New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-23

IL SHOULD moreover DC considered, tndG tHo
Is too large and cut OF access for the majority OF ne
guides to visit it all The St Regis guides and the sar
the Potsdam and ST. Lawrence guides with tho western
the Browns Tract guides with the soutberni anu o
ness. there arc who have traversed the re-
on IN all Its length aud breadth and knowit Thoroughly
put you can number them the fingers OF one manu.
Generally speaking you hire guide for certain oca'
ana shonld be content If you mud him familiar Win ~,
to know the names of mountains and lakes that the latest
maps 40 not mention. and for which names exist IL
should De remembered that even to the Indians hs was
region remote so wild and savage, that they named
II the Dismal Wilderness" To them large portion OF
going to or returning from battcfelds further to the
north or south When all these considerations are taken
guides and good too, shoud not be very IA
millar with all parts OF the Wilderness or occasionally at
fault amid the Intricate network Of lakes aud creeks with
which It Is threaded.
great deal has been said concerning the absence of
game in the Adirondacks. and the Ill Of sports
men this has been pointed at proof Of the
fact. aud many inquiries have been addressed to me
touching the truth falsty Of the assertions. My
reply IA this: There Is good, fair sporting for
sportsn'en-inen who know how 70 snSot anu hsn
not game I'm camp, and this season 1t has taken
practical hand at the rifle and rod and good guide 70
feed camp There two why II has been so
difficult to get game this season. Tie nrst Is, because OF
the peculiar and unusual character OF 'e season ns
daily. showers and storms have Kept tne rivers ana
creeks full and the water cold and deer dislike 10 enter
the water under such circumstances The lily pads and
roots and river which they love 10 Ieed were
FOR The most mart covered and hence there was no temp
oo for them 70 come down from the nonutans The
frequent showers also kept tue grass ana shrubs IN tne
feeISe Without coming to the streams This unusual
OF things would Of itself have made the season
filings nave contpbuted to make hunting in the water
courses and around the larger lakes difficult matter
IGNORANT sPORTsMEN.T
Hundreds OF sportsmen D visited the wilderness this
Summer absolutely ignorant Of the first principles OF
allan tnn m
some lovely point or island, that these gentlemen
couldn't hit barn door at twenty PAGES" The first thing
for the guides do therefore, to teach these gay
equipped spOrtsmen how 10 shoot A target was ar
through course rifle practice at the rate OF some 200
per day. lay in my camp on the Racquete this
chasing each other the lake and along the noun
tain sides rifles of these amateur spOrsmen cracked
aud rung in preparation for the mOrrow's hunt From
morning till night the guns exploded. In the evening"
bonfres and rejoicing envened the darkness IN antlc
patton Of coming sport Now, IL Is undoubtedly true That
such method has its advantages. IL ghtens the bag
gage Of surplus lead, and gets the spoI tsman familiar
bardment After q few days devoted TO such prepare
for deerhuntng you have nothing but hunting lett
the larger lakes BY striking off from these, and
camping on uufrequented lakes and ponds many parties
had good sport aud fair success
The fishing this season. so far as my experience ana Cd
seryaon went was good Lake trout were freely aRen
the fly finely and the average eaten was heavier thah
usual. For weeks together, friend OF milne %no maa
numbering with guides twelve persons, hbnnuahty,
indeed layishy supplied Some OF his catches AVERAGED
certain lady to Nameless Creek-which some persons
who fail ~ find H. does not exist-in order tat sue
might enjoy what experienced when John aud tlfst
entered H. ard in two hours OF fishing she captured 40
trout OF which balanced two pounds our united
catch was l07. We made first cast at eight IL ln and
last at ten the rises being as rapid when we uh
Jonted rods when we began and the fish being
heavier did not meet person, nor have heard OF
at all skilled, who did not nave good success with
the rod. wish reiterate to spOrtsmen the opinion
aN npess
ics best adapted TO the Adirondack waters. tested
variety OF flies az ever, have to believe
taken into the Widernoss and the suggestions gave to
the pnbc last spring we're July verined am Wen
OF argeszed flies bat another season OF honest ana
paisakIng experiment has served to confirm me IN my
opinion. My guide Is known 10 OF the spOrtsnen
who visit the woods, not only good ny-fsher himself
but having served for years with some OF the very
with me In this conclusion. II should visit those
waters again, and the matter might be pleasantly ar
ranged should be pleased In order that the correctness
or HcOrrectness Of my views might be shown 10 fish for
any number OF days SIDE by side with any fisherman who
advocates The Of small hieshe using his selection,
aud choosing from the list published last Spring.
