New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-31
THE TRIBUNE f.,
Ride Through sae Fores'-Lake
scenery oI Central Il, York.

4 nr-.soadeaoe o! Tne Ne"-f oFk inoaie
The BACK Woops. Loyo LAKE. Aug Is.
LONG Lake IS not thirty mics long, us was
..,..sntly Informed. have been twice tho en-
-, length OF it, and rowed nearly Ire whole dis
,,rcc once myself (Which you would say would
-, incline Ine 10 shorten the miles,) and it is
,otoysr Is c,iles on the most liberal allowance.
Iw;sh could convey 10 you some idea OF The
Ike scenery Of this region. have seen many
& ohe most beautiful lakes of both lemi.pberes,
md believe that the wild, untroddcn and Al.
,os region Of Hamilton County furnishes as
p,utiiul sheets Of water, encompassed by as
,.nd end !o7cly and varied scenery as any part
j the world. Pass down Long Lake, folded iu
br its massive and forcst-covered mountains,
. :,,sd with islands which in turn are crowned
nth lofty pine trees, rising like so!id walls Of
4 cssn far up into the heavens or hoat over the
! diver bosom of Racket Lake, all scolloped up
sthat defy ycu 10 obtain the iaintest idea Of
III shape or size. / will say nothing of the
! Faked Lake, those Siamesc twins amid the
nsuntans, though l could like to speak Of
Rugged Lake, with its inconceivably clear
raters and its fairy islands, opening and shut
ting ON you as you pass in bewi!dering confusion,
and each standing on a marble base and crowned
nth evergreen trees But will defer it all to
mother ,ime when shall give the best route for
,.sve!ers to reach this uninhabitcd regicn.
Our company consisted Of four-Mr. W--d,
Young Clergyman, whom Ipersuadcd to try b.
r5uackipg in the fores. instead of fSaratogaSpTngs
fr his health, RIFE, formerly a merchant in
Naiden.lane, but row thorough backwoodsnsn,
cutting down forests and puttirg up mills, &c.
and Docto, Tt, mounted on horseback and
equipped for rough adventures. We passed one
. .ight morning from the more open settlements,
Ehich gradually grew thinner and wilder, until
We at lengta entered the unbroken forest.
Noyices in forest life, we forgot to take provi-
SONS for the way; go, after travelling for nearly
,iriy miles, we found ourselves on The banks OF
,ss Boreas River Tore Of the branches of the
Hudson,) weary and hungry, and twelve miles
Of forest to the nearest clearing 1t was now
ope O'Clock, and we had been in the saddle since
t.lp in The morning. Our horses needed food
tnd rest. so did we; but the former was
easier obtained FOR our beasts than for US. Taking
of their saddles and tying them head and foot 10
prevent them strayiDg away, we turned them
loose 70 browse in the forest. W-d hunted
ar.und for berries to stay his hunger, while toe
dactor smoked his pipe and then peeled off the
spruce gum by way of stomach slayer R-he
svd mysclf thought of trying ths trout; but the
heavily timbered and tangled banks forbade all
sccess 10 the stream except by Piunging IN.
Hunctier than | evcf remernbar to have beer
before. 4 lundercd through tho woods down the
stream, seeking in vain for al opening, until,
triveu 10 desperation, l pushed into the water.
All tbs and RIGGING my line had taken up much
tmc, so ,nat had hooaed but one trout when
nhe shot called me back. When reached our
rs,ing place. found my companions all in the
saddle and ready for departure What" said
!. (" are you gong 2" (" Yes, Let US hurry on"
mot l." replied, ",ill dcvour this trout, for
I'm well nigh starved. Come. doctor, strike me
ai,e while I dress this fish" So the doctor
indicd blaze while cut off the tront's head
stone and sptted him en- stick, ready for
nasting. A few minutes in the blaze rendered
hin f, for MY not over nice palate, and l chcwed
him with yieor | had never before exhibited,
and, when his tail finally disappeared, heaved
tsish Ike arcjected lover. looked around in
tespair but treto wea nothing else ea,rbc 10 be
,aen 30 mounting my stecd, VIC pushed on.
Struggling along in Indian tile, we went IN e.
sol, oil hurry scurry through the forest, saying
nothing, but each one evidently aware that he
could moi get to supper too soon. Over mountains
and across swan,ps, through break in the Adj.
rondac Cham, we urged on our laded animals.
win nouoht hut the rush Of The wild birds wing
and the scared look of the pheasant as he hur.
red from our path to break the ms ,.otony OF the
nde. Yet this travelling through path in the
forest is q right kingly march. Only think of
riding all day through magnificent colonnade,
the columns lifting hundred feet above your
had, and crowned with Corinthian capitals
made after richer model than the acanthus
leaf How tho soul awakes in this new exist
ence, and casting of erter after fcttcr tina, So
cietv has thrown around 1t, rejoices IN broader
fccdom and leaps with new exutant ieeltng
The moving arch above him does not confine
h.rn as i. sheds down its freshness and fragrance
on his path, for it reveals between its glorious
iret.woIk limit!ess arch beyond that carries
away the soul to farther, fccr regions. Oh: how
love the glorious woods and the sense of free
dom they bring.
Towards nigh, we entered clearing, the fire
families of which composed the entire towa
There was no political strife here Tor each man
was an officer. Curious to know the politics o.
this out of,he-world place, in the centre of New
York, was told i. was Whig. They are nearly
thirty miles from Post Office, and to that Post
Office the mail came only once week, and then
on ho,s.b We staid in log hut and next
no,ning dived again into the forest, and follow
ing Tho p,,h, that constantly grew worse and
rctse, fn.lly arrived litils before noon at Long
I, at thn lake