May, 1921 
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half-human scream was repeated. We 
were all alert and caught the rise and 
fall of the weird voice distinctly. For 
half an hour we waited in silence but 
it came no more. Many times since we 
four have met and lived over in our 
minds the experiences of that camp, re- 
calling always that unknown voice of 
the night. In quality, and volume, and 
disturbing expression, it was different 
from the other sounds of the woods and 
its every tone remains with us yet as 
one of the fascinating recollections of 
camping days. 
It will be a long time before most of 
us are able to recognize all the animate 
sounds that may be heard in .a night’s 
ramble through even the most familiar 
woods. The true lover of untamed nature 
will look upon the mysterious sounds 
of the forest, not as indications of the 
presence of haunting dangers, but, 
rather, as signs of his own ignorance; 
and will be impelled thereby to search 
more carefully for hidden secrets. 
While the strongholds of wild life are 
being broken up in the destruction of 
the native forests, there is compensation 
in the fact that great numbers of our 
cherished bird and mammal species still 
persist in their somewhat altered habi- 
tats and are ever ready to give us vocal 
exhibitions of their innate wildness. 
FOUR DAYS ON 
THE COWASSELON 
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stream and “dry.” Yet my largest 
speckled trout was taken while fishing 
downstream and “wet.” It was my first 
opportunity of trying for “brownies,” 
and I was curious to see if an experi- 
ence gained by taking brook trout and 
rainbows would go far. 
Jack led the way in his dust-wagon, 
first over the smooth state road, then 
over the rougher and dustier dirt road, 
where often the guide was merely the 
dusty cloud that traveled just ahead, 
eight miles to the upper valley. Camp 
was pitched and fishing soon followed. 
W E made camp in a pleasant 
meadow valley not ten feet from 
the stream, just at the edge of a 
little wood. Not twenty feet away, be- 
gan one of the toughest tangles on the 
brook. The camp consisted of a “pup” 
style tent and a Forester’s; and many 
and weighty were the arguments over 
the respective merits of each style. In 
front of the Forester’s tent, was the 
fire by which we cooked in the day- 
time, and whose warmth tempered the 
chilly August evenings. 
My first afternoon on the stream 
brought a few rises, but nothing more, 
probably the result of lack of acquaint- 
ance with the stream and a wrong se- 
lection of flies. 
Jack, a business man with many busi- 
ness cares, passed the nights with us 
and returned to town in the morning. 
The next day, I accepted his invitation 
to ride down to the “stone arch,” and 
then fished upstream to camp — about 
three miles. 
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