. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . A SHOT AT A BALD EAGLE. -/- THROUGH THE WILDS. In answer to an inquiry from one of the ladies, the captain informedhis passengers that the campers were from some place back in thecountry, and had come to the river for fish and berries, the latter grow-ing plentifully along the banks. They dont catch any trout here, said Ned. No. It is pickerel they are after. They salt them down in butter-firkins, and carry them home. I have seen fifty people at a time strung. CAMPING AT FOOT OF BIG MEADOW. along t
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . A SHOT AT A BALD EAGLE. -/- THROUGH THE WILDS. In answer to an inquiry from one of the ladies, the captain informedhis passengers that the campers were from some place back in thecountry, and had come to the river for fish and berries, the latter grow-ing plentifully along the banks. They dont catch any trout here, said Ned. No. It is pickerel they are after. They salt them down in butter-firkins, and carry them home. I have seen fifty people at a time strung. CAMPING AT FOOT OF BIG MEADOW. along the river in different places during August and September, someof whom had come a hundred and fifty miles from their homes, androde all the way behind just such old plugs as you saw at that camp. What a taste ! cried George in disgust. Salted pickerel! That would be as bad as sauerkraut for me, added Ned. Or Limburger cheese, put in the parson. As the steamer ran alongside the wharf, Bragg drove up in a Con-cord wagon with a pair of horses. He brought nothing but the exchanged greetings with the Van Wyck party, and the captain THROUGH THE WILDS. 273 notified him that he had five passengers who wished to go to DixvilleNotch. The Boston party bade their fellow-voyagers good-morning, andexpressed the hope of meeting them again, and going on shore climbedinto the wagon. Their baggage was landed; and the steamer pointingher prow up river, sent a parting whistle after her late passengers,which, much to the jolly landlords delight, set his horses
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