Oct. in, 1888,1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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must be journeyed over by the men wading waist deep ifl 

 tbe cold water; "they do not pretend to keep dry. All they 

 e;il is bread and fat port. Such is lite to a Canadian lum- 

 berman. Tin ii overyflaj life, each fall and Spring, reminds 

 one of the sad r-eord of Lieutenant Do Long's rctreal over 

 the ice floes from the lost steamer Jeiumetle. " B. G. A. 



BELOW QUEBEC. 



Mi'"i'II PAPER. 

 \ \ ' !TH tbe advent df the summer the heavy fogs which 

 T* prevail 'iu early spring on the Gulf of St, Lawrence 

 yield to the warming 'ays of (.he sun. and retreat towards 

 the Bay of Punay, which baa an evil reputation on 

 that account. July and August are lure generally parked 

 by a. prolonged sped of as fine weather as evter blessed the 

 shoiv.i ot h:i;>|)ic i climes, and the present season has been 

 exceptionally favorable. 



Our run bads toGaspeiu the'Canadieonewasinthtimidsl 

 bf these Arctic doldrums and noi marked by any accidents, 

 which lire oqmmou enough iu late fall Upon' our arrival 

 we had the pleasure of again meeting with that genuine 

 sportsman, •). I . Gregory, Esq., of the .Marin. Department 

 of Quebec, whose graphic sketches of Labrador and late 

 journey to Florida, rank among tin- most intweatinfl eontri- 

 butions to tiie columns of Worn -r \m> Sun. am. His si ;lv 

 at GaspG was unfortunately limited and he lefi ogainnexl 

 day in the government steamer Druid, to make collec- 

 tions of various materials pertaining to the fishing industries 



for the forthc ing international fishery exhibition at 



London. Neither -was it our own luck to take a lorigjost, 

 and niv baggage Is not Lauded but merely transferred to the 

 next one, a schooner, which is just on the point of leaving 

 for Antic.Hii Ulan.!. 



As my time is getting very short. I can only count upon 

 making:) passing visit, and an exploration will' be out of the 

 question, To accomplish such the traveler will do well to 

 engage all of his needed help and boat at Graspg, as Anti- 

 cosiiisnow a deserted wilderness, where nobody can be 

 hired and nothing can be purchased Baggage and men can, 

 However, be easily shipped by any of tbe vessels trading ot 



calling there, among which is the mail -clioncr Kate, which 

 Jands her mails by contract twice each month at the South- 

 west Point, her first Stopping place. The blue outlines of 

 if hat beadland are iu full sight ot Sliip Dead, the northern cape 

 <ot (JaspcB.iy, and a la-i sailer can e&stlj m ike her trip from 

 laud to land in half a day . \ ( 1 1 j ■ • '. i - i i I have in former years 

 .called tit Autieosii several turns. I have, beyond its shores, 

 iseen really but. little of it, since beyond these a dense belt of 

 .scrubby spru. e forms an almost impenetrable barrier to the 

 interior, which but few. if am, of tbe settlers ojj Anlieosli 

 have ever explored. The only authentic knowledge wenow 

 ^possess concerning the rock- along the coast and their natu- 

 Tal products we owe to the exploration of Richardson, the 

 .(.bivcrnmciit Geologist, who mad.- ., geological Bnrvey of 

 fa about twenty years ago, which has been published in the 

 "ovenniiiit reports. Bis work has been so well done that 

 the future explorer is not likely ti add much; but thfi sportSr 

 an an is sup' Co lind In n Mill, for many years to c.nne, an ex 

 icelleut, field for hi- avocation.-., particularly on account of 

 the great aumbersof seatrout which frequent nearly all of 

 Klie rivers of the island. Daring spring and fall the shores 

 are also alive with thousands Of migratory birds, including 

 wild geese, numerous scaducks, curlew, plover, etc., which 

 for a few weeks afford good sport. 



