AP AARC Air ENA RR DT MEO UAT LIRR LIRR TIN KN i Mela ondel 9 o4 11340" [90.3 i FOREST AND STREAM, WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO * FIELD AND. AQUATIC SPORTS, PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY, FISH CULTURE, THE PROTEO- | TION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST IN OUT- DOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. | CIA Fit lS PAP LOC MANAGING HDITOR. VOLUME I. SMLENSOMIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON 25, B.C. PUBLISHED BY 2. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 103 FULTON SPREET, NEW YORK. 1874. Pige root ceND »obPR EAM PN Dee ex VO Ts ad * J A Geese, Wild... 199 tee one Cee OE ain teet test neha oe eeeeeoeweee eto teseee eee 8B ee ee reas That ay See : a9 Med ; a cof Gare ae Bi] GreemionWnae eigen assoc Bo| Methil Universlty Spot oo 319 | Garnier-Ubassy Match. ¢ i” 0 GE ee cc SU EEhsntans ow wot or iaat “a ee ee ee iistiwe ae | Sete trl oe ae Witte aee Mountain Region—A great public eee Barrels are best eee ane 359 Now 'Ee Era Y Of ‘Athletic Sports... as oe 3 Birdy a fs cee ae as ‘ci ittle Tupper’s Lake—M. Bien Ut sar oharte 101 Cuicloske OM oRw ne Ole ee ae a ‘Ahmet igs 3 | October in—Crow Cid id OF eC RDS SE see awe 308 Guns, Rust aries Bee pa erat i eengs Tnaitie eso ions ne ey ee ee ee 03 Gis, P ay, GR eben dees coe eee hy. aise! AES 3 Institute Association.................. 185 Birds, Early Habits of—Malle ........... ss... 312 French on Gav cdutaldicte tore alta melcres oe "3, 136 Gun, pine 8 Breech-loading Rifle................ tkins, Chas, G.—Fish-hatching and Mild Weather 396 iad of Poe aa eee i Bi grepo aR ca . te EEC OE BDO. a aan Gig Atlantic City, N.J.. M il eather Soh| PRE Oe re ate ae aes ae aa 294 ee Ae ey es ee ec ee md A Siassiva Paap gh eee erent many ye Sones ey ty 10 Pade catty hook: (josie geri ip sit zeae ; Avery Pate : ps ies iat ata pin = hare ae pein een : Growth o: ed ese the Western Rivers...... 107 pee 8 HOGAN ONS a ene ee one GaN ey Avitade, a0 Gane OB arte rastatee a u Walkin ae = i oe cr eh or Westra River... 101 in Ge i Ae cretdcs camara Bp | sAvilnde,, ie Game Of, 2 yaswwace+crnnteeraceerenss 14 Walking Under Water_—-Land and Water on..... 101 COT Sa eal ca eri canons oof 22 Sicha ees yu OO sa ia eee ona Albanian Chasnctevistion 0200002000000 eae CE Nor Aan EOE ait : 1B “igure : ees ee ones ae te Be ee mun ee - 2 ; BeaulePups. Giles's carrie ation, Annual Dinner 378 ee S. W,—A great Hondoniat ke Bites.......... 406 Lightnin antiect Beara ripen ah ut wage aie a oe 891 on ee men 10 idon ks Tour ant Blot Brat Ee Bing ih crc igator’s Tooth Aaah. Eee oe te attest 214 Lions an Ti ers, W gp eee ai gi a ue Mt. Danny New "son ie : spain ee Bee cree 8 oox| Babe aba ae aon i oo 21 BIO ene Tie eae ep arte ee ee aee e eae ees phi es BSL Annual Meeting. ae ae 8 Celebrity Wennss Pisce einige Bieta ae ie a Brae a ae ry News Man, FoREST AND SUE ne SOR OES rat See 3 i ' : : sh OU COR meester opR een in ater G te Re okt ek anal 25| Numerous on the New England Coast..... Saha ie moan wane | Meer co Spencers rit | Balrd, Prof. spencer E «| Sewanee MENG GNTaSTRITL Oe OM btn ange, Setter-bitch with ...................s.... 3 Sal re one : ‘ios Fag 2 Anadromous Fish p22. in ere SPM cee pee 136| M TECHG wablecheh 4 Oe pelea a almon in the Hudson, ......-..-..ceccees costes 3 | Bonen RE osty totes Paine 001022 : Anchovy, ynerienny Peculiarities of—Norris...... 246 Medit eee es et yey ties he Me Baia youn, EH ee fe 28 posi G00. Naa a " Accuses Se) Ret eaee Mareen : pte teen seen ees ry a 7S Ces pe, ALA eee eae On ne OE! Th ee ere i HE ee Cabarete and.. pear ce ay ve wise aie tie al rahe mente Sle Oem sc as onan a Ointinent, Gun-basrels and 00.0002 Waters... 2... Sste MP Saya Le coll ee 8S Anderson, Charles J. ~The Tion and the ile is due.. 188] _ Mocking- teas Vermin ee sre est tee ieee. lamp aie Sota tee 55 Wator Cay ce Bishi issn Ohne a Arron Rang Asoc, Sa i aoe tae ee een Me Cn at Beaton lephant. Aa ee ne bite s—When ee Beette Sei ae ee 71 | Baker, Sir Suet and Lady. coetertetecesereteeees BIB Argonauts The Ladysne ano es asi a nd Literature. Ancient.............. onkeys, Method of CaptUTING .6 sce ssc tee seek Sa ace FR See arr So ™") ro | Ue at Boston 3 Mon eevee nie 2 OTE AU IR ee worked Oe Whnag) SLi f Atalanta Club Regatta.......... .s.s.sscseeeeees 169 st a ae oe Koy, Method of egplaring vane. vssoes 0 ERETACaT IE ao eee ton ot ae P 249 ‘Atalanta Club, Annual Meeting...... .......+.+- 50 nimals, Collective Instinct in; Nature.. » SAH 094 Mountain SNS Beg Oa ee io ee aster Horse Experiment AARP. a a Blaikie’ ang agann Clabes Bie ome & seine oo ee Se te a : chenk Ba A ieee in Mery Rev. i, sates He Re fen Gh Hae Bost o Persons...........+. gh to hold Rod for Trout-fishing (Dean) ingle Hand Fly... 343] F ishing i in Prime Hsrart's Be 4 Sopaeg Roti a et signe Hee anqugli te Wolds ot Sain miclio Wulner RRO E Ee | ME eee es a Body's walking. merits SHOE ee a me ne Tins cra a st Saee ne a ee they take a Fly?........... a a m aN Maumee. . bash thy Peis | aka iy iti 63 Herbert Rexall Rowing Peat Lee i eee pee: oi they take an F nat YN 8 Seah SOTO ee t —— ose er wer we eaeee 8 pathos ee eer RE 23 Shooting, Warren and ilk Brat eee scart 3l1 Fishing in the ve an’s Land and Niantic...... enon 7:3} eran “Black Rock Rowing Match ....... os ne x-wood for Wood-engravers............+--+-.. 295 nia, for..... ies, Pennsylva- Fishin iieean cimey arcs 13 ie cas Seeeeeenenanns : Brooklyn, Rifle Practice not Aco a PERE) CSEA Anyi gael OUMLS, Pa attarhd oem data ng iret ae 231 | Places a Ue See seater m fone eee aie : ce Sports—Field and Water Tg; eal hens go1| Silk-wortis, Food for.... 2.0. 1 231} Placed in the N Ea erent aye ant Race sof New York i Ad gl ico ; enada, Crossing the Line to; Custom-house Ar. 407 Skins of Animals, To preserve. Fa cot SNA = (08 and Lehigh Rivers rate Sarge Sosqueh sun Nation ' oer neat Pai 3 Cat Ne Guns, etc... Seg beetor mae ‘ i 391 Be ate nee Ho, to pr revent hurting Setar 59 Wilt era Brakeley SERPS AWE aut Neptune per Argonaut: Hace. | i. : : ectgearn geome ner 21 Sopra F a ie ae 3° Be Taehthe Meee eee aaa 047 A HALALGIGT PROGR Sie Ian ee 172 » DOMCBLIC. oso eseseeeeeeseseteee cen eneees ackerel, High Price of ..............., 199 Kirb inetd Onin enact ok ; an Hogg Chay Sigh oc SE Serre ener EL Chor nyc at tenements 1B) OBR gen censors | Getta eo Ata etiee okee SMe on oe eae oe : rels, Grey, Scarcity of onc a dese Peseys Sits sonsem Oe Holberto ager giogiieg (fees An ctpat oghastortis tu jor ty fegni oo Charge of Powder and Shot, How to méadans.... 801 | Sunilen, Foot tor. Haas ee si | Comell Correspondent, .20000000./000000000 Le | EMME a ee : eoeer eee eee ee eewe wees or enews en eee R eae ee : ue . “ho Hee - Golonge for Hunting and Trapping. ions... RTL Beer eo 8) Gece i = "**"* 4671 ‘Tar Ointment for Dogs’ Feet ............ j a : Bo oe oo ee eS ioe 2 qt ef Regatta Management, eID IO, i Pier seers 398 Curlew Jack, Great Weight ofa................. ot nae = testes Se te reen winged, Where to Bass, Saat heed pee ea ee eee eee ae, st ohn erat sa sea hae ie fo oa 81 ee Rae a pee i under Bay to Rainy Lake—Distance... ...__.. se Bape, Supa.” Somigag a 20000002000 Be ee cee eS eee era oe See oer We ga erm Ea fac hitariony Dodo in the Ashmollan Mi Ber Mere et. sic ceed 2 ¥ si? 875 Trout: TO, THT CATE: [eh ne TON Ae ee EiTRe a phim weal Le wlWey ot cee eS oe, 67 Clubs Th er ssociation. Amateur Rowing Dogs: Beagles, Cost oe IRON awe one ehe ae 199 Trout catching by Torchlight.. ee ae 199 | Battue Shooting Contest ........... sc ese eeeeeece ee OS a, Seal age fo i ee ladys ty amend Nib Leal © ating their § pupipt pte ck amram res a ar on a ae: colbge oy TP DROCUTE ay eh las eee tonal er. = maoute fishing j in fie Mecallaway aga ett 37 TAA i ee ene ts Sian Tia 378 Professional Oarsman, AN ee conc gt eege ones 937 enna: d, Loss of Appetite, Bleeding, ‘ete. # : poe ae peeeern ‘Pennsylvania. Raa le Hae -stuffing.... ULV OY coe dace sees seeceerascnce 35 Yale College Regatta Benes Of or ee 28 Sita Ee ae A EE LE Te y caught in Maine.................. : ucks, Stran aN We ht Hs yee g eS UN DMatRNINTR Tea 349 | ores eval ae : nie i : — = Tet gia gE In Mal ier Beak" Eagle AGS. ORME Goac, bc cee ate tua bate B42 Book. Vanderbilt Horse Rivalry... pace EID Rove Mnbaoetiieac Wise | Waele NAR isos ve erating Hstee ibeS Wing | Reni he Seon = etween a Sette it Pinto Che Ur RNa ARON HT RHRAT oe ee le 23 RE foarte ec Yarn 2 . ign, Bonide 0000" Rabbit Beagle, Cost t rand a Pointer.... 407 Wate ee HO cea itecated Parmigea ss occ a eer tery ae ; Rabbit-Dogs, The he Oe importeseras. wee 391) W. r-proof Clothes, How to make........ 00.01. soe eee re cierenere ere gene an) APU i Seceneh or Nome apa aRP a ee a Sov hictt HCO Ce ee 267 tan ny ee ee Mary Ouine® of Bs, Wo : sR ioe ncn | WR TY aes career tae Br ean DE ccs a) MAC Ons Mea Setter Trish, Revmonde: ea cape ctan tates: 1. 848 APT ae eka or a pie Honey 23 Bear, Guan in iin or. wii a 8) Eee ara ee = x on Soe ae as hen! ey eG Aarne ee eee oe ae fe vy; Fisk arena ia Cor. with Hay- 10 pagent pe ee OE ws A DO MP aM were Ah Teal breed of Boge Sate NRTA ON OL? ees ainsi 247 | Bear-shooting—Carpenter ............ ene ne ae ovat hg Setter Puppy —Is it time to cut tail?.2 2.227777 875 Yacht J t Not ea ear, ‘Where fo Hitmen ee : ae oes Setter Puppy Diatenmn COxCUtstatlePaas sere ce 391 | Antel alia, Not Your Julia”.... ............. Ge MeRs ese rb Meally yt seet rare ae 5 pac 2 eueret a a aos 7 a nto oad tall 3 Antelopes; er a eae 391 Bears of the Pyrenees Cees iy eee Lal B urn, Henry, ‘Artists and Arabs POE GORCOUL-.).2 50 irene oeeatl. ak een sla The Journal of a Naval Officer 182 | Beardslee, Commodore, L.A.—Wild Fish ee Hs oe cae oe - ; a ish ng, ie Fae eicar ae ois Bearisle: aommedore, L.A.—Wild ae among 359 precolean ets: ae and Pilgrims....... .. ne SEIELCARe Rciody, OTP ee nts, Strange Effect of Terror on........ . pee oe PG a lesen Be conse ss ee : Distemper in, How to cu y A g ect of Terror on.. Pe amee ee cock saan ae i ii Teves BA RAAT Ociae Tcndenis Conmernn Mee eae Beaver- ing. ..... saath Sf Sante’ & wyors oud ti st 2 Distemper, Inoculating ARs ae cel Aeetn, The Ne ae aes Be SAL Sah x Beoehe ef Wile or wiaksee ‘s crn parent . ee in, How to destroy :........... ie aes pleton’s le NEW LORE es eas 250 Beet i % Hey pare Sey Rony Fr phe cane orms in, How to destroy...-........ a Ag “4 Six-t t ile clr iy a 8 af ri: beste eras Susie S00 esses a Cand only aad Natta! Revi Draw-poker Questi NV Marcte stoenk ae Arb Pe ayeTa hi eee Ra Re ARE em lt 1 | RSM RES IECS o s cpouinag eae a c a ee : to destroy. 000. : ee Soe MoE Wine age tosses hom Sareea 158 | Bertra —Back Lakes of Canada............ ar alfeg an Phebe, ast Boam of "7 f: Blend olen on ia 1 aOt| tebe Bxplorstion ~iingishitxpedition “the pr. Sl aan eens oe ma] Gee ei on sary a Elephant, Siar ee en PRE oe Pula Sy EAR er oo oe ROTA S ERE sie: 2a Peete ae Meee : e ciate : ul s Seu 2 "asi n-th ai totek OA aR el g aris, and Capt. Hall’ Hii neces etd viet ee || SON OE: Coon, Fooling a...22...2.. 2 ceo enh : ieee Ely oe vga pogegeeatis tetenes Argonan!—Clarke se pt 8 Death, Investigation... 185 Bore ue nleon, Rankings beater sorte 1 c rid ok by Se a a : ate PZOMAUE-CIAFKG - a eee ese eveeeeneereee sees 118| Wild Life in Florida .2.2.122 7777777 493¢ sa" ae Gneordajgs tothe Conetiation of the Ui = Bee oer aE Mia ia ee Zo) PHldsr Henan ona com si cack ie = a ee 2 CLE Le oe os Boston Three-B i F, Bilott, Key to — Sis oe owes ak a aes We eae rah sh ped kis Ate Dee ae CEA ee Seas wee Dal ae a | 7 Blorid aA font Duck, Snipe, Quail, and Deer........ {| Boating and Gymnastic Club Daly ta i a aS S| coe ae ta ings What are tov ap ritoner on tee eens 375 | Cornell Sports......— ub Races, New York... 11 Dale. vs. Garnier, Ch amp oer 6 Chaat ‘tamil Sas Valea . abi ie gee 359| Dartmouth College Exercises.... .......... +... 219 York een Seen nee es “Gad eto x Dasety Mrs. + Gram reo ae ai CR) nAP Ee sosiaa ciiagoccoc S| pee eal eee rs serie at ai0| “Danian Skoatelek Cea, eee 2 Dawson, J. W., The Earth and M. aes iaWess UY aaa sere eta ie, 28 aS Forest, J. W., The Wetheral JUNIE Ay eg aid e SEC Madame Emile, 'he Cross of Berny 333 odge, Mary Mape—Hans Brinker........ 334 Eclectic Educational Series... BE RO hey Bid peveanae, Mrs. Annie—Miss Forrester........... 318 liiott, Francis, Romance of Old Court Life in UEVANCO RAS GM wiht Bs a 6 domi chy 17%4 pas Dana, Scientific Amusements............. 30 ern, Fanny, Parton’s Memorial Volume....... 398 Wield, Kate, Hap-hazard..........,............0. 30 Fire, Protection Against......................... 46 Iammarion’s Atmosphere... .................. 238 Fleming, Mary Agnes, A Wonderful Woman.... 206 Florida, Rambler’s Guide to................. ... 302 Foster, Dr. J. W., The Mound-builders....._._. 62 Fox-hunting—Raed............c.ccccssecc ce eeee, 302 BrOnChGEotie-lyie,) ccc. evs eosue lad ene 333 Gallengo, A., The Pearl of the Antilles 414 Garrett, Kdward, Crooked Places The Dead Sin eee sehen ard wn alt Gene nb e W ot ey conta ele) Pay, ane seh wwe ewe ssee8 i oe i as a rd Holland, J. G., Arthur Bonnicastle ..... Spndes ie Iustrated Library of Favorite Songs......... 190 owson, J. S., The Character of St. Paul ....... 254 Jasper, Theodore, Birds of North America ..... 333 IQ REECHION At Rn, so Se seuts, hee ks) Den 346 Jewett, John P............ Jane eR SED eee AL Kinney, Hlizabeth C., Bianca Capello—A Tragedy 110, 302 Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth, Chapt Land of Moab.......--... be td RS Ee Lankester, Edwin, Half-Hours with the Micro- BG OTC erie detente chalets soe a2 Baap sini 254 Le Moine, J, M., Maple Leaves....... Th aee pene: 206 Lewis, Geo. H., Story of Goethe's Life.......... 254 Little Camp on Hagle Hill....................... 238 Longfellow, W. W., Aftermath.... ... ...... 318 Logan, Olive, They Met by Chance.............. 110 Lunt, Geo , Old New England Traits....,....... 46 Maitland, Hdward, By and By ................... 286 Matthews, Joanna H., Fanny’s Birthday Gift 286 Maynard, C. ‘f., Birds of Florida................. 158 Miri Montford 2. cesses ashe lacks alleceseece. 302 Nason, Rey, Elias, Gazeteer of Massachusetts 398 Newhouse, S., Trapper’s Guide................. 46 Nordhoff, Charles, California.................... 110 NOMEN Gra LIP HES, nos koede Garlstavxphey leunve: 318 Packard, A, 8., Our Common Insects......., ... 238 Pickering, EH. C., Physical Manipulation......... 254 Picturerque Normandy... cee. e cess deo dees: 238 Pike, Nicholas, Sub-Tropical Rambles ........ .. 238 Power, Rey. P., Truffle Nephews........... ..., 222 Prime, W. C., 1 Go a-Fishing..................., 46 Punchon, Rey. W. M., Lectures and Sermons 158 Pyrencees;..A ‘Tour Through... i. 0. 6s ven dean 286 Ravenswood, Edmund Dawu...................- 254 Raymond, Dr. R. w., Silver and Gold........... 818 Reade, Charles, A Simpleton.........,..... Se epee Redden, Laura C., Sounds from Secret Chambers 333 Reid, Christian, Nina’s Atonement............, 238 Rifle Practice, Manual for ....... ...0..-......., 238 Roehrig, H. L. O., Shortest Route to Germany .. 302 Roe, Rev. H. P., Play and Profitin My Garden.. 62 MiG ak aj eCG Shy Ws) thee CPO dey Aaa meas a tl ate eee re 254 RS GIAM ITN CA LT sn Pelee gb alalela Mees Pe llsicg 190 BORNE Ol ast estate cutee B55 Custer, Gen., , Dashing TREC Ho dn AA epee §.c8 Shae 13| Twelve Canadians v. Twelve Americans Trigh\feams Vetter ot: lie) ois sctaaee oneal nee 381 4 INDEX. PA PAGE . PAGE ; ee ees of St. John’s, N. B.--D. H. Fe pears ay at Voruee need ek eo A, ee eel. 396| W.E.N. om eee ve she Mes AS Ae Sealer oe Wildisoos . coere ake Banad Fowl..... .. ra pe A ee CIS a te Grease ste eG duenng ecietsiramta pee tear. ulls, Human— iscovery in Kansas............ 202} Hating eac er, VOICE OD..... 2... cesses eee ee ild- ‘ of the Expression |*"’ iT eae Matdened. be nines chance teeta chi ghh 40 | Sleep as a Medic'ne......... ee fee Pe ee 313 Rating Eloi SPAY HH. oc lecuwtorenntaesr ee tages 51 | Wilson, J. Newton, A Cruise to Windward ....°’ a Rides Anmaeee ieee Hic ath fon ye easiy 121 | Snail Preserves all the Year round................. 359| Fishing—a Good Season.,........... fleas fies 13) __Duck-shooting in New Brunswick ........ || iy 2 Rifle Club’ Re eur, Contest for Prize Badge..... 91 | Snipe-shooting in Rochester.................00000- 300] Fishingin Wisconsin...........-..2++e seen eeeeee 107 | Window or Parlor Gardening. (See Gardening.) Tine cae ational, Contest at Springfield, Mass. 91 | Snipe-shooting in Virginia, ...............000eee005 35| Hand-raised, Foodfor—Palmer...............+.. S414 Wines, Rape: | soci eee tee ee een ee g 155 nine tie 7 New York, Annual Meeting............ 171 | Snow-shoeing in Maine—Avery...............e00+- 386 Killing by Indians..........---e.e si eee nee e neces 33 | Wingate, Geo. W. —Promotion to Rank of Colonej 41 ane a eecp ae ees iS 27s ROME oe ape abe eer ner 171 | Smakes. | Loch Leven Trout............2.cseee seen eect eces 29 | Winkle Club—Grouse-hunting in Grass ...... |. ity ae q ies a ue ernational-—Leech Letter........... 408} A Martinique............. ora eth ae aredclte tiers 339| Old Dr. Jones’... ........ 0-0 ee ee cere nent en eee 15 | Winninish Fishing on the Saguenay. Gregory. , te 53 aM Say a olen aoa oe ihe ope atte Syoa | OD Deeb rh aM rn cst i Loy, aM Sonne Apmis miata ate 327| Six-pound, T.S.S. on..... 2... cee ee eee eet eee 131 | Camping on the Saguenay—Mallaly.... 7.7" 83 ine *ovement in the U. S.—What is Thought of Do they Hiss ?--Mather........... Bie Seep se antes 278| Speckled—Holberton.........--.-++-2seese seen es 62.) Winter Birds FB. 6.2 tem nate eee ee 4 ait in England............. Sy renee eens 328 REL cities MESO Bi cde Moth tc wend h peceroteee tee 327 | Unseasonable, &. on.........--++++: ayes 178|.Wolf: A Terrible French Story—La Ohasse ji , Rifle-shooting, A C ‘ ve Ay poh ee a ay 1) , : y asse II. . g, A Canadian ‘‘ Shooter” on | Tulips, Fall Setting ............-.se ener eee eee ees . 180 TUBENCE on s/suy 6a chan Onto ae a ne 409 Turbot, English, Middleton, Carman & Co.’s Speci- Wolves: How they Hunt Deer—Jacobstaff... °°" T TELOTE So nes a, oa he oes a and Stas wer es 329 | Wolves, Hunting of, collectively. ..........000 °°" e Turkeys, Prize, Weight Of............seseseee eee 378 | Wolves in France... 0... ee. ees eee cree rece, 9B Wilde stein. eet DS, RomRR ER CAEN: Fer 8 123, 187 | Woodchucks: Can they be called Game?..1111"") jga In Maryland—Observer.......... cseeceeeeeeeeee 290 | Woodcock Boring... 0.2, c..c.cecsseeuevees even, 1 Oi Shooting in ae sontl Herbert Done ara ee t nid ae eee pre gees A so der etek 12 : a, : Shoots —JaAcObstaih, e.- sive) sak ele pins ose lntee est oodcock-shooting in Pennsylvania, Autumn— Rods laid aside for the Winter,.................... 187 2 IG (en Aga 0 Bete ee Sa ie Ren, | pci 198 | Turf, Field and Farm Badge for Rifle-shooting.... 60 ee ORO.) Wes. 3 ies aT ee cee : Rogers, A Coachman’s Anecdote................-4. 391| Shedding their Skins—Goode....... SRR EP Rhy pene 3: mart. : Woodcock, White—Wilson..... 2... 001) a0 Robertson, Chris. A., Miramichi River, Lease of. Welow, Dermal OD i. ass dwes she. essay je etea 86} Races, Short, Coventry on............... Aa ha 269 | Woodcuts. a Fy &. Ww. rae Sig Saree Ped aie 3:40 JP ge Sects ce 299 | Solomon Islanders as Architects,..........:.....4- 281] Trainers and Drivers’ Protective Association— Bear And MOTD EAE snasiceee sk sD spe hinted vee. 198 nen on oe Ho Henting, ours $i cee ay Hout cries Enterprise—ForEsT AND STREAM. ti Hee Ou Pda ane tesa eet nate 414 COR ee Mie ts 3 ts Stee teeter e eee ee ieee eceeeeeee, 16 » UI. W. 1. ; SELES PLES cals AUB LC OMA VIOND.» kenmore Peete h. nte saeresierea ol Trotting, Fastest Single Mile, Harper's Monthly OWATSHIN GSS a Saw saslebiom Slaceae ee Puts 99 Southside Sportsmen’s Club vs. Kortright......... A382 Table Ber cay Sea smock, cp pnteeatdess os ae ite Mele 44] Flies—The more Flies the more Fish......... Shells—Benities—Where they are found............ 22 Trotting GRU oe Sob is le bin nap oba esa Bess Be 87 | Horses don’t Climb Trees................. rte ae S Spangler, en ape cadet gigas SIRENS nye ae See ee G, STEEPLECHASING, AND TROT- ead wit Dowgs: GasGRa eS Py any oe. 112 parring—Englehardt-Russell Bout................ : ‘ respassers—A Goo ance for a Bite.......... 9 se Gian . | Spearing, Jacobstaff on....... .iccceeeees wy eeeeee PAI MEACIIVOTIIGU igi dises piste erst aateeme teal eaters inlet ste retogreliets 3yarrismireane 154. |\Woodmen, Amateur.) 0. hi. 2). uae eee See cee A Day with—Ornis................0. 196 Spider, The Trap-Door—Wyman.................+: 374 Buffalo...... MOA eR eh Ec gees 4 Jie RRS 12 | Worrall, James, Salmon Fry in California ...., , he ane Columbia River, Preparing 3917 Sportsmen, Hints to ............... ener sey 186{ Beacon Park Association.............. UE ace 60; 154) Wrestling in Japan .... 2... csc. sed Vee cseee seunss, 122 Catch by WicholsOntabciBOsnliee eh ee koe 412 See ene eerste OTN eePriczehote faye ie SOo Dex tersParkey spend: succecer mci esol meme fern ee amet tests ee BBG a nel are Ae ae Dowie oh cape ene ene 220 HirgisotheSeadonweairsoh © cellar fino eter ei pruces, olack, ite, and Balsam... ............ 0 TD OU CASLC Danita cess cereses censrerticee stb eee cian epee is ntrtet teres yman, L., Can Dogs Reason?,................... Wishing a Reena ne aa alge Sa ner ee a BU OEAY SYED cere te Pe ah. Serrahade Redes selenee ai} sKleet wood Park ry ie. wuss anintissa aeokte seri nce 87, 215} The Trap-door Spider 20ier. se s5o ccs ee id Margaree—J. H.R dis siete ome Suet ar an 401 NVINGO. a peeres rae SSS ARAN cit nae eee ne 133| Friendship Park Association.................... cent y pee OR ol bua d Oh aeRO See eet oe on oedot} ooh ieiewee nue O48) orway..... WG nk! eh CHEK Aad Ot 7 Sea Ha erie PETRA S385 an a iotet Recess BP Oe er ae ne eae rin re oe igh Wynn, Sir W. W., Hounds of,.......... eee ++. 382 Rare ae esse SEE a uirrels, Migration of—Jacobstaff................. : EN ODUG ATR eters mmetytaeee eeacte sa. tsctal Catone nce o Yarn. o tea Sa ee ean at the God- | St. John, N. B., Shooting in Vicinity of—Fern Fly. 331] Kentucky Association...0......0..IIIII 87 Fort Edward Waters. Baird Letter on. "* 9908 ae ae hee ea oe a pecetoer tes es) Be ewe me Stallion RaCe sys. cee cer eys ess a j i Re erent anley, H. O.—Hatching-house in Maine....... my. 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F.—Canadian Fishing Sport vs. Varied Color of, Food and. ...,......++-s+serees 86 | Trout Waters, Bass in—Mather....... ............ 83 Slaughter....... x, Sanaa etns ate yes settee 397 ’ NICHUOMN Go. oks os oe ees fh Aedeerasgahgharr 264| Trout Waters, Stocking with Bass—Piscator..,... 52 | White-Tailed Ptarmigan—Batty ................. »5 890)) Zambesi Palla... fn. siete eras ee esl ne ston 158 Canada—Cupid on Skates—A Peep at a Cana- Trout, Whitman, C. L., Fishes, Trapping ................ 395 | Zoological Collectors, A hint to—Batty............ 406 dian Rmk—Pilsbury....... - saeeceee eveees. 402! Brook Trout: Have they Scales ?......... 28 tl ait! 210! Trapping a Cunning Fox ................5% «..--. 310 ! Zoological Society of Philadelphia.......... ASP A 361 Perms, Five Dollars a Year. | Yen Cents a Copy. | FOREST AND STREAM. po ne Se WN the fair face of Nature let us mise, And dream by lapsing stream and drooping wood ; Tread the dark forests whose primeval ranks Since the creation dawn have cast their shade ; Ponder by flowing stream and ocean tides, And note the varied forms of life they hold, Mark the wild game so dear to hunter’s heart, The swarming fow that skim the salty deeps, The birds that haunt the woodlands and the plains, The fish that swim the seas, the lakes, the streams, And tempt the thoughtful angler to their marge ; Glance at the life that fills our native woods, And game of Asian plains, and Afric wilds. When soft May breezes fan the early woods, And with her magic wand the blue-ey’d Spring Quickens the swelling blossoms and the buds, Then forth the russet partridge leads her brood, While on the fallen tree-trunk drums her mate ; The quail her young in tangled thicket hides, The dun deer with their fawns the forests range, The wild geese platoons hasten far in air, The wild ducks from their Southern lagoons pass, And soaring high their Northward journeyings take, The dusky coot along the coast-line sweeps, The piping snipe and ployer that frequent The sandy bars and oeaches, wing their flight, And all the grassy prairies of the West, Teem with the speckled younglines of the grouse, And all the budding forests and the streams Are gay with beauty, joyous with young life. Then swell the first bird melodies ; the wren Chirrups and perches on the garden rail, The blue-bird twitters or the lilac hedge, Or flits on azure wings from tree to tree ; The golden robin on the apple-bough “Hovers, where last year’s withered nest had been, The darting swallows circle o'er the roof, The woodpeckers on trunk of gnarled trees Tap their quick drum-beats with their horny beaks, The crow caws hoarsely from the blasted pine, High in mid air the sailing hawk is pois’d, While from the grove the purple pigeon-flocks Burst with loud flapping in the grain-sown fields, Fair is the scene in Autumn, when the frosts From palettes rich, with prodigal, gorgeous brush Color the nodding groves with brown and gold. Then silvery-skied, and purple-haz’d the dome Of heaven’s deep vault, and fair the earth beiow. Far up, where sunny uplands scope their sides, Shaggy with woods, prone to the brimming stream, Where bowering »eech trees shake their laden boughs, And oaks their varnished acorns high uplift, Where the broad butter-nut its gummy fruit Tn russet husks slow-ripens day by day, And where in crowded ranks the chestnut groves Wave out their broad-leay pennons to the air, And from their prickly burs shake treasures down, There the quick chatterines of the squirrels sonnd. The gentle valley with its belt of hills Crown'd to taeir tops with grand, primeval woods, Glows with all forms and hues that nature loves. Deep in its hollow stretch meadows brightly green, Kept verdurous by the full o’erflowing stream ; Yet the deep swamps and thickets that engird The river-reaches, are resplendent all, Their umbrage tinctur’d with imperial dyes. The maples tall with blood-red foliage burn, The hickories clap their palms of burnish’d gold, The poplar thrusts its yellow spire in air, The rugset oaks and purpled dogwoods blend Their colors with the alder’s sable preen, And scarlet sumacks ; all contrasted rich With sombre evergrecns, and willows pale, And when the winds auttuinnal, wailing strip The frosted foliage, like a host they stand, With trailing banners and with drooping plumes, Such be the scenes in wondrous forest-land Such be the scenes by sea and lalke and stream That we would picture ; wild romantic scenes, Dear to the hunter's and the angler’s soul, — TsAAc MCLELLAN, AUN TOO SF, THE JOURNAL. OF A NAVAL OFFICER. ——___4—_—___ “jp ‘ILL within the last few years, the island whose name stands at the head of this article, has been to the great majority, what may well be termed ‘‘terrw ineognita.” Heard of but seldom, and then only in connection with dis- aster, it is perhaps no wonder that the island has from the earliest times acquired an ill-omened reputation, from the long list of ships whose timbers have found a last resting place on its shores, and whose names swell the ghastly re- cord of missing vessels. Situated at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and lying in the centre of the high- way of that tide of shipping which sets in towards the lum- ber mart of the world, it is not a matter of surprise that at the opening and close of the navigable season, the heavy storms which sweep the Labrador coast, and dense fogs which then prevail in those latitudes, coupled with the in- sidious currents, should lure many a ship within the line of reefs which circle its shores. The mind is however apt to magnify dangers it cannot fully comprehend, and there is little reason to doubt that were the island better known, many of the wild reports, amotinting almost to superstition, with which fancy is wont to invest it, would be dispelled, Some forty years ago before the erection of light houses, shipwrecks were of much more frequent occurence than they are at present, and the tales of suffering which from time to time startled the public ear, and caused the imagina- tion to dwell with horror on the scenes of want and misery enacted on its shores, have done much to keep up the eyil notoriety of the island, In the beginning of this century the only residents were a few trappers who earned a good living from the rich furs with which the island then abounded. The black and silver fox were often met with, and a good skin fetching as much as £40 or £50, the proportionate gains of the trappers can be easily imagined, to say nothing of otter, marten and bear, with which latter animal the island almost literally swarmed. By far the most profitable source of these worthies’ income, who in many cases appear to have been little better than pirates, was however derived from the ships cast away on the reefs encircling their buccaneering home. The howl of the storm as it swept down the valleys and moaned fitful- ly through the pine branches, and the ceaseless lashing of the surf, breaking angrily on the shore, was to the dwellers there music of the sweetest import. They well knew the treacherous nature of the coast, and it was seldom that the morning broke without revealing some scene of disaster. Perchance some had escaped, and hailed with joy the ad- vent of a friend, for in what other light could they regard the stranger who now approached. In many cases fortu- nate were those who perished midst the roar of the tempest, rather than live and learn the savage cruelty of man. Too often, alas, there is reason to believe that many a life spared by the elements, was sacrificed to the cupidity of the wreck- ers. In those days, when the loss of a vessel could only be known months after its occurence, there was absence of - proof, and the length of time which had lapsed since the fatal day soon stilled the rumors of bloody deeds which were now and then whispered abroad. Tt was not till the year 1829 that the ‘government of Can- ada was roused into activity by the general consternation which was displayed when the news of the loss of the ‘“Granicus,” with all hands, and the almost incredible hor- rors undergone by those who had escaped shipwreck only to meet a more horrible death, became known. Towards the end of 1828, anxiety began to be felt for the safety of the “ Granicus,” a large ship on her passage to Quebec, and as the winter months rolled on, and no tidings reached those who anxiously awaited some loved one’s return, she was probably put down in that long list of ships which - have foundered in mid ecean, and whose fate must for ever remain a mistery, Volume I, Number I. 3 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1873. {Votume 1 Nahr, In the latter end of March, or beginning of April, of the following year, some sealers cruising in the vicinity of Fox Bay, on the north-east side of the island, were astonished at seeing a ‘‘ Jacob’s Ladder,” hanging over the side of a limestone cliff near the head of the bay. In such a spot so strange a sight denoted something unusual, and pulling hastily ashore, the sealers discovered that the ladder was se- curely fastened at the top of the cliff. To ascend was the work of a few minutes, when they were startled by the scene before them. A number of rude huts and tents stood on the summit, and as they examined each, and no sign of human life appeared, and all seemed bare and deserted, the question presented itself to their minds, where could the oc- cupants be. It was soon answered. One small square hut still remained to be examined, and as they tried to raise the latch they found it barricaded from within. Surely here at last they would discover some sign of life, or at all events something to throw light on the mysterious surroundings. Hastily forcing the door and pressing in, the sight that met their gaze was one not easily forgotten. Before them sat the skeleton of a man, with a ghastly grin, as if to welcome these visitants to the abode of death. That which invited their attention however, and made the blood run cold and curdle in their veins, was a deep pit in the centre of the floor. In this lay the remains of a human trunk, the head, legs and arms having been previously cut off, while the blackened and charred appearance it presented told only too plainly what the ashes beneath confirmed. No diary or any record was to be found, though from a rude kind of calendar on the wall they were led to believe that the unfor- tunate occupants had survived till the end of January Two skulls and a few bones were all that remained in the other tents, though, from the number and size of the latter, the greater portion, if not all, of the crew and passengers must have been saved. One tent a little apart from the rest showed by its better construction and a few articles of ap- parel that it had been inhabited by alady, the only female on board. The horrors and sufferings undergone by these un- fortunates bafiled description. We can picture them when first wrecked, probably towards the latter end of November, thankful at their merciful escape and busily employed in building huts and tents for their shelter. If they were not cheerful, at all events they were tolerably contented under the circumstances, and perhaps thought of the time-when they should look back, not without some feeling of pleas- ure, at their sojourn as castaways. As the winter days closed in, and the cold snow and bitter frosts descended, seizing everything in their icy grasp, we can still picture them as first awakening to the sense of their danger; but as the days and weeks rolled on, and they saw their scanty stock of provisions dwindling rapidly away, straining their eyes far out to sea, for help, from whence no help can come, it is difficult to realise the awful feeling of despair which must have seized them. While ‘‘life remains there is hope,” is an old saying, but the reverse is very often true; so lon fas the flame of hope burns, no matter how small and flickering the spark, all is not over; but once extinguish it and let in despair, and the rest is quickly told. One by one their little numbers melted imperceptibly away ; starving, their bodies numb and paralysed with cold, their minds worn out with weeks of mental agony, all hope of succor vanished, and in mute despair, they laythem down to die. The snow forms their shroud, and the plaintive moaning of the win- ter blasts as they sweep through the pine tops, their funeral dirge. Now at last we might suppose their troubles were over, and that their fleecy covering would keep them pure and safe in its close embrace, but even yet they are not suf- fered to rest in peace. The bears root out the corpses, and fight and scuffle for the prize, and soon a few bones are all that remain to tell the tale of woe. The skeleton found must have barricaded himself in to resist their attacks, and then commenced his awful work of cannibalism ; he had apparently fallen lifeless before completing the act, and so been mercifully spared that additional horror. When the news of this disaster reached the main land, the government dispatched an official to investigate the matter, FOREST AND STREAM and report on what steps could be taken to prevent a repeti. tion of such scenes. The gentleman who went in charge 1 happened to know, and he has told me that so numerous were the bears at this time, that he has seen men cutting up the carcass of a whale on the beach, actually obliged to leave their work and beat them off. From this time dates the establishment of Provison Posts, which were built at different parts of the island; one at Fox Bay, near the scene of. the wreck, another at Gamache, or Kllis Bay, and a third at Shallop Creek.. These have been since added to, and at the present time besides the above, there are stores at West Point, South West Point, and Hast Point Boards were also nailed to trees, or posts, in conspicuous positions near the beach, with the distance to the nearest provision depot, and direction east or west lead- ing to it, marked upon them. These have done much to al- leviate distress, while the construction of light houses which followed soon after, ha greatly diminished the number of wrecks, During the summer of last year a hunting party was-ore ganized for the purpose of visiting the island, and the, writer of this article was invited to join. The opportunity was one not to be lost, so applying for two month’s leave of absence, which was granted not without some little dificul- ty, he proceeded to meet them. From several causes the starting of the expedition was delayed until it finally was broken up. Mr. De Courcy and myself, however, determin- ed not to be done out of the trip altogether, and resolved to spend a fortnight there. My leave would not admit of a longer stay. We started for Gaspe in Canada, where we hoped to hire a schooner, and Indians to take us across. Here again fortune was unpropitious; we were two days de- layed in obtaining a vessel, and, when at length we did get away, were three days in going a distance we should have accomplished in a few hours. We were anxious to see as much of the island as posible, but as the short space of time at our disposal would not allow much shooting and fishing combined with rapid traveling, the object of our trip, as regards sport, was almost #2/. In many other ways, how- ever, it proved most enjoyable. If, in the following imper- fect sketch, the writer can give some idea of the wild, weird island, with its low spruce-clad shores, and picturesque quiet bays and inlets ; of the fertility of its soil, which in many places is quite equal to the best in Canada; of the bright bracing «climate ; and if he can in any degree dispel some of the gloom and popular aversion.with which the mention of the island is inivaribly associated, he will be more than satisfied. Having prefaced thus far, let us now take a glance at the quiet village of Gaspe, and follow the preparations there being made for the trip. Situated at the head of a noble. bay to which it gives its name, the village lies nestled on the slope of a hill overlooking the south-west arm. of -the harbor, which here forms a basin shut in by mountains on eyery side. Some of these, sloping gracefully backward, are cultivated almost to the summit of their greatly round- ed heights, whilst others, clothed to the base with pine and spruce, descend abruptly to the water's edge Here and there picturesque cottages with gabled roofs, and green jal- ousies, each surrounded by its well trimmed garden, dot the surface of the hills, and the landscape is one of quiet, but exceeding beauty. The town and neighborhood of Gaspe appear to have sunk into a kind of Rip-Van-Winkle torpor, which perhaps has its effect in contributing to the stil and peaceful feeling which pervades the very atmosphere. Fifty years ago probably nearly as many houses might have been found as there are at present. Of town,.or village, properly called, thereis none, A few wharves, with large wooden blocks of store houses, two or three shops which combine under one roof the grocery, hardware, and drapery busi- ness, in the most, wonderful manner, (the Post Office, by the way, forms part of one,) a small wooden hut which serves ag a telegraph station, and we have its extent. As one con- templates the grass-grown kind of square in which these stand, and the deserted aspect of the wharves, he is forced to ask whence springs the source of that quiet ease and snug air of comfort which is to be seen in the surrounding homesteads. Visit the place a month later and the problem is'solved. As the close of the fishing ‘season approaches, and the boats return from their summer cruise, an amount, of stir and bustle not often seen may be noticed. As schoo- ner after schooner discharges her cargo, andthe vast store- houses are filled with cod, only awaiting transhipment to be carried over the navigable world, the secret of their riches lies revealed; the only thought that suggests itself is one of astonishment at the demand that must of necessity exist. We remained here two days, taking up our quarters at the Gulf House, a small wooden building, all doors and windows, pleasant enough in fine weather, but very chill and disagreable on a wet day. It was clean, and the pro- prietor we found willing and obliging to the best of his ability, though. steeped in lethargy, and perfectly blind to his own interests. During the snmmer he had from fifty to sixty people constantly boarding with him, and was obliged to hire spare barns and houses to accommodate them. The charges were certainly moderate ; five shillings a day includ- ed lodging, attendance, and three ~ square’ meals, plain but wholesome of their kind ; but the majority of the vis- itors, merchants with their families seeking a little relaxa- tion and escape from the cramp of hot dusty towns during the summer months, would gladly have paid more for bet- ter accommodation and increased: facilities for seeing the country. Horses were only to be procured with the great- est difficulty, pleasure boats not at all, and the natural con-. sequence was that, people were thrown too much on their own resources. Possessing as it does so many natural advantages, fine scenery, pure bracing ‘climate, sea bathing, good harbor for boating, and ample scope for the angler or tourist to follow the bent of his inclinations, Gaspe only requires a little American enterprise and energy fo develope into a fashionable watering place. Meantime we ascertained that the ‘‘packet,” a small schooner which under contract from the Canadian Govern- ment carries the mails during the summer, to the settle- ments along the Labrador shore, was to sailin a few days on her monthly visit, and we made arrangements with the captain to drop us at West Point, Anticosti, which though not a regular place of calling, is often touched at. Our time was now fully occupied in selecting the sup- plies such a trip demanded. The forethought of kind friends in Quebec had provided us with an ample store to choose from, and the only difficulty lay in deciding what portion we could take. Space was limited; once fairly started we knew everything must be carried either in the canoe, or on our backs, and so selecting around of corned beef, a couple of tongues, apiece of bacon, some sauces, and a plentiful supply of flour and tea, indispensible articles on occasions of this kind, we set to work tostow them away. One of our camp kettles held the meat, the other a frying-’ pan, tea pot, plates, pannikins, and the various requisites forming our cuisine. A barrel of beer, a case of claret, and one of brandy, now awaited our approval. Claret was out of the question; beer was a luxury not to be despised; so we put it on one side, together with a large wicker cruche of brandy. Our effort, worthy of a better cause, did not-meet with the success it deserved, for, as the sequel will show, we had to leave the greater portion-of the beer at the West Point light house. O! for a rhyme of the good old time, Ere Adam or Eve was born, When the saurian slept in the sluggish slime With the uniqne unicorn; When the mermaid smiled on the mammoth mild, And the Dodo sang her lay, And the behemoth breasted the billows wild With the plesiosaurus gay. Oh! a happy wight was the Pre-adamite, He basked in the griffin’s smile, Or followed the dragon’s dizzy flight, Or angled for crocodile. Then an omelette, made of the roc’s eges, stayed His appetite so rare, While whale on toast, or a walrus roast, Was his daily bill of fare. No hotel bills or doctor’s pills Impaired his appetite; He laughed at gout, with his stomach stout, And kept his molars bright. Yio! a tear and a sigh for the days gone by! And a dirge for the doughty dead! Let the sea-serpent shuffle his coil, and die; For the good old days are sped. J. J, Rocusz, Cront Cails from the Jlepigqan. TALE I. Rep Rock, Lake Superior, July, 1873. Epiror Forest AND STREAM : When I saw the prospectus of your new newspaper enter- prise, I congratulated myself and the public; for now I know we shall have a paper which will furnish just the kind of information which we sportsmen have long needed and looked for in vain. ‘xeuse the flattery—but I have learned by experience that the man who wrote that, to us useful book, entitled ‘‘ The Mishing Towrist,” is well informed of what he writes. petent to take charge of just such a journal as we expect the ‘‘ForREST AND STREAM” to be, and that under his manage- ment it cannot fail of complete suecesss—for which I pray. Following the instructions printed in the book above mentioned, I have visited the Nepigon river, and cannot but express myself delighted with the careful accuracy of the information given, and more then satisfied with my trip and the attractions of this remarkable river, and its marvel- ous fish and fishing. Nay, it is more than marvelous. I only wonder that the author should not have given to its pages minuter details, which could not have failed to en- chant the reader and enhance the value of the book. Let me premise what I have presently to say, by the state- ment that during my ten day’s sojourn upon the Nepigon, I took perhaps one hundred speckled trout, (I might as well have taken a thousand) scarcely one of which weighed less than three pounds / And to convince your incredulous friends that they are the genuine salmo fontinalis, | forward here- with a couple of tails of fish that weighed nearly six pounds each. Isaw one trout caught with a hook by a surveyor of the Canadian Pacific Railway, (one of whose routes is laid near this place), which weighed eight pounds! These facts fully substantiate the truth of the ‘‘ Mshing Tourist.” Tf they do not sufficiently whet the appetite of the genuine sportsman who has courage enough to come out and rough it, I will amplify hereafter. In this letter, however, I shall merely give a brief outline of my journey and of the river, adding some incidents of personal adventure and experience in other letters which. will follow. Imprimis, 1 purchased a through ticket from New York to Toronto, ow the Erie railroad, and in seventeen hours found myself at Niagara Falls. Thence four hours to Tor- onto by boat—preferable to railroad, after a sufliciently long journey by land. At the Rossin House I was most hospitably entertained by the Messrs. Sampars, father and gon, the proprietors, not more by the good provender proyi- ded, than by their congenial and very intelligent intercourse and information upon all subjects interesting to our frater- nity of sportsmen. These gentlemen are recognized as among the most thorough sportsmen in Canada, which is saying a great deal; for, assuredly, for rough, practical, intelligent work, the Canadians much excel the majority of our sportsmen in the States. Any honorable, fair-minded man without prejudice, will acknowledge this. ‘The latch- siring of the Rossin House always hangs a long way out for “thoroughbreds.” There is a Shooting Club in Toronto, which numbers two hundred members, besides a yatch and boat club, and other minor clubs. The Shooting Club at Niagara Falls, of which Mr. J. B. King is President, cromprises some forty mem- bers of excellent grit. From Toronto there is a choice of routes either to Colling- wood or Sarnia, whence good boats run to Sault Ste. Marie, and from there, the first to the north shore of Lake Superior, and the other to the South Shore, touching at Marquette and oiher points, and on to Duluth. The North Shore steam- ers connect at Prince Arthur’s Landing with other boats for Duluth, one hundred and forty miles distant. A favorite route for Americans is from Buffalo wa Lake Erie to De- troit, and thence through Lake Huron to Sault Ste. Marie. Residents of States wes. and north of New York, will nat- rially make Detroit their objective starting point. Of the plain of the expense. I feel assured that he is entirely com- FOREST AND STREAM two routes from Toronto I chose the Collingwood, by your direction, and purchased a round trip ticket for thirty-five dollars gold, which includes meals and stateroom. The fare from New York to Toronto is eleven dollars fifty cents ; so that the cost of the entire trip from New York and re- turn is about sixty-five dollars currency. The actual run- ning time of the trip occupies ten days. One cannot com- Iam explicit in giving information because I hope gentlemen will avail themselves of it, as August and September are the best months for fishing the Nepigon. The distance from Toronto to Collingwood is ninety-six miles by the Northern Railroad, and I was surprised to find the route lying through a populous and rich country, with substantial farm houses and extensive saw mills at intervals along the whole line. The appointments of the railway are first-class, and the station houses models of neatness and beauty, Nearly all have tasteful flower gardens and lawns attached, with jets of water spurting from fountains that cool and refresh the plants. It isarare combination, ¢cs- pecially in a new country, this association of the finer features of nature with the harsh sasp of gang-saws and the rumbling of ponderous railway rolling stock. This is a touch of nature which appeals to the sympathies of all who love her for herself. At che head of Lake Simcoe, famous for its fishing, and a. delightful summer resort, is an unex- ceptionable tunch room; and while the passengers are breakfasting or dining, the train runs up to Barrie a couple of miles ona branch track. Barrie ic a handsome brick town upon the sloping hillside that girts Lake Simcoe, and the locality of a famous Trotting Course, where annual meetings are held ir July. At Collingwood there are two large saw mills, a long vier, and an immense grain elevator, and very little else. The place is low and inattrac- tive, and in winter bleal: and wind-racked. Three steamers compose the Collingwood Line, It was my eminent good fortune to take passage or the “ Cumberland,” Captain Sandy McGregor, an accomplished gentleman and a most skillful navigator of intricate channels and uncertain shores. For be it known that, although the waters of Huroa and Su- perior are vast and deep, fogs continually envelope their waters during the early summer months, and at all times treacherous gusts and storms are liable to sweep over their expanse. The water of the lakes, especially of Superior, is very cold, and it takes many weeks to equalize the sur- face temperature and the warmer air above. Often the steamers have to ‘lie to” for twenty-four hours and more, and when a heavy sea is running, proximity to sunken rocks and fog-enveloped shores becomes unpleasant. Tropi- cal fruit doesn’t grow in this latitude; but the Aurora Borealis often gleams out on calm clear nights to remind the tourist that the Arctic ‘‘ice blink” is notmany degrees to the northward. From the time we left Collingwood until my return in the middle ef July, I was not without my overcoat on some portion of each day. At all times warm clothing should be at hand for immediate use, to meet the constantly varying moods of the weather. Yet there are many sunny days which cheer the wayfarer, and make him feel that it ‘Sis good to »e here.” At Collingwood Landing a motley crowd is gathered to : witnes. the steamer’s departure. The deck-hands of the boat are all full-blooded or nalf-breed Indians, and hard- workers they are, too. Then there’ is the remarkable consociation of Scotch, English, Irish and French, which are always noticed throughout the Canadian Dominion, all busy about the ‘reight-house and wharf. There is a general scene of bustle and activity everywhere. The only per- sons not employed are a dozen of do-nothing negroes who lie around loose and impassively watch the proceedings. The presence of so many is an enigma to practical geogra- phers who know that Ethiopia lies in the tropics. These are doubtless retired barbers, waiters, and whitewashers whom handsome fortunes realized have made independent of work. The freight of the steamer is a curious conglomeration of mills, implements, live stock, furniture and supplies, en route for the mines or the more distant and far Northwest. The Canadian Pacific Railroad also adds a large business to the steamboat line, and gangs of surveyors with their out- fits are constantly going forward. Not many hours after we leave the land we are on the broad expanse of Huron, as boundless to all appearance as mid ocean, Seldom does a floating object come into view. There is nothing but the life within the vessel to break the dead monotony of the watery waste without. But on the second day a grateful change is sprung upon the scene. We are in Georgian Bay! Islands succeed islands in an unbroken continuity hour after hour as we glide on ; islands of every conceivable size and shape, more numerous than the thousand islands of the St. Lawrence many times multi- plied; islands barren, wooded, sandy, rocky, columnar, gracefully rounded, precipitous and gently sloping, wind- swept and storm-polished, large, diminutive, and infinitesi- mal; reefs widely spreading, and submarine monoliths whose peaks barely project above the surface. There is a breadt» and sweep and never-ending change in the pano- rama which is all-absorbing to a mind intent upon the picture. For one hundred and seventy miles we steam through this island scenery! In the calm repose of a sum- mer morning, when the waves are stilled and the face of the lake gleams like polished glass, the shadows fall heavily from the indented shores, and every rock and tree is sharp- ly outlined and reproduced inverted in the mirror. Then we seem to float on airy nothing, looking upward into cloudland and downward into cloudland, into depths aboye and below that seem illimitable. mail life upon the islands. upheavel of bare Laurentian billows of eranite were moulten. There is but a scanty growth of tre Sweeping blasts have scathed them and frequent fires blac There is Very little gpj. The main land is a Ccontinuoys that once ced out their vitality. There are very few houses and b little cultivation. Occasionally a bark canoe glides from behind a point, and at intervals a solitary fisherman’s a is descried. Were it not for the gaunt white gulls shat hover over our wake or keep vigil on the rocks a would be a solitude. ce In places the flinty strata of rocks yield a mmmera] Wealth sufficient to induce the sinking of a mining shaft, orthe back country affords a supply of furs which necessitates th establishment of a trading post and depot, At these the steamboat touches, sometimes to take in wood ane times to land a passenger, and anon to descharve freight. Atthe hamlet of Killarney, 173 miles aR ‘ ) s from (‘o]- lingwood, we run into a rocky passage so narrow that we tmost touched both shores. Here is a hamlet of a dozen houses, a store, asmall fleet of bark canoes, and of loungers, chiefly half-breed Indians, A few miles farther is Indian Landing, a wooding place with 4 singhk shanty, where an intelligent Indian sells nats, miniature canoes and birch bark. toys to curiosity seekers, and driyes athriving trade. There is an Indian village of five hun. dred people a few miles distant which boasts a very neat stone, chapel and substantial dwellings, some of them of stone. Next on the route comes Little Current, anothe small hamlet, and here a tide sets between the islands with a four-knot current. Singular phenomenon in this great lake of chree hundred miles in length! It is said the tide is caused by the wind, that it sets in whichever direction the wind is blowing at the time. Still further on is the pic- turesque Hudson’s Bay Compny’s post called La Cloche, with its sunny white buildings, red-roofed. The water is shoal for two miles out from the shore, so that all supplies for the post have to be landed and received at an isolated hut fay off. When the boat arrives, great birch canoe8S manned by Indians of every hue and degree of miscegenation put out from the distant shore, and with sturdy arms and many paddles, skim over the intervening space. From the stem of the foremost flaunts the red flag of England, and under its official segis a fleet of light canoes filled with lads and squaws and their pappooses, follow in the rear, When they have reached the steamboat landing, the men and boys squat in line upon the shore and motionless watch the bust- ling operations of landing freight. The squaws sit in their canoes and nurse their progeny, never wincing under the scrutiny of the glasses levelled at them from the promenade deck. When the boat departs, the aboriginal coterie, hay- ing filled up the measure of this little episode in life, paddle back to headquarters. What noble impulses swell their tawny breasts! what ambition, what pride of race and tra- ditional renown must stimulate them to other deeds of like emprise! & score At the Bruce Mines, three hundred and seven miles from Collingwood, are the huge chimney stacks and shops and piles of copper ore and ranges of hovels two miles long that belong to this great company that delves the precious metal from the bowels of the surronnding earth, The works have cost over a quarter of a million of dollars, We are now near the head of the lake, and presently en- ter the wide and serpentine St. Mary’s river, with its In- dian reservation and villages upon the Canadian side, and an occasonal farm on the Michigan shore. Forty miles more, and we reach the Sault, with its foaming rapids, its great ship canal, and the rival villages that confront each other from cither shore. Here if one elects to tarry, he will find good fishing. ‘There are numerous Indians on hand to lend their services and canoes, and if the sports- man will try the Garden river on the Canada side, he can fill his creel with trout, though the stream is much netted by the tribes of Lo. Sixteen miles below the Sault is Hay Lake and its outlet, affording fine trouting and good duck shooting in their respective seasons. ‘There is a very com- fortable hotel at Sault Ste. Marie called the Chippewa House, but the town itself is not attractive, The green parade ground of the old fort alone relieves the monotony of dingy houses and rotting plank sidewalks that character- ize the place. The Canadian side is more picturesque, and there are some fine private residences there. Through the Sault and into Lake Superior! We have traversed one vast Mediterranean, and another is before us. We have still 417 miles to sail by the route to our destina- _ tion. And Duluth the terminus, is 198 miles further yet! It is only now that we begin to realize the immensity of these inland seas. The voyage for duration is like a joul- ney to Europe. Great ships of thousands of tons burthen, » traverse its highways, and storms that are not surpassed in violence agitate its depths. One hundred miles we speed after loosing sight of land, and then arrive at Michipico- ton Island and river. Here in summer the boats tarry 4 few hours that excursionists may pick up agates along the pebbly shore or catch huge trout in the adjacent waters. Were it not that so much larger fish can be taken in the Nepigon, the size and quantity of these would seem amaz- ing. Some of the agates found here are of unusual beauty and transparency. The light-house keeper, who has a sort of monopoly of the business, in that he has thoroughly raked the placers, will sell a pint of them for a dollar. Hence to Prince Arthur’s Landing and Fort William : the distance is 306 miles. The latter place is ninety-s!* miles beyond the Nepigon. Boats generally go there di- rect and touch at the latter/place on their return, Fort Wil- FOREST AND STREAM: 5) liam isan Hudson’s Bay post, Its oldest building is one hundred and sixteen years old, built of stone, and loop- holed for musketry. There are some thirty offices, stores, dwellings and out buildings within the main enclosure. A couple of iron cannon guard the entrance; two antiquated sailing crafts lie at the landing; anda tall flag-staff towers over all Very neat and well cared for is the ancient post, with its lawns, hot-beds, flower gardens, grainaries and live stock. The old factors who have sojourned here, totally isolated from civilization until recently, neglected none of those appliances that could make their life tolerable. Good old wines stock the cellars, rare pictures hang on the walls, croquet is set on the lawn, and the bird of Juno screams from the white washed paling. There are Guinea fowl, piggeries, henneries, apiaries, dove-cots, and stock-yards; rare plants, redundant vegitables forced under glass, and trailing vines in profusion. Indian emplyees and French half-breeds lodge on the premises, and fifty gaunt dogs, long-legeed, sharp-eared and wolf-like, stroll at random by day, and make the place hideous by night. The principle store is vast in extent and contains a variety of goods in quantity that would seem to exceed all possible exigencies of demand. In old times, visitors -were few and far be- tween, and the Indians who came inthe spring to bring their furs, and returned to their traps in the fall with their winter supplies, were the only society the wilderness afford- ed. As it is, the place is shut out from the world for seven months of the year. But the Canadian Pacific railway sur vey has wrought a great change. The hundreds of survey- ors upon the routes need supplies, and have created a de- mand for transportation, while the prospect of the speedy construction of the road has induced emigration. Last year the steamboat line was established, and the way to this remote region is now made easy. Prince Arthur’s Landing is three miles east of Fort Wil- liam. It is a frontier slab and canvas town that has grown up within four years in expectation of being made an ob jective point on the railroad route. It contains five hun- dred inhabitants, who are supplied with grog by two tav- erns and shops. Should the road give it the go-by, its rapid depopulation and decline is predicted. There is a route hence to Fort Garry, Manitoba, which has been laid out to compete with the American steamboat and railroad line #2 Duluth, Brainard, Moorhead, and the Red River, It is called the ‘‘ Dawson route.” Patriotism, want of cash, or a concession to the powers that be, have impelled many a poor emigrant to travel four hundred miles over this dis- mal succession of alternate ponds and portages to his land of promise in the far Northwest, when he might have ac- complished the journey by the American route with more comfort in less time. The conveyances over the portages arerude wagons, and little tug-boats tow batteaux through the lakes and frequent reaches of water. There are some forty portages in all, and baggage and freight has to be shifted as many times as there are portages. Prince Arthur’s Landing lies at the head of Thunder Bay, an expanse of water twenty miles in diameter, encir- cled by an amphitheatre of fantastic hills and guarded at its portal by Thunder Cape, a rugged headland of columnar trap several hundred feet high. In a fog, when the steam- er’s whistle sounds, the reverberations leap and re-echo from point to point of the entire circumference of the bay. But when the Titanic voice of the thunder-blast rolls through the broad expanse, it resounds with mighty intonations that shake the cliffs and split the air, and give to cape and bay their most appropriate name. It is the tongue of the Great Spirit ,Nana-bijoo, that speaks. But, alas! forthe reputation of the Indian storm-god! That divinity once upon atime got drunk, and lying down upon the summit of the cliffs, never rose again. His gigantic form can even now be seen plainly limned in the outline of the adjacent mountain ridge. Tt has been the custom of the Indians to toss him a bit of tobacco, by way of a propitiatory offering, as they pass! but most of them at the present day regard it as a nseles waste of the precious weed—%awin nishin—not of much account. Twenty-two miles east of Prince Arthur’s Landing is the far-famed Silver Islet, which yields an annual wealth of revenue to the company of Americans that work it. It for- merly belonged to Canadians, who could not make it pay; but they bite their lips now in rueful disappointment to see the precious treasures that are constantly unearthed and shipped away by the hundred barrels at a time. The mines are of untold value and could not be bought, it is said, for less than $18,000,000. Silver Islet—alnost of solid silwer—was originally a rock but a few yards long that rose from the waves a half mile from the main land. Delving into it, and following the shining lead, the miners sunk their shaft some three hundred feet down into the pyramid, and bringing the debris to the surface have enlarged their insular domain, protected it with massive cribs, and erected their engine houses and other buildings thereon, structures of massive timbers tree-nailed and bolted together, to resist the winds and waves that beat with mighty force upon this coast. The ‘‘lead” trends north-east, and the miners are now working under the lake toward the main land, taking the risk of their uncertain roof falling through and letting in the mass of waters that flow overhead. Upon the main land are the company’s stores, and other works, and other shafts now being sunk to head off the lead. Steam tugs ply to and from the island and bring over the precious ore and the gangs of laborers employed. So strict are the rules and precautions against pilfering, that each miner is obliged _to strip and be searched before he leaves the islet, This discipline he agrees to before he enters the service, Now -for Nepigon, seventy-four miles eastward, Steam- ing for several hours along the coast, we enter the noble Nepigon Bay, the most picturesque and enchanting of all the many localities of Lake Superior. Within its bosom are large high islands, fifteen hundred feet from base to summit, covered with verdure; little islets that scarecly afford a resting place for the trees and shrubbery that make them beautiful; grassy, marshy lowlands that feed and shelter water-fowl innumerable; and away up at its head, and within the embrace of the river, is the famed Rrp Rock, sacred to the great Manitou and all the other Indian gods, and covered with devices, totems, and hieroglyphics that tradition says were indellibly graven on its face when the rock was formed. This rock is a red slate cliff some 800 feet high, whose face contrasting with the living green of the verdure that envelops it, presents a charming feature and always a prominent landmark from distant points. The Indians manufacture pipes from the stone, and these pipes are always regarded as ‘‘ good medicine.” Half a mile above is Red Rock Landing, a Hudson’s Bay Company’s post and the starting point for our canoe voyage up the river. This letter is already so long that I will only touch salient points that may be of value to sportsmen who contemplate a trip this season. Here can be obtained al- most. everything requisite for camping out; cedar boats, and birch canoes, tents, blankets, woolen shirts, Hudson’s Bay overcoats, corduroys, cigars and tobacco, canned fruits, dessicated meats, condensed soups, milk and coffee, pickles, English ale, whisky for medicinal use, new Testia- ments, flour, pork and ham, cutlery, boots, shoe-packs— at ridiculously low prices. Good guides and Indian canoe- men can be had at a dollar per day each. The river is forty-five miles long to the great Nepigon Lake at its head, and is broken by fifteen chutes or falls, at all of which is the best of fishing. It hasan average width of two hun- dred yards, and at frequent intervals widens into lakes two miles and more in width, in which the toothsome white- fish and the great lake trout dwell. Camping ground is ex” cellent everywhere, and there is a beaten trail across the portages, over portions of which a wagon might pass with ease; for this has long been a thoroughfare for the Compa- ny’s employees, who, once ayear at least bring down their furs and carry back their annual supplies to Nepigon House above. There isample casting room throughout. The depth varies, as J have found by actual soundings of my own, fromtwenty to two hundred and fifty feet, and the wa- teris so cold at all times as to benumb the limbs. Its temper- ature is about 3882, In September partridges (ruffed grouse), are thick as bees, and the forests abound in bears, rabbits, and other fur-bearing animals and small game. There are a few cariboo, but no deers or any other species of the genus Cervus. By August the flies and punkies will all have disappeared. The trout will have become fat and gamey; for they spawn later here than in most other localities. Bring your tackle with you. Include trolling tackle, a stout rod, and red and brown hackles, and you are well pre- pared for business. Do not permit habit or education to induce you to doub, my instructions, or think the season too far advanced. August and September are the glorious harvest months for trout. And now, beware how you shake hands with old Bob Crawford, the jovial, genial agent of the Company’s post, for he has a heart as warm as mush and a grip like a steel trap. Il tell you all about it in my next. Don’t forget your warm clothing, for the nights are cold. HAVELOCK. STUPENDOUS ENGLISH BETTING, —_—_—_—_. U PON the Derby of 1867 Lord Hastings lost by far the AJ heaviest sum that was ever loston arace. It seems but the other day that the air was vocal with the enthusiastic cheers that greeted his appearance on the course at Ascot, af- ter paying away through his comissioners about £100,000 on the Derby settling. In many alittle race at Newmarket Lord Hastings backed his horse to win £10,000. It made no dif- ference to him whether the bookmakers asked him to stake £2,000 or £5,000 against their £10,000. Whatever they off- ered in the way of odds, so long as the sum was large enough, he was content to book ; and during his short ca- reer on the Turf the odds laid were shorter and the gains won by the bookmakers larger than during any three years of the present century. He often paid away £40,000 or £50,000 upon a settlement after a Houghton or Second Oc- tober meeting ; and since Lord Hasting’s time high bets have been the rule at Tattersall’s and the Ring. Mr. J. B. Morris, the bookmaker, has been known to lay £40,000 fo £600 against each of five of Sir Joseph Hawley’s horses, against each of six of the Duke of Newcastle’s horses, and against a horse of Mr. Chaplin’s. Again, £1,000 to £10 has been laid that a certain horse would win the Liverpool Cup, and £1,000 to £10 that Sir Frederick Johnstone would ride the winner; and Mr. Chaplin has been known to win £140,000 upon the Derby, and Captain Machell, his confed- erate, £60,000. A year or two ago Mr. Chaplin won a levi- athan bet of £50,000 that The Hermit would beat The Pal- mer the first time they met, and £10,000 that The Hermit beat Marksman. You may meet memby the dozen at Tatter- sall’s who, if they choose to tell you their secrets would tell you that their wits are worth £10,000 to £20,000 a year to them. Reduced to a system, nothing is safer than ‘‘ business on the Turf.” Lord George Bentinck for years kept up his mag- nificent stud by his book; and Mr. Harry Hill, his chief Ring commissioner, could, I faney, tell us some piquant stories if he were to turn to his notebooks. It is said that in a single year Lord George netted nearly £50,000 upon a couple of horses alone.—Gentlemen’s Magazine. Quite an interesting pigeon shoot came off Aug, 12th at Ditmar’s farm, Flatlands, L. I., among a few gentlemen from Brooklyn. The birds were only middling, and the most of them did not fly direct from the trap, There were 140 birds shot at, Dr, W. killed eighteen out of twenty, and Mr. Radin‘seventeen out of twenty. Several gentlemen practiced at thirty and forty yards with varied success, atural History. AMERICAN SARDINE AND ANCHOVY, \ IE minor fisheries of our coasts have as yet been en- Gites neglected and overlooked, though affording a sure and unfailing return for the capital invested in them. For instance, we import sardines and anchovies while count- less millions of them are playing along our coasts. The sardine of Europe is the young of a species of herring, known, when full grown, as the Pilchard. They are ‘found from the Mediterranean to the English Channel, are easily captured, and are preserved in sweet oil or pickled. On 'the St. Lawrence river, below Quebec, the French habiians put up quantities of young herring in this last- mentioned way, and thus prepare to mect the long winter and supplement their scanty and often failing crops of potatoes and barley. Any young herring can be thus pre- served, and would meet with a ready sale everywhere. We cannot yet furnish the olive oil for the second men- tioned method of preserving them, though it is to be hoped that the olive may be planted on the southern A1- leghanies, where it would thrive admirably, as well as the cork oak. We ought not to be dependent upon Europe for such easily-raised products. As for the anchovy, another of the herring family, we have it on our coast—a different species from the Euro- pean one, to be sure, and perhaps smaller in size, but equally good for use. It is described in DeKay’s ‘‘Fish of New York” as the Clupea Vittata, or satin-striped herring, * and is a well-marked fish, easily known by its ptojecting upper jaw, long gills and the bright silver stripe along its sides. It averages two and a half inches in length, but another species, found on the coast of California, ig much larger. It is found at sea, near the coast, in count- less myriads, and is a favorite prey of the blue fish. Only a few days since, while trolling for these ravenous pirates of the deep near the New York light ship, every bluefish we captured was gorged with the American anchovy. This delicate little herring is generally preserved by salting, or by grinding them up into a fine paste with salt. They are caught with fine purse nets, and would repay the small labor and capital required to go into the business in one season. If the few remarks we have jotted down should prove — interesting, we may continue the subject and describe the proper mode of harvesting these valuable but entirely neg- lected sources of wealth, J. Carson BrEeyoort, Baitd and Girard. No figuse of ibhas been published es oe PY 1 CARRIER PIGEONS. ee INCE the siege of Paris, where only balloons and car- rier pigeons escaped the vigilance of the Prussians, much attention has been directed towards this most inter- esting representative of the Columbide. Very few people whose tastes run towards pigeons are aware how many really bitter feuds have been fought out among ornithologists as to the exact classification of this well-known bird. Linnzeus insisted that they should be classed with the Passers. Cuvier placed them in the category of gallinaceous birds ; while Buffon gave to them the dignity of a distinct order. An- other fact but little known is, that the Dodo, an extinct bird, whose faney form is the constant illustration of most books of natural history, was the colossal bird of this fam- ily. Why is it, then, that the Dodo should be held in such ridicule by those haying little respect for the sacred charac- ter of ornithology ? Perhaps it is on account of his name, or because of his ludicrous form. If not too late, the propri- etors of the Graphic, who are doing such wonders in a jour nalistic way, might add a Dodo or so to their‘ list of profes- sors and carrier pigeons, to go in the balloon! There is no reason t@ suppose that the Dodo would not be true to the instincts of his race. Instead of being limited, however to a tiny note, written on the flimsiest of tissue paper, like his diminutive congener, the Carrier Pigeon, he might tug along a whole United States mail bag, padlock and all, from the upper regions of airto the earth, 10,000 feet below. To be sure there might be this trouble in the way ; it is pos- sible he would lay his course for the Island of Mauritius, where alone he was once born and bred, and it is a long way from Mauritius to New York ; but then as all things are pos- sible for the Graphic, a special cable might be laid from thence hither, to transmit the news. As to the carrier pigeons to, be used in the coming ballon voyage, if they are dropped at sea, we doubt whether any of them will ever reach their homes. Wespeak seriously now. The question of how the carrier pigeon finds its way home, must always be a puzzling one. Mr. O. S. Hubbell, an amateur breeder of these birds, who will furnish carrier pigeons for the Graplwe balloon, writes as follows to that paper in regard tc them : ‘““T go to my farm next Thursday, and will take in hand training the birds for you myself, and will deliver to yon a dozen birds that you may depend upon, and you shall haye proof of their ability in a few days, when I wil send a basket of them, and you/shall liberate them, each with a mes sage, which I will transmit by mail to you as proof of their usefulness. “ These birds never find their way over long distances unless they have been trained by gradual stages. Their power of vision is very acnte, and at the altitnde in which they fly they have a view of the earth (beneath, with its great land marks an¢ recoonizable features. “At 400 feet, the haundary of yision is a radial line of twenty-five miles, ‘ As they rise, the prospect widens in amazing proportions, and they fly F as much by a knowledge of the map beneath as the mariner does by the little one he carries. When lost, they fly in circles, gradualy enlarging, un- til they recognize some old outline with which they had previouslly been familiarized. Their only guide being intelligence and an unswerving loye of home (or what the phrenologists term Locality.” th Our fishermen at Fulton market frequently receive fish which they are unacquainted with. Such specimens, if of small size, generally are classed by them under the compre- hensive title of offal. Three peculiar specimens were pre- sented to our notice lately, and were on exhibition ata noted restaurant in New York. The first was a thin, flat sea-fish, about six and a quarter inches long by five inches breadth, and less than one inch in thickness. perhaps a dozen are caught during the year. It is of the Scambridoe family, genus Vomer, and this individual rejoices in the name of the Vomer Brown, and may be considered as a poor relation of the mackeral tribe. The fish is remark- able for its bizarre and lustrous tints, and is not uncommon on our coast. A native of the tropical seas, its geographi- cal range is so great as almost entitle it to be considered a cosmopolitan. It is found on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. New York is probably its northern limit, and it is occasionally caught during the months of July and August. Sometimes it has been found a foot in length. It feeds on sea-weed, from whence the peculiarity of its form. (See DeKay, pl- 25, fig. 78.) J. Carson Brevoort, Esq., in his contributions to Ichthyology, gives a full description of the Selene Argenta, another variety of this same family. The second specimen was described quite accurately as ‘*having a belly like a frog, with spikes on his back and belly, a corrugated concern, and fixed in his shell, and swimming like a jack in a box.” This fish proved to be one of the As- tracionidae family, genus Lactophrys, and was the dromedary trunk fish, Lactophrys Camelinus. It has been occasionally taken on the shores of. Long Island, but is rarely found further north. Some of the same family are known in the West Indies as the Trunk fish. The third specimen bears a strong resemblance to the weakfish. Prof. Agassiz’s assistant designates it as the sil- ver corvina (corvina urgyrolanea) of De Kay, or silvery perch (hodianus argyroleuces) of Mitchell. It is a native of the Ca- ribbean Sea, and extends its northern range to the coast of New York. In Curvier’s natural history of fishes it is called le cord blane Wargent, eo eS A letter from Turkistan to the Berlin Geographical Society describes a species of grouse upon the arid steppes which is a great adept in the art of flying. Many a time it must have miles and miles to travel before it can expect to find a spilt drop of water at the well-side. When in the air its move- ments are so quick and alert as frequently to baffle all the fierceness and strategy of the hawk. The only other ani- mals living in that dreary waste. are eagles, hawks, falcons and turtles. The birds prey voraciously upon the reptile, yet are unable sensibly to diminish its numbers. 2 ee The editor of the Macon (Georgia,) Telegraph tries to make folks believe that toads eat buckshot. He says, with un- changing countenance: ‘The writer has seen one seize and swallow buckshot after buckshot as It was rolled towards it, until weighed down with the load it bore, further motion became impossible.” FORESTS—THEIR CULTIVATION. es HE Country Gentleman says : Thousands of persons have more land then they care to cultivate to ordinary crops, and some of it often which isnot good for such crops, but would do well for timber. Then why not do some- thing for posterity—and perhaps for themselves, too, by planting it to forest trees? Itis easy now to do this; the information gained and imparted by such men as Andrew 8. Fuller, Arthur Bryant, Sr., and others, has made forest planting comparatively an easy matter. Many farmers say they are working merely for their children; they desire to leave the latter something in the shape of property which will be good fora start. In such a case, why not plant a forest ? By a judicious selection of varieties and careful culture through the balance of a farmer’s life of about mid- dle age, a forest may be established which will be worth many thousands of dollars, twenty, thirty, or forty years hence. There is, too, in planting a forest, this marked ad- vantagé over a natural forest—you can select the best varie- ties, such as are reasonably certain to be always in demand. You can choose maples, tulips, pines, the hemlock, black walnuts, hickory, the ash, chestnut, locust, &c., &e., sep- arately or together, the matter to be determined largely by the character of the soil. How to start in such an enter- prise can easily be learned from the authors mentioned above, and from other sources, and a little attempt at tree- growing from seed or seedlings on a small scale, in advance of starting plantations by the acre, would result in an amount of practical experience which would be of great benefit. Cultivation of artificial forests would not be nec- essary more than a few years, as the shading of the earth by the trees would soon keep down the growth of weeds and grass, while the leaves would constitute a mulch, as in natural forests. The growing scarcity of timber for the thousand purposes to which it is applied, with little prob- abilty of any substitute for it which can seriousl " \esson the demand, renders it well nigh certain that forests» nted now and well started, will be a rich legacy to future g nerations, and in many cases even to the planters themselves, ee Attempts to keep mackerel in aquariums, seem to have been so far unsuccessful. The fish are so impatient of contine- ment, that they dash against the glass or rock work, and speedily kill themselves. ————_4—-_—. The lake Como affords but poor fishing. The chub is occasionally caught there. The presence of trout is quite possible, though none have been caught for the last two or three years. . —— SS In Japan there is a journal devoted exclusively to rabbit culture. It is rather a rare species in these waters, and BOREST AND SPREAM. Che Aiennel. RITE about dogs, their instinct, their peculiarities, their thousand lovable traits? Why, there is not more than one man in a thousand who can do it. It is a gift, a peculiar one, and is as rare a talent as to write children’s stories. There are but few who are so gifted. The power of making a dog analysis of character we are not all blessed with. It is only but yesterday that we com- menced to study their expressions, with Darwin as our teacher. If dog literature proper, and most charming read- ing it is, has a particular country where it flourishes, and therefore must be appreciated, that country is Scotland All good dogs and good dog stories come from there. How pleasant are the stories of Sir Walter Scott and his dogs, and of the Ettrick Shepherd. Nowhere can be found subjects so genial, or more close to oursympathies, than the stories of our dogs. Ina late number of Chambers Journal there is an article simply entitled ‘‘ About Dogs,” which is so charming in style that we only regret that want of space prevents our taking it bodily into our columns. Let the ex- tract, however given, suffice; though treating principally of the ‘' Collie,” still the intelligent sportsman can make his own deductions, for the same underlying traits of character are found in all breeds of dogs. We quote : ‘‘ Without training, a pointer would point at any kind of vermin as readily as at the game of which the sportsman is in quest, but a well trained pointer will make no such mistake. Without training he would only stand pointing for a few seconds, and then run in upon the game, and put it up; but a well trained pointer waits till he receives the word of com- mand, when lis master has come near enough to use his gun. It may be in part through instinct that a shepherd’s dog performs many of the important services which he renders to his master in the driving and tending of sheep; but it cannot be altogether through instinct, for the best shepherd’s dogs are always those who have been carefully trained. Hven that which the shepherd’s dog does without training, and which seems natural to him from. his puppy- hood, is probably very much ascribed to what is called hereditary instinct, the training of many successive gener- ations. But all cannot be ascribed to instinct, whether na- tural to the race, or acquired and become hereditary. How can any one think so, who has observed a shepherd’s dog at his work, and marked his prompt obedience to the command of his master; how readily he understands each word or sign, and at once hastens to do what he is bidden? Perhaps to bring in a number of sheep from a distance, which he accomplishes very quickly, and yet without hurrying them too much, for he is very careful not to do them any harm, and his barking, although sharp, is not angry, nor do the sheep seem to think so, or to be in the least degree alarmed, for they also have profited by experience, and they know him and his ways. Let the object of the shepherd be to get sheep through a gate; the dog evidently perceives it at once and knows what to do, to bark behind the sheep, to run before them and bark, to drive them to the gate, and pre- vent their passing it. More remarkable still, and decidedly an evidence of the possession of reason, is the fact that a good shepherd’s dog will assist a sheep to rise when it has fallen, rolled over on its back, and cannot get up again, because, in consequence of its thick fleece, it cannot get a foot on the ground. This often happens, especially on hill pastures, in the latter part of spring and beginning of sum- mer, before the sheep-shearing time, and the shepherd must visit his flock several times a day, lest the sheep that have rolled over on their back should die. But his dog saves him much walking and fatigue, scouring over the hill for him, and as soon as he finds a sheep on its back, proceeding to turn it over with his muzzle, till he gets its feet to the ground, so that it is able to rise. Wo wonder that the sheep-dog is a favorite of his master, and is.treated as a kind of humble friend. He is not turned into a kennel nor into an outhouse when he comes home from his work; his place is at the fireside, where he often wags his tail and puts on a very intelligent look, as if he understood some part of the conversation that takes place. Certainly ‘‘ Collie” knows well enough when he is spoken of, and dogs of some other kinds evidently do sotoo. They know when they are alluded to in terms of praise, and when with blame; in the former case, giving unmistakable sings of delight; and in the latter, hanging their heads and look- ing ashamed, Sir Walter Scott mentions this concerning a favorite dog that he had, a noble hound, of a very different race from the shepherd’sdog. Butitis very observable in the shepherd’s dog. ‘The shepherd’s dog, or at all events, the cole of the south of Scotland, which [take to be the most re- fined and cultivated breed of shepherd’s dog, shews himself very sensible of the affront, and vexed by it. He has a ready appetite for oat-cakes; oatmeal in one form or other, but mostly in that of porridge, being a chief part of his fapd, as it is of his master’s; he will at any time gladly re- ceive a little bit of oat-cake,; but let any one hold out to him a very large piece, and he evidently thinks it a cruel jest, feels himself insulted, turns away his head, and will not look at the cake, much less accept it. We know of no other kind of dog that so generally shows his fastidiousness. We have tried the experiment with collies, and always with one result; they would have nothing to do with a very large piece of bread. We have tried it also with other dogs of various kinds, but almost always with the opposite resuly. No piece that was offered seemed too large for any one that we ever tried—Newfoundland, pointer, terrier—except in one case, that of a Skye terrier, which turned away, as if aware of being mocked, if a whole side of bread was held out to it, and would not approach the sugar-bowl even if it was set on the floor, although very fond of sugar, and ready to beg long for a little bit of it. It is worthy to be observed concerning the shepherd’s dog, that no severity is ever used in his training. The shepherd has no dog-whip. A single punishment, such as a game- keeper often finds or thinks it necessary to inflict on a pointer, would spoil a collie altogether, and make him worthless for life. ‘He would not resent it by turning savagely on his master, but he would at once become broken- spirited and inert. Words of commendation or of censure are all that he needs, all that suit his nature. The same thing may be observed in animals of some other kinds—as in the elephant and the finest breeds of horses. The fine feelings of the Scottish shepherd’s dog, and his capabil- ity of having his feelings deeply wounded, are sometimes very strikingly illustrated. The grandfather of writer had an excellent collie, by name Wattie, which Was the present a great favorite, and greatly attached to him and family. When the dog grew old and feeble it was t necessary to get another one; but on the new doo’s arriy ] poor old Wattie left his place at the fireside and went a to a green bank beside a pond, where he lay down and persuasion could induce him to return to the house Hy wagged his tail a little when kindly spoken to, but he ae tinued to liein the same spot and would not rise fe refused food, and in two days was dead. He seems to Hats felt that his day was over, that his services were no Jon im valued, and his old place no longer his, and took it gl] to signify that his time was come to die. His death, howevey seems not to have been the result of mere old age, but te have been hastened by his wounded feelings,” 3 all: the hought The following dog story of an ugly retriever is worth pre: serving: ‘““T had been shooting at Marshfield, and had taken the dog with me, and having some time to wait at Blankborough Station for the train, I thought I would haye a glass of sherry, so l went into the refreshment-room and the dog followed me. Standing at the bar were two men one of whom was discussing cold chicken. Haven taken 4 mouthful or two from aleg which he held in his fingerg once or twice he stupidly held it down almost close to the dog’s nose, evidently.on purpose to tantalize him. The animal, of course, thought the bone was meant for him; and at last, when the man’s attention was for a moment attracted by something else, he snapped it out of his hand withong more ado. The fellow instantly turned round, and kicked at the dog savagely. The consequence was the animal sprang upon him, and before I could interfere had him down, and had fastened his teeth within a couple of inches of his throat. Of course I pulled him off as quickly as pos- sible, when no sooner had the man got on his legs than he began to abuse mein most unparliamentary language for keeping such an animal. I stood this for some time, but at last it became too strong, so I said to him; ‘If you take my advice, sir, when you are again picking a bone of chicken between your finger and thumb you will do well not to tan- talize a hungry dog by holding it close to his nose. AndI have only further to remark that this quarrel is not mine, but simply rests between you and the dog, so that unless you keep a civil tongue in your head I shall let him loose, and you may settle it between you.’ I need hardly say the dis- cussion was dropped, and afew mutterings in a scarcely audible tone of voice being the only reply 1 received.” GREAT CHANGES IN CLIMATE, pe es HERE can be no doubt that the climate of this Northem hemisphere has changed enormously more than once. There can be no doubt that the distribution of land and water, the shape and size of its continents and seas, have changed again and again, There can be no doubt. that, for instance, long before the age of ice,rthe whole North of Europe was much warmer than it is now. Take Greenland, for instance. Disco Island lies in Baffin’s Bay, off the west coast of Greenland, in latitude 70°, far within the Arctic circle. Now there certain strata of rock older than the ice, have not been destroyed by the grinding of the ice-cap; and they are full of fossil plants. But of what kind of plants? Of the same families as now grow in the warmer parts of the United States. Even a tulip-tree has been found among them. Now how is this to be explained? Hither we must say that the climate of Greenland was then so much warmer than now that it had Summers probably as hot as those of New-York; or we must say that these leaves and stems were floated thither from the United States into Baffin’s Bay. The polar current sets out of Baflin’s Bay southward, bringing icebergs down, not leaves up, through Davis’ Straits. And in any case we must allow that the hills of Disco Island were then the bottom of a sea: or how would the leaves have been deposited in them at all ? So much for the change of climate and land which can be proved to have gone on in Greenland. It has become colder. Why should it not some day become warmer again? Now for England. It can be proved, as far as common sense can prove anything, that England was, before the age of ice, much warmer than it is now, and grew gradually cooler and cooler, just as, while the age of ice was dying out, it grew warmer again. Now what proof is there of that? This: Underneath London—as, I dare say, many of you know— there lies four or five hundred feet of clay. But not ice-clay. Anything but that, as you will see. It belongs to a formation late (geologically speaking,) but some- what older than those Disco Island beds. And what sort of fossils do we find in it ?_ In the first place, the shells, which are abundant, are fropical—Nautilii, Cones, and such like. And more, fruits and seeds are found in it, especially at the Isle of Sheppey. And what are they? Fruits of Nipa palms, a form only found now at rivel- mouths in Eastern India and the Indian islands; Anona seed, Gourd seeds, Acacia fruits, all tropical again, and Pro- taceous plants, too, of an Australian type. Surely your common sense would hint to you that this London clay must be mud laid down off the mouth of a tropical river. But your common sense would be all but certain of that, when you found, as you would find, the teeth and bones of crocodiles and turtles, who come to land, remember, to lay their eggs; the bones, too, of lange mammals, allied to the tapir of India and South Amefica, and the water-hog of the Cape. If all this does not mean that there was once 4 tropic climate and a tropic river running into some sea Or other where London now Stands, I must give up common sense and reason as deceitful and useless faculties, and be- lieve nothing, not even the evidence of my own: senses.— From Town Geology, by Rev. Canon Kingsley, The following paragraph does not fall strictly within the line of sport, but we print it. Itis the copy of a Dill for hanging and boiling a Friar at Canterbury, England, ™ 15389 : ‘Paid for half a ton of timber to make a pair of gallows for to hang Friar Stone, 2s. 6d.; to a carpenter for making the same gallows, and the dray, 1s. 4d.; to a labourer that digged the holes, 3d.; other expenses for setting up the same, and carriage of the timber from Stablegate to the Dungeon, 1s.; for a hurdle, 6d.; for aload of wood and for a horse to draw him to the dudgeon 2s. 3d.; paid to twe men that sat at the kettle and parboiled him, 1s.; to three men that carried his quarters to the gates and sat them Up, 1s.; for halters to hang him, and Sandwich cord, and ne screws, 1s.; for a woman that scowered the Kettle, 2s.; him that did execution, 3x. 8d.; total, 14s. 8d.” FOREST AND STREAM.- 7 Woodland, Zawn and Garden. HEDGES AND THEIR USES. —— NO. I.—ARBOR. VITA. a HE study of hedge plants—there use, and the various kinds best adapted to the different sections of the United States—is in itself sufficient for quite a large volume Yet in answer to several questions as to what are the best kinds adapted to, and their special cultivation for, several localities of South and West, we will give a brief sketch of our experience in the cultivation of these elegant substi- tutes for the stone and wooden fences, rustic paiings, &c., which years ago were so widely usetl all over our country, for the reason they were the best kind then known. Ex- perience, study, and the mission of the landscape cardener, with the refining influence of the application of the princi- ples of high art to the common necessities of life, have opened a wider field both for the use of the beautiful and practical. Our own experience has led us to make various experiments, and we are gratified to be able to say, that for the most part our experiments have been profitable and very acceptable to those who have used them. . There are some six or more plant materials from which some five or six years of careful labor and attention will give a beautiful and execilent hedge ; and some of great beauty, eyen in this varying climate of ours. Let no one, how- ever, who loves the beautiful in the hedge-row, suppose for amoment that all that is necessary to give him a fine hedge is to plant out the seed and let the same take care of itself. if he only plants the seed, and goes fishing, and forgets all about his hedge, he had far better have ‘‘ gone fishing” be- fore he planted his seed. Care and careful watching are absolutely necessary inorder to havea fine hedge of any kind ; such as can be had of great beauty, capable of re- sisting the attacks of every kind of cattle; a well grown bar- rier, too, that will outlast many generations. Among the five or six really best hedge plants for general use, we place at the head of our list the Arbor Vite or (flat cedar) found growing abundantly in many localities. This well known plant is probably the best that can be used for evergreen hedges, possessing asit does the remarkable qualities of quick erowth, the foliage being of a beautiful deep green and grow- ing down to the very ground, retaining its evergreen char- acter during the entire year. The Arbor Vite found in the region of the Hudson river seems to be a distinct species from many other kinds with which we are familiar, and is perhaps unsurpassed by any other kind in this climate. This kind we have found from experience to be perfectly hardy, in the most adverse situations. It is very rarely at- tacked by insects; the slug, aphis, and many other ‘“ bugs of prey” give it a wide berth. Under favorable circum- stances, it is a very long lived plant ; how long it would live we do not know, but probably to one hundred years. The Arbor Vite of the Hudson, and the Arbor Vite ob- tained from the State of Maine, are decidedly the best to be had, and these we can recommend as being quite likely to give entire satisfaction to all who love a good piece of work and are willing to give to the work the attention it deserves. No plant bears the shears better than the Arbor Vite. Hasily kept in order by two prunings in a season only, it very readily takes the shape desired, and soon becomes a thing of beauty, or a “‘ horrid fright,” under the clippings of the man of intelligence, or the boor.* : T have received many letters within a period of some ten years asking for information and my opinion upon the dif- ferent qualities of the hedge plant, their adaptation to soil, cli- mate, and other important matter relating to the same. ‘How shall I plant it? is a frequent question asked, and a pertinent one too. Every one having the care of grounds in the country, large orsmall, is aware of the past want of some good rapid- growing, well developing, evergreen plant for screen hedges and blinds, barriers, &c. Well, you have the very thing in the hardy beautiful Arbor Vitce, adapted it seems by Providence, to the very wants of man. We shall speak of other and valuable beautiful hedge plants in discussing the subject of hedges and hedge plants; but in this paper, confine ourselves to this one plant. The great ease with which it gives you a splendid hedge, is a great reecomend- ation to its universal use. While the “browns” disfigure many other kinds of hedges, the Arbor Vitee is always green ; while with the Red Cedar, somewliat used in hedges, some of the larger branches and very hardiest trees suffer from an attack of ‘‘the browns,” and die off without any apparent cause. Such is sometimes, and I may say often, the case with the Chifése Arbor Vite. While such a dis- agreeable and repulsive feature, surely, may be looked for as not uncommon to the Red Cedar and Chinese Arbor Vi« tw, such a thing asa dead tree of the Arbor Vite of the true kind I have neyer yet seen.