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FOREST AND STREAM. 



August 25, 1881. 



tiona. however, On", a p rfect stranger to me, while fishing 

 ou Raqttetle Luke, saw me trou-jjg with a hardline. He 

 ran his boat alougsld ■ mine, and said : " I have an extra rod 

 and reel, you are welc una t ■> use ihem," a d ws disappoint- 

 ed because 1 dec! tied Ilium. Now. any fisberm n knows 

 how high a value we put on our tackle, and how it grieves 

 us to see anyt uig happen to anv pan of it; and yet this 

 mau, with a firs .class rig, was anxious to lend it to a perfect 

 stranger. I was mad at myself afterward for declining the 

 offer of the generous fello >. 



1 have been laken In and cared for in the woods many a 

 time by total similiters of w um 1 knew nothing and who 

 knew no more of me. O i Big Mo se Lake I, with my guide, 

 found the only camp on llie 1 ke occupied by a party of 

 six — enough, aye, o i many for comfort — but, findin. us 

 Without she er, tiny made r an for us, and 1 know they put 

 theuifelves to a good eul of inc nivenie ce to do it. 



Mr, I) — , on the sai ni lake, on another occasion, )»id out 

 a big spread for our party, simply because we were strangers 

 th.re 



Even old Alvah Penning on Raqnette Lake who bears a 

 very bard name wilh many who muw him, when our party 

 in bi$ absence picked hU lock ol his door, and took posses- 

 sion of his shanty, be tig I'ai ly d iven to it by the cold and 

 the late hour, made Us heartily welc >me on his return at a 

 later ho'-r, and insisted on giving up his only bed for our u e. 

 A'vah, I'll never torgel m |p;aceihat to your c.edit as longas 

 I live, no mailer what Others nay say ol you. 



Air. T , at Albany, an old-lime visitor to the 



woods was a good customer of the whisky bottle. Com- 

 mon repor says that he emptied a q mrt bottle every day he 



was out Ashing. M ke MeG was guidiug for him 



one day, wi en i e old gentleman took out his bottle, and, 

 poiirn gout a h rn. turned it over bis lips wilh a smack, and 

 put away tl"' bottle. ''-.Mike." said he, "I someiimes ihrk 

 that i oiig i t i giv. my guides drink, but 1 (Muk it be t not 

 t..." Mike looked at lum a moment thinking that possibly 

 he might change his mind, but seeing thai there was no hope 

 for tiui, said, " You are. quite right. Mr. T , it's abso- 

 lutely Licissary ihat there should be mu sober inau iu the 

 boat." 



Iu ihe drinking line I once heard a good yarn of a party 

 who. among iheir>U| plies, had akegof whisk\. In the course 

 of their journey they came to a long carry or portage. The 

 baggage and stores were ail got together on shore. Each one 

 of the party load d himself with as much as he could carry, 

 and v, heu all were loaded up Ihe keg of whisky remaned, 

 and u ■■ one to carry it. They tried v .rious plans, but some 

 Way or other that keg was always left standing there. Final- 

 ly one of ihe party solved the problem, and got them out of 

 the difficulty. 



"Let us stay right here till the whisky is done," was his 

 suggestion, mid it was tarried unanimously. They unp eked 

 their stores and camped arou d th keg, -nd remained until 

 itr was drained diy, then without any difficulty they loaded 

 up and went ahead Ti,is is an actual fact, as can be proven 

 by re-li-able witnesses. J. J. li., Jb. 



KING AND l-t \ ft LETT LAKE. 



[Readers of the Fnt 

 wourlcrai 1 1. cum s (■ 

 loi*ln(fat 1. 1.- la,, tl 

 nia-t, r, ilietmy- SlK 

 selves. Tlie tuilowin 



will remember Copt Barker's 

 lUlboy-, ami our > ufgettloa lol- 

 ijj in tin- iiistiuetiuu or sucti a 

 > Hie woods to ir.v It ijrlhem 



this Musdone.-Eo.J 



Hyde ['ai,k, Mass , Aug. 15,1881. 



