New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

and superficial volume started on the Journey ioI o
remote Maine forest the dead OF winter lsh' iuo
were I'VE Ia number. not 20 mention ~ GRIP "Po"
white and brown blood hound, who had seen seiIcoi
ihe south, and who would not quail before lie No.
Near or eatamount OF the North. AFTER reaonink
Abe wilderness they found 1t hard ro'u 70
Stavol al that season Of the year LUG suo"
was Deep not less than two feet and nan On ooi "
the woods and with crust TO support tne Puusns
s,ns ~ the hunters shoes were necessity out
n was no Joke 70 get the hang OF them Inc paFSage
was drawn on an Indian sled made OF wh'e asn' anu
fastened with thongs OF green moose hide. hoeral
stare Of supplies had been laid in consisting OF quarter
Of fresh beef q frkn OF miuce and pumpkin pes Dag
Of meal and some pieces of salt pork besdeshe cooking
utensils knives and spoons, AK two guns, ana seven
steel traps IN al quite two hundred and fifty pounds
Tins load wac strapped fast on the moosesed and the
ntte troop Of WOOdSmen, each with his knapsack ana
strap plunged forward into the heart of the forest
AN ready said Raed presently, taking few pre-
Ai fig, = shouted the Doctor Strengthening up and
hooking hard 81 us hut standing sun a. IL kneeaeep III
ai@s ,,,,,o,co, tool, on, r,aces ot the rraerope
Snd srteu pou0cously forward with the sled Ifaiup
under ihe asnon runners. Crap bounded forward win
grand bay o. eXutaton; out ne sidnped eOou uo"i'
Come ON. DOciOrw shouted Wash.
"Ay. ayy sn " responded our medical irend patron
reOu- sceuog, All this ~ what We city men neeG 10
give iouC aud verye as our French cousins say la
maTatug i-pgOdi golsly SOL!
Hls hardly practicable TO walk rackets dragging
sled and at tie same time watch events taking place
helind hesdes had no desire TO hgster on sueh
Atug were posDol the Doctor by too close scrutiny
" maiden steps. We heard rather than saw nm
start and certain leIky Hfegnany OF bS so i5e
fTOIu be told us he was coming on had an luea
Mat something rather funny was happep,g' w,p
soppeu. and looked back with very WhmslI1l eN d
aO. Iof "a Quc. tie wuuked his nose casually haeu
oORrd tu iup aud raised eyebrow. But we moYeuoh
and Kept our eyes about busness that - 20 cay our
feet. Several rods gone over Presently however
SeTy psurty siaraon sounded tue rear and this
IN - uuInaklDe accent OF desperation, mat We al
In Doc'of was down. both arms stuck in the light
snow, ana muttcrue-a but his prayers
For mile OF two the route led through low clumps Of
bemotk ut.rsporsed With spruce aud fir The rackets
.ilk from two To three inches in the light snow The
tract had been mostly cleared Of ts timber by LUMBER
men several winters before, but in the course Of an
hour mes entered the "forest prmeya" and soon after
found an old military road leading 10 the Canadian from
tier and. although oyergrown with bushes presenting
broad trail for distance. The sun shone brightly
o. the snow The thick branches of the sp.uce broke
the wIuy breeze. The bracug, frosty, ali, with the
Nrisk exercise was not little eXhlaratug. Grip was
tearing about with occasional ye ps which were echoed
sharply from the frozen wood. Here aud there par
tncrc vhrred AZ the sound Of approaching footsteps.
Aftr about five miles OF easy travel the Canadian
read che party turned Of into the unbr0ken forest
Shedding here became more Intricate. They had 10
TWIST about the crooked paths among the trunks aud
bushy cunps Of the ancient trees, until they foot
aud weary.