Among the larger land animal-, tbe black hear is stin more 

 common here than elsewhere along the whole range of the 

 coast line of the Dominion, and a chance shot at Binin is by 

 no moans the least attractive item of the prospects of the 

 .sportsman. And vet there is hardly any place which bears 

 a mora evil reputation than Auticosti island. It is avast 



cvenatlei they actuadv landed \i\ 

 How many have perished here i 

 the large-number of gray woothe 

 beach. Upon which 1 saw in rough 

 tin di.-asti r and the n.-iin-s of the 

 far from their native home, found 

 these I. leak shores. But a bettei 

 possibilities for repetition of the: 

 steadily lessening. No longer ckn 

 as o£ yore before relief is quickly 



.cut in hoards along ihc 

 cut Idlers the date of 

 ifortunatc victims who, 

 i untimely grave upon 

 ay i- dawning, and the 

 fearful occurrences ace 

 Ci ks "i months roll by 



now llvon the wings Of lighfc. 



of any ship'; 

 ning to whet 



This great improvement is accomplished by means ot a 

 Submarine cable, which was completed several years ago., 

 and now unites Antieosti with the telegraphic line along the 

 mainland. The news of any wreck can thereby tie known 

 at Quebec almost as soon as a ship has struck the reef, and 

 life and property arc less exposed to destruction. This cable 

 is also hugely employed in the service of the Weather Bureau 

 of the Dominion, since Antieosti by its oceanic position 



forms an important station for meteorological o I 



nud even the s. : d fisher-men of New Foundlaud are benefited 

 by it. as they can obtain telegraphic information concerning 

 the arrival of seals in early spring, when all communication 

 - is blocked on account of tbe ice, which drifts in 

 great masses in .March through the Straits of Belle Isle into 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



The management of the telegraphic reports is committed 

 to the keepers of the lighthouse^ Who have been duly in- 

 atrui ted and charged with the additional duty of operators. 

 Tbere are now, J believe, four of theSe lighthouses on the 

 .southern shores of Autieosii, along which is the main chan- 

 nel for vessels bound in and out of the Gulf. As they arc 

 hufra short dfetan.ee frnm oacli other, nothing can happen 

 along i hi-: shore which is not quickly known and reported, 

 The cable itself terminate, at liic SbttthWeSl Point light- 

 house, which id- been made ih. central station. 



The whole island is at present owned by a slock company, 

 which baa purchaeei fatUer unprofitable piocq of 



real estate from the Government of the Dominion. In order 



to improve affairs, a number of colonists were induced to 

 settle here through the representations of what is known as 

 the Antieosti Coibni/al ion Company, bill the anticipations 

 of either parties have i..,i bei n realized. Ii was thought thai 

 tie. great abundance of fish on the boast, along with the pro- 



ducivc soil, Which was reported to cov, r ihc island, would 



insure success of the project, and several hundred people, 



Chiefly from New Foundlund. landed here and formed set 



tlements at Knglish Hay an'nd Fox River, at the - 



westi in extremities. The complete failure of their venture 



other enterprise-., when mean- i'.om the beginning arc in 

 adequate to the undertaking, and where the colonists thein- 



selves are also too shiftless i make good their footing. The 

 newcomers were uoi agriculturists but fishermen, and in- 

 thai, wiio depended t otfrely upon lish 



whiei sometimes tail 



years pas' they have 



dlop.,1 



in an appeal 



ireumstauees and 



threatened by starvat 





ley had neg 



(•cled ((, fal-e [or 



their subsistence evei 



.. 



erelabl.-sas | 



iDtatoes cabbages 



and turnips, which 6 



nirish e 





the rich soil of the 



island, and realize m 



vi I' I'aill 



ig . cod croi 





Mui two monlhs o 



poor 



Fishing are 1 



ardlv sufficient to 



provide for lie- rem; 



ining p 



in of the yi 



ar. and Ihere were 



thus continuaLsnffor 



'its anil 



consequent c 



ppeals for govern- 



mem relief, which k 





to tnosl of 

 ver-faiiings 





these shores as ihr la 



-1 hut ui 



icet anchor. The 



government, bowevej 



'.and h 



O have grow 



n w, :„•>• of sowing 

 )S at last to mend 



wholesale removal of these unprotil.ablc colo- 

 nels. I learn that iu October thfi la-; remnant of ihc popu- 

 lation of Antieosti isio betransi'i rred to Quebec nnd beyond, 

 where they max gel along withoui the aid of public charily. 

