Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-12-09
vi l sc T. Ill NY.
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TWO MONTHS IN THE FOREST.

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f's.tsg- s-,ib Brssa.
Wen. boys. i,'. alou, time g. move On.
and / feel iust right Tor a day', spor,
Wherc shall take yos? Nov. there Ar,
to Or thrce good spot, TO vislt -ithin e..v
rrach-a doEcn mile. or -. Th~-c', P--.-
ton Fond'. to lovely pieccs ol -aier. fh,t
lic close Together. throush the notch in th-
moaniAins youder. n vou'vc a minl. vel
camp on the ou'lct couple % dav.. AMI he
busy az he ;imr. zoo. Two ~; 4 r-.ttr
skia there. and Beck and B-ss -iU .lrir. i-
deer b. sunrise to-raorro~ rsoru,r- r..
''.le'. vel hait The lake f-ou, tbi, after
nocn; 80 can catch PIX OF cAaI, IN TIE
ialet in haf an hour. then ueII set ou-
ouoy in about sevcnty-fye sect % water.
anf cut up orr chlt. and tbro- th--, IN
around ii. 81 tomorro- noon TIT warrant
yo1 A. many trout a. yoa cAr, O. catch. and
teauiics. too. There arc some in thrrr
that ~iii weigh f';ern pounds
Boz. Tony. a person -ould suppose
that ihcs would hardly take hook. after
s-fn E"rring rith cat aaif
Bless YOU trout wiu aluav. bite
qa'escst -ben BIS b-iiy's falI tbry'II nes.r
tas" book half o. keenly A. When the
ground ri-at unler your boat is covered
-.ih bait. Bst. Il yoa prefer it. tb~re'.
Cold River. haif day's travel over tbi.
-ay. Hyou care O. scc one ofthc -u-rrl-
est. tau.biei up spots iu this countr,-a
'pot taat could never richtiv teu q 70 va
nght silc 20 OF vafn't-th,u lct's 20 there
90 day. Thrrr BE- th- hanisome.t risr-
troli thcrr. too. that I ever came across
We'll. nv dear old chap. you shau take
u' 90 cola River b. day vc'l keep Preston
fouds irr oar neHt etclrsiot. Pack 90 the
knir.acks. Tony i,rs ale thc roa-e. a.
&c 80. you shall hgLten tbe ~as ~isL a
yarn % two % some ~ your hunts
Ihc gaiic ieai,ng. in Inlian fie ~
u1rvscd oct - the DARK Indian Pas nor,h-
sarl. through a rocky ieflr. t0-arI the
b~al-~atr-, of Cola River. Tbere is no
trail. uot even bLzsI tree. o. uark co..
coarsc sea ta- gu.is holds b.. coa-se ~iih
cosflenee. ard ~e have no nissisins about
gvitns llst.
We noy~ entered a narrow valley s0 thirk-
" ~oolei ~.tA hcmio,S anI fr tree. that
che hght of fdsv vasn~ariv excluded sat
tered among th- vcnerstl, forest trees urrc
'aPhng. q tie bright lsaisd doe-wooi or
Striped maple. S-ldeniy tLe guide came
% haIt be.ide ore of tbcsc. and roius-
81 % 'oue t-is' that appeared % have
been broken ~ recently.
'' No~. I sappo.e you coullnt guess
whlt has been herr. c,ud yous That 3.
ihc ~oFk of a moose. a1I BE- has been here
-ishln t~o days
Ba;. Tony. j. ii possible that any AMI
F ma can browse % that beights~
Ye.. moose -il reach Ten feet from
che ground d. can reach foot ~iih hrs
tonrlc sasy but hr can't eat oT the crourI.
nar dr.as. without getting Jo~n on BIS
kne-s h.. ncrk B.. 90 short a1i hi. shoulders
,o hl.h.-
edo yoa thiak ,hc laiaal g., aiali here
aov. Toays-
$50 o. 81. Lte t5 PEI h1-dred ui'-.
from here blior, iiis uae. Ihs moose i,
a ioueiv 1inal D. roe. by himself pretty
much. anl b, BE- uoalcrili iravsicr.-
'. . suppose yoa have Luntei tbeul msny
times. Tonys-
-' le. Llt It's not muth u.- to follow q
uoose uniess the SNOW Be- deep ia tse woods.
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