For courle Of hours we toiled up the mountainside
through a thck growth spruce malnlO. The tree,
trunks assisted Us; indeed, IN places we could
hardly haye got az G@{ io i tise e bside NASH lost
Ls footing once, and tumbled Gown IN nlseeisneous
fashion Tor nearly twenty yards when be Drought up IN
Ascrub-fr: but the Doctor, who walowlng behind
helped linn up, aud brushed his back " and after some
Swapping of his fingers he took to the trail again, and
eHnc up brave Isl II was gallant sight TO friend Kaed
way climb, he did 1t 50 deliberately ana with such lar
Working our way up. and raising the sled by sheer
honest ung at the lue, We reached the summit OF the
ii "A IeW mi AT "a
Turks The crest probably edey under the bright
aorr fhe summit; and the eve ranged ali over fine
10 the north and northwest. thin, hazy hm'
creeping slowly up out OF the southwest quehcnea tne
the sunshine, which had but for TINS, been quite
dszzug; for broad axe rejected IL rom sn.ng
eight miles, set with few dark wooded islands
winding among branchbrOwn headands and BOUNDED
far away br black W0odslnt. III came PACK almost
", not than mile from where We stood, ana
extended OF to the east for couple OF miles farther
Here We lunched on cold mIHce PIE. Nobody chose
cold pun PIX nIle and I'm don't why any
" Shall have 70 chew for drink" Wash remarked
"uu.ess the Doctor wTings his paBt-egs.' -
" But won't snow make our mouths SDeH up 7 NaOe
ssked.
Raed u north with the mercury down 10 thirty de
FTees below zero. they say snow viii bloody mans
mouth but II won't here to-day. ,
We ate snow sparInSy, aud felt no inconvenience
from u.
They nov came upon the track OF game, and deer
moving slowly along In the distance lynx had left
Ls footprints recently made among the black alders
that skrted the shore OF the lake He had passed
run, ieapiug eight ten feet at time Grip snuGed
the strong scent and yelped like mad II was not easy
10 keep HIN from following the trail. The young MIN
rode eyed It ID silence with covert glances around, and
doubtless secretly felt that the beast which made that
track might be an ugly customer 70 hunt. The short
winter afternoon now waning. and IL was time TO
tette down for the night and make arrangements for
their first hunting lodge.
We had come since dsmissn y'our team about twelve
miles, We supposed. The presence OF the oUpeerrte,
Was here demonstrated by the tracks, and we decided
e. camp among The eVeIgfeeLs on tle pluu LOT lew
days at least The stubs offered an abundance
of dry wood. A site accordingly agreed
upon. and We set TO WORK Inc htst thihe
necessary 10 tread and beat down the
Doctor -Four crOched stakes were cut, and the sharp
eued points stuck down into the snow for tue corner
poets Of our camp We made 10 about ten by twelve on
ihe ground Poles land n the crotches, and other
poles and branches laid ON. Evergreen was then cut
bUughs As rain 10 be expected ut THIS latitude
during this only care was TO get u snow
Si ends AID upon about half he south side The part
directly ToDtng one Of the stuDstne place Where we
wa then spread over WIN bogghs to the depth OF
bedding We took care too, Dot 70 leave our camp e1-
posed by telling the adjacent shruObery. ,,,
We we're not over an hour getting arranged which,
considering the amount Of work done, eXpedi-
tous iob. But three younger comrades lad eamped
out before, and "knew the ropes" The Doctor, 100,
bore hand very efectiyely-tOr green One-wOrking
with will and asking no questions The tramp had
soneNhat o,tpled his oyerarchng spirits and be
Doubtless hungry enough not 70 delay supper by ques
he ne1t thing Was to fell one OF the stubs split
M frewood for the night. Ten minutes smart chop
png sufficiently weakened 10 at the butt IL fell over
with harsh roaring crack, and plunged into the snow,
thr"winT no long line of spray The fall resounded
the ,uowy lake, and echoed IRON for into the dark
euiug woods Matches got out and fire was soon
cracking The dry pine burned teTCely and was ber-
ally supplied. / have doubt we burned each day
thousand feet-board- measurewOrth forty dollars IN
BoFtOu; FOR the stubs we're grand, clear old trunks.
winch dened aud the weather though standing there
bare and dead Tor nobody knows how long. Down near
ground they fat with pitch. and OF the color