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inclined to think it greatly overrated. It is true that some good trout 

 are taken, but afrer fishing Big Hole for a few days the catch falls 

 off rapidly, and it- becomes necessary to rest the pool. That would 

 not so much matter if there were any other pools near at hand ; but 

 such is not ttie case. I am not in the least a "trout hoe," and resort 

 to the woods more for health than sport. Indeed, until this year 

 when I was thrown on my own resources by the 'departure of" my 

 former comrade to the Pacific coast. I did not fish at all. The above 

 mentioned result followed the use of one rod by my friend, who is a 

 very -'economical"' fisherman, by which I mean that he never caught 

 more fish than was necessary, and returned all small fish to the 

 water. 



Here, then, we took our ease, waiting with what patience we could 

 comma ad for the subsiding of the water. Noah never wished more 

 fervently for that desirable event than did we, for w e were trout 

 hungry; and not a fish oould we get except some diminutive speci- 

 mens, whose brief span of life we regretted to terminate- Neverless 

 a few found their way to the frying pan— necessity knows no law. 

 Fortunately the famine was not of long duration, and we were 

 enabled to satisfy the cravings of appetite with more legitimate 

 prey. Although there was a plentiful lack of sport, the days passed 

 pleasantly and all too quickly away. 



As there was no more rain after our arrival at Big Hole the water 

 soon began to go down, and at length was low enough to admit of 

 something like fishing. Hitherto P. had mainly supplied our tahle 

 with the above-mentioned fingerlings by dropping his fly over the 

 bank here and there. It was impossible to make a east." Now the 

 sandbank upon which the fishing is done at this pool began to appear. 

 Here, then, one evening I had taken my stand, while P. was collect- 

 ing wood for a night Are. I had an old rod and an old reel which 

 could not be fastened securely to the rod. 



After making a few casts I had a rise from a very large fish I 

 thought I had the grandfather of all the trout at the end of my line. 

 Presently the fish leaped, and I saw to my extreme surprise* that I 

 had caught a salmon, and at the same time a Tartar, as I soon found. 

 (Salmon ascend the river later in the season, and I had never seen 

 any on my former trips). 



Having 'a salmon, then, securely hooked, the fun began. The pool 

 is quite large ana free from rocks, but I was wholly unprepared for 

 such game. That salmon appealed to be at both ends of the pool at 

 the same time from the rapidity of its movements. I was calling at 

 the top of my voice for P. to come to the rescue, but before he arrived 

 on the scene there was no necessity for his services, the contest was 

 over. The old reel flew off the rod, and soon the salmon was free, 

 except for a small souvenir of the encounter in the shape of my fly 

 and half the leader. Then I wended my way sorrowfully back to the 

 tent, and mentally weighed that salmon. Next morning, having in 

 the meantime, fastened a better reel to my rod. I tried again. The 

 result was discouraging, for I lost two more salmon, together with 

 the flies and leaders. I then came to the conclusion either that my 

 tackle was not strong enough or I was not sufficiently expert in the 

 use of the rod to capture such noble game. I gave it ud. aud did not 

 again make a cast on the waters of Big Hole until the morning on 

 which we left for home: then I captured three trout of about three 

 pounds each. 



Being debarred then from fishing in the best pool on the river, by 

 the fear of hooking a salmon, I turned my attention to the discovery 

 of other pools, if any there were. I found a few small ones oy going 

 a considerable distance up the river, from which I took enough fish 

 to supply our table, but none of large size; the largest would wtigh, 

 perhaps, one pound. To do this I used to start after breakfast and 

 pole the canoe up stream, where I sometimes remained until evening. 

 I do not know how far I ascended the stream, but should think at 

 least five miles. In that distance 1 found only two pools of any im- 

 portance, and they were small. There was one only a short distance, 

 less than half a mile above Big Hole, which rejoiced in the pleasing 

 name of the Devil's Elbow. 



At length the conviction forced itself upon us that our stay must 

 soon come to an end. First the tobacco showed signs of failing. To 

 remedy this misfortune we resorted to the we of Indian willow bark 

 — kinikinik— in the. language of the red man. as near as I can make 

 out from the pronunciation. A little kinikinik mixed with a good 

 deal of tobacco does not make a bad smoke; but a good deal of kini- 

 kinik mixed with a little of tobacco is not entirely satisfactory. Then 

 our supply of provisions began to grow small, a defect not so easily 

 remedied. 



