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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[August 11, 1881 



one party would punish "hot biscuit" severely, another 

 plight devote more attention to Indian meal cukes; again, 

 Wild game would reduce l he consumption of flour and meal, 

 hence the estimates of different articles must be increased or 

 diminished in proportion as you double up on some one 

 favorite article, or add a new variety of food. The following 

 estimate, however, is believed 16 approach a fair allowance 

 per day per man: Pfour, 30z ; corn meal, 4 r>z,; coffee, 1 

 ox.; tea, A oz.; sugar, 3 oz.: pork, 2 oz.; butler, 2 oz ; pota- 

 toes, Hi oz. (CO U.S. per bush). Dnipns, bam, dried beef, 

 pepper, s ill , pickles, bakiig soda, vinegar, syiup, molasses 

 ami baking powder adlib. If lemons are talcen sugar should 

 be increased ; sardiucs for a hasty lunch arc desirable, Hos- 

 ton baked beans in cans were found one of the coal acceptable 

 aticleson our list. If you prefer, you can take them raw 

 (if you have an iron put), parboil tbem awhile, then cover 

 tighfy ; bury tLe pot in the ground, and build a big tire over 

 it and leave over night : in the morning you will lind a dish 

 fit for a king, aye ! for sportsman, even. Add a piece of salt, 

 pork before baking. 



And now, most patient reader, having drifted with you in 

 st^ry, as wc did in fact, down the dancing waters of the 

 winding river and over the restless bosoms of the charming 

 lakes and at last moored our boats to the shore and returned 

 to lire sterner realities of life, it is necessary we should part. 

 Our trip. has been one Of adventure and exploration, rather 

 than of hunting and fishing, which was only Of secondary 

 consideration. We have performed no remarkable Eeal 

 complished no important results, conquered DO wonderful 

 tasks, hut we have thrown off the. yoke of labor for a lew 

 days of happy ease and idled away the passing hours in bliss- 

 ful sunshine, inhaling the sweet-scented breath of the forest, 

 reclining peacefully at night upon her bosom, with fragrant 

 boughs of balsam for our couch, to be lulled to peaceful sleep 

 by lhe gentle sighing of the pines and the hemlocks. 



Should yon, kind reader, also make this journey in fact, I 

 trust you may find the subjoined tables of practical value on 

 that happy day : 



Boston to Bangor 



P.toiyor lo Itlnnrliard 



]lim« mini to i;ri eiiviile 



(.reeiivUlo LO Ulueu 



Kmco to Head oi Lake ...•••■ 



Across N. K. cany to jmrrla\...« 

 Monl.V to I ohsrer stream. .1 



Lobster to Moosehom «- 



Moo-elmm lo Kii-li.ulT ;- £ ~ 



KallimilT to I'lues'm Fulls, is -' 

 P. s. F. to t'riouneook Lake J 3 

 "Suneook i o i 'an. -otrowoe F idis — 



0. Falls to l.itt le dory 



Across time carry b 



1 iinoeiiri". ir, L'ihli.,,'ii.il.:-i! , Liil. i 



across 0. Lake 



A.CI0S3 Mu.l Ponrl Carry 

 Across v Utt Point . 



m. P. Outlet to root ot Carry.. ..<! 



F. ol c loChmnrji -rlnui Lake. ...< 



Arrosi-c. i. to GbamberJalnVarm 



Passitigtliro ' i octoT'.'.V.yr."./ 



Locfca io i m i. i, :,, 



Heart ot F. I. i-i l'lii-nurv's Islam! 

 PilUmiry's I. io r, h„- Islam!.... 



Seller ho ok In lijo; oi.e'vifave." '. 