+ T have ahedge of the Arbor Vitae now upon my grounds in the town of Arlington, Mass., some two hundred rods in length, seven feet in height, which is one beautiful com- pact screen of green, unimpaired and beautiful. It is about fourteen years old. This hedge was set out one very warm day in the month of July, and was not watered except by the natural rains which fell, for the entire season. TI have _ We have no patience with that horrid exhibition of bad. taste. called “topiary trimming” of Arbor Vite into monstrous beasts, birds, and unheard of dragons. ‘+Last winter, 1872 and °73, was‘one in the East New England States, that tried the bark of trees. The thermometer fell far below zero, and the cold was intense. J was called wvofessionally for advice in relation to the best usage of the Arbor Vita Ries by several persons who had planted in avery exposed situation, I recommended their Waiting until June and J uly before putting the knife te them. My advice was good. They, are now all right. + two eircles composed of Arbor Vite plants, upon my lawn grounds, set out for ornament, which are twenty feet diam- eter and of a height of twenty-two feet, forming a perfect plot or group, and presenting an evenness of exterior as though clipped with the shears, and yet they have only been twice clipped each season, Those plants were when set eighteen inches in height,’and set one foot apart. The plants of the Arbor Vite can always be obtained. The best time to plant them is in the Spring, from May first to June ; they will thrive if well planted in July. The same pvreat law of vegetation, however, seems to govern all plants ; when the buds begin to swell, you can with safety begin to plant. Good plants from the nurseries are worth from eight to thirty dollars per hundred ; choice ones from one to four feet high, range a little higher. Having determined to plant a hedge, after well trenching the ground, you would do well to select your plants at the nuesery yourself, and hay- ing obtained good plants, be quite particular in doing your work of setting out well, and in the most thorough manner. The general rule for setting is one foot apart. Mulch your plants, when practicable, upon setting out the same, and by no means drown them because you have an abundance of water. We believe the Arbor Vite as well adapted to the Western States, as tothe New Eneland States, they with due care thriving well in either locality. OLLAPOD QUILL. Slews Sram Abraad. NGLAND is complaining of excessive heat, aud Sydney Smith’s sug¢estion ** of stripping off ones flesh and sitting in ones bones,” is frequently alluded to. However much they suffer, they seem to take an optimist’s view of what they cannot prevent. The partridge they say, wil] not be worse for the weather, and as the yonnge birds are strong and plentiful in number they can stand drought at their age much better than wet. Grouse re. quire perhaps more water, but the hot spell, English sportsmen think will not hurt them. Cricket is played just as ardently as ever, though the temperature is such as might have roasted Mr. Alfred Jingle. The corn is in grain, and the land wants the sun, and is grateful for it. One fact to be mentioned, however, for the benefit of future almanac makers is, that it rained on St. Swithin’s day, andin the most perverse way, acting the very reverse of the usual prophecy, it has been constantly dry ever since. Some idea of the heat in England and Scotland may be had when we read that on the Trent and in the Highlands during the week ending July 26th, the thermometer stood as high as 90°. Salmon fishing in Norway seems to be declining. From “Over the Doverfields,” a new fishing book by the author of “A Ramble Through Norway,” we extract the follow- ing’: “Of late there is a complaint that salmon fishing ou the whole is rapidly deteriorating in Norway. Year by year the prices paid for the rivers have risen, till it has at leneth come to the point that a Norwegian river is fwlly as expen- sive a luxury to indulge in as a Scotch grouse moor. We have known £300 per season to be paid for a stream barely half a dozen miles in length, and even then saddled with the proviso of giving up the bulk of the fish taken to the proprietor of ,the river: The worst of the matter is, that as prices have gone up the fish have gone down (in quantity), a result princi- pally owing to the unprincipled conduct of the natives themselves. Not content with the heavy sums in which they mulct the ‘mad Englishmen” (for such they consider them), they not only flog the waters most indusiriously during their absence, but also net them without mercy, pat- ticularly at the point where the rivers throw themselves into the fiords, and that with most melancholy success. The Storthing, it is true, so early as 1857—awake to the evil results that would come to pass, should these practices remain uncheceked--passed a law forbidding the use of nets at the mouths of salmon rivers. This law, however, has never been carried out in its integrity; the fish are dwindling away toa tithe of their numbers twenty years ago, and the stupid proprietors—while chuckling over their present eains —will find, when too late, that they have been but giving another variation of the old fable, ‘killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.’ ” The following correspondence occurs in Land and Water: * Brrps WaALKiIne UnpER WaArEeR.—Sir: Last week I took a cormorant in my trammels (bottom fishing nets) in about six to eight fathoms of water. This occurrence is not a rare one, but it has an important bearing on the letters of Mr. F. O. Morris and Mx. W. Reid in your two last issues, To make it a common occurrence, as it is, that birds should be taken in nets, fishing several fathoms under water, the birds must be able not only to dive (vertically or obliquely), but also to swim (laterally) under water, and it occurs to one at once that it would be physically impossible for an y bird to do this unless it could in some way assimilate its Specific gravity to that of the water around it. Tam not sufficiently scientific to hazard an opinion whether it might not be neccessary, to enable a bird to get six or eight fath- oms deep in the water, that it should be able to make its specific gravity greater than that of the water to equalize it for the purpose of enabling it to swim, and to reduce it for the purpose of enabling it to rise. My. Reid’s letter goes to support the theory that these things must be. He does not mention the sea-bird, in Which, of all others, the power of submersion can be most frequently observed, An alarmed grebe will solemnly disappear until it leaves nothing visible but a slender neck surmounted by a small head, and having’ behind it a mere suspicion of a back, a back which, in nautical phrase, is ‘barely a wash.’ Has any one in the United States observed similar traits in the cormorant? There is a movement in England, to do away with the barbarous practice of cropping terriers’ ears, . A very interesting book by Charles John Anderson, en- titled ‘The Lion and the Elephant,” has just been issued in London. The author, half Englishmen half Swede, trav- eled with Francis Galton in 1850, in his explorations into South Africa, when they even went beyond Lake Ngami, The book is said to be not only remarkable as the narrative of a hunting life with all its thrilling incidents, but evinces wonderful research. It is the production of a perfect sports, man and naturalist. The following extract from that por- tion of the book devoted to elephant shooting, shows how much endurance is necessary for the sport.— It was rarely or never that I could track, stalk, and kill my elephant and return to camp in less than ten hours; more frequently I was absent from it for fourteen and six- teen hours—nay, [ have been as much as two days and p night engaged in a single hunt. My,atteudants (native) were at times so completely"used up-—il myself being nearly as much so—that on their return to the bivouac they would fall asleep where they stood, alike indifferent to hunger, to the chilline nieht air, or the scorching rays of the sun, as It was not, however, ee tivue, “The London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ant mals, is fortunate enough to have a Ladies’ Committee, un- der the direction of Lady Burdett Coutts. The society has lately received a legacy of £10,000, and have invested £54,- 000. The Duchess of Teck is a prominent member. A pike weighing thirty-five pounds was recently caught in Loch Corrib, having inside of him a grilse weighing six pounds. | Chain mail gauntlets and suits are advertised in an Eng- lish paper, for the use of Indian officers. Answers Go Correspondents. cae ett [We shall endeavor in this departinent to wnpart and hope to receive such information as may be of service to amutenwy and professional sports- men. We will cheerfully answer all yeasonable questions that fall within the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, fish- ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, 1m- plements, youtes, distanées, seusons, ecpenses, remedies, traits, species. yoverniny rides, etc. All branches of the sportsman’s craft will receive attention. Anonymous comnanications not noticed, | ee gk L. H. B.—In regard to the Canadian system of overseers and wardeus for guarding their fishing streams, the adaptation of such a plan to our rivers would be excellent. The trouble is that in the United States, at the same Salaries as are paid in Canada, it would be difficult to find competent men, An inspector receives in Canada $728 a year and travelling expenses. County overseers only get from $50 to $250. Wardens $400 to S750 a year. The assistant inspector of Noya Scotia has a salary of $800 with travelling expenses. . XXV.—The lawin this respect is positive. Itsays ‘no person shall dill or expose for sale or have in his possession, atter the same is killed, any wood duck, &¢,. d&c.. between the 1st day of February and the 15th of August.” The Justice of the Peace in your section must be very igno- raut of bis ditties. Si. Joun.—Hereis a good old fashioned receipt for mange, which almost alwayscures. Take fourounces of sulphur ointment and add one ounce of turpentine, mix, and rub the dog well with it twice a week, Continue this long enough, bathing him from time to time in a running stream, But if this will not avail, it would be better to shoot the dog. J. B.—We are not prepared as yet, to execute any commissions coitided to our care. We trust, however, before the shooting and angling season is over, fo do the best. we can for our friends. Daviw.—Any information you may require as to the formation of a rifle club in your town, would no doubt be cheerfully given you by the Secretary of the National Rifle Association in this city. BLAKE.—A very large white-fish will weigh six pounds, occasionally one has been caught of eight pounds. Generally two pounds is a very fair average. The exact orthography of the Maskinonge we can hardily give you. We have heard both Muscalon and Mascalonge. Mr, Scott gives its derivation, as coming from the Ojibwa “maskanonja.’’ We rather think the French ‘+ Masqguelonge,” meaning a long-headed fish, as far.fetched The head is by no means out of proportion to his body. Moxgnis.—Mr. Prime in his charming book **T-go-fishing,” notices al- most a similar fact as reported by you. He says: “‘Thave seen a trout start from a point forty feet distance for a bait thrown into- the Pemige- wasset and take it, and I was so much surprised: that I Ineasured the dis- tance.’”” We should be pleased to hear from you more fully. Whatwe want is nof merely a fisherman, but one who combines the naturalist’s habit of observation. A, H.—As courteously as possible we beg to state, that we must decline solving betting questions. “Wis notin ourline. ~* Dovyu.—The cost of the journey would be $200. Indian guides are not always to be had. Ifyou start three weeks later than you propose you will be in good time. The calibre of your rifle is about right. We shall be glad to hear from you. Bairmmore.—The fact you mention in regard to feigned lameness of birds, is quite novel, at least in this coutry. having perhaps escaped ob- servation. Enelish writers have, however, mentioned it, and in a late munber of the London F%ed you will see somewhat similar traits record- ed of the wood pigeon. BROOKLYN BowLer.—Of course the match took place. Cricket would not be cricket in England withont the Gentlemen os, Players. The results were as ustial, the Players were nowhere, Tf our memory serves us right, the two brothers Grace on the Gentlemen’s side made between them 200 runs. ‘The play took two days, and the Gentlemen won by fifty-five runs. This match has been played regularly for sixty-seven years. H. M.—For distances over 100 to 150 yards for vifle shooting, round targets are not advisable. At long ranges, it is difficult to communicate with the riflemen the exact position of his shot on a round target. How true it may be, however, that the four corners of the square, indicate better to the marksman the exact centre, we do not know. But very cer- tainly at anything over 100 yards, better practice is made with a square than with a round target. The system of averages is even fairer than the one of measurement. Approximative precision ig all we can look for now, and all that it is needed at long ranges. THOMPSON & Tage, Pa.—Your favor will appear in our next, G. V. L. Cincinnati.—The reply to your query is answered in part in our angling column. 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But for us of the For: ‘tT AND STREAM, attired in the rustic garb of the woods, and fresh from our inner seclusion, what else can be expected than an entree made awkward bya natura! diffidence ? Our embarrassmeni is more than a pretense. As well might it be expected of the Dryades and Hamadryades to appear in the full glare of the public gaze and dance unabashed to Orpheus’ step-compelling lute. Our tastes are rural and our habits of the simplest. We drink from pellucid fountains , or, if we quaff Falernian, it is of the purest natural juice and not or the stimulating stores of Bacchus, or of Silenus, his foster-father. Weread from Nature’s hook alone, and our instructions are written on Sybilline leaves. Here is our card, good reader, to announce our mission. It is of simple birch bark, peeled from a tree in whose veins the sap flows freely. In texture it is more delicate than the ancient papyrus. It is odorous of balsam and fir and sweet trailing vines. Hevewith we bespeak your favor. Though a stranger, we feel that you will vestow it, for is it not writ- ten, ‘‘One touch of Nature makes the whole world kin ?” Through the columns of our beautiful paper we would make you familiar with the living intelligences that people the woods and the fountains. We would teach you those secrets which necessity compelled the savages to learn—how to wrench jire from dry sticks; to feed, clothe and shelter themselves with the simple roots, barks and skins which the wilderness provided. They samiliarized themselves with the habit of every form of animal life. Under each decaying leaf, in cach blade of grass or rolling log, they discovered a microcosm. They learned to read the track- tess forest as though it were an outlined chart. And if they did not find ‘‘sermons in stones and beauty in everything,” they at least found utility. Let us go back to first princi- ples. Out of these our civilization grew, but of the prinei- ples themselves we are ignorant. Remove iemporarily our modern appliances and we are helpless. Let us acquire the rudiments anew. We know not at what moment the storm may lay us ashore upon an island uninhabited, the earth- quake leave us naked to the elements, or some adverse cir- cumstances beset us as we travel on our wilderness jour- neys. The object of this journal will be to studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural objects. We especially desire to make the Forrest AND SrEAM the recognized medium of communication between amateurs and professional sports- men, All of us have something to impart, which, if made available to each other, will in time render us proficient in all those several branches of physical culture which are ab- solutely essential to our manhood and well-being, both as individual men and as a nation. A practical knowledge of natural history must of necessity underlie all attainments which combine to make a thorough sportsman. It is not sufficient that a man should be able to knock over his birds dexterously right and left, or cast an inimitable fly. He must learn by study and experience the haunts and habits of the game or fish he seeks. If he depend altogether upon his dog’s nose, or upon his henchmen, he will some day have to retire from the field in mortification and disgrace. Therefore it is that we shall study to give practical instruc- tion in the most attractive departments of natural history. We shall not forget the technicalities of the craft either, but take pleasure in designating the best localities for hunt- ing and fishing, outfits, implements, remedies, routes, dis- tances, breeds of dogs, &c. Each number will contain a paper descriptive of a particular game animal, bird, or fish, with some instruction as to its habits, haunts and mode of capture, and the period when it is in season. We have ar- ranged to receive regular weekly reports of the fishing and shooting in various parts of the country. Yachting and boating will be encouraged, and yachting news be made an especial feature of the paper. A reason- able space will be given to athletic sports and those out- door games in which ladies can participate. In a word, every description of game that is in vogue among respect- able people, and of value as a health-giving agent or recre- ative amusement, will be considered and its practice en- couraged. Nothing that demoralizes or brutalizes, nothing that is regarded as “‘sport” by that low order of beings who, in their instincts are but a grade higher than the creatures they train to amuse them, will find place or favor in these columns, To horse news we shall devote some space, giving a record of leading races and meetings and current events, but we shall not make it a feature of this journal. We leave this department to others, much more competent than ourselves, who are recognized throughout the country as exponents of the turf, and as authority in stock, pedigree and kind. We yield to no one, however, in our love and appreciation of the horse and his estimable qualities. The noblest of all animals, and the companion alike of men of high and low degree, he has never become contaminated by the moral atmosphere by which he is often surrounded, or degraded below the high rank to which his attributes entitle and as- sien him, To the forest, lawn and garden we assign full place, For the preservation of our rapidly diminishing forests we shall continually do battle. Our great interests are in jeopardy. even our supply of drinking water is threatened from ‘i depletion of our timber-lands by fire and axe. It is} " proper to state here that the gentleman in charge of this department is the well-known “Olipod Quill,” who ra connected with the Agriculturist newspaper from the 5 and a co-laborer with the lamented Downing for many years, Much valuable information will be found in this depart. ment. Our military department is intended to comprise merely a weekly summary of news for officers and soldiers upon the frontier—such news as the castaways would enjoy to receive in a “‘letter from home ;” and we trust that many of them will be inclined to send us in return some account of their hairbreadth experiences among the Indians, the buf: faloes, the grizzlies and the antelopes. We of the East are not thoroughly familiar with the varied species of game in the far Northwest, and would like to receive full informa. tion especially of the numerous Cerews family and of tho Rocky Mountain sheep. This department is under tho charge of a distinguished and competent army officer, Our dramatic and art column will be prepared by Colono| T. B. Thorpe, and must at once become popular With all our readers who are interested in these matters. Wo shall occupy an independent position, and throw our efforts in behalf of a competent reform. We shall perhaps eyen clamor for it. Our columns will always contain the cream of the latest foreign sporting news. In a word, we are prepared to print a lve paper and a use- ful one. We shall not be parsimonious in securing the best material for its columns. We are convinced that there is q s > ‘standard of eminence and usefulness not yet fully attained by any sporting journals in this country. To this we aspire, It will be our ambition to excel; and we have relinquished a life of ease and semi-indolence to take charge of the en- terprise. This not of cur own free choice, but at the soli- citation of many hundreds of friends and strangers, We are ably assisted in our labors by a corps of valuable asso- ciates—men of age and experience, all of whom, with a single exception, have been identified with leading journals for years | Mr. Sivzon A. ATKINSON, connected with the Georgia, press for over twenty years, has charge of the business af- fairs of the Compatiy. CHARLES HALLocn, Managing Editor, THE NEW ERA OF ATHLETIC SPORTS, pe a HAT the taste for athletic sports has at last passed through that critical period called ‘‘ the growing one,” is now we believe quite certain. If we as a people have given some attention to out-of-door sports, it has been heretofore of rather a sporadic character, developing itself at most by out-croppings of base ball clubs all over the country. With. out placing too much stress on this game, even according to it all the merit it deserves, we see now that for the very first time in the United States, other and better exercises, of amore manly and varied charactcr, have been fully inau- gurated. Open-air sports should never be limited to a single kind. We must not play base ball to the entire exclusion of crick- et, any more than we must always pull boats, and never run foot-races. We should be able to do cach and all of them ; giving all of our attention to a single athletic sport dwarfs true spirit in the matter. Just as certain as there is exclu siveness—one particular sport engrossing the entire atten- tion—all the rest must languish. It is for this peculiar rea- son, that we must confess that we look at the decline of base ball with something akin to a grim satisfaction. Of course it was far better for our young men and boys to have had that, than nothing else. There was something even commendable in the fact that if we had not invented the game, we had at least revived an almost forgotten ball-play. Its course to public estimation, was as rapid as its decline. The nobler game of cricket was neglected for it, and base ball was heralded as the coming American game. It is not sufficient to assert that base ball has gone out of fashion, because*professionals had taken it entirely in their hands, and that amateurs could not cope with professionals. If the game had possessed within itself any sound vital merits, the gentlemen would soon have been able to play it quite as well as the professionals. Cricket is a game requiring ten times as much address and skill, but what is more, wants sound judgment, whichis the soul and animus of all such sports. It is well known perhaps to the majority of our readers, that the best cricket eleven in England is com- posed of gentlemen amateurs, and What there is no pro- fessional team in England who ean play with them. We feel certain even that the bad repute base ball has fallen into, though partly due to the gambling introduced into it, is not entirely owing to it. Weare even pleased to notice that certain corrective measures introduced by professional players in their midst, are likely to create a reform in the character of the game. It is not to be in the least under- stood, that professionals cither in base ball or any other sport, are to be decried by us for their calling, or are to be blamed as a body, for the rascally proceeding of some of their members. Quite as honest men are to be found in their ranks as in any other profession. The best deduction to be made however in explaining the decline of base ball, is that there was not enough in the game itself, and that if was played to excess ; and wanting variety, it has now only fallen into the third-rate place to which it naturally belong- ed. For the good it has done, and may yet do, we, a8 lovers of athletic sports, are quite grateful, FOREST AND STREAM. oh The newer era of athletic sports is manifested by the care- ful attention and fostering care given to them by men of. wealth and education. To Mr. James Gorden Bennett, who has offered prizes for foot racing, a sport rarely if ever practised in the United States, our gratitude is also due. It is another step taken in the true direction. Its apparent exclusivensss, that the reward shall be given to non-profes- sional winners is its merit. Professional runners can always find their proper spheres and can win their laurels, and will learn that their services as trainers will be even more called into play. Our aptitude for athletic sports, it should be re- thembered, cannot exist on the reputation of any particular runner or boatman, It is not because the Japanese breed a single race of men, huge as elephants and strong as bulls, as wrestlers, that we accord to this peculiar people any athle- tic excellence. What we want is, that our sons should revel in these sports, that their every muscle and fibre should be drilled and trained, not for the vain-glory attached to the conquest of a cup, or the sporting a knot of ribbons, but thatzthey should feel that inate pride of perfect manhood, which should urge them to excel, and to improve the phys- ical qualities nature has given them. The last collegiate boat race, was another notable advance made in the annals of American atheletic sports. If due applause has been given to the contestants, conquerors and conquered who pulled through that notable race, the highest commendation should be accorded to the administrative heads of those seats of learning, who have at last given this most important subject of physical development, not only their earnest attention but their hearty approval. Our Am- crican College Faculties have but acted according to the pre- cedents laid down, by the Dons of those venerable Alma Maters on the other side of the water. They have discover- ed that instead of frowning down a most natural aspiration of youth, that desire to excel in healthful sports, that it was wiser that they should give it its proper bent; they have learnt, too, that instead of grudging a reluctant assent to what they could not prevent, it was better to even cherish and foster it. The aid and encouragement given to the collegians by our leading Faculties, is what every sensible man has been asking for, for the last twenty years. The boy now in his preparatory school, will learn to run, to leap, to row, to develop all the life God has given him, with the hope that when he enters his collegiate life, in addition to classical honors, the double prize .or the athletic conquest may be awarded him. Slowly perhaps will parents and guardians learn that the masters to whom they confide their sons, do not think now as they did even ten years ago, that a hale, hearty youth, ready to race his mile, or pull his boat from sunrise to sunset, cannot be made quite as great an ornament of learning, and just as fitting for the highest collegiate honors as the more weakly boy, whose sick and rachitic tendencies, through want of physical culture, showed that he has scarce vital power enough to carry him through his course of study. Tlow long indeed it has taken us to understand, that there is nothing incompatible in a man’s throwing a summersault one moment and the next translating Euripides. What strange conventional portraits we have drawn for ourselves and kept repeating the outlines, depicting the possessor of high mental acquirements. with haggard face, deep sunken eycs, and generally emaciated contours! It is the physique of a Tyndall, the power to climb the glacier, to scale the Alpine heights, to even tire out his guides, which give to this greatest of all modern scientists, all his scope and vigor. The intellectual life of Gilbert Hammerton tells us the same story over and over again. “<« Even philosophy itself, owes much to mere physical courage and endurance. How much that is noblest in ancient thinking may be due to the hardy health of Socrates.” It has taken even a century, for statis- ticians to find out what was the most natural of God’s laws, —that physical and mental culture must go hand in hand. A book is just fresh from the press on this very subject, which shows to an astonished world what they should have known long ago, and this is, the sapient fact, that the college oars of England, the famous boatmen of the Universities, live not only quite as long, but even longer, are less prone to disease in their older age, than those who have never pulled an oar. Strange to say, even novelists have gone out of their way to decry physical culture, and Wilkie Col- lins wrote a book, where} the hero, from an over zest in ath- letic sports, perverts all his nobler qualities, until he becomes a drunkard anda murderer, But what is more absurd is, that there are found readers to believe such fiction. To-day it is quite questionable whether the morbidity of some men’s minds, that inclination to suicide, to injure others of the human race, does ngt more usually occur in individuals whose physical condition has been most neglected. Con- sciousness of power—the knowledge of possessing strength, hy one of the wisest of God’s provisions, mostly tempers the passions of one blessed in this way. It is a slander on all mankind to suppose that physical prowess engenders brutal instinets, Strong men are proverbially good natured. The question of money wagered on athletic contests, as appertaining to this subject, has been replied to time and time again. It is ever a narrow, bigoted argument, which tries to settle this gambling disposition on athletic sports. Is it to be supposed that because A. cannot outrun the writer, that from this fact A. must combine with his fleetness of foot, more decided gambling proclivities? It is not the tace-course that turns men into gamblers, it is the blacklegs who corrupt the race-course. Unfortuately there are few human events, bringing together concourses of men, not marred by this vice, Must we to follow up this argument work. abandon our Privilege of freedom, and not vote, because a gambling pool is made up, to be decided by the hap-hazzard of an unknown event ? We.do however commend in the highest terms the strin- gent measures adopted by the Springficld authorities, on the occasion of the late boat-race, to crush out the gambling spirit, and perhaps it is quite worthy of comment to record the fact, and one we should congratulate ourselves upon, that the amount of money wagered on this race was quite . insignificant. Though somewhat difficult to encompass, we see no reason why the rowing clubs themselves should not introduce some stringent rules, forbidding members from betting. If our memory serves us rightly, we have we think seen such rules as above suggested, incorporated in the regulations of certain clubs. Of course it not within the province of the Forrest AND STREAM to become the censor of public morals. But did we know any method by which all betting or lotteries could be abolished, we would willingly give such a plan all the help in our power. One fact not to be overlooked, is the exceeding good taste and judgement evinced by the religious press of the United States, on their departure from former preconceived notions in regard to rational athletic sports. Clergymen playing croquet are no longer excommunicated as miserable sinners, to be excluded from grace. Theological students are no longer held up as solemn warnings because they can pull an oar. The sound and wholesome advice given by these particu- lar journals, has done more to fully establish athletic sports, to place them on a sounder basis, than all the weaker stuff, produced ad nauscam, by the so-called sporting organs. It is, then, to the schools and colleges that we look for the thorough propagation of all athletic sports, for certain are we that in the excercise of them comes the sense of manly honor and right. The time has passed away when a billiard room or a bowling alley in a college gymnasium are con- sidered as lures of the evil one. Human nature and students are much the same all over the world, but we believe that by fostering thc natural inclination for exercise inherent in youth, they will not only be the more scholarly, but the more christian, see. é COLLEGE BOATING. pn Fae LTHOUGH the great excitement in boating conse- quent upon the Springfield regatta has somewhat subsided, rowing men will read with much interest and no little profit an article in Hurper’s Magazine entitled “Ten Years Among the Rowing Men,” by William Blaikie. This paper is an eminently sound one, and. treats in a rational way the much vexed question of training. Mr. Blaikie has no faith in those empirical rules in use some few years ago, when the least possible amount of common sense was em- ployed. Men in training are free to partake now of every kind of food and fluid ; all that they should be debarred of is the use of stimulants. Human beings are no longer to be considered in the same light as horses, to be restricted to two or three kinds of diet only, in order to get them up to the highest pitch of physical excellence. The antiquated formula for bringing up the system was not only absurd, but injurious, as it commenced by reducing it. Mr, Blai- kie says: ‘This barbarous custom came from such wis- dom as one found in Boxiana and works on training in by-gone days, and perhaps for the men it was meant for— prize fighters, sporting men, and their associates—it was well enough; for a hearty fellow, long used to loafing about bar rooms, and by his unrestrained appetites adding daily to his weight a puffy, beer-soaked sort of flesh, might find his body none the worse for, and his sensual nature cooled by, heavy sweating between feather beds, and by long walks and runs with top coats wrapped about him.” The old fashioned method, as described in the books of twenty years ago, never fails to start off with the neces- sity of preparing the man for his work, no matter whether he was well or ill, by first giving him a strong purge. This was supposed to remove all the bad humors, and to give him a new foundation to build upon. The natural reduc- tion of the system, the dispersing of the extra quantity of fat, should be induced solely by the exercise, always re- membering, however, that a certain amount of it is abso- lutely necessary for the human organism, and that to train too low down, or ‘‘too fine,” loses more races than the op- posite. What a comfort it is, too, for the lazy ones to know that contestants for athletic distinctions sometimes err by over- “We hold that even to-day men in training are prone to do too much work. When the Harvard crew was in Europe, preparing for the struggle that created such profound surprise, at least among all Englishmen—for the latter had expected them to be beaten from the start, in- stead of leading probably the best crew Oxford ever had for two whole miles—they would, beside a little walking, paddle about over two or three miles in the morning, and generally go over the track from Putney to Mortlake (four miles and three furlongs) at a racing pace in the after- noon ; then, after lying on their oars a little while, till they recoyered their breath, would stari back easily, and often swing into a stroke that gave the horsemen on the tow path something to do to keep up. And for this they were pronounced by the English press perfect ‘gluttons’ at work.” With the wide extent of country we have, and its climatic differences, to lay down any positive rules governing the amount of exercise to be taken is, we think, impossible, A. good oarsman in prime cendition on the Charles River lege curyicntum, might take his spurts of speed over and over again with- out inconvenience, whilst an individual of equal physical stamina in attempting the same thing on the Savannah River, would only be the worse for it. Perhaps the heavy amount of labor the American boatmen impose on them- selves arises from the fact that the generality of them have not in younger years inured themselves to the task, and their ambition induces them to somewhat overtax their . powers by endeavoring to make up for lost time. There are, however, reasons why the work cannot be distributed over as long a period in the United Statcs as in England. Taking a wide extent of country, from Portland to Balti- more, where boating may be supposed to have the most at- tention paid to it, our rivers are, on an average, only practi- cable during six months at the farthest, while in England the boating season is of fully ten months’ duration, One most important question not to be overlooked, and one which we shall use our utmost efforts to solve, is this : Is it found that the regular course of study is interfered with by boating ? Mr, Blaikie’s comprehensive article touches on this topic. He says: ‘‘The English students usually, if we are rightly informed, do nearly if not quite all their severe rowing ata season of the year when their studies exact comparatively little of their time, and thus the achievement of even the highest rank and honors are not, as has been more than once proved, incompatible with prominence on the river. But the American who wants to row a race, if he is yet a student, is very apt to find numerous examina- . tions coming on at just about the time most convenient for the racing ; while, if in business, he will attempt to prepare himself for his task after business hours, when he is of ne- cessity more or less worn down by the labor and annoy- ances of the day.” Of course this is unfortunate, but there is no help for it. Though we are the greatest advocates of athletic sports, we hold that boating must be subservient to study. Weare not sure, however, that any ill effects have yet been noticed by those most competent to judge of such matters, A very able letter, referring to this and kindred subjects, will be found at the conclusion of this article, from Professor Hitchcock, of Amherst College, addressed to the editor of Forusr AND STIRHAM. The arguments advanced by us somewhat at length in the article on the New Era of Athletic Sports, as to the neces- sity of varying our sports, we deem to hold good in this particular case, where possibly the training for boating might interfere with collegiate duties. The supremacy in boating in England does not arise from the fact that they row only. Other exercises are in vogue. Of course the exact and elegant methods of rowing, under a good coach, take a certain amount of time, but this time is a limited one, and is secondary to the question of their muscle and endurance, which can be acquired by a thousand other ways than by being seated ina boat. The preparation, then, for the water contests in the United States must have its origin in ball play, foot races, cricket, the use of Indian clubs and all gymnastic exercises, which have to be carried on all the year round, A true enthusiast, somewhat even of a Prussian as he is in his ideas of the superlative excellence of physical train- ing, perhaps the most important portion of Mr, Blaikie’s article is that devoted to the subject of having proper men to take charge of gymnasiums. Harvard, it is stated, had, not very long ago, an instructor, ‘‘an ignorant negro, who found his stipend so paltry that he was obliged to eke out an existence by giving boxing lessons and keeping an old clothes establishment in a neighboring cellar.” Mr. Blaikie urges, and most properly, that in order to gain the respect of his pupils he who teaches in the gymnasium should have amoral and mental calibre sufficient to command the re- spect of his pupils, and should be conversant with the anat- omy and physiology of the human body. “If gymnastic institutions were made compulsory and regular, the results, under the teaching of such a guide, would be swift and most gratifying.” We are somewhat afraid of the ewmpul- sory idea, at least for the present, as far as regards exercise. But who knows? Compulsory education may, in time to come, so thoroughly instruct us as to the other wants of man, that what might. seem strange to-day may perhaps be considered as a necessity some fifty years hence. AMUERST CoLLEGs, July 31, 1873. EpITtoR Forest AND STREAM : You ask me for my “opinion”? upon the following questions: ‘‘What do you think is the effect of constant boat practice in colleges during term time upon the ambition of students to excel in the paramount objects of a collegiate course ? Does not the encroachment operate injuriously ? Are Professors impelled by public clamor to wink at it against their private conviction?” Of course I can only answer for the students of Amherst College, and express mY OWN Opinion. Of our students, not more than twenty have’ had more than a general interest in this matter,’so that the great mass are unaffected in their ambi- tion to study, and of these twenty, fully one-half are (have been) of such high intellectual ability, that their an’ has probably not been in the least affected by it. Five or six of the remainder have no doubt suffered in their intellectual standing, and that mainly because they had poor pre- paration before entering college, and now need more time to prepare their recitations, than those who are quicker in their intellectual perceptions. But of all our young men who have engaged in boating, there have been none who have désstpated in the exercise. If they haye suffered at all, it is because required to take so much time for a few weeks of each summer term in their long journey to the water to practice in their boats. Jam sure chat none of our Professors are impelled by popular clamor to favor this measure against their private convictions. But at the same time we all know that there is never a time in college when the students, many of them, are not deeply interested in something only germain to the intellectual work of the college course. If it be not secret societies, it is chess playing; if not ball game, it is theatricals; when the concert and glee club fever runs low, then a moct court or squabble over parliamentary tactics is sure to make seme popular excitement outside the regular col. And here is where a colleza Faculty need the most 10 FOREST AND STREAM. wisdom, not to repress with such a sudden grip that something will give way in the body scholastic, or that too much license allows the college to fegenerate into professional gamesters, politicians, and tricksters. And r cht here is where the boating inflammation has attacked the-college. Ttis not a constitutional affection, but one that is purely local, and a condition like that of boils brought about by the cold water treatment of disease, a sure sign of vigor and vitality in the body as a whole, which has the power to develop 4 “crisis,” and thus strengthen and fortify against un- usual demands and attacks of disease. =) x The inter-collegiate Regatta seems to develop among not only the stu- dents, but the alumni also, a.feeling of ownership in the college, which in an indirect way is of great service to any college, for what college is there which does not live initsalumni? 5 And whatever may be the feeling of any Professor, that a few of the boating men with poor preparations for college, and minds not moving rapidly, have suffered because of theirypreparations for the Regatta, still every officer of our college will not fail to. admire the zeal and ‘steadiness, and high moral conduct with which every member of our crews prepared for and went through their ordeal at Springfield; and personally I cannot but feel that as boating is conducted with us at the present, the aquatic exercise is an advantage to the college body as'a whole, and in the general average to the students engaging in it. And yet it is simply honest for me to state in conclusion, that some of my associated Professors hold decided- ly different opinions on some of the matters mentioned here. Prof. EDWARD HircHcocsn. ro THE LONG ISLAND FIRES. HE fires on Long Island have.not been as destructive 4 to game as was at first represented. Very little, if any, has been destroyed, although quite a large area, as much as 29,000 acres, have been swept over by the flames. The game existed but sparsely in the peculiar locality, the fire not having reached the South country, excepting in a few portions; and these were between Patchogue and Lakeland, exactly where in former times there had been fires, a ground now covered by scrubby oaks and stunted pines. Little or no game has ever existed to our knowledge within the limits of the late fire. Had it, however, extended across the Long Island Railroad, or east or south in the open fields border- ing, on which large timber and good feeding. ground is found, an irreparable damage might-have been done to the game, such as quail and woodcock, which abound ’-there in greater quantity to-day than for many years before. If it is possible that any good can come-out of a calamity of this nature, if the fields and woods have suffered, the fisherman can derive some comfort from the fact that it is quite pos- sible that the small streams rynning through the burnt dis- trict will even be benefitted by the fire. It will start into active growth again the scrub trees on the banks of the streams, and as it may take years before the hand of man can cut them, they will shade the springs, which will be of benefit for the fish. The fire seems to have extended to West Pond (Woodhull’s), on the west side, but did not harm Canaan Pond to any great extent. As to larger game, there are no deer to be found in the immediate locality of the fire. . _ These frequent fires are becoming dangerous as well as simply destructive. Is there no way to prevent them ? Shall we drive off the locomotive, or crush out the charcoal burning industry, both of which are much blamed as the origin of these fires? Is there no way of checking by rea- sonable restrictions the carelessness of the brush burners, permitting them to burn only in the winter, or when the verdure is green and flowing with juice? Shall we permit the engineers of trains, even of express trains, to pass heed- lessly by a fire just caught, and licking up the parched, grass and making its way to brush and thickets which are dry as tinder? What shall be done to cure the indifference of the farmer to the occasion of the thin blue spire of smoke which he sees curling up from his neighbor's territory on a day so hot that wood will almost ignite spontaneously in the sun’s torrid rays? Ah! Messrs. Farmers, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and sometimes a little more attention to the pecuniary interests of your neighbor, and less to his morals, will save yourselves a ‘‘heap” of trouble. We have seen many conflagrations which were permitted to gain an uncontrollable headway because fhe gradually ris- ing flames’ did not seem to threaten your own crops and fences. re aides oe TO THE LADIES. We humbly invite the co-operation of the ladies. What success is complete without their countenance and sympathy ? We shall print articles with special reference to their perus- al and edification. Every word in this paper will be as chaste as Diana herself. She was thepatroness of the chase and of forest sports, and a divinity whose beck no cavalier or rough rider would be loth to follow. Why shouid not our ladies of the present day emulate the spirit and action of their female ancestors, not in riding, spurred and booted, astride the saddle, man-fashion, but in cultivating the blush of rosy health upon their cheeks by open-air exercises in which men can participate? We cordially invite their con- tributions upon all topics which come within the general scope of our publication. : ean = TO ADVERTISERS. e353 Dealers in all -kinds of supplies likely -to-be required by sportsmen will perceive upon critically examining our paper that it must af once become a valuable advertising medium. The ramifications of a sportsman’s requirements are so numerous and divergent, that they reach to many branches of trade. We shall aim to put the purchaser in direct com- munication with the seller, by informing where any required goods can be bought. Sportsmen are often obliged to hunt. the city for some essential article, because itis not adver-. tised. A journal like this \which deals in specialties, is far more useful to the class of advertisers whose patronage it seeks, than one which advertises miscellaneous business. > A PLHA FoR THE Brown BEAR:—We enter a plea for the unfortunate trick bear which is daily paraded ‘through the streets of New York and Brooklyn, and made to go through his exercises under the sweltering sun. Bears who have the freedom of the forest.can indulge in siestas under the shade of,the laurels and underbrush, but this poor beast must endure the full force and glare of the midday heat, half sick with the process of shedding his hair, and clad in a thick shaggy overcoat which Nature compels him to wear in the dog days. The few bystanders who stand in the shade and watch his evolutions with a painful interest that is plainly visible on their faces, perspire freely in their linen coats, while the man who bosses the bear fairly glows with the heat and reeks with sweat, which he sops with his handkerchief. The bear is docile, obedient, cowed, and and obeys each well-learned signal of his master, but should he demur at any time a savage jerk at the iron ring which passes through his nose, or a threatened blow from the ever-impending ciub, will at once discourage any attempt to resist, More than once the woes of this miserable bear have ap- pealed to the sympathies of the public, and ought to be re- garded. To besure, both man and bear must subsist ; if they have chosen this method of earning a livelihood let the partner of the concern having the mest intellect set apart proper hours and seasons. If he does not, we advise the bear to ‘‘strike” and break the contract. Mr. Bergh, please notify your deputies. ry, ee Ur my A Baxioon.—The daily Graphic publishers are preparing their big balloon, and we wish to assist in giving ita good ‘‘send-off.” Although our paper bears the dis- tinctive name of Forest AND SrREHAM, we claim to devote some attention to the adr and ocewn,—and though this big balloon is neither the one nor the other, but rather some- thing between the two, so to speak (that is, the projectors say it will be next 25th instant), it nevertheless comes within our ken and notice.- Briefly, we have great hope of the enterprise. The balloon is sure to go up, and when that goes “‘allis gone save hope.” Winging its way heaven- ward, mounting to the zenith, vanishing at last into thin air, gone perhaps forever, will not the enterprise, with its projector and voyager, have fully established itself as an airy naught ? ) Under its competent Profes- (See eronaut, ) sor, who is both Wise and weather-wise, can anything but success be expected ? We trust it will strike that eastern current, and, guided by the same propitious star which led the ‘‘wise men of the East” lang syne, be wafted to its des- tination. Weought to do at least as much for the balloon as the war has done for us—give it ‘inflated currency.” <= : Weare pleased to give the fullest notice—and it is well merited—of still other prizes offered to yachts, &c., by Com- modore James Gordon Bennett, but would particularly call attention to the fact that Mr. Bennett provides four purses, one .of $1,000 open to all schooners of any recognized yacht club, two of $500 open to schooners and sloops, and one of $1000 open to pilot boats, working schooners and smacks. The colossal wealth of our bankers, merchants, and rail- road-men, is the constant theme among all classes. Why can’t we induce more Bennetts, Lord Hardys and Jeromes to give prizes? Let a prominent man in each seaport and in- land town of note, give a purse for yachting, boating, and athletic pastimes, and be would receive more thanks from the, higher class of sportsmen who. are really beginning to feel that there is some good to be done in recreative amusements among the young men of America, than if he left thousands to be squandered by his heirs. UE Aw ADIRONDACK Piso PRESERVE.— We understand that a party of gentlemen are about leasing Preston Pond, Hssex county, in the Adirondacks, for the private use of a club. These ponds form the sources of Cold River, a tributary of the Racket, and are filled with the finest quality of trout. For the past fifteen years they have been poached curing winter and spring, and as many as fifteen barrels of trout have been taken out of them each year. We are glad that there is a probability of such valuable waters as these being rescued from. the snares of the wanton and unscrupulous spoiler. We havea friend’s authority for saying that some anglers (2) one day brought in from these ponds a tin lunch box which contained eighty-two trout. Poor little fingerlings! Noble line of_sportsmen. > (oe Aw Oty Revic Gone.—The London Times mentions that the historical York House, Twickenham, is about passing under the auctioneer’s hammer. Here dwelt Clarendon du- ring the zenith of his popularity. It was his literary Villa, aud it is probable that during his residence there, Ben Johnson, Edmund Walter, Sir Kenelm Digby and Isaac Walton were the frequenters of York House. et 1 or _—_—_——_——————— Farwer, Lirrhe & Co., type founders, have furnished the elegant typographical dress for this paper. $$ ue —e oe —_—___—__—_———— Polo seems to have become now a regular game in Eng- land, though rather of an aristocratic character, and confin- ed to cavalry officers, with a sprinkling of hunting men, A London paper says ; ‘“‘There has been some regular play at Lillie Bridge during the week, but on Friday the public were treated to some of the most fast and exciting games that have ever been played there. The afternoon was devoted to a chari- table purpose. attendance of the public on such short notice proved that they were actuated by a sense of good as well as by a love of manly sport. The turf, cousidering the late broiling weather, was in capital order, and the ground was gaily decorated with bunting on every side, There could not have been less than 2,000 spectators present, and the carriage ground was = crowded also, Play began at four, and kept on with a fe intermissions only till seven A, M. The band pla ed some very choice airs, and the spectators stayed to the end, and were highly pleased. Mr. A. Murietta’s side won by three goals to one.” a FISH’: CULTURE. N expression oi astonishment is often heard from per- sons who have not kept posted in the progress of fish culture in America, at what seems to them a strange, new business, that has, like the genii of Arabian Nights, sprung suddenly from almost nothing into vast proportions, and they often, while reading an account of the Stocking of some lake or stream, or perhaps the starting or success of some private trout farm, give vent to their astonishment in the exclamation, ** What a business that has got to be !” They do not see the processes by which the results pre- sented in a newspaper paragraph are arrived at - they can- not see the patient watching, the anxiety, with its accom. panying periods of hope and despair, that have made the time seem long to the few earnest men who embarked in the new business before its success was assured, and eained the knowledge that now seems so simple, by hard work and careful experiment, often accompanied by the sneers of the unbelieving. ~ Tf, while Seth Green was at Holyoke for the first time trying to hatch the eggs of the shad, which floated, con- trary to all his experience with fish eggs, and it was doubt- ful if-he would succeed that season, the unbelieving had eonfined themselves to sneers, he would have felt orateful, but when to these weapons they added stones, and upset his boxes, it plainly showed that the opposition of the ignor- ent fisherman was stronger than he had supposed. Had these things happened a hundred years hefore, he would have been put to death as a wizzard. Yet these same men who persecuted him in his first attempts, no sooner found out that he had succeeded, and that the cul- ture of shad was destined to become a fixed institution on the Connecticut River, than they came whining around for a job, and he showed a christian forgiveness by employing them. The writer found something of the same spirit in the spring of 1866, while trying for his own amusement to hatch yellow-perch and alewives, (los« tyrannus) or as they are called on the Hudson River, herring, between Albany and Castleton, and only five miles from where he was this vear employed by Mr. Green to hatch shad. The natives did not use stones, but after several times emptying an old leaky boat in which were placed the perch spawn hanging in long lace-like strings over sticks they broke it to pieces and carried off the shoe boxes in which the herring eggs were glewed to twigs and plants. These petty annoyances, however, were comparatively easy to bear, coming as they did from an ignorant class of men who probably feared damage to their business; but were as nothing compared to those who under the guise of friendshin, took care to throw cold water upon everything connected with the new project. ; These things are fresh in the memory of all the pioneers in fish culture, who, having borne the heat and burden of the dav, are now rejoicing at the popularity which their once derided schemes for increasing the food fishes are at- taining, That fish culture, although of such surprising proeress to some, is only on the threshold of its usefulness, is admitted hy all who are at.all familiarit. ‘The dav will come, and that shortly, when the great State of New York, instead of one hatchine house to supply its whole. area with salmon trout and whitefish. will maintain one on every lake. They already have one at Cooperstown, on Otsego. lake, which is doing a erand work in stocking its waters with the variety of whitefish which they persistently miseall Otsego- bass. But we can afford to pass the hair-splittinge about names to those whose interest in such things is confined to nom- enclature, and shake hands with the public-spirited men who have built the hatching house and employed competent men to save a valuable fish from extermination. “They have get an example that should be followed by the dwellers near the other inland lakes with which the State is so bountifully supplied. : As the Hudson River has furnished those living near if with-tons of cheap and wholesome food, so can each of these beautiful lakes, which are now only so much waste space taken from agriculture, be made to yield a larger re- turn, acre for acre, than the best grazing ands in the State. That some few things have been done that will not be ap- proved of in another decade is not towbe wondered at ; for instance, in the opinion of the writer, too much value 1s placed ona fish (in some quarters), for his game qualities ; hence the popularity of the fresh water black-bass. Waters have been stocked with pickerel and muskelonge, simply because they afford sport. This ranges a few men against State appropriations for fish culture, because sport is offen considered in place of cheap food. At the State hatching house there is little demand for whitefish becanse they do not take the hook, and therefore this most valuable fish is not disseminated in as great quantities as the salmon trout: but if the State would decide for itself which fish to stock certain waters with, and do it, instead of waiting for per sons who-are public-spirited enough to come and fake them at. their own: expense, and who will only take such fish a8 may seem acceptable to their crude ideas, it would be far better.: a It is not to be expected that we will all agree on many points, and we would be more than human if we had no small differences of opinion. And while we may regret the loss of those fish Which the State of California lately at- tempted to take over the long miles that lie between her and the Atlantic States, but which found a nearer resting place in the Elkhorn. River, let us rejoice that the villianous yel- low-perch was not allowed to reach its destination and mul- tiply on the Pacific coast until it becomes such a nuisance as it has in the Atlantic States. It was a matter of surprise that a man like Mr. Stone would try to introduce this pre- datory bunch of bones along with the valuable cargo of use- ful fishes that he had in charge. If our lakes and ponds could be drained, and every pickerel, yellow-pereh and sun- fish exterminated, it would be a grand opening for the fish culturist to introduce the better fish without having these worthless, wretches devour his more valuable fry. They are the weeds, so to speak, of fish culture. The New Hampshire Commissioners are introducing the smelt, which was formerly supposed to exist in salt water” only, and which is a valuable addition to our food fishes, as it is not a destroyer of fry. This fish, or one so closely allied to it that the writer cannot tell the difference, is found in the trout streams in northern New York, where it is call- ed by the guides frost-fish, and might be profitably intro- duced into other waters. The variety of catfish that is common in the Hudson river, and called a bull-head—the square tailed sort—is a fish that for the table is nearer in flavor and tex- ture to -the aristocratic brook-trout than any other fish. Tam aware that this is rank heresy, and that it may call down on my devoted head the anathemas of all sportsmen, who think the trout should never be mentioned-in the same day with such aplebian as this Pimelodus, but if there be any ignominy attached to this, let it be mine. I will go farther ; handsomer, and gamey to catch, he would be considered the equal of the trout, and appear on an aristocratic bill of fare under a better name. His name !—there is an- other point against him—what lady would like to ask a waiter at Delmonico’s for bull-heads! The big oily yellow catfish of the Mississippi and its tri- butaries is hardly eatable ; those from Lake Champlain not much better ; but all specimens of this fish that I have eaten from Boston to Albany, and from there to Philadelphia, are splendid. This fish seldom bites at a minnow, but is readily taken on a worm. It will live in waters that are too warm for trout, is a better fish for the table than the black-bass, and does not destroy its neighbors. - The State cannot be expected to introduce fish for sport, and the sooner the fish culturist cease to consider gameness as arecommendation in any class of fish, and look only to its usefulness, the sooner fish culture will become more popu- lar with the masses. FreD. Maruer. ey a Athletic Jlastimes. CRICKET IN THE UNITED STATES. Rese ) Ejhavea large appreciation of the game of Cricket, and areinclined to give it a place among athletic sports higher, perhaps, than most Americans may yet be willing to accord to it. We have watched with satisfaction its gradual growth in favor in this country,.and now feel assured of its firm establishment here. Its success we do not hesitate to say, is mainly due to the excellent English element incor- porated init. Take any Eleven, and the chance is that al- most seventy-five per cent. is English. With true British per- tinacity, they have stuck to it, and at last have imbued in Americans a fondness for the game. Without wishing to make any invidious comparisons, we are inclined, when contrasting the games of the various cities, to give the palm of cricket to the Philadelphia and Germantown players. Men cannot become true adepts in this splendid game when they take to bowling at twenty, or first hold the bat at the same age. That clear and intuitive perception necessary to become a master of this game can only be acquired in boyhood. Time matures and adds judgement, but it is the early elan which markes the fielder, the batter and the bowler. The supremacy which Philadelphia holds is not mani- fested so much by their winning matches, as by the general acquaintance they have with the game, and arises we think from the fact, that perhaps more than twenty-five years ago, there was established near Philadelphia a woolen mill. Thither came the sturdy Nottingham and Leicester work- men and their families, If the workmen themselves did not play, their sons the English boys did. So it came to pass that in Germantown stumps were planted, balls were bowled, and bats were wielded. There was a fine set of American striplings growing up there, who wondered at this foreign game. It is true that in Philadelphia an anti- quated club had been in existence for years, but it rarely if ever played. To the late Dr. J. K. Mitchell of Philadel- phia, father of the present distinguished physician, Dr. 8. W. Mitchell, much of the precedence which Philadelphia now enjoys is due, Dr. Mitchellin 1845 did much to or- ganize the boy’s clubs. Then matches were for the first time played between the American and English boys—real honest, sturdy games. At first Nottingham and Leicester made all the scoring, but after awhile the Germantown and Philadelphia boys held their own. This was the early school of the Newhalls, Fishers, and Wistars, and of the best native players of the day. If this game is ever to be popular among the masses, it if this aforesaid low-born buli-head was a shade. EADS Die aE SSL ig sc reat must be commenced in this very way. The older clubs should do all they can to encourage the younger players. Fathers should teach their sons, and send wickets, bats and balls to their schools for their use. Then the time will come, when a fresher element will be introduced into the existing clubs, as from this younger stock -they can draw vigorous players. At present there are five princpal clubs, the St. Georges, Philadelphia, Boston, Staten Island, Wal- tham, and Young America. Of smaller clubs there are an infinity. The New York Athletic, Boating and Gymnastic club met at their club house foot of 1338rd. st. East River, on Saturday last to witness two races between members of the ;club. The track is the sixth of a mile long. There were about 300 members and friends present. The first race was for the 100 yards gold challenge medal, which becomes the property of the member having won it against all comers for two years. Mr. Buemeyer held it for twenty-two months when he was beaten by Mr. Burris. The same gentlemen ran on Saturday, the disparity in the size of the men is very apparent, being a difference of fifty pounds in their respec- tive weights. Mr. Burris sprang away with a leading start, his opponent never catching him and making the 100 yards in ten and one fifth seconds. The time verges on professional. However the grade was considerably in favor of the runners. The second race for the 880 yards challenge prize was called a W. O., but according to the rules, W. E. Sinclair had no easy task to perform, having to beat two minutes and fifteen seconds; he succeeded in running the half mile in two min- utes and twelve seconds, he looked in splendid form and is the picture of a gentleman athlete. The following are the officers of the Club, eyccittant: G. M. Smith; Wace President, J. H. Stead; Secretary, R. W. Rathbone; Treasurer, M. E. Burris. A Scottish fete, held at the Alexandra Park, London, at- tracted nearly 10,000 spectators, and was very successful. The great Scottish athlete, Donald Dinniegwon the Hammer Throwing at 112ft. 3in.; the Stone Putting, at 39ft. 9in.; Tossing the Caber; and the High Jump, 5ft. 6in. There were various other interestipg competitions. Donald was in the U. S. some time ago. A prominent Wall street broker, a member of the Health Lift Co., raises for his daily exercise, 750 pounds minimum and a 1000 pound maximum, dead weight in solid iron, and has lifted when feeling well and in good condition the extra- ordinary weight of 1400 pounds, without any straps or as- sistance of any kind. Pachting and AIGH WATER, AUGUST 14, 1873. Boating 7 AT BOSTON, | AT NEW YORK. AT CHARLESTON. 4h. 14m. Hvening. ih. om. Evening. | 12h. 14m. Evening. EASTERN YACHT CLUB oF Boston.—This organization is the leader in yachting mattersin Eastern waters, and is rapidly increasing in strength and influence. Its musterroll numbers 260 members, and forty-five yachts are borne on its books. The club has had two successful regattas this season and will probably get up another in a week or so, to which the’ New York Yachtmen would be heartily welcome. The an- nual cruise passed off with much enjoyment, and the members were gratified by their voyage among the islands off the rocky coast of Maine, The officers of the club are as follows, the commander- ship being vacant through the sudden demise of the late David Sears, Esq. : Vice Commodore, Stanton Whitney; Rear Commodore, John Jefferies, Jr. ; reasuror, Addison Child, Secretarv, Henry B. Jackson; Measurer, Frank D. Child., The annual cruise of the New York Yacht Squadron is in progress. The vessels of the fleet rendezvoused at Glen Cove on Monday, the 11th instant. The programme is to sail to New London, anchoring off that city, and then race to Martha’s Vineyard. ‘The fleet will then leave for Boston on or about August 15th, where they will be received by the Hastern Yacht Club, returning to Newport on August 18th, where the magnificent challenge cups, presentation prizes and purses will be raced for. In consequence of the absence of the Commodore and Vice Commodore, the Squadron will be under the command of Rear Commodore Kingsland ; Fleet Captain, W. B. Bend. Yacht Calypso has been rebuilt on the same lines and re- christened the Atalanta. Yacht Clio sold and is numbered No. 15 New York pilot boat. Yacht Phantom is now owned by W. H. Osgood. C. W. Galloupe has presented Louis Agassiz with his yacht ‘Sprite,’ 80 tons o.m. Happy Agassiz, yacht and Island ! Yachts Wanderer and Wivern are for sale. Yacht Vixen, owned by the late Anson Livingston, is for sale, Mr. Livingston had been an active member of the Squadron for twenty-nine years, and was one of the original incorporators. Yacht Minnehaha, formerly owned by T. C. Durant, has been purchased by P. Pheenix. : W. P. Douglas has presented two cups’ to be sailed for by the Squadron at Newport, One for schooners and the other for sloops. The Commodore, James Gordon Bennett, who 1s now at Cowes, England, owing to the kindness of W. P. Douglas, is fitting out the famous yacht Sappho for a cruise, his own yacht being in this port. i Com. BreNNET?’s Girts,—The following cups and prizes are open to be sailed for during the season of 1873:— No. 1.—Bennett Challenge Cup for schooners—course from Sandy Hook Lightship to Brenton’s Reef Lightship and return—now in possession of the Club; value, $1,500. No. 2—Bennett Challenge Cup, course from Sandy Hook Lightship to Five Fathom Lightship, Cape May, and return; held by Dreadnought; challenged by Magic; value, $1,000, No. 3—Bennett Challenge Cup, for schooners, over New York Yacht Club or Newport courses; held by Tidal Wave. No. 4—Bennett, Challenge Cup, for sloops, over New York Yacht Club or Newport courses; held by Vision. No, 5—Cup presented by the Commodore, to be sailed for on the second Thursday of October, 1873, by schooners of any organized yacht club, from anchorage off Owl's Head, to and around lightship off Cape May, and re- turn to Sandy Hook Lightship; value, $1,000. No. 6—Cups presented by the Commodore; one for schooners and one for sloops of the New York Yacht Club, to be sailed for, during the cruise, over Newport course; value $500 each. No. 7—Cups presented by the Commodore, one for schooners and one for sloops, to he sailed for on the first Thursday in October over the New York Yacht Club course; value $500 each, No. 8—Purses presented by the Commodore, to be sailed for oi the second Thursday of October, 1873 under the direction of the New _ York Yact Club), by pilot boats, working schooners and smacks (schooners) hailing from any port in the United States; the first vessel arriving to take purse of $1,000, the first boat arriving of each of the other two class- es to take a purse of $250. No class, howeyer, to win more than one prize. at The twenty-fifth annual regatta of the Atalanta Boat Club will take place on Saturday, August 16th. A steamboat and barge with Wallace’s fall band on board, will start foot of Christopher street, North river, where the members and friends of the Club will meet and sail up the Harlem river té their new boat house, foot of 138d street, Hast river. This will be their first regatta on the panies river. The members speak favorably of their new cours the river being better adapted for practice, &c., than he North river, owing to the great increase of navigation on the latter, which materially impedes their men in their light racing shells. They one and all express regret at being obliged to leave the ‘‘ old stand” where many of the mem- bers have spent happy days both athletically and socially. OFFIONRS oF THE CLUuB.—President, Ransom Parker, Jr., Vice President, W. H. Webster; Recret et tary, J. W. Edwards; Treasurer, H. Sprowell, Derarms.—First race.—For the champion silver single sculls, one mile and a half and return, Second race.—Junior belt; junior sculls, gold maltese cross: one mile and return. Third race.—For the Ladies’ plate; light oared barges, hree entered: the crews are picked promiscuously from- he club. . Fourth race.—Married vs. single. The married men have won twenty years in succession, which speaks praises for the married life. —-- “Pwenry THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SmaAs.”—Pub lished by Geo. M. Smith & Co, 11, Bromfield St. Boston. Of this book it may truly be said, it is deserving a place beside the “‘Ara- bian Nights Entertainment,” or the ‘‘ Hundred and one Stories of Paris.” We haye seen no book recently, which has attracted the attention that — these submarine stories have done, It isa charming book for a hot nfter- noon in the shade, or to read at the sea-side. No one would be likely to get to sleep over its lively wide-awake stories: Wehad thought De Foe’s celebrated ‘‘Robinson Crusoe” awork without a parallel, but we must place on the same shelf in the library of ‘‘ wonder books” this voyage under the seas. Im course of our reading the same, we soon came to the conclusion that to be astonished at any one of these remarkable stories would be out of place, and we made up our mind that ‘* seeing was beliey- ing,’? and have we not these wonderful illustrations, one hundred and fifty of them, before our very eyes? These stories are told with sucha profound confidence, too, that we as truly believe in them as in the re- markable travels and adventures of Gulliver, or the ‘ Arabian Nights Entertainment.’? Were our submarine explorer to meet a “ big turtle” clad in complete iron armor, with the date of the year in which it was forged, instead of his natural shell, we should of course believe it, and, would on no account spoil this delightful romance, by questioning the slightest tittle of the whole. We swallowed the whole, as we would an oyster, and recommend the same to all lovers of the wild and wonderful, as avery choice collection of never before written stories. This work is sold only by subsecription—and agents are wanted everywhere for its circula- tion, p= th ‘“Trm Tour oF THE WorLD In E1auty Days.”—By Jules Verne—James R. Osgood & Co., Boston. This is a delightful book for summer reading, Just the book to take out of one’s pocket, as he lays upon his back under the shade of some fine large tree, just the book for a weary man, not to be supposed that all will be lazy, who read it, for the translator Mr. Fowle, has kept the lively scintillating style true to the life. The book, like the ocean breeze, will be found easy flowing and varied, full of ever changing incident, from the time twenty-nine minutes after eleven o’clock A, M. Wednesday, October 2d, when Passepartout became Phileas Foge’s servant, until the ending of the great ice-sledge ride. The reader does not journey quite so fast, yet his imagination has little time to lag, or rest, and one Strange or droll in- cident after another, enlivens every page of this racy little volume. All is well that ends well, and the many readers of this book will be well pleas- with its finale. } > ———. THE CANADIAN Monroy AnD NATIONAL REview.—We are indebted to the enterprising publishers—Messrs. Adam, Stevenson & Go., Toronto, Canada—for beautifully bound volumes of this periodical, embracing the issues for 1872, the initial year of its existence. Wecon- fess our surprise as well as gratification to find init a magazine 80 ex- quisite in typography, and so captivating in its general contents; being in all respects worthy of any literary centre in either hemisphere. Its con- tents are varied, and embrace vigorous and thoughtful papers in bio- graphy, criticism, travel, science, political economy, romance and poetry. No higher evidence than this magazine affords, is needed to impress the public with the intellectual life and progress of the Dominion of Canada, and no finer medium exists through which our people may familiarize themselves with the resources and capabilities of a country which, though our neighbor, is to a vast majority of our people-almost a ferra incognito. Canada presents many features of special interest to the people of the United States, and a better knowledge of its people, its institutions, and picturesque natural attractions, no less than the selfish incentive of closer commercial relations, are all objects worthy of encouragement. There- fore we most hartily commend this Monthly to our readers, and hope it will extend its circulation widely throughout our borders. We regret that we do not find the subscription price stated, but specimen copies may be obtained by addressing the Publishers. The August number of the current year has just come to hand. ear re) a ee Fe AVILUDE,—This is a charming little game adapted to children, by means of which, certain ornithological ideas may be acquired. The illustrated cards of birds are neatly printed, and the printed text just sufficient to make it an interesting game. Natural history is so little taught, that any new method of introducing this most useful study, should be welcome. West & Lee of No 10. Main street, Worcester, Mass,. are the publishers. Current glews. Southerners are nid numerous at CADE May this season. There is to be a grand four-ball American game billiard tournament this fall. It is estimated that a volcano, long extinct, has broken out afresh in Colorado. ‘They are exper imenting with horse car conductors in Savannah, There is no doubt that gold has been dis- covered in Alaska in paying quantities. Wild horses are abundant in southern Kansas, and several parties of hunters are after them. A black drum-fish weighing fifty-six pounds was caught off Robbins Reef, Staten Island, last week. female Ten thousand dollars in premiums will be offered at the Friendship Driving Park, Pittsburgh, August 27th. Teresa Carreno, the American pianist, has _ just been married at London to the young violinist, Emile Lauret. Antoine Ravel, of the famous ‘‘ Ravel family,” so popular in America some twenty years ago, died at Toulouse recently. Dr. McGregor Jones, at Dexter, Me., has a-trout in his well that is for ty-six years old. He was placed in the well he owns in 1827. The Boston Journal says that about twenty- five thousand residents of that city are now absent, of whom about a thousand are in Europe. It is reported that Anna Dickinson is going upon the stage, and that she will make her debut in a dramatic ver sion of the Scarlet. Letter. The game of -pall-mall, now obsolete in England, has been played in Montpellier, (France) uninterruptedly for the last four hundred years. The genuine tea plant is now grown pro- fusely in all the gardens of Jacksonville, Florida, and some residents use no other tea in their families. An enterprising dog in Utiea secured sam- ples from the clothing of eight lightning rod agents within half an hour after a thunder storm the other day. _ The best game in Persia is the argald or wild sheep, a large animal, with a peculiar mane, its horns measuring four feet, and weighing alone fifteen pounds. The cattle disease israging in Misouri, and several thousand head have been carried off _ within the past three weeks. In one county the loss amounts to over $50,000. A-gardener in England claims to have dis- covered a method of varying the colors of . flowers by means of chemical applications to the earth in which they grow. An Indiana county fair oflers prtzes- of $5 for the two handsomest babies of each sex, to be placed on exhibition, and prizes of $10 for the fattest pigs and calves. The editor of an illinois paper thinks fishing, as a general rule, don’t pay. ‘we stood it all day in the river last week,” he says, “but caught nothing—until owe Bot home.” Some one tells a story of a steamboat pas- senger watching the revolving light of a light house on the coast and exclaiming, ‘Gosh! the wind blows that light out as fast as the man can strike it.” Oregon appeals earnestly for laws to pro- tect her valuable salmon fisheries. The fish are much’ decreasing year by year, through wanton distruction and sheer negli- gence of proper protection. Hayseed in the hair and blue drilling over- alls are to be the prevailing styles for “West- ern politicians this fall. It is said that the accession to the ranks of farmers for the last two months from gentlemen that never be- fore scented clover, is something wonder- ful. Mrs. Josephine Jameison, a native of Vir- ginia, who died in Brooklyn last week eiohed over five-hundred pounds, and after Geen the body had swelled to such an enormous size that the undertaker found it. impossible to remove it through the front door. Thirty- -nine short-horned cattie were sold at auction on Tuesday last at the farm of George M. Bedford, in Paris, Kentucky. The average price of the herd was $907.90 each. One bull brought $4500, and another bull, the Eleventh Duke of Geneva, was sold privately to Mr. Murray of Racine for $7,000. The rush of American travel to Europe is now over. Footings of the departures from this port for what may be called the “ seas- on,” are, for the present year, 18,533, and those for (nearly) a corresponding period in 1872 are 18,033. This does not exhibit the increase in ‘travel which has been expected, considering the attraction of the Vienna Ex- hibition, and the fact that three new lines have gone into operation since last sum- mer. 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Chafing against sand, rocks, ice, or even grass, mkes the latter all but use¥ less, but on these boats has little effect. 5th—They have in many instances supnlanted the others, and as their merits become more fully known, will, for many purposes, almost entirely supersecd them, W. E. BOND, 22 S0uTH WATER ST., CLEVELAND, O. 1873. BOATING SEASON, 1873 WATERS’ PATENT Paper Boats RACING, EXERCISE, PLEASURE, SHOOTING OR TRAVELING. The inventors having during the past six months given their eatire attention to their manufacture, will with this season, introduce our IMpRovED PAPER Boat, in the construction of hich great improvements have been made, overcoming all objectionable features which haye been developed during the past six years. We refer with pi2asure to the record of tre past. Our boats have been wintered and summered in both hot and cold climates. rowed in both fresh and salt water, yet atter five, and in a few cases six seasons of steatly use, these boats can b2 shown as serviceable to-day as when first finished. They were awarded the inst MepAL AND DIPLOMA OF TITE AMERICAN In- STITUTE, at its Fair held in New York in October, 1869, and for racine and training ie are preferred to those of wood by numerous boat clubs and numbers of the best oarsmen throughout the United Sates, having since their introduction been rowed by the winners of THREE HUNDRED AND Twenty NINE Matcump Raczs, EH. WATERS & SONS, Troy, N. Y. Sole Manufacturers for the United States and Europe. 10: NEW YORK AGENCY. Arrangements have been made with the well-known house of A. M. INGERSOLL, Boat Builder, No. 159 South Street, New York, (Established 1828,) who will keep at all times a large assortment of our boats on hand. Parties desiring any class of boats, either Paper or Wood, will receive further particulars on spplication to Ki. Waters & Sons, 3 2 AVILUDE. TOTEM. SNAP West & Lee, PUBLISHERS OF Watuxral History Series of GAMES, AND MANUFACTURERS OF CHIVALRIE, Worcester, Mass. BROOKLYN CUN EMPORIUM EH. MADISON, DEALER IN Guns and Gunning Material, 564 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, Sporting Goods OUGHT, SOLD, EXCHANGED, AND ON HIRE. Special attention paid to Fine Guns and Breach-Loaders, &c. Repairing of every descrip- tion a specialty. (e@- Goods sent everywhere by express, marked Clem: J.C.Conroy & Co. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF FISH HOOKS, And Fishing Tackle, No. 65 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK- 0: Nine Silver Medals. and the only Gold Medal awarded for finest articles, ° FOREST AND STREAM. HUMORS OF SPORTING LIE; aw, | A NON SHQUITUR. InrFANT Tyro.—‘‘ Father they say trout bite pretty well now.” PARENTAL Boss CopsBLER.—‘‘ Umph! bite you.” Umph? You stick to your work and they won't (Who knows what the world may lose by this crushing of the youthful bent? ) Sportsmen's Gaads. Sportsmen's Goods BRADFORD & ANTHONY, BOSTON, . IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Fishing Tackle, Have the best facilities for the Manufacture of FISHING RODS, ARTIFICIAL FLIES, WATER- PROOF LINES. and their connections abroad enable them to supply all Foreign Fishing Tack’e to the best advantage, In the Fall of 1873 will return 2 _—_—_. DOES RACING ENCOURAGE GAMBLING? —_—~>-- -——— HIS tendency of racing to encourage gambling and to promote the breed of blacklegs is a serious and grow- ing objection, the most serious perhaps of all objections, to the sports of the Turf. But race-horses are not dice of necessity ; and there is no necessary connection between horse-racing and gambling, because a bet is the touchstone of an Englishman’s sincerity, and as long as this is the case it is as hopeless to attempt to put down gambling by sup- pressing races as it would be to talk of arresting the sun by stopping our chronometers. It cannot be done. Parlia- ment might interdict horse-racing to-morrow, and make it a penal offence to book a bet upon a race for a pair of gloves or a white hat. But gambling would still be carried on; and it is an open question even now whether more money does not change hands on the Stock Exchange in the course of a single fortnight in what are really and truly gambling: transactions than changes hands at Tattersall’s, and on the race course of England, inayear. It is a foible of English- men, and all we can dois to make the best of it. Tattersall’s is not the only spot within the four seas where gambling is carried on. It penetrates the whole of our social and com- mercial life. It is the life and soul of much of our trade. The ironmasters of Staffordshire gamble in iron-warrants. The brokers and bankers of Liverpool gamble in cotton- bales. The Manchester men gamble in grey shirtings. The merchants and brokers of Mark Lane gamble in corn. The shipowners of the Tyne and the north-eastern ports gamble with their cargoes and crews. It is, in fact, hard to find anything in which some of us are not gambling more or less all through the year, from molasses to madollapans. The sports of the Turf are in-themselves.a healthy, manl invigorating pastime; and the pastime, with steeplechas- ing, hunting, boat-racing, and the rest of our sports, has helped to make the national character what it is. An Eng- lishman loves a horse as muchas an Arab does. It is an instinct with us all. Itisin the blood. You cannot erad- icate it ; and perhaps on the whole, it is hardly desirable to attempt to eradicate it; for people must have sport of some sort, and if they cannot have healthy and ex- hilarating sports, like those at Epsom and Newarket they will take to something worse. Horse-racing is at least a hu- maner sport than bull-fighting. Itis healthier than the cards and dice of the Italian and French casinos. It is pleas- anter than the beer-bibbing customs of the Germans. The Turf has, and must have, its follies and its vices, like every- thing else ; and when a race-horse is turned into dice 6n four legs, the sports of the Turf take a form which true sportsmen themselves must reprobate as well as the best of us. But to say, as one of the severest of our satirists has said, that although the horse in itself is one of the noblest animals, it is the only animal which develops in its com- panion the worst traits of our nature, is to do an injustice to the horse as well as to its rider; and if the observation were true, it would apply quite as much to the highest and noblest of our race as it does to the troop of blacklegs who are to be found on every race-course.—Gentlemen’s Mag- azine, From the ; —In 1870 there were in England 977,707 horses, in 1872, 962,048, a decrease of 15,159. Ireland hasfabout one third less horses than England. 22 FOREST AND STREAM. atural Histary. #|TnE Propuction or Hysrip Fisu.—We observe that experimental attempts are now being made by some pisci- culturists to produce a hybrid, or more properly, a cross between the salmon and brook trout. It is quite probable that such a mixture may form a desirable addition to our already varied stock of native fishes, partaking perhaps of the fine edible qualities of both the migratory and the lacus- trine species. Mr. Wilmot, the celebrated Canadian fish- culturist, produced at his works at New Castle, Ontario, as long ago as 1868, a most successful result by impregnating the eggs of a female salmon-trout with the milt of a male grilse. (The grilse, although not a fully matured salmon, possesses the powers of fecundation.) The cross thus ob- tained is of the most promising kind. They may not pro- pagate, but if they can be artificially bred in sufficient num bers, the improvement is a material one, and the addition to our supply of fish food quite important. We have the testimony of Prof. Von Seibold and Dr. Gunther for the superiority as table food of barren fishes of the salmon fam- ily. Their flavor is excellent, and their flesh more easily cured than that of the true Salmonide. That fish do interbreed in a natural state and without arti- ficial inducement, is abundantly proved by the fact that a friend of the writer, (a thorough and venerable angler,) took a trout four years ago at the outlet of the Piseco lake, Adi- rondacks, which was marked in every respect like an ordi. nary brook trout, but had the distinctive forked tail of the ‘‘laker,” orindigenous salmon trout. It was six inches long. Now the lakers are never found at the outlet, and are seldom taken weighing much less than a pound, certainly not of the diminutive size of six inehes long; while the brook trout are found in the lakes. This could not have been a young laker, for it had the spots, marks and fins of the brook trout: It seems to be an authentic case of hybridity, So as The Trepang, or Beche de Mer, a favorite food of the Chinese is found in quantity in the islands of New Cale- donia. The fishing for this curious creature is in the hands of a few individuals. The trepang varies in length between a few inches and a yard; is like a fat, ugly worm, two or three inches thick, with hardly any interior arrangements. Its capture is an easy matter in Bualabio, in fine weather, and the best quality is sold in Noumea, on the mainland, for £80 per ton. But in China the price is more than double, for in the China seas the trepang fishing is a matter of skill, patience, and courage. In the months of October and No- vember, the Malays equip thousands of junks for the gather- ing of these hideous zoophytes on the treacherous coasts, where they have to dive or to drag at great depths in order to get at their prey. —— It is at Ouen, in the Australasian group of islands, that the huge shells called by the French benities (baptismal fonts) are found, specimens of which may be often seen in gardens in the United States. It is difficult to procure a perfect specimen, because the larger valve is always deeply imbedded in the corals, with which in the long run it becomes incor: porated. The inhabitant of this huge shell usually keeps the upper valve open, feeding on everything that the waters bear to him; but occasionally, either at the approach of danger, or that he may seize his prey, he clashes the two valves so violently one against the other that the noise may be heard from afar, and is like that of a heavy stone flung upon a hard rock. It is not pleasant to contemplate the result of putting | one’s foot by accident into the toothed apertures which lie hidden so harmlessly among the corals. es Prof. Agassiz’s establishment at Penikese Island may be considered a ‘‘ primary school” compared with the Baird’s University at Peak’s Island, in Portland harbor, Maine, for to the latter place are flocking the most eminent professors of natural history in the country, and the scientific opera- tions are of the most elaborate character. The United States government has placed a revenue cutter and a tug at Prof. Baird’s disposal, and you can imagine what good use he will make of them. A large house has been fitted up on the island fora laboratory, with every convenience for pre- serving, assorting and describing the specimens collected. Photographs are taken, drawings made and colored from the living objects. ———— The director of Central Park menagerie reports as fol- lows the number of animals on April Ist, of the last three years. 1871. 1872. 1878, HIAGTUIPCOS. fetes soy ee uly we tinees ree 89 102 199 L565 Se a Op AR te BO Ea PSS 143 «208 = (8847 Ggales sc 0 plat essa fe gle Sar eri diel 14 11 35 _ Births during the last year: 2 lions, 1 leopard, 2 pumas, 1camel audi hyena, the last-named animal peing { as 18 supposed) the first of the species born in the United States. 3 _——— THe Hurmut.—The Earl of Derby received a specimen of this animal from Port Famine, in the Straits of Mavel- lan, described and figured in the Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849, p. 64, t. xII., as cervus leucotis, and now in the Derby Museum at Liverpool. Mr. Bates has sent tothe British Museum amale and female of the Huemul, which were obtained by Don Enrique Simpson in a valley of the Cordilleras, lat. 46 8. These have been described, the horns of the male figured, and the history of the animal given in detail under the name of Huamela leucotis. The animal, like all the American deer, differs from the stags of the Old World in having no tarsal gland. —— Bualabio, one of the most beautiful of the islands of New Caledonia, is entirely forsaken by the natives on account of the mosquitoen. Hish Culture. k. Henry Tagg, of ‘‘Ingham Springs,” sends us a des- cription of his trout and salmon farm near New Hope, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. It was commenced in the sum- mer of 1870, and affords another illustration of the fact that the propagation of fish is an established industry, and if carried on with reasonable intelligence and care, will pay largely on the investment. He writes: ‘“The spring, which is one of the largest in the State, and admirably situated for the purpose of fish culture, having no other waters or streams near it to affect its purity, or cause its inundation, flows from under a large walnut tree, through a depression or ravine in the land made by the wash of the water, at the rate of eighty barrels per minute, with a temperature winter or summer, of fifty degrees. To contract the flow of water a dam nine feet high has been thrown across the ravine, giving a good fall to the hatching house and ponds to which it is conducted by terra cotta pipes six and twelve inches in diameter. The hatching house is built of stone fifty-five feet long, thirty-five wide and seventeen to gable-peak. Into this house is conducted six inches of water emptying into a filter- ing box, and thente along a trough the entire length of the building; this trough being tapped at intervals, supplies other troughs nine feet long, twenty-eight inches wide divided in the center along their length, making a pair each thirteen and a half inches in the clear, in which the spawn is placed. These troughs empty into others set below them of same length, thirty-three inches wide, called nurseries, into which the fry are placed after hatching to remain until suficiently strong to be placed in the primary ponds thirty- four feet long, four feet wide immediately outside of the house and through which the water from the nurseries passes. The fish are kept in these ponds until late fall, growing in size under careful feeding from three to five inches in length. They are then placed in ponds sixty by ten feet, and three feet deep, to remain until the ensuing fall, again to be changed into ponds one hundred by fifteen feet in size, and five feet deep. These ponds have attached to them spawning races forty feet long by four feet wide, supplied with water direct fromthe spring, which passes over gravel placed on course wire screens. The fish under the influence of the propagating instinct swim up these races and deposit their eggs on the gravel, which, falling through the wire screens, lodge on other finer screens placed directly under, thus enabling the spawn to be collected with- out handling or disturbing the fish. The eges are then car- ried to the hatching house and placed in the first mentioned troughs to hatch. This process is accomplished in about fifty days. The water is well filtered. before passing over the eggs, so that any fibre or dirt may not come in contact with them. A steady pure stream is made to pass over them until hatched. The fish when hatched have attached to. them a sack which it brings into the world out of its parent egg. This sack supports them for some forty days, when they are fed on blood until sufficiently strong to eat finely chopped meat, which is increased in coarseness as they grow older and larger. The per centage of eggs hatched under ordinary care is over ninety, and of those that arrive at maturity is not less than seventy-five, while in the wild state the per- centage is five and two. A distinctive feature of this farm is the raising of salmon. It has been beld by pisciculturists that migratory fish would not live without being able to return to salt water. The experiment was started in April, 1871, when 4000 eggs were purchased of 5. Wilmot, Newcastle, Canada. The result of the hatching was ninety-two per centage, and the fish are now eight and twelve inches in length, and remarkably healthly. The Messrs. Thompson & Tagg are so sanguine of success in acclimating the salmon to fresh water, that they are building a breast for a lake to cover some twelve acres with water, and having in some portions a depth of twenty- two feet, which they intend stocking with salmon and trout. They will this fall experiment in making a hybrid of the salmon and trout, which if they succeed will give a new variety of food fish well adapted to stocking fresh waters. The stock of fish now in the various ponds embraces all the various sizes from three inches in length, to twenty inches, and number many thousands. The different sizes are kept separated as much as possible, as the large devour the small. They are regularly fed on offal meat procured from the large meat-packers, the cost of which is the handling and freight. The fish can be disposed of in any amount in New York markets at seventy-five cents to one dollar per pound. The supply has never yet been equal to the demand. The ova of the salmon and trout, after fecundation, and when the embryo has become sufficiently developed to stand handling, can be carried (packed in damp moss) by express long distances with reasonable expectation of success in hatching, —Mr. Buckland seems to cast some doubts as to the old story of the surfeit of salmon on the part of apprentices and servants informer times. He seems to think that their nicety of stomach arose from the fact that the servants were fed on fish which were either dead or dying, then salted and dried, and that they rebelled against this diet. ————— —At lake Lucerne, good trout can be caught, but according to the account of a recent English fisherman, the large fish were only to be had when fished for at night. SH —The sturgeon of the Caspian Sea, attains the enormous weight of 2500 pounds, the roe weighing alone 800 pounds. Che Fennel. | HERE seems to have arisen quite a scare in the nei berhood of Newtown, Long Island,from what is Stated to be the attacks of wild dogs. Some years ago a number of Siberian bloodhounds were brought into the country by a German family, and those animals not having been cared for, took to the woods, and are said to have lapsed into the ferocity of wild animals, In the vicinity of Jamaica they have attacked many persons. A hunting party is to be or ganized who will make an attempt to exterminate the pack, Grace Greenwood can talk ‘‘dog,” and do it charmingly She is in Kansas, at Fort Hays, and though she writes scan little about the officers, devofes no end of attention to the many dogs. See how nicely she describes ‘‘Hod,” a hunting dog: ‘*‘ He is the gentle playmate, the humble slave of the beloved children of the household, but in society rather blunt and blundering, lacking in delicate tact. It is best not to be too familiar with him as his friendship is a little oyey-. powering. He imagines that you cannot haye too much spotted pointer. He leaps up on you and crushes your frills and licks right and left, and collides with you in door-ways, and backsup against you, and sits down on you, and thrashes you with his tail.” Now a lady who can stand this kind of rough fondling and not abuse the dog, is not only the para- gon of her sex, but a canepholist to boot, which Is.about the highest praise we can give her. $< ——_—— The Ettrick Shepherd pleasantly tells us the of dogs that used to accompany their masters to church, in the pastoral district in which he lived—how they lay quiet and patient during the whole service, till the last psalm was sung, and the minister and congregation stood np for the blessing, when their delight at the prospect of immediate emanci- pation could no longer be restrained, but expressed itself h joyous barking. Often have we witnessed such a scené, although we never heard a minister advise the people, as Hogg relates, to ‘sit still and cheat the dogs.’ Nor do we think they could be easily deceived in such a matter. In the pastoral districts of Scotland, the number of dogs present during divine service, always very much attracts the notice of strangers. Many shepherds come to church attended by more than one. It is often almost unavoidable for them to do so, because at certain seasons of the year they must go to the hill and visit their flocks in the morn- ing; and, if possible, they arrange so as to make part of this inspection on the way to church, leaving to the last that part of the morning’s work which may be thus accomplished, It is not always, however, on account of that the dogs are brought. The shepherd likes to be always accompanied by his dog, and the dog likes to be with his master. By frequently attending his master to church, he acquires a habit not easily to be relinquished. He seems to regard going to church as a privilege. . —_—_—_4—___- Map Doe Bires.