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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Atctost 17, 882 



mount to get OUt ni Ihe way. but ;ill to no purpose. The 

 snake approached with inereashi.: velueit v iinliJ, when u irlim 



striking distance, ii darted the spiked eua or its tall into the 

 flank of tlio mule. 



Tlii> wassuitioieni mniive power, mill (Sue f< Ightansd .mi 



niai flashed across the prairie at hreak-nec* <i I. Cor several 



hundred yards, then stumbling, feu, throwing the Col I into 



.1 mass of cactus plants, u»».-i n \ -tripping the clothing from 

 Ins Iiih!\ . .-mil severely Ii rat ing iii~ uieo and bands. 



The soak.- »,i. -., tii-mlv Caste 60" the Bank of thi mule 



by its spike, thai it was noi detached l>,\ tin- race, and in fad 

 hod to be i:nt out. 



Tbn uniif swelled to enormous proportions and died in great 

 agon] after its fall. 



"Col. Qeailtree is well known in tbi~ oitj . as well as iil r. ".■•.-. 

 as a geutli-iiiini ni iuiim.pftaniiii.hjp character and veraoiby. 

 Yours, etc.. ROBERT W m.i.mi:. 



r.n.lh.-Mii.l I!. Wallace. 



So. .'.till Vinll. -l.-.-.r V v\.. l\ . |.. C. 



i*MTKt) States Nation- m. :.u sa i >-,, , 



I NDSH HnU-.ITH.\ or Till: SMITHS. .MAN iNSlill : 



Washinot.in. Juh i:;. 1883 | 



Editor forest and Stream, V"- York City: 



DeabSIU 1 have tanokuowlettea Hi,. .-. . .i].t ot your iettav 



of Mih in-:.. ii-.-in-iMiMii.; ;i .oiii'inuii.-:!;. • ■ r 1 id '■-. yotl 



from Mr. Robert Wallace, concerning i bo boop snake, 



In roplv. C beg to refer* you to the indorsement ot Dr. EL. C. 

 Yarrow. "Honorary Curator of the Departm -.it o£ Reptiles. 

 Verv rospertl'ulU >-. Hi: .us i;..oi,k. 



\ . istsMft Director 



I'.MTKll STATUS N ■. --.NAI. Ml SBI M. I 



UsTOtB Dxbbotiuk 01 rui-. Smitiisom >n iNsnn troy, 

 \\ •siiiv.r,,v. Julj 12, l?5». I 

 /'inf. G. Brawn (""jilt : 

 Deau Sim— With regard to tin- l.'tti-i- rot'orrod to mo Croni 

 ,.i ponssT ami Stream ami Mr. Wallace, about 

 hoop snakes, I have only to say thai aa the stoVj emanates 

 from Col. Ochiltree a gentleman of undoubted veracity, i1 

 ought toh.. true, i ofortninately, however, there is no hoop 

 snafeeintheNation.il Mu-.-uiu. ii.. ."■■•.-.• marked No, !■'.'. an. I 

 no -u. h person us Robert Wallace at No. 5(114 Ninth street, N, 

 W. Washington. 1). i'.. for su.-li a number Joes noi exist. 

 With these trilling errors • ■unvoted, the story is perhaps all 

 right. lii_-i.iTif.iHv vours. H. C. Y akiii.w . 



Hrjnijrarj Curator, Depart&eni ol Reptiles. 



MS. &eo. Dawsos is-writing some -very entertaining Let- 

 St. Marguerite, 



oiiu- large •,- 



ue is. of course, 

 ote waters, we 

 .• of game, •the 

 I ..i targe game 

 y (o find. 



often kill, c 

 •equently m 



n.l are 'the 

 I'liisv.-.i- th 

 , pretty pot 



. Tin.- former i 

 .•t with by those 

 rcforo altogetbei 



• cum- with lhr.1 

 ! :i mill- or two 



w ho 



r..u, 



ill l..;ir wit 



lin :i hundred ; 

 ibulating Ihe - 



ards 



oi.iy 



door. But before the only rifle in catfrp could be brought to 

 shoulder the monster had. 'smell a mice,' and conducted to 

 postpone his purposed crossing of the river 'to Some other 

 fourth of Julj ' 



' (In this river ami in lln- nioiinlnius In which il i- onvi- 



i-.|.eciiillv numerous, 

 arc not [poking for I 

 prepared to 'go for i 

 lay. year: He was i 

 oninp. when his aid 

 appearance ot » lar 



Of him (il.l liriiin 



i..:,i-l,. seeking what garbage he might devour, when bjedis- 



novcred tin- .IikIl-c. and Concluded thai his hide would lie 

 more seen it if he increased ihi distance between himself 

 mill his equally alarmed neighbor. 



■•The.lu.l".'. contrary to hi- usual habit of hospitality, for- 

 L.oi io:i.-l. him in stoj. anii dine with him — perhaps because 

 he wasn't i|uiie sure whetinr there would be more than One 



Hi Hie f.-a-t if the invitation was accepted. Fresh tr.nl-.- of 



oiher- iilon.ir the siaoic when- they ri'sori in Bsh wem seen so 

 frequently Uia1 the Judge concluded, il he had a*imiltir 

 visiior this year, He woni.i he prepared to in- more gracious 

 in his hospitality, He accordinglj broughl a Wincheater 



with him. anil if drew it- !ir<t blood yesterdaj from a bear 

 u in. « :i- uei'.l within n mile of our camp, and who was 

 brought down li-om his perch high up on :i dead pine where 

 lie hud iled for refuge on our approach. II in mate was more 

 fortunate. A careful search for htm vfawin vain, mill \vi> 

 had to be content with our single trophy. 



