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the 
ancient 
have ns believe, 
intom Falls. One 
! ' * — — 
- nml nirreed very well with Julia, for Julia 
° f nwa to do 1 all the talking, nml Bello was willing s be 
Z d Mr D w! u lawyer, but seemed interested in 
se ion title pursuits, for he wits heard at times, especially on 
the carries, to talk about damming the lakes. Which of 
IK three U the author of this production the reader may 
dC 0 u| C trip might have ended here, so far as lake traveling 
was concerned, but for the story of ‘ 
Julia thought a fiction, by Rev. Romancer Murray, but the 
credibility of which tale was indorsed by a very respect- 
able gentleman, a fro«,uenter of 
whom we all had the highest rcgwd • ? f “ if and ad® 
of the occurrence on Forked or Raqnette Lakes, and ad 
vised us °hy no means to return without sai.sfy.ng our- 
Jdv. s as to the reality of the apparition. Incredulous, In- 
deed must have been the person who could disregard 
advice of this eloquent tlshermnn, who, like the 
mariner,” convinced us of all lie would 
and accordingly we pressed on to "ha 
day wo spent in a visit to the falls, and on the adjacent 
hank devoured our lunch while mosquitoes devoured us, 
but no phantom appeared, probably because m daylight it 
would not he visible, so we contented ourselves with sur- 
veying the rapids ami falls, and selecting the safest way 
down in case we had to make that descent of forty feet 
and concluded thul the falls was an excellent institution 
for making phantoms of those who wen over them Rest- 
ing a day, we went on to Forked and Raqnette Lakes. 
Here we left hotels behind us, and had either to camp oil 
the shore or content ourselves with the limited accommo- 
dations of the hermit Alva Dunning’s bark shanty on 
Osprey Island, formerly the rendezvous of Murray. This 
last we chose, reasoning that If we were at the spot where 
SI array hail been we should probably see what Murray 
saw. Supper concluded, we took our stations by our blaz- 
ing fire near the shore and watched patiently the different 
points wherever might be expected to appear the appari- 
tion we looked for. Most beautiful and romantic was the 
lake by daylight, hut doubly so at night, when its waters 
glimmered faintly in the starlight. Well might it have 
been the home of the red man, though now the frequenters 
of the place 
"Are principally while 
With nary rod.'' 
I Surely those horn and reared on its shores must have been 
men tall and straight, like the pines on the neighboring 
hills, and maidens as lovely as the smaller evergreens that 
fringe the shore. And if ever their spirits return to haunt 
the 'eat tli, no other place would more likely he the scene 
they would revisit. 
The night wore on; our watching seemed unavailing; all 
had chosen their respective resting places, and the writer 
watched alone. Whether sleep overcame my eyes as I 
cnzeil entranced on the scene, I cannot say. Suddenly the 
dogs changed their harking to a mournful howl, and wliin- 
ine, slun loiwny, and around a distant point appeared a 
misty figure in a dark canoe. Slowly it glided along the 
shore till opposite the smouldering remains of our fire. 
Tl,c figure anil boat seemed like that described by Murray. 
Her boat just touched the shore, and she raised heiself up, 
ami, looking toward the lire, beckoned, when another fig- 
ure. seemingly of a young while man, clad in a hunting 
garii. emerged troin the gloom and stepped into the canoe, 
which iustnnlly moved to the north. Just then a fearful 
war-whoop rung from the other direction, and two canoes, 
appai cully filled with Indians, dashed into sight ami fol- 
lowed the retreating boat, which was now moving swiftly 
invay. Far over the lake they rushed, pursuer and pur- 
sued in the direction of the river, and disappeared in the 
darkness. Lonely I remained spell-bound, unable to move. 
No desire to join in that ghostly nocturnal chase animated 
me, ami when power of motion returned I forbore to rouse 
Uie slumhcrcrs, or even to awaken the guides, hut let them 
enjoy the sleep they had hardly earned; nor did I tell them 
the story for fear I should be laughed at and accused of 
Seeing things in my dreams. I could not hope to overcome 
public incredulity when Murray had failed. But I concluded 
that tiiis was not a healthy spot for a permanent residence, 
ami wondered no longer that the house on the opposite 
i point was deserted, and that the hotel below had not been 
a success. , , , ... 