—The recent cases of hydrophobia in this city, says the Baltimore Awerican, have excited discus- sion concerning the nature and origin of this mysterious disease which may contribute something of substantial value to medical science. We find that a large number of intelligent writers are of the opinion that cases of true hy- drophobia are exceedingly rare, and those distressing symp- toms which affect patients who have been bitten by dogs supposed to be rabid are due in a large measure to the influ- ence of the imagination upon the nervous system. There was a death in this city some time since which would seem to confirm this latter hypothesis. A robust man of middle age was bitten by a dog, which may or may not have been rabid. He professed at first to have no fears, but secretly he brooded over the bite and read everything concerning hydrophobia that he could find in medical books and ency- clopedias. To drown his apprehensions, he drank intoxi- cating liquors to excess. Seven weeks after being bitten he was taken ill. He died on the seventh day after the con- vulsions appeared- The child that was bitten by the same dog the same time did not go mad, and has continued in perfect health to this day. There was another case of hydrophobia, however, in South Baltimore some two or three years ago, in which the imagination could have had no possible influence. A little boy about seven years of age was bitten. The little boy paid no attention to the bite, it soon healed up, and the cir- cumstance was forgotten both by him and his mother. _ Hight months thereafter he was taken with a spasm; a phy- siclan was summoned, who found that the cicatrix of the - old bite was inflamed, 4nd that a mark extended from the wound to the elbow. The child died in five days; all the symptoms of hydrophobia were present, and a number of physicians who saw the case were satisfied no other known disase could have produced them. This case seems to establish the theory that the poison, when communicated by the tooth of a rabid dog, is held, as it were, ina little vescicle or sac which forms about the wound, and that it is not absorbed until this receptacle is destroyed by the assimilating processes of nature. If taken up by the blood immediately, hydrophobia would result immediately. The fact that the wound becomes sore just before madness comes on shows that some disintegrating process in the cellular structure must be taking place. Great faith should be put in the cutting out and cauteriing of the wound, for there can be no doubt but that the poison remains there a long time before it is absorbed. ——— —There are three kinds of hawks used in Persia. The kind called the cherkh, a strong and handsome bird, is used to chase the antelope. The dogs and bird are slipped simulta- neously, and hunt in unison, The hawk attacks the anti- lope, striking at his head and eyes, so crippling it that it falls an easy victim to the hounds, which could not other- wise approach it. Does are principally picked out for sport, as the birds may be hurt by the antlers of the buck ante- lope. ———_4——__— —Dogs are used in France 10 retrieve the lost balls at the Jew de mail the old game of pall-mall. As they are wooden balls the dogs cannot hurt them, FOREST AND STREAM. 23 Che Magazines. AT TATTERSALL’S. T Tattersall’s! What romance—what mysteries—what iniquities cluster round these words—“‘ At Tattersall’s !” —in the imagination of millions of men and women! It is the Mecea of the Turf, and it is to sportsmen all over the world what the House.of Commons is to politicians—what ‘the Stock Exchange is to men of business—what Printing House Square is to newspaper men—what Paternoster Row is to publishers—what Westminster Hall is to lawyers —what Westminster Abbey is to English Churchmen. It is a classic spot, aspot over which the imagination of sports- men. broods, like the imagination of a devotee over the as- sociations of a favorite shrine. Originally, Tattersall’s was a mere stable yard and horse repository, distinguished from the general run of establishments of this kind only by the larger attendence of sportsmen. The Subseription Room is comparatively the creation of yesterday ; and there must be scores of men yet on the Turf—men who have been — ruined by theirspeculations on two-year olds, and men who, begining as stable-boys, now keep their banking accounts with a standing balance of £10,000—who, when they first consulted ‘‘Old Tattersall” about joining the Room or making a book, were bluntly told to keep their money in their pockets; for it is an odd illustration of the caprice of circumstances that the founder of the yard, the man under whose management the Corner attained its highest prestige and became the exchange of Turf-men, had what many of his friends thought an insane horror of a betting book, and did all that a man in his position could do to check gam- bling by friendly hintsand suggestions to youths fresh from college and fired with the idea of making a splendid cowp at the expense of the Ring. Fourteen years have now elapsed since Old Tattersall, af- ter a reign of fifty years, handed over his hammer to young- er if not more vigorous hands, and in those fourteen years the science of betting has grown and developed more than it had probably done in the previous half-century. What Old Tattersell would have said if called wpon, as his de- scendents have been, to knock down a two-year old with £2,500 of forfeits on his head, J cannot say ; but that fact sufficiently illustrates the daring and adventurous spirit of speculation which marks the Turf-men who now meet un- der the shadow of his rostrum to stake an estate on the throw of a ‘‘ dice on four legs.” Tattersall’s yard has grown with the growth of horse-racing : and it now forms the cen- tral institution of the Turf, is the focus of half the gam- bling that is carried on within the four seas, gives the cue to every bookmaker, regulates by its quotations the odds on every race-course, andthrough the system of agency that has sprung up within the past few years is open to every clerk or draper’s assistant or stable-boy who wishes to stake half-a-sovereign. In the course of a couple of hours in the afternoon one hundred thousand pounds have been known to be invested on five or six horses. This, in fact, is now a regular branch of commission business, and the account of what was done at Tattersall’s yesterday appears in all the newspapers as regularly as the City Article and Court Cir- cular.—Gentlemen’s Magazine. eS SPORTING ENGLISH STATESMEN. ee es HIS breed of English statesmen began with the Lord Tice Godolphin, and till to-day we were beginning to think that it ended with Lord Palmerston, all the men of political mark on the books of Tattersall’s breaking up their studs and relinquishing the Turf within a year or two after the disappearance of ‘‘Old Pam.” The last of these sport- ing Secretaries of State was General Peal, and General Peal has now left the Turf as well as the House of Commons for five or six years ; and, with the exception of Lord Hart- ington, the front ranks of neither the Conservative nor the Ministerial Benches in the House of Commons now contain a single face which is familiar tothe Ring. Mr. Disraeli is perhaps a sportsman at heart, and the best description of the Derby that has ever been written— the classical and histor- ical description—is that from his pen. But Mr. Disraeli is only a sportsman as most of the rest of us are sportsmen, in his love of sport, of horses, and of the genial and healthy excitement of the Turf. And Mr. Gladstone is not even this, If the Premier can distinguish a race-horse from a hunter, or a hunter from a cob, it is all that he can do; and what the Premier is, the rest of the Ministry are and must be, I take it, now, if they are to play their parts well in Parliament and in the work of administration at Whitehall. The Marquis of Hartington may perhaps be able to spare time from the work of governing Ireland to look after a stud of horses at Newmarket, and to make a book upon the Derby, or the St. Ledger; but if the experience of Lord Derby, Lord Palmerston, or even of Lord George Bentinck, is worth anything, the man who enters into politics as a science—enters into it, that is, heart and soul—must think of no books but blue books, and of no horses but his hunt- ers and his park cob.—Gentlemen’s Magazine. ——_—_—++—___—_ DUBLIN IN THE LAST CENTURY. . Pee pet accident in those days was to fall into the. Liffey. One might almost suppose that he looked upon this picturesque but evil smelling river as the Hindoo looks on the sacred Ganges, and believed that everlasting happiness was to be procured by immolating himself in its waters. Does a trooper or a dragoon go down to the river to water his horse? He falls inand is drowned. Doesa merchant go to the quay to see a brig unloaded? Doesa sailor go down to Ringsend ina boat? Does a girl take some clothes to the riverside to. wash? ‘‘Drowned! Drowned!” Shakespeare’s exclamation was never so appli- eable. Andif anybody falls in, an impetuous but unreflecting bystander generally jumps in after him or her, apparently forgetting that he himself is not much of a swimmer, and both are, as a matter of course, drowned forthwith. In one case a good natured gentleman, seeing a girl lamenting that the tide had carried away some sheets she was washing, goes in after them, but having over estimated his powers of nata- tion the man goes the way of the clothes, and is lost for- ever. Another gentleman’s hat ts blown off (no light matter in the days of gold laced head coverings), in he goes after it into the fatal waters, and soon exchanges Liffey for Styx. Persons of ‘‘disordered minds” (of whom there would seem to be quite a little army going about), are very fond of try- ing to cool their heated brains in these ‘‘waters of Eblana.” But the vast majority of these deaths from drowning are dismissed with the contemptuous pleonasm that the de- ceased was ‘‘intoxicated with liquor” at the time. By the way, there is a powerful aroma of whisky about this period in the annals of the Green Isle, ‘Two successive viceroys, my Lords Northington and Rutland, are freely spoken of as notorious sots; indeed, Rutland is well known to have drunk himself to death while still a comparatively young man. And soon, down through every class, Lord North- ington gives a fancy ball at the Castle. He being very un- popular at the time, the people, with rare temperance, re- fuse to drink the barrels of ale set running for them by the lord lieutenant, which are left to the soldiers, so that the whole guard, horse and foot, were, as “‘our Own correspon- dent” curtly observes, ‘‘when we left, helplessly drunk.” A favorite mode of shuffling off this mortal coil is to drink an enormous quantity (somevimes specified as pints, five half pints, &c.) of spirits, the not unnatural consequence of which is very speedy death. If the above sketch should appear exaggerated, I am pre- pared to assert that among the innumerable papers I have looked over there is a death by drowning, a murder and a fatal accident for every day in the year.—Al/ the Year Round. $8 FAMOUS BRITISH REGIMENTS. Seer et Cpa. is an old military tradition that the Fifth won from the French the feathers which they now wear, and that they dyed their tops red by dipping them in the blood of their enemies. The true story, however, is this, The “Old Bold Fifth” had the distinction of wearing a white plume in the cap, when the similar ornament in the other regiments of the service was a red and white tuft. This honorable distinction was given to them for their conduct at Morne Fortune, in the island of St. Lucia, where they took from the French grenadiers white feathers in sufficient numbers to equip every man in the regiment. This dis- tinction was subsequently confirmed by authority, and con- tinued as a distinctive decoration until 1829, when a general order caused the white feather to be worn by the whole army. By a letter from Sir H. Taylor, adjutant general, dated July, 1829, the commander-in-chief, referring to the newly issued order, by which the special distinction was lost to the regiment, states that, ‘‘As an equivalent, the Fifth shall in future wear a feather half red and half white, the red uppermost, instead of the plain white feather worn by the rest of the army, as a peculiar mark of honor,” In 1774 they went to put down the so-called rebellion in Amer- ica. They fired the first shot of the unfortun2e war at Lexington, where they came on some armed American mili- tiamen, and were nearly surrounded at Concord, where they had destroyed some military stores collected there by the so-called rebels. In the attack on Bunker’s Hill, near Bos- ton, the Fifth had hot work fora June day. With three days’ provisions on their back, cartouch box, &c., weighing one hundred and twenty-five pounds, they toiled through grass reaching to their knees, between walls and fences, in the face of a hot fire, and eventually got possession of the enemy’s works onthe hill near Charlestown. The Fifth also joined in the reduction of Long Island, the battle of White Plains, the capture of Fort Washington, the reduc- tion of New Jersey and a fight at Germantown, where they rescued the Fortieth regiment from an American brigade.— All the Year Rownd. HOW THE CONTINENTALS STOPPED THE PLAY. Se ERHAPS no regiment in the British service has had its deeds better recorded than the Fifty-second—prohably no regiment has won more glory. ‘‘A regiment never sur- passed in arms since arms were first borne by men,” Napier said of it, after the gallant fight at Nivelle. The sentence rings in one’s ears like the bugle sounding “‘the advance,” and that it is fully justified the emblazoned words on the regimental colors of the Fifty-second (Hindoostan, Vimiera, Busaco, Fuentes d’Onoro, Cuidad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Sala- manea, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, Waterloo and Delhi) pretty amply prove. The regiment first distinguished itself in the American war for independence, 1775. While investing Boston an odd event occurred, which is thus de- scribed by Lieutenant Martin Hunter in his amusing regi- mental journal : ‘During the Winter,” he says, “plays were acted at Bos- ton twice a week by the officers and some ladies, A farce, called the ‘Blockade of Boston,’ written by General Bur- goyne, was acted. at the very hour the farce began; they fired some shots, and surprised and carried off a sergeant’s guard. We im- mediately turned out and manned the works, snd a shot being fired by one of our advanced seniiics, ting com- menced at the redoubt, and could not be stopped for some time. An orderly sergeant, standing outside the playhouse door, who heard the firing, immediately running into the playhouse, got upon the stage, crying out, ‘Turn out! turn out! They're hard at it, hammer and tongs!’ The whole audience, supposing the sergeant was acting a part in the farce, loudly applauded, and there was such a noise he could not for some time make himself heard. When the applause was over he again cried out, ‘What the devil are ye all about ? If ye won’t believe me, be Jabers, you need only go to the door, and then yell hear and see both.’ If the enemy intended to stop the farce they certainly suc- ceeded, as the officers immediately left the playhouse and joined their regiments.” The Fifty-second fought at the battles of Brooklyn and White Plains, the reduction of Fort Washington, the tak- sing of Rhode Island and the battle of Brandywine In 1777 they helped to surprise a force of fifteen hundred Americans under Generali Wayne in a wood, when three hundred of the enemy were bayoneted at their bivouacs, The Fifty-second lost four captains in the American war ; and on the death of Captain Powell in New Jersey, the drummer of his company was heard’to exclaim: ‘‘Well, I wonder who theyll get to accept our grenadier company now; [ll be hung if I would take it.”—A// the Year Round. oe With regard to the new Mauser rifie, 1 German paper says:—‘‘ It cannot be questioned that we have a weapon ex- cellent in all respects; in mode of construction, solidity of mechanism, tension of trajectory, security for the marks- man, rapidity of fire, lightness of weight, certainty of dis- charge, and general convenience,in handling. i Jer) being caught south of Michigan. The enemy knew the night it was to be performed, and made an attack on the mill at Charlestown auswers Ca Correspondents. ———+~_—_———_ ANDREW H.—The best mixture for preserving the skins of animals is one in the proportion of six pounds of alum, and three of salt. Dissolve both in about a gallon of warm water, Use when cool. Place skins not too tightly packed, in a barrel or keg, aud pour in mixture. Skins without injury to hair may be kept any length of time in this way, and al in good order at any time to stuff, Best handy book we know of for this kind of lore, is Edwin Ward’s Knapsack Manual. Victor 8. P. The question of drift, depends on the character of the rifle and nature of twist, so that no positive data can be given. At a dis- tance of 1,200 yards, its maximum is about eighteen feet, Your experi- ments would be of great interest. T. U., J&.—Body’s performance in walking is stated to have been one mile in six minutes forty-two seconds, and Westhall’s one-half mile in three minutes ten seconds. We can find you an amateur who can walk - at any time, his mile in seven minutes, fifteen seconds. L. 8. G.—“Nepigon” is correct orthography. It is so spelt on Ad- miralty charts aud Government maps. The Indians spell it Nipigo, and pronounce it Veepigo, witha French ‘‘e’’ sound. S. H. B.—We should be glad to have a specimen of the fish for exam- ination, and think we can class it. Pack it in rough dry salt. OLD Hanv.—From the description you give, we think you are in error. The turkey is found in Honduras, and its name is the Meleagris ocellata. Its plumage is more brilliant than that of our wild turkey, and its size smaller. Anything you may write about that section will be interest- ing. A, B.—An Englishman and his game-keeper will hunt with six dogs, and sometimes in the afternoon, supplement it with a fourth couple, hav- ing also a retriever. J. O. B.—We know of aSt. Bernard dog, here in New York, bought of the Monks at the Hospice for 800 francs. He cost, we think, pretty nearly $300, when landed. The animal is good natured but not socia- ble. Horace.—The sisters of the Irish setters you speak of, undoubtedly the best dogs of this kind, were sold for eighty guineas. The dog man you mention is not reliable, we are sorry to say. It is always risky work im- porting a dog. Will place you in communication with the person, you inquire about, H. V. & Co.—The tin can of preserved fish is excellent, quite as good as any imported. As an alimentary substance it would be a success. We take great pleasure in fostering any enterprise of this character. See our first number. INGRAtTIUS.—We have never heard of the grayling (Tiymallus Signi- Send accurate drawing, and if possible the fish itself in rough salt. Rapry,—We have found a box of tar ointment, carried with us im- valuable for dogs’ feet, especially in chicken shooting. Wash first the dogs feet in lukewarm water, adding a little salt to it. If he shows a de- cided tenderness, stop hunting him for two or three days. 8. O., Utica.—We think you have taken the name of the gun maker in vain. Their reputation is excellent, and the work they turn out admira- ble. We used the same make of gun last year, and please gracious, if answering all the questions put to us, does not prevent it, will use it again this fall. —A Mr. E. de Borssiere, has some 3000 acres of land in Kansas, which he intends to devote to silk worm culture. —A Virginia lady, gathering berries, was lately struck twice in the breast by a rattlesnake, but thanks to toilet ar- tifices escaped harm. —Colonel Noah Orr, of Marysville, Ohio, aged twenty- seven, seven feet eleven inches high, measures seventy inches around the chest, and brings down the scales at 670 pounds. —At last they have a copyright law in Turkey, and we congratulate the literary world on the fact. There are so many people who have had their works pirated in Turkey. Now they will have a chance for readers. French sugar makers get one pound of sugar from sixty- six pounds of beets, while in Louisiania from the infinitely richer cane, about one pound of sugar from every forty- five pounds of cane is. about the average. —A. school of large whales, some of them seventy feet long, were off Saybrook last week; very few humps or fin- backs among them. The appearadee of so many large whales together is a novelty. —The trotting stallion Sentinel was found dead in the stable at Ash Grove Farm, Lexington, Ky., last week. His owner, Edwin Thorne, of New York, recently refused £30,000 for him. —‘‘Unele” John Bullock of Bristol is only 104 years old. Uncle John endured a severe attack of pneumonia in June, and when he was convalescent he called his boys about him and remarked: ‘‘That was asevere attack. If I’d been an old man, I guess it would ‘‘ have fetched me.” —W olves in immense numbers have appeared for the first time for many years among the settlements near the Strait of Belle Isle.on the Labrador coast, and entirely broken up one settlement. On the night of July ist they attacked a a party, killing and devouring three men and one woman. —T wo amusing answers of the son of a Western Sena- tor at West Point are recorded. On being asked into how many pieces a discharged spherical shot will burst, he re- plied, “‘ Into two, at least, sir, I should think,” and on be- ing asked what were the uses of the vent in a piece of ord- inance, replied, after mature consideration, that ‘it showed the upper side of the enn, and it was useful to spike it with. “Harry Terrarmy From Cuta.—In the ‘Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce in Pigtail and Petticoats,’ by T. T. Cooper (London, Murray, 1871,) there isa plate of one of these hairy tortoises from the lakes of Ha-su, above Han- kow. These curious little animals were about two inches long, and covered on the back with a long confe:void growth resembling green hair. The tortoise being a sacred emblem in China, the Chinese make pets of the hairy tor- toise, which they keep in basins of water during the summer months and bury insand during the winter. A smalllakein the province of Kiang-su is famous for these so-called hairy tortoises, and many persons earn a livelihood by the sale of these curious little pets.’ The figure in Mr. Cooper’s book looks like an oval door-mat, with a tortoise’s head sticking out of one end.” FOREST AND STREAM. 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Aueust 27th.—Herdic Park Associttion, Williamsport, Penn.—Harl Park Association Earlville, Ill—Middletown Association, N. Y. Aueust 28th.—Earl Park Association.—John Biglln and George Brown. sculler’s race, Halifax Harbor, N. $S.—Middletown Association, N, Y.— Herdic Park, Williamsport, Penn. | ees CREEDMORE. me et F by any method it could be possible to get at this fact, I as t how many men in the United States of American birth, outside of military organizations, were or were not proficient in the use of arms, we feel certain that the pro- portion familiar with the shot gun or rifle would be found in the majority. Taking Prussia, with her all-absorbing military element, as a comparison, we think that it would not be unsafe to assert that in a squad of ten Germans, on their first introduction to the routine of arms, nine-tenths of them, when the gun was placed in their hands for the first time, would be utterly ignorant of its use. This is that exact distinction, sometimes overlooked even by mili- tary authorities, between men ‘‘able to bear arms” and men knowing how to use them. How long this general acquaintance with the use of fire- arms in the United States would have lasted is, however, a question much more difficult to answer. From our own experience, notwithstanding the late terrible appeal to arms, we are inclined to think that this familiarity would have gone on decreasing. The reasons’ for our thinking so are quite plain. The first school of arms with us would never have been acquired in the camp, but as heretofore would have been obtained by the use of the shot gun and rifle in hunting, As day by day our country is getting more thickly settled and game scarcer, these opportunities, once indulged in by all classes, would have become more rare. We even think that already this change is somewhat noticeable. In our younger days, even in the large cities, every youth of sixteen almost, had his fowling piece—to-day itis getting exceptionable. Other occupations, tendencies towards: a sedentary life, disparity of fortune, less time for recreation, with the scarceness of game, have all caused this change. Though Englishmen were our superiors in athletic sports they certainly were not our equals in the general use of fire- arms, for the very reason that in England game was not so abundant, the hunting ground was limited, and even the right to use arms was placed under certain restrictions. It is exactly for this reason—the possible decline in the knowledge of how to use fire-arms—that we hail with plea- sure the introduction of rifle shooting, and the most laud- able efforts to give it every encouragement. Thanks to the exertions of some half dozen gentlemen, among whom a merited prominence must be accorded to Colonel W. C. Church, of the Army and Navy Journal, and to Captain J.. W. Wingate, the National Rifle Association was formed ; and the fine rifle range at Creedmore, now open to the pub- lic, is the crowning result of their labors. Creedmore, though not so large as Wimbledon, has many advantages over it, being as flat as a billiard table, and having extent sufficient to allow numerous parties to try their weapons at all possible ranges. Every advantage has been taken of the experience acquired by riflemen at Hythe and Wimbledon, and the targets are the same as are used in England. Of course there has been, as there always is, in the ini- tial movement of such an important subject, a certain amount of apathy, but our military organizations and sportsmen are rapidly becoming cognizant of the fact that although they might be the possessors of the best guns in the world, they might be surpassed by foreigners in the use their arm of predilection—the rifle. Perhaps a field for rifle practice never was opened at a more opportune time. We doubtif in any country so much ingenuity has been directed towards fire-arms, or with such brilliant success, as in the United States, and, with all respect to ordnance officers, we are inclined to think that it is just on such a ground as Creedmore that the merits of the gun of the future will be proclaimed. It will be at Creed- more that the rifle which shoots the hardest and closest, loads and repeats the quickest, stands the hardest usage, will by popular acclamation be adopted as the gun of the soldier or the sportsman. We are no prophets, but the time will come when twenty thousand people will stand on the pleas- ant grounds of Creedmore to witness some future rifle contest. ———____- --- = + KILLING GAME OUT OF SEASON. eo aS OMEWHERE about A. D. 1867, Rev. W.H. H. Mur- ray, of Boston, paid a flying visit to the Adirondack re- gion of our State, and the result was the production of a book, the pecuniary success of which was most satisfactory to the author, and a source of astonishment to the many accomplished gentlemen’ who have for more or less of a quarter of a century, made our northern wilderness a sum- mer camping ground. The publication developed at least one important fact, viz., that the mass of our people con- fined to our towns and cities, are fond of reading any- thing, even of passable merit, if it treats of the backwoods and its kindred associations. On the first Wednesday of our present month of Au- gust, Mr, Murray returned from ‘‘his annual excursion” to the Adirondacks. In this trip he was singularly unfortunate in violating the laws of nature and breaking the statutes of our State. But for his own confession, the world would probably remain ignorant of his dereliction; but Mr. Mur- ray is not one of the reticent kind, for he recounts his ‘* victories” over asa ‘‘brave” returning from the ‘‘ war path,” and like a red-handed Indian, shakes his scalps in the faces of his tribe, be they in the highway or around the council fires. Says the red man, when vaunting of his chivalrous deeds, ‘‘Thave stolen like acat upon my enemy, and left the bones of the squaw and pappoose to whiten on the plains.” Says Mr. Murray in the same vein, “I have deceived the finny tribe and killed and eaten a half score of deer slain by my own hand;” and we add, did this valorous thing in the sickly central month of the summer heats! Among all true sportsmen there is a bond of sympathy, one touch of which makes the fraternity akin, and within this charmed circle, Mr. Murray has not yet been admit- ted, and never will be, so long as he continues to slaughter game out of season. What apology can he make for being ignorant of the natural laws, which control the sanitary conditions of the gentle deer? Why has he not informed himself, that in the month of July, the brave blue coated buck of the fall and winter months, is moulting like a sick canary? His antlers, half developed, are covered with ‘‘vel- vet.” Inhis nostrils are hidden away great worms that seem to feed upon his brain and eyes. His gait is unsteady, for like a gouty invalid, he seeks the shallow waters of the lake, in the vain endeavor to cool his fevered blood. The poor doe, in the sweltering time of July, with all the tenderness of a young mother, is nursing and guarding her fawn, keeping it in sequestered nooks, and only when hun- ger inpels, she hides it away in the matted thicket, that she may browse on the gross vegetation of marsh and hill sides, then returning to her charge, half satisfied of food, and wholly self-condemned that she has been away so long. The great Juno-like eyes of the dying buck speak louder than words, ‘‘that Iwas slaughtered in my sick bed.” And if we were to attempt to eat this ‘‘ diseased venison,” the very touch of the shrunken loin of the stricken doe would have recalled the voice of the poor fawn, appealing for succor in plaintive cries from its hiding place, pining and wasting away until death, more considerate than ‘ in- satiate man,” puts an end to its sufferings, We confess we cannot understand this desire to kill for the sake of destruction. How noble by contrast is the as- sertion of the brave and accomplished sportsman, I kill no bird unless it has a chance for its life on the wing. and no four-footed game except in its season of health, and possessed of all the advantages which God has given it fop escape.” That was a grand idea of Leather Stocking's that he would shoot not a single thing more than wan enough for his present appetite. But take heart, Mr. Mur. ray, you are only one of the many who have helped within afew years to almost annihilate the game of the forest ang streams of our north wilderness. We remember well, that years ago, at acountry house at the foot of Mt. Tacona, that looks out on Great Barrington, there was a book jn which tourists inscribed their names, and if inclined, their deeds. And in this book was written in a bold hand, anq signed by a well known name, the following memorandum: ‘Our party found an abundance of trout, and caught anq left 1300 to die upon.the banks.” Against this waste we shall wage a constant war. Every practical law passed for the protection of game we shall support to the best of our ability, and we venture the pre. diction, that the Rev. Mr. Murray will slay no moré deer in the Adirondacks again in the hot, sultry month of July. Then, there are those prominent pépblic officials, Wood- son the Governor of Missouri, and hi§ party, who crossed the Kansas line and shot grouse out of season. What shall be said of this deliberate violation of law by one sworn to enforce the law? Is there no grain of principle left in men? Are they not satisfied of the justice and reasonableness of these prohibitive and protective game laws? ‘Toadies treated this more than venial offense as q good joke, because, forsooth, the parties are high in office and position; but for us, the larger the mark the more cer tain our aim, and for such persons there is the less excuse and slower condonation. ee RECREATION FOR BUSY WORKERS. OSA deal has been said about the old fashioned con ventional rules which govern employers and employees in England. Pretty generally our commercial usages have been modelled after English principles, and we have found ourselves all the better for having followed them. Our early-closing movement is decidedly English, and owes its origin in the United States to the Anglo-Saxon element in our midst. Not that this most humane measure was one entirely advanced by the employed, but in many cases was suggested by the heads of the most prominent English firms in our midst. This good fashion is then pre-eminently Eng- lish, and possibly the granting of certain holidays owes its ori- gin to customs of five hundred years ago, when the London burghers were obliged by old ordinances to allow their clerks and apprentices certain hours of recreation, so that they might play at ‘‘bowles,” or shoot their ‘‘ bowes” astride of London walls, Though much might be said deprecatory of the intense, all-absorbing character of an American business-life, where neither master nor men spare themselves in performing their allotted tasks, we must. still hail with pleasure the gradual diminishing of the working hours, and the granting of addi- tional holidays to that very much overtasked class of men, the salesmen, clerks and bookkeepers. One point that is overlooked, however, is this, that the masters do not take sufficient interest in the amusements of those under their employ, and in this there is a wide departure from the good old English precedents. Perhaps this idea may invoke a rather disdainful smile from the lips of amember of some distinguished firm, and he may say, ‘out of office hours we can have nothing to do with our clerks. We give them their holidays, and they spend them as they please. It is no business of ours.” We might reply te him as follows, drawing a Liverpool paper from our pocket: ‘‘ Perhaps you do business with Staple, Yarns & Co.2” ‘*Of course we do; they are among our oldest and best correspondents.” ‘‘ Well, you will see here a gold medal valued at £20, offered by this old established firm, to be awarded to any one of their clerks who can run the fastest mile.” If you take an interest in such matters you would notice in addition that all warehousemen have combined to make up a series of prizes amounting to over $1,000 to be given to any of their employees who may be the most profi- cient in some half dozen various athletic sports. You will, herefore, notice that these old firms take most decidedly an — interest in the sports of their clerks, and in an indirect way supervise the character of their amusements, They are not alone satisfied with giving them a holiday, but what is better see that the time given for recreation is properly employed. We have in our large cities, establishments employing in many cases hundreds of young men, and perhaps the sug- gestions we offer to the heads of such concerns, may in time bear their fruit. Why should not the employees of the two most famous dry-goods houses in the United States, after due preparation, engage in a friendly athletic contest? Perhaps the time will come when, at Creedmore, a Stewart may contest with a Claflin the honor of being the best rifle-shots in New York. Once a movement of this character inaugu- rated by the employers, the advance of all manly sports in the United States would be immense, and the hours of recre- ation be not only more liberally given, but more than ever ‘usefully employed. If in colleges, why not im stores and warehouses? —An advertisement of this character would seem strange with us, but very rightly in England is considered as an extra distinction; ‘‘ An undergraduate of Oxford of three year’s standing, who has rowed stroke of his college boat, proposes to take charge of a pupil, etc., etc.” —— FOREST AND STREAM. 5 AN OLD AUTHORITY ON GUNS. OW strange it is to take up for perusal some Ameri- , can sporting book of even a half century old. Ata book stall yesterday, just such aone was found. Its well thumbed appearance, a perceptible black smudge here and there, as if of damp gunpowder, would lead the reader of to-day, think that its old owner might have taken it into the fields, and when game was scarce, had the studied book, gun in hand. Laugh at its antiquated ideas? Nota bit of it. On the table lies a host of big books of but yesterday, luxuriant in fancy binding, illustrated almost, in every page, telling of a thousand and one sporting matters unknown to our fathers; yet the modest volume of almost fifty years ago compares favorably with the best of them. Within its pages, one can find in a perfectly condensed way, a thorough treatise on the diseases of the dog, and how to cure him, and all written in the easiest simplest language. To paraphrase a well- known quotation, evidently in those days, ‘‘dog diseases were not invented, so that prescriptions could be found for them.” Of course, as to shooting, the sporting manual of 1827 is decidedly forty-six years behind the times. It says ‘‘the art of shooting flying has not been practised in this country, excepting by afew individuals for more than fifty years, and in England for not more than double that length of time. The greatest improvements in this science and in the fowl- ing piece itself have been made within but a few years.” About the time of the publication of the book, the percus- sion cap was being introduced, it having followed the pellet made of fulminating powder. Our sound oid authority, says ‘‘the adaptation of inflammable percussion powder, has made quite a revolution in fire arms, and bids fair to explode the flint and steel entirely.” The disagreeable effects of the pieces of copper flying back and striking the shooter are complained about. That was a queer idea prevalent some fifty years ago, and recorded in this book, that although percussion locks could be adapted to fowling-pieces, they would be impossible for rifles, because ‘‘the force of the cock of the barrel, will depress the piece, and cause-the ball to strike low.” What difference could exist in this re- spect, between the fowling-piece and the rifle, both using the same methods of a falling cock, itis hard to state. But stop; is there not some little germ of thought in this? We are getting every day nicer and nicer exactly on these very game subjects. If one thinks well over it, the fall of the cock, which certainly does something to jar the barrel, and depress the piece, might be prevented by a parallel method of mechanism. Now those dilletanti about these matters, will notice numerous new patterns invented every day of locks, where the spring motions and striking points are made not at right-angles but parallel with the barrel, and the makers declare that accuracy will be improved thereby. It is wonderful how much conventionality there is in all things, and how even a gun-lock must follow the forms of one hundred years ago. ‘“The gentleman of Philadelphia county” who writes the book modestly suggests the possibility of using condensed air to ignite the powder. People certainly in those days must have shaken their heads over this. Undoubtedly they would be quite as likely to be somewhat staggered, if the idea was advanced, that the fulminate in the cartridge could be fired by an electric shock, to be generated in the gun, But this is not only possible, and may be expected any day, some of the most ingenious minds having directed their attention towards its accomplishment. The end they aim at, is precisely that intimated in this book of fifty years ago, to get rid of the jar of the lock. But to return to the subject of old sporting books. Per- haps their scarcity arises from the fact, that like children’s books, of any antiquity, they are so much read, that they are sooner or later absolutely thumbed out of existence. We do not know who has made in the United States a collection of such books, devoted entirely to sporting mat- ters. Such an assemblage of volumes would be singularly interesting. In them would not only be found, the truest chornicle of the advance of inventive power in the United States, the changes guns had undergone, but a perfect epitome of human nature. ——— SS Hieu Times at HAtrax.—The presence of Lord Duf- ferin, the Governor General of Canada, at the quaint old capital of Nova Scotia, has set the townina whirl. A naval officer writes us privately in the following melancholy strain: ‘Mor the last week I have lunched and dined out every day; and what with balls, concerts, garrison theatricals, &c., I have not once been able to ‘‘turnin” before three o'clock, and sometimes even later. To-night we give a ball on board ship, for which we have been making preparations for the last five days. To-morrow night the Sixtieth Rifles give a ball, and then, thank goodness, we shall once more lapse into our normal state of quietude! At present it is as bad as the Shah.” The delightful climate of Halifax makes these festivities more tolerable than they are found to be at Saratoga. a Tue Hon. Dayip Price, of Quebec, the owner of no less than thirty lumber mills on the St. Lawrence and the Sague- nay rivers, and an ardent sportsmen withal, is one of the directors of the newly formed ‘‘ Anticosti Company,” who have lately purchased the island of that name in the Gulf of St. Lawrence—an accurate description of which (the first eyer published) we are now printing in this paper. The Island until recently has been almost a terra incognita, and a terrible bugbear to navigators. THE BLUEFISH. —S ERY little practical information has been written of the bluefish in works of Angling, and their habits are comparatively unknown. We can trace their peregrin- ations, it is true—can ascertain on what they feed, and how and when to capture them; but their spawning places, and the occasion of their movements, are still a mystery even to the savants. In those months when they make their presence known along our coasts they are found of various sizes, each size constituting a class or family of its own. They are one of our most highly prized game fish, and excellent for the table, whether baked, broiled or boiled. Size 1.—The bluefish, or snap mackerel (Tennodor Salta- tr) makes its first appearance at the various inlets between Cape May and Ege Harbor in the latter part of the month of May. These will average about seven pounds in weight, poor in flesh and ravenous asa shark. In June they are found equally abundant off and in Fire Island In- let, and in a few days thereafter are scattered off Montauk Point, the east end of Long Island, Shagwauna reef, and other reefs adjacent. By or near the 20th of June, depend- ing something upon the forwardness of the season, they have spread themselves over the reefs of New London and to the eastward, on to Block Island, and thence through Fisher’s Island Sound. By the 20th of August they are in plentiful supply all through, inside and outside of Vineyard Sound, Nantucket, &c. They have gained flesh, and be- come quite palatable. The size here described is seldom found to the westward of the Connecticut river. On the main of Long Island Sound it is quite interesting to see them drive the menhaden, or moss bunkers, in shoals, caus- ing a ‘‘sleek” on the water as they spill their oil when they chop them up with their great sharp teeth. Size 2.—Early in June a size of about three pounds weight make their appearance at the same points, though much fatter, and remain in the vicinity of the same grounds for perhaps a month. In July they spread out to the eastward, up Long Island Sound to Saybrook Bar and Faulkner’s Island, and westerly to Stamford, and remain until October, though occasionally shifting ground for their food, which, in addition to the moss bunkers, consists of a small species of “shiner,” (anchovy.) On some of the outer reefs they remain but one or two days ata time, The writer of this has trolled for them over the reefs at and near Faulkner’s Island for two successive days with splendid success, at all times of tide, and on the following day caught nothing. The shoal had left for the main land. Size 3.—About the middle of July the small creeks and rivers, from Stamford eastward to the Connecticut river, abound in a size weighing about a quarter of a pound, which, in a month grow to half a pound, and these feed on a size still smaller, recently spawned, and scarcely an inch and a half in length. The surface of the Housatonic river, from the railroad bridge to the mouth of the river, is annu- ally covered from bank to bank with countless numbers of this small fry, drifting with the tide as it ebbs and flows, while at the same time a size larger (size 4) say about a half pound in weight, is feeding upon them from beneath. About the Ist of September the small fry are sufficiently large to venture into the Sound, and then they swarm in the creeks and harbors, affording great sport to lads who catch them with a float line, with shrimp for bait. By the month of October both large and small fish are all well fattened. The peculiarity of this fish is that, by about the middle of October the large size, that weigh from nine to fourteen pounds, are generally found from Nantucket to Watch Hill, around Block Island and outside of Montauk Point; while from Stamford, eastward to New London, on the outer reefs, they are of a uniform size of about two and a half pounds weight, and those inthe harbors and creeks are a mixture of small fish just spawned, and a size that weighs from one-eighth to one and three-quarter pounds. Another singular feature is, that by about the 20th of October, or the first freezing weather, these fish, of all sizes, up to two and a half pounds, vacate the northern harbors and sounds ; and so sudden has been their departure in many seasons that a change of tide has utterly emptied the waters of their teeming fish-life, with the exception of an occasional pen- sioner who had been bitten or disabled, and dare not run the gauntlet for southern climes. More singular still, the great mass of fish, except the newly spawned, take the coast within one or two miles of shore, part of them stop- ping, if the weather permits, at the inlets of Fire Island, Egg Harbor, Townsend’s, Canarsie Bay, Cape May, and so on along shore, using up all the feed .therein, and by the month of December they are found in the creeks and rivers of North and South Carolina, where they remain through the winter, to migrate the next season to northern waters. But what becomes of the small, newly spawned fish that disappeared the previous fall? Have they been eaten up by the larger fish on their journey ? or do they remain at the North ? They are not seen in the South, nor do the larger fish spawn there. It is only about forty-two years since the bluefish first made its appearance in our waters. It is one of the finest of mer chantable fish on the coast, and for sport is game to the death. On the reefs they are generally trolled for, but will take the hook with live bait. In October, near the close of the season, large catches are made off Montauk Point, and from Watch Hill eastward through the Vineyard Sound, that weigh from ten to fourteen pounds, and are fat as seals ; so also in Canarsie Bay, in some years, they have been taken from twelve to eighteen pounds in weight. But it is only in rarely exceptional cases that these great fish are taken wes of Plum Gut. The bluefish fraternizes with the weakfish, or sque- teague, on inshore grounds, and are of large size, say from five to twelve pounds. Both of these fine fish are taken with the squid or jig in the surf at Montauk, Newport and elsewhere, and afford the most exciting sport—the angler, often standing waist deep in the breakers, throwing his squid to incredible distances by practice, and dragging the fish by main strength to terra firma when he has struck. The bluefish seem to be increasing year by year in size and numbers, individuals having been caught at times weighing between twenty and thirty pounds, whereas a twelve pound fish was regarded as something remarkable twenty years ago. Large shoals were also uncommon until within the past dozen years. Four generations of fish make their appearance in our waters at the same time. The bluefish is a migratory fish, passing his winters at the South and returning to the North with the advent of warm weather. a THE COACHING REVIVAL. eS ROM the other side of the water comes a pleasant rum- ble. An effort is being made, and with considerable success, to revive the old coaching days,’ with their pranc- ing steeds and sumptuous drags, and to-day such equipages are bowling over the pleasant hedge-skirted English roads. Will there ever be a second Phebus Apollo like Sir John Lade, who in a hippic way, might have been sup- posed capable ef threading a needle with his tandem? Will there ever be a new contestant, who could accomplish Lade’s featof driving twenty-two times a coach-and-four at full speed through a gate only two inches wider than his carriage wheels? Perhaps not on our sober and estab- lished highways, graded and macadamized as they are. and policed with regulations against fast driving and reckless feats of skill, But we opine that few persons will he foundin any age or clime to outshine the achievements of the genuine Overland stage-driver who drives his four or six in hand along the verge of ticklish precipices and down the canon steeps where to miss a footing is to leap tu certain death. Possibly some dilapidated spark may find in coaching professionally an honest employment; and who can tell but that some sporting /abitue with fallen fortunes. will not risk his last three or four thousand dollars in the purchase of some neat team and drag, and donning livery himself, drive out aristocratic fares through the Parks or along the ‘‘ Bloomingdale Road.” Railroads to-day mean greatest speed—the annihilation of space and time. But the tourist in search of simple recreation and pure aesthetics, much more enjoys the rum- ble of the slower coach, with itseasy stages and its many comforts of wayside inns, cooling fountains, and diverting landscapes. There is a journey from Woodstock, New Brunswick, along the St. John river, past the Indian vil- lage of Tobique, past the Grand Falls of the St. John past its many tributaries and along the great lake Temiscouta, to Three Rivers on the St. Lawrence river, which affords one of the most enchanting coaching routes in the country. Another equally agreeable and novel*is the 150-mile jour- ney from Pictou, Nova Scotia, across the straight of Canso and along the Bras d’Or Lake to Sidney, Cape Breton. We must go to the Provinces for these opportunities now. ——_—____<<— ¢¢@____ A Joke ONLY 265 YrARs Otp.—Of course, we all havc heard it. Itis the story of the master who was an egre gious story-teller, and of his faithful negro-servant, who always considered it a conscientious duty to swear to his master’s lies. The master shoots a deer through the tor of the ear and the hind foot, (so he says) and Cuffy vouches for it, dovetailing the lie, by alleging that his master shot the animal when it was in the act of sctratching itself, Here it is, in a common place book of one Master George Fox written down A. D. 1608. We transcribe it in the old text: ‘A gentleman, very prodigal of his speeche, which made his mouth often to run over, recounted that having one daye strolled out into the forest with his bowe, he at one shoot cutte awaye a deare’s ear and his foote together, and killec afoxe. The company saying it was impossible, his man which stood bye, accustomed to smooth his master’s lies sayd that the deare cratching his eare with his hinder foote. lost bothe, and the arrowe glancing, killed the foxe; yet with this hint in his master’s ear, that he should néxt time lye within compasse,” for quoth he, ‘I had never so much ad¢ as to bring the eare and foot together.” Truly there is nothing new under the sun. i The Hartford Cowrant has been estimating the chances one runs of being struck by lightning, and figures it up, that in 1870, 202 persons died from its effects. Taking the in- crease of population from 1860 to 1870, to have been about 7,000,000, the increase was only eleven. The absolute ratic seems to be forty-two deaths by lightning for every 100,00( cases of mortality. The strange rule found by French. ob servers seems still to hold good that males are more prot to be struck by lightning than females, 148 men havine) killed, and only fifty-four females. During the nae years of observation, there were 1,345 deaths by suicide. other words an individual is six times as likely to kill self, as lightning is to kill him. > —____ —Four lions broke loose lately from a menagerie where in Belgium, and a regiment of infantry had called out to quell them. 26 FOREST AND STREAM. a eS eee WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE. ———_4—___—. HE direct evil effect of the indiscriminate cutting of the woods and forests has become a topic of general comment. Once the Ohio river ran as an almost unbroken stream, allthe year around, from Pittsburg to its junction with the Mississippi. To-day the waters are so shallow, im- peding navigation to that extent, that the West is awakening to the fact that unless some effort be made, the Ohio will be impassible for boats of even a light draught for fully six months in the year. Huge works to cost millions of dollars are spoken of as necessary to restore the river to its former condition, As aleading journal justly remarks, ‘‘ the differ- ence between the Ohio now and a hundred years ago undoubt- edly lies in the destruction of the forest which once almost completely covered the area watered by the Ohio and its northern tributaries.” Of course civilization has its requirements, but we rarely ean infringe with impunity on the primitive condition of things without nature asserting some of her rights. If the cutting of the Suez canal and the proposed planting of trees on its banks may probably in time make meteorological changes of importance, perhaps for the benefit of the whole country, in like manner the denuding of whole sections of land of their trees, must exert a contrary and pernicious action. Professor Newberry, of Ohio, says: ‘cA dense forest growth is a great equalizer, both of tem- perature and of the flow of surface water. While the fores is unbroken it acts as a blanket, covering the soil, protect- ing it from the winds, both drying and chilling. It serves, also, as a great sponge, receiving and retaining moisture, and allowing its gradual escape. When the forest is re- moved, however, and the soil cultivated, the surface smooth and the drainage facilitated, as it is in a thousand ways, and the sun and winds admitted, the effect cannot but be marked, even though the annual rain-fall be not materially changed.” The remedy lies in the judicious cutting of the forests. Some day, when the natural sequence of things is better understood, men will cease, from motives of self-Interest, this indiscriminate leveling of the woods; but until they are thus actuated it would be neither tyrannical nor unwise to have some legislative action adopted to prevent this grow- ing evil. Sea and River Sishing. V GAME FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. ————— Striped Bass, (Labrax Laneatus.) Trout, (Salmo Fortinalis,) Black Bass, (Centrarchus Fasciatus.) Land-locked Salmon, (Salmo Gloveri. Bluefish, (Vemnodon Saltator.) Salmon, (Salmo Salar.) Sea Trout, (7rutta Marina.) Grayling, (Thymallus Signifer.) Maskinonge. —— ed Salt water fishing is now in its prime, and the Atlantic coast from Buzzard’s Bay to Cape May is swarming with blue- fish, striped bass, and weakfish, besides the other varieties of scarcer or more sluggish fish, such as Spanish mackerel, kingfish, sea bass, black-fish or tautog, porgies, sheepshead, &c. Within the present summer an unusual variety of com- paratively strange fish and heretofore unknown in the wa- ters of the North Atlantic, have made their appearance in this latitude. They are caught in the seines and traps of the market fishermen. We described three of these varities in the last issue of Forrest AND StrREAM. Allare peculiar to the Caribbean Sea and other tropical waters. It is only two years ago that the pompino, a great delicacy of the Louis- ania coast, was first observed here. The drum, sheepshead and kingfish are all recent comers, and even the bluefish was unknown forty yearsago, It would seem that the tem- perature of the water, like that of portions of our globe, is becoming warmer, and that climatic changes are causing this imigration from Southern seas to our own. What are the specific causes, we must leave to hydrographers to de- termine. Although the weakfish does not come-within the category of legitimate game fish, he is a beautiful specimen of the finny tribe, and under conditions presently to be mentioned affords sport of the most exciting and interesting character. This fish is also known as the suckermaug, squeteague, and sea-trout. He is marked by gorgeous spots upon a ground of blue and silver, and by red and yellow fins, which are characteristic of the fresh water trout, and have undoubt- edly given toit the name of ‘‘trout” insome sections. Ordi- narily it is caught by hand-lines fished from a boat. These weakfish come in with the tide in immense shoals, following the small fry upon which they and their con- geners feed, and are caught by the boat-load at half flood, within a few feet of the surface. Bait with a shrimp or shedder, and keep the line constantly in motion, and half the time you will ‘‘jig” them in the belly, tail or side, as the finny mass moves over the hook. Down at the “ Nar- rows” of New York Bay, near Fort Richmond, is a favorite place. In New Haven harbor, and other harbors of the Sound, and especially in the vicinity of Montauk Point, Long Island, they are taken in great numbers. However, no one but market-fishermen and novices take weakfish in this way. ‘They prefer to fish with rods and finer tackle in deeper water along the edges of channels and tide-races, where the rocks or shifting sands form shelves and ledges to which the small fry gather for safety and where bits of oreanic matter are drifted by the tide and deposited. Here the weakfish run singly and much larger in size—four times the weight of those ‘‘ schooling "—coming along under the still water of the ledges where their prey is huddled, and gulp- ing down large masses at a moutful. These big fellows are designated as *‘tide-runners.” They weigh about four pounds, and pull well in a five-knot current. But there is another mode, still, of taking weakfish, of which, verily, many an old fisherman wotteth not. Atten- tion, all! Take a ‘‘cat-rigged” boat, a craft with a main- sail only and mast stepped well forward, one that works quickly, for quick work is required, and go to Fire Island Inlet at half ebb. At half ebb, or when the tide is running out like a mill-tail, is the only time to take them. Should you attempt the experiment on the flood, you would lose your boat and your life. Let there be a good stiff quarter- ing breeze, and now with a steady helm and a good rap full, bear right down on the beach, mounting the very crest of the waves that in ten seconds more will break into shiy- ers on the sand. Keep a quick eye, a steady nerve, anda ready hand. You will take the edge of the swift current where it pours out of the inlet. Fear not the mounting ‘“combers,” or the breaking foam, the tide will bear you back and keep you off the shingle. Right here at the mouth of theinlet, the action of the tide is constantly washing out the sand, andas it is borne down on the current, it presently sinks by its own specific gravity, and gradually piles up until it forms a little ledge a foot high or more, just as the driving snow in winter is borne over the crest of a drift until it forms a counter-scarp, with an apron hanging over the abrupt and perpendicular verge. Right under the edge of this ledge the small fry congregate, and the ‘‘tide-run- ners ” forage for food, Here throw your “squid.” Just now is the critical instant. In two seconds you will either be founding on the beach or surging down on the impetuous current of the strong ebb tide. The breeze is blowing fresh, Up mounts your’ boat on the glassy billow whose crest is foaming just two rods in front, A false move now is ruin- ous. Ready about, harddown yourhelm! Vow/ while she shakes, toss in your ‘‘squid”’ into the deep green brine. There, you have him. Keep her away, and haul in lively. Hurrah! a four-pounder. Lift him over the rail easy; belay your sheet there—steady! Whish! away we go, with wind and tide fair, and a seven knot current, and in a jiffy are swept many rods off from the land, and ready to repeat the manceuvre again. Clear away your line, come about, and charge up to the beach once more. What can be more ex- citing? No time to stop for lunch now. Here we haye all the attractions and excitement of yachting and fishing com. bined, with every sense on the alert and every nerve tautened to fullest tension. Who will dare turn up his nose in con- tempt of weakfishing. Striped bass are rapidly working their way to the south- ward, and along our own and the adjacent shores of New Jersey, a small run of fish that average a pound in weight, have been taken with shrimps or shedders by fishermen while angling for weakfish. Mr. Masters, of the Brooklyn Sport- man’s Emporium, however, took some off Gravesend at the close of last week which ran up to six pounds. In a fort- night the season will be at its height and big fish running, Anglers are having fine sport taking blue-fish with a rod in the vicinity of Fire Island, both inside and outside of the Bay. They are of large size, running from ten to thir- teen pounds. An ordinary two-jointed bamboo bass-rod is used, with float and sinker, and shedder crabs for bait. A wire snell is requisite to prevent the fish from snapping off the lime. Those who have tried it pronounce the sport very exciting. George Evans, Esq., of Brooklyn, returned last week from the Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence river, where he took one hundred and fifty black bass, some of which weighed four pounds. He used a spoon. The Rangely Lake Hatching Association are constructing a hatching house at Rangely Lakes, and have put in 40,000 grown fish. This association will propagate both salmon and trout. The works are very large. Mr, H. O. Stanley, Fish Commissioner of Maine, has just caught a salmon weighing twelve pounds, in the St. Croix river, near Vanceboro, the first taken for forty years in those waters. It was caught with a fly. Members of the Oquossoc Club. took from the Rangely Lake waters in Maine, this season, over 1,000 speckled trout, which averaged a pound apiece. The largest weighed eight pounds. eS A WAIF FROM THE SEA. ae A venerable fisherman who has had sixty years of experi- ence, utters this complaint of the disregard of all amenities among the fishermen of Cape May; Eprror Forest AND STREAM: Fond of the sea in all its majestic beauty, and seeking retirement from the busy world, I launched my little boat from the quiet landing at Yan Gilder’s, on Mill creek, in the town of Seaville, Caye May Co., N. J., one beautiful morning, just as the tide began to ebb, and the sun pushed his radiant portion of a circle above the eastern horizen, and took my crooked, winding course for Townsend’s Inlet. The occasional sudden splash of an eel as he rolled from the bank, or the sweet, clear whistle of the willet, reminded me that I was not alone in the world, though the deep- gorged creeks entirely shut me out from the sight of man, Thus I wended my way across the beach, looking seaward and upward as the breakers foamed and lashed the sand beneath my feet—seaward, as I trembled lest the ocean should forget its jurisdiction, and upward in remembrance of the Divine command, ‘‘ Thus far shalt thou go and no farther.” The sight was grand, as the foam-capped billows came frolicking in like flocks of snowy sheep, and the sea-gulls, with graceful curve of wing, darted beneath the waves in search of prey. One in particular attracted my attention, sailing round and round an eddy, swaying to and fro, as if to watch the graceful motion of some royal fish beneath, . when suddenly down, out of sight, and up again, sailing towards the beach, and, over my head, lo, from its bill there fell at my feet, no fish, but a roll of manuscript, With eager haste 1 opened it and found the following: ‘‘ History of Sir Isaac Walton, the fisherman, from Sir Isaac’s lips before he breathed his last. ‘My ancestors were fishermen of Gallilee, with Pete; James, and John, but my father, Isaac, whose name [ bear, came to this country in 1780, with Lord Cornwallis, who’ landing his army at this inlet and finding the country a trackless desert, detailed Col. Watson with his corps of en- gineers, to open a road_ through to Egg Harbor. The work was quickly but roughly done, without the aid of compass and the British army marched triumphantly through its hegy_ tiful concave bed, amid the shouts and cheers of the people in the vicinity. It wasa crooked road, made without regarq to either lines, curves, or angles, Its sidewalk, equally as well defined as the road, commingled its beautiful irregu- larities with the grades, in manner much like the creeks emptying into the Sound, they having no bottom to the my and it having no bottom to the sand, This road was left 5 the noble English lord as a legacy to the people of Seaville together with many a brave soldier who built it, with the injunction that it should never be altered, amended, or dis- turbed tillthe day when time shall be no more. Hence its present condition. “But to my history. My good, kind, genial old father died at three-score years and ten, full of honor, and full of scales, leaving the little family a small farm with fishin privileges usual in those days, and to me his boat and fishing gear, with the injunction that in all my piscatorial excursions I should strictly adhere to the following rules, viz.: 1gt faithfully study the nature and habits of the fish you seek: 2d, give freely of your catch to your neighbor; 38d, never make a noise .as you near the fishing ground; 4th, never pass your boat over the lines of other fishermen; 5th, anchor your boat even on the tide with other boats; 6th, avoid the com- pany of every man who refuses to observe these rules; 7th, be a gentleman atall times and places; 8th, fool the fish but not yourself. And now, my dear friends, he said, as he cast his eye around the grotto of the mermaids, in which was con- eregated the various tribes of whale, sheesphead, drum, bass, blackfish, mackerel, skate, tautaug, porgee, weakfish, shark, dogs, goody, oysters, shad, stingaree, and,though last but not least, the bluefish, I call you all to witness that I have kept all these rules from my youth up; not one jot or tittle of them have I broken, and I call you also to witness this day how these good rules been broken and trampled on by the fishermen of this region. The citizens of South Sea- ville, it is well known throughout the length and breadth of the land, are hospitable, kind, honest, truthful, religious, sentimental, charitable, not given to tattling, sober, and dis- creet, but the fishermen are shamefully ignorant of the rules and etiquette of fishing, which should, and in other parts of the world do, govern the conduct of every true disciple of mine, In these waters I have been singled as a target to be run over by passing boats; my hooks caught by center-boards; anchors thrown over my lines; boats rushed as near to me as possible in order to frighten a shoal of fish; my kellock has been fished; men, like dogs in the manger, have pur- posely upset my fishing, and when remonstrated with, re- ply, ‘‘fish are not frightened by passing boats, and all old fishermen say so.” These things areso. Yes, the Reach, Seaglies, Brothers, the Sounds, “Ware, Thoroughtare, and a host of places are witnesses to it, and I have been grossly insulted.” To which the whole convention unanimously cried out, ‘‘amen, amen!” and as the last echo of this loud response reverberated through the grotto, the noble stock of the house of Walton gathered up his remaining strength, and rising to his feet exclaimed, with the death rattle sound- ing in his throat: ‘‘ My friends, by reason of these things my days have been shortened. To-day I go the way of all flesh, My last request is that the rules that governed me for three- score years and five, be put up in the mouth of every creek and thoroughfare in this your jurisdiction, so that the way- fisherman, though a fool now, may read and become wise hereatter.”’ ? a 6 SAVING HUMAN LIFE. —— Accidents to fishermen, yachtmen, and sportsmen are so frequent that it is wise that not only they, but the general public should be thoroughly acquainted with all the methods of resuse itatingpersons taken from the water. We copy in full the series of rules published by the execu- tive committee of the Life Saving Society of New York for the treatment of persons who may be rescued from the water in an insensible condition: Roure 1.—To drain off water from the chest and stomach: Instantly strip the patient to the waist. Place him face downward, the pit of his stomach being raised above the level of his mouth by a large roll of clothing placed beneath it, Throw your weight forcibly two or three times, for a moment or two, upon the patient’s back, over the roll of clothing so as to press all the fiuids in the stomach out of the mouth. Rue 2.—To perform artificial breathing: ree turn the patient upon his back, the roll of clothing being so placed beneath as to make the breast-bone the highest point of the body. Kneel beside or astride patient’s hips. Grasp front part of the chest on either side of the pit of the stomach, resting your fingers along the spaces between the short ribs. Brace your elbows against your sides, and steadily grasping and pressing forward and upward, throw your whole weight upon chest, and gradually increasing the pressure while you can count one, two, three. Then, suddenly, let go with a final push, which springs you back to your first position. Rest erect upon your knees while you can count one, two, three: then make pressure again as before, repeating the entire motions at first about four or five times a minute gradually increasing to about ten or twelve times. Use the same regularity as in blowing bellows, and as is seen in natural breathing, which your are imitating. If another person be present, let him, with one hand, by means of a dry piece of linen, hold the tip of the tongue out of one corner of the mouth, and, with the other hand grasp both wrists and pin them to the eround above the patient’s head. i After-treatment,—After breathing has become natural, dry the patient briskly. Wrap him in blankets only, and let him be kept perfectly quiet. Provide free circulation of air. Give brandy and water—a teaspoonful every five minutes the first half hour, and afterward occasionly as may seem expedient. 1. Avoid delay. A moment may turn the scale for life or death. Dry eround, shelter, stimulants, &c., at this moment are nothing—artificial breathing is everything—is the one remedy—all others are secondary. If the breathing has just ceased, asmart slap on the face or stomach will sometimes start it again, and may be tried incidentally, : 2 Prevent friends from crowding around the patient and excluding cur- rents of air; also from attempting administration of any stimulant be- fore the patient is-well able to swallow; the first promotes suffocation, the second fatal choking. 38 Avoid impatience of results. Any time within two hours, you may be on the very threshold of success, without there being any sign of it. In suffocation from smoke, coal-gas, or other poisonous gases, as also in hanging, proceed in the same way asfor drowning, but omit Rule No. 1. In case of sun-stroke lay the patient in the shade, in free current of alt; loosen the clothing, raise the head slightly, and pour upon ita small stream of cool water. ; The following important suggestions to bathers are also given by the society; Avoid entering the water within two hours after a meal; or when ex- hausted from any cause; or when the body is cooling after perspiration. stay in the water usually not more than fifteen minutes. FOREST AND STREAM. 27 Leave the water always and dress with promptness, and dress at once. Do it immedately on suffering from chilliness, especially if there be numbness of hands and feet. The best time for bathing for strong persons is before breakfast. For the young or weakly the best time is two or three hours after break- ast. Bathing should be entirely avoided by those in whom it habitually causes faintness, giddiness, or disagreeable palpitation of the heart. Exposures of the head to the sun during bathing is attended with special danger of sun-stroke. he proper method of bringing a drowning man to shore is to approach the drowning man from behind. Seize him with your left hand by the hair, coat-collar, or shoulder. Turn him upon his back, and then place his head upon your chest, and, with your right arm free, swim upon your back to the laad. (If by the left hand alone it be too difficult to turn him upon his back, apply, in addition, the right hand to his right shoulder, and the turning will be easily accomplished . If he be conscious, encourage him and direct him to straighten out his legs. If the drowning man be out of sight under the water, watch carefully for the rising of a bubble upon the surface; he will usually be found directly below it. Pachting and Boating HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK, DATE. BOSTON. NEW YORK CHARLESTON ly 14k by, h. m. August 21, 10 55 7 39 6 55 - ae 7 li 34 8 15 fe Be! % 23, morn. 8 54 8 09 - 24, 0 09 9 30 8 44 & 25, QO 44 10 04 9 18 oR 26, 1 18 10 36 9 52 " 27, 1 52 ih 22 10. 29 The storm of last week interfered sadly with the pro- gramme of the New York Yacht Club, now on its annual cruise. It kicked up an ugly sea on Long Island Sound, and compelled the yachts to run into the several harbors for shelter, where they remained for two days weather- bound. None of the skippers felt inclined to improve the opportunity thus afforded to test the sea-going qualities of their jaunty craft, but preferred to lay snugly at their chains under the lee of the land. The daily press have very unjustly, we think, joined in chaffing these amateur tars and jolly yachtsmen for their lack of pluck in declin- ing to weather out the storm. We much doubt if these writers have any idea of the nasty chop which can be kicked up on the Sound, and we fancy if they had been in the places of those they so glibly ridicule they would have done precisely as they did, and put for harbor. If they didn’t they ought to. It is better to do this than to start your seams and lose your top hamper. As the pursuit of the squadron is pleasure, and not a cruise in the high lati- tudes or across the Atlantic, it seems reasonable that the sailing masters and owners should choose a clear sky and a smooth sea, even at the risk of being called ‘‘fair weather sailors.” Weare free to affirm that it was by no means a lack of courage or seamanship that made them seek secu- rity, as the sailing masters and crews are picked men from the mercantile marine of the world, and no one will gainsay but that the owners are at times recklessly daring, We must all recollect that even in these prosperous times the richest of us dislikes to have a brand new set of racing sails split to ribbons just on the eve of the greatest regatta, as regards cups, purses, &c., ever held at Newport. Most all of the yachts carried two sets of sails, one for cruising and the other for racing, and the majority of the yachts that sought good anchorage were in good racing trim. What would some of our roadsters think of trotting out their light wagons over stony roads, or through deep mud, to test the strength of their wheels and axles, the wind and bottom of their fast steppers, and their own pluck to en- dure a cold and pelting rain-storm? ‘How high is dat ?” The New York Yacht Squadron started again, August 18, from Newport on a cruise. It was the intention to anchor overnight at Oak Bluffs, one of the worst anchorages on-the coast with the prevailing wind. The weather again was very dirty and stormy, and after cruising for an hour or so, several of the yachts coming to grief, the commodore very properly signalled from the flag-ship the order to re. turn to Newport. The stragglers came in one by one, and reported on board the flag-ship for consultation, The schooners Alarm, Resolute, Madeleine, Tarolinta, Rambler, Columbia, Tidal Wave, Josephine, Idler, Foam, Eva, and Clio, and the sloops Vision and Vindex were represented. Talking over the morning sail the damage was found to be considerable. The Columbia had snapped her main gaff, the Vindex sprung her mainmast, the Vixen sprung aleak in her sternport, and the Eva parted her starboard shroud. After some little discussion, it was decided for the present to give up the visit to Martha’s Vineyard, and a telegram to that effect was immediately despatched to the proprietor of the Sea View House. The Bennett and Douglass cups will be sailed for to-day. If the races are all concluded by Friday night the fleet will leave on Saturday morning for the Vineyard, and return to Newport on Tuesday. The following yachts have entered for the Bennett cup:— Tarolinta, Madeleine, Tidal Wave, Idler, Foam, Alarm, Eva, Clio, and perhaps the Madgie. The boats will start from an imaginary line between Fort Adams and the Dumplings, and sail around Block Island buoy and return. The New Rochelle Yacht Club have become an incor- porated body, and leased Huckleberry Island in the Sound, near the shore. They are about to build a handsome club- house and dock, to cost about $6,000. The club comprises about twenty yachts, and doubtless will meet with the suc- cess it deserves. The fourth annual regatta of the Charlestown Yacht Club took place August 18, off Long Island. Twelve boats entered. The course for first-class yachts was fifteen miles and for second-class twelve miles. Mystery took the first prize, an elegant silver pitcher, and Daion the second prize. In the second-class Bullbow took the first prize and Odd Fellow the second. Oenter-board boats, Lilley took the first prize, and Napoleon the second. The Atalanta boat club held their twenty-fifth annual regatta, and the first regatta on the Harlem river, on Satur- day, August 16th. The weather looked ominous in the morning, and deterred many friends of the Atalanta’s from participating in the favorite pastime. At twelve o’clock the sun poured down with a vengeance. Many members going down by rail swelled the number on board the steamer (N. Seymour) and barge to almost 600. Take the regatta as a whole it was a great success; take it as an exhibition of rowing, it was scarcely satisfactory; the course should al- ways be kept as clear as possible, the starting point dis- tinctly seen, and the starter heard by pistol shot other- wise. The first race senior sculls; entries: J, C. O’Neil, ma- jenta and lavender; E, Blake, red and crimson; Eben Losee, purple and red. Distance two miles. Losee took the start, and was fouled by Blake, who upset; O’Neil gave up rowing, and Losee won at good pace, making the distance in fourteen minutes fifty seconds. The second race junior sculls; entries, James Goodrich, George Young, W. A. Penny, and E. Mills. . George Young took the first prize, and W. A. Penny the second prize, the gold cross. The third race, two eight-oared barges entered; the fol- lowing crews came to starting point. Columbia—W. Knight, BH. Mills, Jr., W. C. Mainland, W. A. Penny, P. C. Benja- min, E, Losee, C. D. Zachman, W. H. Shear, stroke, J. B. Burrell, coxswain. Atalanta—W. T. Mook, J. Withey, A. RK. Haddock, H. R. Goodrich, M. B. Cox, George Young, W. E. Silken, C Earwicher, stroke, A. $8. Swain, coxswain. The Columbia crew took the lead and maintained it throughout, wining easily by three lengths. The fourth race; married vs. single. The married men had previously won twenty years in succession, but failed to obtain their majority. Married—A. 8. Swain, Van Zandt, A. Handy, T. Van Radin, stroke. Single—E. Blake, H. B. Leroy, C. 8. Osborn, J. C. O'Neill, stroke. This race was for the champion flag of the club. O’Neill’s crew had their oars first inthe water, and gained a decided start, which they kept up until finish, coming in some four lengths ahead. Between the races of the Atalanta’s the Gulick entered four single sculls, John Bryson, W. H. Sear, Thomas Moore, and J. A. Kobbe, who rowed for the cham pion badge of the club, valued at $150, to become the final property of the winner, as the ‘‘old Gulicks” are about to disband. The younger members propose organizing a new club in the spring. This race was won with perfect ease by John Bryson, who becomes the happy possessor of the champion badge. On coming home the sight down the river was very pic. turesque; the shores lined with people, and the several boating clubs sent their single sculls, pair-oars, gigs, eight and ten oared barges to enliven the beautiful scene. On passing Randall’s Island, Wallace’s full band struck up ‘*Hail Columbia,” boys and children lining the shores, and with their shrill voices giving us a parting salute, The Saratoga Rowing Association hold a grand national regatta on September 11th and 12th. It is open to all recog- nized amateur boating associations in the United States and Dominion of Canada. Entries must be made on or before September Ist, Saratoga lake, as everybody knows, is a lovely sheet of water, and has an unobstructed course of five miles straight away. Asan evidence of good faith on the part of clubs entering their boats an entrance fee of $20 will be required, to be returned if the boat entered draws into line. The distance in the single, double, and paired oared races will be two miles. In the four-oared shell race the distance will be three miles—one anda half miles and return. The total value of the prizes is $3,000. Amateurs only will be allowed to row. John Kyle, foot of 1338rd street, East river, is finishing a new boat for the Harlem River Rowing club; the boat is built of white cedar, Spanish cedar upper streak, forty feet long, three feet seven inches beam, sliding seats. Weight 180 pounds. George Brown of Halifax, and John A. Biglin of New York, will row an ‘‘ Internationsl Scullers’ race,” two and a half miles and return in Halifax harbor, Thursday, August 28th, for $1,000 aside. Itis the intention of Biglinif he wins, to challenge the champions of the Tyne and the Thames, in England. The following are the rules adopted by the Stewards for the government of the International regatta, to take place next month near St. John, New Brunswick. We print them, more particularly to serve the future use of those who may like to defer to the judgment of professionals and hon- orable experts in regatta rules to be adopted: 1. The races shall take place on the Kennebecasis River, on the usual regatta course, on the 17th day of September; or should the weatucr on that day prove unfavorable, on the first suitable day, thereafter. 2. All races shall be started in the following manner; The starter on being satisfied that the competitors are ready, shall give the signal to start. 3. If the starter considers the start’ false, he shall at once recall the boats to their first staions, and any boat refusing to start again shall be distanced. 4, No fouling, whatever, shall be allowed. 5. It is in the province of the umpire, when appealed to, but not before, to Reems afoul. The boat decided by him to haye fouled shall be dis- tanced. 6, It shall be considered a foul when, after the race has commenced, any competitor by his boat, oar, or person, comes in contact with the oar, boat er person of another competitor, and nothing else shall be consid- ered a foul. 7, Any boat taking another’s (boats) water does so at his own peril, and it shall be held thata boat's own water is the straight course from its starting point to its turning point. 8. Hach boat shall turn its awn buoy, the turn to be made in shere toward Rothesay: 9. If in any race in which more than two boats start a foul takes place, and the boat adjudged by the umpire to have been fouled reaches the turning point first, the race shall be decided as the boats come in; but if the boat fouled does not come in first, or if the umpire is unable to de- cide which boat has committed the foul, the race shall be rowed over again, unless the umpire shall decide that the boat which came in first had sufficient lead at the moment of the foulto warrant it having the race assigned to it. 4 10. Whenever the umpire shall direct a race to be rowed over again, any boat refusing to row again shall be distanced. i1. Every boat shall stand by its own accidents. 12. The decisions given by the umpire shall be final, and there shall be no appeal therefrom, When the affair comes off, another batch of regulations will be issued by which the affairs of the regatta shall be governed . Shot Gun and Aifle. GAME IN SEASON FOR AUGUST. Woodcock, Scolopax fusticola; Esquimaux Curlew, Neanenius Borealis, Primated Grouse. Tetrao Cupido, Blue ‘Grouse of Weshington Territory, Tetrao Ccesius, and all kinds of Bay birds, including the Godwit, Lismo- sine, Curlew, Numenius Arquata, Plover, Charadraius, and Sandpipers, Tringine. Also such kind of wild fowl as are strong of wing. Jeet pe one Under this head last week an unfortunate blunder was made by inadvertently changing the captions of two articles that had been prepared, the one for pinnated grouse, aud the other for ruffed grouse. It now stands corrected. The weather during the early part of our current week was decidedly bad for shooting, storms of more or less violence prevailing from Maine to Minnesota, which drove the birds to close cover. If there is anything a dainty bird dislikes it is to get his plumage wet. By this time, however, they have probably shaken out their feathers and are on the wing again, An almost endless variety of birds is found on the shores and inlets of Long Island and New Jersey. The best feeding grounds are Pelican bar, South bay; Ege Har- bour, Montauk point, Forked rivers near Barnegat, several promontories near Stonington, Conn., Currituck Inlet, N, C., and Cobb’s Island on the Eastern shore of Virgin- ia. At the two latter named places, shooting commences early in September. The Godwit commonly called ‘‘Mar- lin” are getting scarcer every year. It is a very noisy bird and has an odd shrill cry that sounds like ‘‘yrutto” rapidly repeated; they are very strong on the wing, of a light grey color, and feed in bogs and marshes near the sea shore, have four eggs, and are very delicious as a table bird. Curlew are generally very abundant and breed in high, hilly, and sandy grounds. The nest is very slight and usually contains four eggs, placed with the small ends to- gether. These birds have a singular way of just keeping out of gun-shot, and rise with a mournful cry, alarming every bird within hearing, thus spoiling the sport among the Wiletts, as at certain seasons they frequently associate with one another. The best decoy is to tie a dark band- anna handkerchief on the top of a small stick, the gunner lying concealed behind some dry drift wood, waiving the decoy and imitating their cry from time to time. It is not thought highly of as a table bird, but when properly cooked with a little lemon, and good cayenne, it is not to be de- spised, The plover (several species) have a singular habit when alighting on the ground in the breeding time; they drop their wings, stand with their legs half bent, and trembling as if unable to support their bodies. In this absurd position they will sometimes stand for several minutes, uttering a curious sound, and then seem to balance themselves with ereat difficulty. This singular maneuvre is no doubt in- tended to induce a belief that they may be easily caught and so turn the attention of the egg-gatherer from the pursuit of the eggs to themselves. Plovers’ eggs are recognized all over the world asa great delicacy. The Wiletts, yellow legs and Sandpipers have so often been described that most of our readers are familiar with their habits. The first flight of these birds was seen August 7th, by Cornelius Bennett, from his yacht ‘‘ Mystic,” B. Y. ©C., Freeport, South side L. I. The most successful way to shoot these birds is as follows: If possible, go out early in the morning on a high flood tide, taking care to select along narrow sand-bar that is not covered at high water, and one that juts out from the main land; gather some dry drift-wood and build a small blind, scooping out the sand. You can then put out a few stools about twenty-five yards from the blinds on the edge of high water, and commence to imitate their whistle; if the wind should be blowing on shore and the tide likely to be very high, the sand bars will be all covered and the birds, having no place to alight, fly backwards and forwards across this point waiting for the tide to recede. Never pick up the Wwing-tipped ones, as they act as nature’s decoys; they flutter their wings, uttering shrill whistles, and bring down hun- dreds of others to see ‘‘ what is the matter.” Now is the time to let them have it, as you generally can kill several dozens in the next halfhour. Another plan is to sail leisurely down on the birds as they are feeding on the bars; but if there are any Curlew there, look out, as it is necessary to re- main perfectly still and hide yourself. The slightest over- sight on the part of the sportsmen to observe these laws, the Curlew will instantly give the alarm and your sport is nil. With everything in your favor, tides, wind, slightly foggy weather, the shooting at Curlew is generally at long range, Now and then you may get a crack at them as they fly over at forty yards or so. Your clothes should be of a marsh-grass, or sedge color. Always have the barrels of your gun well “‘ browned;” use a ten bore, four and a half drams of powder, and one and a quarter ounces of No. '/ shot, a pair of rubber boots and a light rubber blanket, For the smaller bay snipe you can use No. 10 shot and upwards, 28 FOREST AND STREAM. according to their size. For Plover, if you have a fine re- trieving spaniel, take him along. There never was better weather for bay-shooting than the cloudy days that followed the storm, and several Brook- lyn experts at once improved the opportunity on chosen ground. Dr. Aten andthe Pike brothers went to Shinne- cook, Messrs Thompson and Wingert to Barnegat, and Mr. Mermier and friend to South Oyster Bay. All met with indifferent success. PINNATED GRovusE.—Among the many families of the Grouse species the Pinnated Grouse, or Prairie chicken, is undoubtedly the most numerous, and are to be found in the North Western States in almost incredible numbers. The color of the Pinnated Grouse is mottled, with black, white and brown, the male bird having two small wing-like append- ages on the neck, (hence pinnated) streaked with black, and brown, and a semicircular comb of orange-colored skin over each eye. They are great fighters, dashing at each other with more display than effect, and with little or no damage done on either side. The length is nineteen inches. This bird is found.in open plains on which are a few trees, and taking to the scrub oak for shelter. The nestis composed of grasses and leaves, built on the ground under the shelter of a bush. The eggs are brownish white and from ten to fif- teen in number. The great increase of this description of bird is owing to the immense wheat fields which have been sown during the last ten years in the West, where they assemble in packs, and are the gleaners of the harvest. There has always been a great dispute among sportsmen as to the which of the two dogs is the better, the pointer, or the setter. The former it is true, will hold his early train- ing longer than the latter, as if the setter has been on chain a long time, his courage is so high that he will show a little wildness, while a thoroughly broken pointer may be depended on from season to season, unless he is spoiled by bad shoot- ing. Our advice is, if you have an extraordinary dog of either kind, take him along; if not, the farmers in the neigh- borhood of good Prairie chicken grounds have always fair dogs, and are only too happy to go along and afford you every amusement. Another great desideratum is the dress; always wear that color and texture which will least attract the at- tention of the grouse and be most comfortable to the wearer, At this season of the year the birds are in packs. You can shoot a twelve bore breech-loader with No. 7 shot. Later on, as the birds get wild and separated, a ten bore gun and No. 5 shot will answer better. Chicago is the city to start from, as so many favored local- ities diverge from this point, but at either of the undermen- tioned places you can have good shooting, and what is half the battle, a hearty welcome. Belle plains, Iowa, 274 miles from Chicago, C. & N. W. R. R., Elk Horn, Wisconsin, where the Greenhead Sportsman’s Club have thei head- quarters, and would be happy to show any gentleman sports- men their grounds &c., Prescott, on the St. Croix river, Pearce Co. Wisconsin, is par excellence the place to make your headquarters. You can then hunt through the counties of Polk, Dunn and Barron, where you will find the Pinnated Grouse in great abundance, and other varieties of game in their seasons. Accounts of Pinnated Grouse shooting in our issues from week to week. BLuE Grouszr.—We can say very little about this mag- nificent and delicious bird as distinguished from the Pinnated Grouse of the Western States, its habits being similar, though in size it is much larger. It abounds in vast num- bers in the woods and immense open barrens near the Strait of Fuca. Their food is of such a luscious nature that the description is barely credible. Whortleberries of a size, color, rich fruity flavor such as we never dream of in these localities, and the raspberry, or salmon-berry, as they are | called, of two kinds, both of large size and very prolific. One variety is of the most gorgeous deep scarlet, and the other a soft delicate shade of amber, such as nature only can bestow on her fruits. Some very fine trap-shooting was done at ‘‘ Nelson’s” in Flatbush, last Saturday, by prominent amateurs of Brook- lyn, whose names we are requested not to give. The fol- owing is the score: dy See ead pe aelot dos MP cise eesteeek er eer lien | eels 1e=—kC WSS 38 oscar at eee Soin pt Hifi Sb Natt Cl Male Walgett Sah, Ea ADP Oe = AE SRS tet oer Th) Gb a) “al gg Sl SP a ah th 8) [t would be difficult to beat B’s string. On Saturday there is to be a gentlemen’s test at the traps, a Deerfoot Park, Coney Island road. Some twenty-one good shooters will participate. Messrs. Madison and Browne have just made a target with the Remington rifle as follows: Conditions—two feet target, eight inch bullseye, 160 yards, and thirty-seven to the string. The target showed eighteen bullseyes, and only four outers. Mr. Madison’s last seven shots were on the lower right hand corner of the bullseye, in a diameter of three inches. The Marquis of Lorne is a crack shot at Wimbledon, and this month, Lord de Grey struck the deer twice in the heart with a double barrelled rifle while it was passing once. —The question of the room occupied by the deer in Eng- land, has been quite a subject of controversy of late. Jt has been ‘ound that they displaced 400,000, sheep, but of this number only a fractional part of the sheep could have been brought to market, —— | Cl The Athletic club foot of 138rd street, East river, will “hold another meeting on Saturday, August 26th. There will be walking, running races, &c. It is very probable that Mr. Buermayer and M. Burris will run again for the 100 yards challenge medal, both of the men having won t twice. Che Horse and the Course. Utica Trortine Races.—Second annual meeting took place, on August 12th. Weather very bad towards the afternoon, with heavy showers, First race, for a purse of $4,000; ior horses that had never beaten 2:34: $2,000 for the first, $1,000 to the second, and $600 for the third, and $400 for the fourth horse. Mile heats; the best three in five, in harness. M. Goodlin’s bay gelding, Stewart Maloney, won the three last heats. Time 2:34, 2:333, and 2:37. The second race was the great event of the day: fora purse of $5,000, for horses that had never beaten 2:27. There were eleven entries, eight horses coming to the post. Won by A. Goldsmith’s bay gelding, Gloster, in three straight heats. Time 2:234, 2:24$, 2:24. August 15th.—The races on this day were those which had been postponed on the 13th and 14th, in consequence of the rain. The park was thronged. The first was for horses that had never beaten 2:21, for $6,000, mile heats, best three in five in harness. There were five horses starting, Judge- Fullerton, Sensation, Camors, Lucille Golddust. Gloster, withdrawn. Fullerton won the first heat, in 2:22; the second in 2:234, the third heat, he is said to have trotted the half mile in 1;04%, the fastest mile on record, and would have won the heat, had not Lucille Golddust crossed him, while rounding the turn on the home-stretch. The fourth heat, Fullerton fell behind, and it looked as if he would be distanced, when with a noble effort, he made for the front and gaining at every stride, won the heat and race in 2:254. The second race was for $2,500, for horses that had never beaten 2:50. Won by Budd Noble’s bay mare, Clementine, in three straight heats, 2:30, 2:294 2:314. August 16th,—A purse of $6,000 was trotted for, by horses that had never beaten 2:30. Five entries. Won by Frank Van Ness’ bay gelding, St. James, in three straight heats. Time 2:252, 2:252, 2:30. The last heat was slower, it being trotted in a heavy rain storm. Second race; purse of $5,000; for horses that had never beaten 2:24. Eleven entries. Won by A. Goldsmith’s bay gelding, Gloster, in three straight heats. As Gloster won three straight heats on the 12th of August, this double event, is we think without a parallel in the history of the turf. Time 2:24, 2:22%, 2:264. It must be remembered that the track was in the worst possible condition from the rain storm. ; SaraToga.—August 15th.—First race, three year old sweep-stakes. Two entries. Little’s Fellowcraft, and Lewis & Co's. Jere Johnson. The auctioneer horse was withdrawn, and Felloweraft walked over. The second raee was for $500, for two year olds; six started, Won by Dublin, by four lengths. Time 1:48}. Third race Free Handicap for all ages. Purse $600. One and one-half mile dash; six entries. Won by Merodac by six lengths. Time 2:463. August 16th.—First race, purse $500, One and one-eighth mile, free handicap for all ages. Wonby Eolus. Time 2:24. The second race was fora purse of $3,000; four mile heats, for all ages; $2,500 to the winner, $500 for the second horse, and entrance $50 to the third. The following horses started: Bessie Lee, Arizona, Hubbard, and Viley. First heat won by Arizona, onelength in advance, Tlme 7:653. A remarkably good heat in every respect. Second heat, Arizona again came in winner. Time 8:284. Third race was for $500; one and three-fourth miles to be run. Three horses started, Business winning by three lengths. Tlme 3:123. Lone Brancu.—Second annual West End Jockey Club, was held August 16th. The First race was for the gentlemen’s subscription cup, mile heats, the best two in three, for gentlemen Jocks only. Entries: Impecunious ridden by Mr. Frank Durand. Lord Jersey, by Mr. John 8. Hoey, Jerold, by Mr. F. B. Stout- enburgh. Won by Jerold. Time 1:574, second heat 2:02. The next event was the Ladies’ cup, between gentlemen’s hacks, ridden by gentlemen Jocks. Five entries. Modoc, ridden by Mr. Charles Willis, Jack Horner, by Mr. Frank Durand, Golddust, by Mr. J. P. Remington, Lord Mon- mouth, Mr. J. Hoey. Distance one, mile. This race was badly bungled. Somebody rung the bell which started off a portion of the riders. Modoc parted with his rider, at the false start. The race was eventually won by Jack Hor- ner, Thesame day another purse was subscribed for on the ground, to be ridden for by gentlemen, who started their horses, under the misapprehension, caused by the false start, which was won by Mr. C. H. Townsend’s Rummy, Time 2:184. August 18.—Rain, rain, rain, Purse of $3,000 for horses that had never beaten 2:38. Twelve horses started of which six were distanced. Hart’s little Longfellow winning 2:384, 2:384, 2:391. Same day, purse $1,500 for five-year-olds and under. Wilson’s Kate Bennett won in three straight heats, 2:33, 2:38, 2:41. Last race, purse $6,000, free to all; four horses entered; Goldsmith won in three straight heats, 2:25, 2:274, 2:344. August 20th.—One hundred and sixty horses have been entered, for the extra meeting on Friday and Saturday. The gentlemen at Long Branch, have offered a silver ‘punch bowl, valued at a thousand dollars, for the best amateur race, with amateur rider, during the meeting. Smugeler, ‘‘ the great Kansas trotter,” is on his way to the Prospect Park grounds, where this fall he will be en- tered for the large purses. The St. Louis Democrat says it has been asserted that he has frequently trotted a mile in- side of 2:20, and this on the Olathe track, which is said to be a few yards over a milein length. He is a large, power- ful bay, seven years old, and sixteen hands high. meeting The Cheyenne Leader makes an appeal for the preserva- tion of the buffalo from indiscriminate slaughter. Last year, 200,000 were killed for their skins alone. The exten- sion of railroads has given the hunters an opportunity to drive the buffaloes into comparatively restricted districts, and thus they are penned and shot down, and tens of thous- ands of carcasses are left rotting on the ground. The de- struction has been so great that the market has been seriously affected. —Rosicrucian, sold at Middle Park, Eltham, last month, was started at 5,000 guineas and fetched 6,200 guineas, Athletic Pastimes. CROQUET. —<$$——_<_<— HAT a steadfast hold croquet has ! Go where you may you will find its votaries. The noble expanses of our parks, the tiny garden lawns, even the sea side beaches are studded thick with arches, and the pleasant click of the mallet and ball resounds through the air. Thereis a deal of the private, inner life in the preparation of the game, which is unrecorded. Who is it that looks never so eagerly in the morning paper for the weather report? Surely that lithe and winsome lassie has no ships at sea; no lover on the raging main? She is scanning the columns to find ont whether the afternoon will be clear and fair, for she hag g mighty match of croquet to play to-day, a match, it is true, which was commenced as long ago asthe first pleasant May day, but which is still undecided ; and then the toilette, the dainty skirts, the jaunty hat, the tidy boots—all inte- gral parts of thegame. ‘‘So glad,” (we overheard the other day one fair speaker saying to her friend on the croquet ground)—‘‘so glad that those dreadfully huge bunchy skirts are out of style, for how could we, dear, play croquet in those old inflated Jupes ?”