The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-12-01
ExcuRs1og T, THE LAKES. No. 8.
ny @. II. ADAMS.

| RicnARDsoN's LAKE, Der -. Our party
with onI Two guides aud good boat, (c!svcn
OF US in ally with guns and fishing rods, led
I. Our Hnnsco for run OF eight miles up
i Richardson's Lake 10 ihe Uroat I.iAv Az IL u
Icallod here, Tor Tho name used Tor il on Tho
maps Is composed ofle,lers put ,ogslber in
such way as TO make il har,l 10, give il nj.
lerance. (Mooselmagunlic is The namc.)
The repoh here was that this lake was Tho
lake OF The large trout, aud we were deter
mined 10 have The largest and best.
Some Of our'pary had thought OF Stopping
on The way up for hunting excursion.
We proceeded four miles up the lake and
landed for few moments when our guides
pointed 10 the rcccn, tracts OF bear IN the
sand, and where he had been burrowing aud
roofing in the sand. This decided our par.
ly who were for hun, and siA OF them ws
lief, promising TO take them up on our TO-
turn a, :he same point This afternoon. Wo
hcn proceeded on four miles more 10 the
Grcal Lake with our two guides, who on nr-
irving q, the dam on The outlet lcd Ms TO the
poin, where we were 10 take boai. Blu:
no boat conld be procured, and we were un.
der the necessity of taking gondola for.
" fec, long and len fee, wide, and Oh board
OF this craft for a couple Of hours had linc
spor, lrouling in iroul cove aud caueht the
largcs, spp,ed trout ever saw weighing
about five pounJs nj night after laying SO
long in the boat i, probably wonld have
weighed 8 l.2lbs. when first lakcn from tho
water, our party Of five caught about lwen.
lis, half Of which caught myself in vesy
short time. We find here as on MooScllcai!
! Ii A. ,,I,n E,., La
shores Of The lakes know nollingabon, Tho
science ofirout fishing. am confident |
can take more trout in one day than any old
fisherman on these lakes. g..
Afcr spcnling two or three hours on
the Lake proceeded down four miles TO the
point where VIC put our hunters on shore,
and found on arriving that they had not SO.
cured n bear nor seen one. but had found
cartridges quito plenty. Two or thrcs of
the party in the course of Tho day were in
the woods crossing small brook and saw
large numbers of trout in very shoal wafer,
and having no fishing tackle, they determined
10 lry some other way, and with rifle balls,
dirk knives and slip moose they managed 10
secure ton Of about lb. weight. each, and
all about Of ono size They were the hand
soonest string oftrout remember to have
seen, anl they reported that barrels could
bc taken with the hook. We arrived all
well at" our house about sunset having
spent tho day pleasantly and retired for the
night with brilliant fire blazing in tho cen.
tire Of our camp. ....s', ,. ..-..
Der. 8, At "ouR lTousE." We went out this
morning to sec trap spring which our lan.
lord Capt Shaw had set ut tho foot Of tho
dam, the trap is made simply by making
wicker work dam and putting it across the
bottom of one of the fumes below tho dam
and then hosting the dam above high
enough to let in tho trout,-on shutting down
tho dam thcy arc left in the llnmc tho watcr
all having escaped by the wicket work dam.
Only four trout were taken, but we arc told
as many as sixty or more are taken at q
time. -t.,.. u. ......- ~. ID
Doct. j. and myself have some fine trout
fishing this morning and our party aro call.
ing us up to proceed down TO Lake Umba.
cog by u new route. as we llavc more
baggage and trout than our mon can curry
over tho six miles OF rough rad, we must
travel to reach the place where they Ion our
boat. When they came up, our party have
concluded to let the men 20 two turns with |.
our things, and get the boat back to the
foot of the lake. Our hunters expecting
this day to secure ono more bear VIC Loft a
| bout nine o'clock with our guide, ten Of us
| in all, for n thirteen mile tramp through tho
woods where for the whole distance we should
find no house or camp with ono exception,
about eleven miles rom four starting place.
We haze met with no striking adventures
to-day, but on striking the bed Ofthc Andro-
scopcin river we found evident signs OF
moose fresh tracks and other signs were
l1uitc prominent, but wc were no. fhvorci
with the sight of him, but arrived nt Ab.
bot's cur place Of rest In good spirits and
but little weary having come about sixteen
miles, tho distance without any outside steps
being thirteen miles. W
On our arrival VIC arc informed that on
the day We left here, Monday last, n fine
moose was killed ten miles below q, the,
notch and within few rods OF whcrc ve
came through. II seems The moose made n
miss strp, and lcll into n largo cavity be.
tween some rocks from which he could not
cxtricatc himself, and the two men who
found him seized Him by his antlcrs, und
while one held him tho other cut his thro,t
with his jack knife. Truly vulgar and
barbarous way this to dispatch such noble
game. q -
There has also been bear killed within
two or three miles OF this house since We
left, and VIC fear We have oycrshot the mark
by going too far in'o the intcner but We are
moi inclined to regret that we have gone for
our success has been far beyond our most
sanguinc expectations 10 trout 6.hins,a
business VIC should have done nothing AZ
had we remained lcrc. ~,
Pripay Der. Give have taken rar1 OF
this day to explore Umbagos Lake WIN
cnidc and three others of our party Wine
the rest of our party have taken 10 tne woous
IN our return TO recount the exploits OF tho
day wo find nothing possessing sufficient in.
tcrcs, has trl,nspircd 10 be worth recording,
G.h ard ramc being scarce and we do not
Sy;se any Of our friends ever tn Gsh in Lake
ITmbaros, and while wc nrc speaking of
this lake we have Few words TO say IN re-
card TO this great chain or LIKES which are
all linked together and stretch away through,
and around great tract Of wild unsettled
country which VIC presume wilt remain 80 Tor
fcgcncrntions TO conc, rs the land Is exceed
inSly rough, rocky bnd mountainous, ana
far from any market and likely 10 bc. For
where some littlc clcarings bavc boon
made, some to our knowlcd1c have ab'n.
doncd them and gone ont west to better
soil. and more genial cline. and these whe
remain would 90. many OF them. should
think, If they had tho means. But 10 fe'
turn to what we had 10 say r,specf'ngis
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