AN OUTING ON THE PEST HI GO. 



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ent relish, and, after finishing the 

 medicine, would begin on me. 



Our tent was pitched on a breezy 

 knoll, almost on the river bank, and 

 while not as picturesque as many 

 camp sites we have chosen else- 

 where, was convenient to the fishing 

 waters, and generally acceptable. 

 Without knowing it we had camped 

 on a runway of the deer. Scarcely 

 had we finished making camp, on the 

 afternoon of our arrival, when we were 

 treated to a sight that made us glad 

 we came. A beautiful doe came and 

 stood for a moment just on the edge 

 of the woods, not more than 200 

 yards away. She had evidently in- 

 tended to cross the river, but a view 

 of the camp made her change her 

 mind. After giving us only an in- 

 stantaneous view her hoofs twinkled 

 and her white flag waved us a ta-ta, 

 as she bounded away. Several times 

 in the next few days, we were 

 treated to glimpses of deer, one and 

 two at a time. One morning, glanc- 

 ing across the river, we saw a mag- 

 nificent buck standing on the bank, 

 gazing at our camp. No doubt he 

 was wondering who presumed to oc- 

 cupy his property and block his 

 thoroughfare. With a background 

 of dense foliage, brilliantly green in 

 the morning sun, he made the " chef 

 d'oeuvre " of our living pictures. 



The Peshtigo is a grand trout 

 .stream. It should be not only care- 

 fully protected, but continually 

 stocked. In addition to our own na- 

 tive fontinalis, the rainbow trout is 

 now fairly plentiful there and a num- 

 ber of fine fellows are taken each 

 season. The Peshtigo is the stream 

 of all streams for comfortable fly 

 fishing. We had great sport, and a 

 fair measure of success. 



To the right of our camp, not 25 

 feet away, between banks interlaced 

 with alders, the Little Eagle made 

 its small way into the Peshtigo. It 

 is a cold, clear little stream full of 

 trout. At any time of day we could 

 drop them a line and get an immedi- 

 ate reply. All we caught were little 

 fellows, under eight or ten inches, 

 but they graced our festive board 



" A STR \\(.l < HI) WOODSM W." 



and figured conspicuously in many a 

 toothsome dish prepared by my 1 <>m- 

 panion. who is -quite as effective 

 before a campfire a- U-I«>i< .1 jury. 

 The German fried pol Li 

 accompanying them (the trout, not 

 the jury) were sometimes d by 



the writer, who qould fish l» tter than 

 he could cook, to .1 Fair 

 gastronomic pn fection Sometimes 

 they were not. 