 The settlements o! English and Kox Bav will thus soon cease 

 toesisl save by nAme, and empty houses only will attest the 

 existence of their former tenants. 



Antieosti Island viewed from seaward appears like an 

 enormous sleeping whale, covered with a dark green skin of 

 low spruce lives. It is nearly surrounded by -hallow fling- 

 ing reefs, and has no harbor's where vessels can lav safelv 



ld I'.l.'r 



s to 



I lie 



An 



co-ii. Its Foj 



mation is of limestone, which overlies a thick 





I gray shale. There are no primitive nicks on 



Or below its 



surface, excepting many boulders of various 



sizes which : 



re scattered aiom ih.- beach. It has a coast 



Iciiuihol ne, 



r 801) miles, and averages thirty-five miles in 



its widest pa 



•t. Since Antieosti is Bm.Tofltid.cd by water, 



the. temperate 



re of its summers and winters is not marked 



hv the same 



extremes which characterize the climate of 



Quebec, win- 



o iii midwinter the thermometer often falls 



to 30 de«\ be 





and clover grow nud mature here as well as anywhere, and 

 thrifty husbandmen could realize abundant 'crops, as I he 

 soil ii', itself is rich and warm, being composed of weathered 

 limerock covered by a layer of several inches in thickness of 

 rotten mold. 



uestie animals can be accliinaled. and al. kalis 

 winter without difficulty, where they are fed 

 v-cellent hav which is harvested there in -real 



i: 



£r,v -owe wmi :r Wi-itO 



Upon i lie excellent, hay i 



from the Orkney Island 

 Southwest Point again, 

 Ellis Bay. Cattle rarely 



not yet been made 



It is curio 

 hieh is only 



■ 111! 



. ho 



nte 



th other d« 

 ill as sl'ieep, goats, ete., probably on account of want of 

 pasture and the abundance of bears. The climate sceius 

 ■v, II suited to chickens, geese, dogs, cats and mice; the Nor- 



although it has be'eu carried there time and again ihromFh 

 the accidental intervention of vessels. Of the sea animals 

 the seal is one of the most important . Tie-v arrive here 

 often by thousands in early spring upon the drift ice, and 

 arc hunted with hesl Buucess along the easl endof the island. 

 Bui few are seen furthei west. The walrus al no remote 

 dab- also frequented these shores, as evidenced by its tusks, 



vhich are to 



id ■ 



it. An 



la 



the trapper 

 black cross. 

 the fur- of v 



milted again fri 



immand a high price on account of their 

 The Canada goose, eider duck, dusky 

 -,-ifowl breed ou the inland ponds and 

 though they are heavily decimated by the 

 upon tiiem. their ranks are al 



i the. 



nng e 

 lewhere no. 



; Mocks of 



[ say here, jnu 

 ins in believe (In 



lory birds, which breed soi 

 jKisclv, somewhere, as (her 

 the still unexplored interior of _ the Labrador penin-ula is 

 now one of their principal breeding ground- after they have 

 been driven away from their ancient haunts Further south. 

 The lighthouse keeper at Heath Point, whi.h forms the 



mense. swarms of migratory waterfowl colled for a Eew 



is abundantly obtained from t he suceulem shoots of fresh- 

 water plants, and I would recommend this spot, which 1 

 visiied at the wrong time of the year, to any one as the best 

 upon tin- island for late fall shooting-. 