[ When the morning broke the lake was shrouded in mist, 
i ami the guides said: “Alvy has been out jack shooting and 
got lost in the fog, and warn’t home yet." I inquired if 
they hud heard nothing during the night? They replied 
they had heard Alvv shoot both barrels of his gun "to 
l oust," und he probably hud some venison. But lie came 
B bade without any, ami said lie had uot fired lus gun all 
uieht We were further informed that the dogs had been 
making a wonderful row in the harking way all night long, 
f but how the guides could know all this and snore so steadily 
is a conundrum we give up. We three held a council of 
war on the subject the next morning, hut did uot take the 
guides into our confidence. We decided that Murray s 
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MANITOBA-No. 2. 
phantom had been reinforced; that it was not udvisnble to 
make further investigations on the subject at present, and 
it was resolved to postpone a further campaign till next 
season, when Mr. 1). has promised not to sleep so soundly. 
As to whether an apparition really appeared, the writer can 
only tell of what was, or seemed to he, visible tolhe writer 
whether sleeping or waking, and refer the reader to the 
Rev. Mr. Murray as to the probability of its reality. As 
soon as the mist rose we paddled away, and the last sound 
wc heard as we left Raqnette Lake was the loon s mocking 
■laugh. , 
On our return to Long Lake Julia commenced an mves- 
I ligation in the use of firearms and the method of their dis- 
charge, as the base-hoard of her room will show, , not rc- 
p fleeting that it is only a substance which stops a bullet that 
is harmed thereby, and a phantom would suffer u<> nicon- 
I venience from having a morsel of lead through even the 
I most vital part. The corduroy between Long Lake ami 
I Scliroon nearly obliterated the recollection of anything so 
Kcvnuescciit as a phantom, but with rest has strength ic- 
turned, anil a memory of our adventures, uud we have 
written as nearly as we can for Mr. N. a dairy of our ex 
Bjpericnccs ut Phantom Falls. 
Phicventive Aciainst Moths.— A very pleasant perfume 
and ulso preventive against moths, may be made of the 
following ingredients: Take of cloves, carraway seed, 
I nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and touquin beans, of each one 
K ounce, then add as much florentine orrisroot as will equa 
the other ingredients put together. Grind the whole well 
to powder, and put It in little hags among your clothes, 
&c. This will unswur. 
I N pursuance of my promise in my last paper I will make 
a few remarks on buffalo hunting and antelope shoot- 
ing in Manitoba. First, for the buffaloes I must remark 
that 1 do not speak from personal experience regarding it, 
hut I know the country they inhabit so well, and have 
heard so much of the sport and so many descriptions of its 
various characteristics from half-breed hunters and gentle- 
men of the Boundary Survey, who met and killed them in 
huge q nudities, that I feel almost ns if I had engaged in n 
hunt myself, nml from which, to my disgust, I was debarred 
by huving to ride hack with dispatches from Cypress Hills 
before we met any last Summer. I have had plenty of pig 
sticking in India anil pig hunting in New Zealand (very 
different descriptions of sport, these. 1 In New Zealand 
you hunt the wild pig with two very heavily-bred hull ter- 
riers, (pig dogs they are called;) hut in India the sport is 
royal. You there ride down the wild boar, armed simply 
with a spear ; and good riding and good lance practice it is, 
I say good riding, but mean precious bad, where the “nul- 
lahs” are deep and the fissures in the baked earth are wide. 
Well, I have hud these, nml kangaroo hunting in Australia 
— a silly sport, nml not half as exciting as stock rilling or 
driving wild cattle; ami as to fox hunting, the sport of all 
sports under the sun, I was entered to It when about ton 
years old, and have never missed a season when I have 
been in England since. 
