Year: 1874

through many . mimic valley and goge its crys-
tai waters, 10 swell the v0ume OF the Beverktl.


And now after i've mile drive. which has kept
us some what over an hour on the road. we have
at last arrived AZ our destination. Here we are,
on blum overlooking the river, and here we part
company, TWO going couple OF miles nearer the
source and two stopping al this point. Descending
the blum and putting their rods and tackle INTO
work. Plunging into the wates with MS hobnalled
shoes, your correspondent kept at II with all his
energies bent to the taking OF trout, TILL he had
basket soon he lost sight OF his companion, and
bv SIX O'Clock he closed one OF the most pleasant
enjoyed or course hs Ia coua l have na basred
more had they all kept his hook until
they bad been basketted. but one OF the mdeclineo
To do so, and he was minus Just that many In the
whole number which he raised out Of the water.
His first cast, near the foot OF rin or current:
Jailed TO provoke q rise, as did the second thiru
and so on to the sixth seventh. What could IL
means That there were fish there was certain a
few yards on, one and good sized fellow too, had
jumped at ny and goboled it, while another
made hurry at the top OF pool ana, siapping
WITH ms tau the Struggling .ssec ,spased of eec
lively. And yet they showed a supreme disregard
for both ny and bait. Perhaps tue water was ZOO
clear, perhaps the wind was from the wrong point
OF the compass, perhaps the river was TOO low,
whatever the cause the trout Jailed 10 put IN an
appearance, and the days sport opened rather
inauspiciously.


However we are IN for it. The wagon won't be
at the appointed place, near the saw MILL TIL SIX
O'Clock, and We must do the best we can. SO we
leave this part OF the stream, take aga to the
road, and enter the water about hall mile iurther
down. We are alone, our companion having gone
to another part OF the river to seek his fortune.
The Beaverkin here was fun OF rlns. with here
and there huQe boulder behind which the water
broke into eddies- Occasionally large, nall
Which, While In % not lew places along the margin Of the
Str cam the water formed IN pools beneath the
eoagns OF forest S mere
were, sure enough. The Indications were not
deceptive. THROWING ip . our hr,as lure 50 that y
Immediately seized by q large, vigorous ie.-
low who evidently meant light He was well
which mis- strength and did not warrant, to
run away with line, rod, fishermen and all he
Capture or Of the day And wha. beauty ne ooasd
as ne lay there on his side, the very perfection OF
piscine symmetry The trout Of the Beaverkil.
Ike those OF all clear streams with rocky or grav
ely and sandy beds. are peculiarly handsome fish,
their red spots oeng particularly conspicuous and
the vermicuated marks on their backs being
clearly and wen denned, while the scales the
sides and abdomen shine like silver. The smallest
OF ,nem pun on the me with the @ strength o. IAN an
which our hrst capture made 1t seemed as
a. pound trout were at the end OF
with all the circumspection and skill to which
game fish Of this water and species are always
own way and made several little excursions in
different directions now to this pool, now to that,
then INTO the swift part OF the current. then
out OF the water, proving himself worthy men,
ber OF the salnso yo,tinalis FAMILY, and game TO
the last. When weighed he was found to be little
short OF hall pound.


ANOTHER BITE


And now for another This time we draw our
line in front OF the nemlock log. wnere the water
runs deepest, and are favored with q rise, which
means business. That trout was evidently In
earnest, but he missed his aim, and the line Is
drawn in for another cast. This time he succeeds
and IS fast; but what strength he shows The
at least and he pulls and tugs with q vigor that
woud DO no discredit to fish Of


w'Gs trout m some n ve sne or ne se
And so the sport went on till we had captured
about lorty OF the dnny beauties and had waded
was now time for lunch, and as swinging rod
and carving basket besides battling with the
hours, was no hight work, We put ourselves
quickly as possible outside OF q couple Of good
sized slices OF bread and butter, fair modlcum Of
beef TO match and due supply Of spring water,
slightly adulterated from certain Aforesaid flask.
There seated sea So On 20 oe r9ck ovsrlooxng the
zest than II we mad sat down to the choicest re-
past the best Broadway restaurant could afford
fishermen are hard at work; for this, be it
known, is q trlal Of piscatorial skill, and
me As Ss chanpon
usher 0f the company. so the repast Is q
ess TO
fair sized trout-as trout run In the Beaverklil-
TO our number. But as We are about to make a
throwing dark shadow ON the pool beiow-nt
hiding place for o. "a Iosty trSur'.we become
sort OF troutist. Emerging from the undergrowth
which here was quite dense, ne ehded noiselessly
into the water. The hrst impression was tnat our
visitor was a large muskrat but as he moved rap
idly from place to place IN his hunt after nsh, and
lengshenea out his weassi.shaPed body. we saw
minutes we watched him as he pursued mis- own
style Of fishing. He evidently knew where to find
logged trunks OF trees but he was not success
1u Is might be supposed IN stream where the
at the work, il the expression may be applied 10
such SUBJECT, or the trout were too much for
him: him. However t., that may be, his mnksnip's
stone boulder alter boulder, were examined
without effect, Although unprepared ior
this new kind Of game, we would have
tried what virtue there is IN stones but 1t SO hap.
pened that wnere we stood the water was nearly
two ieet deep, and as our ammunition lay on the
bottom ana could not be reached without wet
sleeves and ditto coat, we concluded to take lew
switches =. him with our ine-a rare STYLE OF fly
One, TWO, three casts were made, each bringing
us closer to the mark. and at tine fourth the hook
prised OF his danger Pausng q moment IN his
search among the stones, he turned his head in
the direction OF the line and rod, and then, like
nash, disapi cared beneath the Current and failed
TO put in an appearance on that part the Beaver
kill during the remainder OF the aay.


Occasionally 1t appears, an otter is still found
along the Beaverkiil, and your correspondent was
informed that one had the temerty to attack
man while engaged fishing near the Tannery, q
iavorIte resort, within a few miles OF Murdocx's,
and where some large trout have been taKen. rhe
fisherman, in the eager pursuit OF ms game had
waded bare-legged into the pond. when the otter
went for his extremties, and required, IL Is SAID
good deal OF hard persuasion before he could be in
ouced TO desIst all OF which your readers can lake,
II they please. cum grdrsO sails. However, tell
the tale as II was told me. In the language OF an
obscure poet


such conduct in otter was,


suen u usher shouldn't oughter was


THE DAYS 'CATCH."


But, as Artemus Ward says. 1--WE digressr AT
the trout fishing again we 60 and with sucn good
luck tnat by SIX CLOCK, ~ which hour we are at
the rendezvous, we have bagged or basketed sew
enty pretty iar sized troutthat IS fair sized Ior
the Beaverk But II these trout are, on the
general run, small they are OF delicious navOr and
In quaiIty by those OF any other
stream with whlcn your correspondent is ac-
quanted-and he has hshed quite number
lnese we're taken for the most part from the sides