A la ge . -hapt.-r .-.mid be written upon the fresh and salt 

 water fish about and on Antieosti Island, as it lies in the 

 ceuterof the grcal lish pond of the gulf, and has long borne 

 it high reputation fcrj tie- sea trout alone, which ascend its 

 quantities. Mr. Henderson, an lCnglish 



, who hshed last ■ 



the .lupilei River, lold 



tiers oi ihcin, one above t 

 pounds were taken by him 

 v.-eiehl is then from three 



any doubts concerning the 



traonlinaiv :i- they -em. 

 strong uiaii wiih as many 

 tlmn one hour of fishing, o 

 the Jupiter. It ma.* be na 

 ouly one which is leased, 

 i'Ss'ee is needed to enjov its 

 The first point, we touch 

 Jiav. wlnrc we call for a fi 

 we- have adverted, owns here a fr 



si.-uiiVil looking buildings about th. 

 comfortable and clean looking, dwe 

 who has lived here over thirty ye- 

 demonstrated tbe possibility to eke 



en.',- while other settl.-rs ha've heel, 



■s. (.'apt. Sutter, to whom 

 arm which he profitably 



able 



i starving. Near 

 Gamacbe, who in 



rate rather than a 

 iw-aoci.hie -etll.-i as In- i,.-\er was kie.w'n lob. aboal w'Uh- 

 o-.il a formidable crusty old looking set ofarms. He is dead 

 and ironc to his l.-i. ■■ the bay on which he. lived 



for SO many years such an advenlurous life will always he 

 remembered bj his name. Cant. Sutter has setae hie cattle 

 on his farm, on which be has also introduced a great nov.-hv 



in shape of a patent reaper and mower. I saw here as line 

 a field of tall red clover as we might encounter in the most. 

 productive pari of our Middle States. Notwithstanding the 



absence of the honey bee. which is asset ted to be an iTidis 



pensablc agent iu the fertilization of the clover, it blossoms 

 here profusely and produces weil in. iluivd seed, i leave it 

 to others to solve thi- problem, as there is not a. single honey 

 bee upon the whole islam! of Autico-li, ami although the 

 Bowers of the clover ri.-l.l in question diffused their power- 

 ful aroma for a long distance, but few insects, save some 

 moth.-, were attracted by it. L. 



IN THE VIRGINIA LOWLANDS. 



SECOK'D PAI'Ell. 



0\'( IB upon -i lime, as tin- story-books have it, there 

 dwell, on (his place, which is in Sussex county, on lite 

 banks of Ih. -river thai bears (heir name, a poweiful tribe of 

 Indians called the Xoltoways. In the low grounds, a short 

 distance from the house, was their town as is evinced by 

 the numerous remains of their w.aponsand household war,-'. 

 The other day George BtolO, when plowins On the -itc 

 felt the coulter ot the plow strike something hard, and upon 

 unearthing it he. found a stone vessel ab.ni! ta -i.- ol a ■• ip 



was a species of granite, dark in color and perfectly sym-. 

 metrical m its form. It probably belonged to a chief, and 

 must have b-eii a valuable arlicle. Any one who examines 

 il is lost in wonder at the immense labor i( must have cost 

 to have hollowed it out, when the implements us d were 

 stone itself. 



Imagination can run riot over this curious and artistic 

 piece of woikmatisliip. It muM have been either conquered 

 by force of arms from the Powhataus or Datawares, who 

 lived in the higher regions of Virginia, for this section for a 

 hundred miles around is entirely destu.it- ot roek. stone or 

 pebble— or. perchance, il was a gift to some mighty warlike 

 sachem by a warrior from the Blue Ridge or AUcghanies, 

 who loved aud bought his daughter, the star-eyed fawn of 

 the Nottoway, with ponies and oilier rich gifts, this stone 

 vessel among I hem. 



Indian arrow heads tire found by the hundred. As I said, 

 hi lor. . there is no stone iu this region, aud the problem is, 

 where did th.-y get. the. rl in t ? 