I make this dissertation principally to explain that, 
though I greatly regretted not being able to add buffalo 
limiting to the list of my experiences — for itself I do not 
regret it one bit — I have no doubt there is a certain amount 
of danger about it, the greatest, I should say, from your 
horse putting his foot, in a badger hole, when the results 
will be probably very disastrous. There was an officer en- 
gaged on the boundary service last Summer, not hunling 
at all, merely galloping across the prairie, who came to 
grief in this way. He wa3 picked up iu an awful condi- 
tion, nml was insensible for weeks. It affected his memory 
for a long time. There is also a chance of a cow more 
savage than the rest singling you out ami pursuing you 
with grout assiduity, in which case it is better to fly and 
shoot her, if you can, from behind your hack by turning 
iu the saddle— a by no means easy feat for an indifferent 
horseman, and one which I am pretty confident some of 
the men I have seen who have that buffalo would not think 
of attempting. There was one case last year where a young 
fellow of the boundary party showed considerable pluck 
and nerve. He was charged by a buffalo he had wounded, 
ami his horse being frightened, refused to move. He threw 
himself clear of the saddle and received the charge on foot, 
killing the buffalo outright, luckily for himself. I have 
seen many half-breed hunters with scars all over their 
bodies, which they say were received from buffalo. I am 
somewhat skeptical about some of them, but I can say they 
are occasionally hurt ami get fractured ribs, but^ none of 
the Europeans ever were, except by a few falls. You gallop 
along after, or better, with the herd, und if you drop one 
you hold on and shoot another and leave the carcass; in 
Summer the robes are no good, ns all the hair falls nff. The 
meat, as every one knows, is excellent, at any rale to a 
prairie appetite. 'J’hc Indian ponies are wonderfully clever 
at following, turning with the game, and taking as much 
interest as the rider in the chase. They are also very ex- 
pert in avoiding the holes, with which the prairie is full; 
indeed, in some places it is a perfect net-work of them, 
and you would wonder how you could gallop over them. 
A pony I had myself gave me an example of their exjiei't- 
ness in this respect when I was crossing the prairies. The 
little wretch had a trick, of the instant I was throwing my 
leg over the saddle, which, as I was loaded up with provi- 
sions, mails, &c., was quite ft height to get over — of starting 
off the trail as hard as he could put. If it was down a 
steep hill so much the better lie liked it. and, os his mouth 
was as hard as irou, it took me some minutes to stop him, 
while expecting every instant to coine Hying over his ears 
from his putting his foot in one of those accursed holes; hut 
he never did. If lie had, and stunned, me l should have 
been in a hud way, alone ns I was. I don't know that there 
is much more to say about this branch of sport, except that 
L hope yet to participate in it this Summer, after which I 
can loriii a better opinion and give a belter account of it. 
1 am sure nothing new can be said except in the way of in- 
dividual escapes, hut I am persuaded tin! greatest danger is 
not from the buffaloes but the ground you ride over You 
can if you choose go after them on fool, but 1 should not 
recommend this plan unless there were a good many trees 
about. A Snider carbine is about the best weapon on 
horseback. The liulf-breeds use shot guns, and throw in 
the powder and lead as they gallop along, using no wad. 
Their .runs often hurst from this kiml of loading, the 
clmn-e sticking in the middle of the barrel; they aro pas- 
sionately fond of the sport, and very expert at it; they arc 
also good rider- ; like monkeys in one very essential point 
viz they can stay on. Of their bauds or knowledge of 
pace I should not think there was much to be said. 
We will now turn to the antelope. 1 lie best way to in- 
sure a good shot is to arouse their curiosity-othcrw.se it is 
ditllcult, almost impossible, to get a shot at him. I sav him, 
because you would probably select the Jiwk. whojioe per- 
haps four or live — I have seen se.vcn-does feeding w h him. 
