New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-30
TIE ADIRONDhcKS.

hotels, 20 know how they can get a good, thorough
uuscvla. t,srirg for few weeks in fOres, spOr.s
may as well be settled a. axiom, that the mos. a
Us business studying never viii exercise 70 sny
profit, unless are forced TO il. The great point 70
oput uswhsre canDot help using our muscles, -
rature irterced they should be used; and yet, whss
the labor shal have come pleasant st0ulus, ant oss
be merely dIuds.iy. We can pull boats ~ day
from Whitehall or catch bass In the North Riva,
or shovel our own c>al or walk daily to Greenwood.
but somehow rover do and Il is moral certsiuty.
even II We had complete leisure ths, we never should
bore ourselves to any suca degree. We must have
de,usive object romance about the worh-ircu,, or
vehison or the pleasure Of company and an eIpeh-
tion and then your quis professional OF business maa
vii 60 through with hsrisbips and eSeTtos which.
borne for some great cause and in historic tine.
would make hirs hero in the worlds snrals.
We have just been trying for the second time the
forest.peasmes of the Adnondacks The wonder to a
each time is that such convenient and pleasant
hunting ground is not thoroughly overrun by touriAA
and spoilsmen There IS nothing a, all equs 70 1t IN
America for agreeable journeying and frstra;s sport
ing Tie elevation snd the uncleared forest make 1t
always cool and its geological character keeps hom
the spade and plough of the emgrant. Ii s strange.
though consistent, that this, which was rocky
quiet sea, or bsIren isolated mass of rocks whes
the mous,rous biris strobe along the oosy sanj @
the Connecticut valley, should still be an island OF
wilderness il the uids. of our cultivation.
Your readers have heard, al norsean. OF the sports
and The tesu,ies Of the Adron lacks aud yet they
fresh 10 each lew conner. The cham of those solitary
loresclc ea lakes the fresh spring Of life asd health
in tie CHEEKY cpepsir exercises aud the romance Of
II kact IA. frat for ma
csrpot be conveyed 70 others, and yet give the
most delicious sensations.
Your bilious man, your dyspeptic, your braintssked
and stomach sick should certainly ouS here for
while, and see what health and appetite and vigG
mean.
The place seems equally euited for ladies, il they
can bear the exposure. A portion of our company
was made up of ladies' who enjoyed the expedition as
wall as apy There have been somc most remarkable
instances among the Burlington ladies Of the removal
ing effect produced on delicate constitutions by this
open.ar life aud constant exercise. II must be worth
all the Sarstegas and Newports to most persons Then
il ia something both to men ard women TO show them
what they can do without. At this present time va
can hardly understand why people want so many su-
peifuities Houses and rooms seem TO US species OF
prisons; prefer meat cooked on forked sticks we
consider hemock boughs the only bed for sound
sleep and that there is no bathroom or dressing room
Ike the great lake and the overarchng forest trees
No newspapers or books rt ach u.s. We have dropped
politics ard business ard housekeeping and scholar
ship, and theology. We do not respect each other.
except as we arc good woodchoppers, or hshers, OF
hunters or cooks or boetmen. Our standards OF life
have all changed ard only occasionally, In the forest
stiffness. murmur comes to US 10 memory Of thas
great, noisy, turbulent current, into which We nuss
soon plunge again.
Probably the great difficulty with many Of your
readers about this expedition is to get any Informs
,icn how to find the way into these lakes and moan-
tans And this is the greater now, a. the drivers and
boatmen are often in connection with certain inn keep
ers and certain routes and Of course puff their own
places and employers Owing to the increased travel
every year ard the fact that many wealthy sporting
gentlemen are constantly passing through, there is
getting to be considerable eItotion in some houses
We experienced some very sharp practice from sa
agent Of one house the Ssranac (Bartletts),
which would have done honor to an Italian
i'm. After having tried a number Of routes.
We have no hesitation in decidedly recon-
mendirg the following: IL from New.York, let
he traveller buy tickets TO Lake Champlan; stop at
Port Kent, and thence by Keesevle take stage to
Bakers on the Upper Saransc Essex County III
be has written beforehand TO Mr.. Baker be may
reach this point two days from New York and find his
boats ard guides al ready. Otherwise he may not
hit the dsv for the stage at Keesevile, and may DO
obliged 70 wait for guides q. the Lake This house
decidedly TIE best and most reliable on s the Lakes;
and the table AID housekeeping, though plain. arc
excellent. Board here 10 about 50 or ~ q week.
and 81 % day. Venison, partridge, pigeon. trout
and wild fruit are supplied in abundance. From this
point, having obtained a guide and boat lot 81 5os
day. the traveller 60 up through the Ssrsnsc and
Round Lakes 10 Racqrette River, down this to Big and
Little Tupper's Lakes, aud then acrots by new
portage 70 Fork.d and Racquette Lakes then downt0
Lolg z Lake. and through the Racqnette River 10 tho
SaraDac sgsin making the whole tour OF these most
beautiful lakes in week, If he chooses. The "hois
expense from Lake Champlan for three weeks tour
need not average than - day, and, We believe.
rowhere can half the amount of health and vigo
and pleasure be obtained for the money.
TIE deer. hurting is always excellent. good gnids
will put the clumsiest sportsman in the way OF his
buck. Our party, though not exclusively sporting
company, took two deer, and trout od hbaum. One
company which We encountered Of two gentlemen
with guides, had killed ten deer in week. For
angling, one should bring a fyrod with reel aad
strong lines fox bsitfshing, and lines for trolling q
least hundred feet long, " winnie-gang,' with
forty or fifty hooks Is useful. There is little use In
shot guD except for deer shooting at night with buck
shot rife and long revolver are the best instu-
merits for the Adirondack sporting For costume, 90
ore leeds more than thick pair Of trowsers and Q
flannel shiIt with blanke, for the night, and water
proof poncbo for the rain Stores and provsons can be
got at the og.hor,ts the lakes and taken with the
travellers 10 the camps" We believe, In tme'