I SEE hy your late issu, s lhatynu di sire in formal ion in 

 r, gud' to uood hunting and fishing localities, and as I 

 have juot returned fr mi a most pleasant nip to ihe Maine 

 WOods, I will give you a brief account, which I trust will 

 prove inli-1'en' leg to your r, ade s, and, perhaps may induce 

 some one to enjoy the picture of the same trip. 



~W> du. s ■ nv, July BtUi at S:30 a. m., there assembled on 

 board the express uaiii at the Eastern rle p i it in Boston, a 

 party i t live, consoling of I'ommie, Gus.-ie, Aichie and 

 E gar. Ii iys tietwteu thirteen and sixteen years of age, ami 

 m ,'t, p. to whose can- tin- lo.s bail been intrusted for a 

 miiulli's .-' | urn in the wilds i f Mi'lDe. Oar baggage was 

 checked 10 N rth inson (the limit of our irausp irtation by 

 rail), va uieEi-ieru. Maine (.Mitral and S raerset railroad 

 We Were provided won a large satchel full of substantial 

 food or ii'ii noonday meal. Alier a delightful ride over ihe 

 Eistem i ail road, iab arrivid in l J ortl.nd at noon, where we 

 transferred ourselves ai.d b egage 10 the Maine Central rail 

 road, aidlben devoted a j illy naif hour to the c nients of 

 our saicuel, which my goo. i >\ lie had piepared with her Usual 

 for, though! and knowledges! btivial] r,p .eliies. Ou we sped 

 through ihebeauiilu towns ol iM line— by Lewislon Falls and 

 picturesque Like MarauaCeOk, ami soon arrived at West 

 Waterv'nle, white we ctiangtdlo the Sauiersei railroad, and 

 alterar.de efeuhheu mi , s we arrived at N r h Aoson. 

 Hire we foin d a each in waiting winch 10 k us to North 

 New Portland and lett us at the ho el ki pt ly Mr. Fred 

 Vih s, who eUeriaiiiid us as our hungry aud weary condition 

 deserved. 



i tie next morning at >ixoe boarded the stage for Eust is, 

 with a b-rloig ol tiiiukf illness toward Fred ard Ids excelleni 

 wife, who bad aliended lo our waids so prompt ly and so 

 faithfully. After leaving Noun New Portland and parsing 

 Over Ibe height of land I «elve mdes from ihere, our course 

 Ihv along ihe valley oi ihe D ad Hiver, through a town of iba' 

 na'me, aud thiOUgfl FlagSMff, so named from a flagstaff 

 etec ed there by Arnold during his famous march noith 

 through the Man. e wood.-, and around the eastern 

 northern sides ol Ml. Bigelow, the fourth highest 

 mountain iu Miine. which lines majestically among 

 the Usser peaks whbh surround it. At three p. m. , 

 after a ride of I hii ly -eight miles, we arrivtd at ihe (Jobunu 

 House in Lttsiis, ki pi by Mr. Gordon, who set before us a 

 royal dinn-r. to wit ell we did ample justice, llere we met 

 Olir Old friend ami guide, Mr. U. A. Uuichius, who soon had 

 every 1 hint; in readiness for our departure to (Jhauncy Lake, 

 time tndisfiom Eusiis. 



At the lauding we found two boats in waiting, into which 

 we stowed ourM Ives and baggage, and wilh Mr. tlinchins 

 and mytelt to haudle the paddles we sped merrily along to 

 camp one mile away, Here we found the most comfortable 

 log cabin 1 was ever in. It is shealhed inside wilh cedar 

 splits, i-haved and untied so as to tit closely togaber and 

 (how Ihe beautiful gfdii of the wood The fragrance ol 

 spruce aid reflar so wl eitcd our appetites that by seven P M. 