When you first view him, unless you see him standing on 
a high peak or in some commanding position, ho is gen - 
prallv Iving down— that is, if you come on him over he 
ever got at one— at least I ought to have got— I was out 
surveying, nml while standing with a flag iu my hnnd 
a splendid buck came to within fifty paces of me. uiul kept 
going round nml round me. I had not even a revolver. I 
was never so mad in iny life; I think I could have hit him 
with a stone, but there were no stones cither. Them was 
a rifle in a cart about a mile ahead, hut it was always ahead, 
as when 1 moved it moved ns I was going to » point, so 
there was no fear of my hurling this particular animal, 
and I think he knew it, for he stuyed about hulf so hour 
nml then trotted quietly away, leaving mo to chew the cud 
of bitter disappointment. It is hard work, hut to the truo 
sportsman this should be nothing If his efforts aio success- 
ful, and, indeed, there is something particularly gratifying 
in successfully stalking one of these peaceful animal* — a 
greater gratification, I was going to say, even than In bag- 
ging a black buck iu India, hut I cannot quite say that, 
still there is, in one sense, for the black buck is much easier 
to get at end much more easy to find. I have known a 
brother officer of mine to kill seven on tho line of inarch In 
one day. We were allowed to full out, or rather stop be- 
hind, and shoot on the march — ut least those officers not re- 
quired with their troops or companies, one being generally 
sufficient when a regiment was peacefully traveling from ono 
station to another, as they did in those happy days. Now 
the whole country is intersected with railways, and the sol- 
diers of her Britannic Majesty know nothing of tho glori- 
ous sport and jollity of the dear old marching days. With 
these remarks I will conclude this paper. 1 may some day 
have a few more lines to write about the “great lone land, 
as Capt. Butler very aptly calls those boundless prairies 
stretching far away to the west and tho selling suu. 
DEER CHASE 
AT BLOOMING 
PARK. 
GROVE 
BumntU ' '^rh'is' i s^ext re'mu ly an n oy i n g , butVf. on the other 
1 1 am! in one of Ids halts you enu arrest his ultention the 
whole of his inquiring nature is aroused, and he determines 
Tl all risks to satisfy his curiosity. To arouse this curiosity 
you imiv turn a somersault, lie on your buck uud elevate 
JourTI, in the air. or a variety Of things very undignified 
an.l to the last degree fatiguing, but 1 think the best plan 
is to provide yoi«elf with a small red flag fastened to a 
nole P It is not always easy to procure a slick when yo 
wu.it one on the prairie, and if you He .1 to your rifle you 
mus lower U when you fire. Well, plant the flag m the 
eround and He down beside it; the chances are he will 
gradually draw nearer until you chance a shot. Y ou should 
he careful to get him well in range, for more than one you 
will never get if you miss, and belore the smoke is cleared 
of sight. Tho to, root .hot I 
I! i.oo mi n<* G.iovs, Pike Co,, Pa., Jnly 6th, 18T5. 
KniTOll FiUIMT AND STREAM'.— 
Tlio headquarters of tho Blooming Grovo Park Association arc now 
well putroulxcd by members mid Unit families and Invited guests— arri- 
vals for tho week Just ended helm; seventeen. Tho house was uever *o 
well kepi, or the general arrangements so satisfactory. Theta are four 
hoot* on the lake near liy, ono of 'hem being nt’OmijUlt Harm gal sneak 
boat. Tho Croquet ground Is well puironlzed by tho ladles, while ibe 
boss with which tho lake wus siockod four years ago liavo multiplied suf- 
ficiently to Insure sport at anv time, ami keep tbu table supplied with 
llsh. The trout fishing In May was excellent hut tho streams are now 
very low, nud few ll*h to bo hud. Doer swarm In the woods, nml are fre- 
quently seen . Ouo got Into tho lake oa Friday, and was raptured aJlvo 
by your edltor-ln chief, Mr. llallock, In one boat, nml Augustus Wsl- 
bridge, of Ilrooklyn, in another, after an exciting and fatiguing chaso of 
one hour and twenty minutes. Both pursuers and pursued showed good 
“stuying" powers, and dozens of attempts by the dr or to reach the short) 
were frustrated Iu u masterly manner, the animal being repeatedly hoarled 
oil mid liirncd toward tho centre of the lake. It was finally cornered 
between the two boat*, when a noo-o was thrown over Its head and draw, a 
tight enough to hold, hut not to choUo. Thus secured, the deer drew 
the boat to which It was fastened several rods At last It was gotten 
alongside, its legs wore tied, and It was hoisted Into the boat, wtiuro It 
gave a despairing bleat and died, evidently from fright. Thu chaso was 
wuichcd and encouraged by thu guests and employees who llnud tho 
shore. In Mr. Bullock's boat was tho Uev. Joseph T. Duryeu. 1> D., of 
Brooklyn, who Is now spending his Summer vocalleu at tho Park, and 
who must come In for hie eharo of tho Inurcls, If uny, thut belong to tho 
achievement. 
