The sun., 1919-05-23

from November 10 TO April 20, except that
shooting prohibited ana mrsnrs d;. h0Tsss
Gov. smith has vetoed rhs bill Of san.
moshrsts 81 shooting IL prohibited, except
that from January 20 April 70. ootn IN
oluslve, musirst. may be taken Sy s ,seSsr
than "a The use Of the so-csiied boz.
wire or cage trap 10 prohibited"
Treutins In the West Cenadss.
While looking about for . peg to hang han,
my coat on my eye lit upon this inscrip-
tIon written across one Of the beams which
support the roof OF our camp!
cumming
Old Rm Crockett
Tamarack
Jim 6turges
Feb. 20. 1919.
What does IL recall to you. gentle
rsaderf Yes, Il does to me too
srAmarack'' was the guilty one; yea,
more guilty than the rest.
solid months Of combat with the strepto..
oooeus bug he hiksd on TO the wilds OF
z; n S wSSs IN 1ay flos hi.
Wicker emo and :ies.- DrSssinr. I said, but
wv s0 ala Ss ,.Ss Jim Surely
not because he needed a guide. for "Tsms-
rack knows those woods as well as the
he told me 30. It must have been Just
for old time SAKE. for Jim is a good scout.
oTs s' s ShOis ,sSy ssp. ssan ..
while away the winter months and dream
our dreams Of sprtngtims when the lusty
NY dreams have rnateriaiised and here
camp on tbs bank. Of whitney Lake with
ana stiii some Ice upon the lake.
Yes. the trout are here too and waiting
90, =, not ., 80 much ass ser my ss ne ,or
from beneath the clouds only 70 disappear
and send down another visitation of mois-
reappear before our clock tells US it Is
But Why talk about the weather, One
sporting point Of view 1 agree with him.
but its always fair weather when good
During our stay In camp whitney Lake
supplied US with trout enough for all our
needs but between showers we nshed West
and sampson Lake. bringing out enough
choice morsels to remember our good
fssnd T., IN JSsn, to Henry Potter
of sampson Bog sprinshoie
Our trout were packed in moss and snow
condition SALTWATER
Camp Yale. whitney Lake. Hamilton
County. New York. May Is.
I'm here In a new guiss, Ordinarily
self sufficient and perhaps q BIT self-opn-
| donated. as may be kind OF natural in one
whose outdoor activities. Of dawn IN ear
| tensive. am commonly found airing my
vtews-often unsousht but in general In
which We all are much taken up.
At times this is In scrimmage With
ns Or 9tnsr ,oI maybe with R Rnn;
''Bill Crockett talked shop In his sleep
round the campfire dark and dreary IN
hi. at the pipe gathered up grain.
.ranery. These should serve useful ends in
| Then there are the small matters like
the encounter betwiIt "Baisarn'' and my
ali similar Clashes t.nd.ns in n. e end t to
establish and cement friendship Yes,
'Balsam'' and I are now fast friends,
! This making and keeping of friendships
THE SUI: initial sntaEonism. virtually
tfiSgtcrs to Rod aod Gun This outcast
sports the monicker "oswegatchis."
up against "osweestehis" Is entirely eE-
| "OswesAtchie's'' recalcitrancy along dish.
camp iswyer I Just tnouEnt hi, soot
opening 10 which to spread my feelings
| As started gu. TO say before my vex
alton with ''oswegstchie's" traits threw
me out OF mesh and set my gears to graf
ing. my correspondence may hitherto nav.
ness ard disclosed a tendency to butt II
suggestive OF early bringing up on goats
| milk. Weakness shall mark my presen
break into prsot: am asking to know
Strangely enough have never but onc'
hshed the trout streams OF the crotor
| uuata haA n al 81 a.
last May. Having occasion TO go into up
per Westchester county on a half day,
downpour long before daylight. takini
along ny OUTFIT. During the forenoon
the weather meanwhile having settled.
the creeks Of the section. The waite
was in freshet stage from the recent del
uEe and about as lirnpid as the flow from
covered the stream faithfully with bot,
vet and d,y Mes. ] had but the e1
How About westehester, "P. NJ:
The taste OF convenient angling awak
ened my interest, however. and hu'
myself desiring TO have another try or tH
regular Itinerary to 60 into .ore.. witt
this yen on me. me would IKE IKE, to ioeat
needn't be very wonderful-which can b
reached o, an afternoon with decent OBJ
servancs OF the gams-no. speed laws-ii
syins before darkness falls. propos
then to roll up in a blanket nett tho bu.
climb out and greet the gray OF tho cas-
with a skillet OF hot coffee and bite o
wanEan and resume fishing unit! the SUI
calls out Times up!'
In Rod and Gun OF May Is. 1913, =
answer 20 some prior observations OF min
relative 10 the nesting ~ Ua!lsr's ar
black ducks among the Croton reservoirs
~ "" wrote most instrar ely and en-
teri aininE.y Of -fsh and gam" condition
In westchestsr and Putnam counties, shoN
ing In his descriptions an equal familtarit,
with the lay OF the surrounding country
was particularly impressed with the ref
ersncc 10 Patterson swamp.
am shy the Topographic auadrangl
designated Glove on which Patterso
from the sheet adjoining 10 the souu
that the locality "P. "" refers 10 lie
over near the Connecticut boundary as
is probably formed by the course OF IN
East Branch Of the Croton and Mudd
Brook The map before me presents thes
sreaH as largely inundated and FIRING
with a swamp growth Of possibly eaisan
or tamars Il. Is this trout water. p ~
And would 7 be place .Ae fishing