. And just then she took her turn with the mallet and made an excellent hit on her adyer- sary’s ball; then the pretty foot came into play. The neat- est possible instep stood balancing on her enemy’s ball, and the next moment whack it sounded as with vigorous wrist and sturdy stroke she sent her enemy’s ball clear across the ground! Watch, too, those little boys, bending under the weight of the croquet box as they are tugging it along, and the mother and the two daughters and the gentlemen who follow—that is the idylic type of croquet playing. Think of the enthusiastic lady, who plays after sundown, groping for the balls—or the inventive lady, who vows she will have calcium lights to illuminate her croquet ground with the next time the moon disappoints her. Croquet is a good game, principally because it combines within itself suffi- cient healthy exercise with skill, and above all is a sociable game. But is it the only out-door sport ladies can enjoy ? Why the gentler sex play at golf in England, and amuse themselves wonderfully at it. They are going to have (these charming English ladies) a golf tournament shortly. It isa game presenting no great difficulties, and can be learnt as readily as croquet. Then there is archery, now almost forgotten in the United States, though practiced in Canada. Why should we not revive it? It will be the pleasant task of the Forrest AND STREAM to use its best endeavors to resuscitate female archery, Requiring no ex- cesive exertion, combining with itself the most refined and elegant associations, the bow seems to us specially adapted to relieve the sedentary occupations to which our women are still far too much devoted. CRICKET. i A FINE game of cricket was played on Saturday, Au- gust 16th, between the St. George’s, of this city, and the Staten Island club. The day was all that could be de- sired, and notwithstanding the late heavy rains the ground was in fair condition. Some of the St. George’s men made a good stand at the bat, and the bowling of Brewster (Stat- en Island club) was above the average. The St. George's club will have to look to their laurels on the arrival of the “United St. Louis eleven.” The St. George’s won the game with a score of 91 to the Staten Island club’s 388. The United St. Louis eleven will arrive here on the 9th of September, and most likely play the St. George’s and other clubs on the four following days. The Manhattan club go to Boston next week to play the Walthams. The St. George’s play the Boston and Waltham clubs on August 28th and 30th at Boston, Massachusetts. The St. George’s club was organized in the year 1840. The greatest difficulty with them of late years has been to find a piece of land within easy distance of the city sufli- ciently large to make a good wicket and to play on. Their grounds at West Ninth street, Hoboken, are in good condi- tion, and several improvements have been made since the last season. Weare likely to have some exciting times be- fore the season closes, as the St. Louis and St. Geerge’s clubs of St. Louis have picked a strong eleven from both clubs, to be called ‘‘The United eleven of St. Louis,” and purpose starting immediately to play matches with the various clubs of the Northern cities and Canada. The St. George’s, of New York, start the latter end of the week to play matches with the Waltham and Boston clubs, W. G. Grace, Esq., of England, in a late match, Gentle- men vs. Players, made in his first “inning 158 runs. The Player’s (professional cricketers) total runs were only 106; thus Mr. Grace beat the players off his own bat in the three first innings, a feat never performed before in the annals of cricket. oo The National Amateur Gymnastic and Athletic Tourna- ment Association was organized for the purpose of devel- oping the taste for athletic pastimes. Its principal aim 1s to bring amateur athletes together for friendly contests. Athletic clubs, college and public gymnasiums, and lifting cure establishments are invited to send their best men. It is proposed to hold a grand tournament on November 8th, and to offer many small prizes, so that a large number may haveja chance of winning than have it confined _to a few. FOREST AND STREAM. 29 To-day, August 2ist, Is held the annual meeting of the Calendonians at Myrtle avenue park, Brooklyn. There are no sports more truly athletic, or calculated to test and mani- fest the latent nerve power and muscle, than these ancient Scottish games, which always attract large crowds of spec- tators. The athletes sometimes exhibit wonderful feats of strength and agility, and we expect to receive a startling record from the field in the matter of putting the stone, throwing the hammer and tossing the caber. The hercu- lean performances of the great champion, Downie, are almost beyond belief. The pastor of a certain Congregational Church in Pater- son, New Jersey, is aboutjto be dismissed, a morning paper states. He is thus described :—‘‘He is a talented but erratic young man, a devotee of tobacco, a favorite with the girls, a singer in a quartet, and an active member of a base ball nine. He also writes poetry and plays chess. The old- fashioned members of the church are now looking for an old man who has had the smallpox, and who is too stiff to make the distance between the bases.” Saturday, the 16th, was a gala day for the base ball play- ers. A sharp contest for the championship took place at Philadelphia between the Athletic and Washington clubs, which the former won by ascore of 14to0. The fielding on both sides was excellent, but the effective pitch- ing and batting of the Athletics won them the game. On the same day there was a base-ball match at the Capi- toline Grounds, Brooklyn, between representatives of the chess clubs of that city and this. The game was played with remarkable skill for amateurs. Several distinguished chess players participated. On the same day an exciting contest took place at Chicago between the Boston and Philadelphia clubs, in which the Bostons were victorious by a score of 11 to8. Over 3,000 persons witnessed the game. In the game between the Mutuals, of New York, and the Atlantics, of Brooklyn, played at the Union grounds, Brook- lyn, on Saturday, the New Yorkers won by a score of 12 to 4. Also, the same day, there was a wrestling match at New Haven between Homer Lane, of New York, and William L. Kennedy, of New Haven, for $500 a side. First and third fall for Kennedy, and the victory. There was a foot race on Saturday at Providence, R. I. The contests were all for short distances, one of 500 yards, . one of 150, and the others 100 yards. Hirst race.—Henry Crandall, of Queen City, Mo., and J. A. Stratton, of Fall River, Mass.. 200 yards, for $500 a side. Crandall winner by twelve feet. Time 214 seconds. Second race.—John Smith, of Providence, and John Mc- Mann, of Pawtucket; 150 yards, $100 a side. Smith win- ner by two feet. Third race.—W. A. Kendrick, Mt. Sterling, Ill., and John Allison, of Providence, 100 yards, $250 aside. Won by Allison by two feet in ten seconds. Btlilitary Hews. UL: is nevertheless a fact, say what you will, that promo- tions in the army are few and far between, particularly in peace times. Occasionally, it is true, some good man enters the army and after long service, or some act of gallantry on the frontier, obtains a strap if he passes the required examination ; but the promotion of enlisted men is rather an exception than arule, not only in our army but all ar- mies. But few, fortunately, enter the service with the idea of rising to a commission, the majority enlisting for the mere sake of a livelihood, others for an adventure, and others again, we regret to say, as a means of covering crime or of flight from civil justice. The army draws to itself some of the worst classes, we are free to say—men whose ambition never reaches the grade of a commissioned Officer. The positions of second lieutenants, to some extent, are filled from civil life, and when such vacancies exist, after the assignment of the West Point graduates, sometimes twenty applications are made for each vacancy. These vacancies are generally filled by the sons of officers, intel- ligent department clerks, etc., the number from the ranks ofthe army being invariably in the minority instead of the majority, as it should be, if encouragement for faithful performance of duty is to be the rule in the army. Re- cently the President selected some forty names from a list of about 400 applicants for appointments as second lieuten- ants in the regular army, and the majority of these were selected as above stated, Yet in this little batch there were some promotions from the ranks, and even a Modoc volun- teer (a private) was recommended for a commission. These promotions are well worthy of publication, we therefore append them, as follows :—Commissary Sergeant William Allen, at Camp Apache, A. T.; Frank 8, Hinkle, sergeant of company A, Fifth Infantry ; James L. Murray, an en- listed man of the army; William C. Roundy, sergeant of the Twenty irst Infantry; John Sheldon, sergeant-major of the Second Infantry; Sergeant Theo. Smith, of the sig- nal corps; Fred. Theiss, sergeant of M company, Seventh Cavalry, and last, but not least, in these ‘“‘hot spells,” James C. Winters, a Modoc volunteer. This list shows that less than one-quarter only of these promotions are made from the ranks. This ought not to be so, still the inferior char- acter of the men generally enlisted has much to do with this. The subjugation of the ‘‘Peace Commission” Modocs, after a somewhat protracted campaign, does not seem to have settled the Indian question, if the latest news from the fronticr is any indication of the peaceful inclinations of these poetical Lo’s! These noor fellows are roaming about attacking unprotected settlements, stealing horses, etc., and never missing a chance to take a scalp. One of their nice little bands has been making some fun in the vicinity of Fort McKavett, Lieutenant Wheeler, of the Second Cavalry, with forty men, went after the inhuman murderers of Mrs. Richards and Miss Hall, tn the Wind River Valley, some few weeks since, but missed their trail, it having been washed away by the rains. This detachment, however, in the opinion of Colonel Brockett, of the Second Cavalry, was altogether too small, and would have undoubtedly been overpowered had they fallen in with the Indians, who were reported a good force, This detachment (company B) of the Second has had severe scouting service, and the force in the vicinity of Fort Stambaugh, W. T., and other posts on the frontier should be largely increased if the Govern- ment ever expects to check Indian depredations. Our little detachments in the Indian country have extended lines to protect, and, restrained as they are by the peace policy of the Government, stand a small chance against the Indians. General Crook has somewhat settled the Indian business in Arizona, but not by a peace policy, and General ‘‘Phil” and General Sherman think it about time these savages were either kept on the Government reservations and made to do something for a living, or the troops allowed to wipe afew of them out. It strikes us this peace policy should have ceased with the Modoc war, but as long as the Indian agents send cases of breech-loading Sharps marked ‘‘hard- ware,” to the number of 2,000 ata time, as Government annuity, we must expect these murders, robberies, etc., on the part of the Indians. What chance, let us ask, has the poor settler with his muzzle-loader, purchased with his own means, against the improved weapon of the savage pur- chased by the Government ? Assistant Quartermaster General Ingalls, who left his quarters in the department of the East, New York city, a few weeks since, and proceeded to HKurope, has reached Vienna, the city of the exposition. He is on Government commission (not per cent.), and will look after the warlike interests of the United States at the exposition, etc., etc., as one of a board appointed for that purpose. The Gen- eral, we presume, will, on his return, write a book and tell us all he saw new in the death-dealing line, or any other. First. Lieufenant John W. Chickering, of the Sixth In- fantry, ‘‘subsisted” just $51 21 too much a few months ago from Second Lieutenant W. B. Wetmore, of the same regi- ment, and now he has got to pay for it, as that amount has been deducted from his pay by the Government. First Lieutenant James H. Bradley, of the Seventh In- fantry, is going ‘“‘beyond the sea” when he gets a chance. He has permission to be absent for two-thirds of a year, Assistant Surgeon Peter J. A. Charey has left Texas to locate in New York for awhile. Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan, U.8.A., is still single. Heis aregular ‘‘no surrender.” It is said more bachelors are congregated in the Eighteenth Infantry, sta- tioned in the South department, than any other portion of the army. Why is this ? The First Artillery, now in the South, but so long estab- lished at Fort Hamilton and the adjacent forts of New York harbor, report has it, don’t like the change now ‘‘so pretty well.” The change in the winter was pleasingly ac- ceptable, but this hot weather—well, we ‘‘cannot always sometimes tell,” you know. General Custer, of the Seventh Cavalry, has deserted a ‘Life on the Plains,” and at last accounts, with a squadron of his command, was ‘‘pushing things” at the mouth of | Glendine’s Creek asa part of the Yellowstone expedition. He and his command were then looking for Josephine, who was expected to paddle along pretty soon. General Gibbons, commanding the Seventh Infantry, has been relieved as general superintendent of the recruiting service. Major J. P. Roy, Sixth infantry, is temporarily in charge. HUNGARIAN RACES. ita of HE Rakos course issome five miles or so from the cen- tre of the city, on a broad oasis-bordered flat. Horses, riders, and trainers were many of them English. There was the grand stand, the saddling place, and the ring, but they were different from the English institutions of the same names. There is no betting in one sense, but there isa sort of public sweepstakes in which everybody puts down so much on the horse he thinks is likely to win. If he chooses an outsider, the chances are that there will be few with whom he will have to divide his winnings; if he chooses a “‘hot”’ favorite, he cannot expect much more than his stake to be returned. The races were much like other races except one for farmers’ horses. It was ridden by Hungarian farmers without saddles, and in their natural costume. -—_——. HERE the rocks are gray and the shore is steep, And the rugged pine, in its lonely pride, Leans gloomily over the murky tide; Where the reeds and rushes are long and rank, And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank; Where the shadow is heavy the whole day through There lies at its mooring the old canoe. The useless paddles are idly dropped, Like a sea-bird’s wings that the storm has lopped, And crossed on the railing, one o’er one, Like the folded hands when the work is done: While busily back ana forth between The spider watches his silver screen, And the solemn owl, with his dull * too-hoo,” Settles down on the side of the old canoe. The stern half sunk in the slimy wave, Rots slowly away in its living grave And the green mass creeps o’er its dull decay; Hiding its mouldering dust away, Like the hand that plants o’er the tome’a flower, Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower; While many a blossom of lovelest hue Springs up o’er the stern of the old canoe, The currentless waters are dead and still— But the light winds play with the boat at will, And lazily in and out again It floats the length of the rusty chain, * Like the weary maxch of the hands of time, That meet and part at the noontide chime, And the shore is kissed af each turning anew, By the dripping bow of the old canoe. Oh, many a time, with a carelesshand, I have pushed it away from the pebbly strand, And paddled it down where the stream runs quick, Where the whirls are wild and the eddies are thick, And laughed as I leaned o’er the rocking side, And looked below in the broken tide, To see that the faces and boats were two, That were mirrored back from the old canoe. But now, as I lean o’er the crumbling side, And look below in the sluggish tide, The face that I see there is graver grown, And the laugh that I hear has a sober tone, And the hands that lent to the light skiff wings, Have grown familiar with sterner things, But I love to think of the hours that sped As Lrocked where the whirls their white spray shed, Ere the blossom waved, or the green grass grew O’er the mouldering stern of the old canoe. i PLOVER SHOOTING [IN VIRGINIA. pe Norrnampton, VA., September 5, 1878. Eprtor Forest AND STREAM :— OTWITHSTANDING the numerous assurances I had received that it was useless forme to expect to get plover, I determined, before leaving for New York, to try a morning’s shooting in this locality, especially as I had an invitation from a Virginia friend, a thorough sports- man, who was well acquainted with all the localities most likely to be frequented by this rather shy bird. T found my friend ready to receive me, with horse and buggy. He assured me of the excellence of his horse, not as to speed, but as to his stalking powers, as he informed me that he had shot behind him for the last thirteen years. Plover can generally be readily approached by the sports- man, when he isin a buggy. We drove not more than three-quarters of a mile from the house, and it was about half-past five o’clock in the morning, when my friend in- formed me that we were in what was, in former years, the best place for plover in Virginia. The sea was about half a mile distant, and a long, watery bog stretched just here, parallel with the beach. The soil was covered with the tough, wiry, salt grass, though here and there stood isolated clumps of trees, and an occasional thicket. The plover roosts somewhat more inland, and betakes himself at dawn to feed on the grubs and small slugs he may find in the marshes. My friend was rather fearful that the sport would be poor, and he informed me that every year the birds were getting scarcer, Ten years ago, he told me, that just where we were then, he had often killed thirty plover ‘between sunrise and nine o'clock. We were driving to- wards a neighboring clump of trees, through rather soggy ground, when he si ehted five plover flying at a distance he- yond us, entirely out of gun shot. We remained quiet in the buggy, when my companion took a ‘‘call” from his pock- et, made from the leg-bony of a curlew, and piped the shrill cry of the plover. As we were well covered by the trees, the birds answered the call instantly, and flew straight towards us, when, both of us firing at about twenty-five yards, we killed three fine birds. Old Bob—the horse— stood fire admirably, never budging. This early success somewhat inspirited my friend, and as the wind was blow- ing on shore, the best condition for plover shooting, we had hopes of making a good bag. We waited, however, at this same spot for fully two hours more, but could see no birds. Old Bob was urged on, and, as we went alorg, breakfast was in order, and J, for the first time, ate cold roasted coon, which is a morsel by no means to be despised, especially when a cool sea-breeze whets the appetite. Jog- ging leisurely along, we must have proceeded quite two miles, when before me, about 200 yards distance, I saw quite a flock of plover. They were scattered over an area of fully an acre, and, perhaps, numbered forty. We got out of the buggy—slipping out behind, and clucking to Bob, we followed in the wake ofthe wagon. When within fifty yards of the birds, a word from us brought Bob to a full stop, and crouching down on our hands and knees, we = pues slowly approached the plover, and when within thirty yards, we flushed them. They rose’en masse, pretty close together, when my friend, with his Lancaster, and I with my Snyder-Allen, let them have the four barrels, and nine birds fell. We could do nothing more with the flock, as they flew off three-quarters of a mile, to a point where we could not drive. After collecting the birds, we made for a good-sized clump of woods, some mile and a half distant, When we came to a cross-road. Bob was tied up, and a feed left for him, while we walked through the woods, shooting an occasionalfrabbit. The sun being oppressively hot, we remained there through the heat of the day, looking up some fox traps, which the negroes had set. We found in the Newhouse-traps one very handsome dog fox and two cubs, which we despatched, setting the traps anew with some birds my friend had brought with him for that purpose. About five o’clock we retraced our steps, killing five more plover, all of them single birds. Total bag for the day, eighteen birds. Plover are by no means an easy bird to kill ; they are very swift flyers, when gn the wind, though their @light is limited as to distance. I should recommend No. 7 shot in all cases. If plover are hard to find, this does not arise from over-shooting. I must attrib- ute their growing scarcity to the reasons stated by me in my last letter to you from Mockhorn ( providing Jake reached Cherrystone with my last letter to you). I attributed, there- in, the scarcity of plover to the constant destruction of their eggs in this part of Virginia. Sincerely yours, C. B. —__—____§ + ATTRACTIONS OF NATURAL SCIENCE. Minutrown, Marne, August 30, 1873. Eprror Forest AND SrRBAM :-— Tam more than pleased with the first numbers of the Forest AND StrEAM. Such a paper, I think, is very much needed to educate our people to out-door exercises and sports, and to the study of natural history in some of its branches. To the lovers of the beautiful—to one who de- lights in the gay, bright beings of nature, ornithology is one of the most attractive branches of natural science. How little most people know of the number and variety of birds that annually visit every part of our extended clime, or are even aware how many spend the summer in our immediate vicinity. We little think every time we walk in our grounds and gardensewe are intruding upon rare and elegant visit- ants from Mexico, Central and South America, Florida, and islands of the sea; but such is the case, and one that passes through life without a knowledge of the feathered creatures constantly surrounding him in the fields and woods, rendered vocal with their songs, watching the pa- tience and care in providing for their young, loses one of the chief means by which his own existence might be made more cheerful, happy,'and contented, and fails to under- stand one of the most pleasing and attractive of the crea- tions of Omnipotence. How important for the sportsman to know the history and habits of his feathered friends, so as not to be led to slaughter them out of season. And the agriculturist, after failing crops and barren fields, only learns the errors he has committed in the destruction of his little feathered helpmates by the life and vigor it has given the grubs and insects that now overrun his fields. And now, with the help of the Forrst anp Stream, that I hope may go into every family, we may try to surpass our Eng- lish friends in the study of natural science, and know the benefits of out-door recreation and physical culture. Yours very truly, \ GEorGE A, BoaRDMAN, (Naturalist.) ee el [Correspondence of the N. Y, Sun.] * HUNTING JACK RABBITS. hg ge ¥ Camp Doveuas, Uran, August 26th, 1878. FEW months ago Mr. J. E. Moen, a Wall street bro- ker, came out here to look at some mines in which he was interested. Moen was accompanied by the Hon. Amasa Mason, a London banker from Rochester, New York. They found snug quarters in Camp Douglas, and recognized the faces of a few old acquaintances among the officers. One of these was the face of Major David 8. Gordon, Colonel Tompkins’ right bower in the celebrated cavalry charge at Fairfax Courthouse. Another was the refulgent countenance of Major Howell, a jovial son of Mars, who was planted in the Quartermaster’s Department some years ago by General Rufe Ingalls, and who has taken deep root in the service of the republic. _—— [We shall endeavor in this department to tmpart and hope to receive such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports- men, We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, Jish- ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im- plements, routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species, governing rules, etc. All branches of the sportsman’s craft wil receive attention. Anonymous communications not noticed. | —_—__+—__——- Jusse—The gray squirrel can be found in almost any of the large woods of Pennsylyania in the neighborhood of Philadelphia and sometimes in abundance. No pinnated grouse or prairie hens in Pennsylvania except on the Pocone Mountains and in one or two of the northwestern counties. The ruffed grouse is called pheasant in that State. a much prettier and more proper name. The quail or Virginia partridge can be shot in some counties only. The exterior counties are the best. Pennsylvania sports- men generally go to Delaware and Maryland for quail. Lone Journry, Brooklyn.—For South America, we known of no protec- tion from mildew in tents, Best thing would be to take some native process. At home we haye used linseed oil alone with success, putting on as many as three coats, We haye heard of a preparation of soft soap, and solution of oxide of iron, put on the tents, to be followed by linseed oil, but have no faith im it. Miss. E.—Your mocking bird we think can get rid of the pest of vermin by means of alittle bag filled with flour of sulphur. Hnease about two tea spoonsful in a calico bag, and suspend it to the upper perch inside the cage. The bird in jumping from one perch to another, gets sligthly dusted with the flour of sulphur. Tobacco dust is likely to be injurious. In the South, the method we have described, we have seen constantly in use. Noian—We know of no one in the United States who could post you on African sports. In the Wed, however, is an advertisement, which might be of avail. Address Kathlamba; post office, Norwich, England. ARDENT YOUNG'UN.—No remedy for rust when you shoot by the sea shore; remoye stains every night. Benzine is the best thing for cleaning; a pint willlast a month. Whilst the gun is not in use, lubricate with mercurial ointment. Grorcipus.—Lord Lurgan’s celebrity as to dogs arises from the fact of his having bred the famous grey hound, Master McGrath, though he has a very good breed of setters. Mr. Raymond of Morristown, N.J., haa the choicest breed of red Irish setters in the country, at least. such is our opinion. Tex, Baltimore.—The Clumber is a silent dog whileranging. See this week's article. Do not know of any in this country. Is the largest of field spaniels, and does not take the water. Think he would be useless for ducks. The true breed of field spaniels are cocker, springer and clumber. The latter dog will weigh forty pounds. L. 8. Philadelphia.—Clean brass and steel cartridges, as you would the gun. Welike nickel silver cartridges, but they are a trifle heavy; they never split, which is an immense advantage. Have fired them with seyen drachm charges and two ounces of explosive bullets without damage to them. i Rosz Bup.—Ground quassia wood is excellent for rose bushes, currants etc, Take about five pounds, sew it in a coarse bag, put this in a barrel of cold water, let it steep a few days, then syringe the foliage early in the season, every four days thoroughly for about a month. . It. im- proves the foliage, and keeps all insects away. Joun,—Persian insect powder is a very useful article. No sportsman should go off on a tramp without it. Tf you have any fear of insects } a in the sleeping car, or beds, use it liberally between the sheets and Shae ding, We have proved if thoroughly both North and South, Tt will keep fleas from dogs, or drive roaches and ants away from closets. It a )- pears stifling to insects of all kinds, but is not poisonous to eae It must be fresh. and kept from the air to retain its Strength, and be of service. Always carry it in bottles. J. B, L, Fort Smith.—All well authenticated snake stories, we should be glad to publish, when the characteristics of the snake, and the method “ employed fo cure the bites, are stated. So far we believe only in shite ting thoroughly the person who is bitten, and in the appliation of a ti HA ligature between the wounded part and the body. Free use of the ats and burning powder in the wound are, however, useful. The injection of ammonia into the system, as an antidote, we are not certain about. Rowen, Fond du Lac, Wis.—Your dog. has already got too much spaniel in him; he is getting too old now, You ought to have tan ht hit when seven or eight months old. You must have patience and hol him to drop to the gun and hand; he may be taught by means of a alia ‘Down Charge.”* Never let him retrieve his game on his Own accou f but always tell him, {* Now Fetch, Fetch.’ If the dog is as good Ae ay say, you might wait until he gets older, and then cross him Witha sinter so as to bring back the original instinct, or if there are no point & ae good breed of setters. ean aeae T. J. & M. W. H.—For answers see ‘Sea and River Fi ment in this and previous numbers of this paper. our friends to ask us for information by letters, We shall endeavor tofkeep them thoroughly posted from week to week. shing ’’ depart- It is of little use for We are too busy. on the conditions Capratn G.—No attempts have been made to introduce the Capperealiz inthe United States. They might live in Upper Oregon. We thir = Col Skinner wrote an excellent article on this subject. Best authorit L Lloyd’s game birds of Sweden and Norway. hee ALFRED.—You can buy explosive balls of Simons, Granville Halifax. If he has not got them on hand, will make them for you one dollar, gold, a dozen. : Henry.—Would only be too glad to try agood article of A Our primers for’cartridges are quite as good as the English not to be able to say as much of the caps. j ; street, Worth mericon caps. ones. Sorry SEPTEMBER.—Cayenne pepper in the shoes bet : : 8 ween the g leather, will keep the feet warm, dust dust from a castor ock>aud)the Dayrpson,—Best time for Buffalo; close of October, Colt? ie srevolver may serve as good as anything else. olver may a FOREST AND STREAM. 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Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of their movements and transactions, as it is the aim of this paper to become a medium of useful and reliable information between gentle- men sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will find our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements, The Publishers of Forest AND STREAM aim to merit and secure the patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that Tt will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always tend to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise- ment or business notice of an immoral character will be received on any terms; and nothing will be admitted to any department of the paper that is beautiful in Nature. may not be read with propriety in the home circle. We canuot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if money remitted to us is lost. This paper sent gratuitously to all contributers. . Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. CHARLES HALLOCK, Managing Editor. Calendar of Events for the Current Week. ‘ ‘ Frmay Sept. 12—Plainville Park Association, Conn,—Westchester County Association, White Plains, N,.¥.—Wellsboro Driving Park, Penn. —Saratoga Rowing Association, Saratoga Lake, N- Y. Saturday, Sept. 18th.—Boat clubs foot of 138rd St. Hast River.—Athletic Rowing club race.—Oneida Regatta, Jersey City.—Plainville Park Associ- ation, Conn.—Society of Horticulture and Agriculture, White Plains, N, Y.—Prospect Park meeting, Brooklyn, N. Y.—Wellsboro Driving Park, Penn.—Hamilton, Regatta D. of Canada. TuEsDAY, Sept. 16th.—Central Pennsylvania Association, Altoona, Penn.—Kansas city Association, Mo.—Union Driving Park, Peoria, Ill.— Fleetwood Association. WEDNESDAY, Sept. Union Driving Park, Peoria, Il].—Regatta St. John, New Brunswick. THURSDAY, Sept. 18th.—Fleetwood Association, Morrisania, N. Y.— Kansas City Fair, Mo.—Union Driving Park, Peoria, Il,—Centra_ Penn- aylvania Association, Altoona, Penn. THE GREATEST PARK IN THE WORLD. a HANKS to Mr. Hayden, we are now commencing to appreciate the grandeur of the Government reservation In time to come, when our great- great-grand-children people the Pacific slope, and popula- tion teems there, the memory of that particular Congress who made this great natural wonder public property, will To the grandest scenes of na- ture, overhanging cliffs, deep gorges, towering mountain onthe Yellowstone river. be gratefully remembered. heights, are added the glorious falls of the Yellowstone. At the head of the grand canon, the fall is feund to be 397 feet in height, and the depth of the canon at its foot is 675 feet, increasing rapidly to 1,000 feet. Here the river narrows, and takes a deep sea-green color. A half mile from the upper fall there is another fall of 140 feet. These may be natural beauties, but in this park the supernatural is added. Think of the geysers, with a temperature of 104% to 108°, at an elevation of 6,779 feet above the sea! clear boiling fountains of water, bubbling all the day, form- ing beautiful incrustations on their margins. Never ceas- ing are they. To-day a spring may be here, to-morrow it may be gone, but then a new one has taken its place, bursting out at a short distance from its old locality. The very mud these hot ‘spring cast forth loses the character of simple mud, but is changed in hue, and is now red, now black, now cream-colored. We cannot but express our delight over the fact that this reservation belongs tothe great American people for all time to come, and we consider it the first grand national step in the direction of the preservation of our forests. 17th —Atlantic Boat Club regatta, Hoboken.— Kansas City Fair, Mo.—:Central Pennsylvania Society Altoona, Penn.— q THE SCOTCH GAMES. pee F the Forest AND STREAM may find some fault for that lack of interest our own native Americans taketin athle- tic sports,“such complaints can hardly be addressed to those of foreign birth, who divide with us the possessorship of this good country of ours. If we cannot yet look to our own people for the pvetter furthering of that manly spirit which delights in out-of-door sports, we certainly can, with no small pride, point to the Scottish games, now so firmly established in our midst, and may hope that in them will be found that leaven which must, in time, work through all our more sluggish native element. Outside of Scotland, beyond the Duke of Athol’s Glen Tilt, we think it no exaggeration to state, that nowhere else in the world, not even in London, could there be found congregated such a large assemblage of people as wit- nessed the Scottish games at Jones’ Woods on the 4th of September instant, Among the oldest of human traditions, is that of no- madic tribes assembling together at stated periods to wit- ness the strife of their athletic heroes, and there is some- thing impressive when one sees our adopted citizens in this fresher country of ours, reproducing the games which have been played in old Scotland so many centuries ago. These Scottish games, intensely national in character, consist principally of tossing the caber, putting the stane (stone), and throwing the hammer, and vaulting. A caber may be a trunk of a tree, twenty-five feet long, if you please, and must be turned over completely in the air be- fore it falls to the ground, by a combination of sheer strength and dexterity. There is no limit to the size of the caber. If one is beyond a man’s strength, he takes a smaller-sized one. It is something like the struggle be- tween Milo and the oak. Putting the stone, is to take a cannon ball, weighing from twenty to fifty-six pounds, and to heave it. The ball is usually held in the right hand, and the athlete, resting himself on the right foot for an instant, with the weight well behind him, suddenly lurches forward, and as soon as | the left foot touches the ground, away goes the heavy ball. Mr. Dinnie, the famous Scotch athlete, has been known to. have thrown the twenty five pound ball forty-seven feet ten inches. Throwing the hammer, perhaps, exhibits the highest degree of skill. The hammer is usually a ball of iron, weighing some sixteen pounds, into which an ash handle is inserted. Planting his two feet in the ground, sometimes with his back to the point demire, he swings the missile two or three times round his head, when, wheeling suddenly around, away hurtles the hammer like a sky-rocket. The greatest of the hammer throwers has been able to launch it a distance of 140 feet. See all these gallant feats accomplished by men clad in the handsomest of costumes, while the pibroch chaunts, and it is the true conception of what athletic sports should be—a strife of demigods. : This year’s sports were remarkable in every respect, not only for the excellence of the contests, but for the admira- ble arrangements made for the 20,000 sight-seers ; and we cannot but congratulate our Scotch citizens on the conclusion of the finest athletic festival we have seen for some years. {or 1 WOORARI, OR CURARE. a HIS deadly poison, quite as fatal to living creatures as crotiline, known under the name of woorari, or curare, was first brought to England by Sir Walter Ra- leigh. Its effectsupon animals have been thoroughly studied by the distinguished physiologist, Claude Bernard. How it is made, or from whence derived has, however, never been absolutely determined. From Le Tour du Monde, we translate the following, taken from Doctor Saffray’s tra- elsin New Granada. ‘‘ The favorite arm of the Choco Indian at San Juan is the dedequera. What they use in this blow-gun are arrows poisoned with, a substance simi- lar to curare which they obtain from the venont of a frog. The batrachians which furnishes the poison, isonly found in certain districts, The proper name for it, is Phyllobates melanorrhinus, Itis a frog three inches long, of a yellow color, with red spots on the back. Its eyes are prominent and it has a black nose. When these frogs are scarce, another variety with a black belly answers the purpose They keep them for use in small wicker baskets. When poison is wanted for their weapons, they take the unfor- tunate creature, and tie it to a green branch and expose it to a slow fire. Almost immediately from all over the body of the frog there exudes a whitish substance, and after that a viscous yellow oil. This the Indians scrape off care- fully, as it is the true poison. —__—_<$— PORTSMEN of to-day, with their delicate sights, and the utmost nicety in the bore of their guns, are entirely ignorant of how well their ancestors used the fowling piece and rifle. Two centuries and more ago it must have not only required great accuracy of aim on the part of the sportsman, but, what is more‘difficult to explain, a contin- uance of aim. With guns and rifles of the seventeenth cen- tury, a certain interval of time, and quite an appreciable one, must have elapsed before the match or flint which brought the fire to the pan could communicate with the charge in the chamber of the piece. It is not impossible to suppose that the old marksman never knew precisely to a second when his piece would be discharged, and was forced to follow for a certain time with the muzzle of his piece the movement of the bird or animal. We hear of Josseleyn, in his voyage to New England in 1644, telling how a certain Mr. Hilton shot at the Pthawnan which he styles as ‘‘the king of birds of prey in New England,” and how ‘‘Mr. Hilton, having made ready his piece, shot and brought her down to the earth as she was soaring aloft in the air.” Now here we have a sportsman of the time of Charles the First who must have shot a bird flying with a single ball; for from the size of the bird described, as frightening all the ducks and birds in the neighborhood, it was very prob- ably an eagle. We have evidences, too, that the Moors were quite good shots, for in 1637 one Alkaid Abdallah, am- bassador from Morocco to England, is quoted in the old chronicles ‘‘as being so good a marksman with his piece that he will shoot eight score at a mark as big as an English sixpence and hit it with a round bullet.” Good marksmen of to-day will allow that to hit a mark of this size at 160 feet is quite good practice. In the ‘“Good News from New England” of 1621 there is an ac- count of some of the early English settlers going to Packa- nock, where lived the great Indian chief Massassoye, and how this good savage gave the Pilgrim fathers a kind of bread called mazzian, and the spawn of shad, and in return for his hospitality Massassoye begged them to kill some of the crows.which damaged his corn. ‘‘When one of our men,” says the account, ‘“‘shooting one some fourscore yards off (eighty yards) and killing, they (the Indians) much admired it, as they did our shots on other occasions.” The same authority goes on to state that wanting a duck or a goose to make some pottage therewith, “I took a man with me and made a shot at a couple of duckssome six score off and killed one, at which the chief wondered.” oe _—_———_- The ‘ Canadian Gentleman's Newspaper and Spirit of the Times” is published at Toronto, and gives a valuable weekly resume of sporting intelligence throughout the Dominion of Canada. To gentlemen who are interested in Canadian turf matters this paper must be of essential service, as it is we believe, the only paper of the kind published in the Do- minon, ; | INEFFICIENT PROTECTION OF RIVERS. ei Se Professor Curtis, of New Haven, in another column, com- plains of the negligence or inefficiency of wardens upon the interior rivers of New Brunswick, and makes the statement, without qualification, that some of those persons who are appointed to guard and protect the rivers, actually wink at or countenance the destruction of salmon by netting and spearing to that extent that rod-fishing in the upper waters amounts almost to a nihility. His statements, we regret to say, are borne out by letters which we have already pub- lished iu this journal, as respects other rivers in Canada and Nova Scotia, over all of which overseers are appointed and paid to protect them from this most baneful description of poaching, Certainly, the beneficial results that have followed in the remarkable increase of salmon in rivers that have been efficiently protected, ought to stimulate the vigilance of the higher functionaries of the Canadian Government, and in- duce them to apply the penalty provided by law in all cases of dereliction, of which they must, assuredly, be cognizant. That there may be no plea of ignorance of these violations offered, by way of excuse, we shall forward copies of the FOREST AND STREAM, containing these letters, direct to the Hon. Peter Mitchell, the Minister of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa. It is unjust and dishonorable to take the money of gen- tlemen, who pay liberally for their leases, as in the case of the Miramichi, while they secure nothing but emptiness in return for the time, trouble, and outlay of their vacation journeys. We shall no more assist the flourish of Canadian trumpets, until these abuses be corrected. Hitherto our words have been only those of praise and admiration for Canadian energy and efficiency. es ; Nova Scotra.—Desolate Nova Scotia! She really seems literally and practically to be doomed. Blowing up of her mines in the spring ; fearful forest fires later on, and now the hurricane catastrophe, which has been almost unparal- leled in the history of storms, over such a comparatively small area. Cape Breton’s sea-board is lined with wrecks, and dead mariners on the sand tell the ghastly tale. The small towns and villages on both sides of the Bay of Fun- dy have suffered distressingly, and what the people are to do for food, &c., this coming winter, and in such a cli- mate, is beyond comprehension. We who have hunted and fished in Nova Scotia, who have efjoyed its hospital- ity, have learned to appreciate the good-heartedness of its inhabitants. Is thereno way of showing, in a practical manner, this feeling other than by words ? —_—_—_——4____—. ‘ ADIRONDACK Lure:”’ a Lecturn.—We could hardly imagine a more interesting topic, when properly handled, than pleasing lectures drawn from forest and stream. Sub- jects of this character, have been mostly given to the pub- lic in book form; we therefore welcome the more popular method of lecturing, believing that it will further the ap- preciation of out-of-door-life. The Rev. W. C. Winslow, of Boston, a therough sportsman and pleasant writer, who is familiar with all the haunts of the ‘* wilderness,” will de- liver a lecture on the Adirondacks this winter. Lecturing committees would doubtless find here a topic of great in- terest and novelty, and likely to be appreciated by their audiences, a Lost CARRIER Pickons.—As the breeding and training of carrier pigeons is on the increase, and from stormy weather accidents frequently. occur to the birds whilst fly- ing with messages, we should be very glad to advertise in our paper, free of cost, the announcement of any carrier pigeons that have come into the possession of our readers who may be desirous of returning them to their owners. This method of gratuitous advertising is common in France, Belgium, and England, and it would give us pleasure if we were the means of restoring any lost birds to their owners. Any parties having strange birds will carefully describe marks, &ec, , —_ a> 0 a _____. As the winter terms of our colleges and universities are to commence this month, we would be thankful if the offi- cers of their athletic and boat clubs would report to us their plans for the future. It would please us to promote in any way within our power the development of gymnastic exercises and out-door recreation in our colleges through- out the country. As a member of the class of 54 at Yale, and afterward at Amherst, we naturally have the interests of collegians at heart, and feel that we have some claim upon their consideration. . i 1 2 ——_———— VETERINARY From a Blue-book lately published by the English Patent Office, containing accounts of all ancient inventions, relat- ing to farriery and veterinary matters, we make some briet | extracts :— “No great antiquity can be boasted for the science of veterinary medicine. Ancient nations seem to have paid little or no attention to the medical treatment of their do- mestic animals. Valuable as the horse was, they neces- sarily expended great care upon the preservation of his health, but we cannot discover that they used any remedies to cure an animal once diseased. The well-known work of ‘Xenophon (/ppiche Treatise on Horses) contains many pre- cepts that might with advantage be studied by horse own- ers of our own time, but he gives no directions for the care or treatment of the horse during sickness. Hippocrates wrote a treatise on equine disorders, Columella (early part of first century) and Vegetius (end of fourth century) both wrote on the same subject. . ‘‘But more ancient. records relating to the matter seem entirely wanting, and even the above, as might be expected, show extreme ignorance. In searching into the early his- tory of any art, we are almost certain to find very ancient record of it among the Chinese. So it was with veterinary medicine. The late Professor Sewell, in one of his ad- dresses to the Royal Veterinary College, said that he had been shown by Professor Huzard, in Paris, a Chinese work on the subject, with colored plates. The date of it was uncertain, but it was probably not less than 5,000 years old. “During medieval times the art was m an equally low state, and entirely abandoned to farriers. The prac- tice of medicine as applied to human subjects was rough and barbarous endéteh, and that by which horses were treated was even more cruel. Many very barbarous opera- tions were recommended in old French works. At length the assistance rendered by the dissection of animals to the progress of medicine in general, received most -notice. Amongst the early veterinary inquirers of note were Ruelli, Solleysel, and Lafosse, whose works are mentioned in the list appended to this book; contemporary with the last- named was a Spanish author who wrote on glanders—a dis- ease said to have been brought by Columbus from America In England, Snape, Gibson and Bartlett (in or after the times of Charles [1.), were the first names of note. But it was not until the middle of the eighteenth century that any great improvement was effected. France then took the lead. A farm near Lyons was converted into a school in 1761, and Bourgelat appointed professor, Three years after this, in 1764, a larger sehool was opened at Alfort, near Paris, and since then another at Toulouse, Other countries followed the example. In 1792 the London Veterinary Col- lege was established, chiefly through the exertions of an agricultural society at Odiham, in Hampshire. “Going back to the most ancient known records ®6f civil- ization, the monuments of Egypt and Assyria, we are un- able to discover any indication of the use of a protection for the horse’s foot. Considering the number of horses de- lineated in the Egyptian paintings and the Assyrian sculp- tres, and the minuteness of detail that especially charac- terizes the artists of these ancient monuments, it 1s impos- sible to suppose that any horse-shoe was in use without its being represented, not only occasionally, but frequently. No such representation has yet been found, and we may consequently conclude that horge-shoes were not known to those ancient nations. “Similar researches amongst Greek and Roman antiqui- ties go to show that horse-shoes proper were unknown to the classical peoples. Horse-sandals of various sorts were used as a temporary protection for the foot, but the plan of nailing a metal plate on the hoof appears not to have been used at all. Mx. Fleming is of opinion, and the arguments he brings forward seem nearly, if not quite, conclusive, that the inventors of horse-shoes are to be looked for amongst the Teutonic or Celtic nations of the north. The Gauls shod their horses, so did the ancient Britons, so did the Seandinavians. it even has been suggested that a princi- pal part of the Druid’s office was connected with smiths’ and farriers’ work. “Tn medisval times the position of the mareschal, or far- rier, became a very important one. During the age of chiv-~ alry there was nothing degrading in noblemen shoeing their own horses, and the mareschal was held to be on a footing of equality with the chamberlain, falconer, and other house- hold officers of a court. Horse-shoeing was then as univer- salasnow. Pictures of knights and cavaliers always repre- sent the horses as shod, and allusions to the practice of shoeing frequently occur in middle-age writers. ‘“Strangely..enough, very. little. difference is discernible . Treasurer, between the most ancient shoes and the most modern, Of course some very old shoes are of the roughest workman- ship, but as soon as the art of working in iron was brought to a state of comparative perfection, we see shoes exactly resembling those in present use. Numerous as have been the inventions for improyed shoes, none of them have heey found sufficiently successful to obtain general favor. Over and over again the same inventions have been brought out tried, and cast aside, to reappear as new a few years later on, and we still use much the same shoes as those with which William the Conqueror’s horses were shod at Hast- _ings.” ‘ = The Fashion stud farm stables at Trenton, New Jersey were burned last week with eleven horses ont of the nine- teen which it contained. Among the horses burned were two road mares belonging to General Grant; Lapier a valua- ble animal belonging to Mr. Butterworth of Philadelphia, a large bay horse owned by the same gentleman; a fine stallion belonging to Mr. Hutchinson; Henry 3. belonging to William H. Dobie, valued at $4,000, and five other horses. The following horses were saved: Goldsmith Maid Lucy, Roslyn, Hotspur, and California mare. The following horses were also burned: Lizzie Perry, owned by Edward Perry, and a black horse from Bethle- hem Pa. Lapier was valued at $19,000. The stallion belonging to William Hutehinson, valued at $6,000. New Encuanp Hark GrRounps.—The races at the New England Fair Grounds, Boston, September3, 4, and 5, were witnessed by 20,000 people, notwithstanding the rain inter- fered much with the programme. Some fair time was made, Climax and Dustin Jim being among the victors. Gosuen Park AssocraTton—Sept 3.—The second day’s trotting attracted a large crowd. Purse, $000 for running horses, Landlord’s Purse, John Brougham’s blk. g. Gerald won. Time, 1.484, 1.49. Second race. Purse $1,000 for horses that never beat 9-40. Three horsesstarted. W. E. Week’s Goldie won the three last heats. Time 2:41, 2:414, 2:44. Third race. Purse $1,000, for horses that had never beaten 2:33. Four horses started. A. Fleek’s s,m. Lady Emmawon. Time 2:33, 2:52, 2:552, September 4. Third day. Handicap hurdle race. Furse $500; about one mile anda half over six hurdles. Five horses started, and was won by J. Boughram’s s. g. Ke- venge. Time 3:44. -_— Trotting. Purse $1,000, for horses that had never beaten 9:50. Mile heats; best three in five, in harness. Nineteen horses started, eighteen of which were distanced-during the race. N. Jenning’s b. g. George Miller won. ‘Time 2:394, 2:84, 2:302. FLEETWOopD Park, September 5. Purse $100 for horses that had never beaten 2:50; mile heats, best three in five, in harness. Ten entries. Five horses were distanced; C. Heinzell’s b. g. Central Boy won in three straight heats. Time 2:48, 2:46, 2:54. Sweepstakes $400; mile heats; best three in five, in har- ness: catch weight. As#Bourett’s b. m, Marie Louise won, 2:50, 2:50, 249. DerrRKoor Pars, Brooklyn, L. 1. September 8.—Match of $200: mile heats; best three in five; between Roger's Honest Abe in harness, and Willliam’s Unexpected,to wagon, Honest Abe won. Second match for $500; MeMalon’s George, to wagon, Thom’s Slippery Dick in harness. George won. Time, 2:40; 2:42, 2:48. —Colonel Russell, the owner of the stallion Fearnaught, which died recently, has bought the celebrated horse smug gler, brought from Kansas, and which recently astonished the horse men at Prospect Park, Brooklyn. by irotting three consecutive heats in 2:194, 2:192, 2:21. The price is understood to be $50;000. —The recent five at the Fashion Stud Farm, near Tren- ton, N. J., was very disastrous, and men have bee em- ployed in burning the remains of the burned horses, man that Budd Doble had discharged a few days previous, is strongly suspected of having set fire to the stables. Pres- ident Grant lost a number of filies, and set great value on them, as he had raised them himsélf, and would not have parted with them for any money. There were 135 horses, including stallions and brood mares, on the farm before the fire broke out. Fortunately, the most prominent and valuable of the lot were saved. The owner intends erect- ing a large and handsome stable on the old site. 8 THE PILLARS OF TATTERSALL’S. — 1S DMIRAL Rous and Sir Joseph Hawley -are state pil lars in this aristocratic republic. Their word upon’ of point honor or upon arule of the ring carries with it all the force of law to thousands who know them only as the great twin brothers of the turf. You can read nothing in the face of a thoroughbred man of the turf except pertect self-possession, shrewd intellect, and a will of iron, and you may pick these men out in the subscription room at a glance from the crowd who are purchasing their experience at the expense of their ancestral oaks, and perhaps of some- thing more. Here is one of these neophytes of the ring— a companion of princes, the son of a Minister of Cabinet rank, with the blood of an Eastern Emperor in his veins. He is booking a bet of 100 to 1 to a youth with the down still on his cheeks, the son of one of the most illustrious of the Crimean heroes; and close by, in the centre of group of bookmakers and aristocratic ‘“‘legs,” stands a young man—still, probably on the sunny side of thirty— who will tell you with the utmost nonchalance that he has sold an estate to a city man for £300,000, to square up his book and to fight the ring. He is the representative of a long line of mailed barons who fought under the walls of Jerusalem, at Cressy and at Agincouri—statesmen 4m warriors who in their time administered government and war with more than the capacity of Richelieu; and he 1s flattering himself with the presumptuous hope in these piping days of peace it is his destiny to add one more eX ploit to the aceievements of his race by breaking the Ring. oo ' —The following named gentlemen have been elected Dr rectors of ‘the Jerome Park Villa Site and Improvement Company for the ensuing year : Francis Skiddy, Leonard W. Jerome, August Belmont, Lawrence R. Jerome, A. C. Monson, William Constable, and William H. Anthon. Ata subsequent meeting of the Directors Francis Skiddy was elected President of the Board, William H. Anthon, Secretary, and A. C. Monson, — FOREST AND STREAM. (© Sea and River Hishing. GAME FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. Bluefish, (Temnodon saltator.) ” Striped Bass, (Labrax laneatus.) Land-locked Salmon, (salmo Gloveri. Black Bass, (Centrarchus fasciatus. Trout, (Salmo fontinalis.) Maskinonge. <=, J We have most favorable reports of the black bass fish- ing in the upper Potomac river, of great catches of fish all along its course that run up to six pounds in weight some- times, and all the result of the most judicious system of restocking depleted streams that was inaugurated only a few years ago. At Little Falls, eight miles above Wash- ington City, fine sport has been enjoyed all through the season, and will continue until the ice begins to make. It in a beautiful drive up there from town; or one can jump aboard a steam tug that plies on the canal, and soon reach his destination. At Great Falls ten miles further from the head of the aqueduct that supplies Washington with water, the fishing is still better, and at Harper’s Ferry, mouth of the Shenandoah better yet. The last named points are not quité as accessible as Little Falls, which accounts for the greater amount of fish. At each locality are sporting houses for guests, where bait is furnished and tackle, if desired. At Great Falls the bed of the river is much filled with great boulders, and the fishing is all done from the shore. At other places boats are anchored in the stream to enable the angler to get better casting room. Use small minnows for bait, a medium-sized hook, with rod and reel. It will pay our anglers to run down to Washington for three days. When they are tired of fishing, they can pass the time by loafing around the Capitol. S af Of striped bass (sea fish) we have writen at length in our two previous numbers. The fishing has been fair among the islands off Massachusetts and along the east end of Long Island, but we hear of no great catches such as we herewith append. It is the score of a single day’s fishing at Pasque Island made by Jacob L. Dodge on July 17th, 1868. The figures given specify the individual weights: 40—37—338—82—27— 24 22— 20— 20—_18-_17—15—15—_19 14—14—14_13—13—_11—_11_10—_8—8—_total 451 pounds. This must have been a hard day’s work for Jacob, and would have astonished Peter as well as James, and John, “(svho also went a fishing.” On the 17th of September, 1869, Mr. J. B. Dunlap caught at the same place a bass that weighed sixty-two pounds. Here is a feather in the sea-side hat of Mrs. T. E. Triplet, whom may the propitious fates forever serve! She took a bass on the 23rd of August just past, 1875, at Pasque Island, that weighed thirty and one-half pounds. The powers this lady has displayed in bringing such noble ewame to hand should excite the emulation of all the fair sex who ¢o down to the sea in ships, or in railway cars and steamboats. As respects blue and bass fishing there seems to have been a /iatus for both fish and anglers lately. The fish ceased biting altogether for a time, and jolly yachtmen rigeed out their outriggers in vain. But within a few days past some boats have made a fair showing, and the advent of a large run of fish is confidently anticipated day by day. The market fishermen have on occcasion taken good fares of bonita and king-fish. By the way the indefatigable Genio C. Scott took eighty-two king-fish outside of Rocka- way beach a week ago, which was unusual luck. We met him onthe morning of his success, he with hiszbait and his tackle, and we with our central fire shot gun, and promised to exchange fwo of our snipe for one of his king-fish when the day’s sport was over; but as we went home early in the day, we lost the opportunity of clinching the bargain. The most convenient place for Brooklynites to obtain boats for a day’s fishing is at Canarsie; for New York- ers at Jersey city. There is excellent bass and weak fish- ing at times on the Jersey Flats, and down at the Narrows, and out at Rockway Beach. Among the rocks in the vicin- ity of Hell Gate, East river, isa favorite resort for some anglers. Boats can be hired at the Club House, Jersey City, atand opposite Mott Haven, New York, at the Penny Bridge, Brooklyn, and at Canarsie landing, the terminus of the Kast New York Railway. There are oversixty boats and forty yachts constantly on hire at the last named lo- cality. Rockaway Beach is eight miles from Canarsie, and can be reached by a steamboat three times a day—10 A. M. and 1 and 4P. M. We know of no better place for fitting out or for temporary sojourn than Canarsie. The Bay View House there has a piazza that incloses it en- tirely on three stories. For striped bass, and, indeed, for nearly all kinds of sea fish worth catching, use a stout two jointed plain bamboo rod, a reel, and a stout line with a float, the whole costing some $12. If the reader never attempted to cast for bass, let him take his friends out ina decked boat when he goes and when he is ready to cast send them all below; then. he will catch his hook in no- body’s ear but his own, and bang nobody’s head but his with the leaden plummet he uses for a sinker, when he swings it around for an elegant effort. A novice, however, will bear some instruction in this practice. It beats throw- ing cogged dice “all hollow.” » Use shedder crabs or clams for bait. Une excursion which we wonder is seldom taken is by the 11 o'clock night boat for New Hayen, Youreach New Haven at daylight and have the day before you, returning the second night by boat which leaves New Haven at 11 o'clock. Thus the angler looses but one day from business and enjoys two nights of refreshing rest.- At New Haven, one has choice of localities and sports. The steam- boat landing is within a few rods of the East Haven marshes where snipe abound. On the hills wild pigeons abound in théir season, and quails also. On the ridge that joins the East and West Rock, quail are found in considera- ble numbers, and on the West Haven side is a series of salt water flats that extend for several miles. These of course are much hunted. Butitis of fishing we were speaking. Savin Rock or Light House Point are within an hour's drive by carriage, and both afford good fishing, while by the Shore Line Railroad a few minutes ride by the early train will place the angler at Branford, Double Beach, Stony Creek, Guilford, the Thimble Islands, and other places long known as tip-top fishing grounds for black fish, sea bass, weak fish, lobsters, &c., and now provided with hotels and boarding houses of all classes and every style of preten- sion. The charges are trifling, and the trip perhaps the most enjoyable and likely to be the most profitable of any immediately accesslble to New Yorkers. A letter from the Saranac ,Lakes,’of September Ist, says that there are many people still in the ‘‘ Wilderness,” but they are not enjoying the same degree of sport as in days of yore. We quote literally: ‘‘ Raquette river abounds in dead pickerel, and no trout can be taken at their usual places of resort.” A gentleman writes to us from Jordan river, Shelburne county, Nova Scotia, offering to sell us two live moose. By the way we have six of these animals now ‘at our dis- posal, of both sexes and various ages. He says in his letter: ‘‘Don’t imagine the Nepigon is the only place where trout can be caught. JI can leave home any day and re, turn in the evening, spring or fall, and bring from thirty to forty pounds of trout, large ones, but not eight pound trout; about four pounds is the largest. September is our best month for sport. That is for trout and moose. Sal- mon fishing is good from the last of February, until the ist of June. I thave killed with the rod and, fly in one day’s fishing, ten to thrirty-one and one-half pounds. This Nova Scotia is a good Province for game, but we have but little time to indulge it.” D. H. Fitzhugh, of Bay City, Michigan, took two hun- dred grayling in Hersey river, of that State, last month. We hope to receive full particulars of this new game fish and his capture for publication in our next number. Strange how the Chicago Daily Tribune should get up a French fish story. It talks of a carp 375 years old who was young in the reign of Francis first (circa 1515), Think too of his having been bought for 1700 frances in 1871, and to have been eaten up, not by a Prussian, but by a pike! Residence of the carp Chantilly. My. Frank Buckland has some trouble in swallowing this fish story; as for ourselves we are forced to reject it entirely. SST Ae Vv WHAT BECOMES OF THE FISH. To THE EpITOR OF THE SPRINGFIELD UNION: About three miles east of Springfield there has been for years a large rookery—or heronry perhaps it had better be called—where jhundreds of night heron have congregated and reared their young annually. This bird is a wonderful fisherman; he fishes in the night and. carries his own light on his breast; so he just wades into the pond or shallow stream, and, by the light of this strange ®torch, seizes his prey as they approach, at- tracted by its rays. They are great gormandizers and require a large amount of food, as they bolt it whole. They are not given to economy, for they kill and carry away to their*young vast numbers of fish too large for them to swallow, and largequantities are found at their rookery. Last year, while some parties were out to shoot fspecimens for our Tax- idermist, Mr. Horsford, they found3baskets of fish from the Wilbraham ponds and brooks,—trout, perch, pickerel, etc. There was formerly a large heronry just east of thegone mentioned above, between the ponds in Wilbraham, but the swamp was cleared and the birds had to move their quarters. Si lee On 10" FRO Ati Bgl bs Pe ae eh dle rlo eax! On de Oe fee SE OP ot Tone 1 =10 A) A Eevee ek Ee OE lo cia as Od SUP el Os 0 1G On 07-0 sO. Os 20 =s- 3 BON eee een Or TL WE th hele tbo sl ah aha Gh ak ah ait) ED shay bite eects Bs Te eee at Ob they ib ares) TIES. C. Wingate, 25 yds.......... 00 He anti sitcblobt kin irene a nee ees e a— eS NUR Cie. pe kere Om.) al Re Ses ee atria SM oy mAs he 1—3 Mr. Wingate shot off the tie and won the gold medal. There was no match at Creedmoor on Saturday. We would call attention to the score made lately at 'To- ronto, by the Volunteers there. BATTALION MATCH. Three shots at 300 yards; same at 500 yards. 500 yards. Totals. Serot. Maple: yee sack see Pete are 11 29 Lieut. Barnhill............... 10 12 29 ALL COMERS PRIZD. Rauges 300; 500 yards; and five rounds at each range 300 yards. 500 yards. Total. Sergt. Maj. Shand............ 1% 18 35 BE hy Dare Ss ates 18 17 35 NURSERY PRIZE, Range 400 yards; seven rounds. Oorp’l. O? Blois: .. 52... 20, +. 26 Pt. Namelton.-"'*....... 26. The Amateur Club will meet on Saturday next at Creed- moor, and should Capt. Bodine win a third time having secured the prize twice, he will finally capture it, The Directors of the National Rifle Association have authorized their Range Committee to extend the southern butts so as to allow of the use of two additional targets. Adjt. Gen. Rathbone has informed the Association that. he will offer the State prize of $500 at the coming match, and also an additional prize of $100 to each of the First and Second Divisions and the same prize to other divisions in the State provided that two or more regiments of any division send a team tofcompcete for the paize.. Gen. Rath- bone. also cotributes a prize of $100, the President and Executive Committee to procure a medal with that sum of money. The Seventh Regiment, Colonel Clark, is ordered out for rifle practice at Creedmoor to-day (Wednesday). Assembly at 8a.m. The Commandant, in General Orders, directs attention to the ample and admirable facilities furnished to the Nation®l Guard by the National Rifle Association, at Creedmoor, for rifle practice at long range. The use of the rifle range at Creedmoor by the companies of the regiment is earnestly recommended, as well as by officers. Com- -mandants are directed te carefully record the results of the rifle practice of their companies, as the proper basis for de- termining the comparative improvement and proficiency of the several companies of the regiment in this necessary mili- tary accomplishment. B Company, Seventh Regiment, N. G. 8S. N. Y., num- bering 100 men, has joined the National Rifle Association in a body, making the second company in the Seventh that has done this, C Company of the Seventy-ninth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., has applied for use of the Range on the 28d inst., and five targets have been assigned them for use on that day. D Company of the Thirteenth Regiment has also made application for the use of the Range, to select their best shots torepresent them on October 8th at the match. Colonel Hitcheock, of the Ninth Regiment, is organizing a detachment of about sixty men to practice at Creedmooy during this month, for the purpose of selecting the beg, shots as a team to compete on behalf of the Ninth at the match on the 8th of October. The Twelfth, Col. Ward, visited Creedmoor for rifle practice on Monday last. Anumber of teams from various newspapers have ep. tered for the Orange Judd Press prize. On Monday last, at Creedmoor, about 300 members of the Twelfth Regiment met, in order to pick a team for the Oc. tober contest. The following were chosen for the team and made five shots each at 500 yards, after being selected : Sergeant McGowan, 12; E. Yeager, 11; Sergeant Reddy, 11; C. B. Waterbury, 11; W. Hope, 8; Sergeant Manly, 7; H. Lovell, 7; Sergeant Boos, 5; Sergeant Wolier, ¢. W. 8. Smith, 6; Sergeant Hoffatatter, 6; P. Doerle, 4, Captain Burton, Major Powell, Captain Clar, Ranold Rangekeeper Higgs, and a nnmber of others were present and made good shots, Captain Burton. and his son, G. W, Burton, made fourteen consecutive bull’s eyes (56) at 500 yards, taking turn about, Captain C. Ranold, at the same distance, made sixteen and eighteen fine shots each. The rifles used by the regiment were the Remington military. Athletic Pastimes, ScorrisH GAmMESs.—The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Caledonian Club took place at Jones’ Wood, on Thuys- day, September 4, and the last to be held there, as the grounds are about to be cut up into streets and building lots. These games are of very ancient origin. It is the custom in Scotland, especially in the Highlands, to havea ‘‘ vathering ” in each prominent district once a year. The morning proved gloomy, and rain fell heavily at intervals and deterred many of the delegates and their families from coming to the city, as it is essentially a national gathering, where strangers frou all parts of the United States and of Canada, meet their friends once a year. By four o’clock in the afternoon there were 100 carriages, and over 20,000 people of all ages present to witness these popular past- times. The games were under the personal supervision of President James A. Craig, who represents the athletic ele- ment in the Club, and were conducted with energy, spirit, and decorum, resulting in great success. The dress of the members was very handsome, especially the Chiefs, who wore the tartans of their respective clans. As to the deco- rations on the breasts of the different members, we counted on one gentleman twenty-eight gold and silver medals ; the dirks and other silver accoutrements were mounted with the celebrated Scotch stone, the ‘‘ Cairn-Gorm.” The music was excellent, Wallace and Robertson’s full brass and string bands played at short intervals, during the gathering of the clans. The Club pipers played their in- spiring and wierd-like music, especially the beautiful High- land air, ‘‘I hear the Pibroch.” The following is the programme and award of prizes:— Pourtine Heavy Stone,—First, John Anderson, Newark, 33 feet 10 jn.; second, Jas. Melrose, Hartford, 31 ft. 7in;, third, Alex. McKay, New Haven, 30 ft. 10 in. Weight of stone 21 lbs. Sranpine Jume.—First, Geo. Goldie, New York, 9 ft. 10 in., but having won the Club champion gold medal last year, had to lay over this year; second, Andrew Rennie, New York, 9 ft. 4in; 38rd, Wm. Mungle, Hud- son Co., 9 ft. 3 in. Running Jump.—First, A. Rennie, New York, 19 ft. 1 in; 2d, Geo. T, Addison, N. Y., 18 f{6in; 3d. D. E. Bowie, Montreal, 17 fet. 8 in, SHort Race.—First, D. E. Bowie, Montreal; 2d. A, C, Read, Chicago; 3d. G. T. Addison, N. Y. Turowine Heavy (HAMMER, 16 lbs.—J. Anderson, Newark, 90 ft, 21-2 in; 2d. Rennie, N. Y., 83 ft. 4in; 3rd, David Deans, N. Y.,79 ft. 1-2 in. Sranvine Hiew Lear.—First, Geo. Goldie, N. Y, 4 ft. 10 in; 2d. Wm. Duke, N. Y. 4 ft. 9 in; 8rd, J. Fullerton, Montreal, and A. Tasker, N. Y., tie at 4 ft. 8 in, Broapsworp Dancr.—First, James West, N. Y; 2d, Robert , Forfar, Brooklyn; 8rd. A, Robertson, Chicago. Boys HieHuanp Fuive.—James Knox. N. Y. THROWING FIFTY-sIX LBS. WeEIGHT.—1st. Wm. L. Campbell, N. Y. 20 ft. 5in; 2d J. Fullerton, Montreal, 20 ft. 4in; 3rd Geo. Goldie, N. Y., 20 ft. Lone Race.—list. D. E. Bowie, Montreal; 2d T. B. Irving, N. Y; ard Colin Carmichael, N. Y. TossiInG THE CABER.—Ist. M. EH, More, N. Y- 38 ft 6 1-2; 2d, A, MeRay, New Haven, 38 ft 2in; 3rd, J. Fullerton, Montreal, 38 ft 1 1-2 in. Hiren anp Kick.—ist. A. Marshall, New Haven, 8 ft 7 in; 2d, G@. T. Addison, N. Y. 8 ft 6 in; 3rd A. C. Read, Chicago, 8 ft 5 in. Boys Rack, under 12 years.—ist, Thomas Grassic; 2d, L., D. Robertson dr. 33rd, Jas. Inglis. VAULTING WITH THE PoLE.—Ist. George Brymer, N. Y., 10 ft3 in; 2d William Robertson, Brooklyn, 10 ft; 8rd Geo. Goldie, N. Y.9 ft 9 in. This was the most beautiful coutest of the day, and was greatly applauded. This was Mr. Brymer’s first appearance in Jones Wood, and his jump of 10 ft 3 in. is the best ever made at any games in the country, his grace and agility are perfection. WaALkIne Matcu.—ist. Wm. Forsyth, New Haven; 2d John Henderson, N. Y; 8rd, A. Marshall, New Haven. Sack RacE.—1st. F. Marshall, New Haven; 2d, W. Forsyth, do; ard D. B. Fleming, N. Y. Hop, Ster and Jump.—tist. D. E. Bowie, Montreal, 40 ft 5 in; 2d Geo, Goldie, N. Y. 87 ft 8 in; 8rd A, Rennie, N. Y. 37 ft 5in. For running Mv. Bowie also won the Bennett cup at Springfield, Mass., open to colleges only. HicHiuand Frre.—tist. Munro Cameron, Brooklyn; 2d James Ponds laid outeand instructions given, tf pan ee err aera ee ee ee ee eee Burnham’s Academy OR PHYSICAL CULTURE. COR, SCHEMERHORN & SMITH STS., aie Classes for Gents open on MONDAY EVENING, Sept. 15, Ladies and Misses on. ' WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Sept. 1% Boys on 95 THURSDAY AFTERNOON, Sept. OO New Apparat us—Rowing Machines—haye been added, 5 Terms, Five Dollars a Year. | Ten Cents a Copy. f NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, | Org { Volume I, Number 6G, Cd ede | 103 Fuiton Street. Fon Forest and Stream. MEXICAN SCENERY. —_4-—___—. IGH on‘a bare, volcanic cliff, Above the sailmg clouds I stand. And gaze o’er many a shining eague Of outspread, flowery=Mexic land. Beneath me ancient forests lie, Their green tops rippled by the breeze, Their massive foliage heaves, and swells Like tumbling billows of the seas. So thick they weave their leafy screen, That scarce a broken sunbeam falls Thro’ the green arches to illume The sombre shadows of their halls, And many a grotesque swinging vine, Like glittering?serpent climbs their tops; The cactus twines its color’d crowns, The aloe its red garland drops, And tropic birds on spangled wings, Tlit thro’ the fairest openings. And here the browsing deer-herds roam; Now scouring the extended plain, Now lost in arbor of the wild, Now wandering by the tumbling main. Far thro’ the thick, umbrageous depths, The shy wild turkey leads the brood, And swarms of chattering monkeys sweep Along the summits of the wood. High soaring in the upper air, Vast cones volcanic rise like clouds, Fach with its vapory flag of smoke, That ever the white crown enshrouds; The Indian ages long ago, Long ere the Spaniard trod the shore, With awe beheld these mystic flames, And hearken’d to the crater’s roar; Dreaming that goblins of the mine, With incantations wierd and dark, Mingled their orgies in the gloom Of night, and lit each lurid spark. Far down, amid the valleys green, Soft scenes outspread the fairy land; Flowers of gay hue and fragrant smell, Broadcast_are-sown by Nature’s hand: All the rich colors that entwine The rainbow, here celestial shine, Each radiant with eternal bloom, Hach aromatic with perfume. Afar I hear the tinkling bells Of the slow caravans ascend; And voices of the muleteers, In soft, harmonious cadence blend Far off, o'er Guatemala’s plain, O’er peasant huts I see the smokes, And from each rustic chapel hear The evening bell-chimes’ measur’d strokes. And twinkling in the setting sun, The distant city glistens white, Belfry and cupola sublime, Transtigured with the streaming light. TsAac McLELLAN. A Bay with the Jlaturalists. ee \ STEAMER BLUE Lien, Prar’s Isuanp, Mn., August 16, 1873. | EBprror oF Forest anp STREAM :— J write you from Peak’s Island, a place the existence of which is perhaps to you, as it wasto me, not long since, unheard of. But iat was our bad luck. The denizens of Portland and of the adjacent towns know, and knew, of it and in its evergreen groves seck the relief which its constant, cooling breezes and delightful climate offer during the ‘heated term; for ap North and down East though it be, Portland does have its ‘‘ heated term,” It is easy of access, for a trim little steamer, the Ex-_ press, commanded, clerked, pursered, and steered by a most popular captain, makes a numberof regular trips daily; With great groves of grand pines, and here and there a noble elm, furnishing shady, romantic walks and snug nooks for resting; with a craggy beach on its further side, against which the broad Atlantic drives its billows, and in an easterly storm, dashes surf furiously to its highest cliffs; with here and there, in the magnificent view seaward, scat- tered dots of rocky islets, where, clear from man, tlie little petrel, the gull, and tern make their nests and rear their young in safety. Here, at sunrise, one can commune with Nature, and hardly realize that within a gunshot, just across the belt of pines, civilization is amusing itself. For on this -side there isa quiet sheltered anchorage where the smallest boat can stay secure in the heaviest storms, Each end of the island, two miles apart, is given up to merry-making. Restaurants, where, since the Maine law took effect, nothing stronger than coffee can be obtained— unless the landlord knows you, Strictly temperance houses, but if a gentleman wll drink, why, they don’t like to dis- appoint him. Swings, rustic seats, croquet grounds, bowl- ing alleys, &c., furnish amusement to the crowds of pleas- ure seekers who come over to the island for a day’s picnic. Sprinkled about among the groves are the white tents of many families who ,scek relaxation in a *‘ week’s camping out,” with chowder, clams, and fishing ad lititum,; and on & warm, sunny day, the scene is very cheerful. -The woods are gay with white frocks and red ribbons; and boys and men bedecked with blue flannel shirts with great white anchors embroidered on the bosom, (for it is the ‘‘ swell” thing here to be a yachtman;) and two boys with a punt and shelter tent, are happy in considering that they are yacht- ing and camping out. Bands of music and singing parties enliven the evening, But there is another side to this; now and then a cold easterly wind, with its inevitable accompaniments of fog and rain, comes upon us, and then, chilled and miserable, our gay campers take to their tents, wrap up in rubber, and happy if their roof sheds water, solace themselves with cards and pipes and pray for a shift of wind, which must come sooner or later. In the midst of the last driving stcrm, when all nature was clad in dismal gray, trimmed with water colors, I accosted a weather-beaten old_fisher- man with, ‘* How long is this thing going to last, Captain?” (it’s very safe to call a man ‘‘ Captain ” here—they don’t as- pire to General or Judge.) ‘* Wall, I guess it’ll tucker out after a bit. Imnever knowed but one of these sou’easters that didn’t come to an end sometime.” ‘‘ Why, when was that?” said I. Said he, “This one,” and I went my way sadly and sold. The central parts of the island, though, on its western face are as quiet and retired as the ends are gay, and here with every facility at its disposal for successful work, the United States Fish Commission has established its head- quarters for the summer. ) = '-—A sale of fine horses took place last week at the farm of George C. Hitchcock, Esq., New Preston, Connecticut, conducted by Colonel Barker, of the New York ‘‘Tatter- sals.” There was a fair sprinkling of New Yorkers, nota- bly among them ‘‘Hark Comstock” and Clarence ©. Col- lins. Mr. Collins bought a pair of geldings for $600. The amount received for twenty-eight horses was $10,795. The highest price obtained was $1,500 for Highland Queen. The lowest $100, for Highland Maid. The average, $385 53. ee -—In the last seven months the number of horses exported from England was 1,320, of which 548 went to France. The yalue was £77,025. In the same period last year the number was 1,888, and the valve £104,913. In seven months of 1871 as many as 4,104 horses were exported to Rrance, ‘horses that had never beaten three minutes, best 3 in 5, ‘George’s Clubs were present. FLEETWOOD: PARK, ‘September 15.—Sweepstakes $500; mile heats-best 3 in 5, to wagon; owners to drive. “W. Johnson’s b. g. Bay Dan............. Sites ALLE, wl W. Lynch’s b. g. Billy Lynch............-. 1 eee P. Daley’s br. g. Tony Hartman..........-. 3 8 dist. O. Murphy’s b. s. May Morn............... 4 4 dist. J Millane’s bh. g. Bay Joln.y. 2)... ..e.2-.-- Drawn, Time—2:574, 2:524, 2:50, 2:50, 2:614. Second Race—Sweepstakes $500; mile heats, best 3 in 5, to wagon; owners to drive. O. Murphy’s b. g. Tassy Torney... ........+6.+. + dl M. Ryan’s b. m, Belle Jones. .......... 25-0002 2 2 2 J, dRysin's $2 ny aad y, Roya Masn gee oe ire ee Drawn, Time—3:04, 3:00, 2:565. The regular fall meeting of the Fleetwood Association began on the 15th. The premiums are liberal, and the en- tries embrace some of the best blood of the trotting horses of the country. —Robert Bonner’s famous stallion Startle again appeared on the track September 13th, and trotted three-quarters of a mile in 1:43, which is the fastest time ever made on the track. NTs Wire Prats, N, Y., September 15th.—The unfinished trotting race of September 18th, for a purse of 500 for ‘ was completed to-day. At the time of postponement eight heats had been trotted, and three more were required to arrive at aresult. Eleven heats in a race of this character is very remarkable. Ben Wilson’s brown mare Carrie at last proved the winner. PHILADELPHIA, September 11th. The sport com- menced with the unfinished 2,33 race, postponed from the evening before. Purse for $2,000; for horses that had never beaten 2:83. Mile heats, best three in five in harness; $1,000 for the first. There were thirteen entries. Five horses were distanced. J. K. Leavitt's Star won. Time 2:33, 2:54; 2:304. The first race on the regular programme was a purse of $3,000, for horses that never trotted better than 9:94 mile heats, best three in five, in harness; $1,700 to the first. After three exciting heats Crown Prince proved the winner. Thomas Jefferson, Jr., taking second momey. Time 2:374, 2:26%, 2:26. Winding up the meeting was the free-for-all purse of $4,000, mile heats, best three in five, in harness; $2,200 to the first, $1,200 to the second and $600 to the third horse. Entered for this was Budd Doble’s bay mare Goldsmith Maid, Ben. Mace’s bay gelding Sensation, J. J. Bowen’s black gelding Camors and A. Goldsmith’s black gelding Gloster. Won by Goldsmith Maid in three straight heats. Time 2:22, 2:254 2:24. Harrrorp, Connecticut, September 12th.—The Plainville Park Aseociation closed a very successful fall meeting. There were about 4,000 people present. The weather was fine and the track in fine condition. In the 2:50 race for $1,000, four heats, Commodore Perry, of Providence, was the winner. Time, 2,394. In the two 2:29 race, fora purse of $1,500, four heats, Commodore, of Newburg, N. Y., won. Time, 2,334. In the free-to-all ‘race, for the ‘2.000 purse, four heats, Judge Fullerton won. Time, 2:25. Lexineron, September 12th.—The races of the Kentueky Association were the bést during the week. The first race, two mile heats, was won by Wither’s entry, Stanford, in 3:401, making the last milein 1:402, and distanced: his com- petitor, Mandarin, in the first heat. . Second race—Colt and filly stakes; two-year-old; $50 entrance; play or pay; $250 added; one mile. Three started, and the race was won easily by Rolifason’s Astral colt, by Asteroid,’ in 1:44%, being the fastest time for two- year-olds ever made. Letoler came in second, and La-. grange third. Lonpon, September 12th.—This was the fourth and last day of the Doncaster September meeting. The great race of the day was for the Doncaster cup, value 300 sovereigns. Mr. Savile’s br. c. Uhlan, 3 years old, was the winner. The b. f. Lillian, 4 years old, belonging to the same gentleman, came in second, and Mr. R. N. Batt’s ch. c. Thorn, 3 years old, third. There were five starters. The betting was three to one against Uhlan, three to one against Lillian, and . six to four against Thorn. Athletic Pastimes. A cricket match was arranged to take place at Hoboken, September 13th, between the second eleven of the Manhat- tan Club and the first eleven of the Zingari Club. Only five of the Zingari’s put in an appearance, so a scratch match was called, Messrs. Rutty and Ronaldson choosing sides. There was no difficulty in selecting two elevens, as a number of the first elevens of the Manhattan and St. Rutty having won the toss, chose Hosford, Lewis, Tilly, Hayward, Oakley and Tucker, of the Manhattans; Green, of the St. George’s, and Len- drum, Mooney and Boddy, of the Zingaris. Ronaldsow chose Smith and Talbot, of the St. George’s ; Peters, of the Prospect Park ; Parker, of the Staten Island ; Lonergan, Bishop, Franklin, and Beattie, of the Manhattans ; Orten of the Newark, and Rocke, of the Jersey City Clubs. The game was an exciting one, the batting of Tilly, Hay- ward, and Oakley on Rutty’s side, and Ronaldson and Pe- ters on Ronaldson’s side being excellent. The bowling of Hosford and Ronaldson was also worthy of ‘notice. The following is the-score : RUTTY’S SIDE. Hosford, ¢. Ronaldson, b: Lonergan?...-....2...0..\.. 2... s see ese ess 6 Milly, . ROnAdsOM.. 22.00 e- sy see eee ye eee eee ates Aten r 12 Rutty, b. Talbot... 2.6.25. nee ee ee eee ee nee eee serene 10 fewis, st. Gonergan, De Walbot. 07 Since ne cere see eee 0 Hayward, b. Ronaldson..... 2.2... bee. c eee eee ene ee eee eee 19 Lendrum hit wicket, b. Talbot...........-. Oa Re re See oe Beh 4 Mooney, ¢. Peters, b. Ronmaldson.......... 2.6.2.6 22s sees eee eee eee 6 Oakley, ¢, Smith, b. Lonergan. ..-...- 0.10.1 esse ese e eee sees nee es 24 Bod yy Pin Otte. 2 Vee eee ea ee ree ene ere ee oy ee 2 SB eIer MOU M be ee ee erg a bats toe wine cleicicteatee Soe mtieiren see nz ogee ey ee Green, b. Beattie...... Pein WS ee cae a aa EN, gy ed a Ge 4 Byes, 4; leg byes, 4; wides, 4; no 1s: eg ae TO te oe PA eee tee 13 le lela mls eed verter ad a mis Wang oe echys Fy eee «>. 108 RONALDSON’S SIDE. Ronaldson, c. Mooney, b. Hosford...-..--..-..-.---+++-sseesreereeees 29 Smith, c. Rutty, b. Mooney..........-. 2 -. see seek eee tenes erect rere 5 Peters, b. Hosford... 02-0... eee eee bee ee ee ce dee etc e te re ees va Tal Date voy ERORTOTC y: sie sereet east soaceatesarre eybe aol Pe ORANG att ort aie 1 Lonergan, c. Boddy, b. Hosford.........---+---.+s+seeeeteeee res eistate 0 Franklin, b. Richardson, b. Hosford.......-.-- loan st ab ceed een 0 Bishop, c. Hayward, b. Lewis.....-.....- +. 2s eres cee ere geese sees 0 Parker stotwOul pen ie taeteetnde at seins ise eee one BEL e environs 3 Rocke, ¢. Boddy, b; Lewis........ 22... 2-255 jeer rte tee ce Rare 0 Beattie,.c. Rutty, b. Hosford....../......-.. eee cess eee e eet tees 2 OTton, Pe CWO WISS je. celta eels aces = ere gee ee era ae aia DS Abe em yB Leg byes, 15 wiles, 3.0... ee ee ee se ee eres 4, Motadlescce: SN ada seperate sre caked ee 59 —The:sixth. game of the championship series between the Mutuals and Philadelphians was. played September 18th, on the Union Grounds in the presence of an immense as- semblage. The game was an exceedingly good one and free from errors, the Philadelphians charged with only six and the Mutuals four. A feature of the game was a magnifi- cent running catch by Cuthbert, the equal of which is sel- dom seen on a ball ground. Holdsworth and Start carried off the honors of the infield for the Mutuals, the latter putting out no less than seyenteeu men. ‘The Mutuals won, scoring seven to the Philadelphians two. —Captain Thomas Dean, of the thirteenth Regim nt, Brooklyn, and late drill-master of the Brooklyn Police, is to open a billiard room about the first of, November, in the new iron building, corner of Smith and Fulton streets. The room will contain fourteen tables, and surpass in some respects any similar place of resort in the two clties. Mr. Dean is a favorite, aud remunerative support has been pleged him by many gentlemen not usually known in bil- liard circles. What is the difference betweena chime of bells, and a back salary grabber?—One peals from the steeple; the other steals from the people. —__4——__—__ Important to sportsmen—The domestic hen is a good setter; so isa grocery loafer. —_—_+>—_—_———_ Motto of the Professional Nines—‘‘ Base is the slave that pays.” Answers Go Correspondents. + arte [We shall endeavor in this department to wnpart and hope to_receive such information as Hs be of service to amateur and professional sports- men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within the scope of this paper, desiqnating localities for good hunting, fish- ing, and trapping, and giving advice and. instructions as to outfits, im- ella routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species, govermng rules, ete, All branches of the sportsman’s craft will receive attention. Anonymous conmunications not noticed. | ———— +- Fercx, Baltimore—Mocking-hirds begin to moult the last of July. The moulting season ought not to last more than three weeks, providing the bird is in good condition. If not well cared for, it may take three months before he gets his voice back. Kgep birds ont of draft, feed with nourish- ing food, not too plentifully. Bird must have quiet, and not be fretted. Youne SporTsmMAN—Deer abound in McKean and Warren, but not in Forrest. All are good counties for game. No fear of roughs. Conpu—Collies can be had in England from three guineas to ten pounds. Unless you havea friend to purchase, it isa risky busmess, Have tried English dog biscuits and do not like them. < H.-R.—Reeves’ gren felt is a preparation of gum cotton. The fibre is felted, then treated, In France a similar material made into paper pulp is used. Have tried it and found it excellent. It may, in time, be exten- sively used. It can be bought here. (See Gloan). _ 1. D., Brooklyn—The book you want. will be published shortly in Cali- fornia, by Carmany & Co. Address them. W. H. K., Boston—A handy book is Newhouse’s Trapper’s Guide. The yery best is an English work, “Lord and Baines’ Shifts and Expedi- ents.”” A. A., Boston—Will give the whole subject our best attention next month, with character of game, methods of conveyance, hotels, &c. It is too early yet to go, being decidedly the most unhealthy season of the year in that section. |. L., Jr.—Chap. XL, Revised Statutes, 1871, §41, says: “No mascal- longe, pickerel, pike, sun-fish, or bream, yellow perch, or black bass shall be introduced, by means of the live fish or spawn, to any waters where they do not now severally exist. See fourth number Forest AND STREAM. PiscaToR—Will Piscator be good enough to send his address ? We and others wish to communicate with him on matters in the interest of sci- ence. : Gamma—You ask how to load an 8 bore breech-loader so as to shoot hardest for brant. Clean and load shells yourself, as follows: Five drachms powder, two felt wads on top, one and a half ounces No, 2 shot; then pasteboard wad on top of powder. Do not drive too hard on shot so as to alter shape of shot, The use of oil in shot tends to lump them. B. O.—You can get a caribou skin from Kaiser, Granville street,Halifax: cost, $4 to $10, according to size. GaLEB—Pilot fish (Naucrales Ductor), Facts as to its piloting the shark not fully established. L. H. & N. U —One dollar a day and found is what you ought to pay your Indians. You will want not more than four, two for each canoe. Five hundred dollars is ample for the trip. D. S.—A gun made expressly for pigeon shooting will cost fully $400 before it reaches you. X. Z.—Eneglish decoys not as good as ours. OrnitHo—Should think it was the cedar bird, from your description of plumage, yellowish brown, with a darker colored head, and the slaty blue of the wings, most especially from the red waxen tip on the wing, ampelis cedrorum. Consult Wilson. Boyrron—The Gadide family are distinguished by having the ventral fins beneath the pectorals. “The cod is of this family. - Ovum—In number four ForREsT AND STREAM. you ask if a trout will ‘too back on its paternity, by eating its eggs.” We say yes. not only young males, but females also. Can see the thing often while lying on the covered spawning race watching operations below through the cracks in the boards. Mr. Fred Mather, of Honeoye Falls, informs us that he takes all his spawn on the Ainsworth screens now, and claims that he gets stronger and healthier fish, and thoughthe percentage of impregna- tion is less than by handling the fish, he claims that he can raise more- fish from a thousand egos laidin the natural manner, than can be done by the-hand operation. (We must again beg correspondents to give us their names, as we will for the future give no replies to any annonymous questions, or return answers by letter. Time too much occupied.) 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Warpnespay, Sept. 24—Prospect Park Association, Brooklyn, N, ¥.— Albany Agricultural Fair, Albany, N. Y.—Murfreesboro Fair, Central Tennessee, THURSDAY, Sept. 25—Prospect Park Association, Brooklyn, N. Y.—st. Paul Agricultural Fair, St Paul, Minn.—Somerset Central Fair, Skowhe- gan, Me, A WORD IN SEASON. arene DEES ; WO very valuable papers the Forest AND SUREAM has given to the public since its birth, both of which relate to regions almost unknown and until recently unex- plored by sportsmen. One descriptive of Anticosti Island was concluded in our last number, the other, relative to the Nepigon, remains to be completed. We trust our readers will appreciate their value, and realize that they may at some day not distant, be of practical utilty for ref- erciice. Through our numerous available channels of in- formation, we are enabled to supply gentlemen sportsmen with an unlimited fund of knowledge pertaining to the shooting and fishing erounds of America, of which most of them have hitherto been ignorant, and we can conscien- tiously assure our readers that this paper will not reach the climax of its effort and of accorded merit until it is made as indispensable a size qua now to our own people as the London ‘ Hield” and ‘* Land and Water” are to the gentlemen of England. In the course of the two com- ing months we shall be placed in a position to redeem this pledge. We wish, moreover, to impress upon the public that the material of this paper is made up directly from resources which are tributary to its requirements, and not from mat- ter collected from contemporary journals in the interest of out-door sports. The aid that we have secured from oflicial and semi-official sources, as well as from private contributors, is. calculated to make the Formst AND SpRHAM an accepted FOREST AND STREAM. and reliable authority onmost of the subjects that come within its scope. Our subscription list already includes some hundreds of leading naturalists, sportsmen, and ‘‘ gentie- menin general,” most of whom, in sending their favors, affirm that they have never yet been subscribers to any sporting journal (so called), and that this paper exactly mects their views and requirements. Our sole ambition is to merit a continuance of their confidence and approval. —EEE——— eee v MIGRATIONS OF FISH. N Sweden, in 1556, there was a Land-stotning. That is, the fish, having emerged from the deeps, appeared in in- calculable numbers in the Skargard, and thus continued un- til 1587, a period of thirty-one years, when they as sudden- ly absented themselves. During the period of glut, the fisheries are described as having been more productive than at any other on record. Old chroniclers state ‘‘ that for a space of fifty or sixty miles the shores of the main land, and the adjacent islands, were scattered with curing and salting-houses, many of them two and three stories high, and inhabited by vast multitudes of people who had congregated there from various and distant parts, and whose sole occupation was in connection with the fisheries. That herrings were there so very abundant that thousands ef ships came annually from Denmark, Germany, Frics- land, Holland, England, and France to purchase fish.” This would not seem to be a very exaggerated account, as from the small town of Marstrand alone, no less than 600,900 tunner, or some 2,400,000 bushels were yearly exported. The disappearance of the fish in 1587, which reduced the fishing people to penury and misery, was, according to the belief of the age, foreboded by the capture of a herring —the queen of the family, as it was supposed—of such enormous size, that two men could with difficulty carry it suspended on a pole! During a space of seventy-three years, the herring appeared again, but in small numbers, when, in 1663, there was another arrival, though not com- parable to that of 1556. In 1774 was the last great advent of herring, which lasted until 1804. In 1808, herring again as mysteriously left the coast, and have never again visited it inan overwhelming way. Swedish naturalists, deputed by the Government to account for the absence of the fish at that time, imputed it to various reasons. Among them ‘‘to the noise and uproar when the fisheries were flourish- ing, caused by the tens of thousands of congregated people, which noise, in calm weather, or when the wind was off the land, might be heard miles and miles at sea; the enor- mous quantity of refuse of all kinds cast out from the cur- ing and boiling-houses into the sea, which on sinking, de- stroyed all submarine vegetation, and masses of which re- sembling floating islands, emitting a dreadful stench, which might, at times, be met with far away from land. Though more than half a century has since elapsed, the places where this filth deposited itself in any considerable quantity, are still quite visible, and by the fishermen called tod-botinar or death-spots. These interesting facts just stated we have compiled from various sources. We have not avery high opinion of the stuteness of the Government naturalists of that day, al- though as respects one of the causes attributed—that of the putrid offal—it doubtless hada decided effect to diminish the quantity of fish. The chief reasons, probably, were the great destruction of fry and lesser fish by the small size of the meshes of the nets and the use of a drag net of gi- gantic proportions, which swept the bottom and destroyed all the grass and plants amongst which herrings are accus- tomed to spawn. . The whole subject of the migration of fishes is most in- teresting, though their movements are not more mysterious, perhaps, than the migration of deer, buffalo, and other wild animals, only that they are hidden from observation by the unsearchable element in which they live. The whole family of fishes is divided into pursuers and pursued, and the instinctive effort to escape may lead the pursuit to lo- calities far beyond the climatic and natural range of the pursuer. Change of temperature in the water has also its most important effect, and the same organic laws that have made some races of land animals extinct, and driven others far beyond the boundaries of old established haunts, ope- rate equally upon the denizens of the sea. Caprice, too, has something to do with changes of habitat, and we can- not think it more strange thatthe salmon should desert rivers that it has resorted to for generations than that wolves, deer, or wild turkeys should suddenly disappear in this place and present themselves in that. Bluefish, and many others both nomadic and stationary, have made an unexpected appearance on our northern coasts from time to time, and we have already remarked in previous numbers of this paper that several species pecu- liar to equatorial and semi-tropical waters have, within two or three years, been met with here. Perhaps the tempera- ture of the sea is changing in this latitude. As regards pursuit, however, if we could determine the advent of the food fish by the coming and going of the small fry, an im- portant and useful scientitic point could be gained; but, as it happens, the shoal of bluefish, herring, or mackerel in salt water, or the whitefish, herring, and salmon-trout of the Iukes do not incessantly follow one single shoal of small fry until they have incontinently consumed them. The mood may take the pursuer to suddenly dart off in a differ- ent direction after other fry, and so, after followifie this chase and that for a time indefinite, the haunts that knew them familiarly once may be deserted for a long period of consecutive years, or, possibly, “know them no more for- els es 9, ever. Still, with the most plausible, theoretical accounting foy of facts, it does seem singular that these immense shoals of fish, incredible in number and extent, should visit certain points on the seaboard and inland coasts, not periodically but sporadically; and their advent is always recorded ag fi marvellous phenomenon of the times. The most ¢Xtraor- dinary of these occurrences ever mentioned was witnessed on the southern shore of Lake Superior about the 10th of June, 1870, just off the harbor of Marquette. A letter of that date, in our possession, says:—'‘‘The lake was filled by a large body of salmon-trout. They presented a front of sixty meles, facing Maquette and extending out into the lake to ‘Stannard’s Rock,’ forty miles distant from shore, A steamer was chartered, and a party of men, women, and children started for the rock; they fished for four hours and took four hundred trout, weighing from six to forty pounds each. The next week another party started, and in four hours took eight hundred trout, weighing from six to forty pounds each! It was then discovered that there was no use in going such a distance, as the harbor was full of them. I and my youngest son took a yaw] and started to try our luck in the harbor. In ‘less than three hours we loaded her down to the water’s cdge. We had small oars, and rowed with one hand and held the trolling line in the other. Weused a spoon. One young, man went out in a yawl to see how manyhe could take, and he caught one hundred and fifty and then gave up.” This is no fish story, but can be authenticated in a hun- dred ways. The fish filled an area of forty miles by sixty in extent, and were off the harbor of Marquette two weeks, The prevailing winds during the visit of the shoal came from the southwest, with eccasional thunder showers. With regard to the feeding of the trout, it was observed that most of them threw from their stomachs, on being hauled into the boat, from three to four small herring six or eight inches long. The herring were fresh, and seemed to haye been taken but a few minutes before the trout were caught. It is possible that this shoal of trout followed a shoal of herring, feeding on them as they travelled south, as that appeared to be the direction in which they were moving. The trout averaged twelve pounds each in weight. There must have been millions of them in the school. ENGLISH EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE COM- MISSION. a MOST important discussion is now gojng on in Eng- land in regard to the introduction of scientific studies into the Universities, and the report which has been just published is well worthy of our attention. Especial at- tention is directed to the remarks of Sir Benjamin Brodie, who stated in order to show what « demand there is to-day for scientific laborers of the highest quality, that in Eng- land ‘‘almost every scientific man is caught up instantly for educational purposes, for the objeci of teaching alone; and in the next place avery great draft indeed is made upon Science for economical purposes; I mean for purposes connected with practical life. In sanitary matters we have numerous examples of the vast amount of work done by scientific men for public and practical objects. So that the supply of scientific men is not equal to the demand, for those objects alone.” The smattering of science, distributed in small doses over the English University term of instruction, according to Sir W. Thompson, is productive of the smallest possible amount of gaqod. The emulation of the student directed to no special point of research, he fails to see the immense advan- tages that a more profound knowledge in any particular branch would give him. Another subject dwelt especially on by the committee is in regard to Fellowships, and the creation of them with some small salary sufficient to give its recipient, if not ease, at least independence, during a course of scientific research. When Mr. Tyndall avas in the United States, he told us quite feclingly how hard it was for the man of patient study, the scientist who ought to be for years giving the best days of his life to the elucidation of some fact, to have to eke out his existence through the drudgery of teaching, If advantages of this character, such as Fellowships, are given in Scotland, such does not seem to be the case in England, The foreign methods adopted in the Heole Pratique des Hautes Htudes are particularly recommended. In regard to it, the Committee state that ‘‘the course pursued by this in- stitution is to take young men who have completed their preliminary scientific studies, and allowing them an annual stipend to defray the expenses of their maintenance, to place them under the care of competent professors, who give them-assistance and advice in their first researches, and to whom they afterwards become useful. This plan appears to us so excellent in itself, and at the same time so academic. in its general character, that we desire to recommend it for adoption at Oxford and Cambridge. To insure due atten- tion to both classes of students, it would be proper that the laboratories intended for training in the methods of research should be distinct from those in which more elementary instruction is given.” There is even, it seems, in conservative England some idea of giving Doctorates of Science, in imitation of the German universities, That there is a grand awakening 00 this subject of university training is very certain. Slow to moye tl ough the English may be, some radical changes are quite likely to be effected. Se es re —On the tip end of ‘‘ Anthony’s Nose,” Lake George, 2p pears conspicuously the advertisement of *' Vinegar Bitters.” Ts this a desecration of nature, or is itaccording to nature, that this infallible sign sheuld thus assert itself ? FOREST AND STREAM. 