Another ma'rvel ihal we ,-arinot fathom is how they could 

 kill the deer thai furnished their bowstrings, cords, 'thongs, 

 leather, etc., with such rude weapons as they used. That 

 they didii we know . but how!' 



I send by this mail a half a dozen arrow heads found iu 



the village. Tbej were turned up by the plow. 

 To have gotten close enough to nave killed a buck with 



in ' -.x. in x fee of t'heiii. and then th-v must have had time 

 to lit their arrows to tbe bow and pull. 



I suppose they must have caught the fawns and domesti- 

 cated them, for, surely, with their impotent and rude wea- 

 pons, any animal could take care of himself against a rough 

 cedar bow, a lopsided arrow, and a stone tomahawk. 



whose whole soul panleth after' ti.c'deer.' as' a voung hart 

 p.mlcth after the running brook. It was his reerealiou. his 

 deligh! and his business, and being withal in independent 

 circumstances, lie followed the chase as Nimrod did before 

 him, at till limes aud in all weathers, lie was physically a 

 splendid specimen of manhood, being six feel three in his 



she led hi 

 A bcauti 

 Shunumil 

 She wasi 

 stately pi 



lleueef 



i hi- 



ll fate played him one of h. t tricks when 

 presence of a woman, "JHeweous garde." 

 belle, with eves like stars, as fair as the 



ret a tlo.vci-.is ever iii-iu tried to gather, 

 ith a friend a. few miles away, in a great 

 icNottowavliiver. 



chase palled upon him, and "Miss Phyllis 

 md empress of his soul, and transfer- 

 B ErOm Diana he threw himself with all 

 .lure in the worship of Venus. But woman, 

 old chronicler Sir Pepys, unites all ihe 

 ..\.- with thfi wisdom of 'the serpent aud 

 k. aud in vain did our Philip oursuc her. 

 with bright mil. -. and then with her fein- 

 red him beyond hopesof release. Again, 

 •oiirted her, only to receive a declination 



lb- grew d. sperate. -ulleii. morose and mad by turns, even 

 the sound of the bunting horn and the baying of the hounds 

 lost, all of its melody to him. and he moved about not caring 

 fqr anything. 



One day he and his younger brother went swimming in 

 the river' the latter carrying his gun along. While they 

 were disporting iu the water the lover saw a solitary hound 

 running up and down the banks of the stream. He turned to 

 hi brother with the remark: 



"Willie, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a fleer souie- 

 whi re about here Jack Marshall's pack are running now, 

 and that dog is on tin- Hail. You had better .get yottr gtUJ, 



ready." 



The words were hardly out of his mouth before a big six- 



piongcd buck wilha hide as \etl..w as a I .lltlelYUp jumped 



It needed no cry of warning to -end the younger plunging 

 hi frantic haste to the bank where his gun rested against a 



ire. In the meantime Ihe buck wa.s in the middle." of the 

 ,iirr.-ni gallantly swimming down, with the solitary dog 

 k,. I'iiiL- on flit bank masiufi the welkin rlnfi with his hark, 

 plied both barrels 



The 



inlotli 



The lo 



llg i 



pa 



!. ■-: bin a buck's head i 



the animal was not over twenty yards, ihc shoi dhi not kill 

 but ouly stunned him. the body sank and Philip, seeing this, 

 hastily slipped on his pants, and jumped into th- w„i.-r io 



the 



id cai 



hail.,. -d tq hi- brother to go to the house and gel a knife so 



a hors,- ihe younger put out at full speed clad iu the costume 

 of a COmanche Indian, only he: had no breech cloul around 

 his waist nor pinnies in his hair, lie galloped like mad 

 through brush and through brake mil il he reached the garden 

 patch, about a half a mile, and then .shouted to a servant to 

 tiring him a knife. Receiving il lie put back as fast as lie 

 could. 



Melon- bjs return a great change had taken place, the buck 

 having recovered from the shock; and rendered Bavagc from 

 pain turned on In- pursuer and Hied to drive his prongs iu 



