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We turn in our saddles and gaze long on the picture framed 
by the black walls of the valley and the dark blue sky above. 
The foreground meadows, bordered by waving bananas, with 
here and there the spike of a flowering century plant or plume 
of a palm. In the middle distance the town is only known 
among the dense tropical foliage of tree and vine, by the 
gleam of a white house or steeple and the masts rising from 
the inner harbor. Beyond the ocean long lines of white 
breakers marking the reef and separating the pale green of the 
shallower water trom the deep blue expanse of the slime-bear- 
ing Pacific. Only one ship in sight ; all her white sails spread 
to urge her onward away from a haven she seems loth to loave, 
as she rocks idly to and fro on the long swell. Near us the 
murmur of the little river tells where it winds through the 
valley. One does not need to eat “ Lotus day by day ” in this 
paradise to feel 
"flow sweet It were, hearing the downward stream, 
Wiih halt shut eyes, ever to seem 
Fulling asleep In a half dream, 
To dream and dream. 
“To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, 
And tender llneB of creamy spray. 
To lend our hearts and spirits wholly to the Influence 
Of ever ollered charm to every sense." 
For six miles of gentle but continuous ascent we followed 
the valley, which narrowed gradually, until just as the 
mountains seemed closiog in upon us we came suddenly on to 
a precipice as steep and abrupt as an Alpine pass, and a 
view of the fertile northern plain, checkered with fields of rice 
and cane, bounded as every island view is by the blue of the 
ocean. Our way was down well cut zig zags, then ten 
miles across the level to Kualoa. The next morning after a 
hasty look around the beautiful place, at the stock and a fine 
lot of pea fowl, which the Colonel keeps to protect his fields 
from grasshoppers, I was away northward across the plain, 
a long ride to Kahuku. It must be said right here, and might 
be dwelt on, thal no people have the art of hospitality more 
thoroughly learned than the Hawaiian, and my reception was 
genuinely cordial. The next morning after an early breakfast 
mine host said that he was not a mighty Nimrod, but having 
to ride some distance up the mountains to see how a certain 
herd was doing, he would show me a likely place for game 
on the way, appointing a rendezvous where we could dine in 
the open air on the mountain side. On the way, as he had 
promised, he pointed out a narrow valley thickly wooded, 
where, he said, a flock of turkeys had roosted the night before. 
With a “ Good luck to you ; bring us something to eat for 
dinner," he was off, and I turned toward the valley. My 
hunting has alwaysiieen more for the delight of the sense 
than for the slaughter of game, more to see them in their 
haunts than to bring them out, though the latter must be 
generally the result, and particularly such a day as this to 
sustain a sportsmanlike reputation, if possible, though the 
temptation was to sit down in the shade on the hillside in this 
air, too balmy to be felt, and smoke the day away, watching 
the ocean as it slept in the morning light, the shadows of the 
mountains, or the boatswain birds wheeling slowly among 
them, rather than rouse myself to tramp, or rather creep after 
the gobblers, though experience told me that the excitement 
would soon bring the right tone of feeling, and the tramp 
make the after rest more delicious. 
Leaving my horse with the boy I started up the valley 
alone with my rifle, watching and listening at every step. 
After a long careful hunt it seemed certain that they had left 
the place, when one of the flock in his chase after an unlucky 
“ hopper " appeared in a clearing two or three hundred yards 
away. To hide and wait developments was my immediate 
move. They were feeding toward me leisurely, not as if 
hungry, but more for the pleasure of the stroll, with an oc- 
casional tidbit of ripe guava or other delicacy thrown in. In 
fact, I was hunting with a sure thing on a dinner, but en- 
joying the sport of finding extras under pleasant circumstances. 
They came on, until within perhaps fifty yards of me, when 
the crack of my rifle sealed the doom of a fine young cock. 
