, 1877-09-09

Our supper was a banquet OF trout In tn
after-supper lounge and smoking, Denise
| pursued the fortunes Of the miserable lovers u u
the novel. High and Pratt entertained me .
fishing over again their last years. fishing IN tn
Maoalloway. down in Maine, aud at Aooote
Brook and about Whipp!c's roaring camp-nFcss
| etc When it was too much twilight 10 teao
Denison, who will shoot at any chance hIeu i
voileT at a bat, and also delivered canlsie
charge at muskrat that was cutting trlanEu1a y
ripplcs across the stream. It was solcmnly az; aG
tcrmined to-day that we should noI a.: taa' .aa
shop" under penalty Of a ducking. Inns wa
| were too many for Pratt, who was not learned
! and We ought to be too considcratc 70 "oFts
| him with the vain subtleties and Quldttttles .
the law, and because VIC could never agree, :ane
there were sure to be three different oplnloIe
! They thought 1 rather put my foot INTO u to'
| night. l referred to curious case III 1oWa ','
where ncteurlite fell OH q mans land: lht
dispute was, whether the worthless prouuct o
the upper region belonged By law to the Itnuc ~.
s1 Of dissoe or to ns,se ss THIS was s
meteorological rather than legal matIer s'.er
They gave Judgment that it smacket
"of shop" but {Denison disscntinE} suspended
sentence Of ducklug until We came to warmer
water below.
THURSDAY, 9th.-Thc Republic blankets made
High and myself bless ourstars for the thought
full precedence which added them to our stock
they were needed air lust night frost-!lke'
and, after HIGH got up and grubbed out pro-
trrlding root over which he some tlnlc had pce1i
/ unrestfully turning US on pivot, anu after VIC
] rot the fellows in the other blankets to quit
| snoring, we slept our-irst sleep in tue WOODS
| sumptuously. Pratt is our morning harptnSer'
| liz likes to sec The daylight coming anu the
! ioeuul morn stand tiptoe Oh tho misty hllItops
If there arc hills about). Aud he likes to 500
, .,>o,,. as ,,.,, ,e +,o s,,,,rsc for
t''o 1".4'a'1> iioo tsD' 40 "" "" - ~ ,'
then the pot beglls TO boil, aha pfeaslas' eo'nes
| soon apaee- He and Dcnison nayI.atcd thefn-
| selves, while the cooks were pottcring to the
l;,,lo RIM ,vh,rc t,,c front wer,, fouud to try
&' & ~
assal1- r, ro, ar,;.,,
r,,,, 1s,, & ,h,o,, 1uu asii,n ,,la st,1, Int
S?,n,. 3 H., ~ ~, Enr rnvar ~, 77,,n hror
,r,,, ,,os fr,,tf,, h,+ IN tv, na,;son
80. 'e11u'e "'o :. aA'.u4 ' 49, w. ~
rambled afounu III the oushes "lth Ills Euu, ouI
Intellectually. Broke camp It 9. a porcuplne
was seen. like n fu1n,p MI n 1op. .Dcnisou
hr,,aa o+ hin, ,,;, ,vour,1od hin, tva ,1raw nm
49,, 7r,a ,,o+ a,,.I III, ,.;t,, ~, nadfa aftnr
IL slnsr;,,r ti~,t u,;ia ~ t,ro hc1ow w .fs.
n'T,ar.d - raj ,rnn,,1 somo ~ ns ,sb;r}, tha
na,4. on,j a,,i,, - ,e"ss ,cbn ipt..nod W.
eaoo % .o.4 . e5 ~ p tn";, an.! +s,,',sr,I ,ou
a!'ioss - toss 'ts .s't'' ' ,,.' ~ t,u.,,,,.,,
y up anu a'' uuMn' ose' ,s:.. toSs, ,.'oas.-
uusu a,u .n 49,; .,ae ha.,,r,.n ;,;an 1,f ss,.-a
way. Al ING ello WIS na1lusone p'aGe ~ ol soute
!o1'le1 Gatiia u1u W. 1oas az uasASs, i.,
!ol .ne li'uiins eau eI meu w.
tIleu H. ~ "as tiout.usi u4uei u'!tieutsies, ,
tnonsn. me or4sn anu s1nheu soss ntauea natu
placo 10 nsn H. iilSn atu ilatt eSt out ~ ~ ~
csious aoss xnu niaue SaseS' ont 1il, WILL 1l.s1e
Iuck- rratI, tiiouSn' s:1ptufeu splcl'u!u unG-
nouae5 nc enuus nsEu ~ pss ~, " .,aen t
mes: au' AtIeI w. wv
lucy quit tLe BUSINESS. ~ tasn
LOT Tue eaoee auo pottaE " sns salsu, w ~
tooA ~ tus Eiass si'lu .a'se Ao.Its ,1 VIZ ~
spfo11Siy tahen s'!ot .ut ts ~ hns ~, iu
luz SMUT s1ioA9, ,.. .ne 1s.;.a ad '.o
loa1l sioas'u.. 'ii'' M.,'o ;o.. ' -
1en'ly: Vo',is o!i wv ~ law ss,ueeu oeci ~ ~
some ia!-osl ousIes, a'a ~ lui'Sl.nse alhc
snot AZ IL OUT lt oroAe toE ,e ta atlpes LASTLY u
caine u HEARTY llsasoe o'Jo> ~ meaA4s ,,e ~
teflng aiuost uso' " ulol' 1'lto .us ''sct; tne
BROOKS mere are co4o from INC spr'1's, ahu Trout
SWIM cold "ate', anu are ~ pe touna ~ ts river,
I NJ all, only ~ tnese Outlets A!o11l ta sprlnG5.
Our canoe Was pus N tnere' anu rratE nuns h1s
1tes anu had hSe!y rises LOT t1hle, out eould
hoiu but three or iour, a1lu each one iost sce1cu
to linn larger than the last About +, on round
'i'}S Dena, the lilos1 sp4clutu anu eAeltlu sSnt
surprised and at the same time husncd, us INTO
tne stliiness ol aut1!ratioh aau caaa'on' otrasnt
oe1u tue a ,n size 1i %h G"ane orS
foliage o. antlefs lowering up nis
consort buck, also, not mca@crly bcaoclleu with
horus, and WITH thein beautiful doe. lhcy
were i'll iull vie" ironing: us, grouped togcthcr
ty anu gracciuluess, worthy 70 De sculpturcd
into enduring marble by an artist as they stood:
The largest ouck secmel nAed ID pose o1
pride, as II contemplating his own massive pro-
portions in the mirror Of the stream. lie and
his fellow then dropped their heads, and threw
them back erect and tossed of the water that
flew like spray, and again repeated the dip, and
appeared as il about, still another time, to i'm
his head rs it tlrst to scent, see, or hear any
sin11 or sight of danger. In the meantime cur