The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-07-30

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After a short stretch of rapids, naviga-
BILE by skilled boatman, the river again
became sluggish and is quiet AS mill
pond for a distance of s miles. With
hardly a break the shores are lined to
the waters edge with thick growth,
and each bend in the river opened up a
new and lovely bit of river scenery.
The shores are broken occasionally by
ravines, called by the rivermen logans
probably corruption of the South
ern lagoon. Every ravine, bend In the
river, prominent rock or other object,
has it's name, some of which are inter
esting and amusing. We soon saw the
convenience, almost the necessity, OF
these names to those whose business 1t
is to give directions to lumbermen and
river drivers. This seems to be favor
tie breeding ground for wild ducks.
During the last half of our trip there
was not much time we were not within
gunshot distance of some of them. On
rounding bend in the river we came
upon deer On the bank drinking. This
tempted the clergyman to do the only
r,yi1fu nf H11rinr tho
trip, which was to send revolver shot
into the bushes behind the deer, causing
him to leap far out into the river, and
spelling a pretty picture. He quickly
scrambled from the water and disap-
peared in the woods. The run OF 6
miles to Grand Falls was quickly made
In skilled hands the canoe is an ideal
river craft, but the novice had best
'skeep out" or take his first lessons as
''balIast," as we did.
Grand Falls is a place of considerable
Importance to the numbering interests
of the Dead River region. An expen-
sive dam has been erected a short dis
lance above the falls by the Dead River
Log Driving Association, to assist in
taking the logs over the easy rapids be-
low. There are several buildings here
for the use of the river drivers during
the driving season. At this point the
river makes perpendicular descent OF
80 or 40 feet, with rapids for two miles
or more below The condition of the
gorge below the fall indicates that the
fall was once more than twice the height
it now is and considerably farther down
the river. The pool at the foot of the
falls is said to afford excellent fishing.
Mr. Dunphy caught 13 trout here the
night before our arrival, the largest
weighing three pounds. This we have
no reason to doubt, as we saw the pool
and the trout. They were of the brook
trout variety. Though Mr.. Dunphy is
skilled in the use of the fly rod, his out
fit on this occasion was birch pole, a
stout line and a worm bait. Without
waiting for lunch, we fixed up our tackle
and betook ourselves to the river. Our
success was Indifferent, the sum total
of the catch amounting to three medium
sized trout
We took up our quarters in a log
camp built for the accommodation of
river drivers. In neal. by camp were
two Yale students-one hailing from
Kentucky and the other from New York
accompanied by a guide. They were
fishing the ponds in the vicinity, several
of which are within a few miles, and
reported some good catches. During
the day lady came down the river, ac-
companied by guide, and left Oil foot
for Spencer pond, miles distant.
After late, hearty supper, prepared
by the clergyman, who, by-the-way, has
honors awaiting him as cook and gen.
eral utility man, we turned in for the
night. Our bed consisted of founda-
ton of poles on rough frame three
feet from the floor, covered with spruce
boughs, topped with layer of hay
worn to chaff. On this was spread a
quilt some Sx16 feet, which, with an
other of like dimensions for covering,
completed the furnishings. During the
first half of the night it was a case of
fighting mosquitoes with one hand and
sleep with the other.
An early visit to the pool below the
falls the next morning gave us plenty
of trout for breakfast, which we found
appetizing, prepared after the clergy
mans simple recipe: Thoroughly fried
with plenty of salt pork" As previous
ly arranged, we then set out for Spencer
Gut, three miles distant. W.
TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Catarrh of the Stomach.