The ball had struck him fairly in the head. As soon as he 
was “conscious of his death,” as the darkey said of the 
turtle, we sought the rendezvous where our jolly host was 
waiting. His cook had brought up all that was necessary for 
preparing the expected turkey, which, after being duly ad- 
mired, was given to him. We whiled away the time before 
dinner, and then sat down with good appetites and a bill of 
fare fit for a king. First course : Mullet cooked in the coals, 
a la Hawaiian ; piece de resistance, the turkey, washed down 
by claret, cooled in the spring at our side -, vegetables, bread 
fruit and dried bananas ; desert, oranges, from the tree over 
our heads, of a delicious spicy flavor ; guavas, from neighbor- 
ing bushes, with cream and sugar; Ohias, au nature ! ; a 
hunch of fine native bananas which grew handy ; fine old 
kona coffee and a beverage, to which limes, that the natives 
brought, added just the right smack, closed the repast. Our 
pipes and quiet talk held us until the lengthening shadows 
warned us homeward, where we arrived satisfied with a day 
well spent. A day such as can be had by any one visiting the 
“Happy Isles." B. 
NOTES FROM CALIFORNIA. 
Battle Mountain, up through Idaho, and in Oregon, and have 
been there os long as he has known the country. It seems to 
me, however, that— as one or the other must be mistaken— the 
latter is in some part iu error. It is possible that there have 
been a few chickens that far West for some years, and also 
that they are to be found in Idaho and Oregon. But it does 
not follow that of late the immigration this way has not in- 
creased, and that Mr. Redding— who has abundant means of 
acquiring information on such subjects, and who is as much 
interested in our game as he is in the introduction aud propa- 
gation of fish — is not really right after all. His connection 
with the Central Pacific 'as Laud Agent) takes him over tho 
entire route several times a year, and he has opportunities to 
observe for himself and to acquire information on such matters 
that few others possess. 
It is to be hoped that Redding is right iu this mutter, and 
that the prairie chickens are really coming this way, as they 
are a much needed addition to our stock of game birds. True, 
there are grouse in this couutry, but they inhabit the most in- 
accessible mountain tops iu the Sierra Navada and coast 
mountains, and are beyoud the reach of sportsmen who go out 
from our cities and valley towns for hunting. Deer, hares, 
rabbits, squirrels, geese, ducks, quail aud doves, we have 
plenty of, but those who used to hunt the prairie chickens out 
West think there can be no sport equal to that. 
Speaking of our California quail, 1 see that a correspondent 
of yours in one of the southern counties, says that dogs are of 
no use there in hunting these birds. I don t know what kind 
of ground they have there, but I have never seen any part of 
this State where quail could be successfully hunted without 
a dog. They may not when fir6t found lie very close, but 
after a shot or two they do, aud I have frequently had to kick 
them out of the grass or underbrush before they would tly, 
and they are a hard bird to find if not killed outright, lienee 
a good dog is indispeusible. Their worst habit is lighting on 
trees. A large covey may take to a tree, and it will require a 
keen eye to discover one of them. And the most provoking 
part of the business is, they always go out on the wrong side 
of the tree when they once make up their minds that they 
waut to go. Our mountain quail is a larger bird than the 
valley quail, and of quite different plumage, being about a 
third larger, aud nearly twice the size of the Bob Whites of 
the Eastern States. They are a hardy bird, and frequent the 
snow belt of the Sierras, where they ure plentiful. Their dis- 
tinguishing feature is a long plume, which, beginning on the 
top of the head and falling gracefully backward, extends 
down almost to the middle of the back. They are a very 
game bird, but steady flyers and are not hard to shoot for good 
wing shots. I learned the other day that down on one of the 
islands near the mouth of the Sacramento River (Andrus 
Island, I think) somebody is raising a lot of the genuine “Bob 
Whites,” brought out from the East. A gentleman told me 
he had seen the little fellows, aud knew he was not mistaken. 
I had not before heard of their introduction. Our mountain 
quail would be just the thing for the Middle States, and our 
valley quail for the Southern States. I wonder that some of 
the sportsmen back there don’t introduce them in considerable 
numbers. They can be had without difficulty, as a great many 
are trapped every year. They are so easily trapped, iu fact, 
that in some places they use them in the place of pigeons for 
pigeon shooting, the latter being very expensive— twenty-five 
cents a piece, generally. 
Some months ago our Fish Commissioners received from 
New Zealand four English pheasants (two cocks and two 
hens), in good condition. They got permission from the mili- 
tary commander of this department to turn them loose on 
Gout Island, in San Francisco harbor, where they have good 
cover and water. The island, also, has lots of quail. The 
Commander issued an order prohibiting shooting on the island 
until the birds might have time to multiply. Some weeks 
after they were put out the Commissioners went over to the 
island with a couple of cocker spaniels, aud found the birds 
all near together, the dogs putting them up, and they tak- 
ing wing as well as though “native to the manor born." It is 
hoped that they may live and increase, and it is thought they 
will, as our climate ought to be well adapted to them. 