89 THE SARATOGA REGATTA. ae F some familiar names known among our amateur oars- Lmen were wanting in this contest, the race itself was in every respect a model one, and well worthy of putting on record. Aside from the spirited nature of the struggle, there was one excellent element about it, the perfect har- mony with which everything went off, and the absence of all strife and bickering. The unpleasant feeling which was manifested in the Springfield race did not occur, and to the conquerors were instantly adjudged their well earned re- wards. Such accidents as may arise about stake-boats aad buoys, from ignorance of crews, and incompetenecy of judges, we trust will no longer mar the pleasures of our amateur contests. Saratoga Lake is, perhaps, one of the best waters in the United States for boating contests. Three quarters surrounded by woods, .the wind has but very little effect, so that the water is rarely lumpy, and of course influences of currents are unknown. We again have to commend the fact that no gambling was allowed, and that the authorities had combined with the managers of the race to entirely exclude anything like pools. Kfforts of this kind are in the highest degree proper, and must tend to elevate the sport to that high position which all gentlemen desire amateur boating should assume in the United States. There can be no possible grumble at the victory gained by the Messrs. Lamb. They showed themselves thorough oarsmen. It is exactly by meeting rivals of this calibre that true proficiency will be acquired by ourown men. Of course our amateur friends will do wisely to profit by the lesson they have received. With a little more «are and judgment by beginners to train our boys at an earlier age to athletic sports, the time will come when we will put our English friends up to their mettle. ——— rth 9 WHAT THE GERMANS SAY - ABOUT WOOD CUTTING. no SS HE Germans, who have made a science of arboricul- T ture, with their admirable powers of scientific analy- sis, have determined pretty exactly how much water is pre- served by the soil covered by their forests. They do not, however, indulge only in simple speculations in regard to this self-evident fact, but, in some cases, have brought the calculations down to a question of gallons. From the Ausland we translate as follows: ‘‘The woods, thicket, and herbage which cover the ground, we all know, hold the rain-water which falls on them. The sole reason for this is, that there is less chance of the water evapora- ting. The best idea that canbe had of what would be the effect of cutting down the woods, would be presented by supposing we denuded the Spessant Mountain of its trees, which mountain rises in the right side of the Mein (Maine) on one side of the valley which divides it fromthe Oden- wald. The cutting of the wood on this single mountain would prevent the formation of a river as large as the Mein before Aschaffenburg, whose flow would be continuous during a period of sixteen days.” Here is shown, in that admirable practical way the Ger- mans have of imparting knowledge, exactly the facts the Forest AND STREAM is so desirous of making public, in re- gard to indiscrimimate, senseless wood cutting. Data of this character we think are essential, and if reiterated, must at last have their effect on the public mind. Cut down the Adirondack region, and it is no exaggeration to state that- the volume of the Hudson will be appreciably diminished. ot TRESPASS. Sa a VERY proper amount of prejudice exists in the Uni- ted States in regard to the stringency of the English game laws. As was justly remarked by a prominent Eng- lish statesman, ‘‘that miserable animal, the rabbit, has been the cause of more class-hatred in Great Britain than any of the most obnoxious acts passed by Parliament.” If Herbert Spencer, in some of his admirable essays, has quite clearly proved that almost all the modern efforts of legislation have been directed towards diminishing ‘the vigorous character of certain laws imposed on us by generations that have gone before, such arguments hardly hold good in this newer country of ours. Game restrictions in England may be sometimes rigorous, extending not only towards the game itself, but taxing pretty roundly those who carry guns; but without advocating any extreme measures we must never- theless animadyert if not to the singular laxity with which our game laws are administered, at least to the indifference in regard to trespass. This matter of trespass seems to be now a growing evil, and the cases of individual injury are so frequent that we are in receipt of numerous letters requesting us to use our influence to prevent it. Each year, just about this time, men with guns (not sportsmen) assemble from every quar- ter of the United States and track the Western corn-tields and prairies in search of the pinnated grouse, They shoot right and left, without leave or license. The farmers of our prairies are as generous a set of men as ever lived, many of them good sportsmen, and, actuated by no dog-in- the manger motives, are now up in arms at this violation of their grounds, Every year they see their grounds de- stroyed, their birds slaughtered, and they can find no re- dress. They ask us what are they to do. Some even go so far as to intimate a desire to take the law in their own hands. Such measures we must deprecate. The redress lies in taking the laws made against trespass out of the civil courts; which is a ftedious and ineffective process of law, and of having cases of trespass tried by the more prompt action of the criminal courts. Privileges to shoot should be considered as property, and might be sold by our West- ern prairie owners, and without any idea of money being made out of them. With the proceeds of the sale of such licenses men might be employed to guard the grounds, who could prevent trespass. We doubt very much the efficacy of having State officials to attend to these duties, something like the French guarde de chasse. Such duties could be bet- ter undertaken by men paid for this purpose. ‘That tres- passing, all over the country, is a growing nuisance is very certain, and that prompt measures for correcting this evil are necessary, is equally evident. ee MOCCASINS. a ee i have received some letters from friends en royte for Nova Scotia and the Dominion of Canada, in- tent on moose and carribou hunting, who are desirous of oblaining some informatin in regard to moccasins. Such moccasins as we find at Saratoga, are only proper to use in a bed-room. The real hunting moccasins, which can stand any amount of usage are an entirely different thing, There are two kinds of moccasins used in the Canadas, one which may be called the shoe moccasin, low cut, fitted for going over smooth ground, the other coming up higher, proper for rough country, and where brambles are found, and commonly called the shoe-pack. Both kinds should be made of the hide of the carribou. The skin of the car- ribou contains within itself a great deal of natural oil, is remarkably tough and moderately elastic. The hide should be regularly tanned in oak bark; all preparations containing alum destroys its excellent qualities, The hide of the car- ribou, especially in the male near the neck, is almost an inch in thickness, The hair itself is very close and curly, looking like grey moss. In tanning, hide and hair should be cured together. In making a pair of moccasin boots, havethe sole broad and the heels low, and sew the seams with the sinews of the carribou. Moccasins dipped in the melted fat of the animal makes them almost impervious to snow and water. The boot should by all means have a tongue of carribou hide, not a thin one, but one which will fully cover the instep and ankle. It should invariably be laced with carribou thongs. If a boot of caribou hide is rubbed with the ordinary preparations of tallow and Bur- gundy pitch or dubbing, it seems to retain such substances longer than any other kind of leather. All village shoe- makers in the Provinces can turn out a servicable pair of moccasins, and know how to make a good fit. Never wear high boots in hunting moose or caribou; they make too much noise in those still woods. Besides boots are rapidly worn out, going over the rocky ground, and be- come soon useless. An excellent sole is made, and a most lasting one, by taking a piece of hide with the hair on, doubling it on the skin side, leaving the hair outside, and then sewing it together. The durability of a sole of this character is remarkable. In camp when coming home from a wet hunt, never put either boots, shoes, or moccasins too near the fire. It is bet- ter to hang them up above your head, and let them dry slowly. The smoke of the camp fire seems to improv them. Sometimes moccasins may be frozen stiff; they must then be completely thawed out, and whilst not too near the fire rub deer fat into them. No one who has hunted in moccasins takes again to the boots or shoes of civilization without regret. In fact nothing can be made more unphilo- ° sophical than our boots and shoes, as to their construction, The writer has frequently shot on the prairies, for a whole season, following the grouse over the tough wiry grass, With a single pair of Canadian moccasins, while his com- panions have worn and cut out two pairs of ordinary hunting shoes in the same time. Perhaps, had the learned Chancellor of England, Erskine, known about moccasins, he might not havesaid, what.Rogers declares he did say on his death-bed, which was: ‘* When that dread hour comes when all our secrets will be shown, then only shall we know the reason why shoes are always made so tight.” AMERICANISMS IN SHAKSPEARE. ee ee ROM Dr. Charles Stearn’s clever book on the wisdom and knowledge of Shakspeare we select the following fragments, from a chapter with the above caption. Such fossil words as have remained with us should be treasured. Brought over here three centuries ago, they still defy all attempts to cover them over with the fresher ‘alluvial de- posite. We note particularly these that follow: ‘“Siyly fingered from the deck.” 8 Henry, VI. V. L— A similar use of the word *‘deck ” for a pack of playing cards is common at the present day throughout the West- erm and Southern States, “When I cried Ho! like boys ina muss.” Antony and Cleopatra, III. 2. Muss is a familiar word to Americans, as meaning a slight brawl, cr disturbance, Then again flapjack, is Shakspearian, too, for what do the fishermen say to the ship-wrecked Prince Pericles? ‘Moreover, puddings and flapjacks,” that were promised him. ‘*Flapjacks,” are those broad, thin and extemporane- ously prepared cakes, now called pancakes, and consecrated in Old England to Shrove Tuesday, but which are yet known in New England by their Shaksparian name. In regard *to hors@s, Dr. Stearns quotes from Macbeth to show that the Mexican stampede was not unknown to him, Dunean’s horses are said to have ‘‘ Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, contending ’gainst obedience.”’ The critic says, ‘* this sort of panic is probably unknown in England at the present day. and could only have hap pened in parts of the country comparatively thinly settled. In a newly settled country, stalls for horses are little more than small sheds fenced about with wooden palings. Dun-. can’s horses could not ‘‘ break” or ‘‘ fling out,” from well built brick stalls, Again of Duncan’s horses: ‘‘’Tis said they eat each other.” Dr. Stearns states that ‘‘this language, used of horses, sounds like poetical exaggeration. Yet it happens to be true. Horses when loose and engaged in deadly conflict with each other, use only their teeth, and aim to get at one another’s throats, but never use their heels. They kick only when quarrclling, or if they are tired and hampered in some way.” ee KILLING A GRIZZLY BEAR. So CORRESPONDENT of the 7ridune on the Hayden expedition writes as follows: ‘‘On this beautiful green meadow, all our three divisions en- camped. Not that it was wholly destitute before of an occupant and owner. Unmistakable signs in great abun- dance and freshness showed at once that it was the pasture and play ground of a large bear. To avoid any strife as to the rightful possesion, one of the party shot his bear- ship yesterday. It was a good sized grizzly bear, old and tough beyond the average of his kind. His teeth were well worn, one or two of the front ones even giving way and decaying, and his scull was completely ball-proof. He was really killed by the first shot, one of Meigs’s explosive bullets taking effect just behind the head and blowing the first. cervical vertebra to pieces; but as he stilled moved, two or three solid shots were, by way of precaution, fired through the head, as was supposed, from a good Reming- ton rifle at 80 yards’ distance, but they simply flatten- ed against the bone, without penctrating it or leaving a mark. People may look incredulous, but I have in my pocket one of the flattened bullets taken from between the skin and the maxillary arch, and the scull may be examn- ined by any one in the Smithsonian collection next winter.” A gentleman attached to the Hayden expedition has called on us, and on our asking about the flattening of the balls, when fired at this bear, he states that the gun used in this particnlar case was a ltght Remington sporting rifle, that it was loaded with the regular army cartriage, and that the distance was wbout fifty yards. He states that -the balls struck the bear just where a heavy dense mnscle covered the grizzly scull, which muscle was fully four inches thick. The bear weighed 1,000 pounds, and being in prime order, was excellent food, He repudiates all stories of the stabbing a bear witha knife, insisting that the hide is so thick that no steel will penetrate it. | dea Tue Unrrep STATES Fisn Commisston.—The gentlemen named below comprise the United States Fish Commission, whose headquarters are at Peak’s Island, Maine. They all serve without any compensation whatever, and pay théir own expenses. They give the Government the first choice from the specimens which they collect, and furnish gratuit- ously all professional services required of them. In return they receive merely the advantages of the outfit and the facilities thereby afforded for collecting. Science is always enthusiastic, generous, self-denying! The names are here- with given :— Prof. §. T. Baird, Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Inst. Prof. A, E. Verrill, Professor Zoology, Yale College. Prof. 8. I. Smith, Assistant Prof. Zoology, Yale College. Prof. J. E. Todd, Professor Zoology, Tabor College, Lowa. Prof, E. Y. Nelson, Ohio Weslyan Union, Delaware, Ohio. Prof. Wm. Rice, Wesleyan Union, Middletown, Conn. Prof. J. K. Thatcher, Tutor, Yale College. Mr. J. B. Goode, Curator Museum, Wesleyan, Union Mid- dietown, Conn. Dr, E. Pulmer, Curator, Smithsonian Institute. Mr. J. H. Emerton, Artist, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Mr. H, Benner, Student, Yale College. Mr. H. HE. Rockwell, Phonographer, Washington, D. C. Mr. Spencer Biddle, Philadelphia, Dr. Scovil, Indiana. Dr. J. B. Holder, Central Park Museum, New York, ete a e. TALL FicuREs.—The sale of the famous New York Mills stock took place on the 10th, three miles from Utica. The origin of the herd was the purchase made by Mr. Samuel Thorne of New York of several animals of the Duchess tribe at the famous sale of Earl Ducie in 1852, which he bought for his father, and for Col. Lewis G. Morris. Among the English breeders present may be mentioned the Right Hon. Lord Skelmersdale, whose seat is near Liv- erpool; Mr. Halford, of Papillon Market Harbor; Mr. Cal- thrope; Mr. Richardson, who represents Sir Curtis Lampson of Sussex; Mr. Berwick agent for Lord Dunmore, but who buys for Earl Bective, recently of Lord Kenlis, of Underly Hall, Lancashire, and Mr. Kello, agent for Mr. R, Pavin Davis, of Horton, Gloucestershire. Messrs. Cochrane Christie, Miller, and Beattie of Canada were also present. The three year old bull, second Duke of Oneida, was sold for $12,000, to Mr. McGibbon of Cynthia, Kentucky. First Duchess of Oneida was bought by Lord Skelmersdale, for $30,000. The tenth Duchess found a purchaser, Lord Bective, at $35,000. Eleven cows of the same aucust family, $288,800. There were 111 animals presented realizing $481,585 Some day we willsend horses ant tious to England. = Se es We understand that the manufacturers of the Ballard rifle have ceased making them, and sold their machinery Messrs. Smith & Squires, 523 Broadway, purchased paie time ago a large number, and have a few left, It is a ood oportunity for these who desire one of these excellent breech muzzle-loaders to purchase one at conee . , 4S NO more will be made. 90 FOREST AND STREAM. dlews from Abroad. UR English friends are just over the St. Leger. Doubtless it was an exciting event, and was cleverly won by Marie Stewart, against such a field as Kaiser, Don- caster, and Gang-Forward. Perhaps fortunes were won and lost on it. It was, however, not what is called in Eng- land a betting race. From the first it was pretty certain that one of the four favorites would be sure to win. There must, however, always be a certain amount of glorious un- certainty about ‘‘ dice on four legs,” not only as to whether a horse can win, but sometimes as to the probable exist- ence of the horse, for just now the English sporting frater- nity are quite’ exercised about a railroad accident. Not that some hundreds of common people were smashed, but because two famous young colts, the possible favorites at Oxford, came to an untimely end ina late collision, Of course human casualties of this character are quite insignifi- eant; but as a leading English authority has it, ‘‘the horses will appeal to the Company in their most sensitive part—their pockets.” It is neither refreshing nor consoling, but it seems to us they smash up quite as much in England as they do in the United States. Sometime ago, in regard to the transportation of dogs in the United States, we men- tioned the trouble and risk attending such shipments, and now, in England, they state exactly the same thing. When one learns that there are no less than seventy dog exhibi- tions in England, it seems difficult to understand how rail- roads can be at fault ; we see, nevertheless, a circular letter in the Field, addressed to all the leading English railways, issued by the National Canine Society, Eldon’ Chambers, Nottinghamshire, imploring the British Railway directors to give better accommodations to the traveling dog. At pres- ent in England,there are in full blast,no less than eight agri- cultural shows, four dog exhibitions, and six poultry col- lections ; and the journals are filled with descriptions of the many wonderful excellencies of the animals and birds. As we expected, the first volume of the Grouse Encyclope- dia has presented itself to the English public, to be fol- lowed by a whole British museum of such volumes a little later. English sporting advertisements alone present a-world of information. From them can be gathered the epitome of their pastimes. Just now the coming hunting season shows itself, by wants, such as for Huntsmen, Ken- nel-men, and Fielders. How many American lads could fill the following place, with its various functions ? ANTED—A WHIP for the Taunton Vale HARRIERS; a smart active man, light weight, a good rider across the country, anda «ood groom ; one who has been whip to a pack of foxhounds, and tould hunt hounds if required, would be preferred; he would not have to as- sist in the stable, but a kennel-man kept; none but men of good charac- ter need apply. ; —News from the grouse does not improve. The Earl of Stramford, after the second day, stops all shooting, and we look forward to an obligatory closing of the shooting sea- son. In Ireland, however, birds are plenty, and there is an exodus Of sportsmen there. _—Of Polo, very possibly the ponies are not yet over their hard spring work, but during a period of leisure the Carl- ton Club have had time to issue a set of rules governing this game. Onerule of hardly an amusing character we copy in full: ‘‘ Any player may interpose his pony before an antagonist, so as to prevent the latter reaching the ball, whether in full career or otherwise, and this despite the immediate neighborhood of the ball.” That means that ‘should the ball be going, and a man put his horse broad-side to it, to stop an adversary coming on, it is perfectly legiti- mate to ride over him, if you can, providing you have the heavier mount. We wonder if Frenchmen have tried their hand at this game? People are inclined somewhat, and we think very ignorantly, to underrate French equestrianism. They may not be rough riders in the English sense of the term, though we have seen in our time a stag sent through Fontainebleau with a skurry of riders after him, when not only a good deal of courage and pluck was shown, but some very famous English gentlemen riders were left. at the fag end of the chase. -—__—_. [Publications sent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of alt books deivered at our Editorial Rooms will be promptly acknowledged in the next issue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advising us of any omission in this respect, Prices of books inserted when desired. | SPARKLES FROM SARATOGA. By Sophia Sparkle. York : American News Co, This book is emphatically just what its title claims—Sparkles—and it is full to the overflowing of ‘tovertrue tales,’ or sketches of life at the watering places. Every one, it is pre-supposed, is aware that every per- son who visits the Springs goes there for other purposes than to drink the waters. Our merry friend, Sophia Spankle, in her racy, truthful sketches of Saratoga, lifts the veil, and allows us to ‘peep behind the curtain” of this enchanted life. She speaks of Saratoga, and most graphically does she tell us of what the bubble and foam of this aristocratic (?) society is, in & measure, composed. At our sitting down to review this highly interesting and yaluable mir- ror of life at the Springs, we proposed to give some quotations from the same for the benefit of those who have not seen the book; but we fee that instead of doing this, we should recommend every lady of good sense who has a great desire to go to the Springs, to read this book be- fore she starts, andif she goes, put it in her “Saratoga trunk,” as one of the indispensable and necessary articles belonging to the same. Our own experience of the Springs bears testimony to the usefulness of this work. How hard it is indeed to bea ‘‘fashionable’*? woman? It would seem that our superannuated belles of six ons must haye learned wisdom by this time, but not so. Sophia says: ‘six years ago, the Widow Dash was a belle of the deau monde of Fifth Avenue, and having gently laid away her “‘ old Latitude and Longitude,” she is still domg Sar- atoga with her six trunks, and is one of the vainest of the vain in this great Vanity Fair. Chapter VLis devoted to the Widow Dash, and this same Widow has many followers. The ‘Saratoga Droop” and “Kangaroo Hop’ and “‘Old Bachelors,” as well as many other habitues of Saratoga, are simple “lame ducks,’ and under the luminous and scorching rays of Sophia Sparkles’ pen, will be known hereafter as a class whom it will do not the least harm in the world not to have an in- troduction to, if they should visit the Springs. We hope to hear from Sophia Sparkle again. good in her first attempt at stirring the ‘‘Foam.”’ PoLice RECORDS AND RECOLLECTIONS ; OR BostTON By DaAy- LIGHT AND GasLtieut. By Edward H. Savage. Boston: Jackson, Dale & Co, ,J. F. Riday, Subscription Manager, 147 Tremont street. This is by no means a sensational story of events, as some might be led to suppose from the title, but a sober, chronological history of the principal events occurring in Boston from the time of 1630 down to the later period of 1873. The work ds, evidently written with the utmost truthfulness in all things, from its beginning to itsend. The opportuni- ties of Mr. Savage for seeing things just as they were, either by ‘* day- light” or ‘‘ gaslight,” were such asbut few men have during their whole lives. Weare quite sure such opportunities never should be had by a great many men who, from some cause or other, wear the police uni- form, and carry the police “locust.” Wedo not mean the good police- men. Ohno. Mr. Savage may be truly styled the type of what our po- licemen should be in all instances—high-minded, honorable men—whose reverence of truth-telling and morality should be synonymous with the word ‘ policeman.’? What should the word ‘“‘ policeman” signify ? Guardian of the people, defender of the innocent, a man of integrity, high principle and honor. We are very sorry that we do not find on all the ‘beats *’ just this standard of a man. Mr. Savage's work will be found very valuable as a work of herenence! as it goes back two hundred and forty years, and during this time many strange events took place, all of which are faithfully transcribed. DicEst1Ion AND DysprpstA. By Dr. Trall. New York. 8: R. Wells. Dr. Trall says, in his introduction, ‘‘ We are a nation of dyspeptics,’’ Who can wonder at the assertion of this fact; how do we eat, drink, and sleep, without great abuse of our physical nature ? Eat we do not, mod- erately, taking time to masticate, in the most thorough manner, our food, We throw the various edibles before us down, like corn into a hopper; pork, beans, bread, meat, pickles, mustard, and—well, that will do for the food department of any laboring man’s dinner. Now, the drinking pro cess is very much like this; cider, water, ale, tea, or coffee, if not brandy or wine, make a portion of almost cyery common Jaborer’s dinner. This he gets through in say, not one-half to an hour’s time, as he should, but in about fifteen minutes at the longest. Do you wonder that man has the dyspepsia ? Ifyou do, wedo not. We should expect if as a natural consequence, or that he had an “ India- rubber stomach.”’ One thing, as the Dr. says, is very true. rest its dyspeptie tendency, or die out,” Reader, get this book and readit. It tells you all about this distressing malady. How to get it, and how toget rid of it, if yon hayeit. Go‘and buy this valuable treatise of life and its greatest blessing—health of body —and by following the precepts laid down in its pages, you cannot fail of having peace of mind. a oe NEW BOOKS. New She has done a world of “The Ametican race must ar- The Bazaar Book of Health is a series of semi-medical essays, in which much useful information is given in unscientific, plain, matter-of-fact phraseology. New York: Harper & Bro. We can say of this book, al- most any one can read it with profit, and many useful suggestions are given, with illustrative facts, to prove that man has other duties to per- form in this world than simply to eat and drink. Man is intellectual and accountable, and though grovelling in his tastes, nevertheless he is an accountable being, FORTHCOMING BOOKS. Herbert Spencer’s Descriptive Socroioey, dedicated to his American friends, is waited for with great interest by his many admirers in the United States. The work will be a gigantic one, and its value, when completed, will be immeasurable. In a subject so vast we can only men- tion a few of the topics treated, such as ‘‘ Division of Labor,” “Regula- ton of Labor,” ‘‘ Domestic Baws,” “Laws Criminal, Civil and Industri- al.’ “General Government,” “Ifabits and Curtoma,”’ “ Religions Ideas and Superstitions,” ‘‘Knowledge,” “Agriculture,” “Weapons,” ‘Habita tions,” &e., &, 94 ut and Brama. HERE was a time when the opening of a new and splended theatre occasioned a great deal of excitement in the city. We suppose the remark will be made: Very pos- sibly, but that was when New York was a village. Now it has grown,to such metro- politan proportions that a sensation theatri- cal is impossible. This may be partially true, yet we insist that the inauguration of a temple of the drama of such excellent char- acteristics as the New Lyceum should have been a more marked event than a mere rip- ple on the surface of public excitement, to subside immediately into the level of the common-place. The introductory piece was, and is, entitled ‘‘Notre Dame,” and the plot is morbid and melo-dramatic enough to suit the most enthusiastic disciple of the modern school of playwrights. To give our readers any idea of ‘‘how the thing is done” is impossible with language of ordinary con- struction anduse. Weare therefore com- pelled to quote a few paragraphs from what is considered to be the leading theatrical paper of the day. Speaking of the person- elle, we have, among other similar descrip- tions, the following:—‘‘There is the charac- ter of Esmeraldi, as beautiful as aclear con- science and as rare, who throws sunlight upon the hideous tragedies around her until her own young life is quenched. There is Jehan, the boy student, for whom existence should have been as harmonious as a hende- casyllable, and as smooth as a rhyme in the metre of Catullus. There is Gudule, whose fate flashes with the blackness of a terrible nightmare through the light and shadow of the romance. And finally, there is Quase- modo, in whom the perfection of the gro- tesque and the perfection of the horrible meet in chemical affiinity,” &c., &c. . And to get these 1mpersonations (!) before a West side New York audience, is erected one of the most charming and easily-reached places of amusement in the city, where the audiences are expected to crowd in every night to witness the heroine, beautiful and rare as a clear conscience, quenched in hide- ous tragedy, while the fate of Gudule ‘flashes with the blackness of a. terrible nightmare through the lights and shadows of the ro- mance!” To conceive that this dainty dish is selected and seriously put on a stage lo- cated in the most refined and intelligent part of our city is almost impossible for belief, and to many of our readers the realization of such an event will indeed ‘“‘flash with blackness” the dispatch that we have an- other downward slide of the stage. Nota newspaper notice has expressed the least ad- miration of the performers; they are passed by as mere necessities to get the “gorgeous and unsurpassed scenery in its place.” “‘Miss Lewis,” however, calls forth some warm ex- pressions from our critic already quoted. He says this ‘slender brunette” captivates more by her personal appearance than by her acting or her voice,” but she becomes invincible when “‘threading the dance to the mingled music of the balafoes, the tambou- rines, the goat horns and Gothic rebecs.” All this is really unworthy of serious notice in any paper desirous of sustaining public amusements—amusements which are equal to the intelligence of our people. Our pub- lic may be compelled for all time to eat these dishes of ‘“‘husks” because the mana- gers haye found it easier, cheaper, and more to their glory to command scene painters, gilders, and fiends of red and blue lights than draw around them cultured men and women, upon whom God has bestowed ge- nius, and the power to illustrate the various and conflicting emotions of the human heart. We have charity to believe that the proprietors of the Lyceum would do better if they could, The fact that “their open- ing night” was only moderately well attend- ed, a thing that never before happened on an opening night of any theatre, must have given them some twinges of despondent doubt as to their final success if they persist in running a muck in intellectual wealth against the Bowery in its worst days, and against the ‘‘Orook” for scenery in its “Tm- perial splendor.” The Grand Opera House has brought out and continued on the stage since our last issue the notable melo-drama of the ‘‘Wan- dering Jew.” The story is made familiar by the name of Eugene Sue, and our citi- zens who are maturing into men and women will recall its successful representation at FOREST AND STREAM. the Bowery Theatre some fourteen years ago. Of course all that can be done by Scenery and costume has been bestowed ‘“‘in the fitting up” by the enthusiastic manage- ment, and yet the audiences are not happy. Mr. Fox, of “Humpty Dumpty” fame is evidently the intellectual hero of the play; what he does has no connection with the piece, but it affords to the thoughtless crowd who witness it an immense amount of amusement for its grotesqueness, and, to the few judicious present, is taken as a running comment of condemnation upon the absur- dity of the play. As a contrast, probably, to the aged Jew, who is supposed to have lived nearly nineteen centuries, there has been forced into the piece, in the carnival scene, a large number of dancing infants. In fact, the performance of these little ones occupies almost the time of the third act. These infants receive a great deal of ap- plause, but how mothers who have left their babes at home to enjoy their natural sleep can otherwise than be painfully impressed by the exhibition is difficult to imagine. At Robinson Hall, West Sixteenth street, near Broadway, by some very natural but unexpected offering, the legitimate drama is making its way with the public through the means of marionettes, or wooden dolls. Since the decline betore the British pub- lic of modern theatricals, efforts on the part of ingenious persons haye been di- rected to the construction of mechanical figures, which could by their histrionic powers not only amuse and ‘instruct an au- dience, but also, possibly, revive a taste for intellectual acting instead of mere scenic display. These dolls are diminutive wooden figures (though not as wooden in their act- ing before the curtain as most of our living actors), furnished with movable limbs, and are moved by means of cords controlled by unseen hands. They are managed by bright and intelligent people, and their perform- ances are throughout pleasing and unexcep- tionable. These little creatures, through pantomime, assisted by intelligent and apt dialogues, give almost every human action; in fact, their attention to detail is almost or quite as perfect as the French school. It would be a great benefit if most of the liv- ing actors now strutting their brief hour on the stage would go to see these marionettes, and learn something of the true expression of their business. At present the dolls give Punch and Judy, a crippled sailor, and a melo-drama, in which a wicked nobleman is punished, The troupe also includes an Hi- bernian, who, in some respects, is quite equal to Boucicault in action, and superior to him in the correct brogue. To hear the juvenile portion of the audience laugh their applause and demonstrate their joy with clapping. hands and light eyes is worth a dozen prices of admission. We do not know if the report is correct, but we have understood that negotiations are now under consideration for the engagement of the marionettes for the production of a series ‘of plays, including two or three of the best tragedies of Shakspeare, and all the old comedies so popular in the palmy days of Wallack’s Theatre. We trust that this will be the case, and possibly our living repre- resentations of mimic life will take heart at the success of these dolls and try to imitate them on the stage. The dawn of the era of the legitimate drama possibly opens before us. The Olympic Theatre has substituted ‘Sinbad the Sailor” for Mr, Rowe’s bur- lesque of ‘‘Mephisto,” and we think the change is warmly appreciated by the public. Miss Thompson has now an opportunity of reveling in her peculiar role of the ‘‘child- like and bland.” Miss Ada Beaumont is nightly gaining in popularity. The Vokes at the Union Square, in the “Belles of the Kitchen,” present really one of the most agreeable entertainments in the city. The sketch of ‘“Micawber” to us is not interesting; it is depressing, and the personation of Uriah Heep, while it is artis- tic probably to the last degree, is simply a hideous phantom, that makes one feel as if a snake was in his pocket. The ‘‘sketch,” no doubt, answers its purpose, in making the appearance of the dashing girls doubly agreeable, but we would be content to see the jolly demonstration below stairs first, and leave Micawber and his troubles to go on without our presence. BROOKLYN. The entire success of the Park Theatre, under the management of Mr. Samuells, has already established the fact that a good theatre will be patronized in Brooklyn,-and hereafter it would s€@em that New York is to lose some of the patronage that was justly expected from our neighboring city, The effect has been to give a new impulse to other places of amusement, and the Brook- lyn Theatre, under the management of Mrs, Conway, which, without opposition, was al- lowed to literally ‘‘go to seed,” opened on the 13th instant with an improved company and the greetings of a crowded and fashion- able audience. DRAMATIC NOTES. Artists are flocking into the city in crowds, all busy as bees in completing their engage- ments for the coming season. Among others is Wirner, the celebrated violencellist, who. returns to this country after two years’ ab- sence in Europe. Santley, whose name has been mentioned in connection with Miss Kellogg in English Opera, has withdrawn. Frank Bartlett, the ballad singer, is now spoken of as likely to join the troupe. The engagement of Mrs. Van Zandt, at the St. Petersburg Opéra House, turns out to be merely an ‘‘unfounded report.” Salvini is possessed of a much handsomer person than his pictures in the various sa- loons suggest. Nilsson sang recently in four different lan- guages at the house of the Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild. We are happy to announce that Jefferson will probably soon appear in a new play. This will be a genuine sensation, and we have no doubt it will prove so to the public. Of his success, who can question it ? A phenomenon has appeared in Paris—a moral drama. The author is Malpertuy. The Graphic balloon ascension was adver- tised under the head of ‘‘amusements.” Booth’s Theatre, heretofore claimed as the home of the legitimate drama, is to be made sensational by the production of the ‘‘New Magdalen.” A passion play has been revived at Brig- legg, a small Tyrolean town, after a prohibi- tion of some five years. At Ammergan the performance was literally in the open air. At Briglege it is performed in a covered building, with seats for 2,500 persons, Great throngs attend. The words and plot are from the Scriptures, followed as literally as possible. The Union Square Hotel is crowded with the members of the Grand Opera troupe. Many not finding accommodations are seek- ing quarters in private houses in the neigh- borhood. The regular opening of the Union Square Theatre will be on the 30th, instant, with a new play by George Fawcett Rowe entitled “The Prussian,” Mrs. James Oates is announced to appear at, the Olympic Theatre on the evening of September 20th in modified opera bouffe, given in English. Pliny estimated that Roscius made annu- ally $20,000, and that the Dancer Dionysia had an income of $8,200. For the love of his art, for ten years prior to 77 B. C., Ros- cius played fornothing. Imagine Mr. Booth or Mr. Sothern doing anything of this kind. The Roman stage was then remarkable for its pageants. Cicero says that in ‘‘Clytem- nestra’”’ no less than 600 mules appeared on the stage, and that in the ‘‘Siege of Troy”. whole regiments of cavalry and infantry ap- peared én scene. ~After this all modern ‘‘Cat- aracts of the Ganges,” with equine develop- ments, must be considered as one-horse af- fairs. Hliscellaneous Advertisements, CARTHERY'S DOG SOAP Will destroy Fleas, cleanse the skin and hair from scurf and smells, making the coat fine and glossy, without giving cold or doing the least harm to the ani- mal, and safely cure the mange. C. CARTHERY, 12 Dalston Rise, Hackney, London. SOLD BY ALL CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS, JOHN F. HENRY, Sole Agent, 8 & 9 COLEGE PLACE, N. Y. R. L. RAWSON’S SPORTSMANS DEPOT. CUNS, FISHING TACKLE, AND ALL KINDS OF Sportsmen’s Goods. 626 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. ‘Paper, - - - - - qiublications. MR. LINCOLN MR. SEWARD. An Answer to the Memorial Address of Charles Francis Adams on the late Wm. H. Seward. By HON. GIDEON WELLES, In Ocroper No. oF AM er PE cles St Ere ne ote Mr. Apams, in his Memorial Address, placed Mr. SEWARD above Mr, Lincory, both as a statesman and a patriot. To this Mr. WELLEs takes exception. and presents the other side of the picture. The article is of great interest. THE GALAXY for October also contains articles by RicHaRD GRANT WHITE, Cox. DE ForEst, ALBERT Ropes, Paut H. Hayne, Lapy BLANCHE Murpny, and other noted writers. For sale by Newsdealers, or sent by mail on receipt of 35 cents. SHELDON & CO., 677 Broadway, N Y. A CHARMING NEW STORY Mrs. ANNIE EDWARDS Just Ready, A Vagealond ter, 1 Vol. 12mo. Faney Cloth, ar TS $1.25 78 WHAT THH PRESS SAYS OF THIS BRILLIANT NOVELIST. Mrs. Edwards has no superior among living female novelists in England.—Press, Philadephia. Mrs. Annie Edwards has many admirers, and ranks among novelists with Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, and George Eliot.— Times, St. Louis. She never fails to interest the readers of her stories. —Albany Hvening Journal. Mrs. Edwards is one of our best novelists, and she has few equals of either sex.— Journal, Chicago. 10} Mrs. Annie Edwards’ RECENT NOVELS. OUGHT WH TO VISIT HER, -. - =- §$ THE ORDEAL FOR WIVES, - - -. - ARCHIE LOYELL, Ea hes” i STEVEN LAWRENCE, YEOMAN, |. -. 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Bay View House CANARSIE, L.(I., JARVIS & SMITH, Proprimrors, This Hotel is situated’ at the the terminus of the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Ralroad, within a hundred feet of Jamaica Bay. Boats for Bishing and Sailing Parties always in attendance. Superior ac- commodations for Fishing Parties. Bait and Tackle furnished. Bay View Housz is reached hourly and half-hourly by Steam Cars from East New York. UNITED STATES HOTEL, —CORNER OF— Fulton, Water and Pearl Sts., J. L. TRUMAN, G. L. PEsBopy, { Proprietors. NEW YORK. Mansion House, BUFFALO, F. fi. HODGES, PROPRIETOR. BUTTERFIELD HOUSE, OSCAR L. STONE & CO:, Proprietors. ROSSIN HOUSE, _ Toronto, Canada. SHEARS & SON, Proprietors. This house is a favorite resort for Cunilemen, Sports- men, from all parts of the United States and Canada. Sportsmen’ s Good 5. BROOKLYN CUN EMPORIUM E. H. MADISON, DEALER IN Guns and Gunning Material, 564 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. Sporting Goods OUGHT, SOLD, EXCHANGED, AND ON HIRE, Special attention paid to Fine Guns and Breach-Loaders, &c. Repairing of every descrip- tion a specialty. Re Goods sent everywhere by express, marked .O. D. BRADFORD & ANTHONY, BOSTON, IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Fishing Tackle, Have the best facilities for the Manufacture of FISHING RODS, ARTIFICIAL FLIES, WATER- _ PROOF LINES. and their connections abroad enable them to supply all Foreign Fishing Tackle to the best advantage. In the Fall of 1873 will return to their store, (rebuilt since the Fire,) at {78 Washington Street. Orders by mail promptly answered. AVILUDE. West & Lee, PUBLISHERS OF Natural History Series of GAMES, AND MANUFACTURERS OF - CHIV ALTRI E: Worcester, Mass. EstTABLISHED IN 1835. PRITCHARD BROS.., No. 94 Fulton St., N.Y: ALL KINDS OF Fishing Tackle Made and repaired with the utmost despatch. ALSO, CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE BEST SELECTION OF TROUT AND SAL MON RODS, REELS, LINES AND FLIES. Medals awarded at the World’s Fair and American Institute far our superior Artificial Flies. 4— RICHLAND TROUT FARM AND PLEASURE GROUNDS. ‘0! Pleasure Parties will find Boats, Tackle and Bait on TOTEM. SVAP Lac La Belle, Splendid Pic-Nic Groves, and superior Trout Fishing at Richland, Oswego Co., New York, : —ON THE— ROME & WATERTOWN BR. R. Publications. Clothing and Sfumishing Goods. LACY & CO, : —MERCHANT— TAILORS AND GENERAL CLOTIAKS INo. NORTH-HAST COR. TWELFTH ST. S26 BROADWAY. NEW YORK We Make a Speciality of Boy's and Children’s CLOTHING. tQ% You are invited to call and examine our Stock, which will be cheerfully shown by polite and attentive salesmen. JAMES Lacy, late with Deviin & 00, O. W. DUSENBERRY, late of Franklin & Co. . 8S. DEVuIN, late with Devlin & Co. Sportsmen's Goods. INGERSOLL’S LARGEST AND CHEAPEST Boat and Vat Ee IN THE WORLD. 159 South Street, New Fulton Market, H. R. Whew York. . Wooden Boats of all kinds and descriptions on hand and built to order. Sail, Whitehall Row Boats, Ship Boats, Steam Yachts, Cutters and Launches. Diagonal Life Boat Steam Cutters and Launches, Single or Double Seulls or Sculling Boats, Four and Six Oared Shells, Gigs, Dingeys, N. Y. Working Boats, Canoes, &¢., &. Oars, Sculls, and Paddles made of thoroughly sea- soned clear spruce, with spoon or straight blades, of the most approved pattern. Parties ordering Sculls or Oars will state whether they are to be round or square looms, if sculls; whether for open-hand, over-hand or cross-hand rowing, naming amount of over-lap of hands in inches; give extra length; distance from inner face of rowlock to end of handle, when the scull or oar is in position, and how fini shed. We have the most Perfect Life Preservers in the Market. —ALSO— RECORDING STHAM GAUGES, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, &e., «&¢ ) INGERSOLLS PAINT, WORKS, OFFICE AND DEPOT No. 139 SOUTH STREET, HOW EVERY MAN Gan Paint and Select his own Colors —FOR— HOUSES, And many useful hints how to save neh Specimens of Colors, Chemical Analysis of Paints, etc., ete. This Paint will last for twenty years, and its superiority has has been amply attested. J. WALLACE, iy aturalist& Taxidermist Collector and importer in the various branches of NATURAL HISTORY, 19 North William Street, N. Y. Artificial Eyes, wholesale and retail. Taxidermist | to the Smithsonian Institute Museum, Washington, D. CG. Proprietor of the Great American Museum, Paterson, N. J, Brook "Trout, PAWN AND YOUNG FISH FOR S sale. FRED MATHER, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. (=> Ponds laid out and instructions given. itf A Complete and Very Cheap Home, ONLY $5,000, 10 Per Cent. Cash and the balance in Monthly Payments on long Mortgage. 6 miles from New York in the beautiful village of Flushing. 8 Bed Rooms, Parlor, Dining Room, Lib- rary, &c., Mansard Slate Roof, filled in with Brick, Gas, Water, &c; A Commutation Ticket free for one year, Address, BOX 142, P.0, | FREDK, CHAS. E. BROOKLYN. TEALE, WM. M. LITTLE, ’(Specal. ) One Price, Goods Marked in Plain Figwres. TA HOXSTS a Sar Sale. Live Moose, for Sale ! Collectors of animals, will find a rare opportunity of purchasing, at'a low rate, two very fine specimens. Suey a cow, is two month’s old; the Bull is about one Wear old. Both are gentle and in fine condition. Can be shipped to any part of the country. For price and further-particulars, address FOREST AND STREAM OFFICE. Yachts for Sale. A few new Yachts, 50 by 17 feet beam, about 20 tons will be sold. Make an offer. Address, P. O. BOX 142; N. Y. Road Stock. Will be Three fine young horses, best stock, fast. sold by the advertiser, for the cost of raising Address BOX 142, P. O. Stliscellaneous Advertisements. IVES & ALLEN, MONTREAL, CANADA. ANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE, STOVES, IRON RAILINGS, WIRE WORK, &e. Also, a class of, "wrought 1ron work known. as Mediceval Iron Work, FOR CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &C., SKC. Entrance Gates for Parks and Residences A SPECIALTY. H. W. COLLENDER. Successor ro PHELAN & COLLENDER, MANUFACTURERS OF THE STANDARD AMERICAN OFFICE AND WAREROOMS 728 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. No. THE TWO SUCCESSFUL BOOKS 0 THE Ce . . . ye * } Hallock sei ourist, The Fishing Tourist, Angler’s Guide and Reference Book. BY CHARLES HALLOCK, Secretary of the “Blooming-Grove Park Association.” ILLUSTRATIONS, CROWN 8y0., CLoTH $2.00. Mr. Charles Hallock is one of the few gentlemen who write a book mainly for the reason that they have some- ‘thing to write about—have something to tell the public which the public desires to know. ‘The shortest routes to pleasure are laid down, and correct information is given as to the best means of conveyance, the expense of the trip, the secrets of the commissariat, etc. The author has avoided the use of technical terms, and thus made his yolume all the more acceptable.— Turf, Field and Farm. | 1 Prime's I Go A Fishing, I Go A Fishing, by W. C. Primg, author of ‘‘ Boat Life in Egypt,”’ ‘‘ Tent Life in the Holy Land,” etc. CROWN 8VO, CLOTH, BEVELED EDGES, $2.00 It abounds in pleasant episodes, charming and vig- orous descriptions of scenery and character, is distin- guished by a refined wit, a droll humor, a strong love of the beauties of nature, and an enthusiastic devotion to the piscatorial sport. This book will please all who admire heartiness of style and exhuberance of anima spiritsin their authors. There are some interesting and, well-told stories scattered through the volume, which exhibits on almost every page the handiwork of aman of graceful culture and wide reading,—Boston Daily Globe. Published hy Harper & Bros., N.Y. HARPER & BROTHERS, will send either of. the above works by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of United States, on receipt of price. OUR HOME JOURNAL And Rural Southland. A live Illustrated Weekly Agricultural and Family Paper, devoted to the productions of the soil and the improvement of the home circle. The only weekly agricultural paper published in the sonthwest. “Price $3.00 a year. JAS. H. HUMMEL, Publisher, New Orleans, La. Advertisements taken 15 to 25 cents per line, accord- ing to space. THE NASHVILLE DatLy AND WEEKLY REPUBLICAN BANNER, PUBLISHED AT THE CAPITAL AND CHIEF Com- MERCIAL CENTRE OF TENNESSE. fey Ig the oldest established paper in the State, and enjoys the lar iment circulation of any daily and weekly south of the Ohio, outside of Louisville and New Or- leans. Circulates daily on six lines of railroads enter- ing the City, and in every Town, Village and Hamlet in the State and north Georgia and Alabama and southern Kentucky. Sample copies sent free on demand. 10% Best Advertising Medium in its Section. 20% _ Address ROBERTS & PURVIS, ate NSAHVILLE, TENN. —THE— NUS OF FLORIDA By J. C. MAYNARD. 0 . The. Work will be issued to subscribers in parts PRICE $1.00 FOR EACH PART, PAYABLE ON DELIVER Y, OR THN DOLLARS IN ADVANCH FOR THE COMPLETE WORK, THE WORK WILL CON- SIST OF AT LHAST ‘ —TWELVE PARTS,— And will.make a volume of about Three Hundred Large Quarto Pages, conta eins Five Colored Plates of new or little known species of Birds and Eggs (0) 7. Upwards of 250 species of Birds found in Florida by the author will be described in detail from the specimens and the observations on their habits, etc,, will be en- tirely from the author’s original notes. A prospectus containing seyeral pages taken from the body of the work, and an uncolored plate, will be forwarded to persons wishing further knowledge of the work before subscribing. The usual arrangements will be made with the trade, and parties can subscribe through any bookseller, or by sending direct to 6-10 THE AUTHOR AT IPSWICH, MASS, FOREST A WEEKLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED to Fiatp anp Aquatic Sports, PRACTICAL NarursAL History, Fish CuLTurRE, THE PROTEC- TION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WoMEN oF A HeaLruy INTEREST IN OuT-DooR RECREATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 103 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK; Werms, Five Dollars A Year, Strictly in Advance, A discount of twenty per cent. for five copies and upwards. Any person sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s “ HisHine TouRist,’’ postage free, Advertising Rates, In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12 Jines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisments on outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Advertisements in double column 25 per cent. extra. Where advertisements are inserted oyer one month, a discount of 10 per cent. will be made; over three months, 20 per cent.; over six months, 380 per cent. The object of this journal will be to studiousty pro- mote a healthful interest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural objects. We es- pecially desire to make the Forest anp Srream the recognised meditm of communication between ams- teurs ,and professional sportsmen. All of us have something to impart, whick if made available to each other, willin time render us proficient in all those several branches of physical culture which are absolute- ly essential to our manhood and well-being, both as in- dividual men and as anation., A practical knowledge of natural history must of necessity underlie all at- ainments which combine to make a thorough sports- man. Itis not sufficient that a man should be able to knock over his birds dexterously right and left, or vast an inimitable fly. He must learn by study and experience the haunts and habits of the game or fish he seeks. If he depend altogether wpon his dog’s nose, or upon his henchmen, he will some day have to retire from the field in mortification and dis- erace, Therefore it is that we shall study to give practical instruction in the most attractive depart- ments of natural history. We shall not forget the technicalities of the craft either, but take pleasure in designating the best localities for hunting and fishing, outfits, implements, remedics, routes, distances, breeds of dogs, &c. Each. number will contain a paper de- scriptive of a particular animal, bird, or fish, with some instruction as to its habits, haunts and mode of cap- ture, and the period when itisin season. We have arranged to receiye regular weekly reports of the fish- ing and shooting in various parts of the country. Yachting and boating will be encouraged, and yacht news be made an especial feature of the paper. A yeasonable space will be given to athletic sports and those out-door games in which ladies can participate. In a word, every description of game that is in vogue among respectable people, and of value as a health- ving agent or recreative amusement, will be consid- ed and its practice encouraged. Nothing that de- o alizes or brutalizes, nothing that is regarded as sport’? by that low order of beings who, in their in- atinets are but a grade higher than the creatures they train to amuse them, will find favor in these columns. To horse news we shall devote some space, giving a record of leading races and meetings and current events, but we shall not make it a feature of this jour- nal. Weleaye this department to others, much more competent than ourselves, who are recognised through- out the country as exponents of the turf, and as au- thority in stock, pedigree and kind. We yield to no one, however, in our love and appreciation of the horse and his estimable qualities. The noblest of all ant mals, and the companion alike of men of high and low degree, he has never become contaminated by the moral atmosphere by which he is often surrounded, or degraded below the high rank te which his attributes entitle and assign him, To the forest, lawn and garden we assign full place. For the preservation of our rapidly diminishing for- ests we shall continually do ‘battle. Our great inter- ests are in jeopardy—even our supply of drinking wa- teris threatened, from the depletion of our timber- lands by fire and axe. It is but properto state here that the gentleman in charge of this department is the well-known ‘Olipod Quill,’ who was connected with the Agricturist newspaper from the start, and a co-laborer with the lamented Downing for many years. Much valuable information will be found in this de- partment. Our military department is intended te comprise merely a weekly summary of news for officers and soldiers upon the frontier—such news as the casta- ways would enjoy to receive in a “‘ letter from home,” and we trust that many of them will be inclined to send us in return some account of their hairbreadth experiences among the Indians, the buffaloes, the griz- vlies and the antelopes. We of the East are not thoroughly familiar with the varied species of game in the far Northwest, and would like to receive full information especially of the numerous Cerves family and of the Rocky Mountain sheep, This department is under the charge of a distinguished army officer. Our dramatic and art column will be prepared by Colonel T. B. Thorpe, and must at once become popu- lar with all our readers who are interested in these matters. We shall occupy an independent position, -and throw our efforts in behalf of competent reform. We shall perhaps even clamor for it. Our columns will always contain the cream of the ntest foreign sporting news. In a word, we are prepared to print a live paper and a useful one. ing the best material for its columns. We are ¢on- vinced that there is a standard of eminence and useful- nesa not yet fully attained by any sporting journals in this country. ‘l'o this we aspire. Tt will be our am- bition to excel; and we have relinquished a life of gage and semi-indolence to take charge of the enterprise. ‘This not of our own free choice, but at the solicitation of many hundreds of friends and strangers. We are ably assisted in our labors by a corps of valuable as- sociates—men of age and experience, all of whom, with single exception, haye been identified with leading ournals for years. Mr. Simzon A. ATKINSON, connected with the Georgia press for over twenty years, has charge of the business affairs of the Company. . @uaries Barieck, Managing Editer, AND STREAM. Ce rr Ee Eee ey We shall not be parsimonious in secur- | HATINEAMA NS, OR ANY(OTHER)MAN’S, PRACTICE. “Simelia Similibus Neeantur.” a Spartsmen’s Gaads GUNS AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL oO: Smith & Squires, 523 Broadway and 50 & 52 Chatham St. OD at IMPORTERS OF MUZZLE AND BREECH-LOADING CS ES. OF ALL GRADES, ATR AND DART GUNS AND CAP RIFLES. We have agood line of W. & C. Scott & Son's, Westley Richard’s, W. W. Greene's, J. Hollis & Son's and other makers. Wesend ayenuine Westley Rich- ard’s Muzzle-Loader, with Hawksley Flask, Pouch and Cleaning Rod, nicely packed for shipping, at $75.00. 10! ALL GUNS WARRANTED, AND CAN BE EX- AMINED BEFORE PAYMENT. 10: SEND For Pricrt List. ~& CO Scott & Son’s Tilustrated BoM on Breech Loaders sent on receipt of 25e. 4-13. MO COMMISSION CHARGED and Guna, Fishing Tackle, Base Ball Cricket Goods, Standard Sporting Books forwarded at Manufacturer’s and Publisher’s lowest rates. Address for particniars UNITED STATES AND CANADA PURCHASING AGENCY co, OU Chatham St., New York, ALBERT C. KUCK, (Successor to N. J. PLUMB,) No. 32 PARK ROW, Opposite New P. O. NEW YORK. IMPORTER OF Noelles &¢ Fisi-HOGKS, AND DEAUBR IN ALL KINDS OF FISHING TACKLE, GUNS, REVOLVERS, Skates & Sporting Goods. pooclt-l oading BR 2 ag 2 Xb Fishing Tackle SPORTSMEN'S GOODS. IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY BARTON, ALEXANDER & WAULER, 101 & 103 DUANE ST.,, NEW YORK. ——0 Agents for the United States Arms Corepany’s Repeating Pistols, ; OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS, ef Iyary Goods, Sportsmen's Gaads. “REMINGTON’S Sporting, Hunting and Target Breech-Loading 5 SITU Long Range Match Rifles for ‘‘Creedmoor” Shoot- ing, now ready. The same as won the ‘Turf, Field and Farm” Badge, Aug. 2, and ‘‘Ama- teur Rifle Club” Badge, Aug. 9. See re- ports. Unequalled for accuracy by cither Breech or Muzzle-Load- ers of other makers. For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, quality of workmanship and material, accuracy of range, and penetration, WITHOUT COMPARISON. “Tt is a noteworthy fact that though many different kinds of rifles were used in the several matches, includ- ing the converted Springfield, Remington, Metford, Ballard and Ward Burton Rifle, every prize in all the matches was won by those who fired with the Reming- ton rifle, except. the last.”—From 4’. ¥Y. Times, June 22, 1873.—(See fnll report, The Remington Rifle won Twenty-two out of Twenty-three Prizes at the Creedmoor Meeting, June 21, 1872. Also, Revolving, Repeating, Vest Pocket PISTOLS & RIFLE CANES. E REMINGTON & SONS. 281 and 283 Broadway, N.Y. OR, ARMORY, ILION, N. Y. Deringer, aad CUT THIS OUT AND SHND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICH LIST. ANDREW CLERK & CO. 43 Maiden Lane, N. Y., Importers, Manufacturers and - Dealers in SING EAGK LE On hand the largest and best assortment ever ex- hibited in the United States. They particularly call attention to their TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS. Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks on Gut, Cutty Hunk and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES, And every Variety and Style of EFIsH HoOookKS. Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, the Adirondacks, &c., &c. Gi Split Bamhboo,.’Frout and Salmon Rods and Reels a Specialty. > 0 ——- Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im- porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled 4-29 Eyed Needles. 7 F. GROTE. A. JOS. KAPP, A. H. GROTE Fy, F-GROTE & Co. \\. Turners & Dealers > _ in Ivory, ee =: 114 East 14th St., N.Y. Billiard Balls, Cloth, Cues, &ce. Ten Pin Balls and Pins. Ivory and Bone Checks, and all other kinds Z~ Exrmvauisuzg, ‘Absolutely the best protection against fire,** for ‘‘Its Record.” 7 a F. W. FARWELL, Seeretary, 407 BROADWAY , NEW YorRK Send The recent test of Fire-Proof Safes by the English Government proved the su ew) of Alum Filling, No other Safes filled with | Alum and Plaster-of-Paris, MARVIN & CO,, _ 265 Broadway, N. Y., 721 Chestnut _St., Phila. “S a See es : 3 —— in Cures Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, Rheu- matism, Chilblains, Strains, &e. A SPECIFIC FOR BITES OF INSECTS. The Deobstruent allays Inflammation, remoyes the obstructions, reopens and stimulates the circulation, cleanses, soothes and heals more rapidly than any other known preparation. Forsale by all Druggists. Samples Free! Ask forit! Test it! ) Ward, Russell & Co., 28 AND 80 Fuuton 81., N. Y Kor Savannah, Ga. THE FLORIDA PORTS AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. 0 Great Southern Freight and Passenger Line, Central Railroad of Georgia, and Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SATURDAYS. THE STEAMSHIPS H. LIVINGSTON, THURSDAY, September 18, from Pier 43 North River, at 3 P. M.- WILLIAM R. GARRISON, Agent, No. 5 Bowling Green. SAN JACINTO, SATURDAY, September 20, from Pier 48, North River, at 3 P. M. WILLIAM R. GARRISON, Agent, No. 5 Bowling Green. HUNTSVILLE, SATURDAY, September 20, from Pier 13, North River, at 3 P. M. R. LOWDEN, Agent, No. 93 West Street, VIRGO, TUESDAY, September 23, from Pier 16, Hast River, at 3 P. M., MURRAY, FERRIS & CO.. Agents, No. 62 South Street. 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P. 0, Box 5.205, a u Bite ie q. VA NSIS Bey. Asus Terms, Five Dollars a Year. | Ten Cents a Copy. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1873. Volume I, Number 7. | 103 Fulton Street. For Horest and Stream, SEPTEMBER, , 4 Charmed is my eye to-day, As cooler breezes play Around my pathway by this mountain stream; Not yet has summer gone, Tho’ days have rolled us on "Till harvest moon through clouds of Autumn gleam. But lingering with us still, Her yoice among the hills, With mellow tones of Autnmn mingling sweet, Gently as she glides away, And gone the summer day, E’re we have missed the music of her feet. Oh, golden harvest-time, Ye come with solemn rhyme, To warn us that September of our life Shall come to us ere long, And hush the summer song, And God shall garner us from every strife. Oh bright September day, Fond memory is at play, Among the many scenes that you recall, Fresh breezes breathing joy, Make me again a boy, And waft away the clouds of sadness ali. Now from the marshy ground, With merry whistling sound, The snipe fiy up in many a zigzag line— In yain the wild ducks hide In reeds by river side, My trusty gun speaks out and they are mine. I feel the slugeish blood Go bounding like a flood Back to a youthful heart again to-day; And such a moment’s bliss Is years in world like this. Oh, could we linger always by the way! Hiram EH. GRIFFITH, Dawn the Patamac. ——e NO. I---THE WATERING PLACES. SSS N the summer months Washington resembles a deserted village. The salary-grabbers, the Credit Mobilierites, the Washington Tammanyites, the plethoric-pursed con- tractor, the uppermost of Government officials; the design- ing mammas, with marriageable daughters—in brief, shoddy and the créme de la créme—flee from the heat and dust of the Capital to Saratoga, Long Branch, Cape May, the Virginia springs, and other ‘‘fashionable”’ resorts, for change of air, fare, and dissipation. For the thousands whose occupa- tions and’ purses will not permit of such extravagant pleas- ures, there remains the Potomac—noble stream that it is— bringing cool breezes to the feverish city, and nourishing in its depths oysters, crabs, and the best of fish. I might tell of the Little and Great Falls, above Washington, and of the black bass fishing, but the caption of these papers for- bids. Mine is the pleasing duty to tell of life down the Potomac—of watering places unknown to the fashionable world, but frequented by boating men. fishermen, and peo- ple who feel most at home in their old clothes. The Wash- ingtonian who can only spare an hour daily for recreation may enjoy the coq] breezes of the river by taking the ferry boat to Alexandria and return at a cost of twenty-five cents for the round trip. He will pass and repass the navy yard, will have “climpses of green hills, shady groves, rippling water, white sails, puffing steam tugs, laden coal barges, a fleet of shipping, and enjoy the while a pure air and deli- cious breeze. Farther down the river are Glymont and Marshall Hall, accessible by excursion boats and resorted to by picnic parties and yachting parties. Here rum and riot sometime prevail, but there are ‘‘select excursions,” which provide their own champ&ene, and indulge in gentlemanly intoxication by moonlight or otherwise. Of course there are dancing pavillions, and hotels where meals and mixed brought in with the dessert, we walked down to the wharf, drinks are supplied; and here shad-bakes take place in their season. Planked shad is a Potomac delicacy, and deserves brief mention, e’en though the last roes of summer have disap- peared from the larder. Jmprimis, you draw a seine to eatch your shad. As this operation is not always success- ful, it is well to have provided asupply of fish for the party beforehand. Then you want a roaring fire, and some hard wood planks, planed smooth. These planks are stood against the bank, near the fire, until thoroughly heated. Then the fish, which have been split, nicely cleaned, and sprinkled with salt, are fastened to the planks, which are again placed against the bank, wae the fire will cook and nicely brown the shad, May the shadows of planked shad never grow less. Of the best known summer resorts farther down the river may be mentioned Colton’s, Leonardtown, Blackstone’s Island, Piney Point, Marshall’s, and Point Lookout, the latter a point of land at the mouth of the Potomac, with a splendid beach fronting on Chesapeake Bay. The attrac- tions at all these places are boating, fishing, bathing, crab- bing, and a fare composed almost exclusively of fish and oysters. Save at Piney Point, the terms are very moder- ate—$2 per day, $10 per week, and $30 to $35 per month, Piney Point was quite a fashionable resort long before the war, and has sometimes, though imapftly, been called the Southern Long Branch. It has fallen somewhat into dis- repute of late, partly through the unpopularity of its man- agers, but largely because of those rayenous pests, the mosquitoes, who are no respecters of persons. The cot- tages and hotel buildings stand in a grove of pime trees near the beach, and in the rear isa pool of brackish water. This swamp and the surrounding foliage are thought to ac- count for the prevalence of mosquitoes, from which the place is only free when a strong breeze blows up the river. The Potomae at this point is eight miles wide, and a south- erly wind creates quite a respectable surf. The beach is somewhat abrupt, and therefore dangerous to those who cannot swim, though I have never heard of any fatal acci- dents here. The bottom is hard and sandy, but as one oc- casionally encounters an oyster shell it is advisable to wear bathing shoes. This isthe only place on the river which boasts of a tenpin alley and billiard table; but of other amusements there is a painful dearth. You may catch crabs and small fish from the wharf, but if you wish to sail you must hire a boat at so much per hour; and during the past summer, for weeks at a time, there were no boats to be had for love or money. There is music and dancing at night, an excellent table, and the arrival and departure of the three or four steamers which ply up and down the Potomac help to dispel the monotony. It will be seen that Piney Point isno place for the sportsman or the lover of aquatic sports. It would bea fashionable watering place if it could, and put on airs, but during the past summer its cottages were for the most part untenanted, and the season was an utter failure pecuniarily. Point Lookout, according to the distance-table of the steamer Lady of the Lake, is 113 miles from Washington, at the mouth of the Potomac river. It is a watering place gone to seed, but a top dressing of greenbacks would’soon cause it to blossom forth again, as the place has many natu- ral advantages, A railroad to Washington is now in pro- cess of construction, which will not only open up a new country, but tend to build up Point Lookout as a winter port for the shipment of fish, oysters, and produce, The distance by the land route is much less than by the river, and it is expected the journey from Washington to Point Lookout will be made on the railroad inside of three hours, This will enable business men who send their families here for the summer torun down at night and return in the morning, or, atleast, to come down Saturday night and remain until Monday morning. But for the check received from the war Point Lookout would to-day be the most prosperous watering place south of Cape May, It had been laid out on a grand scale, and many of the improve- ments completed. A hotel building had been erected, and there must have been between three and four hundred one and two-story cottages. Walks, drives, ponds, and foun- tains appear upon the lithographic plan issued by the pro- prietors, but of these not a vestige is seen to-day. During the war the place was taken possession of by the Govern- ment, and used as a naval station anda prison pen. Whole rows of cottages were burned in wantonness, or torn down for fuel, and as no repairs have been made from that day until this, the remaining buildings are in the last stages of dilapidation and decay. - The hotel building is barely habi- table, and a two-story villa is in a fair state of preservation, though nearly undermined by the waters of Chesapeake Bay, which now wash up under the verandah; but the re- maining cottages are leaky as seives, and ready to tumble down. The property was sold for taxes during the war, and bought by a Miss Baker, a hospital nurse, and one of the strong minded. It is said she bid in the cottages at $1 apiece. This sale has been the cause of litigation ever since, and has prevented any improvement or repairs. Be- lieving possession to be nine points of the law, Miss Baker has lived on in the main building, dragging out a precarious existence by the rent of a cottage or two, and the “taking in” of an occasional guest, I shall never forget my first visit to the place, a little more than a year ago. The original wharf has nearly dis- appeared, and one constructed by the Government during the war, now used tor the landing of passengers, is rotten as punk, full of holes, and tottering to its fall, Yet upon this dangerous and rickety structure our party of five—two ladies and three gentlemen—was landed between twelve and one o’clock one dark night. That we reached the shore in safety was little less than a miracle, Then, heading for a twinkling light in the distance, we walked ankle deep in sand for a quarter of a mile or more, and entering a door in a barn-like structure, which loomed up through the dark- ness, found ourselves in a large, dimly-lighted room, which we afterward learned was the dining-room, Here we met the hostess, a gaunt, weather-beaten woman, ina dark dress, which clung closely to her angular figure, and barefooted. After some delay, a lantern was procured, and we were marched ap stairs to our sleeping japartments.. The first couple were assigned a room, and given a candle, stuck in a goblet, to light them to bed, and there remained another couple and the writer to be disposed of, We were finally given a suite, and, the inner room containing a double bed, the outer of course fell tomy lot. The furniture of these rooms was of the simplest description. The inner room contained, beside the bed, a chair and an eight by ten mir- ror, and the outer a single bed and washstand. But one candle could be obtained for the party, and in undressing by the light which shone through the transom I hung my clothes on the floor and went to bed. In the morning, after performing my ablutions, taking care to use but one end of the solitary towel furnished, I passed the washstand into the next room and received the mirror in return. At break- fast we were waited on by the hostess herself, still bare- footed, and the cook, who wore an apron filthy beyond de- scription. The bill of fare comprised some scraps of cold fish, a dish of chicken legs, and a cold decoction of chick- ory. Asking for a glass of water, we were told there were no glasses (they were all in use as candlesticks); but on in- sisting some tepid water was brought in a teacup. During the morning we went in bathing, and though assured there were no sea-nettles in the vicinity, our party were all more or less badly stung by them, An application of fresh water is said to furnish instant relief, but this remedy being then unknown to us we used sweet oil, without any perceptible benefit. The beach is certainly a fine one in many respects. It slopes down very gradually—indeed, one may wade half a mile from shore—and there is of course very little under- tow. ., The bottom is hard and smooth, but one frequently encounters oyster shells, which cut the feet severely. An expert swimmer would find little pleasure here, but for women and children the bathing is excellent. After a din- ner of chicken legs (there must be a peculiar breed of chick- ens hereabouts) and some cold chicken soup, which wae over which we had made the perilous passage of the night FOREST AND STREAM before,"and amused ourselves opening oysters with spikes and penknives, a small boy providing us with all the bi. valves we wanted by wading a short distance into the water. after a farewell repast of chicken legs we took the steamer up river that night. been perhaps half a dogen families atthis place, occupying the villa andthe most-habitable of the” cottages, but they brought with them from the city furniture, provisions, and all the requisites for housekeeping. Fish, oysters, and crabs may:be had here in abundance, but everything else must be brought from-Washington or Norfolk. The fish- ing here is sald to be much better than at any of the points above, and -particularly: for sheepshead. Occasionally a sea turtle is caught. Last year twomen, while fishing from a canoe, hooked a turtle which towed them across the Po- tomae to Cone river before they could: secure it. It was finally” captured and sent to Washington, and wlhien killed weighed 350 pounds. The most popular resort on the Potomac at this time is Marshall’s, twoamiles below Piney Point, and one hundred. miles from Washington. Until this year it was little known, save to sportsmen and a few-persons who value’ ccomfort and independence more, than fashion. «The aiccommioda- tions were somewhat limited, consisting of a two-story and a half dwelling and country store combined, and a cottage with two rooms. This year a large three-story building was erected, and a steamboat wharf built, and the place is now known as the St: George’s Hotel. The buildings are directly -on the St. George’s river—more properly an inlet— which extends four miles above, and three miles below unites with the Potomac and St. Mary’s rivers. The Poto- mac isin full view, and but a quarter of a mile distant across the tongue of land on which the St, George’s Hotel is situated. At the end of this point, less than half a mile from the hotel, are the Straits, a shallow strip of water be- tween the main land and St. George’s Island, through which canoes pass in going to Piney Point, But for this passage they would be compelled to sail entirely around St. George’s Island, a distance of ten or twelvemiles. I have been thus particular in describing the topography of the place from reasons that will appear later. The surrounding waters are everywhere shoal near the shores, and are filled with oyster bars, which are often encountered in the most unexpected places by sailing parties. Oysters are found in every direc- tion, but those used at the hotel are brought in canoes from the St. Mary’s river, and delivered alongside the wharf for ten to fifteen cents a bushel. They are measured and thrown overboard, to be tonged up when required. Half a dozen canoes lay at the wharf for the use of the guests, and a colored man is‘always to be had to sail them. No extra charge is made for the use of the canoes, nor for the raw oysters, of which one may eat. a fill at any time from day- light to dusk. Indeed, there are no extra charges for any- thing, your dollar a day (if you stay more than a month, otherwise $35 per month) covering all necessary expenses. A blue shirt, an old pair of pants, a broad-brimmed straw hat, such as may be had inthe store for thirty cents, is en regle for costume, a coat being essential only when you go to the table. A Saratoga trunk is therefore unncessary, a good sized valise holding all that is required in the way of outfit. You will rise in the morning not later than sun- up, and take a bath in the tubs or tanks at the end of the wharf. These are perforated boxes, which may be let down to any depth required, giving you all the benefit of a buff bath in the salt water without coming in contact with the sea-nettles,’ After your bath you will find your way to where two or three colored men are shucking oysters for the kitchen, and eat a dozen or more of the bivalves just from the water. It is then time to dress for breakfast, whieh meal will consist of whatever panfish have been ‘taken by the fishermen in their gill nets the previotis night —spot, crokers, small rock, or taylors—stewed and fifed oysters, fried chicken, hot rolls, corn bread, waffles, and an abundance of milk. After breakfast nearly everybody ad- journs to the summer house, midway on the slender whart, at the end of which are the bath-houses. Around it ie canoes are moored, and here the sailing parties are made up. Some of the ladies, who dare not venture farther on the raging St. George, will seat themselyes with a book, newspaper, embroidery, or crochet work, and watch the children crabbing. Their outfit for this sport is very sim- ple, and success certain. Having procured a chicken’s head from the cook, it is tied to a string, weighted with an oyster shell, and thrown overboard. bottom before it is seized by one of these voracious crus- tacea, and often with so firm a hold as to be drawn upon the wharf. A het with a long handle is necessary, how- ever, with which the crab is dipped up as he nears the sur- face and dropped into a box or barrel for transportation to the kitchen. ‘This is fine sport for the children, who can sit in the shade and catch crabs until they tire. Albeit, these shell fish have been both scarce and small this year, a fact which no one was able to account for. The soft crab, a great delicacy, must be sought for at low tide, on a shady shore, among the tufts of sea grass. Here it lies helpless, and igs picked up by the fisherman as he wades along with observant eye. These not only furnish a favorite wish for the table, but bait’ for all the Potomac fish except the sheepsbead. Between twelve and one o’clock, the ladies haying had their baths, a crab and oyster hunch isin order. This is partaken of under the boatshed, on the shore. The crabs are sent down on a large tray, with condiments and soda crackers, and @ colored boy ‘brings a ‘basket of oysters. The work bench or an old boat seryes fora table, and all One day was enough for us atPoint Lookout, and “During the past summer there haye | charming and piéturesdue description. -Quite-an expedition ‘to sail around St. George’s Island, but It will “hardly reach fall to sans ceremonte. Then a siesta. he dinner there Will be oyster or chicken soup, boiled. and baked “sheeps- head, oyster pie, chicken, duck, and goose, and a dessert of peace and cream. After dinner the canoes will be in requisition again, and the croquet balls set in motion. For supper there will be cold fowl, stewed oysters, ham, cakes, and milk ad libitum. Soon after supper dancing commences, and is kept up until midnight. Such is a orice outline of a day’s doings at the St George’s Hotel. The facilities for sailing are unsurpassed. If the waters of the Potomac are too rough to venture upon, there is the more quiet St.George’s. You may go for miles inland, with little coves branching off on either hand; here a com- fortable farmhouse and there a negro “cabin; here an or- chard and there a tobacco patch. Or you may go down the St. George's three miles, and rounding a point known as Cherryfield, enter the St. Mary’s river, end visit the old colonial city of St. Mary’s, where landed ‘the first settlers of Maryland. The St. Mary’s is three miles wide at its | mouth, but soon narrows, only to branch off in various di- tections into inlets, which furnish scenery of the most It is considered by far a pleasanter one to land and visit a Captain Adams, whose garden and orchard contain the best of fruit. Here may be had figs, peaches, plums, pears, nectarines, melons, and apples in the greatest abundance, and af trifling cost. A party of four ate all they could on one occasion, and went away laden down, at-a cost of only twenty-five cents. Another fayorite sail is to Piney Point, distant one and a half miles by land, but nearly three miles by water. The course is down the St. George’s to the Straits, on opening: which the Piney Point lighthouse comes into view. Once through the straits it is plain sailing, but the navigation otherwise is somewhat difficult, and the inexperienced hand is apt to run his canoe hard and.fast on an oyster bar. Sometimes he may push off with his steering paddle, but oftener he will have to jump overboard and pull his craft into deep water. On ‘“‘steamer nights” parties are made up to go over to the Point to greet the new arrivals or speed the parting guests. The boat is due on her down trip at ten P. M., but on her up trip not until midnight; so that while in one case everybody is home again before twelve o’clock, in the other it is sometimes one, two, and three A. M. before all is quiet onthe St. Geor ges, Twice a week the steamer Lady of the Lake lands a mail punctually from Washington at Piney Point, and it is brought over by wagon to Marshall’s, this being the post office. No sooner is the rumbling of the wheels heard than the parlor is deserted, and everybody rushes for the store. The mail-bag is cane upon the counter, Mr. Marshall dons his spectacles, and seizing upon the letters calls off the names amid a terrible din and confusion. Envelopes are hurriedly torn open, messages shot to and fro, exclamations of satisfaction or regret uttered, and then, the letters hay- ing been disposed of, the newspapers are in order. The most momentous news is, however, of secondary import- ance toa ‘‘Letter from Marshall’s,” and this I have found to be the case at every watering place I have visited. Let them say what they will, people do like to see their names in print, and to have it known that they are ‘‘out of town.” “Woc unto the watering-place correspondent who ignores this craving for newspaper notoriety. Even the indolent Bohemian, bent only on taking a respite from quill driving, . is not safe from the assaults of neglected fair ones, but is waylaid in verandahs and beseiged in his cottage, as the writer can testify. Of course we had a Mrs. Grundy among us, but she tarried not long, and, on the whole, a nicer, jollier, happier set of people than were congregated at the St. George’s Hotel last summer it would be difficult to find. I had intended deferring what I had to say concerning the fishing until another issue, but there is so little to be said that it may as well be said now, Up to the ist of Sep- tember the fishing had been exceptionally poor. In June two. young lads struck a school of rock, and, with soft erabs for bait, took forty pounds ina short time. There was no line fishing after that worth mentioning until about the 1st of August, when a fine string of white perch was taken in the mouth of a cove on the St. George’s, a mile above Marshall’s. All through the summer, however, the regular fishermen were bringing in sheepshead daily, with occasional intermissions. Seven was the highest number caught in one day by one man; two or three being the or- dinary catch. The sheepshead are caught at Sheepshead Rock, a mile or so above Piney Point, anid in huddles, or hurdles, at the lower end of St. George’ sIsland. The bait used is a species of clam known as the man-nose. The hurdles are small enclosures formed by driving poles into the bottom, the bark being retained. The theory is that the fish feed on this bark. There must be a depth of water not lesg than ten or twelve feet, and a rocky or gravelly bot- tom. Hand lines are used, and when a fish is caught a small cord is made fast through the gills and attached to the boat. They are thus towed to a market, and when purchased are tied to the wharf to swim about anil required for the table. The price paid the fishermen last summer was fifty cents a piece for sheepshead, large and small. They are sometimes taken weighing twenty-five pounds and upwards, but the average of the past season would hardly exceed ten pounds. The fishermen complain that the gill-nets in use lower down destroy the fishing in this vicinity. This is no doubt true, and moreover, the fishery laws of Maryland are fre- quently and “Openly violated alone the Potomac by boats from the Virginia shore. The penalties are severe, but no captures are made! and the illicit traffic goes on. A word should be said of the taylor, to my taste the best for himself. al Brice of sist ducks, fish taken in these waters. It may be taken with a troll, or with a hand line, soft crabs being used for bait in the latter case, Those who fish for sport, however, prefer to use q cedar pole, without areel, and’ to feel the weight of the fish before landing it. Some parties were quite successful in the latter part of August, bringing in from. fifty to one hundred good sized fish but the best fishing i is in Septem- ber. Spot and crokers were sometimes taken with hook and line, but the supply for the table. was furnished by the nets. As for shooting, partridges are very abundant in this re- gion, and later in the season the duck shooting will be good; and occasionally a shot may be had intoa flock of wild geese. Of smaller game no note is’ taken by the in- habitants, and the gunner from the city: must find it out CHARLES A. Pirsgury. SSS SSS SS GROUSE SHOOTING IN INDIANA, creearwe es CENTRRVILLE, Indiana, Epiror Forest anv STREAM:— Arriving at the little railroad station of Remington (on the L. P.-and B. R. R. a in Jasper ‘County, ‘Tndiana, we were met by Joe, who was soon busily engaged in loading our baggage into his big two- horse, covered, spring wagon, said baggage consisting of a soldier tent, centre-pole, barrel of crackers, sugar-cured hams, ten ous ham sausage, twenty-five pounds of butter, one dozen loaves bread, salt, pepper, one cheese, tobacco, ‘shot guns, ammunition, blank- ets, &c., and we were soon on our way northward over the ~ broad, green prairie, and our dogs had to run to keep up with our fiery team. We had searcely gone three miles from the station, when a prairie chicken (pinnated grouse) whirred away from the side of the road. Shot guns were then got ready, and pres- ently two more went Ancients past ; but one was brought down, by whom I cannot tell, as we all fired at once, and each claimed that Ae had hit it. Every now and then our dogs would start one, sometimes half a dozen in a droye, but they were too far off for a shot, and we were anxious to get to our camping-ground, We saw a few sand-hill cranes and ducks, in sloughs, or places where there was water. About sunset we arrived at our camping-ground, a place which certainly did credit to Joe’s judgment in se- lecting it, for it was a nice little grove of scrub oaks and hickory trees, while on the west ran a stream of clear, pure water. He had brought his cooking utensils—frying-pans, _skillets, pots, coffee-pots, &c., with him, ‘and in a very short time we had our centre-pole put up, all our traps unloaded, while Dick, the sable cook, had the coffee (Java) made, and we sat down to as good a supper as was ever eaten, at least itrequired no trouble to clear the table of any remaining fragments. Wesat around the camp fire until late at night, smoking our meerschaums, relating stories of former hunt- ing and fishing, and then rolled ourselves up in our blank- ets to sleep. To sleep? No, for the Major’s sonorous snore made it impossible for me to sleep, so I lay awake un- til nearly midnight, listening to the myriads of katydids in the trees, and the chirp of crickets in the long grass down by the creek; but finally I went into dreamland, and did not awaken until the sun was at least. two hours high, when Dick called me up for breakfast. We had some fried grouse, which one of the party had shot that morning, and we all partook. We then went to work in earnest—six men and four dogs —and as the game was plenty, the dogs had no trouble in finding it, and wherever they pointed we were sure of chick- ens. Wemade it arule not to fire until they had got about thirty yards distant, when we seldom. failed in bringing down the game, At noon we had succeeded in bagging forty among the whole party, nine being the largest num- ber shot by any one. We did not go out again until even- ing, when we brought in seventeen more. Supper, smoke, to bed, and the same snore of the Major’s; but I was so tired that I soon slept. Thus we passed the time for five days, killing all the chickens we needed, and occasionally brought in a brace of fat ducks. On the afternoon of the fifth day we removed our camp near to the Kankakee river, but still on the same creek, and in a grove also. During the middle of the day we generally laid j in the shade and read or smoked, and did not try to kill any game, except mornings and evenings, nor did we kill any and throw it away, as no true sportsman will do this ; but after the first day we killed only what we wanted to eat, and had chicken fried, roasted, or stewed every meal, varied occasionally by Joe went to a farm house, about ten miles off, and brought back a lot of fine melons. Sunday, we read, smoked, and slept, and no one thought of taking his gun. We Spend five days at this camp, then sung our “parting song,” took down our tent, loaded the wagon—not forgetting to take home a_half- dozen chickens apiece—and were on our way to the station again, after hav- ing killed over 200, chickens, and having ten days of rest and recreation, with a hope and a promise to meet again at this planesnext summer. September and the first two weeks in October are more pleasant for hunting than August, as the nights are cooler, although we did not experience any discomfort from the heat, as there was always a good breeze. pee in the season the game is generally a little scarcer and wilder, but there is always plenty of game. We met pat: ties who had killed many more chickens than we had. I would advise any who go to do as we did, take tent and provisions, and you can hire a wagon and oud team farm- ers near any of the stations along the railroad west of Lo- gansport, and a wagon can go over my part of the prairie: There is good shooting along the railroad for miles on both FOREST AND STREAM. 99 sides, but the north side is the best, as you_can find plenty of game for twenty miles north. Encamp in a grove near | water, and you will be happy. AMATEUR. Se Sh ESS PALATINE, Ill., September 12th, 1873. EpITor FoREsT AND STREAM :— We have some as nice gunning here in the West as there is anywhere to be found. It is not unfrequently that I take my pointer, Joe, (which, by the way, is one of the noblest dogs that ever I fired a gun over) and go out in the fields, returning in about a couple of hours with from ten to fifteen plump prairie chickens, and occasionally (in the season) as many fine partridges or quail. Our snipe shooting here is of not much account, as we have no swamps, nor any good feeding grounds for them. Of ducks, we get our share of most all kinds, in their proper time. With pigeons we have great sport, especially in the fall of the year, so you see that we are not left quite out in the cold, as far as shoot- ing is concerned. EF. J. ¥F. ag SALMON IN THE HUDSON. i Senay : New York, September 18th, 18738. Eprror oF ForEst anp StReAM:— I was glad to see in print my communication on the ery- ing evil of ‘‘stocking trout waters with black bass,” but your compositor made sad work of part of it. As a recent tour in quest of a trout pond or stream which a club might restock, has confirmed me in my views of the importance of the subject, I would like to make my article more intelligi- ble by requesting the reader to replace the word ‘“ descrip- tion,” by ‘‘ discussion,” so that the sentence would read “‘I would like to see a fair discussion,” &c. But to the subject which Inow wish to introduce, viz. stocking the Hudson with salmon. Yes! with Salmo salar! Why not? What should prevent this noble fish from going up a long way above tide water. There are many streams running into the Hudson which would afford spawning ground. The Croton is one; yewr memory will doubtless recall many others. A fish ladder could very easily -be made at Glenn’s Falls; and cheaply too, if one be required, as lumber is plenty there. And so on, over all the imped- ing dams. [I know that the upper waters of the Hudson are splendidly adapted for saimon, to say nothing of many large brooks running into the main river above Lansing- burgh. ™ Now, Mr. Editor, when the United States Fishery Com- missioner is introducing salmon into the Delaware, can we not get some salmon fry placed in the Hudson? Try the German salmon as well as other kinds. Ifthe Fishery-Com- missioners of this State will only show proper zeal, they can do something which will indeed cause people to think them of some use. And I will show them how to do it. Lasteyear, Mr. C. G. Atkins, of Maine, was employed by several contributors to the fund, to collect salmon spawn on the Penobscot or Kennebec. He was very succeésful, so much so that the cost of the ova was only a few dollars per thousand. I believe he is to repeat the experiment this autumn, and that the United States Fishery Commission will, as last year, contribute liberally. My suggestion is to have our State Fishery Commissioners subscribe to this project, hatch the ova in the State Hatching House and put the young salmon into the. upper waters of the Hudson. The year or two which would elapse before the young fry would be old enough to return, would give our. Fishery Commisioners ample time to see that fish-ways were: made at every dam foralong way up. Many dams are already prepared for shad, and of course would be used by salmon. So you see, a few thousand dollars of the State appropria- tion (now wasted on distributing or catching perch, suckers ed id omne genus) would introduce a really important article of food into our beautiful Hudson, to say nothing of furnish- ing the grandest sport at our very doors. I don’t want to be too sanguine, but now is the time to endeayor to get Mr. Bairdto helpus. Surely the Hudson is as important a river to stock as can be found. I have de- scended the stream from its source to Glenn’s Falls, and know how feasible the project is. Theh there are many rivers, such as the Chateaugay, which flow into the lakes or the St. Lawrence, which used to swarm with salmon, Can they not be restocked?, or Now is the time to agitate the question. Yours, PISCATOR, —@ 39S —___—_ “WHAT BECOMES OF THE FISH?” f == tana uv New Yorxk, September 19th, 1873, Epiror Forest AND STREAM :— ’ The brief article in your last issue, entitled ‘‘What Be- comes of the Fish ?” gives additional probability to my guide’s theory concerning the dead pickerel in Raquette river. During my fortnight’s encampment at Hedgehog Rapids, in June, not one was seen. Then the water was high. The pickerel grass and other weeds which they use as & COVver, Were not grown. But in August we found nearly four feet less of water. The banks were sedgy, and the shallows everywhere vis- ible. Then the river was full of dead and decaying pick- erel, from one to four pounds in weight. The otherwise pure air of that region was tainted, Hun- dreds of carcasses were floating lazily with the current, or were lodged among the lily-pads. The cause or occasion of this destruction was a puzzle. The oldest guide on the river, onbeing questioned, affirms that their slayer is the great blue heron. | . ant Of these huge birds we saw scores daily, wading in the shallow water and grasses, They are known to be most greedy and unscrupulous fishermen, killing game far be- yond. their needs for food. Hec, Marden says they watch forthe pickerel in their haunts, grip them savagely between the sharp blades of their beaks, and leave them to die. We examined great numbers of these dead fish, and in every case found two large wounds on opposite sides, generally a little back of the dorsal fin, or just behind the gills. These scars would answer almost exactly to the beak of the great blue heron. Your cgrrespondent says of the night heron that it is never seenin the daytime. The blue heron of the north woods, doubtless a specimen of the same genus, is seldom seen except in the day time. Both are most destructive of fish. I should yote heartily for the extermination of those Springfield herons, for they destroy trout; but I should like to give a good bonus to the Raquette river herons, for every vagabond, predatory pick- erel which they munch in their beneficient jaws. I like your paper. J. CLEMENT FRENCH. a MOON SICKNESS. ards 19, Musrum, Wms. UNIVERSITY, ) y MipDLETOWN, Conn., Sept. 11th. f§ Every one familiar with sea-faring men must be aware of their belief in the ill effects of the direct rays of the moon. The light of the moon striking the face of a sleeper is held to be particularly injurious. Many officers do not allow their men to sleep on deck when the moon is bright.. I have never talked with a sailor on the subject without hearing cited from personal experi- ence at least one case of temporary blindness or distortion of the face thus caused. As I could find no reference to this disease in medical works I was at first inclined to class this belief with the superstition which formerly called the insane “‘ lunatic,” or ‘“moonstruck,” but it is shared by so many intelligent men that it deserves investigation. Mr. Cuthbert Collingwood in his very entertaining ‘‘Ram- bles of a Naturalist on the China Sea,” gives an instance which occurred on a vessel with whose personnel he was ac- quainted, and which was corroborated by all the men and officers. e ‘“The lad was eighteen years of age, of fair complexion, full face and large, light grayish blue eyes which attracted attention from their remarkable appearance. In February, 1964, on a certain night in the full moon, the lad was sleep- ing on the forecastle with his face turned upwards, fully exposed to the direct rays of the moon. The circumstance was remarked by his messmates, who warned*him but to no purpose. Next night he was one of a deep-sea sounding party and was beating the line when the moon rose, when he suddenly exclaimed that. he could not see and would have walked overboard had he not been stopped. For six- teen nights, as soon’as the moon arose he complained that a cloud came before his eyes, and it was necessary to lead him about the deck. This was only in moonlight. The surgeon, a gentleman of superior attainments, with whom am acquainted, examined his eyes minutely and could see nothing abnormal in them. -Between decks and during daylight he had no difficulty. When the next moon came around he had recovered from this singular affection which did not return. Many other instances have heen related to me by persons, sometimes medical officers, under whose direct notice they fell.” The subject is an interesting one, particularly to sports- men and others who sometimes sleep in the open air. It is hoped that this may meet the eye of some medical man or naval officer who can throw additional light on the question. G. Brown Gooner. ee Ss VENOMOUS LIZARDS. Peewee Hauirax Barracks, September 18th, 1873. Epritor oF FOREST AND STREAM:— Having noticed your article on ‘‘ Woorari” where Dr. Saffray describes a venom as coming from afrog used by the Indians to poison their arrows, I beg leave to state the following facts, which I trust will findsome explana- tion in your columns: Two years ago while hunting in the mountains of Nova Scotia with Indians, during the middle of September, in the dense hard-wood forest, I came across arather large lizard. I was about securing him, when my Indians cried out ‘“‘retez!” ‘‘retez!” their French for stop. On inquiring the reasons for their caution, they said it was a most dangerous: creature, calling it ‘the man poisoner lizard.” They assured me that if there was a scratch on my finger, and I touched the lizard, it would poison me fatally. I cut.a stick and poked him. I did this easily, as hissmovements were rather lethargic. This seemed to enrage him, and he turned'on the: ‘stick. At the same time a peculiar white creamy and glutinous matter exuded from his body. One of the Indians caught a field mouse,. I touched the mouse, who was quite lively. and unhurt, somewhere'‘about the mouth,: with the stick which was imbued with the exudation’ of the lizard, and the mouse died in violent convulsions in a few minutes, I re- eret very much not having preserved the lizard, which I killed. I do not have. much faith in the Indian stories, though my guides were very reliable and trustworthy men, and notin the least inclined to deceive me. I found out afterwards, that the settlers all believed that this lizard was terribly venomous,’ and cited‘accidents arising from touch- ing it.