New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS..

PADDLE AND PORTAGE from ~ SSI c,yIcI STEELE
1amo pp las. Estes q Laurist
THE HEART OF THE WHITE MouT T5,t,nN1 A by
SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE tourists h"''''"' wv
M xv $40. Harper BrOtHeiT'
,,,rTn, M THE MOUNT WASHINGTON RANGE; BY
WILLIAM IA. PICKERING. l6mo. PIP a. a. "'n'"'"9
& Co.
Tho FIST of these is an English book. telling the
adventures of three gentlemen, hunting reihuecf'
catching trout padding canoes. and making tne'n
selves generally merry IN camp among the laNo' "
Tho interior of Norway. They spent three months
ON this rvpsy excursion. in IA region lltte kho"" ~
the stranger living chiefly lpon the spoil OF .uoil
-. cd r;aes and the iovial spirit OF their hohdaS
Is admirably preserved in their joval oooA
.ha satsfoction of sporsmen 1t should De s"u '"''
The stories of hunting ard fishing appear 10 oe VIA
o;o,s and the exuberant humor OF the "l'ei'
vents itself upon the accessories "hc'o 49,
,lavful exaggeration viii DO no Ni"'""o " ~
-; 90 serious history Certainly the three III
NorvavU are vivacious and entertaining cu"P"'
ions for these idle summer-days ana we Ut uo' n''
ba+ travellers in search of new sensation VIII ma
them competent guides 10 the majestic m'u"'',"o
.nd tanning lakes of the JOtunfjed. The reader
cannot help liking for all three-John inc ir,sn-
man so called because he christenei Charies
Che skinner who "was rather thin and terrioy
tou mt remarkably roomy inside, and who SPOKE
Nrse with GREAT elegance and luency. but ala uoC
understand il at all y; and Esau, whose nOtlou VI
teepine accounts to put his receipts lnIo oiio
pocket and his disbursements into a"oih@'
The domestic economy of the camp IS described
with interesting mnuteness, ana seVtral MENUS
are printed which almost make ones mouth water
Tho three made their own bread, baking II III Gov
orod rim nail in hole in the ground, hot fire
was kent in the hole for some tine then the chi
bors were drawn out; and after the pail had been
lad
seems 10 have been highly satisfactory:
Another important article of food is soup OF
Viz Ne have several varieties When made oi
49, dnck If is-as already northumberland
Skogpagganv soup; but our present Drew Is " PSt
soup" which is made from potatoes Issues cn~Ppo11
sDtaf s,uoU lnn,Ds a square of kOpiS compressed
vegetables IA most Invaluable aftcle-dhl al ,.io
homes from the birds thatwe happen to be using We
never empty the pot, but Keep adu'he WaicI az" Ia
Ines 90 fast as we cor sumo H. and 1t summers by
the fire all day. But when times are very pau, anu
We have no meat, and are iivhg on iish' our sou IS
.t'ou c,lled pToiIie SOuD" ana Is couposcu oI
every scrap that eollect-bsh bones bacon
potatoes; milk dandelion ana Sorrel; preau .nI
iiscuits; and whenever Ut develops any utusud!
Savor we look suspiciously round to see II mat
Ioolace or caudle-end is mis- sing. or II any OF te
tent-pegs have been newly whitfield IL is aiwaIs
err P7oJ aud we call IL prairie because OF the
dandelion, which is q prairie lower. q ,..oror.
There il vet one more kind, known as Ars0naul
sonnU the recipe of wbCn was introduced nom
America bv the Skipper but our resources nave
never vet been 50 low that we could not MAKE some
thing better than this
Pecipe for Arg0adgt Soup.
Take pail of water and wash II clean lhen
boil NJ till It is brown on both sides. four Ia one
bean When the bean begins to worry prepare III
IN simmer If the soup will not simmer ~ Is 100
rich and you must pour in more water - Dry the
water with a towel before you pun ~ ~ L. I Io W
the water the sooner it will brown Serve not
The urocess of shooting reindeer may be clearly
Understood from the following narrative-one ont
of many OF the same kind to be found in the book:
About six O'clock the boat seen returning
loaded with the head and skin of very fine buck
and Esau gave Us his history thus - ~,
. A. soon as we landed half way up the lake we
fonnd the spoOr of two very large bucks ana
smaller one which had swum across the iake ~ we the
night They seemed to have gone toward the
Tynkincs glacier, so went in that direction
also The wind was as bad as II could be ID that
valley for " e were obliged to walk exactly WIN IL
AT first instead of against It, IN order TO gel rouhd
sufficiently large piece OF country, ana tneh wolk
back against the wind we waiheq COUPE COZ pio 90
miles without seeing anything, and at last got close
IN the TynknCs glacier and the iceberg lake al lts
foot. Yon know that lake well enough. Skipper
fu of lnInps OF zee some of them as big as this hut
whicb Keen breaking OF from the projecting glacier
rs II slides down and ] dare saw you remember
what an awful deathly stiffness reignS there and
- = dismal sight the lake is cold and black
under the shade of the crags which close IN Its
sides.
SWELL we sat down there and used the glasses
WHAT do YOU mean by using the glasses I
interrupted John; drinking whskey and waterF
Fsau wthered him with "a look ana went on.
aWeU 'sped, if Won like spled for a long time
without seeing anything and we had just walked
on again few yards when the silence was SUD;
denly broken by cry from joins OF RelnsI and
there three hundred yards IN front OF US, was a
noble buck which had evidently been concealed
from our view by some rocks and had now smell
Ms aud was depart ng at stately trot, apparently
despising urdignlhed hurry. , ,
fancy his intention to trOt away at that
long swinging pace and get into Asiatlc Russia in
4, Tor taa. |
. course now that he was alarmed, long shot was
our only chance sat down on stone ana WIN the
faiptcsi hopes of hitting him. fired twice. and, OF
course. missed.
Now here was where my luck came in. If that
buck hai not been so proud he could have run
straight away from us to the glacier beyond inc
itv and he wanted to get a clean breeze, ana run
against il instead of down IT.. Consequently, when
he about three hundred ana my ynrus awa ~
he turned to theo right apparently intending ~
make a circle around u.s. ana SO get the "lnu ~
his race
aDirectly he turned broadside to us Jens gave a
shrill whistle. and the buck stoppeu snorI lot Z
moment, so that had just time to make careful
shot: and the bullet hit him in the ribs Al the shoi
he stumbled but recovered himself instantly, ana
,nade on good deal faster than before, evidently
perceiving that things were getting serious ana
that this here warn't no cnilds play Before L
could ire again he got into the ravlne wnlch runs
down &c ward Rus Lake, and was out OF sight
We Thought there Just chance OF cutting
him OF in thai extremely rough ground, though OF
or not so we ran as hard as we could for about
quarter tf mile, loading as we ran. Suddenly
ccsnoht sight of him going very slowly, but luckily
he did not sec us 80 we lodged into a little gully,
and after another short run came in sight OF him
standing still no doubt owing TO his wound and
abo"t two hundred and fifty wards away. oo..,, 10
{" This time he saw us and d2rted of as 1eetly as
erer no longer with bis side to us but straight
away. | was dead beat, and Jens had thrown MN
self down and was painting Hke-llke-
coneertIna !" suggested the skipper.
ayes lust So Anyhow we could not run another
yard Won know what it is on those stones. so sat
down again, and with the rifle going like pump
handle fired. and. by the greatest luck mt him