 We weree. j lying * hea- ly supper, afor *hmhagOod night's 

 rest on a htU ol fir boughs put us iu condition toetjoy the 

 next few d»,xB' li-tong bt lake iroui 



The next three oay» were pleasantly spent in bathing, rfl: 

 practice, Qshii g and rowing, or rather by the boys in learning 

 how to uhe the paddle. As the weather proved unpropitioua 



for lake trout, the days heiug bright and still and Ihe nvon at 

 iis full, we decided to set out ou Ihe m miinir of i he 1 lib for 

 King ai d Bartlett Lake, twelve miles Iromt homey Lake and 

 titieen In 111 Eu-iis. We were now j ,ii,i (I ly a foimer cbiS->- 

 mate ot mini-, who, wph bis cum| anion, had b. en exploring 

 the North branch and Chain of Ponds, and wilh our I wo 

 guides and three ttftmsters with t tic ir tennis to haul our bag- 

 gage and I wo boats, we formed quite a train. Our course lay 

 Through the dense forest in a northeas'er'y din olion", and as 

 the mad was new, having been swamptd out last. September, 

 and hut little used, our progress was necessarily slow on 

 account, of the large numbet of Irei s whifb had fallen acro-s 

 the road during the winter and spring, and which had to be 

 removed for the passage of the teams. La'e in the EttJernooh 

 <>e arrived at Spfc'.aCle pond and enc-unoed ou a ridge with 

 Kb >y si ream ou one side and Spec acle P aid on the other, 

 each within a atom's throw. Tuis pond, abounding iu trout, 

 w*Bihe dentin* ion of my fib-nd and Ijis companion, who, 

 the next morning before our di parlure, brought in a string ol 

 seveuteen speckled t e j uiies, laken iu the pool below the 

 Krand falls of tl eKibby. 



After break fast we packed up. hadesdieu toour friends. *nd 

 set out for K t garni Ban leu lake, where we arrived at 5:30p. 

 W. 'I'his s.vine trip cap now be easily made in on* day from 

 Eusiis. A''er our arrival in Camp, a duplic ite of ibeone at 

 Cliauury Lake, except ih.l It was lined with clean spruce 

 iaik. We piepaied our supper, launch, d our bout, un- 

 packed our baggage, anil j">iut<d up our n rL. Afur supper 

 we tried the irout and [or an hour I enjoyed Such fishing as 

 I never saw be I ore. The water was lainy alive wiib litem. 

 They were rising all about, us and would take the fly almost 

 as soon as it t uched ihe water. Sometimes they seemed to 

 meet it in Ibe air. We fish, d two in a boa 1 , and in an hour's 

 time our boal bad taken twenty Iroiit whose combined weight. 

 was nineteen and oni -quarter p ,uuds. Not one wemhl weigh 

 lers than inree-fourih- of a pound, and such strong fighters I 

 had never met In fire. To land more than ten iu an hour 

 wilh hght tackle was simply an impossibility. The other 

 boat captured lourti en. making a toial of ihir'y-four trout lo 

 four rods in one hour'.- fishing. What u j illy patty was 

 assembled in coup that night. Of Irout we lelt assured there 

 was no end The signs ol deer, moose and caribou. we had 

 seen along the road made us llnnk ibis was indeed Ihe sports- 

 man's paradise. My dreams that ndght were of ihe rise, the 

 strike, ihe rush, the slngmgof ihe reel and The joyful con- 

 templation, of bis matchless beauty. Tue next morning our 

 leamsiera left us, happy over tneir loidof troui wtiicu We 

 had ptesenMl to them lo take home, to Iheir familic.. At 

 Spectacle Pond tiny displayed their trout to my friend and 

 he. ahtuUgh he bad foundgooil fishing there, was on the road 

 in half an hour — bag and luggage— and ariived in camp in 

 lime for the evening ti-tbiug. Uur tiist, thought now was of 

 the eonsltuctioii of cars to keep our trout alive, as it was easy 

 to capture in one hour, wiib three boats, Ihtee limes as many 

 as we c add use in Camp, though our appetites were simply 

 enormous. 



Ku g and Bartlelt Lake is situated high up among (he hills 

 which surround ii on every side aud is of remarkable beauty. 

 Its shores ate rocky, with very btile shoal water n.ar the 

 shore. The water is clear and Cold, .Thete is no boggy or 

 meadow lai d adjoint g tue lake, consequently ti e black hies, 

 midges and mosquitoes are the exception raiher ihan therule. 