F'l. Can v ,'■■ i i - 

 He.idoL Lake to 

 L. C. lo Foot l.oi 



Farm' 



r>. F'mio Mjuaie Lake oAlg.'sh Hi 



Throngn Square Lake 



outlet of. Sq. L. io Log-Camp"] 



L. c. io Mii-.iiuaiook Sir- ,irn ; - 

 M. S'mlo Five-KiiiKCi'la. ■ 

 Five 1> ll'k lolMct 1. Hall * . -' -' 

 Mcc'lelllitl's 10 AlieK„*li Fits =5 



E.A-M.C.K.K 

 B.&P.K.E. 



Stage 

 Steamer 



D"X)epo1 



Eotfi'iJ 

 Grand 

 Aroost 

 Woods 

 McArt.il 

 Baugo. 



iek.." 



Junction 

 to Boston 



Total dlsi nice 



Foot 

 Can 08 



F'uot 

 Canoe 



N.B SC.B R. 



L.AVA ILK. 

 M.CoVK.l.'.L. 



•i 1111 



::.;:n 

 :-: :u 

 l.ir. 

 l-i. an 

 :i. ill 

 6,40 

 m .1.. 



•FromGrtenvlUe to Grand Falls, N. B., 261 miles. 



EXPLANATIONS. 



The reader will note that I add steamer fares on Moose- 

 head, while we went by sa 1 boat. The expense is about the 

 same either way. a Across N. W. Curry 1 say "team," 

 while we d d it on foot, the team taking our traps across. 

 One can ride if he desires ; we preferred walking. // The 

 boats pole up lhe stream ; passengers walk, c Across Mud 

 Pond is g'n en on foot, while later in the summer and fall 

 a leam will take your baggage across and yourself if you 

 wish it ; but walking is more desirable with rubber boots, d 

 The canoes " drop down," passengers must walk; walking 

 good, e Thirty minutes is given to make three-quarters of 

 a mile. "Dry Kic," usually at the mouth of Lhe stream, 

 causes the delay. / In passing through the locks one-quarter 

 of a mi e, thirty minutes is necessary, as canoes must be car- 

 ried a short distance, g Boais "drop down," passengers 

 walk. It will be noted that in early pari of trip about four 

 miles to the hour is given, and afterward live to six miles 

 an h* ur. In "dead water" four miles an hour is good ; in 

 quick, six may he made. 



'J'Ual of time, and arpensen of trip from Boston find return 

 to Bvtton.— Lett Boston May 22, night, and returned to 

 Boston, June 10, morning— 18 days. 



EXPENSES. 



Guide, 18 days, at $3 per flay $H 00 



Share of provisions per man 12 DO 



Hotels, self and guide, en route 16 00 



Guides, fare home (i er man) from Edmunston 13 00 



Freight on canoe from Edmunstoii G 00 



R. It. fares, steamers and carries 25 35 



Sleeper, two nights 4 00 



The above expenses are based on experience, not surmise. 

 Our trip cost us just $187.51 each, m 

 as we made the trip, We however made our trip more ex- 

 pensive by Inking a bateau, as wc bought and .- i a 

 loss; ihc above is based u. on a irip ?uade willi uihoea 

 Incidentals would bring the expenses np to shout fll50, wtfli 

 which the trip can be easily and satisfactorily accomplished. 



Jfcridrn, Co/in. la A. Fay. 



LAKE POYGAN, WISCONSIN. 



NORWEGIAN POINT, near the little village of Tu«ten, 

 Waushara County, Wis., on Lake Poygau, is a delight- 

 ful place for camping parlies during the hot summer mouths 

 and saoulil certainly afford the auJlei' plenty of enjoyment. 

 Bass, pike, pickerel, perch and other fish "reside" in the 

 waters of the lake. The " lone fisherman " will perhaps at 

 thia Beason Bad the Point too thickly settled by other 

 campers for his comfort. It is the onlv available Bpot for 

 campil south and west shore' for a long distance, 



except the camper is willing to pole Ills boat through from 

 twenty to one hundred rods of wild rice and weeds to reach 

 clear water. Later in the season the summer campers have 

 gone, and the gunner finds himself in a section abounding 

 in ducks of all varieties known in the West. 1 have already 

 expatiated through your columns on the merits of this vi- 

 cinity for duels shootinir. Suffice to say there is in the fall 

 as fine sport along 'he shores of the lake and upon the sev- 

 eral streams emptying into it as one need wish for. 



