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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 28, 1884. 



THE CHART LOCKER. 



V.— INLAND WATERS OF MAINE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Your correspondent "X.," under "The Chart Locker" head, will 

 get a general Idea of the trip between Moosehead and Megantic lakes 

 by reference to my account of the trip, contained in Forest and 

 Stream of Nov. 15 last. I made, the trip in a Stranahan canvas boat. 



Attean and Spencer rips and Holeb Falls would have to be passed 

 by short portages. As the four miles between Long Pond and Little 

 Brassua Lake is almost a continuation of rapids, with two or three 

 bad pitches. I should prefer to carry the distance by an excellent 

 tote road, which follows the northerly bank of the Moose River. As 

 this road, however, is generally ne«r the river, it could be taken at 

 any point if thought advisable. From this place to the head of canoe 

 navigation there is not much swift water, except at the rips an 

 mentioned. 



In July a connection could be made with the construction train on 

 the International Railway, at a uoint on the Moose River about 

 twenty-five miles from Megantic Lake, where I launched my canoe 

 last September. The railway is now built to within seven or eight 

 miles of this point, which is a little below Lowell Falls. I presume 

 that by carrying by these falls a canoe would have no difficulty in 

 getting to Gordon's railway camp. In July there would be excellent 

 trout fishing anywhere along the river. 

 &The Chaudiere River is the outlet of Megantic Lake, and is crossed 



at the outlet by the International Railway. This is the present ter- 

 minus of the railway, the other end being at Sherbrooke, sixty-nine 

 miles distant. The Chaudiere can be run to Quebec by exercising a 

 little caution. The upper river is a succession of short stretches of 

 sluggish water with short rapids or chutes between. As the river is 

 full of granite boulders, one should let a canoe down thesewith a 

 pole, or use a line from the bank. 



By running bow on in attempting to make the trip to Quebec a few 

 years ago I came to grief, and had to find my way through the woods 

 to the head of Lake St. Francis. After getting some fiftv or sixty 

 miles down the river the country is settled all the way to Quebec. 

 The Quebec Central Railway from Sherbrooke to Quebec crosses the 

 river at St. Joseph, Beauce, and the Grand Trunk Railway from 

 Montreal to Quebec at the Chaudiere Falls, near Quebec. 



As there are some bad places in both the Moose and Chaudiere 



rivers, I should want a companion on such a trip. After leaving 



Moose Beach supplies can be had at Moose River Village, Pat Mc- 



Kenney's, at the head of Wood Pond, Gordon's Camp and Megantic. 



D. Thomas. 



RUSHTON'S CANOES.— We were looking back over some old 

 numbers of the Forest and Stream the other day, and we found that 

 Mr. J. H. Rushton's canoe advertisement has been in this journal for 

 nine 3'ears, every issue. The growth of the Canton business has 

 been commensurate with the progress of canoeing in this country. 

 Mr. Rushton, we believe, got into the business by chance. He wanted 



a canoe for himself, and built it. Then some one of his friends 



wanted a canoe iike it, and Rushton built it for him. By and by the 

 demand for Rushton canoes was so (Treat that it took all his time", and 

 he "set up shop." Now his annual business runs up into the tens of 

 thousands of dollars somewhere. Tbe three points of his success, as 

 we understand them, are: First— Charge a price for goods that 

 will allow of first-class work. Second— Put only good material into 

 the goods and do not scrimp on the work. Third— Advertise in For- 

 est and Stream. We expect to adom the second page of the cover 

 with Mr. Rushton's advertisement for nine years longer. 



We Receive Just Such Letters Every Week.— Boston, Feb. 8.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: My advertisement in your paper, expir- 

 ing 14th inst., was put in with the intention of renewing, but I have 

 received so many orders from all parts of the country— from west of 

 :ji to the Gulf of St. Lawrence— that I must make my de- 

 liveries before I advertise any further. I can recommend your paper 

 to any one who has good dogs for sale. To be sure, I have wasted 

 some postage stamps in replying to inquiries, but the majority of in- 

 quiries have been from parties who mean business and who are 

 prominent men. No doubt you have many such letters as this, but if 

 it is of any service, use it, for you deserve it.— J. A. Nickerson. 



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