up from ihc bottom, and fastened 



3 fish, but liax-nie -aid 



iVe loosened fhe other 

 it on to the top of the 

 ;d to pull it up on one edge, We 

 and --non cornered them into n 

 n. ox contained Ihem resembled a 

 (in lo the inner edge and Naynie 

 i .oioe. We Imd a variety, skate.-. 

 nd jellyfish, formed the" bulk of 

 •rriiig." menhaden, blucfish, called 

 led iioin. made up the balance of 



■ was going on, I noticed that my 

 -titer, and soon my eyes were 

 s accounted for by the presence 



nellies. Of mi caustic a uaturc. 



il old net th.-ii xvas stored in a 



emitted a dust, producing the 



away the useless fish, a barrel or more. Many 

 .ught. during the. -ea.-on. Turtles and loons some- 

 : and Lioxv and then a shark; sometimes to the 



regret as it may cost him the loss of fish by the 

 jus net. A fish which they call "bo-nee ta" or 



:r" — honito I think it may be — is sometime 



ive Ciiien llietii. I hey are fine! and resemble the 

 Btur jeou are also taken, and after herrings and 



ne, come Spanish mackerel and nheepshearL We 



kinds arec 

 limes get ii 

 fisherman's 

 breakingo 

 "bull mgfi 

 taken. 1 1 

 sxvordtish. 

 -had are di 



set 01 



again. On 

 niedeiivere 



hv contract 



' Several p 



iik,- 



It IIIIK 



" h( 



-Ph, 



I buck towards Coekley's Creek 

 oppedai Beed's wharf, where Hay- 

 ch were :,i) taken at s stated price 



at this place, and all I he eatable 



0, while I he resi are made into oil 



i works are in operation here, and 



is fragrant with the odors from 



durii 



birds as well as men inhabit these 

 Ut -'ax al Coeklev'sCreek that we 

 ice of the fish hawk in its breeding 



lot to he classed with those I have 



before, mentioned. They belong to the highest type, and are 

 fly fishermen ^'«axv?ffiwKts; their cast exceeds in length thai 



A pi-eivol 



shores, it x 

 first made tl 

 place, Fish hawks 