- The :color of the lizard was’ of a greenish yellow: His body was about four inches long, and his tail about five inches, He had two quite sharp teeth, fangs in fact, on both his upper and. lower jaw, and smaller teeth in front. Have any of your readers come across. a similar lizard? Is there any foundation in the universal dread people have of toads and lizards? I think there may be some reasons for it. Tie Capratn P. —<—<—$—— > $—_$__—— CROSSING.THE YELLOWSTONE. ——_+—_——- Bloody Knife, Géneral Custer’s Indian guide, manufac- tures a boatinthisway:— . . Proud Two beeves were immediately killed and, skinned for Bloody Knife’s use. Stout willow wands werethen cut and the bark pulled off...They were then bent into the proper shape and bound together by thongs of raw hide. The frame, when completed, looks like a. denuded umbrella frame, the tips being secured by a large willow ring which determines the diameter of the circular boat. The hide is stretched over the frame, and secured.to. it by more thongs of raw hide. The green hide is then allowed to dry, the process in our case being hastened by a large fire. hen completed, this unique boat looked like a large raw hide umbrella, three feet deep and about five in diameter, with- out a handle. Yet Bloody. Knife. declared that this faw hide tub would carry 1,000 pounds. A second bull-boat - was made and dried in the same way. The day had been passed in these endeavors, and it was too late to make fur- ther trial that night.. ) m We picketed our horses near by, spread our blankets, and dropped to sleep. Just before we retired, an Indian was seen to come down to the bank on the other side to water his horse. As soon as he observed our camp he im- mediately fled without giving his animal a drink, His sur- prise showed that our presence so near the enemy had not been discovered. Had we possessed the proper appliances for crossing the river, we could no doubt have effected the passage without discovery. Once discovered, an attempt to cross a linein the morning by our bull-boats would be ex- tremely hazardous.—Zribune Correspondent. AN ARTIST’S AMBITION, HERE is no reading I likes as. well_as dog reading. = Mr. Bulwer’s romance dogs is poetry dogs, but not equal to Mr.Dicken’s dogs. They is true to the life, and if dogs could speak, for they do think, they would talk just like Mr, Dicken’s dogs. Only one thing, sir, and if you don’t think it a liberty, I shall presume to remark, which it is in regard to dogs, do what you may, good or bad treatment, they never will perform their tricks and carry a good tail. Now, to make you understand, do you see that yellow spotted dog? That dog knows we are talking about him, and he’s pondering on us. Dogs does a deal of ees That dog’s an inventive dog, sir, and is capable of striking off for himself a perfectly original line of characters, only, sir, when up to the beauties of his part, hinspired I may say, regularly hinspired, he will drop his tail. Some dogs drops their tails more than others; some carries them right between their legs, which takes ever so much away from the ‘traction of the piece. May be, sir, you don’t know much about plays where the dog is the actor. The female lady character says: ‘‘Oh my dog! my faithful dog! how joyously he bounds this way! We are saved! we are saved! He comes! le comes.” Now to see a dog come in like a whip’d cur takes all the life out of the piece. Dog human nature notwithstanding any of the arts of man, will show itself there. Once I got ac- quainted with an Italian. He knowed most as much as any man J ever saw on dogs. He had a big: spaniel dog, as was a most. natural, dog. I seed that dog perform a dozen times, and that dog had no drop in his tail, tho’ his play was cowed like and not free. Of course his master woldn’t let me handle him. But I paid a friend of mine to have that dog sent me once; just for ten minutes, and I found it out. The dog was nicked, sir; the mussels at the joint of his tail had been clean cut, so that he couldn’t drop it or wag it, if he tried. That ain’t true art, and I’m aboveit. It’s the ambition of my life, however, to succeed on that one point. . I sup- pose if I had a very young puppy and trained him up alone, apart from any, other dog. and we neither of us lost our tempers, we might succeed. Inthe meantime, as you see, I satisfy my craving for perfection with short-tailed dogs. Nature and her defects ain’t as perceptible in a bob-tailed.” ‘Will you allow us,” we said, *‘to thank you? for you are really a conscientious artist; it is difficult to meet such.” : “Thank you, sir,” was the reply. ‘The living I pick up is one thing, and the satisfaction I derive from my calling another, It ain’t often I am appreciated.”— Nem York Times. eth et Crows iv BERMuDA.—The crows are voted such a nuis-. ance that an Act of the Colonial Parliament has been passed for their extirpation, and 2s. 6d. is paid out of the Colonia] Treasury for each crow that may be brought dead to the proper authority. However, the crows build their nests in trees upon islets rarely visited, so that their numbers do not visibly decrease, though some are shot from time to time. During the breeding season the boatswain or long- tail birds (Phaetrn sees are seen in large numbers flying: round the rocks (in the clefts they have deposited their mottled eggs) or roving about the ocean in search of smail fish, upon which they feed; and yery handsome look these white birds, with their black-tipped wings and two delicate fawn-colored feathers in their tails, as they dart and skim through the air in the neighborhood of their nests. They are. difficult to shoot by reason of their thick feathers, and are easily captured in the holes of the rocks (sitting upon their eggs) by pushing in a stick or rag and jerking them out when they bite the article, taking, by the way, particular care they do not bite your finger with their powerful yellow beak. Some years ago a gentleman passing throug Bermuda was anxious to obtain a few specimens, and was sufficiently unwary to advertise that he would pay 2s. 6d: apiece for any that might be brought him, and he was soon in posses- sion of a boat load, for which he had to pay several pounds with the consolation of hearing that the public verdict was ‘“served him right!” ~— Some years ago the Virginian ‘partridge was brought to Bermuda, and the birds are said to be thriving and increas- ing and to be well suited to the climate, or rather the eli- mate is well suited to them.—Suént Juimes Mugazine, 100 a For Horest and Stream. NARRAGANSETT BAY. — VIEWED FROM THE ESTATE OF BH. D, PEARCE, ESQ., SEPTEMBER, 1873. I *V E wandered far and been in many places, With heeding mind, fixed thought and open eyes, And memory paints but few with half the graces Of the fair scene which now before me lies, I see the city’s spires and silvery dome, Its trees, the wharves, its bridges all in sight, The noble river safely bearing home Its fleet of summer steamers, swift and white. The breeze brings music from the crowded deck, With rousing chorus from the happy throng; While new formed wavelets roll to shore and break Where Flora’s offerings from the sea are strewn. Oh lovely peaceful stream! not more of praise Thy beauty, than thy graceful bosom given To serve thy Maker’s will, and make our days Of pleasure brighter—less of earth than heaven! A wooded height along the river’s side Slopes gently downward to the water’s edge, And birds are there, and sing and chirp and glide In graceful flight from drooping branch and sedge. The puffing engine flies alongits way Past vale and rock, with steady hand to guide; Cool breezes blow throughout the summer day. And cedars shade me as I walk beside. My steps are slow—I fain would linger long And give to memory all the beauty here, And so récall the birds’ melodious song And feel the river, woods and meadows near. Think of their quiet when I’m far away, While noisy business works my soul-life low, Tl oft look backward on this happy day And wish me watching these fair waters flow. R, FARQUHAR, x : * ¢ y ° Hunting Caribou in Jlova Sratia. 4 me» ee CoBEQUID MOUNTAINS, NEAR WESTCHESTHR, Nova Scorra, : Septemper 8th, 1873. \ EpITor oF FOREST AND STREAM:— Thanks to some instructions given by you to me, as to time and locality, while in your city in June last, I have had the satisfaction of killing my first caribou. As IJ had informed you, when last } had the pleasure of seeing you, J was not unfamiliar with hunting this animal, having killed three caribou in 1871, and two last year in New Brunswick. My trapsI had sent toa friend in Halifax about the middle of August, and I found them in good order on ar- rival. At Halifax I stayed a day, and bought a Hudson Bay frieze coat, an admirable protection for bad weather. This with two rubber blankets, a bag or so of buck shot, and a special kind of camp hatchet, made for me deftly by a clever Irish blacksmith, completed my list of purchases. Harly next morning after an admirable breakfast at the Halifax House, I took the Inter-Colonial railway to Truro, stopping there at the Prince of Wales Hotel, kept by the most jovial of hosts and Scots, Mr. McKenzie. Truro is a charming little village at the head of an arm of the Bay of Fundy, and is much visited, being the best place to see the wonderful tidal action of the water, known as the Bore. Every fine day hundreds of people drawn from all parts of the world assemble on the bridge which spans the Sal- mon River, awaiting the coming of the huge tidal wave. Sometimes when wind and tide favor, it rises like a wall, ten feet high, and sweeps on up the Sound. I know of no phenomenon which impresses one more vividly with the idea of the grand, rythmic power of nature, and I fancy if Herbert Spencer had ever seen it, he would have, used it as an illustration. I took some pains to measure accurately the absolute rise of the tide. ‘Taking my sea tackle and sinker, and letting it fall until it touched the bottom, at low water, landing the sinker fast in the mud, and marking the length of the line afterwards, where it was just on the top of the water, the difference I found to be be sixty-four feet, eleven inches. Its approach is heralded by a deep, sullen roar. At Truro I remained all day, having to make arrange- ments for the hiring of horse and buggy for a week or so, not only to carry me and my traps to Purdy’s, some thirty- five miles distant, but to facilitate any movements I might desire to make. Next morning, with avery good horse, and a rough but strong vehicle, furnished me by McKenzie, I started on my way, my road having been quite thoroughly explained to me. ‘The country I passed through was mag- nificent. Dark, umbrageous spruce woods, sombre in char- acter, were relieved occasionally by the brighter colored maples. Sometimes gloomy gorges, hardly wide enough for the buggy to pass through, were almost sepulchral from the heavy shadows of the mountains. In one place the road led along a mere shelf of rock, the Londonderry, a noble stream, rushing along below me. It was a rough road, so that it was almost nightfall before I reached Purdy’s. There I found myself in admirable quarters. To the kindness of the host, Mr, Purdy, was naded the more delicate attentions of the Misses: Purdy, three very Handsome and highly educated women. As Pur- dy’s was to be my base of operations, | immediately com- menced getting together my supplies, and the question of guides was paramount. I had the choice of several excel- lent men. Following the advice of my host, I chose George Beesewanger, a native of the place, and secured his ser- vices, agreeing to pay him $150 a day and to find him. FOREST AND STREAM My second guide I was instructed to find later. At Purdy I laid in the heavy rations, such as pork, tea, coffee, flour, Indian meal, &c. 's There never was such a glorious view as I had from my window when I rose next morning. Far, far below me were interminable forests of spruce, huge billows of green leaves, surging to and fro with the breeze, and away beyond lay placidly the dark blue waters of the Bay of Fundy. J tarried here fully three days—days of delightful laziness, pure days of sensuous enjoyment—pretending, it is true, to perfect my arrangements, just breathing in the fragrance of the glorious woods, perhaps a little indifferent as to cari- bou. At last Beese (the final ‘‘wanger” to his nime I shall drop in the future as quite superfluous) said to me at din- ner that “‘he thought matters were now in good trim, and that he felt it was caribou weather, and that it was time to go to Castlereagh.” In Castlereagh dwelt John Gamble, a famous moose and caribou hunter, who tilled a farm there. Taking horse and buggy, well laden down with provisions, we left Purdy’s, and reached Castlereagh, a sparsely peopled settlement, at about dusk. Gamble I foundat prayers. There was some- thing inexpressibly solemn in the picture I saw there. In the small rough house were assembled the family, and by the flickering fire Gamble was reading to them the prayers, in deep, sonorous language. I hesitated almost to tell my errand. The last amen was pronounced with unction, when I told him the purpose of my coming. ‘I was for ‘caribou, and would he join me for ten days or so.” He quickly assented, and seemed pleased to go. A more wild place than Castlereagh, as to topography, I never saw. It is the ideal of a spot where civilization ends and a wilder- ness begins. The people who live here, some forty souls all told, are scattered over an area of about fifty miles. They are all Scotch-Irish, were among the early settlers of the island, and are strictly religious and trustworthy. Their honesty may be shown by the fact that a lock on a door is unknown. Their ideas are primitive, and their language Scotch-English, with a dialect of their own. With but few wants, ignorant of the world or its surroundings, many of them, perhaps, have never, save when hunting, gone out of the shadows of their woods. Everything was arranged for an early start. My party had now an addition—George Gamble, a highly intelligent lad of sixteen, with the pseudo- nym of “Dandy,” 2oing with us. Gamble had located a lodge for moose and caribou some six miles from the settle- ment, which was our objective point. Next morning, be- fore dawn, we started, dividing the buggy-load between_us, the horse and vehicle remaining at Castlereagh, My bat- tery consisted of a Remington, a Ballard, and a smooth bore No. 10. My guides told me that it would be a long and tedious tramp, up hill all the way, and so it proved to be. Bass river, quite a brawling stream, waist deep, was forded; no easy task for me, ‘‘heavily accoutred” as I was, and, after a scramble up its steep, rocky banks, at last we struck the woodlands. Here we visited what Dandy called Porcupine Den, when Dandy soon ousted a porcupine, which he slew. Here we halted, teok a bite, and started again after some ten minutes’ rest, and, skirting the woods, a half hour before sundown reached Gamble’s lodge, just on the edge of the caribou barren. The lodge was well built; three of the walls were of logs, the other made of piled stones, .The floor had been well rammed down, and it was sweet and clean. Near it gurgled a limpid spring. What struck me most about these Nova Scotia woods was the intense, almost painful stillness. Nature must take her kief here, to awaken later, when, in a paroxysm of passion, with icy blasts she lays low the majestic trees. Beese, Gam ble, and Dandy in a trice had everything in military order. Of cooking paraphernalia, a kettle and a frying pan made up the catalogue. Of fragile china or stronger delf had we none. In a@ half hour, with pliant birch bark and threads of withewood, cups, dishes, and plates were im- provised, quite as useful and more durable than those made by the potter’s wheel. Fresh spruce boughs of aromatic fragrance, so excellent for consumptives, were spread on the floor. Dandy had killed four grouse as we left. Castle- reagh, and a good supper was assured us. Gamble was de- sirous of having variety in the menw, and on his assuring me that there was a stream positively not more than forty yards off, I thought I would try for a trout, though I was terribly tired out. With line in hand, cutting a pole as I went, baiting my hook with some white grub picked from a dead tree, in ten minutes I had some dozen trout. They were small ones, scarcely half pound fish, but gamey and pleasant to catch, With Gamble as chef de cuisine, I watched the way he cooked them. The fish were cleaned, not scaled; heads and tails and fins were all left on. Each one was dipped into a birch bark dish, filled with meal, inside a piece of fat bacon was inserted, a place was made for it in the hot coals, and in ten minutes the fish was with- drawn, done toaturn. The grouse were stuffed with wild cranberries, hung from the ceiling with a bit of twine, put before the fire, and Dandy was set to basting them. How good a potiage de Porcupine is Ido not know, but I must confess that maple sugar as a condiment to a porcupine, though original, is not to be despised. A fa- mous pot of tea was then brewed, and we had bread from the settlement. Hardly was tea swallowed, our pipes smoked, and the least nip of rum taken, than I got drowsy, and think I must have tumbled on the spruce bough covered floor just as | was, for in the morning, between the last word I had spoken or heard, and the song Dandy was sing- ‘ing (some quaint old stave) outside the lodge at daybreak, there seemed to have been but the interval of a second. Looking at Beese, who was still sleeping, I noticed he held his pipe tightly clutched between his teeth, J] ran to m trout stream, took a single refreshing dip, and strolled about some little, and arrived just in time for gloriou breakfast. ; Our first day was one simply of prospecting and findin out the lay of the land. A caribou barren (we were on the verge of one) may be described as a platteau, covered with a thick grey moss two or three inches thick, on Which grows the cranberry. Here and there it is dotted over With huge quartz boulders, covered at their bases with that most succulent of mosses, the lichen, on which the caribou princi- pally feeds. A barren is most always intersected by arunnin stream, and there are occasional clumps of spruce, This tree always looks dark and sombre, and long trails of fune- real-like moss hang like weepers from the limbs, On this moss, too, the caribou feeds. The trees are mostly stunted This is not owing to the winds, for the barrens are gener. ally encircled by the thick woods, which would keep off the blast, but their low growth is an effect of the soil. Dig where you may in the ground, when you have passed through the cushion of moss there is a morass below. To tread on this carpet of moss may be the poetry of motion as far as softness of footfall goes, but until one is accus- tomed to its yielding nature it makes walking quite fatiguing. There are no brambles ona barren—nothin but the cranberrry and whortleberry. The particular bar- ren we were to reconnoitre had an area of some 800 acres and was completely enclosed. & The caribou being the most sensitive and observant of the deer species, the utmost silence is necessary when hunt- ing them, so when skirting the, barren, save by some mute signs interchanged as to direction, hunters never speak, - We'all kept together for a mile from the camp, when wa divided, Gamble going with me in a southeasterly diree- tion, and Beese and Dandy striking northwest. The woods on our route soon opened, and the walking became easy, Gamble pointed out a tree of black spruce, a perfect giant, which he made a sign I should climb. It was not difficult to scale, and when fairly on top, with my race-glass. [ scanned the barren we were skirting. I had a beautiful view of our barren, and of several barrens beyond, fully ten miles distant. On our barren I saw no sign of an ani- mal, but on a barren! should have judged five miley off with my glass I plainly made out two caribou. Gamble, on my descending and announcing the fact, expressed some doubt, but on ascending himself verified the statement, Sometime about mid-day we found Beese and Dandy, and after lunching we proceeded homewards by a different route. Dandy,was the first to find caribou tracks, which he did cleverly in the afternoon. How he saw it I cannot understand, and it was some time before I could see it, but caribou foot it was, and a little further on the spot where one had laid down was pointed out tome by Gamble. It was determined not to follow up their track, but to still keep up the study of the country, so that in case 6ne of the party got astray, which would probably have been my- self, we might have a better chance of finding our quar- ters. That night, around the camp-fire, Beese told mea hunting story about killing and landing moose, which I at first was inclined to doubt, until Gamble asserted its truth- fulness, Some seven years before, Beese said that hunting with two Indians ina rather small canoe, on the lead waters of the River Philip, they had shot a bull and a cow moose. Moose meat was scarce at the settlement, and it was a question how to get their carcasses home, as the canoe was too small to hold even 100 pounds of additional weight, and the two moose would gross 1,800 pounds. One of the Indians suggested making a boat of the bull moose and using it for transporting the cow. The bull was opened and disembowelled, the head was cut off, the neck sewed up, he was split carefully, ribs of wood were built into him, and he was launched into the stream, and so, loaded with the cow, was safely towed to the settlement, twenty miles distant. : Next morning it rained heavily, and our camp was thor-, oughly cleaned and guns overhauled. In the afternoon, the rain having changed to a drizzle, Gamble proposed our going to Rock Lake, some three miles distant. After rather a wet walk of an hour we reached the lake, and Gamble built a raft. One peculiarity of the lake was that it was always bubbling, abounding probably with springs. I had taken a light fly rod, and with a coachman hackle and Blue Professor made a cast or two without success. Later I tried a yellow Dun with no better luck, when choos- ing a Miller and a bug the trout rose rapidly. In a half hour I had secured eighteen fish, of about two pounds each. A flock of black duck on the upper edge of the lake attracted our attention, and I killed five, Of course this shooting was done at some distance from the barren, as a single gun fired in its immediate proximity would have cleaned the ground of the caribou for a week. Fresh food now becoming scarce, as we had determined not to shoot any more, we smoked our ducks for the future, hanging them in the smoke of the chimney. Next day wé started just at daybreak. The sun rose clear, dispelling the mist, and Gamble said it was ‘‘a fine hunting morn, and that it would fetch caribou.” Dandy was left in camp, and Gamble, Beese, and myself made the party. It was our intention not to return without a caribou. Wemade directly for the barren, but saw no sign. We now boldly crossed 1t, plunged into the deep forest beyond, skirted the second barren, and found here moose tracks three weeks old, but no sign of caribou. Here we came across an old Indian _ camp, which, being in good order, we took possession of, studying its bearings in.case we should have to retrace our steps and spend the night there. We kept on through the Ne FOREST AND STREAM. 101 second barren, going round a pretty lake, where Gamble set some otter traps. Still no trace of our game. The sun was now but an hour high. As the forests become dark at five o'clock, when it is light on the barrens until eight, we determined to push on through the third barren as far as we could and camp there, so as to be near the fourth bar- ren early next morning. After our supper of bread and pork, without tea, we wrapped ourselves up in our blankets and slept soundly. We were now fully twenty miles from camp, as the bird flies, and fully thirty-five by the route we had taken, Economy Lake being south of us, and we had some two miles yet to make before we could reach the fourth barren. It was dark when Gamble quietly awakened me. We ate our breakfast quickly, and walked fully two hours before dawn cleared the sky. As soon as it was light Gamble climbed a tree. The country he said had changed somewhat, as it had been seven years since he had been at this barren. As he slid down the tree, by the expression of his face and the glitter of his eye I felt sure he had seen caribou. ‘‘Five of them in the barren, not more nor a mile off, a feeding, sir.” Thatwas all. Now, with the utmost precaution we traced our steps. Just on the south side of the barren we found a distinct trail, which the caribou had made through the woods. Their tracks resembled these made by cattle, only a little more elongated, for the caribou has rather long, low hoofs. The dung was even fresh, and not much larger than that voided by sheep. They had evidently laid down during the night at this very spot, as little bits of hair were visible. We followed the track in Indian file, Gamble leading, I in the middle, and Beese in the rear. The gait was a slow one, and our feet were cau- tiously placed on the ground, fearful that even a twig should crack. Not aword was spoken. With one hand on his gun, the other behind him, Gamble would signal with his oustretched fingers which way we should go, or whether we shoutd halt. The track was almost 400 yards long, and asmall stream had to be crossed. Silently as otters we went through it. Just then the barren opened on us. We rested for a few moments, then got to the last screen of trees, and saw for the first time our caribou. They were hidden by a slight fringe of spruce boughs, and were not - more than 600 yards off. About 400 yards distant in the barren there stood a huge boulder, of a greyish white, glis- tening in the bright morning sun, and throwing off sparkles of light from the quartz crystals in it. Could we reach it ? If able to do that there would be the chance of a shot, We all dropped to the ground, and crawled slowly on the moss, worming our way round smaller boulders until we reached it. Looking stealthfully over the top of it, I was now sure that the caribou were just within long rifle shot. We waited fully five minutes (it seemed to me five hours), hoping the caribou would come nearer. When we saw them first the herd—made up of two old bucks, two male yearlings, and a doe—were playing together; now they were feeding. Thinking Gamble the better shot, I had given him my Bal- lard, reserving the Remington for myself. Every moment I expected the caribou would move further off. Though they could not wind us, every now and then the nearest buck would pause, slowly raise his head, and look around him, as if on hisguard. Gamble looked inquiringly at me, as if asking what to do, I made the motion of firing. Indicating the buck I wanted to shoot at, I left Gamble to pick out any one he chose. I carefully took a resting shot ona sharp edge of the boulder. Presently the furthest buck came a trifle quartering towards me, and taking the most careful of shots, with a fine bead, aiming at the bris- ket, I let him have it, Almost instantly afterwards Gamble fired. My buck fell dead in his tracks. Gamble’s caribou gaye one single, short leap, and fell dead not ten yards from mine. One long, exulting shout sounded through the barren as we screamed with excitement. The next moment Gamble was down into the barren with gleaming knife in hand, and the throats of two noble caribou were cut. The buck I had killed was the finest of the two, and would have weighed 300 pounds. Gamble’s buck was 4 trifle lighter. The horns on mine were only fair as to size, while Gamble’s were the most magnificent ones as to size and spread I had ever seen. My eight hundred miles of travel were ampiy repaid. ‘If my grandsire drew along bow at Hastings,” I must plead it as an excuse for entering somewhat into the exact distance we fired at these animals. Pacing it off, I ound that my buck was killed at a trifle under 186 yards, and Gamble’s at 170. We rested for awhile, and, seated on our animals, ate and drank as only hungry and excited men can. ‘Now came the question of how to get them to the lodge, some forty miles distant. Gamble’s and Beese’s woodecraft then came into play. Ina half hour, with their axes they had fashioned a sledge of hackmatack, on which the cari- bou were placed. Long withewood traces were made, and, like horses, we went in double harness. Awful hard work it was. There was a little stream some three miles off which emptied into Economy Lake, and here was »where our hauling would end and water transportation begin. Seven mortal hours did it take us before we accomplished those three miles, At sundown we reached the stream. A fire was built, our last bit of pork was devoured, a cup of coffee was made, and we all soon went to sleep, thor- oughly used up men. Next morning was again fine and clear, a trifle cold, but every particle of fatigue had left us. There is some peculiarity in this rare mountain air, which makes a breath of it send the blood through the lungs with renewed and freshened vigor. Gamble proposed making a straight line for camp, and finding Dandy, who would walk to Castlereagh, and from thence take the horse and buggy to Economy Lake and meet us. It was no sooner proposed than off he started, going off with that splendid swinging gait which only one who treads these native wilds can acquire. Beese now built a raft; it was but the matter of an hour. The game was loaded on, and we were just about pushing off into the stream which emptied into the lake, not more than half a mile beyond, when a pleasant morning breeze sprung up. Here IL must confess _ that what nautical knowledge I may have had now came to meas if by inspiration. From a large birch tree we took some sheets of bark. Under my direction Beese sewed them, a mast and a spar were rigged up, a pennon of birch, bark was hoisted to the fore, and with a regular latine sail we went'spinning down tbe lake, much to Beese’s amuse- ment. At the foot of the lake we found a settler’s cabin, and here we moored our raft. From the settler we hired a span of oxen and a cart, and, loading our caribou, leisurely reached Economy. There, sure enough, was Dandy, wait- ing for us. . Iam writing this at Purdy’s, in delightful quarters once more. Jn a week or so I will go for moose, just as soon as Gamble has made his crop. I shall take Gamble with me, of course, and Beese and Dandy, for better hunters or more trustworthy people I never came across. Gamble says we may safely call the moose on the next full moon. fe SS a a THE PEOPLBE’S HUNTING GROUND. eT ROM the New York Times we copy in full an admirable article with the above caption. In a late number appeared a communication entitled ‘‘ Stocking Trout Waters with Bass,” addressed tous by one of the first sportsmen in the United States, which exactly covers one. portion of the ground taken by our distinguished contemporary. We are only too glad that we have on our side such a powerful advocate as the 7%mes, and trust it will continue to advocate the better preservation, of not only our forests and streams, but of their inmates. ‘We hear nothing as yet from the Commission appointed by the last Legislature to report on the subject of making the Adirondack forest and mountain region a grand public park and hunting-ground forever. The project is one which deeply interests our citizens. It is worthy of the dignity of modern democracy that the people should have its hunting- eround preserved and cared for, as Princes have had theirs. The cost and sacrifice to New York State would be no more than*the grand act of the comparatively poor Staté of Cali- fornia was to its people, in reserving the Yosemite Valley as a public pleasure ground. The public are favorable to the scheme, and are waiting eagerly for the report of the Committee. But whatevemthese gentlemen intend doing should be done quickly. Ifsome energetic measures are not taken speedily, before the Adirondacks become a public hunting ground, there will be no game left to hunt. The extraordinarily healthful and invigorating atmosphere, as well as the taste for wild life offered so conveniently in this region, are attracting crowds of tourists and sportsmen. Every traveler must have, if possible, venison and trout for his meals, and the inn-keepers strain every nerve to supply the want. Hach new fledged or experienced sportsman must kill his two or more deer, or catch his basket of trout. The consequence is that every nook and corner of the woods is scoured for yenison, and every pond and streamlet whip- ped for fish. We have known an inn-keeper have eighteen hounds out at once for any unfortunate deer that might be in the neighborhood. The present law—if we are not mis- taken—permits ‘* hounding,” but allows no killing of deer before the middle of*August, or the first of September. Yet it is well known that an indiscriminate massacre of these beautiful creatures begins early in June. During the present year does were killed in that month, and we know one instance where a doe was shot, with two fawns within her, while neither her flesh nor skin were of the slightest value. Fawns and mothers are murdered without mercy all through the early summer. Parties were in remote ponds and lakes of the Adirondacks even during July of this year, who hounded or killed by ‘‘jack-light,” fifteen or eighteen deer. We believe, from careful consideration, that some- thing like a thousand deer are killed each year in the Adi rondack forests. It will be seen that with such a merciless and inconsiderate slaughter, it will not need along time before the supply of deer will be exhausted. In fact, we have no doubt that, if this killing be allowed to continue, within three years a red deer will be as scarce in the North Woods of New York, as he is now in those of Connecticut. Tbe same thing is true of the trout. It is well under- stood by all anglers that mere rod-fishing in the season will never destroy this delicious fish in any given stream or lake. A remarkable instance has been given of this recently in Scotland. The best fishing-ground in the United Kinedom is considered to be Lock Leven, in Kinross-shire, This lake is only three andahalf miles long, by two and a half broad, and open to the world, on the payment of a certain sum per hour, during the months of May, June, July and August. For the rest of the year the lake is closed to fishing, and the spawning-beds are carefully watched. There are in the lake the pike and perch, bitter enemies of the trout, but these are kept down by the use of the net. For fifteen years the catch has been increasing, giving immense sport to the anglers, and a handsome profit to the proprietor. Last year upward of 17,000 trout were taken there by the fly, and during May and June of this year about 9,000, the average weight being the remarkable size of nearly one pound. The truth is that man’s angling is the least destructive agency which diminishes the increase of fish. The fatal agency is whatever destroys the small fry or injures the female fish before spawning. Inthe Adirondack waters mil- lions of future trout are destroyed by fishing on the spawn- ing-beds, and much havoc is occasioned by ‘‘ set lines.” To add to the destruction, some guide has introduced into Long Lake and the Raquette waters that ‘‘ fresh-water shark,” the pickerel, or, perhaps, the muscalonge, and in Raquette Lake, the Fish Commissioner himself is said to have put the black bass, which will make terrific havoc with the best fish of American waters. Eyen at the present time, the sporting parties find it extremely difficult to take any trout, and if this goes on, it will need only two or three years to make ‘‘speckled trout” a tradition in the Adiron- dack lakes. When one thinks of the vast amount of pleas- ure and health obtained from innocent sport, such a result would be really a public calamity. This and the corres- ponding destruction of the deer can ouly be prevented by some vigorous public action. We have law enough, but the difficulty is in its execution. If the ‘‘Sportsman’s Club” —which has already done ‘‘ yeoman service” in preserving game—would present a form of an act through their well- known counsel, Mr. Whitehead, to the next Legislature, creating an office of ‘‘State Game-keeper,” similar to one already existing in Canada, and then have him or his assist- ant placed in the Adirondack region, the game might yet be saved. If there was a question about creating a new salaried office, the club would have no difficulty in making up the few hundred dollars necessary, and plenty of bold, experienced men could be found in the woods to take its undesirable risks. It is true that the towns have the right now to appoint “‘game constables,” but they cannot pay enough to make any one ready to incur the odium and risk of the office. Moreover, a State official would havé far more authority. Let us save the game in time. ‘ Athletic Dastimes. —The St. George’s Club of New York and the Marion Club of Philadelphia, will play a match at cricket on the grounds of the former at Hoboken, tomorrow and Saturday. The St. George’s eleven will consist of Cashman, Jones, Moeran, Sleigh, Smith, Bowman, Lennon, Harecombe, Sonter, Talbot, and Ewing. Wickets will be pitched on Friday at 2 o’clock, and on Saturday at 10 o0’clock. The Marion Club have a strong eleven, and an interesting match is expected, —The Prospect Park Club have resumed their practice, having ceased to play for thirty days in consequence of the death of their; late Vice President, George T. Keil- ler. —The Germantown Club of Philadelphia, have challeng- ed the St. George’s Club of this city to play a match at Ho- boken on October 3d. and 4th. —The following professional players have made engage- - ments with clubs for 1874:—Hicks, Malone, McVey, Clapp, Allison, Cummings, Zettlein, Spaulding, McBride, Mat- thews, Mack, Barnes, Fisher, Oarey, Ferguson, Meyerle, Sutton, Fulmer, Force, Burdock, Radcliffe, George Wright, Henry Wright, Cuthbert, Leonard, Remsen, York, Pike, White, Fisher, Gedney, McMullin, Hines, Heeler, McGeary, and Glenn, . —The return match between the Excelsior Quoit Club of Dartmouth and the Komos Club of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was played on September 17th, on the grounds of the latter club, and resulted in favor of the Komos who won hanc- somely in both innings. Many of the best players of both clubs were conspicious by their absence. The substitutes played remarkably well. The rest of the day was spent in -lunching, toasting and speech making. —The annual fall game of the New York Athletic Club, will be held October the 4th, on their grounds foot of 133d, St. Harlem. - —The Atlantics were defeated by the Baltimores in Balti- more on Friday, the 19th, by a score of 14 to 5, —On Saturday, the 20th, the Athletics beat the Atlantics at Philadelphia, by a score of 11to5, The batting and fielding of Anson was the most noticeable feature of the Athletics’ general good play, Burdock bearing off the palm for the Atlantics in fielding. The game? was impartially umpired by Fulmer. —The eighth game of the champion series between the Bostons and Mutuals, took place at Boston, September 20th, The play was anything but good on the part of the Mutuals who only scored in three innings, they being virtually beat- en on the sixth inning. Nelson played second base finely and Eggler excelled in the field. The score, Bostons 7, Mutual 1. —Ata meeting held in Baltimore last week $4,900 was subscribed towards securing a nine for that city for the sea- son of 1874, SAGACITY OF Brrps.—A. great mental quality which birds | seem to have in excess of Other animals isa very fine eal - culation of distance, and this, too, in direct subordination — to their own well-being. It has been shown again and again—and Mr. Leith Adams refers to some facts in sup port of it in this essay—that as new weapons of offence are invented many species of birds narrowly observe the range of the new bows or guns, and keep out of rance. not even troubling themselyes to go atall farther than is "necessary to be out of-range. Quite recently we have read. thouch we cannot verify the reference at present, of some birds that adapted themselves, within a few days, to the increased range of the rifle, directly after they had Jearned its range . for the first time, having been previously accustomed only to the fowling piece, and kept just outside the 2,000 yards’ range, or whatever range it was, retaining their composure at that distance. We suppose the wonderful accuracy of the traveling birds in: striking the exact point for which they are bound, of which Mr, Leith Adams gives us: wonderful illustrations, is a still greater proof. of the. same power. Mr. Adams tells us of swifts which at. ter eight month’s absence in the South, at a distance of some 1,800 or 1,900 miles, return not merely to the same region, but to the same nests, which they had deserted and that, too, year after year, the individnals havine been marked so that there could be no mistake as to their iden- tity, unless indeed there is such creatures as ‘claimants ” to abandoned nests even in the ornithological world. Again the delicate adaptation of the power of geometrical meas- urement to the welfare of its species, seems to be shown by the weaver-bird of India, which hangs its ‘‘ elaborately- constructed, purse-shaped nest” from the tops of branches overhanging deep wells, in order to render it particularly dificult for enemies to get at the nest without running a, great risk of falling into the well.— Th» Spectator. - OO oO Brute speech—Deer-stalking. 102 Moadland, Fawn and Garden. HEDGES AND THEIR USES. i ere No. VI.—Tue American Hoty, (Jlez). — ‘Shoots up its spine, and shakes its leaves in the sun.’'— Procio7’. “Happy is he who, in a country life, Shuns more perplexing toil and jarring strife; Who lives upon the natal soil he loves, And sits beneath his old ancestral proves.’ We speak in this paper of a plant, a venerable relic of the old plantation of the Elizabethan age, yet a plant long neglected for no good reason that we can percéive. In the days of Henry and Queen Elizabeth, there abounded what were termed ancient parterres, or picturesque gardens. In these rich old grounds this green Holly did much abound. While we like the plant, we like not its ‘‘ topiary ” treatment, at that time common. It is a whimsical, barbarous con- ceit, this cutting out of the green Holly the ‘‘Great Queen Dragon” or any other horrid ingenuity suggested by the morbid fancy of the gardeners (?). Were we to call such men gardeners at this period, we should offend against all sense, reason or good taste. But we can. pardon even this low taste, this meagre appreciation of high art, so long as it has left us unimpaired in its native beauty, the grand old American Holly. From the man of unappreciative mind and uneducated taste we can forgive much, for in what is left the true lover of nature rejoices. “* wood coeval with himself he sees, And loves his own cotemporary trees.”’ Among the beautiful plants that may be called suitable for hedges, we would name the American Holly. If we could only press into our service as a hedge plant the old English Holly, well adapted to withstand the cold of our severe winters, what a beautiful tree would grace our gar- den plots. Who does not love its rich, deep green leaves, its grassy foliage, and its rich garniture of bright coral ber- ties, studding like gems its massive beauty? Only a few of these beautiful evergreens grace our American gardens, and these secured an existence only by the most skilful care; while in England it may be truly called the ‘pride and beauty” of the English garden. Passing the many bright and delightful recollections of the Holly tree, and its legends and Christmas carols, its talismanic virtues, and its many bright associations, we feel that if we cannot have the English Holly from the un- congeniality of our climate, we need not despair.* While we are compelled to part reluctantly with the European Holly in our Middle. States, yet it may be cultivated some- what, as it has been, south of Philadelphia with tolerably good success, and in time we may hope to see it fully accli- mated. -We would encourage lovers of this valuable plant tomake experiment. hoping that some fortunate individual may in time succeed in growing a hedge of the Holly. We fall back with a good grace and much confidence to the American Holly, which in several respects nearly re- sembles the European. Our American Holly has leaves very much like the English, waved and irregular upon its surface, and in general outline, though the leaves are some- what longer than the English. They are in color a trifle lighter green than their European prototype, and like it pre- sent the same row of sharp points or prickly terminations. The berries, perhaps, do not grow quite so profusely as upon the English, but in quantity sufficient for all purposes of propagation. The American Holly may be said to cover quite an extensive region of our middle climate, and one has only to take a journey to the eastern shore of Maryland, some portions of Virginia, and the lowlands of New Jersey, ‘to find this plant growing not only profusely but in full perfection of all its natural beauty: I had the pleasure once in company with Mr. A. J. Downing, of visiting in Mary- land a most splendid grove of American Holly. It would have done one’s heart good to have looked upon some of those beautiful green-trees. ‘‘It is no uncommon sight,” remarked Mr. Downing, ‘‘to behold trees forty feet in height in such localities.” In the shady swamps where the soil is cool and rich, it grows perfectly rampant, ‘ In conversation with a gentlemen of much intelligence, from West Tennessee, he remarked it was his belief that the experiment of transplanting these Holly plants of one and two feet high, might be done with perfect success, were it done at the right season andin the right manner. My own observation led me to that conclusion, Here were isolated plants, perfect in symmetry and in healthy condi- tion, so wondrously beautiful that I longed for a spade and means of transportation for some of them, There is but little question in my mind that the same degree of care that is requisite to grow a good hemlock hedge would also give with cultivation an equally as good Holly hedge, and oh, how much more beautiful. In such localities as the one I am speaking of, the Holly tree often reaches forty feet in height and from twelve to fifteen inches in diameter. The Holly is quite a slow growing tree, yet is neverthe- less always beautiful, ‘The American Holly can be quite easily cultivated, and we are surprised that so few speci- mens of it, even as. trees or separate plants, to say nothing of it asa hedge plant, are cultivated in our gardens and upon our lawns, where they never fail to prove very attrac- tive. The seeds of the American Holly can be very easily procured, and can be.as easily propagated as many other not half as beatitifuland valuable plants. To have the *Many attempts have been made to acclimate the English Holly in the New England States, but without success. Much money has been ent for this purpose in yain. True, we haye, and still may see in highly Gheltared enclosures fine specimens of the Holly; but they are quite rare, ag the plant is too tender for New England. FOREST AND STREAM. seeds of the Holly tree vegetate teadily, you have only to gather in aufumn the quantity you wish to plant; then you should scald or immerse them in boiling water, and let them remain in water until it becomes cold; sow imme- diately, having previously prepared your plot of ground. They then vegetate in the coming spring, as freely and as easily as the well known asparagus seed. Let us urge upon our agricultural friends and all lovers of fine hedges to give this beautiful and, we fully believe, reliable hedge plant a trial, If you do not feel like making a large investment in plants, try the seeds. You can easily procure them, and plant some quarts or pints of them, watch their growth carefully, and note your experience with them, and you will not only confer much pleasure upon your- self, but your efforts to introduce this valuable plant to a more extended notice, will be a public benefit. Our appeal is for the Holly; plant its seeds; transplant its small trees, and introduce again some of the rare plants used in ancient gardening. Evelyn says, in the year 1664: “Above all natural greens which enrich our home-born stone, there is none certainly to be compared to the Holly. Is there under heaven a more glorious‘and refreshing ob- ject of the kind than an impregnable hedge of one hundred and sixty-five feet in length, seven high and five in diameter, which I can show in my poor gardens at any time of the year, glittering with its armed and varnished leaves?” Thus says Evelyn, a most practical lover of nature, in the early history of the Holly. Now why cannot our American agriculturists take a hint from the old man eloquent? He loved nature, and revelled in the genial and the bright as revealed in the lilly, the rose, and the Holly; all were but types to him of a great and benificent Father, teaching through his works the won- derful creations of his mighty power. The Holly seed, as I have before stated, should be gath-- ered in the fall months of the year, and treated as I have named, and planted at once. If the ground is well pre- pared, they will come up quite readily in the spring, being quite hardy of themselves. Now readers of the Forest Anp Srream, and especially those who are interested in the ornamental as well as prac- tical—_those who love the noble and elevating science of ornamental gardening, how many of you will respond to ‘my appeal for the Holly? Commence this present fall; gather and prepare the seed carefully, and deposit them in the seed bed, looking to a green and bright germination in the glorious spring time. OLrrop Quit? 2 ee ee Century PLAN?T,—The Century Plant on the premises of Mr. Lee, now stands thirty-six feet high, and has about forty bunches which contain upwards of a thousand buds, The young plant on the same place is three feet high and has ten large buds which are as far advanced as those on the large plant. Upwards of two thousandfpersons have registered as visitors to these plants. The denizens of San Jose are paying twenty-five cents apiece to see a Century Plant in bloom. There is scarcely a moath in the year but one of these plants can be seen in full blcom in Los Angles. This remarkable plant, is generally understood as bloom- ing only once in a hundred years, Asa general thing here in California it blooms at from ten to fifteen years after plant- ing, and if more attention was giver to it, would bloom in from six to ten years, This Plant (The Agave Americana or American Aloe) is one of the most desirable plants that can be found to place in large open lawns or parks asa show plant. It is a clean and showy plant always during its growth, it is also a fine hedge plant, and will prevent horses or cattle from» break- ing in or out—it should be grown more extensively.—San Jose, (Cal.) Hapress. Man, THE Desrroyer.—When nature out of her supplies has bountifully provided for all dependent upon her, man as often as not stepsin to play havoc with what is left. Weknow that the greed of man, allied to the food-wants of our great and accessible seats of population, and, as in the case of sea-fish, the comparatively easy acquisition of a money-yielding commodity that costs nothing, has undoubt- edly made an impression on various species of animated nature. Grouse-moors, for example, are becoming in some districts exhausted from over-shooting; and many kinds of inshore fish, notably the haddock, are yearly becoming scarcer, because of the incessant industry of our fishermen, impelled to constant work by the pressing demand of the public. Oysters are not nearly so plentiful as they were wont to be, and no wonder, considering the enormous num- bers that are brought to market. London alone requires one billion of these delightful bivalves every year, whilst Manchester, Liverpool, and other large towns could con- sume a much larger number than they can obtain. Even in France, where economy is a study, some kinds of ani- mals are exhausted, nature having been overborne. The oyster-beds of France, for example, have nearly all in turn been dredged to death, so that it became necessary for man to plant them anew; and in particular instances this has been done with success. A French oyster-ground which was barren in the year 1856, produced 320,000 frances in five years’ time. Other kinds of shell- fish are yearly becoming more difficult to obtain; fisher- men now experience a great scarcity of bait, and require to proceed long distances to obtain supplies of mussels. Our inshore lobsters are annually becoming smaller, whilst men have to proceed to greater distances to capture them. We know, too, that the capercailzie had at one time almost entirely disappeared from Scotland. The wild white ox has vanished, and Shetland ponies are less plentiful. So are whales; men go farther and find fewer of them now than they did fifty yearsago. Seals, too, willin time become. scarce, so fierce has become the pursuit of man in search of them,—Chambers’ Journal. -A boiled or baked pudding; boiled chickens: ste a Florentine; a calf’s head, one half roasted, the boiled; haunch of venizon; venizon pasty; a couple of fat In Ireland the greed of man has despoiled -many of the natural beds of oysters. Che Hlagazines. AN OLD BILL OF FARE | Gino capacity of cook, Mrs. Woolly, (the Miss Leslie of the time of Charles the First), catered for Well-to-do people. She gives us bills of fare ‘‘ without feasting, on] such a number of dishes as are used in great -and noble houses in their own family, and familiar friends With them.” A couple of examples will suffice to shew what sort of dinners grand folks sat down to in the days of the Merry Monarch. In summer-time the first course might be: Wed Carp: other half capons, or a pig. ‘The second course: partridges; artichoke pie; quails; cold pigeon pie; souced pig; salmon; tarts 4 Westphalia ham. and dried tongues about it. In winter the first course might consist of: collar of brawn; a capon and white broth, two roasted neats’ tongues, and an udder between them; a chine of beef roasted; a shoulder of my, ton stuffed with oysters; a salad of divers herbs and pickles; eel pie; three young turkeys in a dish; souced fish The above to be followed by a quarter of lamb roasted: a couple of rabbits; a kickshaw fried; mallard; cold venison pasty; a dish of snipes; warden pie; tarts; sturgeon; pickled oysters—cheese of all sorts, jellies, and sweetmeats coming upon the table as soon as the meats are cleared away, The total absence of soup, the lack of vegetables, and the sub. stantial nature of the provender altogether, perhaps justi- fies the outbreak: ‘‘ Who are so weak as our English people! for they eat so much of meat, that they distemper them. selves with it; whereas if they did eat herbs, roots, and plants more freely, it would be better for them, Observe the diet of othernations, they make savory meat, and do notuse half somuch meat as wedo!” We certainly are an obstinate race in matters of eating and drinking; anq we fear all the lecturing in the world will not lessen the consumption of meat in England by a single beefsteak,— Chambers’ Journal. ; | | tp 6 THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS. 7 Mr. Hubert Airy, in the last number of Nature, differs somewhat respecting the flight of the eagle, as described by Mr. Herschel, an article in regard to which was copied in our columns. Mr. Airy says: “If there was no quiver of the wings perceptible ‘at an apparent distance of ten or twelve feet’— if the very tips of the wings ‘looked as steady as those of a stuffed specimen,’ then certainly the theory of self-support by muscular action must be abandoned, and the problem is reduced to one in which we have only to consider the weight and shape of the bird with outspread wings, and the velocity and diree- tion of the wind. Captain Herschel rejects (perhaps too hastily) the notion of ‘slants of wind,’ and asks; ‘What becomes of the hori- zontal force’ of the wind? Surely its effect would be to balance the horizontally resolved portion of the bird’s slant fall, just as the vertically resolved portion of the slant cur- rent of wind would balance the vertically resolved portion of the slant fall. Different degrees of inclination and force of the wind might be met (within limits) by different degrees of slope and spread of the wings. I must confessthis is only theory. We want more obser- vations, as keen and careful as Captain Herschel’s, to ascer- tain the force and direction of the wind attending this ar- rest of motion in mid-air. Slant currents are common enough on a small scale among house-wails, and on a larger scale we may see how the wind pounces down on a land- locked water, or presses up a mountain side, In a steady wind, the shapes of hill and valley must cause certain regu- lar currents variously inclined to the horizontal, and some of these, I suppose, the eagies find and use. On the lee side of a hill (asin the case given by Captain Herschel) there would be a current rising from the eddy to join the main course of the wind.” i Tur BALANCE or NatuRE.—When man, from his desire to obtain sport or food, destroys some particular species of bird, beast, or fish, nature speedily places the matter before him in such a way as to indicate the error of which he has been guilty. Of this we have a striking and painful in- stance in the case of France, where the foolish. and cruel practice of killing all sorts of birds has given latitude to whole hosts of insects which prey on the crops. So too, frequently, the gamekeeper remorselessly shoots down the birds of prey that would kill the rats and other vermin which, whenever they obtain the chance, devour the grouse or eat theireggs. What is the result? It is simply that more grouse aredestroyed in one way than in the other! The more hawks that are shot the worse it becomes for the grouse. The hawk, like the sparrow, has its mission, and on a grouse-moor that mission would appear to be the weed- ing out of unhealthy birds which, if allowed to live, might perpetuate unhealthy progeny or breed disease, and so ruin the moor. The stock is kept at its best by the weeding out constantly performed by predatory birds; a scheme of na ture to maintain a healthy and vigorous breed. The econ omy of a grouse-mooris not, we think, sufficiently under- stood. It would be well if areliable estimate of its wild population could be formed, so that it could be ascertained, with more exactitude than is at present the case, what per’ centage of birds man might shoot, and how many grouse per acre ought to be left, in order'to multiply and rep enish the stock. It has been affirmed, that to the mania for over preserving game, we owe the grouse-plagues which have more than once prevailed during these later years; and, ae meeting of the British Association, it was asserted that, the kites,*falcons and hawks, once plentiful in Scotland, had not during the past twenty years been so ruthlessly killed off, the grouse disease would have been stamped ou before becoming epidemic, it being the business of nae keen-eyed forages of the wilderness to snap up all the wea and sickly birds they can find. A given number of acres of heather will only breed and feed a given number 0 birds, and if more grouse is hatched than there is food ne it follows, as the merest matter of course, that the bir s will be weak and ill-fed. Nature, in short, has establishe a balance, which it would be presumptuous for man to 1maz ine he could improve by disturbing.— Chambers’ Journal. Advice to anglers—‘‘ Spare the rod.” How LEATHER Is MADE, AND CoBBLING DONE IN BLIDAH, ALGERIA.—The manner which shoe-leather is prepared in this part of the world is curious. Whena skin has been removed from a cow, for instance, the Arab proceeds first of all to cut off the head, together with the horns and the hoofs, and then, hanging it up, he scrapes off all the fat that may have been left clinging to the inside. When this is done it is well rubbed, with salt, and placed out in the middle of the road with the inside exposed. Passers by trampling it under foot all day; then, when it is per- fectly dry, it is taken up and cut in rectangular pieces about afoot long by five inches broad, which are sown on the shoes—as soles—with the hair outside. Arab shoes when new cost from two to four shillings a pair, for which the very best may be obtained, and the charge for resoling them generally varies from a shilling to fifteenpence. A considerable trade is done in second-hand shoes among Arabs in needy circumstances. Wherever, for example, a Bedouin buys a new pair he is sure to make an arrange- ment to be allowed a certain sum for the old ones. These the cobbler mends, and eventually sells to some less for- tunate countryman, who, having none at all, and perhaps very little money to purchase any with, is glad to procure a pair cheap. Thus the market cobblers have always a stock of second-hand shoes with them, which they generally man- age to get. rid of during the course of the morning’ be- sides sewing on ten or a dozen pairs of soles.—Gentleman’s Magazine. a : THorHAu.—It was his habit to go abroad every day to the fields or woods, or to the river. ‘‘I go out to see what I have caught in my traps, which I have set for facts.” He loved the world, and could not pass a berry without a ques- tion. Men who had seen the partridge drum, caught the largest pickerel, and eaten the most swamp apples were the men for him. The farmer who could find him a hawk’s egg, or give him a fisher’s foot, he would wear in his heart of hearts. He admired the toil-worn workers, seasoned like granite and pine, slow and silent as the years, ‘‘ like the sweetness of a nut, like the toughness of hickory.” “The farmer spoke to me, clear, cold, moderate as the snow when he treads. Yet what a faint impression that encounter may make on me after all. I see men like frogs ; their peeping I partially understand.”—Channing. . dlatural History. THE NOTORNIS A RARA AVIS. HE last number of Nature has some very interesting facts in regard to this exceedingly rare bird, the Notor- nis, which though discovered and described in the last cen- tury, naturalists have for along time been doubting. Mr. Newton, in Nature states that ‘‘no specimens are known to have been brought to England for upwards of eighty years, and that only two are believed to exist in museums, one in Liverpool and the other in Vienna.” He adds: This bird, which has been variously assigned to the genera Gallinula (moor-hen), Fulica(coot), and Porphyrio, is now re- ferred to the genus Jotoruzs, contaiinng only one wther species, the ‘‘ Takahe,” of New Zealand (V. mavtelld), itself nearly, or quite, extirpated. It was about the size of a barn- door fowl, with the bill and legs red. The Vienese specimen seems to be entirely white; the example at Liverpool is mottled with purple, but not enough to gainsay thename of ‘‘ White Bird,,’ by which it seems to have been known both in Norfolk and Lord Howe’s Islands. doubt, if taken alive, be easily kept in confinement, and I need not say how highly a living example would be valued by the Zoological Society; but this is perhaps more than. can be reasonably hoped for, and so far as [ am concerned, I should be well content with a specimen. in spirit.or.a skin with all the bones acompanying it, for the Cambridge Museum. ‘ The species is most likely extinct in Norfolk Island, but a passage in a pamphlet by Mr. Edward Hill, published at Sydney, in 1870, seems to show that it may still exist in that of Lord Howe—though, if so, doubtless on the verge of extermination through the pigs with which the island is said to be overrun; for the bird is believed to be unable to fly. Should any examples be still living, it would certainly be better that their remains. should be placed in our mu- seums, than that they should contribute to the formation of pork; and I write these lines that they may attract the attention of some Australian readers of Nature, who may be disposed to do a good turn to the University of Cam- bridge. — Migration oF FRrocs.—The Logansport (Ind.) Star re- lates and vouches for the truth of the following recent oc- curence in Cass County, that State : ans the weather had been dry, andthe ponds on the prairie failed in water. The turtles and frogs that had been living in the vicinity of one of these stood it for a day or two, but it finally became too dry for frogs and they decided to mi- grate. The nearest pond that contained water was three miles distant, and to this turtles and frogs started. in solemn procession, the turtles in advance sagaciously piloting the way, and the frogs bringing up the rear. ‘lhe procession stretched out. over the prairie a quarter of a mile long, and steadily marched to the gaol.” . TEE wear ANIMALS AND INSECTS SUFFERING THE PENALTY OF THE Law.—In the year 1120 the Bishop of Loan thundered against a plague of caterpillars a sentence of excommunica- tion. In 1576a swarm of caterpillars was formally tried before the Court of Troyes, an advocate being appointed, forthe defence, and being found guilty, were summoned to withdraw in six days on pain of being declared accursed and excommunicated, Several instances occur in France 0! pigs being hanged and their bodies reduced to ashes, for devouring little children, or for attacking grown per- sons; but in» all ‘cases, they received a fair trial.—Saint James Magazine. —_—_—__—- —Tur Toap on GRAND MANAN,—Visiting the island of Grand Manan, New Brunswick in the summer of 1872, I observed the common toad (Bufo americanus) in large num- bers. Iwas informed by Mr. Walter McLanghlan, keeper of the Gannet Rock Light that none were to be found until 1854, when he introduced a pair from Maine. From these parents the whole of the island has been stocked in eighteen years. Mr. McLanghlan proposes to introduce turtles in the same way, G. Brown GOODE. It would no | “For some days past. FOREST AND STREAM.- Tut Herring AND ITs Fors.—One of the most prolifiic fish of the seas, according to its size, is the common her- Ting, Which, as a general rule, is only a few ounces in weight, and yet. yields many thousand egg¢s—far surpassing in that respect the salmon. But the herring requires to be enormously prolific in the reproduction of its kind, because the waste of herritg-life is enormous. Man annually robs the shoals to a vast extent, and although man’s depreda- tions are enormous, they are reputed to be trifling compared with those of many other agencies which are daily at work. Man only takes his tens of thousands, but the codfish, we are told, takes hundreds of thousands, and the gulls and gannets of the neighboring rocks are constantly engaged in exacting daily tribute from the herring shoals. We have examined the internal economy of a codfish, which con- tained in its stomach no less than eleven full grown her- rings! If a few hundred thousands of cod fish go day by day devouring herrings at this rate, their devastation in the course of years must swell to a vast figure. Then the cod is only one of the sea-enemies of the herring: there are also dogfish, which follow the shoals in immense numbers, eating the herrings out of the nets in which they have been enmesh- ed. It has been calculated that the cod and ling fish takeri in One year in the seas and friths around Scotland would devour more herrings than could be caught by fifty thous- and fishermen. Solan geese live upon herrings during those seasons in which they can be obtained: A calculation of the herring-eating powers of these birds has been made, which is asfollows: Say that the island of St. Kilda has a population. of 200,000 of these birds, and they feed there for seven months; let us also suppose that each bird, or its young ones, eats only five herrings per diem—that gives a sum total of one million of these fish;. and counting the days in the seven months from March to September as 214, that figure may be taken to represent in millions*the quanti- ty of herrings annually devoured, by these birds.—Chambers Journal. Che Aiennel. “HE deer-hound is a noble specimen of his race, his proportions being quite as good as those of the grey- hound, in which he resembles the rough variety of that beautiful dog. He is possessed of better powers of scent than the grey-hound, and in chasing game depends as much on his nose as on his eyes. It is curious that, although he makes use of his nose when running, he holds his head higher from the ground than the grey-hound, which only uses his eyes. The purity of the breed is judged a good deal by the coat, which should be very wiry, long, without being woolly. The old deer-hound is becoming scarcer every year, and a cross of the fox-hound with the deer- hound makes the most useful dog to hunt the stag. The object is to ‘obtain a fine nose, so. as to hunt a cold scent, but united with such speed that he may be able to keep the deer in sight. We have many letters from gentlemen who have point- ers, setters, and fox-hounds, asking us to write on their management and. keep; also what kind of kennel is the best, and what food. One of the very best authorities is “Stonehenge,” but in some instances we differ from him, such as in giving large quantities of oat meal, &c. The kennels intended for pointers and setters should be dry and well protected from the weather; but they should be kept cool, on account of the exposure to wet and cold which shooting dogs incur. Many persons keep their dogs chained up to a small yard kennel, but the plan is not a good one. In your yard, havea space set apart sufficiently large to allow the dogs room to move round easily; pave it with hard bricks, keep it washed; but it should not be roofed in, as the rain serves to harden these dogs, who will not suffer from it, if their beds are dry. An inner room must also be provided, but don’t make any bed during the summer. In order to keep the yard as sweet as possible, it should have a fall from the centre, where there should be a trapped grating to carry off the washings of the yard. When dogs are kept long in kennel they are almost sure to contract some eruptions of the skin, which is often caused by: parasites of one kind or another, such as fleas, ticks, and lice, which are great pests and difficult to eradicate. The proper method is to dress the dogs once or twice in a season, with a mixture of train oil and brimstone, which may be rubbed into the roots of the hair over the whole body, or take white precipitate in powder, rub it. well into the roots of the hair, let it remain for two or three hours, taking care the dog is carefully muzzled, then brush all out and keep the dog dry for some days. Now, as to the food : oat meal and table refuse, all boiled together, will make ex- cellent food for shooting dogs, in an ordinary way. Bones are eminently essential to health, for unless the dog has: something to gnaw, he does not produce the amount of sal- iva which is required for his digestion. Green vegetables, suchas cabbage, potatoes, carrots and turnips. should be given twice a week during the summer months, and by pouring alittle soup broth over it they will be glad to eat it. Throughout the months that dogs are idle, they require no flesh, and their mess neéd only be flavored with broth. When dogs are hard at. work, there is nothing better than sound horse-flesh, boiled; but this should be given gradu- ally, and it is well to give them an occasional meal of it during the summer, to avoid the chance of its disagreeing in the fall, which it often does, when given for the first time. Dogs are too often sadly neglected. They are sometimes left ina kennel for weeks, and even months at a time. When this is allowed, they become fat, inside and out, and are not able to work. The shooter is well aware of this fact, as exhibited in his own person, and yet he will often ignore it as concerns the inmates of his kennel. He should remember that the setter travels over six times the ground which he does, and at a fast rate instead of awalk; Some Indian meal mixed with a little . 103 dogs have naturally thin soles, but even.these may be made thicker by use. Let every shooter see that these precau- tions are used, and he will not suffer from the disappoint- ments which are so frequent, owing to their neglect. Many a mistake is caused by want of condition, and not from want of a good nose, for a blown and exhausted animal is not in possession of the sense of smell. Sr. Lours,September 15th, 1873. Eprror oF Forrsr AND STREAM:— = In your paper of the fourth instant in ‘‘ Answers to Cor- respondents” I note remedy for worms in dogs. Let me suggest worm seed. One teaspoonful to be given a full grown dog at evening, to be followéd the succeeding day by castor oil, one ounce. Repeat after three days. For a pup less than one year old, half that quantity of seed and a proportionate quantity of oil. Two doses will probably cure; certainly will not kill. With your permission I will tell your friends how to cure mange: whale oil soap, four ounces, which dissdlve in clean water, four quarts; but not in a brass or copper ves- sel. Wash the dog thoroughly; eee three washings will cure, if not, repeatthe washings. It rarely fails, but should it, take oil of tar, two pints, sperm oil, one pint, mix thoroughly; anoint the dog with the mixture; two ap- plications ought *to cure any ordinary case, but may not if of long standing; if not; then wash thoroughly with suds from castile soap and repeat the anointings. *It will cure, but it is harsh; whale oil soap suds is preferable. Almost this same receipt for mange we find in the last number of Land and Water, only linseed oil is substituted for sperm oil. J. J. asks if we know of any way to rid dogs of fleas, and keep the brutes clean of these pests. In our number five we recommended insect powder. See ‘‘Answers to Correspondents.” We add what we believe to be a most useful receipt, if not for curing, at least for alleviating distemper. We know it was tried by a friend of ours last year with suc- cess. We copy the article in full from Land and Water. ‘‘T formerly used to lose two-thirds of the pups I bred, al- though using all the remedies given in different sporting works, but for the last ten or twelve years I have nevcr hada single case of distemper in my kennel. My plan is simply this: Soon as I take the pup from the bitch, I give twice a week doses of garlic, and continue this treatment till the dog isa year old. After that I consider him safe, as the disease generally attacks dogs between six and nine months old. hile the pup is very young, a piece of gar- lic the size of a pea will be enough for a dose, and as it grows older it may be increased to the size of a bean or hazle nut. If at any time it should purge too much the dose should be diminished. In cases where distemper has attacked a dog, I would give garlic three times a week, and keep him warm and dry. Innine cases out of ten this will effect a cure, and has been used with great suc- cess.” answers Ca Garrespandents. —— > Dr, A., Brooklyn.—For mange in setter bitch; take of compound sul- phur ointment, four ounces; spirit of turpentine, two ounces; mix and rub well into the skin twice a week; or take of iodide of mercury, one drachm; lard, one ounce; mix and rub avery little iuto the roots of the hair every day. J. W. B., Brooklyn.--Red mange is a constitutional malady, and can seldom be cured without internal medicines. Arsenic in’ minute doses, coutinued for some time, is a great specific against the foul condition of the blood, but neyer give it on an empty stomach, but mixed with ‘the food. Solution of arsenic, five to eightdrops; add to the food, and give twice a day, the dog being fed night and. morning. If in a month the Whites of the eyes do not become red, increase the dose gradually until they do, then diminish a drop per week till the redness disappears, when continue the dose till the eruption is gone. G. C. E., Jackson, Miss.—Have shown yonr letter to C. B. He says:‘‘ he would be willing to leave the question to.a committee of sportsmen whether ~ anine or ten bores may be termed swamp angels.”. All he did: as to killing birds was perfectly legitimate. The gentleman in question we know to be athorough sportsman, who has done as-much forthe pres- ervation of game, and making of game laws as any one in the country. §, H.—Keep your dog well fed, and he will seldom attack sheep. REeuLus.—There is no-acting Fish Commissioner of the State of Vir- ginia at present. One was appointed last year, but the funds appropriated for this Commission are now exhausted, owing to the deplorible condi- tion of the public finances. A. M., Madison Avenue.—If you will give us explicit details, being above all sure of your facts, we will put the matter before Mr. Bergh. An example of this character is whatis wanted. Gentlemen who keep horses, are often terribly at. fault. in not supervising their stables. Cases of cruelty by grooms and coachmen are of too frequent occurrence. _ Hotmsan.—Antlers with forty-two points are not uncommon. They be- long to the black taildeer, and probably came from Texas. CatpER—We have heard of the voluntary domestication of the wild pigeon before. That is to say, it remained with the tame flock six months, but if we remember rightly, about the time of the migration of the wild birds, it took wing and never came back. ~ é x * S. R. N.—Largest of Australian: carnivore is the Tasmanian wolf, or Zebra opposum, (Thylacinus eynocenhalus).. . xii Grpson.—Average rain fallin England and in Eastern countries about: thirty four inches; in the hilly countries forty-eight ta fifty inches. New. York is about thirty-six inches.. ; K. L.—A horse is quite a large one when he weighs 1,200 pounds: Noth- ing more easy than for you to put him ona eoal-dealer’s scale and get it to a quarte of apound. - ste ee io J. N—Sometimes, when nothing better can be had, 2 good dressing of wood ashes will keep. askin in fair order. _ xX. EH. X.—There is probably no sporting question 80 frequently asked as ‘‘Childer’s*’ time. Heis said to have accomplished three miles in five minutes fifteen and- one-half seconds. It is doubted. Jt seems to be traditionary, but very possibly watches were not correct in 1721. Eclipses four miles in eight minutes, is eyen more doubtful. Sy ATxins.—Gloan’s book in a few. words gives the answers you want. “The size (of shot) whichlies the most compactly with the fewest in- terstices, will give the best pattern and penetration combined.”’ ‘To try this experimentally we haye taken a pill box from our druggist, just about the size of the bore of the gun and counted the shot, which ex- actly 1ay on the bottom, : Fanoy.—A good carrier pigeon, an undoubted bird, will cost you $25. Some were sold, notable ones, in-Englaud lately for no less than £20. K.—From description would say it was the sage cock, (Centrocercts urophasianas). They are found: in Arizona and are represented as searce. Said to feed on wild sage, FOREST AND STREAM. Segre wi thy INES pee eit es LE MY, oe T would be an experiment worth trying to determine whether the acalephe, or Jelly-fish of the ocean could sus- tain life, when taken as food by castaway mariners. They certainly do not contain much solid substance, but that lit- tle must be nourishing, for many fish live exclusively on them. All the herring family, including Shad, Menhaden, and the smaller species live on nothing else, Wehaveseen the Men- haden feeding onaspecies of Jelly-fish the size of a pigeon’s egg, in Jamaica Bay. The pearly iridescent Jelly-fish were drifting with the tide, and the glistening Menhaden were darting in every direction after them, flashing in the snn- light, or suddenly disappearing as their sides or backs were seen. Weshall not soon forget the sight. The flesh of the Herring tribe is peculiarly rich, oily and nutritious, and must be entirely composed of the solid parts of the Jelly-fish, chemically changed by digestion. If these creatures can, therefore, sustain life, the fact ought to be generally known. Another point to be determined is whether the Jeily-fish would not also supply the thirsty mariner with all the fresh water le might need, when in distress. We cannot aflirm it as a fact, but we believe that these fish contain little or no salt, and that their transparent and soft substance is chiefly composed of fresh water. If they should prove to be a sufficient substitute for meat, and drink, the ocean would be divested of part of its terrors, and we should no longer hear harrowing tales of the suffer- ings endured by the survivors of foundered vessels, leading to the extreme necessity of eating each other. The ocean is alive with numerous kinds of Jelly-fish, from the huge quawl or medusa, and the Portuguese man-of-war, to the mi~ nute atoms that cause the phosphoresence of its waters when stirred by the wind, or by the vessel ploughing through it. Some are in bead-like chains, as large as a pea; others are in the shape of an egg, while the largest are formed like a mushroom, with a fringe of long, thread-like appendages around the margin of their disk. These threads each con- tain a wonderfully contrived stinging apparatus, consisting of amicroscopic harpdon, beautifully barbed or serrated, connected with a coil of thread, that brings the little weapon back to its sheath after it has been darted out at any object touching the sensitive tentacles. These stinging quails are well known on our coasts, and they reach a very large size, more than a foot across the disk, and several inches in thickness. Of course these tentacles could be cut off when they are eaten, as the minute harpoons might cause an irritation of the stomach. Those who traverse the seas know that hardly a day passes without meeting a long streak of Jelly-fish, drifting with the winds or currents, and a castaway could dip out all that he wanted by the aid of an old shirt tied up at the arms and neck, and towed through such a floating mass of them. At times, millions of small Jelly-fish are cast upon the beach, and the bather, at such times, feels as if he were swimming in pea-soup. We have often been tempted, at such times, to try them as food, for the late Commodore J. B. Nicholson assured us that he had done so, and that they were harmless, and nourishing, though tasteless. We cannot enumerate the larger species of aealepha, nor dilate on their marvellous methods and powers of repro- duction. Many have devoted much attention to this sub- ject, and Professor Agassiz has done more than all others - in clearing up their history. We claim no originality for the above proposed experi- ment, but we cannot find that the subject has ever been no. ticed before. ee FOL DE ROL. ——— HERE is an amusing article in a late number of an English magazine, in regard to the chorus of songs, with a ‘‘ down, derry down,” and a ‘‘fal, lalla” and “‘a high nonnie, nonnie no,” anda ‘‘hey cum trix,” and other re- frains of songs, where the erudite reviewer exercises, if not extreme philological lore, very certainly most ingenious processes of reasoning, worthy of a Max Muller. Cease then, ye roysterers, around the table, or ye night revellers, your profanation of ‘‘tooral looral;” give it rather an inton- ing deep and solemn, for you are (says the reviewer) almost on the verge of a sacrilege, for know then, ye boisterous gallants, that “‘tooral rooral” is Celtic or Gzelic, that ‘‘tooral” is the Geelic andante or slow movement and ‘‘rooral” the Celtic presto or quicker movement. Harp music probably in that early time had technical terms similar to those used to-day for the piano. All these refrains, so it seems, were used by the Druids to commemorate some portion of their worship. Let us take a rather ludicrous example of: this. There isa song called the ‘‘Friar in the well,” with the chorus ‘‘fal-la lanky down dilly.” Now lanky and langtre are one and the same thing, the true reading should be “ fal la-lan-ri-dun-dill,” meaning ‘‘the circle of the day is full, let us go to the hill of rain.” Rain it seems must have been held in high estimation by the Druids. Possibly there were umbrella makers among them, because there is another burst of songs, ending witha ‘“‘hie dildo-dil,” which is resolvable into, di, dill dum dile, or ‘‘ welcome to the rain upon the hill,” which the chorus commentator says was a thanksgiving for rain after a draught. Now, no one doubts but that “ri-um, ti iddity tiddity,” must have had a forefather, but man’s ingenuity can take it so far beyond Druidical times, as to place it in the Sanscrit. The oldest chorus is the Greek one. ‘I-ho! I-ho!” which is ee OEE to the old parent races of the Hindoo. ey-lillie-ho-lallie” is almost as old, perhaps taken from the Saracen. A confused jumble of Il-allah, and ‘‘sing fol- de-rol-de dee” and “‘diddledum-di and diddle dum do,” may be for ought we know, derived from church canticles, when choristers sang their do-re-mi-fa, &c., Of course we do not mean to laugh at such erudition, nor be classed with Syd- ney Smith’s friend, who despised the equator, and made a joke about the pole, but occasionally the exact difference between what is far fetched and ingenious is somewhat difficult to determine. . Take one of our negro choruses, for instance, ‘I am. going to leave you—good by, Eliza Jane.” This may be rendered—'‘T'm gwine to leave yer—Lize Jane.” Apply Grimm’s rule to it, and you have the most curions and start- ling effects. An ingenious friend worked on it for a week, and at last having carried it through the most elaborate squeezing and twisting, got it to read from the Sanscrit. ‘‘The horse of the sea lapped the water,” which fact we trust will render Hooley classic for the future. Perhaps some of our readers yhilologically inclined, can give us some other choruses—native ones, elaborately worked up. There are word hoaxes at times, quite as plausible as the best practical jokes. Butto treat such matters seriously, 106 FOREST AND STREAM. such impalpable things as words have immense powers of resistance. Something like diamonds, far tougher than the surrounding drift, they have never been ground to pieces. They have kept hard, brilliant and concise, and have come down to us froma period so far distant, as to be perhaps beyond the ken of man to determine their precise age of formation. . oe COOKING GAME. ea tet Sa ENRY WATTERSON, of the Louisville Courrier- Journal, has been, writing some very clever letters from abroad. Among the many good things he says, para- phrasing the well-known quotation of ‘‘painting the lily and gilding fine gold,” in regard to cooking game he uses-this terse apotheghm; ‘‘Truffles do not. improve woodcocks.” Sentence fraught with wisdom, and worthy of a Brillat Sa- varran! The Louisville editor does not relish on the whole the French cutsine, and takes Edmund Yates as an author® ity about our American cookery. Of Yates, he says: ‘‘I heard Edmund Yates remark last winter—and whatever you may think of Edmund’s novels, if you have ever met him, you would allow that he has a belly of unqualified culture and genius. I heard him say last winter that the Brevoort House, meaning, of course, the kitchen, is the best hotel in the world.” In subtile gastronomic discriminations you can find no more able analytical powers than those possessed by liter- ary men. That delicate shading between the gourmand and. the epicure, they fully appreciate. If the immortal Thack- eray was illustrious as a novelist, incomparably great was hein his table @letantitsm. Think of his saying, as he ate his first oyster at Fulton Market, in the presence of the late departed Dorlon, who, on asking him how he liked them, replied, ina Johnsonian way : ‘‘Sir, I feel as if I had swal- lowed a baby.” What more justthan Mr, Watterson’s remarks on the bad taste of eating spoiled game, and we may properly quote Churchill, who says that ‘‘the sooner a bird or fish is eaten after it is taken the better.” A salmis de becasse, of course, is a thing not to be despised, only it is an ingenious method by which a spoiled wood- cock may be so disguised by a sauce, that you have no com- prehension of the real flavor of the most delicate of birds. Tastes are fashions. The gamey twang, or what is called in French the phaesandee flavor, only became a la mode when it was impossible to bring game rapidly to market, and the length of time used in transportation caused absolute de- composition. It then became necessary to invent methods of making food palatable, which otherwise would have been repulsive, Of course the season of the year has much to do with this question, but we are still in doubt whether a canvass-back duck in dead winter, is not better, when cooked a day after it is killed, than when kept frozen for a week. | Jlews from Abroad. OM FRENCH, the famous English jockey, is no more! The name of a certain Greek rider, who rode his horse to victory, some 2,300 years ago, has come down to us. Perhaps the old Greek knew perfectly well how to nurse his mount, to follow instructions, and to get the “‘last ounce” out of his steed, foaled, may be, in “ Grassy Argos,”’ * Famous for its steeds of fire.” How the Greek Jock died, however, never will be known, Was it of old age ? or did he, on the home stretch, driving his chariot too fine, strike the brazen goal with his whirring wheels, and have his neck broken? Certainly the old heathen Greek could never have died the death that Tom French did. Perhaps they had no post mortems in the he- roic age, as they have now in our more prosaie times. The eause of this man’s death, Dr. Meade, the physician who at- tended him, states, arose ‘‘from that wasting and exposure and irregularity of diet, consequent to his profession.” 5Su- perficially read, this may mean but little, but when leading English journals declare that French died a victim to the ill effects of severe training, necessary to enable him to ride at the present state of weights, the matter assumes a much gravet appearance. There are two points to be looked at in discussing this subject : The question of the man and that of the horse. It may seem strange, but the Forusr AND STRHAM, contrary to usual sporting precedents, is\in- - elined to take into consideration the question of that insig- nificant creature, the man, first. There is something cruel in the idea of training down a man to a mere skeleton—‘‘a ruckle of bones”—in order to fit him to ride up to feather weight. It means the destruction of the human being. Jockeys are sometimes sweated with their horses, in order to reduce them both in flesh. There need be no great out- cry made about this up to a certain point, as when a “‘logey” or heavy rider must be reduced a few pounds; but when it comes to dwarf human beings, when jockeys are required at that period of life when the body fills up, to go on, sweating and reducing themselves until they die{from this unnatural treatment, then, even in{Christian England, such practices should be decried. Now, secondly, about the horses: An English journal says, speaking of {the deterio- ration of the thorough-breds,and the methods advocated for their improvement, that the carrying of weights by racing horses ought to be approximated to the weights the horse, in ordinary life, is expected to carry. Now, the question naturally arises, ‘“What possible sense can there be inraising horses which can only attain speed when ridden by human mannikins?’ In this era of ad- vanced ideas, when we breed finer every day, running horses at tender ages, when they should not be worked at all, perhaps we may require not men, nor eyen boys, but monkeys, toland some swift, but fragile racer, to the win- ning post. Feather weights in England demand, some- times, minimum loads for horses. We have an example of this in Kitchener, who, some twenty years ago, weighing 56 pounds, a boy, it is true, won the Chester Cup. —If grouse have been scarce, and with a return of better judgment their lives have been pretty generally spared for another season, partridges have turned out somewhat. bet- ter, so that sportsmen have received somewhat of a com- pensation. Just now, however, this gamey bird is in the stubble, and it may be some time before he leaves it. Pretty generally, however, partridges seem not to have been so plenty, and it is highly probable that the season will not be a good one. It is early for partridges just now in England, and many sportsmen never draw covers before the middle or close of December. —Of cricket, many notable matches haye just been played. The Gloucestershire and Sussex match was a re- markable one, in which the two leviathans,the Graces, fig- ured. A Mr. Townsend made-163 runs. Of course, the side the Messrs, Graces were on wonthe match, which was with the Gloucestershire men. It is calculated that, had the score of the full match of the winners been carried out, they would have summed up 1,700 runs. The wonderful play of certain men at the bat, somewhat inclines one to think that the day may not be far distant when certain modification, even in the conservative game of cricket, may be neceasary even in England. The remedy would be found in adding a fourth wicket, and making the stumps at least some four inches higher. What is certain is, that batting is now beating bowling in England. —Weare pleased to cite quite an increase, in fact an enormous one, in the grand total of those angling matches, which we have noted from time to time. Here is the Grand Angling Sweepstakes of Lincolnshire, 600 men, with a whole jungle of fishing-rods, and may be a thousand miles of line, and a ton of hooks, fishing in a canal. The winner caught 11 pounds 114 ounces, beating an equally clever ri- val by exactly the weight of a minnow scale, Anglers gen- erally, in England, are amazed at this startling result, when in prior years a gross weight of three pounds four ounces secured the prize. —English amateur coaching is now almost at its conclu- sion, and may be said to have been moderately successful. Pleasure seekers at Brighton conclude the season by rat- tling up to London in a coach and four, driven by a baro- net. There may be some varticular satisfaction in an Eng- lish tradesman, when he is conscious that a nobleman coachee handles the lines. One can gather from the notices of the coaching horses put at publicsale, the price of these animals in England. A good hack fetched £69 to £70, and a cab or omnibus horse, £35 to £40. Shot Gun and Rifle. GAME IN SEASON FOR SEPTEMBER. en Caribou, Tarandus Rangifer.) Red Deer, Caricus Virginianus.) Squirrels, Red Black and Gray.) . Quail, Optyx Virginiana.) Pinnated Grouse, Tetrao Cupido.) Curlew, Vumenius Arquata.) , Sandpipers, Tringin@.) Willets, Reed or Rice Birds, Dolichonya oriz- 2U0n. Moose, Alces Malchis.) Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis.) Rabbits, common Brown and Grey.} Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.) Woodcock, Scolopax riusticola.) Ruffed Grouse, Vetrao umbellus,} Esquimanx Curlew, Nwmenius bo- realis.) . Plover, Charadrazius.) Godwit, Limosine.) Rails, Aallus Virginianis.) ° —_+>-_—_ [Under the head of “Game, and Fish in Season’ iye can only specify in general terms the several varieties, because the laws of States vary so much, that were we to attempt to particularize we cowd dono less than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in question. This*® would require a great amount of our space. In designating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and our readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their ve- spective States for constant reference. Otherwise, our atiempts to assist them will only create confusion.| Onc of thebest localities within a fair distance of New York for ruffed grouse shooting is called the Cannape. It isa large extent of wild territory situated on the north- east corner of Ulster county, New York. Take Hudson River railroad for Kingston, which connects with the New Rondout railroad to Shokan, which is seventeen miles. The distance from Shokan to Watson Hollow is seven miles. Stop over night at C. Rockwell’s, who willevery give information and send a guide or go himself. This country is quite unknown to the sportsmen, as we firmly be- lieve. There has never beena breech-loader or a setter within its limits. The scenery is grandin the extreme, and the berries which the ruffed grouse feed on, are very abundant. This territory isalso noted for itsdeep mountain gorge, at the head of which is a beautiful lake, the head waters of the Bushkill creek. It has two outlets, one emptying into the Esopus creek, and the other in a directly opposite quarter, into the Susquehanna. - —North Alabama is one of the finest hunting regions in the United States. The fields are filled with quail, the woods with wild turkeys and deer, and all the streams and ponds in winter abound with wild ducks and geese. The finest wild-goose shooting in America is to be had every winter in the Mussell Shoals in Tennessee River. The wild geese congregate there by the thousands, apparently to feed on the periwinkles that abound in the shallows, as well as on the long moss that covers most of the rocks in the river’s bottom. The shoals are about five miles wide, and filled with small islands, called ‘‘tow-heads.” Most of these tow, heads are covered with drift wood, in which the sportsmen conceal themselves, and shoot the geese as they fly over which happens every few minutes, as they are constantly being disturbed by one cause or another. Just before night- fall the geese leave the river for the fields and ponds, which affords the sportsman another good opportunity for rare sport. What is true of the wild geese, is more or less true of the wild ducks, with this in addition, that the latter are to be found every where, all the winter through, filling every point, ‘“‘spring branch,” or creek, Wild turkeys abound everywhere, and the red deer almost everywhere, The deer are hunted with hounds. —Smyth County, Virginia, on the western slope of the Alleghanys, is one of the finest game districts easily acces. sible to the sportsman. .Bear and deer are found there, and wild turkeys, grouse, quail, and woodcock are abundant. We hear of one bag of seventy-five quails secured in a sin- gle day by G. HE. Penn, Esq. There is good hunting all about the neighborhood of Marion, the county seat, and ac- cessible therefrom by good mountain roads. Marion js on the Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad. There are three good hotels in the town. We shall refer to this district at greater length in subsequent numbers. —The southern part of Wayne county, Indiana, is another good lecality for small game, such as squirrels, rabbits, and quail. Here are several packs of dogs, and in winter great sport is enjoyed in ‘‘ circling” foxes, and in hunting coons at night. As many as seventeen foxes were destroyed by the farmers last winter in the course of a single circle. The trespass laws are rigidly enforced in this county. Centre- ville is the nearest railroad station. Very good botels in Centreville. —Phe Leather Stocking Club, of Oswego county, New York, we have every reason to know, does honor to the dis- tinguished name it bears. Its officers are: H. C. Tanner, President ; M. L. Marshall, Vice-President ; N. W. Nut- ting, Treasurer, and J. F. Miller, Secretary. There are several well-broken dogs in Oswego county, comprising fine breeds of setters, hounds, and pointers. There is fair shoot- ing throughout that section, and the game, beside foxes, is confined to birds, of which duck, snipe, plover, woodcock, partridges and pigeons are the chief. Fourrailways from Oswego traverse this region. —On the Montezuma Marshes, in Seneca county, and in the adjacent country, there is good woodcock, partridge, quail, snipe, and duck shooting ; also coon hunting. These grounds are within three to five miles of the nearest railway station, and can be reached by way of Waterloo, on the New York Central Railroad. —Messrs. G. A. Sickells, T. E. Smithson, John Dowel, and John Lannon, of Washington, returned last week from a three days’ gunning expedition to the Patuxent River with 2,162 sora, besides a large number of reed birds and some blue wing and summer ducks. —We give these bits of information in hope that such of our readers as may be able to avail themselves thereof, will be induced to render us an equivalent by sending some ac count of their experience and their impressions of the locali- ties visited. —The sora of America do not enjoy the same immunity from sportsmen’s attacks as do the birds of Japan, as we learn from ‘ Sir Rutherford Alcock’s Residence in Japan.” He writes : ‘“On the surface of the pond, are myriads of wildfowl so conscious of their immunity from gun and dog, under imperial decree, that they allow you to approach within a few yards—a most aggravating sight to a sportsman, but such is the law, and the birds evidently know it. No shot at bird or beast may be fired within tenri, or thirty miles, of the Tycoon’s residence ; and Yokohama, alas! is only seventeen miles distant. To the Japanese probably it is no privation ; but to an Englishman, sick of pork and fowls all the year round, and eager for open air sport and exer- cise, it is very hard ; but the Japanese officials seem to take all the more pleasure in vigorously insisting upon the Inv10- lability of the laws. Their artists equally excel, from tong and loving study, in depicting all kinds of wildfowl. Hawking seems the only sport in vogue even among the privileged and higher classes, and that in the imperial do- main is strictly limited likewise to the Tycoon. No private individual, so I am told, may even keep a falcon, of which there are some very fine specimens. This is only one of the numerous petty restraints and restrictions arising from a t0- tally different state of society and political organization—of a more or less irritating and vexatious character—to which foreigners must perforce submit who take up their residence in Japan. —A number of gentlemen, members of the Brooklyn Gun @lub, met at Dexter’s, L. I., last week, to try, for the first tirne, shooting from five traps, five yards apart, uee of both barrels, English rules, handicapped. The birds were bet- ter than the general average, and the shooting, considering the long distances, and the first trial of many of the mem- bers-at five traps, was remarkably accurate. The followimg | is the Handicap : H.S., 27 yards, shot with Pardy, C. F.