New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-31

Inc hest cimsfoog'cai capacuy wniin ne ys' chss'
%s immediate vicinity al the Mssiesippii il " profit.
sh,e field crop 20 The Seth parallel embracing Gil Of
iovtr or Western Tennessee.
r The cultivation Of the vine and of Tho cerea,
Grain. end e'as.e,, as affected BY the c.imste Of
the United States, is the subcc: Of an Instructive
Al, iniere,tiDg discussion. Toward the close OF
TIE volume 10 given view Of the American climate
in its sanitary MISUNDERSTANDING IN ample
collection Of facts illustrative Of the laws Of ep.-
dfmic and other dseasss The excellent typogra-
ply Of this work deserves special commentator.
WILD NORTHERN SCENES; Or. ss,hr1rS 6, Apytyrrsns
isn. 1 pp 81 HID pr1 fs' u - " ~
Not only the sport,paa, but every lover Of naeu.
raj scenes, will find congcDisl vein in the delinea
tiops of this freeh and animated volume II is de-
voted to the record of personal experience in the
wild region between the st. Lawrence and Lake
Chsmplain, which the writer has discreety chosen
az bis Summer resort in preference "a the hubbdb
and no asense Of fashionable wateriDg.places. The
coarm Of his book grows out of his almost juvenile
enthusiasm for the country, which has not been
chilled in the prosaic atmosphere of city life, and
which be is not ashamed to confess in the same
breath in which he speaks Of himself as grand
fatrer. Here, for example, is cool bit Of descrp-
ton which may excite the envy Of the unfUrtu1,tes
who are cooped within metropolitan walls IL mid
summer:
Hu.rah hurrah We are IN the Countryside
glorious county Outside of the thronged streets /;
az from piledup bricks and mortar outide OF the
clar Of machinery; the runbling Of carriages; the
&c IL ina. The
hstle the tramp tramp Of moving thousands on the
stcne Sidewalk away from the heated atmosphere OF
tie city, loaded with the smoke and dust and gases
OF furnaces, and the ten thousand manufactures u
yillaipous smells. We are beyond even the meadows
spd green fields. We are here alone with Lature,
surrounded by old primeval things. TAN forest trees
mountain and valley on the night hand ana on the
left. Before u.s. stretching away for miles, Is Seau-
ful Like its waters calm aud placid giving back the
bright heavens the old woods the aeecy clouds that
diiit across the sky from away down in its qu'et
depths B, yOno STILL are mountain ranges, whose
caiellated peaks stand out in sharp and bold relief,
on whose tops the beams Of the descending sun lie like
a mantle Of silver and gold. Glad voices are ringing;
sounds Of ineITiment make the evening joyous with
tie music of the wild things around us. Ilark how
nom away off over the wafer, the voice OF the loon
comes clear and musical and shrI like the sound OF
b clarion; and note bow il is borne about by the
echoes from hill to Hill Iiark again, to that clank-
ing sound away up in the air; metallic inging like
the tones of bell 1t is the call Of the cock Of the
woods as he flies rising and falling, glaucdg upward
and downward in his bllowy fight across the lake.
Hank to that duh sound, like bloSs upon some soft,
hollow half soDorous substance slow and measured
OF first, but Increasing in rapidty, until it Tolls like
,be beat Of n,ufed drum, or the low growl Of the
far.Cf thunder. 1t Is the partridge drumming upon
his log Hank efill again, to that Quayerng note,
resembling what the voice of the tree frog when
the storm is gathering, but not clear and shril. II
is the call Of the rsccOOn as he chambers up some old
forest tree and seats himself among the lowest OF its
great limbs. Listen to the almost human hall00, the
hoo hobo hoo =! that comes out from the cluster
ing foliage of an ancient hemlock. II is the solemn
call Of the owl, IS he sits among the limbs, looking
cut from between the branches with his great round
gray eyes Listen again and you will hear the voice
Of he cat bird, the brown thrush the chervink the
little chicladee, the wood robin, the blue jay, the
wood tparrOw. and huLdr other nameess birds
that live and build their nests and sing among these
Old woods,
And here we have the original Of one of Durands
pleasant landscapes though not labeled with the
lame of Lake SaIanac:
1bis is indeed a beautiful sheet Of water The
chores lined with dense and unbroken forest,
stretching back to the mountains which surround it.
The old wood stood then all iti primeva grandeur
lust as il grew The az had not harmed it, nor had
fire marred its beauty. The islands were covered
with lofty growth Of living timber clothed in the
deepest green. There Were not then, as now, upon
bare AIMS in verdureless desOation above stinted
unocrgrowth, and piledup trunks chaTed and black
ened by the fire that had reveled among them, Blu.
robes of beauty Thousands of happy sopgsters
caroled gaiy among their branches, or hid them.
selves in the dense foliage Of their wide-spreading
ana. The islands are a marked feature OF these
northern lakes, lending peculiar charm to their quiet
beauty, and one day, when the iron horse shall 60
tbunoering through these mountain gorges the tourist
will pause TO make record of their loveness.
The beautiful lake deserves celebrity for its trout
fishing, no less than for its aesthetic capabilities.
AS the sun sank behind the hills, the breeze died
away ard the lake lay without ripple around us, 60
calm, smooth aid STILL that il seemed to have sunk
quietly 10 sleep i'll its forest bed The fish jump
ing in every direction, and while the rest Of US sat
smoking our meerschaums after dinner, rather sup
per- Smith rugged biz trolling rod and having caught
hafa-ooZen minnows, he with Martin rOwed out upon
the water 10 troll for the lake trout. These very
differeIt fish fom the specked trout Of the sream
and rv.is. They have none of the golden specks Of
the latter, of darker hue, and much larger.
They are dotted with brown spots, like reckles upon
the face Of skinned gill They are shorter too
in proportion to their weight than the speckled trout.
Hey are caugh in these lakes weighing from three
to fifteen pounds and instances have been known OF
their ATTAINING the weight Of fve-and wenty. IL is an
zcitiI sport to take of these large fellows
line Of two hundred and fifty three hundred feet in
)ergih. They play beautifully when hooked, aud it
requires good deal of GOODNESS and skill TO md them
safely in your boat trolling roc for these large fish
stoud be much sitter and stronger than those used
for the fly, on the river and streams; ard the reel
rho ud be stronger ard higher geared than the CON-
nor fly reel. Three hundred feet of line neoes-
sary, for the fish, if he is large one, viii sometimes
determine upon long flight, and it will not do TO ex.
baust Your line in bis In that he will
srap il Ike pack-threac. An English bass rod is
the best and with such, and large nipeacton reel,
the largest fish of these lakes may be secured.
Smith had trdled scarcely quarter of mile, when
bis hook was struck by trout, and then commenced
Struggle that was pleasant to witness. No sooner
had the fish discovered that the hook in his jaw,
than away he dashed toward the middle OF the lake.