New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-26

cross TO the opposite shore in order 70 avoid .
tedious circuit around the head Of the harbor;
and, az the water was still, We all embarked in his
tight little skiff, which sank to within two inches
of her gubwale Bycsreful trimming she earned
us safely over where the men drew her ashore at
the head of narrow inlet, and thrust the oars
into thcket of dwarf FIR trees. We now took
up the line of march-climbine glen embraced
by two gray .nd ragged hills whose sides were
furrowed with deeply. worn gallies, while pools oil
dark-brown water filed up every inequsllt, OF the
soil The footing was of spongy moss, mixed
with sort Of furze into which our feet sank 70
depth of three or four inches at every step In
the innunerable bellows which crossed our pain
the ground was often completely saturated WITH
water and occasionally bridged over with some OF
those hardy plants whose tough fiber in these lsti-
tudes rivas that OF the human frame. In other
places the stubborn, stuned growth OF spruce
and fir so filed the lateral clefts across the hills
that could walk on their tops, at the risk. 1t Is
true. of making false step and slipping down to
my waist among the horny branches Iaere was
no path ner anything that would serve as land
mark for each dip or rise of the hills seemed the
counterpart of that We had Just seen. Gray rock,
gray moss, dark spruce thcket aud dark tarn
were mingled and notified together so ee~ider-
ingly, with such endless repettiOns of the same
forms and hues, that should have found 1t dti-
cult 10 lay down a clue that could be readily
taken up again. noticed that Butt under whose
guidance we had placed ourselves, chose his course
rather BY the compass than by the appearance OF
the objects around us
We had proceeded three or four miles IN this
vsy. making frequent detours in order to get
around the long, deep ponds of black water or the
deeper ravines whose walls Of perpendicular gray
rock eff, ctusIly barred our passage, when shot
from one of our party gave the first signal of game
covey Of grouse had been started and short
but lively chase the rough ground resulted In
our bagaipg FIVE of the six birds which arose Two
or three of the more enthusiastic sportsmen fol-
loved over the higher ridges in search for more,
while the rest of us plodded on toward the high
lands. eager for sight If cariboo and hurried by
Butt's desire 10 reach good camping ground be-
fore dark. The deep carpets or cushions Of plants
and decsying vegetable mold over which We
walked we're STUDDED with berries of various
kinds, all OF which the meu pucked and ate
There was small plant with dark purple leaf
and an orange colored PUPPY fruit about ths SIZE
of a cherry, which they termed " bskea apples,
the flavor Of which, containing mild, pleasant
acid really resembled that Of frozen apple.
The whortleberry, which they called hurts
or "whorts," was not more than two or three
inches in hight, and the fruit was scanty. The
cranberry" growing on q short, green moss,
was about the size and appearance OF juniper
berrr with putgent, bitter, but not unpleasant
taste There was another fruit, called the stone
berry," bunch Of email, scarlet berries, which
are much less insipid to the eye than to the
palate.
We were at last so far in advance of the sports
men that we were obliged to halt while one OF the
men ascended the nearest hill to look for them.
Nv this time we were FIVE or six miles from the
barbor, and the scenery began to assume very
different character. We overlooked deep valley,
the bottom of which consisted of woods of spruce,
fir and larch trees interpreted with open, grassy
bottoms A range of dark wooded hills rose OPP
posite, down gorge, in the midst Of which large
stream fell in a succession Of sparkling cascades,
their noise hing even to where We sat. BE-
yond all lowered the long blue rampant OF the
Cape Highlands. / enjoyed this wild and lonely
landscape for time, but the sportsmen did not
appear, and Robert, who lay at full length on the
moes rolling over in his search for hurts, ex,
pressed wish to go down to pond below us anu
strip" / offered to accompany him, and we
soon reached the edge OF the dark, sePa colored
water. 1t was shallow with deposit OF snuhy
mould at the bottom sprinkled with yellow pond
lilies and 30 cold as to make my skin shrink, but
i plunged in and endured it for five minutes. Rob
ert, who had the real Newfoundland nature, and
was have no doubt, webf footed, Aoundered about
for three times as long, splashing, blowing, and
stirring up the deposits of the pond until his
sinewy, well-knt body showed through the water
like new bronze.
. We met no more game after this except gnats
and musketoes, which became both plentiful and
yenomous as We descended into the valley. Tue
mountain stream we had seen from the hight
was a tributary to Grand Bay Brook, rivulet
which emptes into the sea between Port aux.
Basques and Cape Ray. The ground was boggy
where we approached the brook, and there was
no convenient fordage; whereupon Butt conducted
us about two miles further TO the eastward, near
an inclOsed mountain meadow called the Green
Gardens, where we came upon dense wood OF
well. grown spruce and fr.trees, sloping down to
rapid in the tream. The view from the rocks in
its bed was charming. Wild, dark, ragged woods
opening to the sunset overhung rs on either hand;
in front up the stream, rose a cliff OF silyery
rock; and the SUBMITS Of the unmoested hills on
both sides lowered above the trees and shut us out
from the world. Trout lines and hooks were at
once produced, and while Butt GeDge and went
into the woods to make our camp, the others made
flies of grouse. feathers and took their stations be-
side the eddies of the water. We three selected
dry place on the slope, felled some trees, col
lected fuel, started gay fire OF resinous logs aud
branches, and trimmed spruce bouehs enough to
make us On elastic, fragrant bed six inches deep
The musketOes had been terrible In the bed OF the
brook, but when the drsught of the blazing logs
began to toss the branches above our heads, they
speedily disappeared Our caterers came up at
dusk, bitten, weary, wet and hungry, and ready to
give u hearty assent TO my declaration that there
is no completer comfort than seat by the camp
fre-no sweeter rest than whrf the bough of the
forest are both our bed and canopy.
The FIVE grouse were skewered and spitted on
long sticks stuck into the ground, the twelve small
trout laid TO broil on fat some placed on the
Goals, the hard pilot bread distributed, sad we
gradually made supper all too slender for our
needs. But the game had not been SO abunda 1t as
w. .nticio.ted; il WAS seven miles vet to the