New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
M1rpRAY,S ADVENTURES.


The unmistakable passion for sylvan life which
breathes in every line of this volume gives it gen
une freshness and glow that takes it entirely out OF
the sphere of commonly place experience. 1t
As a book of wonderful vitality as natura
an expression of flesh and blood as breath
ing or laughing. and reproducing in Its de-
scriptions both the sunshine and the gloom
of the landscape which it paints. The author we
understand, is a clergyman of the church IN Boston
which has sometimes been prOfanely called brinh-
stone Corner but there is smell OF birthstone IN
these fragrant leaves of the forest which exhale only
the odors of hemlock and pine and the native sweet
ness Of the virgin mountain air. The estimate made
by the author of the sporting facilities OF the Aduoh-
dack region shows the hand of connoiSseur
This wilderness is often called the "sportsmans Para
disc" and hold II TO be- when an lls ao
taken into account II any ono goes TO fe StpT dsaS
pointed He find them west and north, aronhu Lake
Superior and the Plains but nowhere east OF the Al
iegGane Orf one expects find trout averaging three
hounds to break surface, no matter Whek
WSg he 5S S2 cr M II R his dea Of What
constitutes "sportsmans paradlse a9Vlse MN noS
10 GO TO the Adondacks. Deer and trout do not abound
there in any such and yet there are enough OF
both to satisfy any Se oPS Woods WtS tSe
Maine Wilderness" The fact Is, II is difficult TO make
nSES BUT am Wiling to give my reasons Of prefer
snce for Adirondack The factis nothing could In
should keep stop until reached the Provinces,
With fIf bd NoF6 Woods within foryeeht hours Of me-
will tell you why. Go where yon will. in Maine, the
Iaberen have been before yOu and lumbermen the
curse aud scourge Of the wilderness wherever the
sounds the pride and beauty of the forest disappear
numbered district is the most dreary ana dismal region
the eye OF man ever beheld. The mountains are not
merely shorn of trees, but from base to summit fires
kndled by accident malicious purpose have swept
their sides leaving the backened rocks exposed to the
eye and here ana there few unsighty trunks leaning
in all directions from which all The branches ana green
foliage have been burnt away Tho streams and trout,
logs. The rivers blockaded with booms and lodged
timber, stamped all over tie ends with the owners
itrihl n IA
prated; and bones, Oa horsem ssr and all the de1s
fensie both 70 eve and nose The hills and
Uttered with rotten wood in all stages OF decomposton
less millions OF 1ies gnat,, and muskeoe to prey upon
you Now no number OF deer no 5s ~ Cen S gn
not l. In the Adirondack Wilderness you escape tiis
sounded along its mountansdes, echoed across It's
peaceful waters. The forest stands as ~ mas sDoo
growth grow tG in ali the beauty Of its pnshCT4 foil
age No fires have blaekened inc mus tort no a5s
coos its crystal waters The prO%ontGPeSi wh IS
hang suspended in their waveess and translucent
depths have never been marred by the OF men
best suits your eye build your lodge under unscarred
mr. beast There YOU live in silence unbrokcn by any
save such asyOurselt may make away from all
Another reason Of my preference ioT the Adron19eK
H Which your sporting is done. Now I do not
plead guilty to vice of lazness II necessary can
HS TG f IN wpf and certain kids Of work
am free to confess aDhor ana II there Is one o kRG
and, above ALL tramping through numbered district
your clothes and pierce your flesh How the mesh:work
OF fallen eetOps entangles you would not walk Two
ever casting fly from the slippery surface OF
an old midaIn ever saw me do 1t, nor ever Will
do not say that some may not find amusement in It,
only know that could not Now, IN the North WOODS
owing TO their marvellous water-eommuDcaton you do
all your sporting from your boat II you Tish to go one
miles for fish," your guide paddles you to the
SPOT and serves you while you handle the roo Ihls
takes from recreation every trace OF toll You have all
icsl WeaTiness And what luxury it is 10 course along
the shores of these secluded lakes or glide down the
lying pines and fringed with waterhies mnglns their
me this is better than Pumping. have spOrted a
month at ume without walking as many NY miles lies
peculiarly eeyates the Adirondack region above all It's
Otherwise pretentions claim as Sportmans Paradise"
In beauty of scenery, health-gyiDg qualities, in the
aud will continue be while deer leaves his track
npon the shores Of IT'S lakes or trout shows himself
which makes excursion to this section so easy ana de-
fost deeatS and fras Gle need fear And it say,
that Of all who 60 into the woods none ENJOY tne expert
ences more than ladies' ana certain IL Is that none are
But what about game hear tho reader inquire Are
deer pIentyi Is the fishing good We'll reply, every
person has his own STANDARD by which to measure
Ion Moreover 1t is not alone the presence OF game when
makes good sporting Many other considerations, such
the skill OF the sportsman, and the character and
ability Of the guide, enter into this problem and make
4 ' han at dS me rod will poor have sho POOR "sa Success
anywhere matter how good the sporting is
end have known parties to be starved OUT where
other men, with better guides, were meeting with roy"
success. With guide who understands bis business
season through, and seldom should they SIT down TO
meal lacking either trout yensOn. passed SIX weeks
on the Rac0uett0 last Sumner and never, at
meal failed 10 both Of the two delicious articles OF diet
nericeed in mis- direction Always observing the rule.
not 10 XIII more than tho camp can eat wmGh Tue
sportsman never uansgresses, nave pdu9leu ,pabI
more deer within easy range than l ever Iited my
have uRointed my rod when the water was alive with
leaping fish, and experienced more pleasure as sat aud
saw them rise for food play, than any taoughtess
vOlator Of Gods laws could feel in wasting the stores
which Nature so bountifny opens TOT our need am n0t
of the few and tho rich TO the deprivation 81 the
poor and the many but would that fine and imprliQh
who in defiance OF every humane instinct
and reyorennai feeling out OF mere d love Tor
ball or hooks fish when 10 necessity demands IT, sueh
Tuthess destruction Of life il SiQugttercoarse, cruel
uniusiihabe buclery. Paate II who may practice II
WHO can 10 is lust that and nothing short TO sunnp
what have thus far written, say 10 all brother sports
rifle aud rod, IN the North Woods 10 goOdgood enough
TO satisfy reasonable desire. In TINS, please 70
TO the numbered and inhabited and therefore 0reriea
borders OF IT, have known parties 10 take DOaru a.
North Elba, Malone, LuZelne, and yet insist that
they chad been into the AdirOndacks"
OF the personal adventures of the writer in pursuit
of his fayorte calling not that of fisher of men,"
we give a single specimen.
twas Eve o'clock in tho afternoon when after three
hours 81 constant struggle with the current we burst
grass and behold the lake lay before us Wet from head
~ foot, painting from recent exeruon, having eaten
hours steady toll lIet neither WEAKNESS nor munger as
Razed upon the Sau in all sides by mountains,
Tr0red from base 10 summit In its placid bosom, Dor
deTcd here with fresh ana there with reaches
of golden sand and again with patches OF lilies, whose
fragrance mingled with the scent Of balsam and pine,
allied the ain the lake reposed gnrutlied and serene.
know OF nothing which carries the mind so far back