If you pn fer to "camp out" in the town, a good country 

 hotel at Tusteu, about a mile from the point, affords accommo- 

 dations. There is very little other game hereabouts. A few 

 partridges, and occasionally quad and snipe, are met with. 

 Squirrels and rabbits aie plenty in the timber and brush, and 

 foxes are sometimes killed. To reach Tustcn take the 

 Steamer O. I!. Heed from Oshkosh— everybody knows how to 

 get to get to Oshkosh. Thi mow every day at 2 



p. m, and runs throu li i i ducking section for four 

 hours, r. aching TuSten about six o'clock. 



Waushara and Waupaca counties contain many little lakes, 

 in size from six to twenty acres. They arc mostly sur- 

 mounted jiy high banks and timber, and fair fishing may be 

 found in any of them. The country being rutin r poor for 

 farming purposes is not very thickly settled, and the cam pi- r 

 can be practically " alone in the woods." while enjoying the 



Vantage of the proximity of farmers' houses as a base of 

 supply fi r sustenance when desirable. A few prairie chickens 

 and partridge may be picked up with the aid of a good dog, 

 and rabbits and squirrels are generally plenty. In the fall 

 ducks and sometimes geese come in to these lakes in eon, 

 siderable numl era Either Berlin, on the Chieigo, Milwau- 

 kee and St. Paul, or Waupaca, on the Wisconsin Central 

 Bailroad, is a good po'nt from which to start. Driving from 

 Waupaca towatd Berlin one passes in the first ten miles 

 seven or eight little lakes within sight of the road. Above 

 Waupaca a few miles is the " Chain of Lakes," all connect- 

 ed, hut the summer resort fiend has invaded the' rac] 



and the crowd therein the season is too great for my taste. 



W><v>,htra (Aivihti/, Wis. Badgrh. 



Total.. 



,.$130 on 



GREEN POIND, CONNECTICUT. 



fid''itr Forest and Stinm: : 



Noticing you rcq nsi communications regarding a suitable 

 place to camp out, I venture to contribute >■■ little. I am not 

 a pn i'essioual, although I have spent a portion of seven sea- 

 sons camping out. 1 have been ill the Adirondack* and in 

 several other places, b it by far the best place I ever c tmi e i 

 at was on the n rtlcvestcrly Shore Of Green Bono, which lies 

 partly in lhe town of Sherman, in Fairfield County, Conn., 

 and partly in Litchfield County. It is a beautifu 

 water about one mile in 1 ngth by one-half in bread h. It is 

 situated nearly on the top of the range of Green Mountains, 

 but il has no distant outlook Inini the shores proper, because 

 on i II sides mountains rise almost perpendicularly for a few 

 Inn dred feet. 



I like it bee ime it. is only four and a half miles from the 

 village of New Milfonl, on the llousatonic road, and Is thus 

 easy to get to. The best of it is there, is notauy huma i I i bj 

 lalion in sight of its waters, nor is one disturbed by numer- 

 ous callers while in camp. One objection to camping out 

 is to have too numerous calls from "friends" who are as 

 "hungry as bears" and who never bringanything with l hem. 

 Another reason is there is plenty of fish in this pond and not 

 a great many to catch them. There is also considerable, game 

 thereabouts,* although it is hardly safe to be found shooting 

 when the "law is on," as it is now and will be until Octo- 

 ber 1. 



To reach this place one should go to New Milford and 

 thence by team. The road there is exceedingly rough and 

 you may be beset with many dangers, but an unfaltering 

 trust will bring you out all right. 