Our last day in camp arrived. I started early in the morning de- 

 termined to have a full day up the river, On my way up I stopped 

 at the Devil's 'Elbow, where I had a rise from a large fish which I did 

 not succeed in striking. When no efforts on my part succeeded in 

 making the fish rise again. I went on. Finally I came to the pool 

 furthest up the river. Here I had some very good sport, as things 

 went on this trip. On my way back to camp in the evening I stopped 

 again at the Devil's Elbow to give that big fish another opportunity 

 to try my fare. Long and faithfully I whipped the pool, but without 

 success. I was cold from standing so long in the water, but I con- 

 cluded to change the fly and try a few more easts. I did so, and then 

 came the crowning success of the trip, the fish rose , and I had an- 

 other salmon. I do not think that at first I felt particularly grateful, 

 for I fully expected the usual result would follow. A short time, 

 however' convinced me that the tackle was likely to hold, aud then 

 arose the embarrassing question, How was I to land the fish? The 

 pool is not very large, and some rocks showed themselves here and 

 there at the, lower side in the swift water. On one side of the stream 

 rocks towered up almost perpendicularly from the water's edge; on 

 the other was a narrow sandbank, three or four feet wide and a few 

 yards in length, but overhung by bushes. Various schemes for the 

 capture of the fr-h passed through my mind, but none offered any 

 very striking hope of success. I was alone and had no gaff; f had 

 not even a landing net, having lost that article in ascending the 

 stream. Finally I concluded that the question must be fought out ou 

 that sandbank. 



Meantime the salmon was going through the usual performance, 

 sometimes rushing down stream till I thought all the line would be 



reeled off, then allowing itself to be reeled slowly back. Then would 

 foUow a rush up stream. At length the fish became tired out, and 

 swam around and around in a small circle, passing withing a few feet 

 of me. Judging that the time had come to bring my plan to the final 

 test, I turned the fish toward the sandbank, applying just sufficient 

 pressure to keep it in the right direction. When it" came to the shore 

 it lay motionless. Then, keeping a taught line, I wailed quietly to the 

 fish, put my boot under it and threw it ashore. ' Thus, without the aid 

 of the usual appliances, Handed my first salmon, a fish of ten pounds. 



Next morning, bearing the inevitable with what grace we could 

 command, we packed up and started for home. The first man we 

 encountered was called upon to furnish us with some tobacco, which 

 he did most generously. In return we presented him with some trout, 

 after which we separated with feelings of mutual esteem. That night 

 we camped near the house of Mr. Petrie, a gentleman of whose kind- 

 ness to us I cannot speak too highly, and to whom I would commend 

 any sportsman who found himself in that locality. 



Next day. Saturday, we reached Tabusihtac Beach, where we re- 

 mained until Monday morning. Late Monday night we reached Fox 

 Island, where we passed through a second ordeal. This time it was 

 mosquitoes. Here P., who had started off as soon as we landed in 

 quest of water and grub, was mistaken for a tramp, a not unnatural 

 mistake under the circumstances, for he had not taken time to put on 

 his dress suit, but one which was nearly the cause of our going to bed 

 supperless, After partaking of a supper consisting mainly of hard 

 tack, we went to bed in a fishing camp, thinking it too much trouble 

 to put up the tent. That camp was full of mosquitoes, and after 

 standing the torture as long as we could, we went out and pitched the 

 tent in the wind, hoping by that means to obtain some sleep. It was 

 no use. We got no sleep that night, and almost before daylight were 

 off. When we came to our old camping ground at Eseuminac, we 

 went ashore and made up for lost time in the sleeping line. Wednes- 

 day noon we came to Point Sapin, and here we were likely to stay 

 Ioneer than we desired, for the sea was too rough for us to go further. 

 In this emergency a friend came to our assistance, put our canoe and 

 luggage in a big boat, and carried us to the end of the point, where 

 we were again sheltered from the wind. It was now nearly sundown. 

 I do not know why we did not stay there all night, unless it was that 

 our pleasure was a thing of the past. At any rate, we kept on poling 

 and paddling all night— a most lovely one-and at daylight reached 

 home. So ended a holiday trip to the woods, one in some respects 

 attended with many discomforts, but whose pleasures, looked back 

 upon, far outweigh them all. Chiploquorgan. 



AN OUTSIDER'S VIEWS ON CANOEING. 



AND whole fleets of lately launched butterflies, with streaming 

 pennants and gaily painted sails, go drifting by. Poor butter- 

 flies. In a fresh breeze they remind me of canoeists. Nature has 

 been niggardly to them in the matter of centerboards, and their rud- 

 ders are makeshift affairs at best, so when they down helm it is not 

 always certain that they'll get about, and if they start for a beat to 

 windward the chances are that they fetch up against the wrong tree. 