Ducks and geese are here without number this year, the 
farmers in some localities having to bait the ground with 
poisoned grain to get rid of them. In a few weeks the snipe 
will be in. They do not stop hereabouts in the fall, as there 
are few spots where they can bore until the winter rains have 
softened the ground and produced temporary marshes. 
We have just had one of the worst storms that has visited 
us for years, and it is expected that— as in former cases— the 
wild pigeons will be compelled to leave their mountain haunts 
and come down into the oak grooves of the valleys to feed on 
acorns. There is a place a few miles from here where they 
came a few years ago by thousands, and afforded a mouth's 
sport of the be9t kind- If they come this year there will be 
grand fun, and I will detail some of it for your Eastern readers. 
There is one advantage we Californians have over our brethren 
of the North and East ; that is, we can shoot throughout the 
whole season, from September 15 to March 13, and generally 
the latter part of the season is best. The weather is mild and 
pleasant (when not raining), and if a person ain’t afraid of 
getting a wetting he can hunt every day through the winter. 
Sacramento , Cal., Jan. 15. Amigo. 
Comstock's. Tho “ Forgo House," and the ashing and hunting wll 
amply repay you. The road from Moose River to the “ Forgo House,' 
commencement of the Fulton Chain of Lakes, 1s tho worst l over saw, 
not excepting General Grant's campaign from Culpepper Court Qonse, 
May 4. 1S64, daylight, through Virginia, to the surrender, S:30 r. u., 
April 8, isos. The sublime still quiet of tho woods Is grand beyond 
description, aud affords muoh pleasuro to ono coming from tho large 
and uolsy city of New York. Nothing Is to be done for fourteen miles 
but to eujoy that supremo quiet which Is only found In tho woods and 
on the pralrlo. Holt Gate is a small body of water to the right of the 
road, icvon or eight miles out, barely discernible through tho woods, 
next tho old Arnold clearing, where In years goue by stood a hotol. 
Thlsls two and a half miles from tho “ Forge Uouao,"ovor good roads. 
If ono loaves Moose River at is a., the “ Forgo" can bo reached la flve 
or six hours, giving ample timo In tho woods. I have ^walked it in 
throe hours and forty-tlvo minutes, but I did it when tho roads woro 
good, and to satisfy myself that my powers of onduraucu were us good 
aa when tu the army. I presumo an ordinarily good pedestrlon can 
walk from Boouvlllo to the " Forgo Uoaao"— twonty-fonr miles— In 
nine hours. Parties golug Into tho woods generally reach the 
hotol from 0:30 p. m. lo T, from Boonvillo ; but podoa- 
trlans should start early, get Into the woods boforo the heat of the 
day, bring the hotol Into Bight ut four In the afternoon, take a bath In 
the lake and au hour's sloop boforo a good dinner at “ ConiBtoek’s.' 
This Is, by all odds, the best kept bouso In tho woods. If ono will bear 
In mind that all supplies must bo brought In on the mow. Pilules here 
determine at which luke of tho chain they will go Into oamp. 
Ono can remain at tho hotol for $2 per day, 6u cents a day for boats, 
aud 13 per duy for guides. Special arrangements can bu umdo much 
cheaper, according to time or number. At Ed Arnold's, head of Now 
Luke, one cau board lu a log cablo at $1 per day, and sometimes can 
arruugu to have a bout at $l per week— bed and beard first class. 
Nothing can be dono without a boat ; there are no roads, and, without 
a guide, oue would soon gut lost. Alter a night's rest and a good break- 
fast at the “ Forgo,” wo como to tho Hshlog. There uro always from 
one to six guides ut the hotel, who may bo engaged ahead by letter. 
They are all good, Industrious, honest meu, young uud old, ouru their 
throe dollars per day with whomovor they go, and liavo beau lu the 
business from ouo to forty years; know tho wosds, lukos and rivers, 
how the Osh run nml where they llo at difloront times of the year to a 
certulnty. Three dollars per day Is tho prlco, board lueludcd ; but after 
one has been out a fow times they can soon learn to And tho spring 
boles la which the speckled lie without the expense of u guide, Ouo who 
wishes to travel cheaply cau write to Ed Arnold, Boonvillo, and ho cau 
gel accommodated for seven to eight dollars per week, bout Included. 
