ON THE TRAIL OP TUT FOUR-FOOTED LOCUST. 



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standing half submerged. The lake abounds 

 in gamy trout of great size. Ordinary tackle 

 is far too light, and though we hooked 

 many fish we brought but few to book. The 

 largest one taken I lauded after a 35 min- 

 ute struggle. He measured 22 inches and 

 would have weighed ^/> to 5 pounds. 

 There are many larger ones in the lake, 

 some 30 inches long having been taken. m 



We obtained saddle horses for a trip up 

 Whitney creek, which heads high on Mt. 

 Whitney, and is the home of the famous 

 golden trout. They are found only in that 

 and tributary streams. Light golden yel- 

 low, heavily striped with carmine and with 

 bright carmine bellies, they are wonderful- 

 ly beautiful. We caught many. 



On the trip Conger saw a female canvas- 

 back duck fly into a hole 30 feet from the 

 ground in a big pine stub. As it was the 

 breeding season she doubtless had her nest 



there. I never before knew any of our 

 ducks nested in hollow trees, except the 

 wood duck, fulvous duck, and occasionally 

 the merganser. We surprised an old mer- 

 ganser with her brood one morning and it 

 was amusing to see the fluffy little rascals 

 clamber on their mother's back as she 

 paddled rapidly down stream. 



Leaving Kern lake June 12, we made 

 Little Kern crossing that day. The next 

 day we took the Jordan trail to Camp Nel- 

 son, on a branch of the Middle Tule river, 

 reaching there at the close of the second 

 day. We renewed supplies and went leis- 

 urely down the river to Portersville, stop- 

 ping 2 days at the house of the Porterville 

 fishing club, where we were cordially re- 

 ceived. At that point we sold our outfit, 

 and taking the train, reached home the 

 next day, bronzed, tough and hearty. 



A KLONDYKE SUN EFFECT. 



AMATfUR PHOTC BY GFO G. CANTWELL. 



John Smith, of Mars — Tesla seems to 

 be sanguine that he will be successful in 

 communicating with the people of the 

 Earth. 



William Jones, of Mars — I wonder if the 

 Earth has a Tesla, too? — Life. 