THE BLACK PLY.
In reference to tho "blackhy" question OF which
many lugubous accounts have been given. this should
be said In ordinary the black fly disappears
early in July Juue Its legitimate mouth and with June
it disappears But this year the Spring opened unusually
late and the weather continued cold In fact July was
what June commonly Is and the blaekiy continued IN
fun force mp to August. In my direction to tourists
especioy warned them not 10 in during the month or
June but 10 delay until the Wilderness has become dry
aud tho blacky has gone TINS season mas proved an
exception such may not occur again forwenty years
and winch could not by any prophetic power given 10
at the present day. have been orcseen Visitors nave
Themselves old Acknowledges never saw Dei0re-the
blacky holding on until August and mnsket0es and IN
sec t. owing the continual rains, ten fold thicker than
was ever on the other hand il Is simply Just To
state that many parties came INTO the wilderness
wholly unpreparcd for the excursion. Ladies were
dressed for promenade along broadway, or
a days picnic m some iIeqnrnted grove Many,
provided with gloves ana nets, refused TO dOn
until the musketOe and lies had set the skin alme,
aud then by free ana nnsrainea use OK thrlt nnger
nails upon the nhamed parts soon succeeded IN giving an
EXPRESSION TO their countenancos anything but lovely
Many parties had guides 50 Ignorant OF tue rivers ana the
lakes. that they could exercise no discretion III tho seleo
ton OF camp ground but pitched their tents la locall-
tes where experienced guide would ever run hs boat
ashore for ten minutes lnmy voyagng around the Wilder
during the last two weeks OF my stay found scores
OF camps some occupied others deserted tened Oh tne
margin Of soughs or within few rods OF low marsh
would not over night Tor aI Tue ueer that
in the 0Ca a BY guides oo
lazy to select proper site. and here they had stayed
gnats when few miles further good guide would have
found camp ground rarely II ever visited by the pests
MARDsHIPs OF CAMPLIFE
Not little has written the past Summer concern
ing the hardships incidental visit the wilderness.
and the impossbty any but very robust persons
during the necessary fatigue 1t has also been asserted
in many ways and styles OF expression that the author
of tho Adventures in the Wilderness" moderated the
difficulty ofentering aud sojOurning III the woods NOW
do not think that many Correspondents can on.
tighten much concerning the amount of effort required
10 mass from Martins almost any accessible point
within co miles OF the Lower Sranac for Ihave raversed
not only once but many times most or the watercourses
and backed my boat nearly every carry across
which any intelligent guide would think Of taking par
~. indeed OF going himself, and now repeat what
have before said that ladies' and nvads granted
that they are dying condition, can penetrate the
wilderness for OF miles without making any exer,
ton which healthy child Of five years cannot safely and
easily put forth and will now prove IT, VIII suggest
certain excursions, with the distances noted SO that any
reader can Judge for himself rs 10 the correct
ness of my assertion. Starting from Martins, IN their
boats pary can pass through the Lower Saranao and
Round Lakes to Bartlets distance OF some - miles
In makIng those II miles, they will only have 10 walk
soma i5 rods From Bartetrs TO the Upper
saranac they must walk from so to 100 rods more
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