It has long been n cherished plan of Mr F S. Giles, llio first President 
of rite association, lo drive t deer Into the lake with dsgs and capture 
them in tire manner above described, with u view to turn them loose Into 
the breeding park in mile square enclosed) for breeding purposes This 
is the first attempt, however, that has beou mode, mid the result would 
seem lo indicate that It is impracticable, as the nervous reimlblliiy of 
these gentle creatures Is so uento that they will die from fright. Tho 
experiment will uot, therefore, probably ho repeated. The creature 
thus untimely taken off was a dry doe, In tplondid condition, uud weighed 
150 pounds. Its fle*h was much relished by the guests, to soma of whom 
venison was a novelty. lam surprised at llio number of deer to this 
vicinity, and attribute It lo tho fuct that they must bo constantly escap- 
ing through llio wires of tho breeding park, und perhaps to thu close sea- 
son being generally respected. I believe It is easier lo start a deer here 
than in nr.y purt of the Adirondack*, nml their weight Is immense, sonro 
reaching 230 pounds A lurgo number of fawns hovo been dropped thu 
ymr within the enclosure, Including several from the pet deer which 
keop constantly around the gamekeeper's lodge, and afford no little In- 
terest to visitors. Iii two years more, with - tho natural Increase, the en- 
closure will have i» be enlarged, nr the surplusage tie let loose or killed, 
us they were two years ago in Druid IIlll Park. Baltimore. 
Yesterday Itev Dr Duryeu oOlclated ut Sunday services In the grant 
parlors of tho club house, and the grand piano added lo the effect of tho 
music, which was very good, lire doctor himself being a proflcleut well 
known . This morning a pnrty have guno to the meadows for woodcock, 
which have been abundant tier.- in past years, though none were shot or 
seen ln*l year. On Tuesday a largo party go to Lake Laura to camp for 
three day#. This Inko Is well stocked with bass and pickerel, nml there 
are hundred* of acres of whortleberries In the vicinity, now rapidly turn- 
ing blue. John Avery, the President, Is at the Purk with his family 
PENMAN. 
University of Virginia.—' The following letter cumo a 
day too late for publication in our last issue; it treats now 
of the fulfillment, not of events anticipated, so that it is 
perhaps uone the less interesting: — 
CtiAiu.oTTK.vnxE, Vo., Juno SUth, 1876. 
Koitob Forest and Stream:— 
Preparations for the semi-centennial of the Dnlvorstiy still go on. In 
spile of the heat and red dust, which latter la an AIbcmarlo peculiarity 
at lht» season. Alumni arrive by every train, and every Slat.. in tho 
Union wilt probably bo represented. There Is much enthusiasm among 
ll„- Old students, and some delegations have fathers und their suns, both 
actuated by the same love for. ho "old U V " Ills more Inu-nellog 
than profitable to watch Hi- behavior of alumni of different year's honor 
-irou of the past, with crow's feet and wrinkle*, und heroes of the Thru 
worshippers at tho shrine of Uio Now Tho program....' commenced last 
Sunday evening with Dr. Brantley's sermon before Ibe \ M C. A. or 
ri.e University To-day (Monday. 28th) the Board of Visitors moot, and 
the Washington Literary Society ha- Its celebration. Tuesday. 20th. 
society of Alumni meet; address by B J. Barbour. President, uud a 
Ijocm by I> U. Lucas. In tho evening tlio semi ecnlenuiul address, by 
K M T linn (or, after tho magazine modal lias ..eon delivered. Thurs- 
day jnly ft. i» Hie Public Day. when diplomas, etc., are conferred. 
(!eu John N. Preston, of South Carolina, delivers Hu- oration, and the 
luroni dinner, the event of the schedule. ...curs in tin- public hall. At 
night there Is a ball for those young enough nr unwearied by ibe labors 
of preceding days. No school In the world ho* more thoroughly lire 
love nml devotion of her *or* than onr old literary mother, the University 
of Virginia- l’rof Long and others In Kughuid. former profe-sors In 
tho University, have been Invited to attend. I Oud some trout anglers 
here and shall pump llwin a UlUu a* lo localities and so forth. T.W, 