Let him HI out with (ly rail, four dozon good, assorted dies, a half dozen 
eleven feet leaders, good reel and oil Hue of ubout Ofty to sevcnty-Ove 
feet, all coaling from 115 to $T5, as ono feels he cau oflord ; u pack bas- 
ket and trout busket, which cun bu had for {0 or IS ; a couple woolen 
shirts, Jblue In color, one to put oa before leavlug home, the other to be 
packed lu bosket; a change of uudcrelothlng, a common tin drinking 
oup, needles, thread, etc., uud whatever other little urtlolcs ono nwy 
think he needs to mako good wear and tear. Tho whole outat wll 
weigh from twonty-Uvc to thirty pouuds, and should bo carried on the 
back, with nothing swinging below tho lilpa or on tho side. Thousands 
go into the woods who carry a great nurnhor of avtlolcs they never And 
use for. A good woolen blanket strapped on lop of a pack basket or 
knapsack will be found Indeapenaablo to those Intending to camp ont In 
a bark shanty, of which there are quite a Dumber on (be different lakes 
very handsomely situated, aud all ready waiting for occupants. Who- 
ever reaches them Arst la “owner of all he surveys, his right there Is 
none to dispute.” A gill of tar of oil, to bo had lu auy drug storo for 
twenty cents, kept well corked In a bottle, must not bo forgotten, to 
keep away tho punkles uud moBqnltoes. Tobacco smoke Is also a good 
preventive. Tho Ales last from warm sprlog antll about tho middle 
of August. Without oil of tar 1 ulwuys;found It Impossible to Osh a 
spring hole. Ed Arnold's I found a very convenient and central place 
lo stop, at the head of the Third Lake, overlooking a beautiful sheet of 
wuter, about a mile long and the same distance wide. From tho top 
of the log house ono cun see the speckled aud salmon trout Jumping all 
over this mile square la the early morning, up to about noon every day 
from Avo to twenty at u lime, In different directions. Arnold’s Is a 
couple of miles from Big Moose Carry and Fourth Lake, six to eight 
miles from Big Moose Lake, which IS ubout Ave miles long by one 
wide, very deep In some places, picturesque, haudsomo and full of 
speckled and salmon trou', the salniou weighing from one to twenty- 
live pounds, very solid and cold when taken out of about forty feet of 
water on a hot day In July or August. Into Big Moose quite a deop.wlde 
stream Oows from the upper and Northern oud, which 1s also full of 
large speckled trout. Big Moose Carry, by way of Fourth Lake, loav- 
lug Third Lake and Arnold's early after breoRfost, Is the route gene- 
rally taken to the North Branch of Big Moose River for speoklod trout 
When in tho spring holes go Into camp lu the vicinity of tho Indian 
Hole Orel night out. Next mornlog, at tho peep of day, Ash the Indian 
Hole, then breakfast, make tho carry around the riffs, and. If tho day 
turns out cloudy, Osh dowu the river and up the mum brunch to Com- 
stock's. Then you are ready for a Ove-mllo run through tho First 
Second and Third lakes, back to camp. A small broiling iron, made 
of One wire, will bo fouud very convenient for cooking Ash on such 
an expedition as this. From Camp Arnold a party can go to Little 
Moose Lake, about eight miles distant, making one carry and return tho 
same day, but will And It much more pleasant to Ash tho spring holes 
late, go Into camp for the night, and return to camp next day, Ashing 
before sunrise. Fish In any of the other lakes can ho taken the same 
way, returning same day or not as one feels disposed. 1 speak of this 
plan more particularly on account of Invalids, who muy not have the 
strength to endure thelfatlgue. Now, as to expenses : Fare from New 
York to Utica, $5; Utica to Boonvllle, *1.4-1 ; horse to carry baggage and 
fisherman from May's Hotel to Forge Honse, |6 ; May's Hotel, supper, 
lodging und breakfast, $1.80. I would recommend to those who o&n walk 
to do so by all means, as they will feel muoh fresher next duy and more 
amblUou9 to take the trout on the Ay than If they had come over the 
rough road horseback. Sixteen dollars will pay all expenses to and 
from Brown's tract ; $36, tf one has a horse, both waye. Fifty dollars 
will give one three or four weeks In the woods, covering all expenses— 
even fcjo, If parties travel In threes and six, aa the boats oannot well 
carry more than throe at one time. All this small sum of money your 
doctor and druggist will undoubtedly fed deprived of. Flt Rod. 
