The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-21

had entertained the idea that such a
route might be travelled BY beasts of
burden, in connection with some kind
of vehicle; if such q notion was ever
conceived, We can only be amused at
the simplicity of the individual. The
path was infested with immense rocks
that were smooth and slippery with
moss, and when you put your foot on
them. down you went, and when you
were down, the mosquitoes had you /;
for though when you were in motion.
their attacks were suspended, yet, if
you stopped, they came at you with
renewed vehemence, slipping and fall
ing, when yeu are fresh and light, is
not of much consequence, but when
you are tired out, and have an hun
dred pounds on your back, it's fear
full joke. | had trudged ON till,
through fatigue, l had become just
desperate, and would not have made
any exertiOn to save life itself. /
stepped on the point of a stone, it was
treacherous, and myself, pork and all,
reposed softly in the morass. The
mud was knee deep; exhausted
nature had spent all her energies /; l
could not move hand nor foot !; the
mosquitoes assailed me in legions :;
through an opening in the trees; the
sun poured down his relentless rays
I thought my time had come, and
memory, unconsciously reverting to
the days of childhood, / was about
beginning Now lay down'-when i
heard N on ahead exclaiming, at
the top of his voice, in all the con-
sciousness of immense and impregna-
bic strength:
"There is a pleasure In the pa thless
wood"
1t would have afforded me salts
faction there and then to have knock
ed his head off. We accomplished
the end, nevertheless. and reached
the bank Ofthe Illegalloway just above
the falls, to avoid which, We had
passed the carry
We found here, little fat-bottom-
ed boat. about fourteen feet long, and
amply sufficient to carry a pound of
butter and a dozen eggs, and when
the guide told us that we were all to
60 in that cockle-shell, / proceeded to
narrate to him legend relating to
three individuals of age and expert
ence, who are reported to have dweIt
in the state of New York, and who
set forth upon acertain journey by
water, in a class of sailing-craft not
popularity in vogue among mariners,
and with regard to whom it is conf
IDENTIFY asserted that if their means of
had been of a more Der.
manent character, their traditionary
"reminiscences would have been pro-
longed.
Our guild, however, assured US that
tine week before, the same frail bark |
had brought down four men, with a
moose they had killed and somewhat |!
but still with fear and !
trembling, we loaded our luggage.
The vessel sank in the water to with
in three inches Of Der gunwaie, and |
we had to keep the trim so nicely ad-
that if you winked one eve
without the other, you were in immi-
nent danger of upsetting.
Once fairly started, thoughts Of
danger vanished, and our little boat
glanced over the water at refresh
ing rate. The river was perfectly
,till, with no current, and its smooth
surface only broken by the leap of the
trout, and the splashing start of the
wild-duck. High noun
aims arose on either side, and the
river banks were lined with scrubby
pine and birch, whose interlaced
coughs rendered passage impervious
except to the denizens of the forest.
Our point Of destination was a
place called Beaver Brook, some two
niles up the stream, where it was
that trout would be found.
We reached there about 5 o'clock in
he afternoon, and the sport then be-
,an in earnest. In my time / have
ished, as it may be, considerably.
have fished for various specimens
# the 6nny tribe I have essayed cod
n Boston harbor, and herring and
on the sea-coast;
have 6shed in many streams
or trout in Massachusetts,
nd Connecticut; l have taken
almon in the Ohio, trout in Macki-
Jaw and Minnesota, and bobbed for
Ehals on the coast Of Florida, bat I
lad not reached the acme of fishing. I
Is before stated, I had heard all
orts of .'fish stories" from persons
tho had explored the northern re-
ions; / had listened to their state