Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-04

ltoRe wnscn ne guarded. lay o ma, fAA
Eve proueed biack-tailed buck. Ain
bad aFed st him az be came pluneine
down the side OF tue ridge toward the
river. and every ball had struck the an
imal. b1t the last vas the mortal shoe
We commended Alki on his good luok
and skill, and. n Ike thought ve could
start another. ne repaired tn our sta
lions. Ths bsyina Of the dogs uxs soon
heard again. and round and round the
game ran. Once thought the deer uas
coming to me, bat i: saadenly tackled,
sone forty or hfty rods Away, and went
into the bills again. ran up the ridge
Was guarding 80 thst could ges q saos
N the same tactics were repeated. In a
short time heard them coming toward
me again, and soon caught sight of
the game. II turned some seventy Nv
yards away, and l fired both barrels of
my Scott, loaded With BIB shot, but did
not stop II; IN fact, | accelerated its
speed. and It went changing over logs
and brush tovsri CuIt1s. nav SHOTGUN
compani n. He fred both b4rrsls of
his gun. which WIS loaded with buck
s1ot, and ended the career of very fin-
two-pronsei buck. The dogs rau IN
soon after aud Ike Was not far behind.
Ay gun was the subject OF some glod-
nstsred raiilery, sut Upon examination
SIX shots We're found to have struck tbs,
deer. b1t none IN vital spot. I, OF
curse. made the distance as great As
truth would bear. Nv gun 10 twelve.
gage cylinder bore, seven p puuds weight,
hence Is too light for such heavy game.
ten gage full choks is tue gun for the
tack woods I'd brush of this country.
Although Is Was Not more than ten
o'clock, We ended the hunt for the day.
and Ike went to camp - prepare the
dinner while the huniers brought in tn.
game. We could no doabt have started
and killed more. bus recreation, not
slaughter, was our object.
After sump.uous DINNER Of trout and
grouse. foil Iwed by siests, We a .ter-
mined upon q pisc4torill .xo rsion in
the afternoon. 1 he art of casting aud
capturing was to be taught to the wri-
ter, whose previous fishing experience
had principally been confined TO bait,
siuksr aud bob. Afriend had furnished
me With bamboo rod with reel and a
linen line. also with q book Of lies and
other angling appliances. was to he
instructed IN the art of casting, striking
and landing. We soon came TO place
where the water sucks and swells ami
eddies around a huge boulder in the cen-
ter OF the current. / was instructed To
make a CAST near the rock, which / did,
aud NO sooner had the fy struck the
water than there was splash and the
reel began to buzz. That fish had ur.
gent business dawn stream in the pool
beyond the rock. followed, ever and
anon CIV na him and again reeling it up
Whenever the line would slacken. trying
10 work according to directions. 1 Was
told that 1t WAS a large one and that I
would lose him IL was not careful, |
obeyed directions for while, and then
came TO the conclusion that Was doing
that fishing myself, aud followed nav
own sweet viii. l towed him iuto shaI-
Low water, and Cultns, who had got be-
yond him, ungallantly soooped him
ashore. l had him. nevertheless, and
that WAS glory enough for me. That
troat had swallowed the hook go deeply
that l had to disembowel him before /
could loosen it. He would weigh over
four pounds and was the. largest fish
caught on the trip.
After receiving and enjoying the qual-
lned congratulations of my friends, Alki,
III order to sa Nv me how to use the rod
sent ms ny oat near the boulder, aud no
sooner had 1t struck the wafer than a
trout took 1t, and he began to play it in
true scientific style. calling nv attention
10 his manner of doing it. While was
loohiug on With admiration and study
ing every movement with care, the front
Caught the line underneath concealed
root or projecting rock aad broke loose.
l shall never forget tue look of disgust
on Axis counten moe. No description
ein do Il Justice; il had to be seen TO be
fully Appreciated. assN
Alter this unfortunate adventure Alki,
Fiihcum and Cultus went up the stream
while fingered about the pool v here ]
had woa,my first victory. Icaught nine
more and then went ba * to camp sstis-
ned with my achievements. The others
came IN later and were literally loaded
down with tsh. Alki WAS still victor;
ne had caught ~; Iillicum, his rival,
had ~; and Cuitus -. We had veni.
son potple tor supper, but the dumpiings
were failure. Their ieaden QUALITY
aud great specific gravity would have
tested the digestive energies of an 90,
trlch. Ike was very much ANNOYED as
no fished those dumpllnes from the Dot
and cast them 10 the dogs. am happy
to say that the dogs were all alive mex,
morning, but We kept them chained and
away from the water. On the next day
we ran our hounds in the rnorning, and
after long chase riiicum Succeeded IN
killing tne barren doe; he 10 an old
hunter and a capital shst. Others of
tie psrty got shots at long range, but
did no damage. The AFTERNOON was
spent IN fishing, With about the same
results as the previous day. The next
day We gathered our traps together and
started far home, where we arrived in
the evening safely, rejuvenated and re-
ffeshed by our four days In the woods.
SEATTLE, w. +.