Our party camped on lhe northwesterly shore from choice, 

 because we could go down the mountain about half 8, mile and 

 get milk, but the water is scarce in that vicinity for drink- 

 ing. There is a spring of rock cold water at the extreme 

 southeasterly corner, and there we obtained ours. With a 

 boat (which you would have to rmt in New Milford and 

 transport) the trip is not long. There have I passed many, 

 many happy hours. The seenon is certainly as handsome as 

 can le found in the Northern wilderness or the Yosemite 

 Valley. If any of our trienflf feel dispi sed t-ory it we trust 

 they will not be disappointed in doing so. Lowei: Bonk. 



THANKS FOR THE 'POSSUM. 



CS0N, Arizona, July 2S 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



Your kindmss in taking up the 'possum question will en- 

 dear your paper to ninny' old Aii/.oiiians who are far away 

 from lie land of the 'possum and the 'coon. 

 General E. W. Bice, formerly of Iowa, now rusticating in 

 imp, writes to me that the discussion "will bring 

 latiOES between the. North and the South and re- 

 store peace and happir.oss.io n distracted country. Statesmen 

 and contrabands have met on a common level, ami have 

 shaken hands over Ihc hot and cold 'possum— h •( and C Id 

 Seems to be the verdict." With many thanks, believe me, 

 sincerely your friend, Chablbs t>- BOSTON. 



our moo 

 pleasant 



As QtD Eip.m. — A Miehieau correspondent says: "lam 

 glad to hear from ' Podgefs' again; but am sorry that he 

 has found Gouge & Swindle. 1 have seen them myself be- 

 fore now." 



gdturnl §i?tom 



"THE WAY OE A SERPENT UPON A ROCK." 



WABltTNGTON, D. 0. 



Editor Forest and Blream : 



I am surprised that any one should discuss the question 

 do sunkes climb trees? It ought to be well known that the 

 black snakes and the green snakes spend much of their time 

 fot'8.ging aloft among the birds' nest--, but the question U, 

 how do they climb? I am not wiser than Solomon. I do 

 n t understand "the way of a serpent upon a rock." that is to 

 say, I do not know how a snake climbs up the perpendicular 

 face of a wall or cliff, or up the side of a smooth-barked tree, 

 but that they can so climb 1 have had ocular evidence scores of 

 tunes. I believe, however, that this faculty is strictly con- 

 fined to our more veuomous sorts. I do not believe that a rat- 

 tlesnake or copperhead can climb up a smooth-barked, per- 

 pendicuar tree. 1 know that a black or green snake can do 

 il quicker than a red squirrel. I once only knew a copper- 

 head to go up some ten feet high on a bent, tree over a stream 

 and leap off into the water to swim across, but the angle the 

 tree made was such that there was nothing remarkable about 

 that. 



It is a question whether these climbing snakes should have 

 a price set Upon their heads. That they are extremely de- 

 structive to birds is certain, whereas they also destroy many 

 held mice and often vermin, and occasionally undoubtedly 

 they do desi roy venomous snakes, but I hey do not, as some 

 think, make a business of that. They are extremely destruc- 

 tive io young woodcocks, partridge and ruffed grouse which, 

 if anything would, ought to move the wrath of the sporting 

 fraterniiy. 



Let me tell a story— a short one. A few weeks ago a pair 

 of nuthatches established themselves near the door of my 

 brother's dwelling in a hole which had been dug out by wood- 

 peckers in a huge, old locust tree, some thirty feet from the 

 ground. In due time the young could be heard screeching 

 within, and the old birds were forever busy about the body of 

 the tree and in the grass below hunting up larva: apparently, 

 and, doubtless, greatly enjoying their wedded life and the 

 nursing of their children. One morning my brother missed 

 die cheery screech of his pets, and, casting his eye up to ihe 

 hole, there protruded from thence the head and some inches 

 of the body of aliuge black snake. Instantly appreciating the 

 situation, and constituting himself there and then avenger of 

 blood, m}' brother brought forth his shotgun.and shot the black 

 villain, who sprang forth from the hole, and fell writhing and 

 bloody to the ground. Post-mortem established the fact that 

 the murderous wretch, taking advantage of tire darkuess of 

 the night, had (moved, I suppose, by the instigations r.f the 

 devil le imbed up that tree, entered that hole and "put him- 

 self outside." of the whole nuthatph family. In view of this 

 horrible recital I venture to suggest that a price be set upon 

 the head of the black snake, so that "every man finding him 

 shall slay him." M. G. E. 