''rile day |.n v'.oiisly two large heal- had hei-n taken in 



ii: pa placed by one of i In buliitMix ot tin- side of a mountain 

 in our immediate neighborhood. Tbey fire coveted a^ well 

 I'.,,- their flesh as Bar their hides. At thN neasop. and until 



mar tuid-w inter, they are very lat. and arc .wcellcnl caliiiL;-. 



The flesh of an average sized bear isworthfive dollars or 



moie. and die skins range Mom eiL'hi to fourteen dol- 

 lars, according to size ml condition. The traps 



Used tO eaieli litem are immense affairs, with u Spring 

 lhal would foice their teeth llieir full length into ii 

 while oak plank. Tbey are nvsi set and then fastened by a 

 formidable chain to a log as heavy as the irawpot can lift. 



Hill it is no unusual thing to liud the chain of the trap I. 



beaver in the branches of trees freshly cut by them for some 

 useful purpose; and 1 had the good fortune lo find a perfect 

 skeleton of the upper jaw of one of tin family at a camp 

 hniti by llie Indians in their exclusions for heaver and other 

 Same.' An examination of ibis relic will show how it is 

 possible for them to rival the- ax man in tin- facility with 

 which they iznaw down trees for house-lmildiuir purposes." 



Siii-.i:i'siikaii in THE Si-si;ri;iiAN.N.\. -I.aiieasier, Pa. — On 

 the 8th inst. Mr. dark Bogtrick look a genuine sail water 

 sheepsheud b1 Fife's Kdd>. on the Susquehanna, which 

 weighed seven and a half pounds. It was- soul to this city 

 bj Mi Horace Zalun. — Ii. A. 



A (JAPE C( 



- in : . 



pr 



ATER WITCH, A Bo 

 -: "Oneof those mflivi 



ed an iin|)Ossible power 



Upl 



lenlity 

 l Cape 



will be to 



ters i" iii- Albanj /.■■ ■.■'<.../. i»nr, 

 where he is salmQu angung. He has t'i 

 up there, and writes: "Aitbpugli salmi 

 (>ur primary purpose in visiting thesi 

 cheerfully aVcpi (vbatievor gifts, in tin 

 gods do spnds us.' And there is h gn 



I,, be had by those who can hearihe la 

 it. Sum limes it comes lo the niildl 



gentle tempered angler unsought andni 



her when a muiiiinotb moose came witl 

 our camp ar 'Lazy Bogan,' the head wal 

 and where (Jen. Arthur, Kohcii Dun ai 

 one summer. He was as hirire. and no 

 Jersey cow, and would have been : 



-,|.ii 



d ami : 

 ed. 1 r 



title 



ersof theCi 



id myself wi 

 I unlike a si 

 irk 



and the trap itself 



the self-liberated animal, in 



have i, ecu found, exhausted ' 

 trap with them for ieveral 



where (he hear ha- gnawed 



[caving hi- amputated paw a- 



■ ii,-id, -s bear and caribou 



these mountains, but ilny i 



reason 1 could not aseertain- 



gui naj . Otter, flshor, fox, b 

 fur is an important article of 

 hunted by the Indians tit 

 been my fortune to came'acros 

 they are still quite plenty in tl 

 "uit of titty miles. I was at 



nprisoned lit 



vitli h 

 gite, .also, al.oi 

 at which the 

 old watei^flnder . . . 

 has been employed at Beverly and New;...:- at $8 per day 

 this season, and -ueeeede.d in loeatinp; waiei : also, that he 

 succeeds in deteeting the presence of metuls." Investiga- 

 tion shows that a person somewhat answering ihi- desenp 

 Hon has la-en cruftfi snecessfu] in loeatine; water veins this 

 season ttlong the line of the Kastern Railroad, and that there 

 are others in New England who have fully shown them- 

 selves possessed of the same ; power of divination.' in 

 upper New Hampsliire wells are often located by such 

 mean-.'' And our Host (in friend savs •• go for him." We de- 

 cline with thanks. We dont want him. Have no occasion 

 bo go lor him. Can get pleritv of water this side of Cape 

 Cod. As a citizen of New York city we are entitled to 

 i of water everv twenty-four hours, and 

 know of an ice-cold spring within the 

 shall not go for the Cape. Codder. 



about ninety gallo: 

 vhen that' fails w 

 it y limits. No, w 



mlestv thai ill's 



ins il 



ill. 



Fn 



m-i numerous — for some 

 the south sid.. of Ihe Sa- 

 r and oilier animal- whose 

 merec arc still successfully 

 ch h.ihlt,,,,,. 1 1 has never 

 a heaver camp, all hough 

 mountain lakes within a 

 if these lakes a day or 



Tis-'tli ami was five feet i-folii ami one-quarter 



ii.ai. mill from the. length of its whiskers supposed to 



n.l envnnhwit vm.rs old l ' 



., II. -,,,..»,, .ill'.., ..in. ....... _ ! _ ^ /;,, * £ 



ar.- sure of hitting nothing of less dimensions tbau a bsrtt- two sine-, and saw evidences ot the recent presence oi 



e hundred anil 



Hi- l»:iv. New York. -Pear Sir— I a 



S5.0O0 in full payment of the accident 

 me Kreat pleasure to acknowledge th- 

 in forwanliup it. and von will please i 



tlllil 1 would liki to 'extend it kiell 



spouse. Thai the association nioj b> 

 future career of usefulness is my ear 

 Mies. I'hahi.ksS. Hoyp. 



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