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came in, and usually some large trout are taken 
there. Billie had a great time there with some 
four-pounders, hence the name. 
Above Billie’s Pool we found a succession of 
rapids, riffles and pools, until we came to what 
is really the first fall on the Batchawana, but 
though the water poured over the rocks in a 
small cascade, we could hardly give it the 
dignity of the name falls. It was a bad place 
to get through, and our Indians were pretty 
wet by the time the little boat was above the 
fall. We then encountered one of the worst 
rapids we had to pull the boat through. 1 hen 
more riffles and a few long stretches of com¬ 
paratively deep and smooth water, and then 
came the rapids and rocks below the first real 
fall. As we were then within a quarter of a mile 
of the falls, and as it was a much better camp¬ 
ing place than right at the falls, we decided to 
camp, as it was five o’clock and we had been 
THE CREW IN THE COCKPIT OF THE SCHOONER. THE BATCHAWANA BELOW MIDDLE FALLS. 
joke getting there, especially if one had to 
climb out of the canon in the dark. 
We all felt like retiring early, and after the 
smokers had emptied their pipes, one and all 
crawled under their blankets, stretched on the 
springy and sweet-smelling balsam and fir 
browse. Quiet reigned over the little camp, 
broken only by the subdued roar of the falls, 
which served as a lullaby, if one was needed, to 
the weary campers. Frank F. Frisbie. 
[to be concluded.] 
Bream for Ponds. 
Raleigh, N. C, April 2.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The stocking of private ponds in this 
section with fish has been on quite a large scale 
this season. Bass and blue bream are in the 
highest favor. The bream multiply very rapidly 
and a pond will be drawn off and several thou- 
an excellent location for a good casting ground 
(or water) on the lakes at Prospect Park, 
Brooklyn. The park board has always been most 
liberal in providing facilities for all kinds of 
harmless outdoor sports on the park grounds. 
Boating, miniature yachting, skating, curling, 
etc., are well taken care of, and I think that an 
angling club of good membership and respect¬ 
able standing would have no difficulty in getting 
full conveniences for the practice of its sport. 
There are plenty of good anglers in Brooklyn. 
Why not get together and form a good club or 
association of clubs if the movement becomes 
large enough? I for one would be glad to join 
in such a movement, looking toward the estab¬ 
lishment of good casting accommodations for 
anglers in this city. Charles H. Chapman. 
[The suggestion is a good one. A Brooklyn 
casting club, after organization, need not find 
it difficult to obtain a place to practice and hold 
through a pretty strenuous four hours. Tommy 
Robinson and his partner did not raise any 
serious objections, so we pulled the little boat 
up on the rocks and made camp. By six 
o’clock we had' a good camp prepared. The 
awning from the yacht made a capital tent, and 
the Indians cut plenty of browse for beds. A 
fire was started in front of the tent and Grand¬ 
pa proceeded to cook supper. The Indians 
were willing to do the cooking, but Grandpa 
preferred to do it himself; he had seen Indians 
before. 
Philip, who had gotten tired of traveling slow 
and who had gone on ahead, now returned from 
the falls and reported that the Commodore and 
Ed were not to be found. It was then growing 
dark and we built a great camp-fire to guide 
the missing ones on their return. It was long 
after dark before they came into camp. They 
had followed the trail through the forest and 
had gotten above the upper falls, and had to 
climb into and out of the canon. They had a 
very hard trip and were mighty glad to reach 
* camp and find a good hot supper awaiting 
them. They reported the upper falls as being 
well worth a visit, but also said that it was no 
sands of these fish presented to fishing clubs 
and owners of private ponds. Many of these 
fine fish have been placed in the artificial lake 
of the Raleigh Country Club which has pur¬ 
chased nearly 500 acres of land, a good deal of 
it original forest, near Raleigh, and' which is 
now building its club house. 
March has been the dryest on record and 
without wind. It has been like a beautiful 
April without showers. In spite of the cold 
winter, the worst in several years, spring is very 
forward indeed, and fishing is going on all the 
way from the coast to the mountains, and some 
trout have been taken in the mountain streams, 
though there is six weeks difference between the 
climate along the coast and eastern shores of 
the sounds and that on the western shore. 
Fred A. Olds. 
Of Interest to Brooklyn Anglers. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., March 28 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: With the increasing popularity of 
fly- and bait-casting as a sport in itself there is 
a demand among anglers for suitable opportunities 
to enjoy this harmless and fascinating recreation. 
It has frequently occurred to me that there is 
contests. If it has not been removed recently, 
there is an excellent casting platform on the 
large lake in Prospect Park about three minutes’ 
walk from the entrance at the Grand Circle, on 
the line of the Smith street electric cars. It 
was erected for the free use of the angling pub¬ 
lic by order of Park Commissioner Kennedy at 
the suggestion of Brooklyn men, formerly mem¬ 
bers of the Anglers’ Club of New York. The 
location, save in a strong wind, was ideal for 
fly- and bait-casting, and the surroundings beau¬ 
tiful, but to reach the place the New York mem¬ 
bers who took an interest in casting were com¬ 
pelled to make a long journey and it was found 
impossible to interest more than a few in club 
contests held there, so all were held on the Pool 
in Central Park, while open tournaments were 
given on Harlem Mere and in Van Cortlandt 
Park. 
If Brooklyn anglers interested in the forma¬ 
tion of a casting club will advise us, we will 
gladly do what we may to further the matter. 
Better still, we would suggest that a few of 
them issue a call for a meeting of interested 
persons, and that organization plans be discussed 
at that meeting. —Editor.] 