 But canoeists enjoy themselves on this (Indian) River. I suppose 

 that in the whole Union there are few waters which afford better 

 facilities for their favorite, sport. You can get a canoe here at small 

 cost, and by covering it over carefully it will keep for an indefinite 

 length of time. Commodore Morris, of Cincinnati, was canoeing 

 with us for some four days. It only cost some ten dollars, I think, to 

 bring his canoe from the Western city and land it safely on our little 

 wharf. So far from being inconvenient in traveling, the canoe was 

 quite a comfort, he says; indeed, he couldnothave well brought the 

 paddle and sail without it. And as he carries his clothes in it, too, it 

 saves his being bothered with a trunk, Every morning he goes down 

 to the river bank and polishes his canoe till it shines like a good deed 

 in a nautical world; then he'puts the lid on, screws it down, spreads 

 a tarpaulin carefully over all, and sits down on it and eats an orange. 

 Canoeing is a very healthful exercise, he says. There was no seat by 

 the river side till the canoe came, and we shall miss it sadly when 'tis 

 gone. The Doctor says that if he were not afraid that some new 

 guest might make a mistake and go out in it, he'd buy a couple (when 

 his pineapple patch pays) and put one on each river bank. Pve never 

 done any considerable canoeing, but I know a good many canoeists, 

 and I'm very fond of them. There was my friend, Commodore Will 

 Alden— who wears side-whiskers and is one of the great aud original 

 canoeists of the period. He came canoeing to Nantucket the summer 

 before last. He forgot to bring his canoe with him, but he had a 

 photograph of it and remembered just how much it cost, which was 

 about the same thing. And as I took him out sailing in my catboat 

 several times (which gave him an opportunity to explain how much 

 nicer and more comfortable canoeing was) I fancy he enjoyed him- 

 self quite as well as if he had come with his canoe under his arm- 

 perhaps a little better.— John Paul in N. Y. Tribune. 



A NEW YORK ESTIMATE OF DR. NEIDE'S BOOK.-The New 

 York Evening 'Telegram closes its review of the "Cruise of the Au- 

 rora," as follows: "There is no more popular canoeist in the Ameri- 

 can Association to-day than Dr. Neide. A veteran of the secret ser- 

 vice of the Army of the Potomac, an enthusiastic woodsman from 

 boyhood, the Doctor's life has been one of unusual adventure. Quali- 

 fied to see and appreciate, whatever was worth recording on his sing- 

 ular cruise, he has the happy faculty of being able to tell his story 

 with sprigbtliness and verve. The log of the Aurora is continuous in 

 its interest to the end. It describes the realities of canoeing, the fun 

 and the fatigue, the drollery of the mishaps and the excitement of 

 the rush of rapids, with the humor and the verve of an earnest 

 sportsman and a clever writer. The book will take a high place in 

 the rapidly increasing literature of canoeing." 



RACES AT TOLEDO.— At the recent G. A. R. encampment at 

 Presque Isle, a canoe race was sailed by Toledo canoeists, the Louise 

 winning in lhr. 35min. 15sec, with Kittie second, Violet third, and 

 Gypsy capsized. 



CANOEING IN GERMANY.-The Wassersport of June 4 publishes 

 the burgee of the Bonn 0. C, with a request for the burgees of other 

 clubs. We quote from its canoe notes as follows: "In addition to 

 our recent remarks on the 'Lead Period' for yachts, we now learn 

 that the miniature yachts, the canoes, are also conforming to the 

 same innovation. The 'Jersey Blue' canoe Theres, at preseuton the 

 stocks at Sakrow, is receiving a keel of 40 pounds. The owner, Mr. 

 Belitz, hopes to increase the stability and sail-carrying power of his 

 boat to a noticeable degree. The Boating capacity is in no way im- 

 paired, as the boat is still unsinkable, having watertight compart- 

 ments fore aud aft. The total weight is thus increased to 100 pounds, 

 making it difficult for one person to transport." 



A NEW CRUISING CANOE.— As the decked canoe becomes better 

 known in Canada it meets with more favor, and with the double 

 blade, promises to prove a formidable rival to the old open canoe and 

 single blades for cruising purposes. A new canoe has been built this 

 winter by Sauve Bros of Brockville, for Mr, W. B Richards of that 

 place, for cruising and racing. This boat is IBsSIW llWiii deep at gun- 

 wale, and fitted with large air tanks, She, has an Ajtwood board and 

 a drop rudder, and two Mohican sails of fly and 25ft reefine to 45 

 and lGft. 