Eld red, Sullivan Co., New York. 

 Editor Forest and Strmeim : 



Id the last number of the Fokest ano Stream, " T. W." 

 gave an interesting account of a black snake, nearly live feet 

 long, climbing a large tree. The writer evidently considered 

 il an unusual occurrence for a black snake to climb a tree. It 

 may be so along the banks of the Potomac, but at Eldred, 

 Sullivan Co., N. Y., it is considered by no means a remark- 

 able event. 



A few days ago, several ladies, while going from the house 

 Isaac .M. Bradley to Big Pond, saw a black snake fully 

 . climbing a tree, the trunk and limbs of which 

 ire remarkably round and smooth. They not only saw the 

 tike mount the tree, but also watched him come down ; and 

 i descent, by the way, was far more interesting than his 

 ?eut. 



Several years ago blick snakes may have been only learn- 

 .„g to climb trees, but now the maj >rity of them have 

 thoroughly mastered the art of climbing, and many in the 

 vicinity of Eldred are experts. M. P. R. 



Sabws, Miss., July 23, 1881. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



Several years ago (I think it was in- 1808 or '09) I had 

 three large snakes confined in a box with a glass top — a 

 cotlon-mmith, chicken snake and a black snake— each 

 separated by a partition. I kept them about two months, 

 ami during the time I fed them on almost anything, such as 

 toads, mice, grasshoppers, crawfish and fish. The ehickeu- 

 reedily of all but the craw-fish; the blacksnake 

 gulped down anything I gave it, bat the cotton-mouth (he 

 was mven and one-half inches in circumference) refused the 

 mice and grasshoppers. They all seemed to have a special 

 fondness for small perch, eating them alive. So much for 

 snakes eating fish. 



1 once watched an adder climb out of an old ice-house, the 

 walls of which were perpendicular for ten or twelve feel. 

 The snake did not come straight up the wall but started at 

 one coiner and landed at the top near the center. At another 

 lime, while IBhing, I saw a chicken snake climb a beech tree 

 about fill ecu feet "to ihe limbs. The tree was at least three 

 feet in diameter, and by the time the snake had reached the 

 first limb it had made a complete circuit of the. tree's trunk, 

 ingest sight I think I ever witnessed was one snake 

 i . ither. One day while sitting on a large log fishing, 

 all at once I noticed quite a disturbance among the drift of 

 trash which had formed above Hie log on which I sar, when 

 soon out came a very large moccasin and crawled up on the 

 log, having in its mouth another smaller moccasin. I 

 Watched the larse one to see what such con luct toward " one 

 of its kind" meant. After the larger had killed the smaller 

 one by crushing, he began by taking it about the center, and 

 swallowing it double. After the operation was over, I 

 killed the old glutton and found in him two toads and a cat- 

 tish aii ait, eight inches long, besides the snake just ealeD, 

 which was at least eighteen inches in length. 0. 



BmixiEPOtn', Cenn. 

 I have a hat which the man in Georgia can have I mean 

 the man who made that rabbit pull the suake out of a tree by 

 lhe tail ! It wouid have saved the poor, miserable human 

 race tuauv generations of trouble if that breed of rabbits had 

 been in Eden when that rascally snake climbed up and stole 

 the apple for Eve! Didtmus. 



Do Ga-Ptkp. Snakus Eat Fish ?— In regard to garter snakes 

 eating fish 1 would say : About June 10 I killed one near one 

 of my ponds that looked rather portly. I made him dis- 



