, 1876-12-16
deer STALKING.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE MON
ARCHS OF THE GLEN.

ARCHS OF THE GLEN.
SWELL WIND THE JOLLY H0RN!"
rose at the dawn with dog as guide
From mountain to mountain bounded
along;
1 breasted the pillows Of Tweed's rolling
And heard at distance the Highlander's
song. BYRON.
Whether the melancholy bard of
Newstead Abbey ever prophesied
that "the Boss" would steal six mil
lions and go to sea as a common
deck hand or not, we can hardly say.
But when he talks about ''Tweed's
rolling tide" we naturally recall the
voyage to Vigo and the return of
the ex-foreman of the "Big Six" in
the Franklin. But all jokes laid
aside, Byron was devoted lover of
the chase and as fond of a nice veni-
sonsteak, swimming in a gravy of
currant jelly and port wine, as "any
other man." There is a pleasure in
the silent forest, as one sits upon a
trail leading to some CLASSY lake,
with rifle at full cock and every nerve
strained to the utmost tension await
ing the coming of some antlered
monarch; there is Joy in sitting by
the evening camp fire with a juicy
morsel of venison crisping over the
glimmering Goals; and a new life
comes over you as you lie down to
sleep beneath the tall minarets of
the soughing pines.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Is the sportsman's elysium and at
fords as fine deer shooting as any
portion of the Federal domain.
Along the lower Sound and by the
sad waves of Fuca's deep channel,
arise trackless forests where the elk,
a larger and more gallant beast than
the stag of Europe, roams in undis-
turbed freedom among the somber
groves of hemlock. He is the Aga
memnon of his race, with the i'm
press of royalty stamped upon his
broad antlers and his muscular neck
clad with the thunder of battle. He
has the speed of the Arab courser
and when wounded, will fight his
captor with the ferocity of Toledo
bull. To take small sloop at Port
Townsend, land at Clallam or Neah
Bay and camp in the vast, silent
groves for a week, the sportsman
will not fail to bring down one. or
two during the week. The trip is
one of hardship and perhaps danger,
but your true sportsman disregards
that when such game as elk are to
killed.
THE RED DEER
Of Virginia, is not found on the Pa
cific coast, but the black tailed deer
is in every uninhabited glen between
Cape Mendocino and the mouth of
Frazer river. Indeed so common
are these beautiful creatures about
Rogue river, that many of the low
down white men about there (who
cohabit with Indians) actually kill
them for their hides and horns.
This is not hunting, but murder
most foul" Among US we have a
more intelligent class of people who
regard the deer as game and not
meat. If you feel like taking a good
hunt, go up about the headwaters of
the Snoqualmie or Puyallup, and
stay a week. But if time is money,
take the North Pacific railroad and
get off at Napavine or Winlock.
About there are dense woods broken
by little prairies where the deer
loves to roam, and the first buck we
ever shot was on the Newaukum,
not mile from the station of that
name, four years ago last July.
Nine prongs in the velvet and an
inch of fat on the ribs. Shade of
Frank Forester!
THE MULE DEER
Is not found on this side of the Cas-
cade range. He dwellsin the land of
bunch grass, among the tawny hills
of Klickitat and the rolling prairies
along the Yakima. He is more like
the fa.low deer of France and Ger
many, than the black-ta tailed deer of
the coast region. His horns are not
so high and branch out wider, with
short points. He is plumper in the
body and a much heavier animal
than his brother who lives "down
by the deep sad sea-" His tail is
white and as long as that of ''dock-
ed" horse, while his ears are long
and fan-like. 1t is from this that
the most splendid of all the cervine
race gets his homely name. He has
more power and substance than the
red deer, to which he adds all the
grace of the antelope Sin the sus-
pended impulse of its feetness. A
week in the vast basin of the Colum-
bia or Snake rivers, with Walla
Walla or Attahnum for sally-port
and base of supplies, will convince
the marksman that devastating in
Washington Territory is
GLORIOUS SPORT,
And worthy of king. For a weapon,
many like the Henry rifle, but our
preference is for 4O-inch Winches-