 Ol ihe bov-, only one of whom had ever east a rly fonrom, 

 Archie and Edg.r chose Mr. UlllChiW, leavng Tommie and 

 Gu»sie to my u uder meicies. It was a pleasure, to si- in He- 

 stern of the boa', wield the paddle, handle Ihe net ami coach 

 ihe boys. S ion (hi y uecame q,iie i xp, it and could make a 

 neat Ct.st wit h a long line. \V nat pleasure to wacn iheir 

 earneslness, their sh ids as some nig fellow r. iz <l iheir tlv 

 aud douniipg the rod in ally double a, nt Ihe line spinning i ff 

 Ihe reel; llnir unpaliei ce lo find ihe iiuruly trout th, y iiave 

 in baud that they may make a casl f.r s tue monster who has 

 thrown the water almost in lb. ir facea, as s itue unlucky 

 miller disappears beneath ihe waves; ite u ihe relurn lo 

 camp in the twilight and the wooded hills re-echoing ibeir 

 joyous laughter. Thus we did our fLhing and our large 

 car was lull to oveifl oving. S .me s>x y or eighty poun Is 

 of trout were in prison, ranging Irom one to tw , p lUtitia iu 

 weight. H,w Ihe bms dni , eilgbt to waich Hum ad led 

 ,,f tnefun ihiy had bad iu caichii g them, but alas b,r human 

 hopes, a Biioiig east wind drove our car upon ihe locks a 

 perliC wreck, and our trail escaped to relurn lo iheir 

 uaiive haunts, to be taken ag .in at >o,ne future day and (Lilt 

 again ihe gallant right. That night *e mad,- up iu part for 

 oiir loss by rciun.ing lo tue e<r. which had been repaired, 

 about tor. y irout — ,ud still the fun wvut on. 



We ma e several excursions Horn camp. The first to Litlle 

 King and B.olleti L ke, a h idy oi waier about, one aud one- 

 uatl miles in kugili ai.doue-half mile in breadth, and siiuab d 

 about, three fourihs of a mile from Ihe larger lake. We- 

 an iv, d here by an old logging road and wet e sealed upon 

 the shore to recover our breath and admire ihe scentry, when 

 suddenly we are arotl-ed by the tramp ot heavy teet as four 

 mo ise come thundering down the in uniaiu side into the 

 Uke about two buudrid yards a*ay. i, how my fiogers 

 itched to grasp my trtintv rifle which 1 I ad loaned the day 

 before for a few days. But so it was, and we had n c mleui 

 ourselves wilh watching the noble animals nil ihey w, r, ready 

 10 d par 1 , and then with a sigh Wt'mpvi dou to -p, ncerslieam, 

 two aud one-half miles away. Here the tisuing was ex- 

 cellent, aud the sisttis of deer, nno,c and caribou most 

 abutjtlaul. Afier Catching trout euo.igh lor dinner and dis- 

 posing of llusame, we n-.urned to camp thiougli llie woods 

 dripping wilh moisture from tlie shower whic'a had fallen 

 whoe we were at diuuer under the shellec of a Iriendly camp 

 at Spencer dam. 



A lew days later I relumed to tie same stream to explore 

 it and 1 am irs resources. Arrived o ly with nay rifle and 

 sitting fl it ou the bottom of an ohl dugu.UX, whiei. my guide 

 had found on the sin re and repaired, we paddled up the 

 stream at early dawn for six or seven miles. I he signs of 

 large gaiuewite abundant, but none was seen The irout 

 were jumping constantly, and that, loo, iu the bright sunlight. 

 iVt 1U.3J we turned to r.-trsee ''in bteps and try Ihe fishing. 

 We hud uo rod, but a spruce pole- witn hit in line about ihe 

 same length answered our purpose. For one hour aud a half 

 1 fl bed and my guide paddled. The fly used »a<a Montreal, 

 new and stiong. We returned to the water all tiom less than 

 seven inches in lengih, and, "oh, tell ii, not m GU b," On 

 arriving at ihe lauding *e c uinied nut sixty-one trout as the 

 result of our ca'ch. 1 deplored Ihe killing of so many uoui. 

