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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 18, 1894, 
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WILDERNESS. 
Second Connecticut Lake, N. H., Aug. 4.— Editor 
Forest and Stream: New Hampshire has long been known 
as a famous summer resort. Its White Mountain region 
forming the Switzerland of American, is the summer 
home of thousands, It is only within a few years, how- 
ever, that it has become known that the Granite State 
offers as great attractions to the sportsman as to the sum- 
mer tourist. The extension of the Maine Central Rail- 
road from North Stratford to Cookshire six years ago 
opened up a country full of deer, moose, caribou and 
streams and lakes swarming with trout. The local fish- 
erman, from the small boy with a twig to the gray-haired 
trapper and guide, had long been a frequenter of these 
secluded game reserves. Before the extension of this rail- 
road the nearest fishing resort was reached only by a 
twenty-five mile stage drive, and the furthest by a jour- 
ney into the woods of over sixty miles. 
Having just returned from an extended trip through 
this region of northern New Hampshire, let me tell you 
just a little af what I saw in this land of the rod and gun. 
I had visited the region ten years ago, and the first sur- 
prise was the easy accessibility of the region and the 
abundance of game and fish. During this time the fish 
and game laws have been more rigidly enforced than in 
any other section. As a result, all kinds of game have 
multiplied very rapidly till now the woods are literally 
The real sporting region begins at the village of Cole- 
brook, which lies on the Connecticut River 250 miles 
from Boston. This is the starting point for several popu- 
lar fishing and shooting trips. The nearest resorts are 
the camps at Diamond Ponds, kept by the genial Mart 
Noyes, the veteran sportsman. The two Diamond Ponds 
are but eight miles from Colebrook through a charming 
country and are the most easily reached of any of the 
game resorts. The ponds are two and three miles long 
respectively and form a natural breeding place for the 
finest kind of trout. They are fed by large rivers, so 
that if one prefers brook to lake fishing he may indulge 
his fancy. The camps at the ponds are made up of two 
large boarded cabins and fourteen well-built tents, 
accommodating in all 50 persons. The camps are 3,000ft. 
above the sea and in the_ t midst of an unbroken forest 
that extends into Canada. 
The camps are filled throughout the fishing and hunt- 
ing seasons, and many prominent sportsmen of New 
York and Philadelphia spend their summers here often 
with their families. The ponds furnish trout as large as 
5ilbs. ; pounders and under are caught every day. The 
writer saw a loaded 10-pound basket brought in from a 
three-hours' fish by two New York men. A fleet of 25 
boats furnishes an ample supply for all fishing and hunt- 
ing parties. 
Tne field for deer and moose hunting around the ponds 
is one of the finest in the State. Deer are seen every 
day and Mart Noyes has a fine drove of deerhounds in 
excellent condition for the opening of the running 
season, Sept. 15. A large company of sportsmen have 
arranged to come to Diamond Ponds to open the season. 
Returning to Colebrook we will lay in a new supply and 
start for the famous region of the Magalloway River and 
Parmachenee Lake. This lake is situated at the head of 
the Magalloway River, just west of the Rangeley Lakes. 
It is reached by taking the stage through Dixville Notch 
to Errol Dam. Then up the river to Wilson's Location, 
where there is a small house called the "Aziscohos," which 
accommodates 50 persons. Beyond Wilson's Mills is a 
carry of two miles around the falls, and then a paddle of 
80 miles up the Magalloway River to Parmachenee Lake. 
The lake and all the surrounding country are controlled 
by the wealthy Parmachenee Club of New York city, 
which has camps here and spends the entire season hunt- 
ing and fishing. The Dead Diamond River, which flows 
into the Magalloway, is a still more unfrequented region, 
and if one wants to get right into the heart of the wilder- 
ness and does not mind tramping, this is the place to go. 
No one ever came away from the Dead Diamond or Magal- 
loway region without a big catch of trout and a royal 
time. There are many private camps on the Magalloway. 
The largest is that of Mr. Jason Dudley of Colebrook, and 
W. S. Shurtleff of Lancaster. 
The most famous of all these shooting resorts and the 
most game-abundant is the region around the Connecticut 
Lakes. This series of f6ur lakes form the headwaters of 
the river of that name. Going by train from Colebrook 
to West Stewartstown, we start over again for First 
Lake. It is a fine drive of sixteen miles from West Stew- 
artstown to First Lake, and eight more to Second 
Lake. There is a fine hotel at First Lake accommodating 
seventy-five people, and many sportsmen bring their f ami- 
lies here for the summer. Every comfort and convenience 
is supplied at the Lake House. A large fleet of boats is 
ready on the lake in front of the hotel, and lake fishing is 
much indulged in in the season. Deer are seen almost 
every day in the field in front of the house. The wilder- 
ness begins in earnest, however, , when you strike for 
Second Lake. The road is fearfully rough the last two 
miles and lies through a heavy forest. 
I had the pleasure of mating the trip from First to 
Second Lake alone and on a not too bright night. In an 
old Concord wagon, with baggage strapped in, I bowled 
over the stones and sink holes at 9 o'clock at night. At 
Second Lake I found a typical hunters camp, with every 
modern convenience. I was greeted royally by the crowd 
of sportsmen and guides who were gathered about the 
huge stone fireplace in the office. A party were playing 
cards and the remainder talking over the results of their 
day's work and planning for the morrow. After a hand- 
shake all round, I fell to chatting with the veteran guide 
and hunter, Ned Norton, as he sat by the fireplace. As 
this was my first visit to the lakes, I was a little skeptical 
in regard to the stories of deer seen every day. We had 
been talking but a few minutes before Norton discovered 
my suspicion, and offered to take me out where I could 
probably hear and possibly see a deer that night. 
It was after 11 o'clock but we went down to the landing 
and got into a fight 601bs. canoe. With neither gun nor 
jack light Norton paddled silently to the east side of the 
lake. We had not paddled ten rods along the shore be- 
fore we saw a deer standing in the water's edge hardly 
25ft. away. After watching it five minutes Norton 
flashed his paddle and the deer bounded away with a 
grunt. Within half an hour 1 had counted seven deer on 
the shore and been within 25ft. of two. I was satisfied 
and told Norton to return. But one of the deer had 
known that we had been nea,r it, as Norton had backed 
off gently. 
The Idlewild Camp at Second Lake is a large boarded 
camp with accommodations for fifty guests. The Lake 
House at First Lake, the Idlewild Camp at Second Lake 
and the log cabin at Third Lake are all in charge of A. C. 
Bumford, who, being a sportsman, knows how to treat 
disciples of the rod and gun. Many prominent New York 
aud Philadelphia men were stopping at the Second Lake. 
The fishing has been unusually fine in the region of Sec- 
ond Lake all summer and Idlewild camps have been filled 
with fishermen. Ned Norton, who has explored over a 
hundred of the Adirondack lakes, is positive that these 
Connecticut lakes offer greater inducements and as good 
accommodations as the Adirondack region. 
The prospect for the hunting season is the brightest 
ever known. Deer and moose are more plentiful than 
ever before, and Mr. Bumford has a fine pack of nine deer- 
hounds ready for the season, Sept. 15. A drove of four- 
teen deer was seen a few days before my arrival, and 
moose are very frequent. Many prominent sportsmen 
have arranged to be at Second Lake and open the still- 
hunting season Sept. 1. The guides say that they will 
guarantee any man a deer if he will spend two nights at 
the lake. Their guarantee has never been known to fail. 
The scenery around Second Lake is unsurpassed in 
wildness. As far as the eye can see there is no sign of 
a clearing or dwelling. The unbroken forest stretches 
away into Canada. 
The Third and Fourth lakes have only log cabins and 
are used for camping parties who wish to rough it. The 
Third Lake is a veritable trout reserve, almost unfished. 
It is very thickly stocked with speckled trout which are 
exceedingly gamy. Ten years ago this entire region was 
unbroken save to the local angler and huntsman, but it 
has already become recorded among the wildest and 
most game-abundant localities in America. If you want 
the finest trout fishing with unexcelled deer and moose 
shooting in season, make a visit to the Connecticut Lakes, 
Sept. 1. 
Another summer and sporting resort that should not be 
overlooked in visiting this country is Dixville Notch, 
through which one has to go to reach the Magalloway 
River and Parmachenee Lake. This notch is situated ten 
miles east of Colebrook and is three miles long. Its alpine 
peaks are a worthy rival of Franconia and Crawford 
notches and wild though not as extensive. The Dix House 
situated just west of the notch, is one of the best kept 
hotels in the State, with every luxury and convenience at 
the disposal of the large number of guests who make this 
their summer resort. 
Fine fishing is to be had in every neighboring moun- 
tain stream. The views are charming and grand, and the 
location unsurpassed. 
While I was allowed to see nearly every hunting resort 
in the region, it only stirred up my determination to taste, 
the pleasures to be found in this game land. If possible I 
shall sample the flavor of the venison of one of those 
seven deer that tempted me on my first night at the Sec- 
ond Lake. Beware the first of September. 
Edward O. Grover. 
THE CALIFORNIA DEER LAW UPHELD. 
Simon Maler was arrested in Los Angeles for selling a 
pound of meat cut from a deer that had been brought 
from Texas. The deer was lawfully killed in Texas, and 
Maier asked for his discharge on habeas corpus on the 
ground that the complaint did not state a public offense. 
The Supreme Court has decided- that the complaint 
does state a cause of action and remanded the prisoner. 
The law passed by the last Legislature for the protection 
and preservation of game was reviewed by the court. 
One paragraph in it reads: "Every person in the State 
of California who shall at any time sell or offer for sale 
the hides or meat of any deer, elk, antelope or mountain 
sheep, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." The Jcourt, in 
its opinion, said: 
Petitioner contends that this provision of the statute properly con- 
strued does not prohibit the Bale of deer meat lawfully taken without 
the State, but has reference solely to deer killed within this State; 
that the law is intended to protect game within the State, not to pro- 
hibit the importation and sale of game from other States. With this 
contention we are unable to agree. It is true that the law is intended 
for the protection of game within the State, but it by no means fol- 
lows irom that fact that it is not the intention as a means to accom- 
plish that very end to prohibit the sale of the meat of the animals pro- 
cured elsewhere. The statute is perfectly plain and unambiguous in 
its terms and is sufficiently broad and comprehensive to include the 
inhibited article, wheresoever taken or procured. 
The facility and ease with which the statutes for the protection of 
game have been evaded in the past is a matter of common knowledge. 
Deer and other game have been slaughtered during the close season 
and foisted upon the market as game procured without the State, 
and owing to the practical impossibility in the great majority of cases 
of profiDg with certainty the source from which it was procured, the 
attemptea enforcement of the statutes for its protection has largely 
proved abortive. These and like considerations no doubt actuated 
the Legislature in the premises and induced the enactment of the 
statute in its present stringent form. And we inow of no good reason 
why it should not be held to mean what it says. 
Nor do we think that in giving the act this effect it contravenes the 
Constitution of this Slate as being in excess of the police power of 
the State. The wild game within a State belongs to the people in 
their collective sovereign capacity. It is not the subject of private 
ownership except in so far as the people may elect to make it so, arid 
they may if they see fit absolutely prohibit the taking of it. or any 
traffic or commerce with it, if deemed necessary for its protection or 
preservation, or for the public good. To this extent it is conceded 
that the State may go. But it is contended that to go further and 
prohibit the sale of game lawfully killed elsewhere and brought 
Here as private property is in effect to destroy private property, and 
that this is going oeyond a proper exertion of the police power. 
While it is true that the power to regulate is not the power to des- 
troy, in its absolute sense, it is nevertheless true that the right to 
regulate frequently and as a necessary sequence carries with it the 
right to so control and limit the use or enjoyment of private property 
as to amount to its destruction. Private interest must yield to the 
public advantage. 
There can be no serious injury to any one under such a regulation. 
If any person imports the meat of the deer into the State he does it 
with his eyes open. Under such circumstances he cannot complain if 
lie is prevented from making a use of the article which the Legisla- 
ture has declared to be detrimental to the well being of the State. 
It is furthermore strenuously urged that the act violates the Con- 
stitution of the United States in that it is an attempt to regulate inter- 
state commerce— a subject wholly committed to Congress. But after 
a very careful consideration of the numerous authorities cited we do 
not think the statute open to this objection. 
The opinion was written by Justice Van Fleet and con- 
curred in by all the justices, with the exception of De 
Haven, who was absent. 
Massachusetts Shore Birds. 
Mr. Wm. Thorne reports having found a pleasurable 
point for shore birds, at Capt. Gould's Chatham Beach 
Hotel, Chatham, Mass. Bettle-heads, turnstones, plover, 
peeps and others were extremely abundant there in the 
last week of July. 
STOP THE SALE OF GAME. 
A Platform Plank. — The sale of game should be forbidden at all 
times.— Forest and Stream, Feb. 10. 
The annual meeting of the State Game Association was 
held Wednesday night and officers were elected for the 
year. The meeting was fairly well attended but' the in- 
terest was not manifested that should be in such a com- 
munity. This is to be regretted, for the Association has 
a most worthy object in view, and it is only through the 
interest displayed by the members and sportsmen of the 
State that any good can be obtained. It would seem that 
after the expenditure of such a large amount of money by 
the local sportsmen, in their efforts to restock the de- 
pleted covers, that they would at least exhibit enough 
interest in the Association as would afford protection to 
these birds. The fact is every one is willing to assist, but 
will not give the time and personal help that is desired. 
It takes time to ferret out the mauraders who kill game 
unlawfully, and some one must attend to it. It takes 
money, also, and some one must contribute it. The Asso- 
ciation has men who will give the time and they want 
contributors who will furnish the money. This work 
has been carried on for the last few years 
by a very small number of sportsmen, and they 
have been taxed somewhat heavily by their efforts 
to suppress illegal hunting. If it is worth the time 
and money to restock the covers, it is surely worth 
the time and money to protect the birds after they 
have survived the long journey, have been liberated, 
enjoyed a successful breeding season and are awaiting 
for the open season to arrive in order to offer them- 
selves up as willing sacrifices for the trouble the sports- 
men have gone to. There will be few birds if illegal 
shooting and snaring is allowed to continue. The New 
York and Boston markets are handy for the trappers, 
and early woodcock and partridge bring good prices. 
"Stop the Sale of G ame" is the motto that Forest and 
Stream has nailed at the masthead. It is a radical 
and apparently impossible measure. It must, how- 
ever, come sooner of later, and the sooner the better, for 
if it comes later there will be no game to sell in many 
places. If it is too soon for the adoption of such a strin- 
gent law, do the next best thing, Offer every possible 
protection to the game under the present laws. To accom- 
plish the best results, let every sportsman become affiliated 
with the State Association, it costs $1. It will save many 
birds. — Providence Journal, 
Illinois Game Seasons. 
The Game Laws in 'Brief contains a standing offer from 
the editor as follows: 
The Game Laws in Brief is believed to be correct and complete 
within the conoitions printed on page S. 1 will reward any person 
first advising me of an error that may be discovered, as follows: 
For the first notice of an instance where the law quoted in the Brief, 
prescribing game and tish seasons of any State or Territory, is not tne 
general law in force at the time of this revision, I will give $5. 
For first notice of an erroneous statement of a game or nsh season 
in any State or Territory, or of an omission of a prescribed season, I 
will give $1. 
These offers relate to general, not local, laws, and to recognized 
game and fish (not, for example, to the Connecticut bobolimc, rice 
mrd and robin season). 
A Chicago correspondent writes under date of Aug. 3: 
"Editor Forest ana Stream: 1 have just received from 
you your Game Laws i in Brief, and note on third page 
that you offer $5 to who ever hrst gives you notice that 
law in any'State as set out by you is not correct. I find 
on the Intiex page at the back of the book that the laws 
of Illinois are claimed to be revised up to the present 
time. However, a well-informed sportsman tells me that 
the present practice in this State (viz., that the season 
opens for the shooting of grouse, quail, partridge, etc., on 
Aug. 15 instead of Sept. 15, as you have it) has been legal- 
ized by act of the Legislature. I am confident that this 
is true; and if I am trie first to give you notice of it 1 pre- 
sume 1 have the pleasure of hearing from you as per your 
offer. "J. L. F. B." 
[The Brief does not give Sept. 15 as the date on ruffed 
grouse, quail, pheasant, partridge, but it does give Oct. 1, 
and this is correct. If it is the practice of Illinois sports- 
men to shoot these birds from Aug. 15, where are the 
game wardens?] 
Powder. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
That 1 am gettmg to be an "old timer" there is very 
little doubt, for 1 began tramping the fields with another 
lad when 1 was only nine years old, and when Martin 
Van Buren occupied the White House. It is astonishing 
how the love of field sports will cling to a person, even to 
very old age. A few years since 1 was iu the ' 'line" off 
Stony Creek, Conn., coot shooting with a man ninety- 
four years old, and 1 can assure you that there were few 
in the party who enjoyed the sport more than he. 
This mtro powder tnat is so extensively used now, does 
not seem to "get there" with me like my old Hazard's 
Electric or No. 4 Duck Shooting. I have tried three differ- 
ent kinds with very unsatisfactory success, although they 
are ail very .pleasant to shoot as compared to black powder. 
I have best success with 2|drs. Schuitze primed withidr. 
fine black powder in my 12-bore 7iibs. 28in. cylinder 
barrel gun that I use for brush shooting, although thus 
far 1 have not done as well as with Bdrs. JSo. 3, Hazard's 
Electric, with loz. of No. 7 shoe driven by the last named 
load, if the bird was not more than oOyus. distant at the 
discharge of the gun. I presume some of the "later 
arrivals" will say l am an old fogy who wants to stick 
to old-fashioned things. All I have to say to that is, if 
some of them will take a tramp with me next November, 
I am inclined to think they will find me somewhat pro- 
gressive, if in my usual health. Simple Simon, 
Hartfokd, Conn. 
Mississippi Quail and Rambling Dogs. 
Blue Mountain, Miss. — Not seeing anything in the 
best paper on earth about the quail crop in this section I 
thought 1 would write you about it. W e have had a very 
favorable season for their laying and hatching, and no 
heavy rains nor overflowing to wash away or drown 
them, consequently they have done exceedingly well. 
Plenty of large bevies' about grown can now be seen. 
The same abundance of quad can be said of several 
adjacent counties, which information I get from reliable 
sources, Some friends report more than they ever saw 
before, I am proud to say that one reason the birds are 