A CANOE MEET AT ESOPUS ISLAND.— Last year the Rondout 

 C. C.held a pleasant camp on Esopus Island on Juiv 4 and this year 

 they propose to repeat the experiment at the same" place, and other 

 canoeists are invited to join them. They will go into camp on Friday, 

 remaining until Monday morning. Canoeists from New York can 

 take the Mary Powell on Friday and land at Hyde Park, two miles 

 below Esopus Island. Paddling and saliing races will be arranged on 

 Saturday. 



A CRUISE ON THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.— Canoe cruising is a 

 new idea in California, where canoeing is confined mainly to day 

 trips and sailing, and Few long cruises are made. A long cruise has 

 lately been made by two members of the Oakland C. C, Messrs. 

 Pixleyand Cooper, of San Francisco. They went by steamer to 

 Jacinto on May 5, and from there followed the river up. 



KNICKERBOCKER C. C— The club book, lately issued, contains 

 the names of 41 members and 34 canoes. The officers for 1888 are: 

 Commodore. J. L. Greenleaf ; Vice-Commodore. Edwin Fowler; Secre- 

 tary, E. W. Brown. 4 Bowling Green, New York: Treasurer, R. P. 

 Martm; Measurer, E. C. Griffin; Lay Member, E. A. Hoffman, Jr. 



TRANSPORTATION TO THE MEET.— Particulars will be given 

 next week. 



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J. F. P.— The woodcock season in New York opens Aug. 1, 



T. G.. Pennsylvania.— About 3in. of keel is equivalent to the board. 



Amateur. Lynn. Mass.— 1. The canoe yawl would cost about $125 

 for hull only. 2. They would not build one boat of any model. 



W. J. F., Ogdensburgh,— Either one of the guns will do for your 

 purpose. There is not any difference between the two. The rifle is 

 safe but not good for much except target play. 



New Beginner.— You will find fishing within fifty miles of Phila" 

 delphia in the Delaware River from Delaware City, Del., to New 

 Hope, Pa. About the latter place you may find black bass. On the 

 lower river, near the Bay, you will' find an assortment of river fish, 

 perch, etc. 



B. R. P., B. C. School- Could you give me any information about 

 this egg. It measures «X5W inches, of a dirty white color, about, the 

 shape of a duck's egg; found it on the edge of a river; probably 

 washed down from an island near Lennoxville. Canada? Ans. Your 

 description is too vague. We cannot identify the egg. 



G. H. E., New York.— 1. Will you kindly let me know whin the 

 open season begins for upland plover in New Jersey ? 2. Do these 

 birds stool well? If they do I want to get decoys, as there are a great 

 number of them on my farm this season. Ans. 1. Aug. 1. 2. They 

 will someimes stool when they first come on and before they have 

 been harrassed, but are extremely wary, and no precaution must be 

 omitted in concealing oneself. You certainly cannot depend on them 

 to stool well. 



W. O. M., Brooklyn.— 1. Where can I find the best black bass fish- 

 ing on the Delaware River in July? 2. Will they take the fly in that 

 month, and what files do you advise? 3d, What is the pedigree f 

 the Irish setter Rose, owned by Dr. Jarvis? Ans. 1. About the Dela- 

 ware Water Gap. 2. Yes, at times, according to their caprice. The 

 following flies are usually good: Cheney, scarlet ibis. Hensnall, 

 oriole, Mather, jungle cock and Ferguson. 3. Rose is by Palmerston 

 and out of Flora. 



Tom Boy, New York.— Would you advise a young man without 

 money to go to California? I have just about enough to pay my pas- 

 sage there. Am a good shot, understand dogs and all that. Was 

 once very comfortably fixed but stocks broke me. Ans. We do not 

 advise you to go to California unless you have some definite purpose. 

 for going there. A simple change from one side of the continent to 

 the other is not likely to makea given kind of employment any easier 

 or more profitable. If you understand enough about dogs to take 

 care of them and train them lor field trials, you may find enough to 

 keep you busy in the vicinity of San Francisco or Sacramento; Mr. 

 N. E.'White, editor of the Sacramento Sunday Capital., can tell yon 

 of that. For other employments, if you wish to go to the Pacific 

 Coast, Oregon and Washington Territory offer stronger inducements 

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