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Title: Sketches of camp life in the wilds of the Aroostook woods, Aroostook County, Maine; fishing, canoeing, camping, shooting and trapping, being true stories of actual life in camp
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: West, Charles C
Subjects: Camping Hunting
Publisher: Boston, The New England News Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ter a little, they are soon taking them, both withfly and worm, and fast enough to satisfy the most greedy oftrout pigs. Here they find them in abundance and soon havea dozen or more of the finest sized ones lying side by sideupon the rocky shore. As these are all they can use at thepresent, they stop fishing, yet a little reluctantly. How theywish they could send to their homes a dozen or two rightfrom the stream, but they are far away and no quick convey-ance. They are here to-day, Joe, says Cronie. Yes, indeed they are. Should we tell of what we seeswimming over these rips, they might remark that tisanother fish story. Well, we have caught enough for supperand breakfast, have we enough think you? Just to please yon, Joe, catch half a dozen more whileI am preparing some of these clean shiny fellows for ourdinner. The day before we leave for home we can kill allwe want to carry with us, at any pool upon these quickwaters. After dinner the trout for cam pare dressed, wiped dry, rolled
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u O I—I Ph oou ww Joe axd Cronie. 99 up in thin birch bark, and packed separately in the fishingbaskets. A layer of moss at the bottom serves as a springcushion tor them to rest upon, with moss between and overthem, no two touching (rilling the baskets quite full with themoss;) there is no bruising if carried in this manner, and theyget to camp dry and cool, which is the proper way. A dozensmall fir boughs placed between the basket and shouldersserves ;is a cushion for the back, and gives the cool air achance to circulate .between. As soon as they reach campthe trout are placed in the cool corner of their spring housecellar. They get an early start for camp after dinner. Leaving theboat behind at this point, they conclude to go to camp by theway of the old supply road which is quite a tramp, and con-sidered pretty gamey. A really good road to walk over, forsuch an old one (as usually these older roads are choked inmany places with windfalls,) and a very pleasant road as itis so vari

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