 Not so n-y guide, who quietly dressed ihe irout, tacked thcrn 

 lo camp a, d put them iu pickle. Wilh a d, zeu hungry 

 mouths to leed not one WHSlosl. 



Am nber trip we t ,oktoB k r P md, one and one-half mi es 

 dueuoith froui camp, over a lull covered wllji hu),e bonldeis 

 bidden away amidst the mighty forest. The mound was 

 covered wilh mosa to the depth of several inchtBi and the 



boulders in their wild magnificence were hcautiful to behold, 

 as ihey towered high above our htads, their sides covered wilh 

 moss and lichens of monstrous size, aDd the upper rurface 

 covered with moss and Ihe most elegant of rock ferns in the 

 greatest profusion. What a pleasure to recline on the soft 

 forest moss, benta'h ibe shade of the toweling pine and 

 spruce and gaze at this nalure's woDder land. 1 o sit and 

 gaze and least Ihe soul till all eternity was the idea which 

 was taking firm hold of my mind, when the call of my guide 

 ousts ne, and reluctantly 1 I ear myself away. We continue 

 rur course and in ahou - . an hour arrive at ihe pond, long and 

 oarrow, with grassy borders, the home of ihe moose anil bea- 

 ner. After watching for an hour the irnuf jumping on the 

 surface of the pond aid a c nipla of yr< at blue betons fishing 

 in the shallow water, we lake a well-worn moose trail and 

 follow it until dark, then In side a babbling brook on a bed of 

 mosa we camp for the night. Early ibe next, morning wo 

 i xplore ihe outlet of the pond fill we near I be Spencer stream, 

 then about face and on c rnpass line southeast, we wend our 

 way to camp, occasionally starling some heavy animal from 

 his noonday siesta in the thicket. 



Monday, .luly 25, there arrived in camp a Harvard student, 

 who had come into the woods near Ami' ver, had traversed 

 the Kaugeley Lakes, and fr, m ludian lioqk had gone to Parm- 

 achene, up Hie Migalloway and across to Arnold's Bay, from 

 ■uuoh.'s Bay to Sevm fond s, from Seven Pouds by compass 

 to Chain of Ponds, down Chain of Pond* lo outlet ; from 

 there by lole road to Eustis, mid from Eustis to visit us at. 

 King and Bartlelt camp. After slopping with us for a few 

 days to enjoy the fishing, which he pronounced ihe best be 

 hail ever seen, a'l bough he had spent the previous summer'in 

 the vicinity ot Rangeley, Kenuebago and Parmachene lakes, 

 he set out ou Friday, July 29 h, at 1 p. m., with au Ind an 

 guide and bitch canoe for Moosehead Lake. Crossing the 

 Kiug and Bartleti iu a southeast direction, then a c-ury of 

 Ibreeor fair miles by an easterly course to Spencer Lake, 

 across Spencer L ke, through the thoroughfare to Fish Pond, 

 across Fish Pond, iheuce Ihrough the woods ioMoohc River 

 in a northerly direction, they floated down Moose River to 

 Moosehead Lake, arriving at ihe Kineo House on Wednesday, 

 Augu-t 3d, at noon, and returning via Gremville, Blancliard, 

 Brighton, Salan. Aison and Noith New Portland to E istis, 

 arriving ihere August 5th, or in seven and one-half days from 

 K ug and Harden catno. He estimates the distance from 

 Eusiis to Kineo House by this route ai about one hundred 

 miles, aud is the fiist sportsman, as far as I cm learn, who 

 I. as ever made lies trip. He. pronounces the prospect for 

 game and fish along the route as good, except rn ihe lower 

 part, of Moose River, and tlie trip a very pleasant one to take 

 if one s « dling io rough it a llllle. 



We break camp August 3 I that we may have one day for 

 the ascent of Ml. B gelow and enjoy Ihe view from iis sum- 

 mit, but on the mornmg of the 4 h 'he. atmosphere was so 

 tilled with smoke that we were obliged to defer our trip till 

 another year. The next day we bade adieu to our guid^ and 

 our ho.-t at. the Coburn House, and start for home, arriving 

 iu Boston, Saturday, August titlt, at 5:10 p. m., thus doing 

 Ihe most pleasant trip I have ever taken. 