A Valuable Reoipb.— C ut this out and paste it in your hat 
It may some day save the life of your mother in-law 
“ A man who bad announced his first attack of rheumatism 
learned in one-half an hour that the following would cure it : 
Iodide of potassium, quinine, glauber salts, odious, raw lemons, 
raw silk, oil silk, gin and tansey, rock caodv and whisky, 
Turkish baths, a potato carried in his pocket, a horse chestnut 
carried in his pocket, an eel 6kiu around his leg, a suit of red 
fiaunel, chloroform liniment, hot lemonade, a trip South, a dry 
atmospherfl, equable temperature, sulphur baths, mustard and 
hot water, camphor liniment, and electricity." 
—A few gentlemen wishing to Join a Arst-ciass shooting and Ashing 
association can hear of a favorable opportunity by addressing Gaju, 
this office.— (Ad 
J N a recent Issue of the Forest and Stream, I noticed a 
statement or report to the effect that prairie chickens are 
working their way toward this coast. The report probably 
originated from information given by one of the California 
State Fish Commissioners, Hon. B. B. Redding, himself au 
ardent sportsman, to one of our local papers. Mr. Redding, 
who doubtless knows what prairie chickens are, spoke very 
confidently of their having migrated as far west as Battle 
Mountain, Nevada, on the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, | 
n considerable numbers, and said that their advent in that 
quarter was a matter of surprise as well as joy to the inhabit- 
ants thereabouts. He thought, however, the hundred-mile 
(or more) Humboldt Desert, which lies to the west of Battle 
Mountain, would be an obstacle in the way of their direct 
migration toward the Pacific slope ; but that the birds would 
probably work north and around the desert, and finally find | 
their way down into our California valleys. A few weeks ! 
ago I was speaking of this matter to a well-known sportsman 
of this city,' who, almost every season, spends some weeks in 
Eastern Nevada shooting sage-hens, etc., and be quite posi- 
tively contradicted the statement relative to any recent immi- , 
gration of prairie chickens from the far West to that section. 
He asserts that there have been some there for many years, and 
hat the birds have been and are now found to the north of . 
A MONTH IN THE ADIRONDACKS 
FOR $50. 
To those who have but a limited, summer vacation, and who 
must return to their posts at a certain day and hour, the fol- 
lowing statistical account of my experience in the North 
Woods may be of value : 
“I left New York on tbe special express, 10:8<> a. m„ Hudson River and 
N. Y. C. RK.; rescued Utica 5:63 r. u.; took tbe Black River and Utica 
RR. for Boonvllle, and reached Boonvllle, tblriy-Ave miles from 
Utica, about Sp. m. Remained over night at Geo. May’s, Hurlburt 
House; $2 a day; omnlbas and porters In attendance lo convey pas- 
sengers and baggage to hotel free of charge. At 8 4, 2. I ►tarted for 
the woods snd Fulton chain of lakes, twenty-four miles distant, 
twelve miles over moantalnu and rolling country, a few miles through 
deep sandy ents and over high saady mountains, to Sand HUI. From 
this hill to Moose River, about six miles, road very good In ordlnnry 
ilry weather— goodawhoellng and walking. Moose River Is reached 
about noou, a very small town, with a hotel near the River. Baik 
peelers aud taDners are the chief Inhabitants. Moose River D crossed 
by on old, wide scow-bnat that won Arst prize In the Harlem regatta - 
distance, one mile and return ; time, seventeen hours Ufty-Ave minute# 
aud forty-Ove seconds. At any rate, the genteel boy will ferry one 
across free of charge, unless odo foels Oush, and can contribute a dime. 
The sportsman then begins his travels In Brown's Tract. The 
pleasures of the woods begin here. Do not feci dlsoonraged at the 
acres of mud and stagnant water enoountered In the fourteen miles 
