The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-24

the grandeur and beauty of the scene. It alone is well worth the trip.
 A stop over night or for few days at Fred Flint's camp Is the custom on this route, Flint is a well-known charac- ter, having been for many years a cap ital guide in the Magallaway region, and he now takes pleasure in offering sportsmen and pleasure-seekers the comforts of good camp. Leaving F'lints a mile or so of carry" around the falls brings you to the upper Ma galloway, where you can board a most primitive arrangement called a steam boat as big paddlewheel hung on behind and turned by steam power en- titles it to this distinction, to say noth- ing of the fact that it makes noise and fuss enough to scare all of the deer out of the country and the trout out of the river You can, however, take a canoe at this point and give yourself up to the study of the loggers work and the hab- it's of the deer as they are constantly revealed to you as you are silently pushed up stream.
 Sunday in the woods without books
  per is apt to be like all other days, and We are willing to accept for fact that there are books in brooks and sermons in stones. We might say that we are compelled Ito accept this view of the case We may also say that we accept it with pleasure and are deeply inter- ested in the story which is told to us by the babbling waters and with the ser mon which is thoroughly preached to us by the patient stones. Lessons preached by nature can do us as much good, inspire in us as good thought, mo- ble desires and true penitence as can be derived from an up-to-date sermon de- livered from the pulpit of fashionable meeting house. Yet as the early set ting sun, its fiercer rays now being softened into a golden glory, dips below the mounaain tops, which are just be- ginning to feel the effects of early frost, here and there tender maple having already donned it's scarlet coat, we have no hesitation in taking our rod and casting our flies upon the water in hope that in addition to it's stories it will yield us trout or two for supper, and it readily does.
 The upper Magalloway for number of miles forms one highway for visitors to the Rangely region. Flowing as 1t does through the mountains it's course is very irregular You might leave a friend on the bank at a certain point and after having travelled a mile or more almost shake hands with him as | the river comes around on the other side. In other words, to go mile in a l straight line wouldNrequire a three or four mile course of the river On ac- river is sluggish as rule, but is clear and cold and in places is as swift as 1 any In Maine, and is rocky and impas- i sible by canoe. Trout abound in quan- | titles in certain sections and grow tC 1 quite a large size, some having been I taken this season weighing from three I to four pounds.
 l We have often heard that the deer were becoming so plentiful in this county that they were a nuisance to the farmer. entering the gardens close tc the farms and feeding on the vegeta- bles. But from what can be seen of the l uteI ouiILS lut tlllle dl tHlS SGdSOl of the year, one would not suppose that there was one in the country. A glance at the bank of the river though, as you glide by, will convince one to the con 1 trary for the paths, or runways, are very frequent and are full of fresh tracks every morning. If further evi- dence that the deer are plenty is need ed, all that is necessary to obtain it is | to float down the river in a canoe al night with a dark lantern called 8 l jack" and seeing will be believing. Ii 1 is not lawful to jack" deer if youl purpose is to shoot, but it is not uncorn- mon for parties to go out just for the sake of seeing, and on the lake ol streams, in this region it is the usua
 thing to fail in finding the desired
 game. A light shining in the eyes of z
 deer, nothing being seen back of it
 makes him inquisitive, stupid and ap.
 parently oblivious to all danger, ant
 they can sometimes be approached un.
 til the bow of canoe rubs up agains
 them, when with a leap as though
 sprung from trap, they are off to the
 woods Sometimes if not badly fright
 ened they will return to take a second l look at that wondrous light Under I such circumstances it is no very diff
 cult matter for those who have mint
 to take the chances of being caught by the game warden or his spies to obtain all the deer meat they want w
 might add that the chance is ofter
 taken. J. B. c.