King aud B otlett Lake is in the ctntre of one of Ihe best 

 bin, ting ano fi.-hing countries in America, a region heretofore 

 inaccessible lo sporismen. On the north one and one half 

 milesis Baker Poud, good for trout, moose and deer. Tnree 

 miles east, is Spencer L'ke, noted for its speckled and lake 

 trout, and Ki-h Pond, lull of trout. Between Spencer Lake ' 

 and Mo ise Kiver ate seveial small pondsand ho L s, ibe home 

 lit I he laige game. three-tour! Its of a mile s, u h is Little 

 King and Bartlelt, and Spencer s' ream beyond, both good 

 trout localities Southwest three rnibs is ihe junction of 

 tne Spencer and K.ib',y str- mils j one-louitb ol a mile fuither 

 is Eelk>-r Pond, Ihree by one and one-fouilh miles In extent, 

 noted for its trout and duck shouting during Si pb mbtr and 

 October, three miles beyond in the same liirecilon is Spec- 

 tacle Poud. one by two miles in ex'ei I, good h r trout and 

 deer. Mr. Uuichius has boats in King and Ban hit, L : Hie 

 King aud Barile-t, Fulton and Sp-eiacle ponds: also iu 

 sp, ncer siream aud Ch uincy Lake. K ag and Banl tt camp 

 ('.Hep at present COUS'SIB ol two jog cables; the one, 

 D-oui camp 18 by 2J, weil-fi to I up for cimp use; Ihe 

 ,,lh r, Camp CI >y, 20 by 24, aheadv Turn sin d. aud is to be, 

 when all complete, a double camp 2» by 40, wilh a cook 

 room adj lining. A third. Cabin Will be built, as soon as pos- 

 sible. The road from Bust is ti King and Bartlelt camp is 

 no v the h si wood road I was everon,' aud the whole distance 

 Can be waked in from five to seven boms with ess-; or if 

 ope does not wish to wak. Mr, Gordon, of the Coburn 

 House, will fuiuish a horse tor a trip to the camp or t ireioin 

 for tour dollars the expenses of a trip to Kiug aud Baillttt 

 may be summed up as folluws: 



Boston to Eustis and return $12 50 



Tiauspona ion of bajgage lo i ud limn Ihe lake, mad 

 and horse, two days in and two days out, $3 per 



da\ 12 00 



Bwrdiii camp, per wiek 7 00 



Guide, boat, and board of guides, per da) 3 00 



Or estimating for a parly of three persons, the expense 

 would be for two weeks in woods, as follows i 



Boston to Eusiis aud return $ 4b 00 



Hotel fare at North New Portland 6 00 



Tianeponalion of baggage to camp 12 hO 



Board. 14 days 42 00 



Expense of guide 42 00 



Total expense for three $148 50 



Expense of each individual $ 47 50 



A'ter Septi tiller 1st grouse shooting will be i xeellent, and 

 it will not be d fiicub lo bag thirty or lorty per day. if one is 

 so inclined. Spoilsmen will tiuo m Mr. Huichins and bis 

 associate guide ad that one could ask for. For ( anittilats 

 address, Mr. O. A. Hutchins. Eusiis, Franklin counly, 

 Maine. But I must d< sist or [ shall weary you and vour 

 tenders. We went, spent a month, came home sat sfted, 

 speak of things as we found them, and shall go agaiu. 



E.D. 



Eked Birds— Philadelphia, August 19 —List nijht was a 

 cloudy aud murky one iu Philadelphia and from midnight 

 until *2 o'clock l , the morning a flight of ra 1 bi ds could be 

 distim tly heard passing over'i lie city. Your i orrespondent 

 having, wakened it in t time sa. i-nd listened 10 Hem 

 for half an hour Th s is ra her early f r a large flight, but 

 as the cr. p of seed on the marshes ibis yt ar is very heavy we 

 may eip, ci many birds. Black hiid shooters who h ,ve been 

 on Uhesier aud Ft re wood islands, aid who would not kill a 

 rail bud before Sept. 1— oh, no— say they put_.up any quan- 

 tity of them.— Homo. 