—_1 1*11011*10 el i _ W.S.,25 yards, shot with Pape, C.F.—111* 101*00001*11 1 0 0—9. | 4 ‘Dr. W., 27 yards, shot with Powell, C. F.—1 1* 00 1* 1* 0010 1 001-8. - ‘aa Dr. A., 27 yards, shot with Scott, Cc. F,111*1010001 1 1 i—ll. nen Capt. A., 30 yards, shot with German, M. L.—0 00 1* 1 1001 000 1-8. (*) Denotes killing with second barrel. —Mr. Harvey H. Brown of Cleveland, Ohio, an amateur pigeon shooter, and the winner of the Lorillard badge at Saratoga, in aletter to the Herald, after making some remarks as regards the conditions of the badge, &¢., VOY properly says :— he “‘T have no present desire or intention to engage 10 trap shooting otherwise than asa source of amusement and re- creation, and am always ready, my business permitting, to meet in friendly contest any gentleman who may wish to try-conclusions with me, but not for the purpose of pecuni- ary gain. trod —There has been a great deal of shooting at Creedmoor during this last week, and the ranges have had occu- pants almost every day. No match of any importance has however taken place. Twelfth, Twenty-second, Twenty-ninth, Seventh and Fifth Regiments, have all been practicing, and the average shooting for green hands, was quite creditable. The Fifty-fifth Regiment, 250 strong, met at Creed- moor on Monday last; shooting was at 200 yards. The team of the Ninth Regiment did good shooting at 200 to 500 yards. The Twenty-second Regiment team did well. The Twenty-third Regiment team had new guns, but did fair shooting. The Seventy-ninth’s team, averaged 13 at . 500 yards; 16 at 200. Rangekeeper Higgs, from the Wimbledon range, made 18 out of possible 20 at 500 yards, using the Remington sporting gun., It is now a question of taking the best shots in order to select teams for the October contest. The men of the various regiments are commencing to take a decided interest in their shooting, and seem to seize very quickly the various points, which have to be studied, in order to secure success. Besides practice in the field, the use of targets for aiming drill which can be tried at home, will be found most useful. . On Saturday last there was no regular match, though gen- - eral firing was in order. —We must not be too sanguine of our skill as riflemen, and may have yet a good deal to learn. A M1. Sanders of the Dublin Shooting Club, made this month the following remarkable score, winning the prize, Distance eight hun- dred, nine hundred, and one thousand yards, seven shots at each range, Mr. Sanders winning the cup with a total of eighty—at the three rangesas follows:—800 yards, 26; 900 yards, 26: 1,000 yards, 28; total, 80. We give a short resume of the prizes to be shot for at the First Annual Prize Meeting of the National Rifle As- sociation, to be held at Creedmoor, on October 8th. It may be a week perhaps before the whole number of con- tests are decided. Jupp Prizz.—Weapon, military rifle; distance, 200 yards; five rounds; entrance fee, one dollar; eight prizes, value, $205. SporTsmMAN’s MAatcu.—Weapon; any kind of rifle; distance, 200 yards; _five rounds; position, standing; seven prizes, valué, $525; (among them a -pair of splendid moose antlers, handsomely gilt, presented by Forest AND STREAM). First Dryiston Matou.—Open to teams of twelve from each regiment or battalion of the First Division of the National Guards, S. N. Y. Weapon, Remington rifle; distance 200 and 500 yards; five shots each dis- tance; position, standing at 200 yards, any position at 500 yards; entrance fee, onedollar each man. Twelve prizes, value, $455. SECOND Division Matrcu.—Open to teams from regiments or battalions, Second Divison National Guards, S. N. ¥, Weapon, Remington rifle: distance, 200 and 500 yards; five shots each distance; position 200 yards standing, 500 yards any position; entrance fee, one dollar; nine prizes; value, $380. Anmuy AnD Navy Journat Matcu.—Open to teams from all military organizations in the United States, including regular army, navy and ma rines. Weapon, any military rifle; distance, 500 yards; rounds, seven; position, any; entrance fee. one dollar; tem prizes; value, $985. Aut Comprs Matcu.—Any rifle; distance, 500 and 900 yards; seven shots at each distance; position, any; entrance fee, one dollar; ten prizes; value, $180. Srate Prizz.—Open to teams of twelve, from any regiment or bat- talion of National Guards in the State, distance, 300 and 500 yards; wea- pon, Remington rifle; State medal; rounds, five; entrance fee, one dollar; thirty prizes; value, $3,175. Gariurne Marcu.—Open to teams of twelve from each regiment or battalion of the N. G., or the State. Weapon, Remington rifle; State medal; distance, 500 yards; rounds, seven; position, any; entrance fee, one dollar; ten prizes; value, $2,235, New Jersey Match.—Open to teams of twelve of the National Guard of New Jersey; distance, 200 and 400 yards; five rounds each distance; standing at 200 yards, any way at 400 yards. Weapon, any rifle prescri- bed by the Governor of New Jersey; Four prizes; value, $200. P RAILROAD Matrcu.—Open to members of Rifle Association; open to all eave winners of the Turf Field and Farm, amateur club badges; dis- tance, 500 yards; Weapon, any military rifle; position any; rounds seven: nine prizes; value, $343. SHARPSHOOTERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP.—Open to all; any rifle; range, 800 and 1,000 yards; seven shots at any distance; position, any; entrance fee. one dollar; nine prizes; value $175. Press Matcu.—Open to representatives of the press; distance, 400 and 800 yards; position, any; five rounds at each distance; five prizes: value, $140... - Aggregate of prizes, $8,298, 128 in number. The regu-. lations governing the match will be in accordance with the rules laid down by the National Rifle Association. eS Lions iw ALGERIA. The. Tell, a province in Algeria, is ravaged by between 700-and 800. lions. . Each costs in oxen, horses, mules, camels, sheep, and goats 3,600 francs per annum. Its average life being thirty five years, the damage which it occasions in all is 126,000 francs. Gérard, the great lion hunter, put the figures higher, as he took the an- nual sum at 6,000 francs, and the total at 210,000 francs. The Arabs, with a view to driving away those dangerous beasts, have already destroyed a great many woods in. Al- geria, and every year new fires are lit with the same object. Those considerations have determined the sportsman just mentioned to have recourse to new instruments of nee 2 As a means of destruction corresponding to his views, M. Constant Chéret has invented what he calls the silecage, and of which the following is a short description ; The frame and bars are of iron. It is about ten feet long, two feet six inches wide, and the same inheight. Mounted on three cast-iron wheels of small diameter, it can be moved even on difficult ground. The upper part opens with folding doors, like a wardrobe, and they close of themselves at the slight- est shock given to springs of steel, Catches retain the lids as they fall, and imprison the animal as soon as he touches the bottom of the trap. The plan is to place this trap, properly baited, on the ground frequented by the wild ani- mals, and then, when the game is caught, to wheel the ma- nche away to some menagerie prepared for the purpose.. Members of the First, Ninth, FOREST AND STREAM. Sea and River SMishing. FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER, ee Coas?T Fisu. LAKES. Bluefish, Skipjack, Horse Mackerel, Black Bass, (Mici opterus nigricans (Temnodon saltator.) and archigan.) (two species.) Spanish Mackerel,(Cero,maculatwm.) Maskinonge, (Lsow estor and nobvil- Weaktish, Squetaug (Trout) Qfoli- ior.) (two species.) thus.) Pickerel, (Hsox reticulatus.) Sheepshead, (Sargus ovis.) Pike perch, Lacioperca Americana.) BAYS AND EstTUARIES, Striped Bass, Roekfish. (Lavraw zi- Land-locked Salmon,( Salmo Glovert eatus.) —_»—__—_ —The Fish Commissioners of Pennsylvania have placed one thousand black bass in the North Branch of the Sus- quehanna and the Lehigh river, and care has been taken to give them a fair chance for propagation. In the dam at Williamsport one hundred of the same kind of fish have been planted, and in a short time most of the waters of the State suitable for raising bass will be stocked with this ex- cellent game fish. Two million and three-quarters of shad were hatched at Newport, on the Juniata during the month of July, and the process is still continued. The rearing of trout and salmon has been a decided success, and scaly plants of this kind will soon be introduced into all the waters of the State adapted for their growth. A fish way for shad will soon be located in the dam upon the Susque- hanna river at Columbia, and others ordered by the Legis- tature will be constructed as soon as practicable. —The sport of catching weak fish and king fish in Jamaica Bay has been sadly impaired this season by the netters who sweep away at every tide thousands of fine fish. —The upper waters of Northern New Brunswick rivers are now so low as to be impracticable for birch canoes, —The following valuable information respecting the fish of the Western waters, including the great lakes and the Mississippi, has been given to,us by an old veteran, and we doubt not will prove as new to most of our Eastern read- ers, as the latest sensation novel. He says:— ‘The fish we call pike is the same fish that is called mas- kelonge. I saw one at Cleveland that would weigh about thirty pounds. They called it a maskelonge, and I could see no difference init from our pike. The largest one I have seen taken weighed thirty-two pounds, and was caught in lake Conneaut. He was taken by Mr. Gormby; his head was sent to Philadelphia and exposed in a shop window for the natives to gaze at. The largest I have taken weighed twenty-eight pounds, and I have taken two of that weight, and quite a number that would weigh over twenty pounds. They abound in the Mississippi, and weigh from three pounds up to forty pounds, and are the same fish™that we take in the Ohio. I saw the head of a pike nailed on a barrel at Lowell, on the Muskingnum river, Ohio. The merchant at whose door I saw it told me he had weighed it himself and it weighed forty-three ponnds, We have taken a great number of pike in the Muskingnum that weighed from fifteen to twenty-six pounds. White salmon weigh from twelve to eighteen pounds. These fish are the same that are called wall eyed pike on the great lakes, from lake Ontario to lake Superior. I have seen three or four of them in the latter lake when fishing for speckled trout. Lake Huron lam told has great numbers of them init, and numbers of large salmon are brought to the Pittsburgh market from Jake Huron, and are the same fish that is in the Ohio. Prof. Agassiz ia ‘classifying the fish of the Western rivers, calls them the salmon of the Ohio, and I think he ought to have placed them at the head of the perch family, as they are neither pike or salmon. The black or jack salmon, as we callthem, are in all the great lakes, also in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and weigh from half a pound to three pouuds. The lake people call them sand pike. They are spotted like a rattlesnake. The pass in the Ohio, Mississippi, and lakes are the same fish. The small lakes in the West have the Oswego bass, but they are not considered as good a fish for the table as the black bass. Have never scen a bass exceed five pounds weight. . The buffalo is a different fish from the red horse. The fish tbat I have heard called red horse is alarge red-finned sucker; the largest will weigh six pounds. The buffalo of the: Mississippi river, 1s a large heavy-shouldered fish; with large scales of a bluish color, and sucker mouth, weighs from five to @wvelve pounds. The bait we use for pike is chubs, or small suckers, cight or ten inches in length, but any small fish will do. Ihave had good sport trout fishing in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The trout were from a pound to four ounces in weight. Some streams were ccvered with timber, others were on the open prairie, lined with black alder, and so dense as to exclude the sun’s rays, and cut into the soil about six feet deep, and the angler had to hunt places here and there, and poke in« his rod wherever he had space to make a jerk to hook the fish. There are no mosquitoes or gnats to trouble you on thesé streams. The fishing is pleasant, and it was my good fortune to find pleasant houses to stop at where there were no bugs, and the lady of the house knew how to cook the trout. Ihave had some fine fishing in the Mississippi. I have a son who resides at Dubuque, Iowa, and we pay them a visit each spring in April. — Pike, black bass, and white salmon are quite plenty. We stay with them five or six weeks, and then go up the Missis- sippi river to the neighborhood of lake Pepin. The Chip- pewa river empties its clear water into the Mississippi river one mile below the foot of lake Pipin. All-its-branches are trout streams, and its water is much cooler than the Mississippi. It is a great lumber stream, and-a great many rafts descend it to the Mississippi, and to the cities below. These rafts are strung along the shore for several miles, and the cool Chippewa water passes under them, and the white salmon collect in-vast numbers under the rafts where they are sheltered from the sun, and enjoy the cool water of the Chippewa, The minnows pass up the river in vast num- erg just along side of the rafts, and the fisherman has a scoop net with a handle nine feet in length, and he makes a drive at the minnows down the stream, and an expert will ‘sometimes take a-quart of minnows at one drive; enough to do a party for a day’s fishing. You fish for salmon close along side the rafts, where they he when they want to catch 17 the minnows. It is aboutas pleasant a place to fish at as I ever visited, the rafts are so clean and such an extreme range of them to fish off.from. The town called Reed’s Landing on the opposite side of the river, in Minnesota, is a pleasant village of one street, and all the houses front the river. ; The house that I stopped at is kept by Lorenzo Dow Bul- lard, The best fishing lies opposite to his house, and I used to leave his house at'eight. o’clock in the morning and fish until he sounded the gong for dinner, by which time I would have taken from twenty to fifty white salmon, weigh- ing from two to six pounds each, or, in other words, as many as two persons could carry on a pole up to the hotel, where they were distributed among the citizens, so that none were lost or wasted, as I never catch more fish than. can be used or given away. ! I was up at Marquette last summer. The large brook trout are all caught out of the lake, within fifty miles of that place. We caught afew, but not worth talking about, in comparison to what they used to be. Bachting and Boating, HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. BOSTON, NEW YORK. | CHARL'ST'N,. h.° m. h, m. h, m. Sept, 1. "AG 10 40 | 9 58 Sept. 1 58 11 22 | 10 40 Sept. 2 40 noon 11 28 Sept. 3 38 QO 14 | noon Sept. 4 2 1 12 Q 25 Sept. ¢ 5 82 | 2 18 | 1 32 Oct. 6 48 | 3 29 | 2 43 —The New York Yacht Squadron will hold their autumn regatta on October 2d, It promises to be a great success as the number of prizes and purses offered for all classes is un= usually large. The ocean races for the Commodore’s gifts will be sailed one week later—October 9th. The regatta proper will be sailed over the usual regulation Course, sub- ject to the time allowances, and under the sailing regula- tions of the squadron. No entrance money will be re- quired. All yachts must carry their private signals at the main peak, The start will be a flying one, and the time of each yacht will be taken as she crosses a line between a stakeboat, which will be anchored in the Narrows, near Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, and the judge’s steamer. The signals for starting will be given from the Judge’s boat as follows: For a preparatory signal, one gun and lower- ing the yacht club flag on the steamboat, and ten minutes later, for the start, one gun, and the flag will again be low - ered. No yacht’s time will be taken later than fifteen min- utes after the second gun, unless instructions to the contra- ry are given by the judges on the morning of the regatta. The course will be from the starting-point, as above, to and around a stakeboat, at buoy 84, on the Southwest Spit, keeping it on the port hand in turning, thence to and around the Sandy Hook Lightship, keepimg it on the starboard hand in rounding, and return over the same course, keep- ing the Southwest Spit buoy on the starboard hand. Yachts must keep to the eastward of buoys Nos. 9, 11 and 13 on the west bank, going and returning, and will pass between the judge’s boat and the stakeboat on arriving home. The ocean course will be from an anchorage off Owl’s Head, New York Harbor, to and around the Lightship on Five Flathorn, off Cape May, N.J., and return to Sandy Hook Lightship. Three purses of the value of $1,000, $250 and $250 re- spectively, also presented by the Commodore, to be sailed for over the same course upon the same day, and open to the following classes of vessels hailing from any port in the United States : First—Pilot boats. Second—W orking schooners of not less than 25 nor over 300 tons, old measurement. Third—Schooner smacks. In this race the first vessel arriving at the winning post will take the purse of $1,000, the first vessel arriving of each of the other two classes to take a purse of $250 ; no class, however, to win more than one prize. All of the above races will be sailed under the rules and regulations of the New York Yacht Squadron. —The two racing yachts—Mr. Fleet’s W. T. Lee, and Mr. Ira Smith’s Brooklyn—both of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, have made a match for $500 a side, to sail from Gowanus Creck ten miles to windward andreturn. A steamboat, will accompany the yachts. This race will be sailed on the 29th September. —The sloop yacht Psyche, owned by Mr. Dickinson, went ashore on the west bar of Rockaway inlet, and has_ gone to pieces, being previously stripped of her valuable spar. —The match between the sloop yachts Meta, Mr. George A Beling, and Vision, Mr. J. Alexandre, for a cup valued at $1,000, has been set down for the second week in Octo- ber. The race will be twenty. miles to windward and re- turn, from the point.of Sandy Hook. —The schooner Tidal Wave and sloop Addie V., N. Y. Y. C., have gone out of commission. The owners are going to Europe. —Mr. David Kirby, of Rye, is building a sloop yacht for Mr. Daniel Edgar, of New Rochelle. She will be 70 feet on deck, 20 feet beam, and 5 feet 6 inches hold. Her frame is nearly up, but the boat will not be completed until next veal —It ismore than probable that the celebrated schooner Madeleine, N. Y. Y. C., Mr. Jacob Voorhies, Jr., will enter for the club race on the 2d prox., as well as for the ocean race on the 9th of October. —The Harlem’ Yacht Club sent out invitations to their friends, to participate in a Rhode Island clam bake last 108. week, on their grounds at Port Jervis. Great good humor and feeling prevailed throughout, and part of the afternoon the ladies indulged in their favorite pastime. The event of the day was the club yacht race between the well-known yachts Quits, Josie J., Mary Campbell, Emma Sophia, and Mary Emma, from a stakeboat located off the club house, around a buoy near the shore at Riker’s Island, and repeat, and was won after a hard struggle by the Emma Sophia, the Quits being second, —The Halifax Royal Yacht Club race for the $100 cup, to and around Sambro Island light, took place September 19th. Three yachts contested—the Whisper, Petrel, and Squirrel, and started at eight aA. m, The distance sailed was about forty miles. The race was won by the Whis- per, which came in fifteen minutes ahead of the Petrel, and forty-five minutes ahead of the Squirrel. —Harlem Rowing Club os, Nassau Club—single scull. This interesting single race between these two prominent clubs, took place on the Harlem river, September 20th. The course was from Morris Dock to the Powder Boat, three miles straight away. They started at half-past five. The tide was just at the flood. Both of the men took the water together, and rowed abeam for about 300 yards, when the Nassau scull (C. Myers) showed a slight lead. The Harlem scull (T. R. Keator) was keeping close to the shore, and at last ran aground, which gave his opponent the lead by ten lengths. Keator, having lost a few seconds, now put on all his extra steam, but could not overtake his antagonist, C, Myers, who eventually came in a winner by ten boats’ length. Time: 22 minutes 30 seconds. T. R. Keator won the single scull prize at Saratoga, and if it had not been for his unaccountable mishap, it is probable the race would have been more closely contested. —The Atlantic Boat Club of Hoboken, held their annual regatta on the 17th, on the Passaic river, above Newark, N. J. The junior and senior championship medals were con- tested for. For the junior championship there were three entries, viz:-Althen C. Kiel, Dixon McQueen, and George Vail. The course was one mile and a half and return. The men pulled in seventeen foot boats, and Kiel, who had the advance from the start, came in an easy winner in 24:54. There were four entries inthe senior race over the same course in single scull. shells, viz.: Andrew Dupicare, Rob- ert L. Lefman, P. C. Ackerman, and John A. Ackerman. The race was not exciting, and Lefman won easily in 23:15 The prizes were two gold championship medals, which will remain the property of the winners. —Thereis a talk of getting up a match between William Stevens, of Poughkeepsie, and John Biglin, for a purse of $1,000, the race to take place at Poughkeepsie. —The L’Hirondelle Club of Baltimore, have just received anew four-oared shell boat, which will be entered in the coming regatta. —Yale College students held a meeting last week, at which great interest was manifested in boating matters. We expect great deeds from the students this fall, —The Nassau Boat Club of this city has a crew in train- ing for a four-oared shell race, to be rowed on the Potomac river, with the Aalnostan Boat Club, of Washington, Oc- tober 2d. —The Nassau Boat Club has challenged the Atlantas to a four-oared shell race, to take place on the Harlem river, about October 16. —The Argonauta Rowing Association, of Bergen Point, WN. J., and the Neptune Association, of Brighton, 5. L, have decided to row their annual four-oared shell race, for the championship of the Kill-von-Kull, October 1éth. —The Maine Boating Association will hold their annual regatta on the Kennebec river, Bath, Me. There will be four races—four oars, for championship and colors of the State; double scull, and senior scull, all three miles, with a turn, and the junior shell race, two miles, one turn, —The Ridgefield Rowing Association will hold their an- nual regatta on September 27th, —The President of the Celtic Rowing Club of Buffalo, has kindly furnished the following information by request : There are at present, in Buffalo, eight rowing clubs, viz : ‘“« Wibernias,” ‘‘Buffalos,” ‘‘ Celtics,” “222s,” “ Black Rocks,” ‘Niagara Rivers,” and ‘‘Scajaguadas.” The Hlibernias consist of 75 members, and have at present three four-oared shells. They were organized six years ago, un- der the name of the ‘‘ Banshees,” and reorganized in July of this year, under their present name, with the following officers : Lyons, President ; Alex. Bennett, Vice-President ; Jas. Noonan, Secretary ; J. Donovan, Treasurer; T. O'Grady, Coxswain. The first crew of this club, (Banshees, ) are considered one of the best in western New York, but have been unfortunate of late years. The ‘“ Buffalos” were organized about five years ago, and in members are somewhat stronger than the Hibernias. They have three four-oared shells, six single scull shells, and one eight- oared gunwale barge. This club defeated the Banshees this summer, and leave this P. M. to pull the Riversides of Rochester. The ‘‘2 22s” were organized five years ago, and count up fifty members; they have two four-oared shells and one single scull shell. The Live Oaks were or- ganized the same time, and are about the same in members ; they are the possessors of three four-oared shells. The Black Rocks were organized in July 1871, and are a very strong club ; they have two four-oared shells. The Celtics were organized on the 19th of July, 1872, and consist of 65 members ; they are the owners of two four-oared shells, and are about sending an order for a four-oared and a single scull shell. The Niagara Rivers were organized in June of this year, and the Scajaguadas in August ; each possesses one four-oared shell. ‘There are five or six yachts here, but little or no interest taken in them. As to regattas, there is poor prospect of having one here this Fall. The Black owing Club speak of getting up one this month—but oe ae ik will re a failure. The Hibernias have de- cided to issue a challenge, (at their next meeting,) to any or all clubs in Buffalo or Toronto ; if this proves true, there FOREST AND STREAM. will be rare sport here this Fall.. There hag been no change in the officers of the fleet or of any club with the exception of the Celtics, who elected the following named persons to fill the vacancies, viz: Thos. Cavanaugh, Treasurer ; Jerry Neihan, Chas. Kennell, Thos. Casey, Directors. —The entries to the National Amateur Regatta, which takes place at Philadelphia October 7th, are unusually large, and an immense number of the friends of the ama- teur rowers are expected to be present. The Philadelphi- ans are doing all in their power to make this regatta a great success, and judging from the list of entries, we should say it is a foregone conclusion. In the four-oared race are the Undines, and three other Philadelphia clubs. From New York, are the Argonautas, Mutuals, Beaverwycks, Nassaus, Harlems, and the Analos- tans. In the double scull race there are five or six entries. In the single scull race there are six from New York, two from Philadelphia, two from Albany, one from Union Springs, one from Grand Haven, Mich., one each from Bal- timore, Rochester, and Washington. If these fifteen en- tries all come to the starting point, and race without afoul, it will remain or. record as one of the greatest feats of the success of amateur oarsmen that the world has ever wit- nessed. —The senior Yale College shell crew have been chosen, and are already in training for the fall regatta, The follow- ing compose the crew: Messrs. Green, Dunning, Water- man, Bristol, Henderson, and Monroe. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ) Irnaca, September 20th, 1878. 4 Eprror ForEsT AND STREAM :— Athletic sports at Cornell University have been, until lately, without firm footing, and accordingly have strugeled to keep alive during the opening years of the University. But at the present time everything, except base-ball, is progressing finely. Last year the officers of the ‘‘Navy” succeeded in clear- ing the organization entirely from debt, leaving it to start the present season financially unembarrassed. The clubs and individuals composing the ‘‘Navy” own the following boat property: Five six-oared shells, two six-oared lapstreaks, one eight-oared barge, one single lap- streak, three single shells; twelve (12) boats in all. There are at present belonging to the different clubs» two silver goblets, to be rowed for annually by the various clubs. These cups are for six-oared shell crews. The ‘‘Navy” directors design to enlarge the boat-house this year,and some new boats secure prizes for single sculls, and encourage competition in all manner of athletics. They will also have agymnasium, organized and in running or- der in a short time, unless the university authorities antici- pate them, by building for the purpose, which they (the au- thorities) have not been ableto do up to the present time. Foot-ball is now in full blast, and a number of matches are ticketed for the next few weeks, The committee of the B. B. Club were able to secure suit- able grounds for playing upon near the close of last year, but toolate for use at that time, so that soon, in all proba- bility, our nines will have a chance to do themselves full justice in the ball field. Our men, as a rule, have very little time to engage in athletic sports, but what time they have they make the most of, and we trust that the time may not be far distant when Cornell can show athletes accomplished, not only mentally, but physically. J J. [From our own Reporter. | —High winds prevented the St. John International Re- gatta from taking place on the day advertised, although up- wards of 20,000 people had assembled to witness the races. The next morning, September 18th, the weather was clear and crisp, and scarcely any wind was felt. The water wus delightfully smooth, and scarcely a ripple disturbed it ; ur- face. At seven o’clock, between four and five tnousand people were on the grounds, and every half hour trains, filled with eager, excited crowds, came up to the station at Riverside. The Alida, the judge’s boat, came upa few minutes after seven. The McLarens, with their fine-boat, were on the water, rowing about, shortly before the Alida hove in sight, and in a few minutes after, the Paris crew glided out from Johnson's, amid cheers from the spectators, They were followed by the Indiantown crew, and finally the Longshoremen, of Portland, bore down the river. ‘The Paris crew took their places first, the McLarens next, then the Longshoremen, and the Indiantown oarsmen last. The men in the competing boats were as follows :— Paris crew—Robert Fulton, stroke; Samuel Hutton, aft midship; Elijah Ross, forward midship; George Price, bow; Carleton, St. John. ay McLaren crew—Robert, James, George, and William Mc- Laren, Carleton, St. John. : hg Longshore crew—J. Conwell, stroke; M. E. O’Brien, aft midship; M. O’Brien, forward, midship; T. Twig, bow; Portland, Me. , ; : Indiantown crew—Ralph McCormack, Dimmock Davis, George Reynolds, George Day; Indiantown. The boats being now in position, the start was made at twenty-one minutes past eight, by a gun fired by one of the starters. The Paris crew went off quite steadily, Price steering. The McLarens got away well, the Longshore- men, with admirable rapidity, rowed with a quick, light stroke, and the Indiantown crew were behind the others from the start. The McLarens, with a tremendoussstroke of 45 to the minute, at the first mile and a half had secured a lead, and the Portland, Me., crew were close behind them; the Paris crew were third, and the Indiantown men still bringing up the rear. On turning the buoy, Hutton’s oar just tipped it, and the Paris crew was ahead, followed closely by the McLarens and the Longshoremen. The row- ing by these three leading crews has rarely been surpassed on any waters, by any oarsmen. The great Paris crew pulled with a brilliant, sprightly stroke, keeping its hot contestants closely in the rear. The most intense excite- ment prevailed among the enraptured spectators, Steadily the Portland crew gained, inch by inch, on the formidable four, and as steadily did the veterans keep ahead. The Longshoremen proved to be foemen worthy of their steel, and perhaps were the most difficult men to beat that ever engaged the champions. This fine crew presented a fine spectacle, as they passed the McLarens, their lithe oars gleaming like shafts of silver, as they struck the water, and sparkled in the sunlight. Every eye was riveted now on these two boats. The greatest excitement was felt, and anxiety was pictured upon every countenance, as the two boats came up, swinging to the goal almost neck and neck. Once the Longshoremen were lapped over the St. John boat, when within a few yards of the goal, but the latter made one of their dashing manceuyers, so familiar to these same worked-up spectators, and the race was won. Over the line went the boat, three-quarters of a length ahead of the men who had worked with such vigor and spirit, and proved themselves such formidable rivals. The McLarens made a good third, and the Indiantown men came in fourth. The time made was 89 minutes 344 seconds and the course was six miles. The single scull race followed after the Inrigger’s four- oared race. This latter was won by the Logan crew, in the “Crown Prince,” colors, pink, and second money was taken by the Harned crew. The event of the day was now called, and five excellent oarsmen took their stations. This was the famous single scull race. Brayley came up first, Fulton and Biglin next, Lovett followed, and Doyle rowed up soon after. The gun started the race at twenty-five minutes past eleven. Biglin had the outside, and Fulton the inside positions, the others were in the middle. All hit the water rapidly and with promptness. Bayley, who is only twenty-two years of age, to the surprise and admiration of every one, took the lead, and rowed with fine effect, eliciting wild cheers and ap- plause from the multitude on the shore. Fulton rowed a long, sweeping stroke, and Biglin had a quick, effective stroke. Half way to the winning point, Fulton and Biglin swept past Brayley, and rowed hard, but without avail, to get away from him. Slowly, but with unerring precision, the two great oarsmen crept upon the plucky youth, and finally passed him, though on he kept, working with a will and ‘‘gamely,” though two boat lengths behind. At this turn of affairs, the people, seeing Brayley’s chances of recov- ering his lost position of no avail, centered their undivided attention upon the two more renowned oarsmen. Now Fulton was ahead, battling in his own peculiar way, and beating the water with his oars; then Biglin came to the front, taking the lead with apparent ease. All along the shore the crowds ran, shouting and chtering to their favor- ites, as each seemed to gain a temporary advantage. At length Biglin appeared to realize the danger of his position, and with a bold spurt made an effort to cross the line first. Fulton was, however, too much for America’s great sculler. His extraordinary powers of endurance were not exhausted, or tired, as he was nerved upfor the task, and with an al- most superhuman effort, made one of his magnificent spurts, and crossed the line the winner, by about four feet. Brayley followed closely on the heels of Biglin, who came in second, Lovett was fourth, and Doyle brought up the rear, but very creditably. After the race, both Fulton and Biglin rowed up to the judge’s boat, and received the an- nouncement that Fulton had won the race in 27 minutes 42 seconds, by a quarter of a boat’s length ahead. Biglin Gisagreed with the judges, and said that he had won. It was, however, submitted to the umpire, Hon. T. R. Jones, who ruled that the race was won by Fulton. No man seemed more surprised at the result than Fulton himself. The rowing of both oarsmen was most admirable, and praiseworthy. Brayley acquitted himself excellently, and is looked upon as the rising oarsman of St. John. His boat had much water in it at the termination of the race. Biglin’s friends were very much incensed that their favorite should have lost, and the result of the coming contest in Halifax, between Brown and Biglin, excites much comment. Brown stock has gone up considerably since the race of to- day. After the scull race, the pair-oared race was called; six boats competed. The McCormacks, in the ‘Brothers’ Pride,” were the winners. Time; 25:50. The scrub race was next in order, and was won easily by the ‘‘Flying Light.” The single scull race for New Bruns- wickers then took place, and was won handsomely by Brayley, in 28:17. Fulton had entered for this race, but did not run. The tub race was won by David O'Neill, in the tub ‘‘Tingilary man.” This race provoked considerable laughter and amusement among the spectators. aoe The regatta closed at about half-past two o’clock. The | gentlemen in charge did their utmost to have everything © conducted on the fairest and most honorable principles, and were eminently successful in carrying out their inten- tions. Mr. D. G. Smith, the indefatigable secretary did by far the greater portion of the making up of the regatta, and was mainly instrumental in bringing it to a proper con- clusion, His arrangements for the accommodation of the representatives of the press, on board the judge’s boat, were most complete and satisfactory. In the evening, bonfires blazed in every quarter of the city, torch-light processions aud bands of music paraded the streets, and the oarsmen were feasted and lionized by the populace. Good ,order §was in every instance main- tained: FOREST AND STREAM. 109 ———— ee a cencteecnseeesssnnesouemenenesssenoee _ : ; Che Horse and the Course, SACRAMENTO, Cal., September 18.—On the second day of the Trotting Fair the attendance of spectators was im- mense, and far exceeded the expectations of the associa- tion. The great event of the day was the contest for a plate prize, valued at $2,000, offered to any horse beating the fastest time made in California, which was 2:174, made by Goldsmith Maid. Governor Stanford’s horse Occident was entered for the plate prize, which he won in the first heat, making the mile in 2:162. The excitement on the an- nouncement of the extraordinary time made was_ intense. Ever since Occident’s defeat by Goldsmith Maid he has been in charge of a new trainer and driver. After Occi- dent making the extraordinary time yesterday of 2:16, Governor Stanford’s friends here prevailed on him to make another trial. Occident was brought upon the track amid the wildest enthusiasm. On the second trial Occident made a bad break. He accomplished the second heat in 2:18. O. D. Hickok, the driver of Lucy, and several other Hastern horsemen were present, and watched both heats. The time cannot be disputed. BanGor, Maine, September 18, 1873.—There was a very large attendance in all the departments of the State Fair. The trotting was witnessed by the largest audience thus far present. The race for 2:48 horses. was won by Palmer Knox. The race for four year olds was won by Princess. The purse for 2:35 horses was won by Phil. Sheridan. WaveERLEY, N. J., Septempter 19.—The races at Waverley on the 19th were better attended and more spirited than on any other day of the season. The racing began at half past one o’clock, the first on the programme being for gen- tlemen’s pairs, for $150, owned in the State. There were six entries, but only three started. At the third trial they got an excellent start. Listener and mate won in 2:554, 3:054, 2:484. The second race was for $375, for horses that had never beaten 2:30. There were nine entries. The third heat was marked by sharp jockeyism. The driver of Susie Clay, J. H. Phillips, had won second money, and on the last quarter he deliberately pulled back out of the posi- tion, and struck Lady Shaw a sharp blow with his whip. She broke, and Waverley passed her, coming in ahead for third money. The best time of the race was made in this heat, Lady Emma crossing the line in 2:39. The day’s races closed with a race for road pairs, owned in the State, for which there were six entries, and a four-year-old race for a purse of $150, for which there were six entries. They were both spirited trots. The race of pairs, which was a half mile dash, was won by Listener and mate easily in 1:254. In the four-year old race, the b. m. Trenton, owned by D. 8. Quinton, was also an easy winner in 2:44, 2:528, and 2:55. FLEETWOOD ParK, September 18.—The second day’s trot on Fleetwood course was largely attended. The first race was for horses that had never beaten 2:35. There were thirteen entries; eight came to the score. Mollie Smith won after a splendid struggle with Tommy; time, 2:354. The race for horses that had never beaten 2:24 was the great event of the day. There were five entries. Crown Prince won by a head. Time, 2:254. SEPTEMBER 22.—Purse of $1,200, for horses that had never beaten 2:31. Mile heats, best three in five, in har- ness. Fleety Golddust won in three straight heats. Time, 2:31, 2:344, 2:313. The last race was for a purse of $2,500, for horses that had never beaten 2:21. Mile heats, best three in five, in harness. Judge Fullerton won in three straight heats. Time, 2:274, 2:25, 2:254. SS es A SAGACIOUS HORSE. ee ee The Bangor (Me.) Whzg tells the following story, illustra- ting the sagacity of a horse owned in that State: ‘‘Captain Frank Lane, who lives on an island near Vinalhayen, has a span of horses. A few weeks since, during the absence of Mr. Lane, oné of the horses backed intoa well about twelve feet deep. His mate immediately started for the house of a neighbor, and by neighing and other ways endeavored to attract the attention of the inmates. Gaining their atten- tion heran back to the well, and evidently tried to induce them to follow him. After repeating this several times, the neighbors became satisfied that something unusual had taken place, followed the horse to the well, and after a little delay gathered a force and rescued his mate from his un- comfortable position. To their astonishment the horse had received no injuries worth mentioning. Upon his return, Mr. Lane had occasion to go down after passengers, and concluded to harness the horse which met with no accident, into a single wagon, and give the other horse an opportu- nity to recover from his bruises. No sooner had he started, than the horse’s mate placed himself by his side, and kept his place down and back, and this was repeated several times when Mr. Lane concluded to again harness them both and let them in future work ‘together in double harness.’” a Ses SS A correspondent of the Western Rural gives this cwre for ring-bone: ‘‘ Pulverized cantharides, oil of spike, oil of origanum, oil of amber, oil cedar, Barbadoes tar, British oil, each two ounces : oil of wormwood, one ounce ; spirits turpentine, four ounces ; common potash, one-half ounce ; nitric acid, six ounces ; oil of vitriol, four ounces ; lard, three pounds. Melt the lard and slowly add the acids ; stir well and add the otheringredients, stirring until cold. Clip off the hair and apply by rubbing and heating into the parts affected. In about three days, or when the part is done running, wash off with suds made with white Castile soap and apply again. In old cases it may take three or four weeks, and in recent cases two or three applications have cured. The remedy has cured cases of long stand- ng.”’ ++ Ts a game eye essential to a hunter? —When Horace Greeley visited Yosemite he picked up in the trail a horse shoe, and hung it on a knot of an oak tree for whoever might choose to use it. No one took it, and in time the knot grew over the horse-shoe, and recent- ly the portion of the tree containing it was brought to San Francisco as a memento of Mr. Greeley’s economy: —“Chan. Reticker,” at the Greenland race course in Kentucky, has performed the feat of riding fifty miles in two and a half hours. Horses were changed on each mile. The total running time was 1 hour, 52 minutes, and 314 seconds. The time lost in changing horses was 12 minutes and 48} seconds, Ten different horses were used. — dtlilitary Jlews. HE United States army comprises an Engineer bat- . talion of five companies, ten regiments of cavalry, five regiments of artillery, and twenty-five regiments of infan- try. The cavalry numbers officers and men, 10,562, the artillery 4,080; the Engineer battalion, 532; the infantry, 16,000 ; these with 985 General and Staff officers, and 400 unattached officers and men, including 300 at the Military Academy, makes the aggregate of the army 32,554. General Sherman commands the army and ranks full general, which rank was created by Congress for General Grant and was continued in the instance of the present Commander. This rank, however, will be vacated with General Sherman, and was only created by Congress to these two officers for their great service to the country. The next in rank is Lieutenant General Sheridan, commanding Division of Missouri, head- quarters Chicago, Il]., and the Major-Generals of the army comprise General Hancock, commanding Division of Atlan- tic, head-quarters New York city, General Schofield, com- manding Division of the Pacific, head-quarters at San Fran- cisco, Cal., and General McDowell, commanding Division of the South, head-quarters Louisville, Ky. There are now six commanding Brigadier-Generals, the number having been decreased, one by the assassination of Brigadier-General Canby in the Modoc War. These comprise Brigadier- Generals Philip St. George Cooke, John Pope, Oliver How- ard, Alfred H. Terry, Edward O. C. Ord and Christoper C, Auger. All of these officers, with the exception of General Howard, are in command of military departments of the above named divisions, General Howard is on the ‘‘ peace” path against the Indians. The four military divisionsof the army are divided into eleven departments as follows : The Military Division of the Missouri, comprising Department of Dakota, Brigadier-General Terry commanding, includes the State of Minnesota and the territories of Dakota and Mon- tana, headquarters St. Paul’s, Minn. ; Department of Mis- souri, Brigadier-General Pope commanding, includes the States of Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois ; territories of Cola- rado and New Mexico and Camp Supply, Indian territory, Department Head-quarters, Fort Leavenworth, Kans&s ; De- partment of the Platte; Brigadier-General Ord commanding, includes the State of lowa and Nebraska, territories of Utah and Wyoming; Head-quarters Omaha, Neb. ; Department of Texas, Brigadier-General Auger commanding, includes State of Texas and the Indian territory, excepting Camp Supply ; Department Head-quarters, San Antonio, Texas. The Division of the Atlantic comprises, Departments of the Hast, and of the Lakes. The Department of the East, in- cludes the New England States and the States of New York (except the Northern frontier, west of Ogdensburg), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, with Department Head-quarters, like those of the Division in New York ciiy, Major-General McDowel commanding. The Department of the Lakes, Brigadier-General P, St. George Cooke com- / manding, includes the States of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana and the Northern frontier, as far east as Ogdensburg, New York ; Department Head-quarters, De- troit, Mich. The Military Division of the Pacific com- prises Departments of California and Arizona. The Depart- ment of California includes the State of Nevada, the post of Fort Hall, Idaho territory, and so much of California as lies north of a line from the northwest corner of Arizona terri- tory to Point Conception, Cal., Department Head-quarters, San Francisco, Cal., under command of Major-General Sco- field. The Department of Arizona includes the territory of Arizona and so much of California as lies south of a line from the northwest corner of Arizona to Point Conception, Cal. ; Department Head-quarters Prescott, A. T., Lieutenant Colonel George Crooke, of the 23d Infantry, in command. The Military Division of the South was abolished with the death of General Thomas, but was afterwards re-established. It comprises the Departments of the South and Gulf. The Department of the South includes the States of North Caro- lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, (including the post in Mobile Bay,) Florida, (except the Gulf post from Pensacola harbor to Fort Jefferson and Key West inclusive, ) Tennessee and Kentucky. Major-General McDowell is in command, head-quarters at Louisville, Ky. The Depart- ment of the Gulf is in command of Colonel W. H. Emory, of the 19th Infantry, head-quarters New Orleans, La., and inéludes the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississppi and the Gulf Ports as far eastward as and embracing Fort Jef- ferson and Key West, Fla., excluding the post in the Mo- bile Bay. The pay and emoluments of army officers, in the active service, varies somewhat according to the arm of the service. Prior to five years service it is annually as follows :—Gene- ral, $13,500; Lieutenant-General, $11,000 ; Major,General, $7,500 ; Brigadier-General, $5,500; Colonel, $3,500 ; Lieu- tenant-Colonel, $3,000 ; Major, $2,500 ; Captain, mounted, $2,000 ; Captain, not mounted, $1,800; Regimental Adju- tant, $1,800; Regimental Quartermaster, $1,800; First Lieutenant, mounted, $1,600 ; First Lieutenant, nof mount- ed, $1,500; Second Lieutenant, mounted, $1,500; Second, Lieutenant, not mounted, $1,400; Chaplain, $1,500. With the exception of the first four grades, after five years ser- vice, 10 per cent. is added to the monthly pay, 20 per cent. after fifteen year’s service, 30 per cent. after fifteen year’s, and 40 per cent. after twenty year’s service. The pay of the retired list among the higher grades varies from $2,000 to $500 less, commencing with the Major General who re- ceives $5,625. Officers of lower grades on the retired list, receive from $40@ to $200 less than the active list. —In consequence of the yellow fever at Shreveport, La., Dry Tortugas, and other portions of the South, the govern- ment has forbidden officers North on leave, or otherwise ab- sent, from stations affected by epidemic disease or from sta- tions that cannot be reached without transit through infect- ed localities, to return until they receive information to the effect that all danger is past. We trust all ofticers of the army on leave will have received this wise information in time. Still we learn two officers of the First Artillery pre- vious to the issue of this order had started to return. Cap- tain Langden returned last week to head-quarters, and Lieu- tenant Ingalls was telegraphically ordered to his station, Dry Tortugas by the Gulf Commander, before his leave had ex- pired. It is almost sure death for any person coming from the North, to proceed to any portion of the South affected with this disease. There have been a few deaths among the officers and men stationed at the localities affected, but we trust as the epidemic is now somewhat subsiding, there wil be no more deaths, The First Artillery, on the 18th inst., lost First Lieutenant, Jas. E. Bell, one of its most faithful officers, by this fell disease. This officer, since August, had been alone in command of that uninviting post Dry Tortu- gas, and when the yellow fever broke out in the garrison he worked like a true soldier in looking after his command, and sending those not affected with the malady, to a safe retreat. He alone, as the only commissioned officer at the post, stayed at his post, and looked after the sick, until relieved by a fellow officer. The relief, unfortunately, came too late to save this noble officer, for he died on the above date, the exposure and exhaustive care of the sick, having been too great for him. Lieutenant Commander A. N. Mitchell, in command of the Pawnee, also died of yellow fever, at Key West, Sept, 14. —Major W. W. Burns, of the Subsistence Department, has been ordered from New York to San Francisco, Cal. having been relieved by Major M. R. Morgan, —General Rufus Ingalls, Assistant-Quartermaster-Genera U.S. A., has left Vienna and its exposition confusions for the tumultuous excitements of the French capital. He isona Government Military Commission and the powers that be, at Washington, exercised excellent judgment when they sent abroad so capable an officer to use his eyes and facu- ties for his country’s good, —The name of the Commissary-General of Subsistence, Brigadier-General Eaton, is peculiarly suggestive of his du ties, Yet, we do not presume, this had anything to do with his appointment ; in fact we feel assured so important a position was secured only by hard fighting, like most merited promotions. —The Engineer Corps of the Army has one Chief of En- gineers; Brigadier-General Humphreys, six Colonels, twelye Lieutenant-Colonels, twenty-four Majors, thirty Captains, twenty-six First Lieutenants and four Second Lieutenants. The Corps of Engineers is one of the most important branches of the service, and its officers are con- stantly showing their work. 'The names of Humphreys, Barnard, Cullen, Benham, Macomb, Tower, Wright, New- ton, Gilmore, Abbot and others are as*household words to the country, and the importance of their undertakings can- not be over-estimated. —One hundred aud fifty recruits have been ordered to the head-quarters Omaha, Neb., Fourth Infantry, in the Department of the Platte, and one hundred and twenty for the Fifth Cavalry, head-quarters Benecia Barracks, Cali- fornia. -—Extensive changes have been made in the location of the officers of the Subsistence Department. —Companies A and I, Fourth Cavalry, have been changed from Fort D. A. Russell W. T., to Fort Fetter- man W. T., company H., from Omaha Barracks, Neb., to Camp Douglas U. T. & Company K,, from’ Omaha Bar- racks, to Fort Bridger. Companies B. C. I. T., Eighth Infan- try have been changed from Omaha, Neb., to Fort D, A. Russell W* T., and Company H., from the same post to Fort Ned Steele W. T. Companies E. & F., Thirteenth In- fantry, have changed from Fort Fetterman, to Fort San- ders W. T. , —The regimental prize for excellence in markmanship for the year 1873, in the Second Cavalry has boen awarded to private Irving Carpenter, he having made the best string at target practice during the year. —The troops of the Yellowstone expedition are to be paid by Major Candee, U. S, Paymaster. He went to St. Paul, Minn., for the funds last week. —Uncle Sam has negotiated with the ‘‘ Crows” for 6,000, - 000 acres of land in Montana for $100,000. —Assistant Surgeon, A. A. Yeomans, stationed at Fort Garland C. T., Sept. 5, was sent under escort to the Na- tional Insane Asylum, Washington. What is the difference between a bald head and a starv- ing beagle?—One: is found without hair; and the other is hound without fare. Can buffalo killing be good for bisoness? * 110 | At and Drama. HE appearance of Salvini in ‘‘Othello” has been the theatrical sensation of the preceding weck, and, although his splendid abilities have not, we think, received the recognition from the press they justly deserve, still, he has made a splendid impression, and satisfied the true lov- ers of the drama in its best estate that intellectual per- formances still hold their sway over the hearts of the people. He will create a revolution in favor of *something better than sensation and scenery, and we already see indications that we believe will end in the revival of the production of legitimate drama. Our readers will remember that, up to the time of Ristori’s appearance, Mrs. Lander and Mrs, Bowers were without engagements; but after the Italians gave ‘‘Elizabeth,” the English version was called for, and the two ladies we have mentioned filled successful engage- ments for one or two years, One of the interesting events connected with Salvini’s ap- pearance is, that we have had the pleasure, for the first time in New York, of witnessing a play laid in Italy by Shakspeare, illustrated by the Italian mind. A great deal of interesting writing might be produced to show how dif- ferently the warm-blooded Southerner translates the pas- sions, compared with the colder northern ‘natures, and cer- tainly Salvini.and his company have given us commentaries that will make a lasting impression on all who saw them. Inthe first scene Othello is a thorough gentlemen, a man of great attention to etiquette, princely in his bearing, and of such heroic stuff, that we do not revolt at the fact that he won the heart of the gentle Desdemona. This phase is the artificial product of a nature, wild and of untamed stock, and itis a magnificent study to notice how the Moor, in Salvini’s hands, after having had his coarscr nature roused by suspicions against his wife, gradually becomes the thor- ough savage again; his civilization on!y adding to his inate cunning an inborn barbarism. Of the wonderful differences displayed by the Italian, over the traditionary manner of Garrick, Cooke, and the elder Booth, we will only mention the scene of the murder of Desdemona. Salvini'’s Moor dwells upon the contemplated sacrifice with the gloatings of a hungry tiger, toys with his victim, until the audience is filled to the verge of horror, and all this is done directly be- fore the audience foot-lights, fifty feet away from the suspen- ded draperies that hide the couch. At an unexpected mo- ment the Moor makes his long contemplated spring, seizes his vietim, and bears her roughly across the stage, just as a tiger drags the terrified kid to the jungles, and plunges her —to the great relief of the now painfully wrought-up audi- ence—behind the curtains. In the dead silence which en- sues, the faces of the audience blanched with imaginary murder, enacted, but for details, left to their own imagina- tions, and when the Moor, having accomplished his bloody. work, in answer to the call of Iago’s wife, with a face the impersonation of horror and remorse, peeps from behind these curtains, the dramatic climax is complete. Nothing could be more effective, more thoroughly cruel, yet most refined; making Shakspeare’s stage directions, and the fol- lowing of them by the great tragedians, of smothering Des- demona before the audience, by contrast a vulgar tenement- house murder. j As most of our active critics of the press have neyer seen any of these higher demonstrations of the power of thé actor over the audience, they were, and are evidently bewildered; one went so far, we understand, as to denounce Shakspeare’s tragedies, as not intended for the stage, only to be read inthe closet, But tradition, regarding the pow- er of delineating the human passions by these great mas- sters, though they now seem exaggerated, are not, probably, upto the truth. Wesaw the elder Booth in ‘‘New Way to Pay Old Debts,” so fearfully earnest in the last scene, that the entire stock company, including Mr, Blanchard and Mrs. Hamblin, lost their presence of; mind, andjfollowed the fainting, dying form of Sir Giles off the stage, to sce the end of the tragedy. Wehave precedents of the effect of this intense style, in the remarkable anecdote relating, that Kit North, Byron, Kelly, and Keats went one night to Drury Lane, to witness the elder Keene, in ‘‘Richard the III.” As the play pro- gressed, Byron became so clutched the shoulders of those beside him,and finally,in the -ecstacy of his emotion, fainted away, and was carried In- sensible from the house. Because we have no stage where the mirror is held up to nature in its highest developments, it is a mistake to sup- pose that nature has ceased to exist; hence, it has but im- perfect recognition before the foot-lights. No changes haye taken place in the theatres, this last week, except at the Grand Opera House, where the produc- tion of a new ‘‘crowning sensational; and roman- tic spectacular drama,” entitled the “Haunted House,” was, for the first time, enacted on Tuesday night. This constant succession of sensational scenery plays, shows that the public never seem to tire of them. How would it do to have the scenery run in and out upside down, and the actors perform on their heads? The patent right de- manded for the suggestion. BROOKLYN. The new Park Theatre is giving, with great success, the pest English comedies. The Brooklyn Theatre is doing the legitimate in tragedy. Mr. Wallack is to appear atthe Park in alocal play. It is announced. that Nilsson, with her troupe, will ap- pearin Brooklyn, at the Central Congregational Church, on the23d of October; One would think we were to have sacred concerts. _ THE DANISH STorY TELLER. - son, thé Danish story-teller. | called one of the line of men of genius, the founder of a school of litera- ture for children, well known by his writings throughout Christendom, in Odense as the guest of the citizens. excited that he violently FOREST AND STREAM. . DRAMATIC NOTES. Miss Rose Eyting appears in a new play at the Union Square Theatre, October Ast. On a provincial concert given awhile since, three encores ; were accorded to three musicians, each responded to for different versions of ‘‘Home Sweet Home.” On the occa- sion it was understood that Miss Kellogg, soprano, intend- ed to sing that favorite air, but the audience encored a musical instrument solo, and the performer answered with “Home Sweet Home.” Miss K. remonstrated. A very cel- ebrated pianist followed, and to the encore which greeted him, he replied with ‘“Home Sweet Home,” with splendid variations. Miss K. became indignant at this seeond inter- ference with the programme, gave the vocal version of the great Englist melody, and the audience, for the third time, treated the popular musician with enthusiastic applause, which was answered by a repetition. Slew Publications. ayy [Publications sent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all books delivered at our Hditorial Rooms will be promptly acknowledged in the next issue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advising us of any omission in this resnect. Prices of books inserted when desired. | — ——— > - Hurd & Houghton. River- side Press, Cambridge, Mass. One of the most remarkable men of the age is Hans Christian Ander- He strictly belongs to what may justly be and by his presence not only in Denmark, his native country, but in the literary, artistic, and court circles of France, Germany, England, and ‘Italy, where his matvefe and unaffected simplicity of affection have made him known and honored. He was born in Odense, Denmark, on _the second of April, 1805, in the one room which his father and mother occupied, which seryed alike for house and shoemaker’s shop. He left town at avery early age to seek his fortune, and in 1867 he was received The houses were all illuminated, a banquet was given in his honor, and he was presented with the free- dom of the city. In the sixty-two years that lie between these dates; and-in the six years since then, is the story of a life full of varied lights and shades. His father was a young man of poetic mind, always hun- gering after a richer life than that of making shoes; his mother a simple, ‘superstitious, and affectionate woman. In their one room began his life- and his earliest reccollections furnished him with scenes which afters wards he wove into his stories. ‘Our little room, he says, ‘‘ which wa, almost filled with a shoemaker’s. bench, the bed, and my crib was the abode of my childhood; the walls were; however, covered with pictures, and over the work-bench was a cupboard containing books and songs; the little kitchen was full of shining plates and metal pans, and by means of a ladder it was possible to go out on the roof, where in the gutters between our house and the neighbor's there stood a great chest filled with soil, mother’s sole garden, where she grew her vegetables. In my story of the "Snow Queen’ that garden still blossoms,” He grew into a tall ungainly lad, as shy as a girl, and yet so simple- hearted that he was ready to confide to the utmost in any one who smiled on him. At a charity school he learned just a little, but that little so earefully that long afterwards he suffered. for the lack of such common knowledge even as how to spell. It was now, too, he began to associate more with others, and like his companions, to go through eatechism, preparatory to confirmation. He tells a little story here of himself, which shows whence ‘‘The Red Shoes” came from. ‘‘An old female tailor altered my deceased father’s great-coat into a confirmation suit for me; neyer befere had I worn so good a coat. _ I had also for the first time in my life, apair of boots. My delight was extremely great; my only fear was that everybody would not see them, and, therefore I drew them up over my trousers, and thus marched throngh the church. The boots creaked, and that inwardly pleased me; for thus the congrega- tion would hear that they were new. My whole devotion was disturbed. I was aware of it; and it caused me a horrible pang of conscience that my thonghts should be as much with my new boots, as with God. I prayed Him earnestly from my heart to forgive me, and then again thought about my new boots.”’ | When he set out for Copenhagen, &e had a little sum of money and his coufirmation suit, and unbounded confidence in eyery one. He had an innocent way of going right up to people and asking for what he wanted, The theatre was to him the most beautiful place in the world; and he was ready todo anything that would be in place there—dance;: sing, or act. So he went to the manager, and asked for an engagement, The manager looked at him, and said, ‘‘Ho, your are too thin for the theatre.’ “Oh,” replied Anderson, ‘‘ only engage me, with one hundred tix dollars salary, and I shall soon get fat... From this time, the poor boy lived, he scarcely knew how, but he was possessed of the rare quality of attracting people's attention by his ingenious drollness. He at least had the good fortune of attracting the attention of good Coun- cillor Collin, who took him as his own sou and began to educate him. He here collated his odd conceits, and his grotesque fancies took shape; the boy student became the man of power. His plays—for he wrote them now—appeared upon the stage, and were acted. He now com- manded attention, and this simple childlike boy became eminent asa writer of childrens’ stories which have since found a tongue in many languages. The old legends of his country are revived again, and he has giyen to the world the keen amusement of many anhour. Among his stories we may name—The Improvisatore; The Two Baronesses, O. T.; Only a Fiddler; The Constant True Soldier; The Top and the Ball; Old Shut Eye, and many others. . Hurd & Houghton have recently issued The Story of my I4fe, with por- trait; a valuable and intensely interesting work, which we recommend to our many readers, as deserving a place in their libraries, and which should haye a prominent place in eyery household. The entire series of his works, are comprised in ten volumes, crown octavo size, two of which, Wonder Stores, are elegantly illustrated. The volumes are sold separately, the price for the series being $18.75. Tue Oxrorp Mreruopists. One vol., 8 yo,, 416 pages. By Rey..L. Tyeman. New York: Harper & Bros. - All who haye read The Life and Times of John Wesley, by the same author, will hail this work with pleasure. Those who have read the won- derful history of the great Methodist movement of the last century, will be glad to welcome this supplementary work, which so clearly and plainly throws much light upon one of the greatest events in the his. tory of religon. Many old and pleasing memories of men. eminent and - great, who labored so hard in that grand work of reclaiming the Eng- lish masses, the laboring men of what was termed the Georgian era, from a deeper slough of despond, than that Bunyan describes in his Pilgrim's Progress—the depths of a wretched materialism—these men are not forgotten. Their names shine with an undiminished lusture. These were among the great men of the times, and by their works of kind- liness are they known. We. welcome this yolume as one sure to. do good. When we read of such men as James Hervey, one of the old. Oxford Methodists in this work, when such old golden memories are againrevived, we are sure a good work will go on and prosper even to the-end. _ a OxpPoRT Days. By Colonel Higginson. Boston: James |R. Osgood & Co. , : ie & “eG: noe This collection of yery lively and highly interesting historical and other stories; ten in number, is like the call of-old and remembered friends whom we are always glad to hail, and this collection of the old times and localities of Newport, has for all lovers of Colonel Higgin- son’s writings and stories (and who does not love to read them), a double interest when presented in thisnew and very acceptable form, by Os- good & Co. To all who know Newport, it is pleasant, to follow the au- thor again in his tour of observations about the old place. Here we have Oldport Wharves; The Haunted Window, A Driftwood Fire; An Artist's Creation; Ina Wherry; Sfadam Delia's Pxpectations; Sunshine and Petrarch; A-Shadow; Footpaths, Oldport in Winter. These sketches and: stories will be new to a large portion of our read- ers, and the pnblishers’ are entitled to. much credit for the beautiful and appropriate style in which the book is issued. Mr. Higginson has long possessed: the reputation of being one of ony best writers, and we are much gratified in welcoming to public notice these stirring memories and scenes of New England. We would like to notice this work at length, but have to content ourselves with only a short extract. . “The hat is, here, what itis stillin Southern Europe—the lineal successor of the sword asthe mark of a gentleman. Itisnoticed that, in going from Oldport to New York or Boston, one is liable to be betrayed by an oyer-flourish of the hat, as isan Arkansas man by a display of the bowie-knife. Woman's faces are apt to take, from old age, a finer touch than those of men, and poverty does not interfere with this, where there isno actual exposure to theelements. From the windows of these old houses there often look forth delicate faded countenances, to which be longs an air of unmistakable refinement. Nowhere in America, I fancy, does one see such counterparts of the reduced gentlewoman of England —as described for instance, in ‘ Cranford,’'—quiet maiden ladies of seventy, with, perhapsa tradition of beauty and bellehood, and stil] wearing, always, a bit of blue ribbon on their once golded curls—this head-dress being still carefully arranged, each day, by some hand-mai- den of sixty, so long a house-mate as to seem a sister,—though some faint suggestion of wages and subordination may still be preserved: Among these ladies— as in.‘ Cranford —there is a dignified reticence in respect to money matters, and a courteous blindness to the small econo- mies practiced by each other. Itis not held good breeding when they meet in the shop of a morning, for one to seem to notice what another buys. These ancient ladies have coats-of-arms upon their walls, heredi- tary damasks among their; scanty wardrobes, stores of domestic tradi- tions in their brains, and a whole court-guide of high-sounding names at their fingers’ ends. They can tell you of the supposed sister of an Eng- lish Queen, who married an American officer and dwelt in Oldport; of the Scotch Lady Janet, who eloped with her tutor, and here liyed in poy- erty, paying her washerwoman with costly lace from her trunks; of the Oldport dame who escaped from France at the opening of the reyolu. tion, was captured by pirates on her voyage to America, then retaken by a privateer and carried into Boston, where she took refuge in John Han- cock'’s house. They can describe to you the Malbone Gardens, and as the night wanes and. the embers fade, can give the tale of the Phantom of Rough Point. Gliding farther and farther into the past, they revert. to the brilliant historic period of Oldport, the successive English and French occupations during our Reyolution, and show you gallant in- scriptions in honor of their grandmothers, written on the window panes by the dimonds rings of the foregn officers.”’ THE Farr Gop. By Gen. Lew Wallace. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. “A This is not what may be strictly called a sensational novel, and the lovers of mere sensationalism, will perhaps be disappointed in not find- ing intense and passional emotions, and these subjects treated in that high toned style, found in the description of all modern love stories, In this they will pro bably be disappointed, for the heroine is made to act and talk like arational, reasonable girl. This work hasmuch of an historical character, as it delineates in a pleasant, concise narrative many iterest- ing events of the period called Aztec life; the Mexican conquest, by Cortez. No one who has recently written upon this subject, has or can produce a more readable work upon this interesting race, than the au- thor of this book, This work will bear a careful re-reading with pleasure and profit. CALIFoRNIA. _ A. book for travelers and settlers in Cali- fornia. By Charles Nordhoff. New York: Harper & Bros: We are very. glad to see in a beautiful and fitting binding this finely illustrated work by Nordhoff. Although. some portions of the same have heretofore graced the magazine, it is nevertheless new to many, even who have read it before. It deserves a prominent place upon the centre table of our New York and Boston friends, PopuLtsaR Screnck Montaiy, October. New York: D. Appleton & Co. = | * ‘ This Magazine is at hand, aud isan unusually interesting number. From the yery beginning of this work the interest and value of the same has been an acknowledged fact: scattering its light and scientific infor- mation far and wide, with an undimmed lustre. Weare always sure of something solid, and satisfactory when we open a new number of this work. The number for October is particularly interesting as con- taining a very interesting article upon the-moon, by Proctor, with graphic illustrations, which taken with the text:makes the wonderful phenomena of the moon and its surroundings like an open book. This articleis of itself worth the price of the yolume. Astronomy has for years been called a dry, prosaic study; let any one read carefully this article and he will rise from its perusal with the conviction, that there is a literature, as well.as law, to the astronomical world: This article amply redeems astronomy fromthe charge of ‘‘ dullness,” for since the hour the ‘‘morn. ing stars sang together with gladness,’’ the golden legends of the heay- enly bodies, in their wonderful orbits have been like to one grand epic of the omnipotent power of God as revealed in the wonders of the heay- ens. This number contains many other very interesting papers of much value, which we reluctantly pass at this time. Tory Mer py Cancer. . By Olive Logan. New York: Adams, Victon & Co. . This is one of the most absorbing books of the day. It may truly be called the story of aheart. Itis forcibly written, and will hayes large sale, as it possesses all the clements of a first class novel. There isa spice of real fun, running through this work rarely found, and for origi- nality, sterling sense, and character picturing, we huve rarely seen its | equal. The contents from which something of the character of the book may in @ measure be judged, .are as follows, viz:—*‘ The Man from Osh- cosh;" ‘*The Chicago Hog Merchant; ‘‘The Horse Mad Quaker City Gent; ““The Two Society Belles;"’ ‘“‘The California Widow;” ‘‘The Man She Netted;”’ “‘The Pious Sewing Woman; ‘‘The Pacific Sport,” 1_ yol., 12 mo; Cloth $1.50. a rs ANNOUNCEMENTS. : —__+__—. As the Christmas and New Year's holidays draw near, the cursory notes of preparation among the publishers are heard and seen. The House of Hurd & Houghton, Riverside Press, Cambridge, have in press, and will shortly publish quite a number of valuable and interest ing works. Among them we notice Bianca Cdppello: A tragedy in five acts, by Elizabeth C. Kinney. The fair authoress is well Known to the reading public through her poems; and her newspaper- communications; written during her many years’ residence in Italy. Her drama was com- posed at Florence, the land.of romance and story. It reveals a deep and sad story, in which the tragic elementiis intermingled with the loye and hate of the beautiful and guilty Bianca. i H = THE GRAMMAR or ParnTING AND ENeravine. Lliustrated from the pencil of Charles Blanc, “ Grammarine des Arts du Des sin.” By Mrs. N. Daggett. With the original illustrations, in one volume, quarto. : (4 ©, oi Se This will be a fitting companion for Mrs. Clement’s Handbooks. The - ilustrations are exceedinly beautiful and of great value to the art student Hotels and Sumner Resorts: St.John’s Hotel, PALATKA, E. FLA., P. & H. PETERMANN, Proprtertors. This well-known resort for Winter has been newly urnished throughout, combining first-class table with every convenience and comfort to guests. UNITED STATES HOTEL, —CORNER OF— Fulton, Water and Pearl Sts., J. L. TRUMAN, G. L. Peasopy, ap roprietors. NEW YORK Mansion House, BUFFALO, F. E. HODGES, PROPRIETOR. BUTTERFIELD HOUSE, OSCAR L. STONE & CO., Proprietors. UTICA, NEW YORK. ROSSIN HOUSE. Toronto, Canada. SHEARS & SON, Proprietors. This house isa fayorite resort for Geatlemen Sports- men, from all parts of the United States and Canada. Spartsmen's Gaads. BROOKLYN CUN EMPORIUM E. H. MADISON, DEALER IN Guns and Gunning Material, 564 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. Sporting Goods OUGHT, SOLD, EXCHANGED, AND ON HIRE, Special attention paid to Fine Guns and Breach-Loaders, &c. Repairing of every descrip- tion.a specialty. Cop sent everywhere by express, marked BRADFORD & ANTHONY, BOSTON, DEALERS IN SKATES AND SKATE STRAPS, Are Agents for the United States, for b Skates, Sf ss : zi Forhe’s Patent ACME Clu RE The only reliable and really Seyr-FasTENING SKATE ever invented... Agents also, for Winslow’s Wood Top and Lapis’ SKATES, Barney & Berry’s Club and Rink Skates. A full line of best quality Buckle Straps for Skates 178 Washington Street. _AVILUDE, TOTEM. SNAP West & Lee, PUBLISHERS OF Natural History Series of GAMES, AND MANUFACTURERS OF ChLY ALRITE, Worcester, Mass. * EsTABLISHED IN 1835. 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Parties ordering Sculls or Oars will state whether they are to be round or square looms, if sculls; whether for open-hand, over-hand or cross-hand rowing, naming amount of over-lap of hands in inches; give-extra length; distance from inner face of rowlock to end of handle, when the scull or oar is in position, and how finished. © : We have the most Perfect Life Preservers in the Market. —ALSO— RECORDING STEAM GAUGES, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, é&c., ce. O INGERSOLL’S PAINT WORKS, OFFICE AND DEPOT No. 189 SOUTH STREET, HOW EVERY MAN Can Paint and Select his own Colors | —FOR— HOUSES, And many useful hints how to save money. Specimens of Colors, Chemical Analysis of Paints, etc., etc. This Paint will last for twenty years, and its superiority has has been amply attested. * Le che Me tn eee eS Pe A Complete and Very Cheap Home, ONLY $5,000, 10 Per Cent. Cash and the balance in Monthly Payments on long Mortgage. 6 miles from New York in the beautiful village of Flushing... 8 Bed. Rooms, Parlor, Dining Room, Lib- rary, &c., Mansard Slate Roof, filled in with Brick, Gas, Water, &c. A Commutation Ticket free for one sai Address, BOX 142, P. 0. girinting, WILBUR & HASTINGS, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, Printers, Lithographers, 40 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. Corner of Pear! Street. B ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. 10: FREDK, T. HOYT, CHAS. E, THALE, _ WM. M. LITTLE, (Specal.) t BROOKLYN. One Price, Goods Marked in Plain Figures. Kar Sale. Live Moose for Sale! Collectors of animals, will find a rare opportumity of purchasing, at a low rate, two very fine specimens. The Calf, a cow, is two month’s old; the Bull is about one year old. Both are gentle and in fine condition. Can be shipped to any part of the country. For price and further particulars, address FOREST AND STREAM OFFICE, Yachts for Sale. A few new Yachts, 50 by 17 feet beam, about 20 tons will be sold. Make an offer. Address, P, O. BOX 142, N. Y. ~ Road Stock. Three fine young horses, best stock, fast. Will be sold by the advertiser, for the cost of raising Address BOX 142, P. O. Miscellaneous Advertisements. IVES & ALLEN, MONTREAL, CANADA. \ | ANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE, STOVES, IRON RAILINGS, WIRE WORK, &c. Also, a class of wrought iron work known as Medieval Iron Work, FOR CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &c., &c. Entrance Gates for Parks and Residences A SPECIALTY. Brook "Trout, PAWN AND YOUNG FISH FOR sale. FRED MATHER, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. to Ponds laid out and instructions given. tf JOHN MERRY & CO., Manufacturers of AMERICAIN CALVANIZED SHEET IRON, (LIoN AND PHENIX BRANDS.) ri os Galvanizing’and Tinning to Order 20; 46 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. THE TWO SUCCESSFUL BOOKS OF THE SEASON, I. Hallock’s Fishing Tourist, The Fishing Tourist, Angler’s Guide ond Reference Book. BY CHARLES HNALLOCK, Secretary of the ““Blooming-Grove Park Association.” ILLUSTRATIONS, CROWN 8v0:, CLorir $2.00. Mr. Charles Hallock is one of the few gentlemen who write a book mainly for the reason that they have some- thing to write about—have something to tell the public which the public desires to know. 'The shortest routes to pleasure are laid down, and correct information is given as to the best means of conveyance, the expense of the trip, the secrets of the Commissariat, etc. The author has avoided the use of technical terms, and thus made his volume all the more acceptable.— Ti, Kield and Farm. i Vi. Prime’s [Go A Fishing, IGoA Fishing, wv W. C. Prior, author of ‘‘ Boat Life in Egypt,’’ ‘‘ Tent Life in the Holy Land,” ete. CROWN 8VO, CLOTH, BEVELED EDGES, $2.00 It abounds in pleasant episodes, charming and yig- orons: descriptions of scenery and character, is distin- guished by a refined wit, a droll humor, a strong love of the beauties of nature, and an enthusiastic devotion to the piscatorial sport, This book will please all who admire heartiness of style and exhuberance of anima spirits in their authors, There are. sg6me-interesting and well-told stories scattered’ through the yolume, which exhibits on almost every page the handiwork of aman of graceful culture and wide reading,— Boston Daily Globe. O Published hy Harper & Bros., N.Y. O HARPER & BROTHERS, will send either of the above works by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of United States, on receipt of price. THE NASHVILLE DAILY AND WEEKLY REPUBLICAN BANNER, PUBLISHED AT THE CAPITAL AND CHIEF Con- MERCIAL CENTRE OF TENNESSE. 30: Is the oldest established paper in the State, and ony the largest circulation ae any daily and weekly south of the Ohio, ontside of Louisville and New Or- leans. Circulates daily on six lines of railroads enter- ing the City, and in every Town, Village and’ Hamlet in the State and north Georgia and Alabama and southern Kentucky. Sample copies sent free on demand. 20% Best Advertising Medium in its Section. 40% Addréss ROBERTS & PURVIS, NSAHVILLE, TENN. at In) UF FLORIDA By J. C. MAYNARD. 10) The Work will be issued to subscribers in parts PRICE $1.00 FOR EACH PART, PAYABLE ON DELIVERY, OR TEN DOLLARS IN ADVANCE FOR THE COMPLETE WORK. THE WORK WILL CON- SIST OF AT LEAST —TWELVE PART S,— And will make a volume of about Three Hundred Large Quarto Pages, containing Five Colored Plates of new or little known species of Birds and Eggs. oO Upwards of 250 species of Birds found in Florida by the author will be described in detail from the specimens and the observations on their habits, etc., will be en- tirely from the author’s original notes. A prospectus containing seyeral pages taken from the body of the work, and an uncolored plate, will be forwarded to persons wishing further knowledge of the work before subseribing. ~ The usual arrangements will be made with the trade, and parties can subscribe through any bookegeller, or by sending direct to 6-10 THE AUTHOR AT IPSWICH, MASS. 112 FOREST AND STREAM. FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL. DEVOTED To FIELD AND AQuatic SPORTS, PRACTICAL NaturRaL History, Fish CutturRE, THE PROTEC- TION OF GAME, PRESERYATION OF KORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WoMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST IN OuT-DooR RECREATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 103 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, Terms, Five Dollars A Year, Strictly in Advance. A discount of twenty per cent. for five copies and upwards. Any person sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s “ FISHING TOURIST,’ postage free. Advertising Kates. In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12 lines to the inch, 25 cents perline. Advertisments on outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Advertisements in double column 25 per cent. extra. Where advertisements are inserted over one month, a discount of 10 per cent. will be made; over three months, 20 per cent.; over six months, 30 per cent. The object of this journal willbe to studiously pro- mote a healthful interest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural objects. We es- pecially desire to make the Forrest AND STREAM the recognised medium of communication between ama- teurs and professional sportsmen. All of us have something to impart, whick if made available to each other, willin time render us proficient in all those several branches of physical culture which are absolute- ly essential to our manhood and well-being, both as in- dividual men and as anation. A practical knowledge of natural history must of necessity underlie all at- tainments which combine to make a thorough sports- man. Itis not sufficient that aman should be able to knock over his birds dexterously right and left, or cast an inimitable fly. He must learn by study and experience the haunts and habits of the game or fish he seeks. If he depend altogether upon his dog’s nose, or upon his henchmen, he will some day have to retire from the field in mortification and dis- grace. Therefore it is that we shall study to give practical instruction in the most attractive depart- ments of natural history. We shall not forget the technicalities of the craft either, but take pleasure in designating the best localities for hunting and fishing, outfits, implements, remedies, routes, distances, breeds of dogs, &c. Each number will contain a paper de- scriptive of a particular animal, bird, or fish, with some instruction as to its habits, haunts and mode of cap- ture, and the period when itisin season. We have arranged to receive regular weekly reports of the fish- ing and shooting in yarious parts of the country. Yachting and boating will be encouraged, and yacht news be made an especial feature of the paper. A reasonable space will be given to athletic sports and those out-door games in which ladies can participate. Ina word, every description of game that is in vogue among respectable people, and of value as a health- giving agent or recreative amusement, will be consid- ered and its practice encouraged. Nothing that de- moralizes or brutalizes, nothing that is regarded as ‘sport’? by that low order of beings who, in their in- stincts are but a grade-higher than the creatures they train to amuse them, will find favor in these columns. To horse news we shall devote some space, giving a record of leading races and meetings and current eyents, but we shall not make it a feature of this jour- nal. We leave this department to others, much more competent than ourselves, who are recognised through- out the country as exponents of the turf, and as au- thority in stock, pedigree and kind. We yield to no one, howeyer, in our love and appreciation of the horse and his estimable qualities. The noblest of all ani- mals, and the companion alike of men of high and low degree, he has never become contaminated by the moral atmosphere by which he is often surrounded, or degraded below the high rank to which his attributes entitle and assign him. To the forest, lawn and garden we assign full place. For the preservation of our rapidly diminishing for- ests we shall continually do battle. Our great inter- ests are in jeopardy—even our supply of drinking wa- ter is threatened, from the depletion of our timber- lands by fire and axe, It is but proper to state here that the gentleman in charge of this department is the well-known ‘‘Olipod Quill,” who was connected with the Agriculturist newspaper from the start, and a co-laborer with the lamented Downing for many years. Much valuable information will be found in this de- partment. Our military department is intended to comprise merely a weekly summary ‘of news for officers and soldiers upon the frontier—such news as the casta- ways would enjoy to receive in a “‘letter from home;” and we trust that many of them will be inclined to send us in return some account of their hairbreadth experiences among the Indians, the buffaloes, the griz- glies and the antelopes. We of the Hast are not thoroughly familiar with the varied species of game in the far Northwest, and would like to receive full information especially of the numerous Cervus family and of the Rocky Mountain sheep. This department is under the charge of a distinguished army officer. * Our dramatic and art column will be prepared by Colonel T. B, Thorpe, and must at once become popu- Jar with all our readers who are interested in these matters. We shall occupy an independent position, and throw our efforts in behalf of competent reform. We shall perhaps even clamor for it. Our columns will always contain the cream of the atest foreign sporting news. In a word, we are prepared to print a /ive paper and a useful one. We shall not be parsimonious in secur- ing the best material for its columns. We are con- vinced that there is a standard of eminence and useful- ness not yet fully attamed by any sporting journals in this country. ‘'T'o this we aspire. Tt will be our am- bition to excel; and we have relinquished a life of ease and semi-indolence to take charge of the enterprise. This not of our own free choice, but at the solicitation of many hundreds of friends and strangers. We are ably assisted in our labors by a corps of valuable as- sociates—men of age and experience, all of whom, with single exception, have been identified with leading ournals for years. Mr. Simzon A. ATKINSON, connected with tne Georgia press for over twenty years, has charge of the business affairs of the Company. GHARLES HALLoon, Managing Editor, HUMORS OF SPORTING LIFE Jim.—‘‘ Knowin’ Dorg that, eh, Bill? tt Knows moren a man,” Sportsmen's Goods. GUNS AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Oo; Smith & Squires, 523 Broadway and 50 & 52 Chatham St. IMPORTERS OF MUZZLE AND BREECH-LOADING GUNS OF ALL GRADES, AIR AND DART-GUNS AND CAP RIFLES. We have agood line of W. & C. Scott & Son’s, Westley Richard’s, W. W. Greene’s, J. Hollis & Son’s and other makers. Wesend a genuine Westley Rich- ard’s Muzzle-Loader, with Hawksley Flask, Pouch and Cleaning Rod, nicely packed for shipping, at $75.00. “On ALL GUNS WARRANTED, AND CAN BE EX- AMINED BEFORE PAYMENT, 10: SenD For Price List. W. & C. Scott & Son's Illustrated Book on Breech Loaders sent on receipt of 25¢. 4-13, NO COMMISSION CHARCED and Guns, Fishing Tackle, Base Ball Cricket Goods, Standard Sporting Books forwarded at Manufacturer’s and Publisher’s lowest rates. Address for particulars UNITED STATES AND CANADA PURCHASING AGENCY , 00 Chatham St. New York. . ALBERT C. KUCK. (Successor To N. J. PLUMB,) No. 32 PARK ROW, NEW YORK. Opposite New P. O. IMPORTER OF Needles & Hish-tooks AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FISHING TACKLE, GUNS, REVOLVERS, Skates & Sporting Goods. h-Loading prec’ Ub. OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS, Fishing Tackle —AND— SPORTSMEN’S GOODS, IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY BARTON, ALEXANDER & - WALLER, 101 & 103 DUANE ST.. NEW YORK. —— Agents for ‘he United States Arms Company’s Repeating Pistols, Sportsmen's Gaads. REMINGTON’S Sporting, Hunting and Target Breech-Loading LSC STH Oo Long Range Match Rifles for ““Creedmoor” Shoot- ing, now ready. The same as won the ‘Turf, Field and Farm” Radge, Aug. 2, and ‘‘Ama- teur Rifle Club” Badge, Aug. 9. See re- ports. Unequalled for accuracy by either Breech or Muzzle-Load- ers of other makers. For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, quality of workmanship and material, accuracy of range, and penetration, WITHOUT COMPARISON. ‘It is a noteworthy fact that though many different kinds of rifles were used in the several matches, includ- ing the conyerted Springfleld, Remington, Metford, Ballard.and Ward Burton Rifle, every prize in all the matches was won by those who fired with the Reming- ton rifle, except the last.”-—From V. ¥. Times, June 22, 1873.—(See fnll report, ) The Remington Rifle won Twenty-two out of Twenty-three Prizes at the Creedmoor Meeting, June Y1, 1872. Also, Revolving, Repeating, Deringer, aad Vest Pocket PISTOLS & RIFLE CANES. E. REMINGTON & SONS, 281 and 283 Broadway, N. Y. OR, ARMORY, ILION, N. Y. CUT THIS OUT AND SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST. ANDREW CLERK & CO. 48 Maiden Lane, N. Y., Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in SHING TACKLE On hand the largest ana best assortment ever ex- hibited in the United States. They particularly call attention to their TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS. Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES, And every Variety and Style of FisH HOOK S. Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, the Adirondacks, &c., &e. ; ——:0:—— Split Bamboo,’ Trout and Salmon Rods and Reels a Specialty. ——:0:—— Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im- porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled - 4-29 Hyed Needles. F. GROTH. A. JOS. KAPP, A. H. GROTE F.CROTE & CO. Turners & Dealers in Ivory, ee s- 114 East 14th St., N.Y. Billiard Balls, Cloth, Cnes, &c. Ten Pin Balls and Tyory and Bone Checks, and all other kinds of Tvery Goods, 4-56 Hiscellaneans Advertisements, “Absolutely the best protection against fire.” for ‘Its Record.” F. W. FARWELL, Secretary, 407 BROADWAY , NEW YORK Send Cures Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Neuralgia Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, Rheu- matism, Chilblains, Strains, &e, A SPECIFIC FOR BITES OF INSECTs, The Deobstruent allays Inflammation, removes the obstructions, reopens and stimulates the circulation cleanses, soothes and heals more rapidly than any other known preparation. For sale by all Drugeists Samples Free! Ask forit! Test it! Ward, Russell & Co., 28 AND 30 Funton St., N. Y Mor Savannah, Ga. THE FLORIDA PORTS AND: THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEsT. 0 Great Southern Freight ana Passenger Line, Central Railroad of Georgia, and Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SATURDAYS. HE STHAMSHIPS SAN SALVADOR, SATURDAY, September 27, from Pier 43, North River, at 3 P. M. WILLIAM R. GARRISON, Agent, No. 5 Bowling Green. MONTGOMERY, SATURDAY, September 27, from Pier 13, North River, at 3 P. M. R. LOWDEN, Agent, No. 93 West Street. LEO, TUESDAY, September 30, from Pier 16, East River, at3P.M., MURRAY, FERRIS & CO.. Agents, No, 62 South Street. H. LIVINGSTON, THURSDAY, October 2, from Pier 43 North River, at 3 P. M. WILLIAM R. GARRISON, Agent, No. 5 Bowling Green. Insurance by this line ONE-HALF PER CENT. Superior accommodations for Passengers, Through rates and bills of lading in connection with Central Railroad of Georgia to all points. Through rates and bills of lading in connection with the Atlantic and Gulf Freight Line. C.D. OWENS, | GEORGE YONGE, Agent A. G. & G. RR., | Agent ©. RR., cee No. 229 Broadway. No 409 Broadway. THE ANNUAL FALL GAMES —OF THE— New York Athletie Club, WILL TAKE PLACE AT THEIR j Crounds, !30 Street, Harlem, On Saturdwy Oct. 4, at 2 P. Me —RACES OPEN TO ALL AMATEURS.— 100 yards runing race, Half mile running race’ Quarter mile running race, One mile running race, Three mile walking race. PRIZES.—Handsome Gold Medals, to be the prop- erty of the winners. Entries close September 27th.—No entrance fee. Address, R. WM. RATHBONE, Sect. P. O. Box 5,205. H. W. COLLENDER, Successor TO PHELAN & COLLENDER, MANUFACTURERS OF THE STANDARD AMERICAN LIAR TABLES OFFICE AND WAREROOMS 738 BROADWAY; No. NEW YORK. CARTHERY’S DOG SOAP Wlll destroy Fleas, cleanse the skin and hair from scurf and smells, making the coat fine and glosey’ without giving cold or doing the least harm to the anl- mal, and safely cure the mange. CO. CARTHERY, 12 Dalston Rise, Hackney, London. SoLD BY ALL CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS, JOHN F, HENRY, Sole Agent, 8 & 9 COLEGE PLACE, WN. ¥- . Terms, Five Dollars a Year. | Yen Cents a Copy. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1873. Volume I, Number 8, | 103 Fulton Street. For Forest and Stream. THE FASCINATION OF FISHING. ge c OULD I lend the fascinatio That this solitude enshrines, Tn its rest and recreation, In the typographic mines, You would leave the pen and book And would sally with your hook To this bright, enchanting brook, Here to revel in these dines, Could you study from creation These grand books of nature’s lore, As she crowns with rare ovation Hill and dell and meadland o’er, You would daily find some treasure— Daily find some hidden pleasure— That in an exhaustless measure Onward reaches evermore. You would leave the lab’ratory, Where such miracles are wrought; And the bears of modern story, That the bulls so well have fought- - You would with complacent wishes Leave to speculative dishes While you feasted on the fishes That your lucky hand had caught. There’s a mighty charm in fishing, Though your cheek should change to dun, But much like the charm of wishing, "Tis in catching lurks the fun. One forgets the sumptuous dishes, As one does the crowned wishes, Hence, in fishing more than fishes Is the fascination won. SEPTEMBER 10th, 1873. Mown the Patomac. ees NO. IL—THE MARYLANDER AND HIS CANOE, MartHa Ewine. QWER Maryland has never recovered from the dis- asters of the late civil war. This is in some mea- sure due to the people themselves, but in large part to the scarcity of labor. During the war the negroes in the counties bordering on the Potomac were swept into the army. When they did not leave their masters volun- tarily force, was used. Recruiting parties were sent into the interior by order of Major General Benjamin F. Butler, and the negroes were marched in gangs to Piney Point or Point Lookout, from whence they were shipped to Fortress Monroe. The ‘‘old families” were thus left in sad plight. Ladies who had never combed their own hair, or tied their own shoes, found themselves confronted by a formidable array of household duties. There were fires to be made and food prepared ere hunger could be satisfied. The men of the household, who had never known more arduous toil than riding at a tournament, or chasing the fox ’cross coun- try, were left with large farms on their hands—the plough standing in the furrow, the yards and barns full of valu- able stock. It is perhaps hardly to be wondered at that everything was allowed to go to ruin and devay; that fields were left untilled, fences unrepaired, and buildings un- painted. The transition from ease and affluence to com- parative poverty was so sudden that few have recovered from the shock. The wonder is, how so many manage to live at all on the wreck of their ante bellum grandeur. Few of the negroes ever returned to their former homes. They met their death in the crater before Petersburg, perished of disease, or live in vagabondage in distant States. The staple crops of this section are tobacco and wheat. All vegetables thrive, and peaches, pears, apples, nectar- ines, grapes, melons, and plums come to full perfection. The Washington and Baltimore markets are readily reached by steamers, which penetrate every nook and inlet; and yet, with all these advantages, there is very little prosperity among the white population. People live—and they can- not well help it, with an abundance of game, fish, and oys- ters at their disposal, but their dwellings grow more and more dilapidated every year, and their pockets emptier. It is hard to prescribe a remedy for this state of affairs. Skilled labor, thrift, and energy are potent in their way, but capital is needed as well to raise Lower Maryland from its slough of despond. St. George’s Island, mentioned in a former article, has a population of some forty families. The men are engaged in the fisheries and as pilots on the river. The island is some three miles in length, is nearly level, and is covered to a considerable éxtent by dense groves of pine. Fruit thrives here, but, save in one instance, no care is bestowed on its cultivation. The fishermen and pilots usually culti- vate a little garden patch, however, and sometimes a field of corn. You will see pigs running at large, but rarely a cow, and nevera horse. A canoe isto these islanders a horse and carriage combined. It takes the place of the volante of Havana and the gondola of Venice, and is more than either, for it is not only a conveyance, but a means of livelihood to its owner. During the fall and winter months the oyster trade fur- nishes employment to all who are able to handle the tongs, sail a canoe, or man a pungy. The canoes must be licensed, under the laws of Maryland, and have their number painted on the bow. ‘They set sail in the morning for the oyster beds, and, having obtained a load, run alongside a pungy (a class of schooners in use on the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay) and dispose of them. The price paid is ten to fifteen cents a bushel, and the tong-men are said to make from four to six dollars per day. Indeed, a colored man told me he saved $200 out of his winter’s earnings, and it is usual, I believe, to lay by enough to keep a family in provisions during the summer months. When the oyster season is over the canoes are hauled up and painted, the garden patch planted, and then the canoes are launched again, and gill-nets and fish lines are brought into use. These furnish a somewhat precarious living, but the fishing parties which come down the river pay handsomely for the services of a man and a canoe, and IJ have known the sheepshead fisher- men to average from four to six dollars per week. For small fish, they received last summer six cents per pound. Another source of profitis catching crabs for market, but the crabs were so small and scarce this year in the vicinity of Piney Point that they were left to the tender mercies of the amateur fishermen. Let me here point outa mistake some make in cooking this shell fish. They should not be boiled like potatoes, but placed ina pot without water, with salt and pepper thrown over them, their own moisture being all that is required. They are still better when baked or roasted on a hot stove or in an oven. To say that fifty cents will go as far at these unfashion- able resorts down the Potomac asa five dollar bill at the fashionable watering places, is hardly an exaggeration, One morning, wishing to go fishing, I engaged two. boys to catch soft crabs for bait. They explored the shore for some distance with poor success, having found but three or four. However, I was bent on trying the fish that morning, and so took what they had, telling them to catch more, if possible, and bring them to the store, when I would pay for all. Hn passant, I didn’t catch a fish that day. About dusk the boys putin an appearance at the store with soft crabs enough to complete a dozen, the result of a good half day’s work. Asking their price for the bait, I was astonished when they replied, ‘‘Ten cents.” That was too absurd; so I said I can’t pay that, but if you will take twenty-five cents here itis. Hearing a part of the conversation only, Mr. Marshall, who was writing at his desk, turned and denounced the boys for asking the exhor- bitant price of twenty-five cents for a dozen bait crabs. The youngsters looked quite shamefaced for a moment, but stammered out that they had only asked ten cents. On another occasion I was beating up the St. George’s ina canoe against a strong head wind, when my companion’s hat blew overboard. As it was only a common straw—value, thirty cents—and we were a mile from home, and dinner nearly ready, we concluded to let it go. Soon after, how- ever, we met a canoe, with a young fellow at the paddle, bowling islandward and homeward with a fair wind. We hailed him, and told him if he would get the hat and bring it to the store we would give him ten cents. Without a moment's hesitation he started after it. By the time he had secured it he had a good mile and a half to sail against half a gale of wind. But he restored the truant head-gear to its owner, and seemed well satisfied with the promised reward. Itis sad to think that these unsophisticated na- tures must become contaminated in course of time. Even a solitary bloated bondholder would entail irreparable evil upon these peaceful havens of respectable impecuniosity— the unfashionable summer resorts down the Potomac. It is high time I gave a full, true, and particular descrip- tion of the canoe peculiar to the Maryland and Virginia waters. Without the canoe, summer life on the Potomac would be unendurable. This indispensable craft is a dug- out, but bears about the same relation to a dug-out of the South that a clipper ship does toamud scow. The dug- out is made from a single log, the canve from two, three, four and upwards. The majority of those in use on the Maryland shore of the Potomac are made of two logs. No models or moulds are used in building them. The logs are squared and fastened together, and then shaped out by the eye. The canoe is made sharp at each end, but with finer lines at the stern than at the bow. When the outside is shaped the two halves are dug out separately, and afterward put together with hard wood trenails. The sides and bot- tom vary in thickness, in different canoes, from three to six inches. The keel, stem, and stern post are now put on, and the washboards and seats fitted. Whether intended for one sail or two, the foremast is always stepped in the extreme bow, and the mast-hole in the seat is made large enough to allow of considerable play fore and aft. When on the wind a wedge is put in before the mast to give it rake, but when before the wind the mast is raised and the wedge inserted behind it. The mast is just long enough to rest upon the seats inside the washboards when unshipped. A leg of mutton sail is used, rarely made to hoist, but -at- tached to the mast by cord or canvas bands, and set with a sprit. When two sails are used the mainsail is rigged in precisely the same way, but is very much smaller than the foresail. If a jib is carried the bowsprit is made of a tough bit of oak, mortised to fit over the stem, and held in posi- tion by a peg ornail. No stay is used, the jib being at- tached to the bowsprit, and the halliards passing through an eye or small block strapped to the foremast. The jib sheets trim aft through holes in the knees that support the washboards. Some of the canoes have centre-boards, and others are without; some haye rudders, and others are without. But whether a canoe has a rudder or not the great dependence is on the paddle—material, oak; regula- tion length, eight feet; in shape, a cross between an Indian paddle and an oar. The blade, gradually narrowing, ex- tends fully two-thirds the length, and its extreme width does not exceed that of the oar in ordinary use, Any one who has sailed a canoe with both the rudder and paddle will find that this kind of craft can only be successfully navigated with the latter implement. The canoe without. a jib, and the majority do not carry that sail, has a ten- dency to keep in the wind, which the rudder is often pow- erless to counteract, But with a paddle over the side you can give a few quick strokes, or a succession of slow ones, which will keep the stern to windward and prevent leeway. Then, in going about, with arudder the chances are that you will miss stays, and before you know it the canoe will be under stern way. With a paddle you have only to loose your hold and let her come up in the wind, and then, shift- ing the paddle by an easy motion of the wrist to the other side of the stern post, a few sharp strokes will cause your sails to fill, and away you go. Still, it requires muscle to handle the paddle when beating to windward, with half a gale blowing, and with the wind fair or free, provided the water is smooth, the rudder answers every purpose. But in rough water—and it is sometimes very rough on the Po- tomac, so rough, in fact, as to compel good sized schooners to seek a harbor—the rudder is perfectly useless, as it is half the time im the air, while the paddle may always be 14 ° FOREST AND STREAM kept submerged. When live ballast is not to be had sand bags are used. They are laid upon the windward wash board, and, overhanging slightly at each end, they remain firm in position, The helmsman also throws his weight on the windward side, and thus ballasted the canoe will carry all sail when larger craft findit necessary to reef, But it. sometimes blows too hard for the canoe, and then a shelter 1s Sought, the sail furled, the mast unshipped, and’ the an- chor thrown out. In the event of a sudden squall, when even a second’s delay is dangerous, mast and sheet are tossed overboard, and the sheet, being made. fast aft, holds. them alongside until the fury of the storm is spent, when Sailis set again. There is noway of reefing the canoe’s sails, but when the foresail cannot be carried the mast is unshipped and the mainmast stepped in its place. After spending two:months and a half in these canoes, having previously had much experience in yachting, in large craft and small, I can testify to their remarkable speed, strength and weatherly qualities. With reasonable care,. protection from worms being most important, it is obvious they must last a lifetime, while no other craft is so well calculated to withstand the wear and tear of oystering. As for speed, I made the trip from Piney Point to’ Marshall’s, a distance of fully two miles'and a half, in fifteen minutes—that is to say, it was fifteen minutes from the time we. cast off from Piney Point wharf until we passed the end of Marshall’s wharf. It took one minute more to round up and land upon the wharf. The canoe was of the smallest class, and carried but a single sail. On this occasion I had one pas senger, and he was kept busy bailing until we passed from the Potomac, through the Straits, into the St. George’s tiver. On a straight course, and for shorter distances, even better time has been made. I write only of what I know, but may mention that aparty of three claimed to have sailed in a canoe from Point Lookout to Marshall’s, distance fifteen miles, in one hour and ten minutes. It was blow- inga gale atthe time, but it is incredible that a smail canoe, with a single sail, could have been driven through the water at that rate of speed. Those who choose to be- lieve the statement—I do not—can do so. Staunch and safe.as are the canoes when manned by ex- perienced hands, there must necessarily be times of peril and hairbreadth escapes when one tempts the elements daily and nightly. Of these Thad full share during my sojourn at Marshall’s, for I almost lived in my little canoe, the ‘‘Bluebird,” which, though the smallest of the fleet, was more than a match forthe largest. She carried her canvas nobly, too, but a wetter craft ina gale or rough water it would be bard to find. She was so sharp forward that she would bury her bow under and take in water by the bucketful, and keep one man bailing constantly. De- spite this well-known fact, | never wanted for passengers _in the roughest of weather, even among the ladies. Braver women I never met—they put even the men to the blush. One dark night I started homeward from Piney Point with two passengers, husband and wife. The Potomac was un- usually rough, the wind Blowing half a gale, and I began to fear for the nerves of my passengers. Three canoes had started before us, the first having been gone at least ten minutes, and as the ‘‘Bluebird” shot out from the wharf, and, feeling the full force of the wind and sea, dipped her lee washboard under and scooped up the water with her bow, I had little hopes of overtaking them. The water wag soon over our ankles, but it was not safe to change posi- tion to use the bailer, and so it was allowed to swash back- ward and forward. We were enveloped all the time in showers of spray, and my lady passenger, being in an ex- posed position, oceasionlly was struck by a sea, drenching her from head to foot. This she did not seem to mind in the least, and when near the mouth of the Straits I caught sight of a sail to leeward and exclaimed, ‘‘I believe we shall beat them after all,” she burst forth with *‘Beat them, beat them; I don’t care if I get wet through, and every- thing I have on is spoiled, if you will only beat them.” Of course I did my best. The canoe to leeward was the “Pocomoke.” She was soon disposed of, and on entering the St. George’s the “George Washington” was overhauled and passed as if she had.beenanchored. When we reached the wharf the ‘‘Gibson,” which left some time after the ‘“Pocomoke” and George Washington,” but two or three minutes before the ‘‘Blucbird,” had just arrived, so that in time we beat the fleet, and my lady passenger was wet to the skin, but happy. . Later in the season I made a more eventful trip. The R. family were to take the steamer one Friday night for Wash- ington, and I had promised to take them oyer to Piney Point in the “Bluebird.” The steamer was due at the Point at midnight, so that it was not necessary to leave Marshall’s before ten o'clock, or even later; but at dark the weather became very threatening, and everybody predicted a severe storm. 1 therefore advised Mr. R. to send his wife and children in one of the larger boats, or by wagon, bug said I should make the trip myself and would take a passenger or two, provided they had nerve and could swim, T had got up sail and was laying alongside the wharf awaiting the movements of the other canoes when Mr. R. came down and began putting his family on board. I did not like the responsibility thus thrust upon me, but was glad of such pleasant company. I called up a young man whom 1 knew to be an expert swimmer to accompany me, and then push- ed off with Mrs. R. and two children. It was plain sailing enough down to the Straits, though the fitful eusts which now and then struck the sail gave warning of what was to come. From the lee side of the Straits it was possible to make Piney Point wharf with the sail trimmed flat; but as this course was near the shore, where the water was roughest; and as | feared that ‘‘Bluebird” could not carry her- canvas, if close on the wind, I tacked and made the weather side of the Straits, and being there sheltered by St: George’s Island trimmed my sail aft, and headed along way above my point of destination.. By this means we were enabled to make the trip without a wetting or serious danger, for when we lost the shelter of the island we were so far to windward that I could ease off sheet gradually, as the wind increased, and when we finally headed direct for the warf, we had the wind at our stern. The waves were rolling high, and as the spray flew ten or twelve feet up the shore, it was impos- sible to land on the’ beach, as we had intended, so we made fast to the wharf, the cap of which was above our heads, it being low tide, and as there were no steps the passengers had to be lifted and pulled up bodily while the canoe was jump- ing about in the liveliest possible manner. However, the debarkation was accomplished, and there we stood anxiously upon the warf with eyes piercing the gloom for a glimpse of the boats that started after us. Soon thesound of voices was heard, but it was not until some time that we discover- ed a boat, which proved to be the ‘‘Aurelia,” a flat-bot- tomed, sharp-bowed craft, on the shore a short distance below. Before she could be pushed off-her passengers, mostly ladies, were thoroughly drenched with the spray that broke over her. As her sail filled and she stood off shore she was lost to sight; and mind, too, for just then the ‘““Pocomoke” hove in sight. and came under the lee of the wharf. Now we began tofeel anxious about the ‘‘Aurelia” and her precious freight. Minute after minute passed, and she did not appear, but as we were about to send the ‘‘Po- comoke” to the rescue, she bore in sight, and her demoralized passengers were soon though not without difficulty, landed upon the pier. It seems that while ashore her center-board was raised, and left up, and thte fact was not discovered until the boat had drifted a long distance to leeward. The wind had been steadily increasing all this time, and as we looked out over the troubled waters of the Potomac for the steamer’s lights, the prospect for the trip home ap- peared anything but favorable. At half-past twelve the steamer having come and gone, and our friends departed in her, preparations were made for returning to Marshall’s. The step which held the Aurelia’s mast having worked loose she was declared unseaworthy and it was decided to leave her alongside the wharf, This left only the ‘‘Poco- moke,” and ‘‘Bluebird” available. As skipper of the latter, I proposed to take one gentleman with me, provided he could swim. The only volunteer | had wasa lady, who quite insisted on going, but whom I positively refused to expose to the dangers of sucha trip in so small a craft. The proprietor of the Piney Point Hotel, and some of his euests, did all in their power to prevent any one of us from facing the storm. Ihave several times mentioned a half a gale of wind, but this was a full-fledged gale, with a night dark as pitch, and waves rolling as [ had never seen them on the Potomac. However, the result of it all was that I started off first, alone, in the ‘‘Bluebird,” carrying the *‘Po- comoke’s” mainsail, in place of my own mast and sail, which were laid inboard. ‘Two ladies and one gentleman were to come after in the ‘‘Pocomoke,” with Jim Middle- ton, a trusty colored man, at the helm, and the remainder of the party—including several gentlemen, to their shame be it said—were packed into a two-seated wagon for an overland trip. So far as my personal experiences are con- cerned I never faced a wilder night. The “Bluebird” car- ried her canvas well enough, but the waves caught her up and tossed her about as though she were an egg shell, the rudder having no hold at times; and then the spray, not to mention the buckets full of brine which occasionally struck me full in the face, so blinded me that all I could do was to cling with one hand to the washboard, the ‘other grasp- ing the tiller, and Jet her go. So violent was the motion that had I not held on I should certainly have gone over- board, and I expected every moment the canoe would ’go bottom up. It was like being tossed ina blanket. Fortu- nately the wind held so that 1 could lay the course for the Straits, but I had to sail it from instinct, there being no land-mark, visible to guide.me. When I did enter the Strails they were white with foaming breakers from shore to shore. Through there, with the wind dead-aft, the “Bluebird” flew with the speed of a.race-horse, and once more in the placid waters of the St. George’s I breathed free- ly. I was wet to the skm from head to foot, and the canoe was full of water to within three inches of the gunwale, but I had braved the severest storm of the season, learned what a canoe can do, and was happy. The ‘‘Pocomoke” arrived not long after me, her passengers dripping but better satisfied with themselves than were those who had shown the white feather and taken to the wagon. I mention these incidents to show that canoeing on the Potomac is not all fair weather sailing; and with regard to the frequent-use of the personal pronoun I may say that I prefer to write of what I know rather than of what I hear. Others may have had even more eventful canoe voyages, in which case I hope they will narrate them for the entertainment of the readers of ForEsT AND STREAM, A word or two as to the cost of canoes: A two-masted, centre-board canoe, fully equipped may be bought for from $75 to $125. The price, of course, depends upon age, con- dition, etc., as with other craft. St. Mary’s County, Mary- land, is said to own the fastest and handsomest canoes, but strange to say they are mostly built on the Virginia shore, a short distance above Norfolk. They may be bought from the yards there, the hulls alone, unpainted, for $20 or $30. In conclusion let me commend the St. George’s Hotel, Piney Point, St. Marys Co., Md., to sportsmen who may conclude to visit the lower Potomac. Terms are moderate, and R. J. Marshall, the proprietor, is a whole-souled fellow. The steamer Georgianna, leaving Baltimore and Washing- ton once aweek, lands passengers at Marshall’s wharf. CHARLES A. PILsBURY. ote SPORT ALONG THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. x BRAINARD, Minn., September 23, 1873, Epiror ForEst AND STREAM :-— | The great enterprise of the day in this far-away country, the Northern Pacific Railroad, its princely land grant, its miles and miles of garden-like prairie, its leasues and leagues of pine forest, its mines of gold, silver, and coal beyond the Missouri, its (even now) enormous carrying trade, its gold bearing lands, &e., &e., have been adver- tised far and wide, and now something should be said re- garding it from a sportsman’s point of view. We have in quest of sport with the rifle and. the rod roamed over a vast stretch of country, from the Thousand Islands tothe gulf of St. Lawrence; have put our line in in neatly every lake and stream in the, Adirondacks. from the base of the Jonely Mt: Seward, to-Lou Fuller’s home- like place on ever-to-be-remembered Meacham lake; have -still-hunted the deer, and followed the lordly moose amiil the forests of the, upper- Ottawa and Covlonge; but we never have had better ‘or more diversified sport, than hers along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, during ihe last three years. et us take the route from St. Paul in the morning; a few hours ride brings you to the Northern Pacific Railroad Junction; a few miles from here occurs the first lake. Island lake, two bodies of water, full. of fish, bass, pike, perch, and pickerel, and where the lakes join at the south end,is a large field of wild rice, a splendid place to shoot ducks as they ,fly pack and forth. Stopping 2x! Withington station, a half mile walk takes us to Serpent lake, the lake of all others in the country, for the finest game-tis), we have, the black bass. This lovely lake two years suc was almost unknown to the white man; its cold crystal waters had never known the touch of the keel of any crait save the bark canoe of the Chippewa; the writer and a iriend put the first row-boat in-thelake, and in one short happ) afternoon caught one hundred and seventy-eight bas: and two maskalonge, with which we made glad the hearts of our friends who were too busy ‘‘ to go a-fishing,” These uneducated. fish will bite ravenously at anything, a spoon, a red rag, a piece of pork, or perch, any bait in fact, but the way to take them and get the most fun out of it, is with light trout tackle, a long leader with two or three red ibis flies. Late in the afternoon, towards dark, a large white fly will bring them springing out of the water, reminding the angler of past days, when he threw his fly for speckled trout at Racquette Falls, or Meacham outlet, in the Adirondacks. , hese fish weigh from oneto six pounds, and when a couple of four pounders get hooked the fisher- man must have his wits about him if he does not wish to loose his flies and leader, or have his rod broken. ‘To stand in the bow of a steady boat, well equipped with light strong tackle, have your paddler gently send the boat around the gravelly shores in and out of the deep bays, over the stony rifts, and hook a black bass every iew moments is well worth a trip to this country to enjoy. .Crossing over the Serpent to Agate lake, a forty rod carry (stopping on the way to look at the sugar works of the Indians, and may be to air our knowledge of the Chip- pewa language with some of the smoked Americans, we are sure to meet), brings us toa small bowl-shaped pond. very deep and. containing fish very similar in quality and kind to those in the Serpent lake. It derives its name from the quantity of agates and cornelians found among the pebbles on its shores. A half mile carry from here brings us to Rabbit lake, a large body of water, very fishy, the outlet ten miles long. A sluggish stream winding through rice fields, affording good duck shooting, brings us to the Mississippi: river, fifteen miles from Brainard, the young | and prosperous city of the Pines, the western headquarters of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Westfrom Brainard twelve miles, is lake Sullivan; named one joyous afternoon ayear ago, in honor of Superintendent Jolin H.- Sullivan, formerly of the Ifannibal and St.” Joseph and other south western roads. Sullivan lake resembles’ Ser- pent lake in its general outlines, wooded shores and stony banks: and the fishing is equally good. A delightful trip is to goto Aitken, twenty-eight miles east, launch your bark canoé on Mud river, following that crooked stream a mile, enter the Mississippi river, cand come down stream-a hundred miles to this point, getting fish, duck, grouse, and perhaps ashot at a deer or bear. — West from here to the Mississippi river, the country at this time is alive with game, pin-tail, pinnated ana ruffed grouse, snipe, plover, rail, and ducks of all kinds in count- less thousands. At Yargo and Moosehead,’ on the Red river, there are’ good hotel accommodations and game “ell you can’t rest.” é Parties coming here should make Brainard their head- quarters for fishing operations, catch bass and maskinonge till they are tired, take the steamer Pokegoma and ascend the Mississippi river four hundred miles into the wilderness, look the country over, and then ‘‘go west,” with their breech loaders into the first hunting country of the State. Brainard is situated on a high level plateau of* ground tim- bered heavily with pines for miles around, thus being shel- tered from the cold winds of winter, and singularly e¢X- empt atall times from sickness of any kind. Invalids who have been here, particularly those suffering from lung dis- ease, have been materially benefited, and if not too far gone, if they will come here, take care of themselves, “ live cleanly and eschew sack,” they will renew their “lease of ~FOREST AND STREAM. 115 life.” Hotel accommodations here are good; men who know the country can be engaged as euides, bark canoes can be hired or bought, and next season boats will be for hire on Serpent and Agate lakes; andthe sportsman who wants fun at a moderate cost need look no further. So we say, and we “‘know whereof we speak’”—having “ been there.” HAVILAND. —_ EPH, MUGGINS’ STEEPLE CHASE. ———e EpItoR ForEsT AND STREAM :— Tm not in the fast hoss business now. It’s plade. hosses are good to look at, but they’re bad to own. one once, and I don’t want no more. I bought him to ride a steeple chase. Ithought I hada soft thing. Nobody knowed [ hada high-flyer, and so I tho’t ’'d lay low an’ let out on em’ on the day of the race, and sweep the field and make my pyle—but I didn’t. When the day cum, I saunt- ered up to the field with the erowd on my hoss; he was the ornerest looking plug you ever see, but he could jest go like litenin’ streeks. 1 crowded in with the other fellers, when a hoss chap spoke up, an’ sez he:— ‘““Now keep out o’ the way, young man, the race is goin’ to begin.” “Well,” says I, “I’m goin’ to run my hogs, too.” ‘Have you entered?” sez he. “T jest have that, hoss,” sez I. The crowd begun to gether round then, an’ some on ’em was mity tickled; but, thinks 1, ‘let them laf that win.’ So the feller looked in his book, an’ when he found my name thare he grinned a grin an’ sez:— ‘Ail right boss; you kin travel.” So when the word “‘go!” wuz given, away we all went, hickety goose-paster. I never rode asteeple chase afore, an’ in fact, J never rode ahossback much any way. It allus a kinder galled my feelings, and doubled up my stomick to ride in that kind o’ way; but 1 wuz in the fast hoss business now, and wuz ridin’ for stakes and not for plezher; so I dug in my heels and gripped hold of the main, and mashed my hat down on my head and switched my whip and hollered an’ shet my eyes and pitched ahead regardless. At first, two or three fellers got the start o’ me, but I sailed by ’em pretty lively as we went over the first field. My old scrub was ahead anyways then, an’ we begun to feel our otes. Across the field, as we come toa hi fens, I cracked my whip an’ dug in my heels, an’ we went at it an’ cleared it in tip-top stile. The crowd cheered like mad, an’ Istratened up my stom- ick as best I cud, and off we went agin. Whew! how we did go. Thinks I, guess they don’t laf so much now! Dt- rectly I cum to aditch. Probly, if the ditch ed been maid for steeple chasin’, they would’nt a maid it so wide, but they engineered the thing rong, and when my hoss cum up to it, he sort o’ backed up, and then he maida dive and landed his fore feet across, but he couldn’t fetch his hind feet, an’ there he stood, like a spenshun bridge, with me on his back. It wasn’t so cheerful as if it had been some other hoss, with some other man on his back. What to do I didn’t no, I looked round an’ see the hull crowd comin’ over the fense. I wanted to git off, but if I got off there I should drop in the ditch, so I turneu round and made for the rear intending to drop to the ground on the north bank of the ditch. Just then the racers all cum up, and when they see me clamberin’ down the back end of my hoss, and him bridgin’ over the ditch in that way, they all bust out laffin as if they’d got fits. One feller rolled off his hoss and fell in the ditch, he was so tickled about it. Ilethim lay there. —__—— NCE I loved a Fejee maiden, Iee-wah-nee-wah-ya-hoo-hay, “The Ever-blooming Forest Flower’’— She translated it that way— Though it might mean ‘Speckled Cow,” or “Striped Bug,” or “Whiskey Sour,” For aught that I can truly say. She was young and not ungraceful, And had rigid raven hair, Which, with wonderful precision, Fell across her forehead square; And the angle of her vision Gave alook of indecision To her orb’s uncertain glare. Golden amber was the hue on Kee-wah-nee and-so-forth’s cheek, Golden amber, haply varied By a sanguinary streak Of red earth that had been ‘‘carried Over,”’ as it were, or tarried From the toilet of last week. How we joined the chase together, In the forest, in the dell;; How the grasshopper we followed, With our spirit stirring yell; How in banquetting we wallowed, As the spoils of chase we followed, If were bootless here to tell. "Tis enough that I was happy In that primitive retreat, And when dark forebodings filled me, And the camp was out of meat, - Eyen then the proud thought thrilled me, **"When her people shall have killed me, She will find me good to eat.” Fool, to hug the idle fancy ! Ah, that anguish-laden day, When a bark from o’er the ocean Bore a stranger to our bay— A stranger with Quixotic notion, That the savage, at his motion, Would abandon prey for pray. He was young, and plump, and rosy; I, alas, was dry and spare, And Kee-wah-nee was all a woman, Fickle as the summer air. I was more or less than human, With my dearly bought acumen, Had I tarried longer there. Good ship, bear me quickly onward ! South sea simoons, kindly blow ! Wafting from that tropic Aiden, Balm for all my bitter woe: For with barbecue ’tis laden, And I know the faithless maiden Now is lunching off my foe ! J.J. RocwE. i i * BLK HUNTING IN NEBRASKA. ; .O the sportsman, as well asto the enthusiast in the beauties of nature—and what true sportsman is not the latter as well—the country west of the Missouri river presents attractions of the most inviting description. The broad plains of Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado, the lofty peaks of the Rocky Mountains, and the rugged Sierras of California offer the former every induce- ment in the shape of ‘‘fur, fin, and feather,” while to the lover of natural scenery they unfold a panorama un- equalled for grandeur and varied beauty by anything in the world, The locality to which I desire to call your at- tention presents, however, little to attract those who cross the Plains simply as sight-seers. But to the votaries of rifle and shot-gun it is a very paradise. Fifty miles to the south- ward flows the Republican river, the banks of which are _ still the feeding ground of countless numbers of buffaloes and the hunting ground of the brave Pawnee, the treacher- ous Sioux, and many other smaller tribes of Indians. Fifty miles to the northward lies the Loup Fork, once the undis- puted home of the Pawnee, and now a sort of debatable ground between their Reservation and that of their deadly enemies, the Sioux. On the banks of this river browses the mighty Elk, (Cervus canadensis), A little further to the west among the sand hills feed the watchful antelope. Beaver and otter are in every stream. The open prairie fur- nishes chickens (Cupidonia cupido), sharp tailed grouse (Pediccetes phasianellus,) and upland plover (Acticurus bar- tramius), while the river bottoms teem with quail (ortya virginianus), and occasionally we find a drove of wild tur keys (Meleagris gallipavo), deer, both black tail (C. columbia- nus) and Virginia, (C. virginianus) abound both in the rivers and along the crecks, In short, whether you carry your rifle or shot-gun, or both, you will find work enough to do. Starting at a point on the Central Pacific Railroad, about one hundred and fifty miles west of Omaha, a party of three, we pulled out on the afternoon of the last day of August, on amarch toward the Loup. A bad Indian country is that along the Loup Fork, for upon its banks lies the trail which the Sioux follow on their horse-stealing expedi- tions to the Pawnee village. We were not without appre- hensions that we might encounter some small band who would try to run off our horses; but we wanted game more than we feared the Indians, and therefore we decided to take the risk. Jack Robinson, our teamster, an excellent and amusing fellow, sat in the wagon containing our provisions and bed- ding, behind his rattling team of sorrels, that trotted along at a pace that promised well fora speedy arrival at the hunt- ing ground. Lute—my guide, philosopher, and friend, ah, how shall I describe you? what fitting words can I find to convey an idea of your genial spirit, your kind heart and generous disposition? Weare old friends, Lute and I; together we have hunted buffalo on the Republican, and antelope on the sand hills; have shot wild turkeys on the Beaver, and been chased by a rascally band of Minne- coujas, between that stream and the Republican, and now we are going to hunt elk on the Loup. He has said to me: ‘‘I can promise to give you, at least, a shot at the elk, but don’t know whether you'll kill or not. They’re pretty goodgame. Not many men around here can say that they’ve killed an elk. My spirits fall at this, forI have dreamed of elk for weeks and fear a miss. We traveled about twenty miles the first day and camped on a small creek where we found wood and water. A little fried bacon, some biscuits hastily cooked, and a cup of cof- fee constituted our first meal in camp, and after smoking a quiet pipe we lie down by the fire. Lute’s last observation is, ‘‘ We’ll have game to-morrow night, boys.” My heart gives a throb, and I secretly pray that J may be the one to kill it. We started with the sun the next morning and had a long day’s march. Lute and myself hunted through the ra- vines, while the wagon kept on the divide. We saw no game except three deer, which jumped up about seventy-five yards from Lute. Shooting from his horse he touched one of them in the hind leg, but not seriously, as we watched it for a long distance and though it fell behind the others it kept up a gait we knew would carry it away from our ponies, fast though they were. We had traveled all day, and were hot and tired when we came toa creek where there was good camping ground. The sun was only about two hours above the western hori- zon, and we decided to camp as soon as a place could be found where we could get the horses down to the water. In looking for such a place Lute rode toward the top of a little ridge to get a wider view. Suddenly I saw him bend . down over the neck of his horse and wheeling round gal- lop toward us. ‘‘There they are, boys,” he cried, ‘‘ elk, about twenty of them.” In a moment we were all excite- ment, and were hastily following his hurried directions. The horses were unhitched and unsaddled, and picketed out. Fire arms and knives were examined, and we descended into the bed of the creek, whence the elk had just emerged about half a mile further up, But who can des- cribe the labor of our advance on that band of elk? Not I, indeed Ican only say that the bed of the creek was full of water and very miry, that the sides were nearly perpen- dicular, and were almost everywhere covered with a thick growth of nettles, briers, and creeping plants; where bare they were wet and very slippery; that the sun was blazing down as only a Nebraska sun can blaze, and that we ran ahead when we could, and fell ahead when we could’nt tun, Fortunately there was no wind; I say fortunately, for the elk’s sense of smell is so acute, that it is more to be feared by the hunter than its powers of vision. At last we were.within three hundred yards of the place where the game was supposed to be, and it behooved us to move cautiously. Lute carefully ascended the bank and looked about him. Fora long time he gave no sign, but at length I saw him lower his head and creep rapidly toward us. ‘‘ They are moving,” he whispered, ‘‘ feeding along toward the bluffs; we must hurry.” As fast as pos- sible we hastened up the creek, and soon, after another look by our leader, turned up aravine. The utmost cau- tion was now neccessary. We crawled along, not on our hands and knees, but flat on our faces for some distance. Lute first, myself next and Jack last. Presently we turned and commenced to ascend the side of the ravine, and as we neared the ridge Lute stopped and motioned me up be- side him, ‘‘They’re just over the ridge, crawl up and take the first shot.” JI feebly resisted, but he reiterated the order, and I complied. On reaching the top I cautiously raised my head, and there within a hundred yards of me I saw the ears of anold cow elk. The sight was almost too much forme, and I sank back a moment. Then steady- ing my nerves by a violent effort, [ raised my old Sharpe. Carefully. with finger on trigger, I full-cocked it, and sighted where Lute had told me to, about eight inches be- hind the fore shoulder and low down. For a moment I could not hold weli on her, for the flies troubled her and she kept moving, but at last she stood still and I pulled. The smoke hid her from me, and I sprang forward just as Lute ran by me, to get a shot at the herd as they fled. In a moment I was at his side, and we stopped just about where my cow had stood when I fired. The elk were run- ning briskly off about half a mile away; none of them seemed to be wounded, and I could see nothing of the one at which I had fired. At that moment I felt particularly small, Suddenly Lute shouted, ‘‘ There she is,” and fol- lowing the direction of his glance, Isaw a movement in the short prairie grass. We rushed to the spot, and there lay the cow, kicking in her death agony. My ball had passed through her heart, and she had run about fifty yards before falling. That was for me the supreme moment. As I stood over her, all the trouble and annoyance of the trip; all the worries and cares of every day life were forgot- ten, and I was absorbed in the proud contemplation of the graceful creature lying before me. Lute was cordiafin his congratulations. ‘‘Il knew that you hit her,” he said, ‘‘for I crawled up behind you and saw that you held steady as a rock.” After bleeding and butchering our game we started for camp. It was now almost dark, for it had taken us quite two hours to reach the place where we then were. Strik- } ing off over the prairie we arrived at our camp in about fifteen minutes, and after a delightful supper spent an hour or two talking over the incidents of the day, and listening to Lute’s stories of hunts and Indian fights. "T were a pleasant task to narrate to you ascore of his tales. To tell you of battles with the Sioux on the Mis. souri, and with the Arrapahoes in Kansas; of how Frank Lute’s brother, killed Tall Bull on the Loup, and how, on another occasion, with one white men and seven Pawnees he fought for five hours against one hundred and fifty Sioux under old Turkey Leg, and finally drove them off. But lack of space forbids, and I must hasten to the end of my tale. Early next morning we were afoot, and before night the flesh of the elk, neatly stripped from the bones, was in process of being jerked. For five days we hunted with most satisfactory results. Elk were found and killed on several occasions. Finally, forced to it by ‘‘the terror by night,” viz., mosquitoes, we turned our faces homeward. On the last day but one of our return march we camped early and rode out to take a last look for game. As we de- scended the slope of a high bluff Lute’s eye, which was constantly roving along the horizon, caught sight of some moving objects just appearing over the top of another bluff a few hundred yards off. Crouching low in our saddles we galloped down into the ravine, and, leaving our horses, as- cended the next ridge, whence the elk could be seen feed- ing slowly toward us. We had only to wait until they came within shot. Very deliberately they advanced. The leaders, two fine bulls, stopping every now and then to look, smell, or listen, and then boldly stepping forward, as if to encourage the more timid females and young. Had we waited I am confident that they would have come up within ten yards of us. It would have been little else than mur- der, however, to have shot them so near, and I was glad to see Lute look round at us and signal us to be ready, while they were still more than a hundred yards distant The three rifles cracked almost simultaneously, but to our cha- grin only one animal fell. It was Lute’s bull. Jack and I had fired too hastily, and had missed. As the herd swept round the hill, in full flight, we fired again, but with no better result. A third shot from Jack as they were ascend- ing the bluffs brought down a large bull, and as they were about to disappear I raised my two hundred and fifty yard sight and carefully fired ata large cow which ran a little behind the other. As I lowered my rifle I saw her stagger, and then, turning off to one side, move down a ravine on three legs. Running back to the horses I sprang into the saddle and urged forward my pony with whip and spur. I was soon within sight of the cow, which, although on three legs, ran very fast, and I had ridden nearly two miles before I got close enough to shoot from the saddle with any certainty of killing. At last, however, I fired while on a runand brought her down, but it took another shot to finish her. It was an exciting chase, and I did not realize until I passed over the ground on my return what a mad gallop it had been. I had ridden through sloughs so miry that on reaching them again I was fain to pick out a better crossing; had descended on a full run the sides of ‘cafions so steep that I now preferred leading my horse up to riding him, and had given the little animal such a breather as would have thoroughly exhausted an American horse, We had now plenty of work on hand. The heads and skins were prepared for mounting, the meat jerked, and with a wagon heavily loaded we started for the rail- road. Thus ended my hunt of 1873. Successful and eminently satisfactory in all respects, I can only hope for as pleasant aone next year. ORNIS. 3 = THE GRASSHOPPERS’ FLIGHT. Ser ae would be no earthly joy in a grasshopper’s life did he not trust in Providence. Last fall the weary mothers came over the mountains and began laying their eges in the grass. But it rained and hailed, and thousands of birds went out to gather them up. Then great fires swept over the plains, and; wheu cold weather came the grass- hopper could hardly find a place to cast his horoscope. There is not a woman in Colorado who would have been willing to trust her offspring to the mercy of a Rocky Mountain winter. But the grasshopper was full of faith, and when the final hour came she folded her fragile wings and sank into the dust of the wilderness. The winds blew and the storm howled, and it did seem as though all grass- hopper life would perish from the earth. But after a while, when spring came and the grass peeped up from the earth, myriads of little specks began hopping about, and many doubted if they were really grasshopper babies. They looked like little grains of black tea, and nothing could be more helpless and insignificant. A child could kill a mil- lion of them. Wagons and horses and remorseless boots trampled them into the earth. Still they grew and increased and multiplied, and in a few weeks strong men trembled, for their crops were disappearing before the silent mowers. There was no relief, and for once man and his inventions had found their master. A long sweeping train left the depot with the speed of a racehorse, but an army of these little insects mounted the rails, and the power that tunnels mountains and defies the ocean storms became as helpless as ababe. For atime it was thought that the crops would be entirely ruined, and to tell the truth many were. The weak little fly of earth formed his second wings—with his first ones he could not move any distance—and away he went towards the clouds. Billions and sextillions of them filled the air; in fact the entire space between the earth and the sun seemed literally alive with them, and from the shady side of a house one could see miles of them upon miles among the clouds, with the sun flittering down through their transparent wings. They were no longer despised insects of earth, but having waited patiently for their ascension robes they were free at last, joyously winging their way to other climes.—Geeley (Col.) Tribune, FOREST AND STREAM. 117 GROUSE HUNTING IN GRASS. 4 LAWRENCE, Kansas, September 18, 1873. EDITOR OF Forust AND STREAM:— re has been only a short time since we (of the Winkle Club) were first delighted by the clear, handsome, heathly look of the Forrsr anp SrrAm, and it has filled to our perfect satisfaction a long felt want, 7. ¢, a paper devoted to “‘the true, beautiful and good,” in field sports, and en- tirely free from the ‘‘professional” taint which so wofully infects the horsey journals of the day. As the season for shooting Grouse (ouigo, prairie chickens) over dogs, is rapidly drawing to a close, some of your Eastern readers may be interested in knowing what we have for sport in Kansas; so with your permission, I will give the result of two day’s shooting of our club, named in honor of that devoted and illustrious [sportsman, Nathaniel Win- kle, Esq. Fortunately we have as a leading member, Major E. ofthe L. L. & G, R. R., a prince of good fellows, who has at his command a car fitted up with berths, and all that is necessary for the comfort of man and dog, by day or night, which is often kindly placed at the disposal of the club. As you may imagine, nothing can exceed the comfort of this _ Style of going shooting; at least so eight of us thought as we rattled away from the station here on the night of August 20th, armed and provisioned as the law directs. In fact, as an English friend who was one of the party said, “it was awful jolly,” the only drawback being the thought that we had but three good dogs, the rest being young and out for the first time. With the good company and our anticipations for the morrow, it was impossible to sleep, so smoke and song and story kept us up till after 12 o’clock, when to give our nerves a little chance, we turned in. At three the sleepy ones were routed out with the cry, ‘‘time to get up, nearly there,” and in a few minutes we stopped and were switched on a siding at, Colony Station, sixty-eight miles south of Lawrence, in the midst of a splendid expanse of prairie, with here and there a small stream, along which an occa- sional farm affords the birds a stubble field as a rallying point. The Major had telegraphed ahead and we found wagons and breakfast in readiness; the latter was soon dis- patched, and just as the first faint blush of morning tinted the sky, we were off. Ah! the beauty of that morning! the soft, fresh breeze, the miles and miles of beautiful waving grass, covering the rolling swells of the prairie, with here and there a faint blue line of smoke curling up from the chimneys of the scattered farm houses, Every breath of air pure and sweet, and the heart full of thankfulness for so beautiful a world. But soon our first stubble is reached, and quickly both men and dogs are out, and hardly have they entered the field, before the old dogs are drawing and standing, Away go the birds, the old cocks leading with a whirr and a rush that startles the novice and quickens the blood of the oldest veteran. Asthe stubble is quite bare of cover, it takes only a few shots to send all the birds out to the grass, and pair- ing off, we follow them up and the day’s work begins. Every’ moment the sharp report and the floating feathers tell of the death of some brave old cock, or tender youngster, whose life leaves him in the air. How bravely sometimes the old fellows will wheel and swing across, and when we miss we can not help shouting ‘‘well done, good bird.” By nine o’clock we begin to feel a little tired, and the hot sun is telling on all of us;so we quit and rattling back to the Station, a rush is made for the car and the claret punches suffer. Wiping out the guns, resting and dinner take up the time till four o’clock, when we are again ready for the fray and shoot till dark. All the many incidents and accidents, things wise and otherwise, I can only leave to the imagination; suffice it to say, thus did the Winkles on the morning and evening of the first day, likewise the second, when the bag was counted ; and notwithstanding the greenness of the young dogs, we had 326 birds, which as we were in the field only about nine hours each day, was not bad. On the 5th September, four of us went in the same way to the same ground, and bagged 138, Just after writing the above I read your ‘‘stave” on ‘““Grouse Shooting” in No. 5, and beg leave to notice one or two points. In the first place ail of your friends ‘‘out West” don’t say ‘‘chickens” when they mean Grouse, and if con- stant prodding will do any good, the number of those who do, will diminish every season. You speak of the birds ‘‘getting up quickly,” ‘‘flying in a straight line over the tops of the scrub oaks,” &c., and also that there is no use fora dog. Well, that may be the way in what you call ‘‘scrub oak prairie,” but as our Teu- tonic friend says, ‘‘we don’t got no” scrub oak prairie here, andIam glad of it, because in our prairie grass an old cock will nine times in ten give you a twenty-five or thirty yards rise and go off as if he had been kicked. Now I don’t mean to say that they are hard to kill, in comparison with several other varieties of game, but if anybody, in September or October, ‘‘drives out an empty wagon at day- light’’ without a dog, and don’t come back till he fills it, I advise him to learn to whistle, ‘‘Do they miss me at home” just for recreation. As to charges, I find in a No. 12 Powell that 34 drs. pow- der and 14 oz. shot, No. 7, will do the work nicely. Our quail shooting begins October Ist legally, but prac- ticaly not till November 1st, as many of the birds are not full grown and strong till then. In quail shoot- ing, Kansas can in my opinion ‘‘lead all the rest.” I have shot them in Virginia, Maryland, and Missouri, and have never seen as good shooting as we have, and if you are not too much bored by this I may write you what the Winkles do on quail. Very truly yours, H. AVoodland, Lawn and Garden. BULBS AND THEIR USES. THe HYAcInTH. _—_—_—_— > “Who splashed with red the sumach hedge— The sassafras with purple stain; Gave ivy leaves a ruby edge, And painted all their stems again. “Discolored every hazel copse, And stricken all the pasture lands, Flung veils across the mountain tops. And bound their feet with yellow bands. “Ts this September come so soon ? Full time doth summer ne’er abide ? While yet it seems but summer’s noon We’re floating down the autumn tide.” —Atlantic Monthly. IFTY years ago, but little attention was paid to the culture of the bulb family, compared to what there is at the present day. Scarcely any one thought much of planting in the fall of the year, the beautiful Hyacinthe, and if they could obtain a tolerable good bloom of this flower in the spring, with much care, they were amply sat- isfied with their efforts.* Now, the case is entirely changed, and a steadily increasing interest in the culture of this flow- er has been one of the studies, as well as amusements, of the amateur gardener and true lover of flowers. Our lady friend was right, when she exclaimed, ‘‘Are not these beau- tiful?”’ They were so, most emphatically, and the produc- tion of twenty Hyacinths, in full bloom, of the different colors and most choice varieties, as far back as the year 1837, was an achievement in floriculture not often witnessed, when you consider the little practical knowledge then pos- * sessed, compared with the present high state of cultivation and knowledge of ‘‘how to plant and cultivate the Hya- cinth of to-day.” These bulbs were planted in the October of 1837, on a mellow, Indian summer day, when the warm rays of the declining sun made genial and beautiful all the landscape around, Our lady friend was one of those few persons, in those days, who made good use of her eyes and ears, and had a keen appreciation of the beautiful, as re- vealed in the adornment and decoration of this ‘‘ flower- mosaic’d earth.” Success, if deemed within the possible, did not deter her from undertaking what necessarily in- volved care and watchfulness, and was to her a new field of labor; but she entered with a good will to her work of planting bulbs, and she says, in a letter to us: ‘‘My fall planting of the Hyacinth resulted in a perfect success. I shall try the old, never-die-out Dutch tulips next fall, and will give you an account of my failure, or success, for Iam one of the few that believe it to be honorable, as well as pleasant, for ladies to know how to grow plants and flow- ers.” From this period she was a most skillful and success- ful flower culturist, and has given to the world many inter- esting facts, as the result of her persevering efforts to culti- wate well a few flowers. Every one at all acquainted with the Pestalozian system of education, taught many years ago, will recollect the sen- tence written over the school-room door of Mr. Venable’s academy: ‘‘What man has done, man may do.” So, at the request of our lady friends, we place before them this article upon the ‘‘Fall Planting of Bulbs.” Not that we do not well know that, to many of them, we are only telling an old story over again, yet, unlike the writing upon the rocks,+ we say a few words to them, and hope to cheer and encourage them to persevere in their search after the knowledge of the hidden beautiful. Beautiful indeed, on a bright and balmy morning of spring, is a walk in our garden, among the flowers, the birds, and not least our newly blooming Hyacinths, tulips, and their numberless companions. Glorious spring has un- sealed their petals; their opening leaves utter to our ears no audible sound; we hear not their silent voice, as they risein speechless worship of the Maker of the Universe. But we behold in them a silent epic of beauty, all glowing in their peculiar and diversified loveliness. But, to the practical portion of our bulb plants, we will append a few suggestions, gathered from along and patient study, as well as practical experience, of the treatment nec- essary to ensure a good bloom of the Hyacinth and other bulbs. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth well do- ing. The preparation of the ground plot, the particular place in the garden or on the lawn, is the first considera- tion our lady gardeners should notice. Having secured this—always making their selections in such locations as shall give them full sunlight—(for the Hyacinth loves not the shade, and will droop its head and yield only a weak, sickly, green abortion, unless cared for and carefully treat- ed) you will study the character of the natural size of the plant, you now propose to cultivate. ‘‘How did this splendid old purple bulb, which I now hold in my hand, grow in its nursery in Holland? Of what was its earth-bed composed?” ‘This is the first question you are to answer in your practical attempt to make a bed for your bulbs. Hav- ing thus decided that an abundance of sun and air are in- dispensable requisites to success; also, your bed should not *We well recollect the triumphant exclamation of a lady thirty years ago, upon her having succeeded wellin raising good blooms from bulbs of the Hyacinth, planted inthe fall. “My friends told me my bulbs would all freeze to death during the winter. Have they done so? No indeed. Are not these beautiful?” F +‘Writing upon the rocks,” a reference to that public desecration of all good taste that defaces, with wretched quack notices and advertise- ments of worthless nostrums, all along our river’s banks; which enters all our parks and public places of resort, and may even be fonnd at our church doors. It is time this nuisance was suppressed. Will not the FOREST AND STREAM ‘‘ give these violators of lost good sense and good taste a lash from the old whip?” bein too dry a location. The family of bulbs, all of them, require a certain amount of moisture, and must have it. The soil generally is not of a quality or condition to receive these bulbs without preparation; therefore, we must make an artificial soil for them. This can easily be done with care, a good, well-drained bed being the chief requisite to success. This bed should contain twenty-five to thirty inches of a good prepared soil, and, as before remarked, be well drained; without good bottom drainage it is impossible to raise good flowers. The manner in which we generally make our beds for bulbs, and we think it a very good way indeed, is as fol- lows, viz.: We dig our pit, as we term it, of the size and shape we fancy for our bulbs. First we remove one spit- ting of the black loam, or top soil, placing the same in a handy position near by; then we next remove from the first all the yellow loam, stones, sand, and gravels of any kind, until we have made our pit the full depth we require. This being done, the nature of the soil revealed by this process determines, in a manner, your future treatment. If you strike at the bottom of the pit, an uncongenial, stiff, cold, clay, you require a very good drainage. Some gardeners recommend in this case going from six to eight inches deeper, and filling up with stones, &c., for,drainage. (I think their reasoning good.) By so doing you are easily relieved of all superfluous water. We have, with good effect, made a sort of pavement, leaving crevices for the passage of water between, and in some very wet loca- tions can recommend the same as one of the best kinds of drainage for the Hyacinth, tulip, and other bulbs. The soil for this bed should be composed ot equal parts of loam, or leaf mould (leaf mould from the woods) clean sand, and old, well rotted cow manure, no matter how old, if well soaked and pulverized; or the soil, in lieu of this, may be taken from an old, spent, disused hot-bed. This latter is, by some skillful culturists, preferred to cow ma- nure, as it is made ready to their hands. One word as to sand: 'This should be a clear, free grit, and a little coarse; sea sand will do, but the saltness should be washed out, or soaked and dried well before using, as salt is sometimes too strong for this use. Bulbs generally are very impatient of salt. You will now replace again in your pit the soil or black loam first removed from the same, and fill up to within six or seven inches of the surface; now place your prepared soilupon the same and fill up, say four inches above the original surface of the ground, and nicely round up the same. Now youcan plant your bulbs, as your taste may sug- gest in belt lines around your plot, according to the ribbon or belt style, being careful to study the harmonious effect of color in the arrangement of the same. You can, if you prefer, set three plants of the Hyacinth in groups—a red, blue, and white. The effect is quite pleasing, and you can make this still more effective, by planting three whites, three blues, and three reds in just the same relationship to each other as the single bulb arrangement. Various forms will quite naturally suggest themselves to any lady of good taste. In thesame bed with Hyacinths may be planted low tulips, to fill up the spaces, but, toour own mind, we ad- mire the stately Hyacinth in all its pride and beauty. We do not consider it in accordance with good taste to mix in these plots different varieties of bulbs. In planting your bulbs you can, with safety, place them out in open beds and grounds as late as the last of Octo- ber, or, in fact, toa later date in the fall, with good success. I once planted out some twenty-five bulbs of Hyacinths and two dozen large tulips on the 20th of November, when Thad to break the crust off the ground with a bar. They were in as fine condition and bloom the next season as those set in the month of October. When planting the Hyacinth in October, we advise plant- ing the bulbs about’ four inches beiow thesurface of the - ground, and we have found our account in using a traxs- planting trowel, making a clean hole and placing firmly the bulb, and then filling up the hole with sand. In the sping the bulbs came up straight, and we have found fewe' de- cayed or rotten bulbs with this process than by any ther. A bulb bed, made according to the above direction Will . last, without disturbing or removing the bulbs, fors¢veral years and give good flowers, particularly the tulip but w- prefer to remove the bulbs after flowering, as w/hare # idea that we get better flowers from re-planting. £ be helf- hardy varieties should always be taken up on th/7t sight frost. These may be re-planted in the spri> 20d will give a good strong flower. One of our best bulb culturists, Mr. Rand, JS: the foliage weak;” and our own experienee!®8 been, our best flowers to replant are those whose leaves@Ve perfected themselves in the most thorough manner. 2elect for your fall planting those bulbs only that show ti Most vigorous ripened leaves, and the bulbs should be seit October—any time during the month. About the fire of December, if not before, your bulb bed should be cvered to the depth of three or four inches with coarse strvy litter from the stable, to prevent freezing. . The Hyacinth, tulip, and many oth’ bulbs grow ae the winter months, and if you would beold a fine exhibition of one of the great laws of naturetake a Hyacinth bulb and cut the same open in the middl in mid-winter, and ex- amine it witha powerful microseqe, and you will see the perfect flower, imbedded deep down in the bulb. With 2 very fine glass you may even ses the colors of the bulb. if the weather in the spring is not too cold, the covering shouid be removed from the bu‘b, and after its removal, if “Grow _you fear a cold, frosty night, it would be well to cover 118 FOREST AND STREAM. - your bed with an old coverlid or bit of sail cloth. The bed may now be dressed, or fertilized, with the usual dressings, and the flowers will soon make their appearance. But few, if any insects trouble these bulbs in the spring, and if so, they quit possession after one application of a weak solution of warm soap and water. OLLIPOD QUILL. (aa te ORNAMENTAL AND FOREST TREES FOR FARMS. ——___ + HERE is much said in the agricultural papers of the day concerning the planting of ornamental and shade trees at the West. Various States have set apart ‘‘ arbor days, when every manand boy shall feel it his duty to trans- plant one or more trees, and some States are so wise as to offer a reward to the person who shall set out the largest number of forest trees onthat day. Now there is as great a scarcity of shade trees upon many farms at the EFastas at the West, and the purpose of this article is to call attention to the fact, and persuade youthful farmers to supply the deficiency, and to transplant the maple, oak, elm, and other trees this season, which will afford a grateful shade for years to come. I beartily commend those farmers who plant new or- chards of apples, pears, cherries, plums, and peaches. The fruit is delicious, highly appreciated at home and abroad, and will bring in plenty of ‘‘material aid” in the shape of greenbacks. But fruit trees are not desirable about the house, aud can never take the place of forest trees for adorninent, timberor fuel; nor are they as desirable for a ‘cool, umbrageous shade,” Cattle seek grateful shelter from the noon-day sun, and it is as essential for their comfort to obtain it as itis for man’s—as needful for their health. But do not plant the ‘trees too close to your dwelling-houses and barns; give the air a free circulation about such buildings. Oaks, ma- ples, and elms should not droop their branches over the roof-tops, but be planted at least thirty or forty feet dis- tant. In selecting trees to plant around the home farm, it is al- ways well to choose those which are usefui as well as orna- mental. The sugar maples are quite as handsome as oaks and elms, while from thirty or forty good-sized trees, sev- eral pounds of delicious syrup can be obtained. I know a man who planted in his yard ten sugar maples, some twen- ty or thirty years ago, and now obtains about three gallons of maple syrup every spring. Thus we can combine utility and beauty. ‘The American weeping elm is as perfect a tree as grows, and the oak is always majestic, while the white and black ash and silver maple are also much ad- mired. While I am on this subject, let me beg your readars to plant trees outside of lawns and front yards, as well as within the fences, and have the pleasure of providing a shady highway and sidewalk for every passer-by. There is nothing which adds more beauty to a street than rows of forest trees. Evergreens are most desirable for windbreaks, screens, and ornamental purposes upon a lawn, but are not so well adapted to the front door yards. They are excel- lent shields from the north wind, however, and in single trees or in clusters, are especially beautiful on large lawns. Almost all farmers can go into the forests and obtain as many trees as they require, merely for the cost of digging and transplanting them.’ If they choose maples, elms, oaks or ash, they will be surer of success if they select those that are from eight to ten feet high; their top branches should be shortened, and many of them cut entirely away, leaving the stems nearly bare, but taking care to lift i large ball of earth and all the little rootlets possible. In planting them prepare a hole larger than the base of the tree, and deeper than the roots; pour one or two pails of water into the hole, and set the tree in firmly and straight. Stamp down the soil around the roots closely, and then turn the uplifted sods, bottom upwards around the base of the tree. To transplant chestnut, hickory, and white oak, select small trees, not over five or six feet highy and leave the poles nearly bare of branches or leaves; also cut the main stem in for half a foot. This severe pruning has the effect of producing more root growth, and saves the life of many trees. f When new trees are planted, it is well to mulch them about the roots and stems with coarse stable litter or hay; and if planted where cattle will be liable to rub against them, a strong stake will afford much protection.—Country Gentleman. NS Kxrrmtarns or Timper.—A. tract of 2,400 acres of pine landjocaied in Lapeer county, was sold by parties in the Saginw Valley, two years ago, for $72,000, estimated to contal 40,000,000 feet of logs. The purchasers erected a mill Olthe tract and commenced cutting. After making very C4-fnl estimates they found it would yield 80,000,- feet, nd have sold the undivided one-half of the tract fos R720, the price paid originally for the whole. A Saginaw Itty also sold about two years ago, a tract of 640 acres, locay on the line of the J. L. and §. R. B.R., for 2,800, wh, was said to contain 3,000,000 feet of logs. The purchass tooked over thé tract carefully and found that it Woultroduce 5,500,000 feet, and one year after sold it for $9, The present owners claim it’ will yield 8,000,000 feet,ud its actual value they fix at $20,000.— Lumberman’s Cotto. $+. @-—____ OLD ENGLISHy;ypyaRDs.—Old charters, the bygone names of half-footten vineyards belonging to monastic houses, prove thathe cultivation of the grape, even up to the Roman wall aj the banks of Tweed, was once by far more frequent thajt pow is. England was probably the most northerly of thge countries in which vines were erow- ing at the time of thioreat millenary jubilee, and that. they flourished at all, is tproof how resolute were the monks to drink what the diculties of land transport debarred to those who lived to remote from the coast. London and Bristol, Boston ant Norwich, could pick and choose between the amber Rhmish and the crimson nectar from Garonne, but a long stnich of dry land was a serious im- pediment to the carriase of so bulky an article of com- merce.—All the Year Roving. —Why are sheep the mos unfortunate of animals? Be- cause they gambol in their youth, frequent the turf, are often black-legs, and are universally fleeced. Glatural Zistory. THE PAPER NAUTILUS, OR ARGONAUT.- RITERS upon Natural History, from the earliest V times, including Cuvier, represented the Argonaut as having the power of propelling itself upon the surface of a smooth sea, by means of its tentacles, which it used for oars, and certain expanded membranes for sails; and the le- gend tan that the ancients learned navigation from this mollusk. So the poet says:— ““Learn of the little Nautilus to sail Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.” Modern writers, however, declare this to be afable. Now this is not a matter to be decided by theories, but by evidence. The early writers, Pliny, Aristotle, Alian, and others, who lived near the Mediterannean, where the animal is common, certainly had a better opportunity of studying its habits than closet naturalists in England and the United States, who never saw the creature alive. Having myself seen the Argonaut sailing on the surface in a calm, in the Indian ocean, and that so near to the ship that there could beno doubt of the fact, I was induced to ask an old ship master who had sailed these tropical seas all his life, if he had ever seen it, at the same time showing him the shell of the creature. ‘‘Fifty times,” was his re- ply. But there is better evidence than this. Some forty years ago, Madame Power, in Messina, where the Nautilus is numerous, made a series of observations upon the habits of these animals, which she kept in gages sunk in the sea. Her object was to determine whether the shell was secreted by the animal, or whether it was a para- site occupying the shell of another species, as believed by some naturalists. In 1839, Madame Porrer sent to Profes- sor Owen, of London, the results of her observations, and the Professor gave it as his opinion before the Zoological Society, that Madame Power had established the fact that the Argonaut was the maker of the shell.. Madame Power states also, as the result of her observa- tions, that the Argonaut uses two of its arms as masts, on which it spreads out membranes which act as sails. These sails, she says, are so large that when turned backwards, and pressed against the shell they can entirely cover and protect it. Thus, she concludes that the true office of the sails is keeping themselves applied to the shell at all times in reserve for the moment when the anima], coming to the surface of the water, raises them as sails, She also says that the Argonaut uses the long funnel or proboscis asa helm to steer its course, and projects it from the stern or wide part of the shell for that purpose. Now, as we find the statements of the early writers con- firmed by the authority of Baron Cuvier, and this accurate and systematic observer Madame Power, as well as by voy- agers, who profess to have witnessed these sailor-like hab- its on the ocean, it seems time that they are to be believed, rather than the theorists, however numerous, who, because they have not seen these things, deny their existence. rope Oper Ok awe aren a eee DO SNASKESSWALLOW THEIR YOU NG? pass Fae Mustum, Westeyan Univursiry, September 19th. Siprmon oF FOREST AND STRBAM :— Affirmative evidence on this question is rapidly accu- mulating. Twenty-two additional cases have been brought to my notice since the meeting of the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science, making in allone hundred and sixteen. M. Palisot de Beauvois, an eminent French naturalist, saw seven young rattle- snakes, each as thick as a goose quill, run down the parent’s throat: he hid behind a tree and soon saw them reappear; he advanced, when they a second time disap- peared, andthe parent escaped with the precious burden among the underbrush. This statement, published in 1802, seems to have been overlooked by those who have written onthe subject. It is very desirable to ascertain whether the male snake ever protects the young in this way, also to determine whether the ordinary black snake ever swal- lows its young. Iam inclined to believe that all the sup- posed cases relate to the mountain blacksnake, (Coluber al- leghaniensis), which has a prominent ridge along the mid- dle of each scale, while the ordinary biacksnake, (Bascanion constrictor) has scales round and smooth. G, Brown Goope. pe THe LApLANDER.—The proverbial low stature attribu- ted to the Laplander isa mistake. Some of them may be found under-sized, and frightfully ugly, but a Laplander only four feet high is a rarity. Quite to the contrary, the nomadic Laplander is most frequently found six feet tall. Thave met Laplanders over six feet tall, who would pass anywhere for magnificent specimens of humanity, Gener- ally their eyes are of coal black, piercing in character, their hair is not always black, as I have often seen flaxen haired individuals among them. Their complexion is invariably dark, and they have prominent cheek bones, small nose, rather flat, and the forehead is more broad than high. The men are mostly thin and spare, the women, however, in- cline to corpulency. Formerly brandy was the bane of the Laplander, but the Sweedish Government have curtailed its use among them. They are tremendous tobacco smokers, and with a pipe in their mouths, will drink strong coffee from morning to night. A, Dux, (AUSLAND). a —The Moniteur del Algerie states that, in 1871, the coral fishery employed 131 boats. In 1872, there were 80 more boats. Improved methods of fishing have, however, given equally good results, when compared with those of former years; infact, there has been an increase in quantity of coral put on the market. New beds of coral have been found near Sardinia, which have drawn many of the Alger- ian fishermen tothe Northern Mediterranean. a en ee a a EN A ee WHISKEY os, CroroLIne.—In the Germantown Telegraph, there is an interesting letter from a Mr. N. R. Morley, of Cimarron, New Mexico, in regard to rattlesnakes, and the methods of curing persons bitten by them. Some one, we think, very foolishly has started the temperance question, in this connection, to which the New Mexico fentleman replies most. comprehensively : ‘*My own experience has been with whiskey as a remedy and, while I do not dispute the efficacy of other stimulants. at the same time I did not advocate them. Ihave known persons to die from snake bites, but they were Invariabiy cases where the wound was given near some of the laree, veins, and where whiskey could not be obtained in reason able time: Animals bitten about the head are apt to diein a ve short time ; but bitten in a fleshy part not so, and in many cases get well without remedy. 1 think the effect of this poison is in some way to change the nature of the blood! probably by coagulation or thickening, while the effect of whiskey is just the reverse. Be that as it may, any amount of controversy will scarcely prevent people in rattlesnake countries from using whiskey as an antidote.” Perhaps the most comprehensive paper ever written on this subject of rattlesnakes, as to their anatomy, where the poison was secreted, the construction of the fangs, how the venom was ejected, was the production of a Philadel phia physician, published some fifteen years ago by the Smithsonian Institute. The advice we have to give is to use whiskey invariably, and in good strong doses, and to apply a ligature. A DoupL. Berween OHummine Brrps.—A gentleman of Kingston, in this State, recently witnessed a novel battle ina garden of that place. ‘Two green-backed humming birds were the combattants, and the fray lasted seventeen minutes. The tiny antagonists would dart on each other most viciously; would soar twenty feet or more in the air. and then return fo the flowers in the beds for a moment, where the warfare raged most bitterly. Occasionally the larger would pin the smaller to the ground, when the latter would strike vigorously at the throat of its foe. Finally the larger bird apparently became very much enraged and made an energetic spurt. The other fellto the ground, its wings fluttered, the body quivered, one quick gasp, and the ruby-throated litth one wasdead. The victor flew to a dead twig ona neighboring shrub, smoothed its ruffled plu- mage as « dove would, and twisted its neck from side to side, then for a moment hovering over the lifeless body of its enemy, as if to be certain life was extinct, it flew swilttly away. ry —— eh Fringe Aciniry.—Burt G. Wilder sends to the Asmerican Naturalist the following statement of the’ distance leaped by a cat, which he received from the Sanford Brothers, of Ithaca, N. Y., whom he styles accurate observers of the animals. They write: ‘‘ When our cat was about a year old, he was seen on several days to take position upon a show case four feet high, and to watch acanary bird ina cage hanging from the ceiling, eight feet from the case; the ceiling was eleven feet from the floor, and the cage an or- difiary cylindrical one. One day, as we were observing him thus engaged, he suddenly sprang at the cage and caught his claws upon it; his weight swung the cage up against the ceiling, spilling all the vessels and terrifying the canary. After swinging to and fro several times, the cat dropped to the floor uninjured. We measured the distance from the top of the case to the cage and found it to be ten feet; so that the cat made an ascent of six feet in eight, or upon an incline of nearly thirty-five degress.” SS eS —The London “%imes sharply controverts the assertion made by Dr. Edward Smith to the British Association that fish is rather a relish than food, and contains little more nutriment than water. As opposed to this statement, the investigations of M. Payen are cited, who proves that the flesh of fish on the average does not contain more water than fresh beef, and has as much solid substance as the latter. For instance the flesh of salmon contains 75.70 per cent. of water, and 24.296 per cent. solid substances, while beef (muscle) contains 75.88 per cent. water, and 24.12 per cent. solid substances. The flesh of herring con- tains still less water than that of salmon, and even the fish ave as rich in nitrogenous substances as the best wheaten flour, weight for weight. hota INTEMPERATE Bers.—Much care is needed on the part of those who handle lavender, against being stung by bees which remain attached to the flowers. The temperance, industry, and providence of these insects are proverbial; yet their behavior in lavender-fields, especially towards the end of the season, when the flowers are fully devel- oped, cannot be too severely reprobated. So careless are they of the good reputation they have earned, that they refuse to leave their lucious feast even when it is laid on the trimming bench; and hundreds are thrown into the still, not- withstanding the efforts to dislodge them, in a state of help- less intoxication.—Chambers’ Journal. to Animals donated to Central Park during the month of September :— Prk : One Marmoset—Mrs. V. E. Wetmore, Fordham, N. ¥, Ten painted Turtles—Richard E. Kunze, M.D., 606 Third avenue. Two Horned Toads—E. P. De Mott, 29 W. 29th st. Two Canada Geese, One Chinese Goose—Steinway Son, 52d st. and 4th avenue. | 4 One Pea Fowl—George Bing, Rochester, N. Y. One small Alligator—Mrs. Hazard, 126 W. 45th st. Two Green Herons—Master Ed. W. Davis, 226 E. 81st st. One Blue and Yellow Macaw—David H. Flork, 244 W. 11th street. One Vervet Monkey—C. E. Hunter, 400 Bowery. One Mexican Squirrel—Master D. OC! Wylie, 110 E. 39thst. No animals have been purchased. S. H. Wates, President. oo Or _ ef : —A will of the late Mrs. Ben. Holladay, of White Plains, dated in 1871, has just been presented for probate in the Surrogate’s office, by S. L. M. Barlow. Surrogate Coffin has received notice that there is another will, and that there will be a contest. Mrs. Holladay’s estate is immense. She owned 12,000 acres of land near White Plains. Twenty buffaloes, several antelopes, numerous wolves, ells, stat and other zoological curiosities are among her persona effects. FOREST AND STREAM. 119 — Che Kennel. _ ‘Tas Rerrmeyer.—There are two species—the water and .- the land retriever, The water retriever is, or ought to be, a gross between the smaller kind of Newfoundland dog— sometimes called the Labrador dog—and the setter. -dog is especially useful to the sportsman when shooting - wild fowl, through creeks, bayons, d&c., and saves him an intinite deal of trouble, and is by no means in the way. Many sportsmen imagine that this dog will scare wild fowl, but lis actions teach us just the contrary, as his careful training, natural instinct, and .color act as a decoy rather than otnerwise. A good water retriever is, however, sel- dom fo be met with, and should be taught when quite ‘young. Nothing answers this purpose better than shooting _ divers or any young duck, then sending the retriever in the water, and, alter he has got his ,bird, call him to you, take the bird gently out of his mouth, caress and pat him. In three or four lessons, if the water be not too cold, you will find there will be no necessity of even telling him to fetch, as instinet and his natural fondness for the water will be all that is necessary to make a thorough retriever of him. The great drawback, however, is that he must be kept in mlmost constant practice, and should be carefully broken from rats,-which abound on the banks of -rivers and lakes. “Uhe writer some time ago owned.a famous retriever, and twas shooting black duck.on a lake in Ulster County. It was impossible to approach this sheet of water nearer.than fwelve yards, as the lake was surrounded by a waving morass. I had been shooting from early dawn with little success, when a large- flock of black duck, headed by a drake, came up on the wind, and killing five out of the flock, they struck the water about thirty yards from the shore. jumped in, scrambled through the morass, and swam up to tie binds, taking hold of the drake, and was bringing the bird ashore, when he found it was impossible for him to get through the morass with this heavy bird. The dog evi- dently became frightened, and began splashing and pawing to gain a,foot-hold.. The writer now became uneasy lest he should lose his dog, but the faithful brute never let go the drake. Running back some distance to a fence, he procured four poles, and pitching one as far as possible, by good for- tune landed it just on the edge of the water; then laid ynother Gown lengthwise, and another and another, uniij he made a kind of plenk road for the dog, who brought ‘eventually the ducks one by one over this wooden cause- way. Toe LAND RerrivErR:—The best cross for this purpose isa setter, with a springer or cockerspaniel. If your setter has never been taught to retrieve, a more valuable dog than the land retriever it is hardly possible to possess, especially when shooting woodcock and English snipe in the fall of A gentleman wrote to us asking: ‘‘ How am [ to We the year. teach my puppy to retrieve?” patience.” «log, especially when teething, is to lay hold of a handker- chief or towel, or a bunch of feathers tied to a cord, and Urae it towards him. A slight resistance aggravates him, pard" inakes him fond of possession, which he should be ANowed to have for afew seconds; this makes him proud - and pleased. He must be warned by a gentle pull at the cord that he is not master yet of it, and this renews his de- sire, which ultimately becomes confirmed. Arter a few lessons given with patience, you may take the retriever out in the field, but ‘not after game, as he requires the same Jeasons in the field as he does in the house. When the re- friever will brine anything to you in the shape of a bird, rabbit, &e., you can then allow him to go at large, keeping him always at the heel of the shooter, and only allow him to retrieve at. the words ‘‘Seek, seek,” if the birds are wounded, ‘or ‘‘Fetch it,” if dead. The retriever should always be made to bring the game to the foot, or even to the hand of thé shooter, and not lay it down at a distance, as he sometimes lays it down on the wrong side of a fence. Never teach a land retriever to fetch stones or sticks; if he does, “ he will inevitably become hard-moutned and irretrievably ruined. Now that we are on the subject of retrieving, we might brine to notice the head of the race of retrievers; we refer to the larve and handsome animal, the Newfoundland. The pure breed of this animal is very scarce, and is not of that vivantiec size which it is generally supposed to be, but, when érossed with the mastiff, becomes a most formidable and ferocious animal when aroused. The stories of the faithful- hess and attachment to mankind of this truly sagacious dog are Known to eyery man, woman and child throughout the civilized world; but we will relate one anecdote that lately occurred to a eentleman at Newport, R. f. Being fond of readins, this genileman took his accustomed book and sun umbrella to the sea shore. On one occasion he was so deeply buried in his book that he overstayed his time, and heine called to his senses by a glance at his watch, hastily pocketed nis book and made for home with his best speed. Just as he fad arrived at the house he found that he had left his sun umbrella on the beach where he had been sit- ting, and as it was mounted very handsomely and a present from his son who is in China, he valued it extremely, and would have sent his dog for it had not the animal chosen to accompany a friend in a short walk. However, the dog soon arrived; his master explained his loss to the anima] and begged him to find the lost umbrella. Just as he com- pleted his instructions to the dog, dinner was announced, and he was obliged to take his seat at the table. Soon aiter- wards, a great uproar was heard in the hall; sounds of Vhe retriever, the instant he saw the ducks fall, answered him: ‘‘ Haye. The most ‘successful manner to teach a young TTS orders to destroy the whole pack. pushing, and scuffing, and angry voices; presently the ser- vants gave way, and in rushed the Newfoundland dog, bearing in his mouth the missing umbrella. _He would not - permit any hand but his master’s to take it from his mouth, and it was his resistance to the attempts of the servants to take the umbrella from-him that had led to the skirmish. The Marquis de lAigle, at Francport, near. Compiegne, had a large kennel of fox hounds, and in consequence of madness having showed itself among the hounds, he gave A veterinary surgeon was called in and administered strychnine to ninety. The pecuniary loss the marquis suffered was nearly 20,000 francs. | ——__—~@<09>—- Fipo 1n PArts.—All over Europe the love of dogs among all sexes is remarkable, although they are made to-work in Switzerland and some parts of Germany. Here in Paris it is quite common to see a mother dragging her almost in- fant child by the hand, weary and fretful, and carrying a dog in her arms, which she will occasionally stop to kiss, or dispose of soasto make it more comfortable. ‘This trait is peculiar to no one class, but all seem to have a strong af- fection for the dog. To see a lady at her door or window without a lap dog is almost a novelty, whilst many of them carry in their arms orlead them by a ribbon in the streets. The corners are posted with hand-bills of hospitals for dows, where the best medical attendance can be had, and dog medicines and dog soaps are placarded in all directions. On the boulevards, at night, the dealers in dogs are con- Stantly perambulating with two or three pups in their arms, and ladies will stop and bargain for them on the public thoroughfare. ‘They teach them all manner of tricks, and they are valued according to the education they have re- ceived and the intelligence they display. When they travel they take a nurse with them to attend to the wants and com- forts-of the dog, and these nurses can be seen in the public squares airing and exercising the dogs and leading them by ribbons. Some idea of the extent of this dog mania may ba judged from the fact that the dog tax paid into the City ‘Treasury last year was 420,000 frances, or nearly $100,000. The men also have their dogs, but not to such a great ex- tent as females. ‘They are most beautiful little animals, as white as snow, and are kept scrupulously clean, more care being evidently bestowed on them in this respect than many of the children receive from their mothers. 4+ ____ TownsvinLe, Granville Co., N. C. The challenge of Messrs. Suit, Marshall & Cross to the huntsmen of the United States, to run their fox-hounds against any pack in this country or England, has been no- ted by me. IL will wager any amount, not exceeding $100, - 006, that my fox-hounds are better hunters, and superior in speed, power, and endurance to theirs, and 1 am ready to run them any time between now and the first of January, 1874, at any place within one hundred miles of Washington City. Should a match be made 1 will deposit the money, or its equivalent, withthe Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank, Richmond, Va. R. G. SNEED. —_——_——_——_—_—----=al>- 0 - = + —AN Hprrara.—‘Henry M****, born Dec. 16, 1805; died ———. He was a great turkey hunter, and a tolerably wood fiddier, He desired the above to be placed on this slab. Peace be to his ashes.” Che Glagazines. Mernop oF FREDING AND AERATING THE BRIGHTron AQquariumM.—By means of pipes the salt water is drawn by pumps from the sea into reservoirs beneath the cérri- dors, and thence raised to the several tanks, as may be re- quired. To effect these important supplies, steam-power is employed; the engine being placed in the apartment not ordinarily shown to visitors. Steam-power is also employed to force tresh air into the tanks sufficient for maintaining the vital quality,of the water. We therefore in walking along the front of the tank, observe streams of air-bubbles rising through the water, and disappearing on the surface. As the ocean needs no artificial aeration, one, at first sight, is at a loss to understand why the salt water should be so treated. The explanation involves a recollection of many natural phenomena. The ocean is wholesomely agitated by the winds; the wild tumultuous waves are so many in- corporators of fresh air; so are showers of rain; and so likewise are the various currents which conflict aid flow in different directions; the very storms which sometimes oc- casion the most appalling disesters, being wisely ordained to prevent stagnation and secure a store of air for the mul- tifarious fishes which inhabit the deep. Certain tanks are filled with fresh-water, suitable for fishes from lakes and . b) rivers, and the aeration for them is similarly conducted. Much skill is shown in regulating the admission of light from above, according to the natural requirements of the animals. Care is also taken to add such constituents asmay be demanded for food or shell-building, as for. ex- ample, shells of oysters, crawfish, and lobsters. The sea being in most part charged with the seeds and germs of marine plants, a crop of themis certain to spring up. The growth of such plants in aquaria is managed by an adjust- ment of the light, for while a brilliant glare of sunshine would be destructive of certain forms of marine vegeta- tion, too little light would be injuriously prolific, and im- pair the healthy existence of the animals. We mention all this, to show what a variety of considerations, some of them of a costly nature, have to be kept in view in main- taining a properly constituted public aquarium.—Cham- bers’ Journal. $+ ____—__ DIFFERENCEIN WeIcuTs.—Does a sportsman’s full bag or basket ever feel heavy?’ For the sensation of the strap over the shoulder is, doubtless, very different from what it would have been if, instead of beautiful trout, one has a twelve pound cannon shot in the basket. Indeed, this notion of weight, though absolute and positive, as marked by the scales of material philosophers, has got a variable force and signification, when sentiment lends vigor to the muscles. For what sportsman, helping to carry home a tine buck, or what loving husband, taking a sick wife up stairs in his arms, or whai young fellow, on whose back fortune had, for the moment, buckled a laughing lass of a hundred and forty pounds, to be carried over a slough, would feel the weight the same as if the burden were a bag of grain or a sack of salt ?—The Lawrences, A Moprrn TurnisH Srory.—Once, in Samarkand, there was a tailor, who stole ten yards of cloth from a customer, and in default of returning it, was condemned by the Juagito lose his right hand. Just as, in the saddest mood, he was placing his bared wrist on the executioner’s block, there passed by a charitable person, who obtained his par- don. The tailor returned joyfully to his shop, swearing to sin no more. Next morning, as he sat at his work sur- rounded by some friends, the benefactor passed. “Ah,” said he, “how does that right hand of yours get along? all right I hope? By the Prophet, you ought to be obliged to me.” The tailor muttered a few words of thanks, but thought to himself how disagreeable it was on the part of the philanthropist to mention the facts bearing on his par- ticular case, especially before so many witnesses. The next day the same thing occurred, and the day afterwards. At iast it became such an annoyance that at last the unfor- tunate tailor, one dav in desperation, baring his arm, with his other hand presented a knife to the philanthropic man, exclaiming, ‘‘Here, now for God’s sake cut off my hand, for once, and have done with it. I would prefer that a thousand times, rather:than to have you always talking of, how you saved it.” Moral: When you have performed a good action, cease talking about it.—Vransilated from. Tour du Monde. — Gop How CLUBS ARE STARTED IN ENGLAND.—A new club, as often as not, is originally evolved from the moral con- sciousness of a gentieman about town who has. nothing to do—say a half-pay officer—half-pay ofticers without private fortunes are capable of anything. He finds a solicitor who knows somebody who has a site, or, it may be, a ready house built. An architect is probably required, and he 1s sure to turn up punctually, A wine merchant is certain not to be far off; and an upholsterer, you may sure is faith- fully to the fore. All these people use their connection to get anucleus of members; you may be sure that they all get something more than their professional emoluments, and the club commences its career with a cheerful debt; Entrance fees and subscriptions of course come in, but these are found insufticient for the purpose. Then there is a whip round; then a hundred or two of rather mixed mem- bers are taken in without entrance fee, then there is an- ether whip; then more touting for additional members, and so the game goes on. Sometimes a club tides over its troubles and hecomes safely established, but the majority of new speculations of the kind go to the wall after a year or two. There are a set of men going about—of sufficient ostensible position to bear description in a list of names— who belong, I really believe, to every new club that starts.—All the Your Round. answers Ga Correspondents. aa bie cS Lay Co) ——_—_—_—_— [We shalt endeavor in this department to impart and hope to receive such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports- men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, fish- ing. and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im- plements, routes, (istances, seasons, esspenses, remedies, traits, species. governing rules, ete. All branches of the sportsman’s craft will receivy attention. Anonymous communications not noticed. | : —e OarRsMAN.—Nine boat clubs on the Harlem river, foot of 133d street. GLoaN.—1. Whitehall county. 2. Clinton county. 3. Number ten bore. Inrra Die.—THe best thing to harden the soles of your pointer’s feet is to steep them occasionally in rock salt and water. GeRMAN, Philadelphia.--Haye known a Brant to be killed at fully seventy yards with a muzzle loader. Rar—Sewing machine oil, very good for barrel, but we use the bese watchmaker’s oil for gun-locks, and never any thing else. h. A.—We could recommend Hart, of Northport, L. I. He is a good | trainer, and handles the dogs himself. Aman, American Jockey Club.—Fordham rides 8 st. 10 Ibs., (122 Ibs.) When he follows the hounds he will weigh up to 140 pounds. ; L. §.—Taxidermists use tow for stuffing; bran would make your smal- specimen look puffy and unnatural. GoveRNOR, Morristown, N. J.—Perhaps the diflienlty with your gun is that itis too short in the stock for you, HE. H. Madison, of Brooklyn, will lengthen it for you. QuaRL:—Your shooting is good, but would not pass muster with the Association, because the minimum, pull on the trigger must be six pounds. Mrs. H.—The cat-bird can be made quite a pet. We have known them to be tame, and to show a wonderful degree of sagacity, Audubon declares it to be a sweet singer. : GzorGE, Brooklyn.—The St. Louis United Eleven'lost only two matches during their extensive trip North. We think as cricketers they promise to be a very strong eleven. en of them are Englishmen. 5. H.—A male and female mink would be worth $50. They may be caught ina box trap. They become quite tame. They are positively bred for profit in the United States and Canada. LAMBERT .—Relations between length of wing and rapidity of flight in _ birds have been studied. Birds remarkable for rapid or long-sustained flight have large wings. There is a difference between sustained flight and rapidity of flight. Would like to hear more from you. G. A. M., Rochester.—Commence teaching your dog in a room just as soon as he shows any sense or instinct. Regular work in the field niay commence as early a8 seven months. Be patient, but let him know you are his master. : : Lantor, Madison, Wisconsin.—The London gunmaker you name we do not know. His guns do not come to this market. From the price, we do not think they-would suit you. Second hands may be good; they are often quite serviceable. They: are browned and burnished to so as to look like new guns. QuANDARY.—Books vary as to the distance the sounds you want to know about travel. A musket on a still day may be heard three miles quite . distinctly, but the human voice with the wind blowing may be heard as far. On the contrary, with a.wind adverse and blowing only moder- ately, 2 musket cannot be heard above 800 yards. Atmospheric condi- tions govern, < L. F., Flemington, N. J.—Your fayor has been overlooked. Hope you willexcuse. At Porter's Lake, Pike county, Pennsylvania, there is some deer shooting, and fair bass and pickerel fishing—about the same as you describe in your letter. Tolérably well wooded, You should go earlier than July for trout, which are abundant in some parts of the Bushkill. Black squirrels abundant only in Michigan; grey squirrels in northern Pennsylvania. See previous numbers of this paper for locali- ties, as well as for numerous hunting districts, within “a day’s journey” of your town. No law restricting squirrel hunting, Culexifuge and ordinary preparations of little protection against flies and mosquitoes. . Use tar and sweet oil—one part to four, There is nothing bette. ~— cleaner. ce A WEEKLY JOU DEVOTED TO Fietp anpd Aquatic Sports, PRACTICAL NATURAL Histrory, Fish CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF GAME, PRESRYATION OF ForeEsts, AND THE INCULCATION INMEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTERFST IN Ov7-1.90R RECREATION AND Stupy: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Streay Publishing Company, A 108 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. —_>—__—. Terms, Five Dollars a Year, Strictly in Advance. re A discount of twenty percent. for five copies and upwards. Any person sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s ‘‘ Fisnine Tourist,” postage free. en Advertising Rates. In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12lines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisements on outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices, 50 cents per line. Advertisements in double column 25 per cent. extra. Where advertisements are inserted over 1 month, a discount of 10 per cent. will be made; over three months, 20 per cent; over six months, 30 per cent. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1873. To Correspondents. pee ee All communications whatever, whether relating to business or literary correspondence, must be addressed to THe Forest AND STREAM PuB- LISHING CoMPANY. Personal letters only, to the Manager. All communications intended for publication must be accompanied with real name, as a guaranty of good faith. Names will not be published if objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded. Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper are solicited. We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. : Ladies are especially invited to use our columns, which will be pre- pared with .areful reference to their perusal and instruction. Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of their movements and transactions, as it is the aim of this paper to become a, medium of useful and reliable information between gentle- men sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will find our Golumns a desirable medium for advertising announcements, The Publishers of Formst AND STREAM aim to meritand secure the patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that is beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always .end to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise- ment or business notice of an immoral character will be received on any terms; and nothing will be admitted to any department of the paper that may not be read with propriety in the home circle. We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if money remitted to us is lost. This paper sent gratuitously to all contributors. Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. CHARLES HALLOCK, Managing Editor, a —————————————————— Calendar of Events for the Current Week. —_>—_— Fripax, October 3.—Single Scull Race, Dendee Lake, Paterson, New Jersey. ... Dexter Park Club, Chicago, Illinois....Deerfoot Park, Park- ville, L.I.... New York Yacht Squadron’s fall Regatta....Southern Pu- eblo Fair, Colorado. SATURDAY, October 4.—New York Yacht Squadron’s races. ... Fall games Athletic Club, foot of 180th street, Harlem... Boat Clubs, foot of 134th street, Harlem....Jerome Park races. Monpay, October 6.—Missouri Fair, St. Louis, