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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Makch II, 1899. 
display a full line of th^ir famous sporting and militarv 
nlies in stands Nos. 87 and 88. There are pretty, low- 
priced specimens, and again there are specimens' of the 
finest finish, which are higher priced, but gems of util- 
ity and art. The i6-gauge hammerless, the elegantly 
finished target rifles, and the auxiliarj^ rifle barrels are 
all arms which will invite the attention of the sports- 
men. Mr. W. F. Haight is in charge. 
GUN BORE TREATMENT CO. 
The Gun Bore Treatment Co., of 7 Warren street, 
New York, occupy stand No. 93. They exhibit many 
samples of the value of their art. as shown by barrels 
which have been treated in comparison with barrels 
which have not. , Mr. Edward A. Rice, assisted by Mr. 
Neaf x\pgar, is in charge, 
G. W. COLE & CO. 
In stand No. 90 Messrs, G. W. Cole & Co. display 
their well-known lubricant and rust preventive, 3 in 
I, esteemed and used by bicyclists, owners of guns, 
rifles, etc. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. 
The Page Woven Wire Fence Co., of Adrian, Mich., 
occupy stand No. 91. Models and pictures illustrating 
the utility and neatness of the fence in actual use are on 
exhibition, and^the merits of their product are ably ex- 
plained by Mr. W. A. Hoisington. 
THE MARINE EXHIBITS. 
The nautical part of the show is so meager as to war- 
rant the supposition that the management does not con- 
sider yachting, canoeing and rowing as representative 
American sports worthy of recognition on an equal footing 
with field sports. There are no exhibits of yachts or yacht 
models, no rowing boats, and no canoes except one of the 
Maine wood and canvas canoes used by the Indians in 
their camp, and in the tank. Some rolls of birch bark 
have be€n_ provided from which the Indians will make a 
canoe in view of the spectators, an operation which should 
be extremely interesting. At the present time, when there 
is such a lively interest in yachting, a good collection of 
designers' and builders' models would prove a great at- 
traction, but thus far nothing of the kind has been at- 
tempted at any of the shows. 
The one exhibit which appeals m 'ariy w'Jijyr ^^ 'yachts- 
men is that of gasoline boats and motors. This exhibit, it 
may be said, is purely an engineering one ; where the hulls 
are shown, either by models or in the actual .craft, they 
are with a few exceptions notably bad.. As a clas.s, they 
show no evidences of skillful and deliberate design, but 
rather of being whittled out at odd times by engineers and 
machinists. It is surprising that as the success of any 
launch engine depends really on the performance of the 
boat as a whole, those who build engines pay no attention 
whatever to the hulls in which they are placed : except as 
to the amount of brass and mahogany which can be car- 
ried without sinking the boat. Those who are interested 
in the power launch, which is growing in popularity every 
year, are able to inspect and compare a number of different 
makes of engines. 
The Daimler Manufacturing Com.pany exhibits this year 
three of its engines, the Daimler Marine Motor. One of 
these is a double engine of 35 H. P., one of 16 H. P. and 
one of 4 H. P. A small model . of g®od design shows one 
of the company's 50ft. cabin yachts, with 16 H.. P. motor, 
the model being complete in all details of cabin, etc. 
Several other firms show motors of various descrip- . 
tions. 
TAXIDERMY. 
In stand No. 50, on the left of the entrance, Thomas 
W. -Fraine, of Rochester, shows a series of admirably 
mounted heads of caribou from Newfoundland, moun- 
tain sheep and Virginia deer, all most artistically dis- 
posed. 
In spaces Nos. 68-70, W. W. Hart & Co., of New 
York, make a display of heads and other trophies. Most 
interest, naturally, is shown in the large collection of 
remarkable moose horns from Alaska, some description 
of which was given in a recent issue of this journal. 
Look Out for tKc Engine. 
The Bang-or Daily Commercial reported the otlier day that one 
of the trains of the Bangor & Aroostook Raih'oad had barely 
escaped running down a bull moose on the track. 
On the day following the publication of the story of the bucking 
moose, Gerieral Manager Cram, of the Bangor & Aroostok Rail- 
road, received the following communication from Chairman 
Carleton, of the Game Commission: 
Augusta, Feb. 22.— Hon. F. W. Cram, V. P. and G. M., B & 
A. R. R., Bangor, .Me. : My dear sir — I inclose herewith clippings 
from the Bangor Commercial of Feb. 21, which explains itself, 
also a copy of the law pertaining to the protection of moose. 
I_ regret exceedingly that it i)ecomes my dut.v to complain 
against this corporation, which is otherwise so well behaved, for 
violation of the game laws. It is the opinion of the Commis- 
sioners that we cannot permit railroads to go on wounding 
and maiming and disfiguring moose indiscriminately. It is the 
opinion of the Commissioners that a general order should be issued 
by the management of the B. & A. R. R. to your emplo.yees. 
that when they see a big bull moose approaching they should 
immediately stop' the train and let him proceed on his way un- 
molested and undisturbed.. 
_ Before taking further action in this matter, however, we should 
like to receive your explanation, if you have any. as to why j'ou 
should not be proceeded against for hunting this moose, as" in 
such case is made and provided by the law of the land. 
I have the honor to be, very respectfully yours, 
(Signed) L. T. Carleton, Chairman. 
Replying to Commissioner Carleton, Mr. Cram wrote as follows: 
Feb, 23, 1899.— Hon. L. T. Carleton, Chairman Fish and Game 
Commissioners, Augusta, Me.: My dear sir— Your letter of Feb. 
22, with clippings attached, is received. It throws a flood of light 
upon a very perplexing question. Manifestly those in charge 
of live stock have no right to willfully or carlessly permit it to 
run at large in highways or upon the right of way of a railroad 
company. As an example, and a warning, every oSender 
should, we believe, be brought to book. The difficulty has V)een 
to fix responsibility. It is apparent from your comnivinication that 
you admit the trespassing live stock to be in your charge. We 
will accordingly ask the Supreme Court to try you out. The- 
proceedings can best be conducted, I am .sure, in or near the 
pasturing grounds. I suggest therefore the top of Mt. Katahdin 
as the place, and April 1 as the date for the hearing. ' 
If this does not meet with your approval, and you. see fit to 
pay this company $1,000,000 in settlement for annoyances, so far 
and give a satisfactory bond to keep your derned critters off 
the tracks from this forward, we will, with the approval of the 
petitioners for a 2 cent per mile interchangeable ticket and 
their counsel, let you off. This proposition without prejudice 
to the rights of either party, and to remain open just two 
minutes after vou have received it. Yours truly 
(Signed) F. W Cram, V, P. and Gen'l ^.^qager.. 
Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable 
to advertise them in Forest and Stkkau. 
Red Letter Days. 
m.— Trout Fishing. 
The man of leisure is a rare bird in this western 
world, particularly in these days of unrest, when almost 
everybody has a dozen irons in the fire, a score of jobs 
on hand, and when of the few it can be said they toil 
not. How enviable the position, therefore, of the man 
who, having earned relaxation, can now pitch his tent 
under the greenwood tree or on the bank of one of 
America's grand rivers, with time for reflection, his 
tastes and sensibilities gently leading him in the direc- 
tion of sport in forest and on stream. 
It was my happy lot thus to pitch my tent for many a 
year on one of the. most picturesque spots of that part of 
picturesque Canada, the bank of the St. John River. I 
could command a certain amount of leisure, and I lost 
no opportunity in winter and summer, with rod and 
gun, in seeking and finding sport to my heart's content. 
The birch bark canoe being the only means of transport 
in summer, the toboggan for provisions in winter, I 
had almost become an authority as to the geography of 
the country, as to the sources and courses of its nu- 
merous rivers, as to the whereabouts of the many chains 
of caribou barrens, and the favorite haunts of moose in 
secluded woodlands. In my many trips to the old 
country, in the capacity of globe trotter, I could not re- 
sist the temptation at the ri.sk of being considered a 
bore— one- given to relating marvellous traveler's stories 
—of pointing out to all seeking such information, that 
there is a field for the emigrant and the sportsman in the 
land of the setting sun. where the most bloodthirsty 
sportsman can be satisfied, and where with rod and gun 
he can say from his heart, enough. I could not help 
seeing a certain look of incredulity coming over the face 
of my nearest and dearest friend as I related these 
wonderful stories, though I had purposely endeavored 
to keep within reasonable bounds, as to the picture I 
drew of size and weight of fish, width of horns, etc.. of 
moose, caribou and deer. This was sufficient to Irv the 
temper of the most angelic man, I could only* say: 
"Come and see." It thus came about that two of my 
best friends (one a canon of the Anglican Church, the 
other a country squire), two of the most genial com- 
panions, the keenest .sportsmen, and with an abundant 
stock of varied information and experience, resolved 
to pay me a visit to my Canadian home, accept iny in- 
vitation to test the accuracy of ray .stories, or (o put it 
in fine language, the foundation of my picturesque, if 
somewhat fanciful, description of sport in these parts- 
Meanwhile, I had shifted camp from the bank of the 
St. John River, in New Brunswick, to that of the Ot- 
tawa River, in Ontario, and I had not time to acquire 
knowledge of the new countiy. The time selected for 
my friends' visit was unfortunate, it being midsummer, 
neither good for testing rod or gun. I was therefore 
rather handicapped in my efforts to show .sport. Our 
first expedition, alas, was an ntter failure. The Gatncau 
River was the route, a chain of lakes in the region of 
Kazabazna— within easy reach of the Nortli Pole— the 
proposed fishing ground; the time, as already stated, that 
which suits the convenience of every conceivable insect 
of attack; means of locomotion shaky in the extreme — 
rickety wagon over rough and mUddy roads, leaky canoe 
and ill-constructed catamaran on the lakes. Trout, more- 
over, were scarce— mere pan fish— and these would only 
rise in early morn or late evening, leaving the three 
fishermen during the hot summer's day open to the at- 
tacks of the insect pests, without any means of defense. 
To pass the time we resorted to our boyhood's plan of 
tickling fish — suckers assembled in cool brooks from the 
heated water of the lakes — and in this we were marvel- 
lously successful. But it was a novel sight, three individ- 
uals, who had at least passed the days of boyhood, the 
canon being one, adopting the prone position on the 
bank of the brook, engaged in the tickling process; and 
as each succeeded in securing a sleeping beauty (?) in 
the palm of his hand, it was speedily flung on the bank, 
amid a shout of applause. Afterward these fish were 
distributed among the neighbors, proving excellent for 
the table. 
All the same this expedition did not by any means 
meet the expectations of any member of "the party, so 
that "Is this all the sport you can show'us?'' was on the 
hps, if not actually expressed by my companions. 
It was evident that I had necessarily to take some act- 
ive step to regain what I had lost of fame as a voyageur 
of repute, as a safe steersman and guide. Having resorted 
to niy well-worn map of the maritime provinces, and 
pointed out the different desirable round-trip routes for 
canoes and canoeists, from personal experience,' our 
minds were quickly made up. We three, with the acqui- 
sition of my better half (well trained in roughing it and 
skilled in the commissariat department) resolved to turn 
our steps eastward. Steamer to Quebec; train (Inter- 
colonial) to Campbell; thence by Restigouche, Upsal- 
quitch, rivers, the lakes, Nepiseguit, Tobique and St. 
John rivers, by canoe, to Fredericton and St. John, if , 
necessary, making a round trip of several hundred miles, 
much of which was, even to me. over new- grounds, not 
having previously visited the Upsalquitch region. In 
order to facilitate our transit, I arranged that 'at the 
same time that we should start from Campbellton in three 
canoes, up the Restigouche River, with Mic-ATac In- 
dians, four Milicete Indians, with four of their smaller 
canoes, should leave their camp at the mouth of the 
Tobique River and proceed to meet us wherever that 
meeting should take place, on lake or river, and thus 
enable the Mic-Mac Indians, on the relief taking place, 
to return to their homes on the bank of the Restigouche 
River. All this was satisfactorily carried out. 
It is not ni)'^ present intention to give details of this 
delightful round-trip canoe voyage. T merch^ desire 
refer to one inddent, which J cannot easily forget. ' 
We arrived at Nepiseguit Lake late in the evening, 
barely in time to camp and cut wood before night set 
in._ Having killed some fine 2-pounder ttout in Neise- 
guit River before reaching the lake on the prevoius 
evening, my friends determined to try back, contrary 
to my advice, 'for I. from long experience, had spotted 
a pool, or hole, near our camp, which as a cool retreat 
for trout in midsummer, I considered superior to any 
fishing grounds we had yet found. "Two-pounders are 
good enough for us," they replied, in answer to my en- 
treaties to try this pool. Off they went, therefore, at an 
early hour in their canoes, leaving me in full possession 
of the big hole, as we called it. I took it easy, without 
a great variety of flies, with light rod and strong landing 
net. I cast" my first fly with full confidence of success. 
Scarcely had the fly touched the water than was in a 
fish, a good one, and from that moment until I had 
quite filled a space between two rocks on the bank with 
monsters, I was kept busy hooking, playing and land- 
ing fine trout, until I gave it up, having had fish and 
fishing enough to please the most ardent admirer of the 
gentle art. 
Later my brother sportsmen were observed paddling 
hard to camp for the midday meal, eager to show the re- 
sults of their morning's work, and soon they held up 
to our view some fine specimens of trout (they had only 
killed about a dozen fish), shouting, "I told you so!" 
for they were quite proud of their sport. A peep, how- 
ever, into my larder, a veritable fishery exhibition, took 
the wind out of their sails and reminded even the canon 
that experience— the experience of an old settler — 
teaches, • 
This was for nle and mine (for my wife shared my 
joy) a red-letter day. 
Fishing Up and Do"wn the Potomac. 
Edward's Ferry. 
We have been to Leesburg on one oi our former 
trips, btit this time a team and double-seated dayton 
are waiting at the station platform, our grips and rod 
cases are stowed away and strapped behind, and before 
tlie train is out of sight, we three are hurrying as iniit 
as the good gray mare can take vis to the month oi 
Goose Creek, five or six miles away. At the Creek 
we find the ferry boat, a primitive scow, flat, with 
aprons at either end to drive on and off and fold, tip for 
an end gate, when we are launched. 
The engineer is an ancient colored citizen, who 
handles the propelling pole with a d^terity and deliber- 
ation which could only come with long practice. 
Botli the team and the ferry belong to olir landlord, 
who has been warned of our coming and has sent for us. 
Wc stroll about the quarterdeck of the scow and 
watch the minnows and pebbles in the shallow water- 
it is late, and we had not counted on doing my harder 
work this evening than eating the supper that awaits its: 
but a bass rising in the clear water,, is too much, aiid two 
whose hoHday is limited to twenty-fotir hours decide tc 
make the most of it, unlimbcr the cases and fit the tackle 
for fifteen minutes under some inviting willows nn tlu- 
further shore, near .the landing, pljtce. 
The driver goes on to. the house with the friend, whose 
particular haunt this -is, at who.sc suggestion we had 
come, and who expects to spend the next ten days here, 
where he quietly puts in a week or two every year, and 
who is therefore not so impatient this first evening as. 
we are. 
We try 'the shofe' f&r" a" v6tiplc of hundred yniTh. Inn 
the willows are provokiiigly close to the water, and it 
is shoal- too far out for a cast froan tlie bank, wherf 
one is in plain vie\«'. A rise or two, and one foot-long 
bass, which is straightway returned, is the sura total of 
reward for our efforts, but we see fish rising freely 
further out beyond our reach, and vowing to bring 
to net on the morrow the identical individuals now 
tantaUzing us, we do up and make for tlie lnjusc and 
supper. 
Our friend has made himself at home, spread out 
his belongings, and w'ith some ceremony introduces us 
to a compound of his own concoction, the ingredient.s 
of which are a secret, but cracked ice and sprigs of mint 
are in evidence, and the general result is satisfactory. 
-A.fter supper we find our boatmen and arrange for our 
morning rendezvous and the campaign for the next day, 
atid then retire early, with the soft m.urmitr of the waters, 
a gentle breeze among the pines and poplars, and the 
katydids in the big trees about the house making "one 
grand, sweet song," a lullaby that no. insomnia could 
resist. 
When we make our start in the morning, we find - 
that our boatmen Icnow nothing" about fly -fishing, and 
are to be of little help tq Us in finding the fish. They 
know well the deep places, where one may anchor the 
boat and catch bass with a minnow, but have never 
paid any attention to shallow haunts, where the fly 
has the advantage, and it is to be a case of chuck and 
chance it for ns; if we are lucky ettough to find the good 
places, it is more 'than we have a right to e.Kpect in the 
few hours we are to have here. 
Goose Creek opposite is very low, but also very 
muddy, and is discharging a lazy current of chocolate 
that hugs the bank and will not much disturb us so far 
as the main river is concerned, but we are disappointed 
not to be able to try its lower waters, for marvelous 
stories have been told of the number and size of the 
bass which have been taken here. However, it has been 
agreed that we are to go down, and we drift along shore 
for a while, but the water is slow and shallow, and we 
get nothing but the big sttnfish; then we strike some 
rocks that make out into the river, and here we do 
better and pick up a few little bass, but nothing worth 
the keeping; then out across a carp wallow with muddy 
bottom, with now and then the dorsal of a big fellow 
showing. These places seem to be avoided by the bass, 
and any effort to secure them in t'nesc preserves of the 
carp are failures. 
They are usually 5 or 6ft. deep, and kept muddy prob- 
ably by the carp rooting in the bottom, and the mttd 
alone is enough to make the holes disagreeable for the 
nobler fish, The carp sometimes comes \q the suffcice 
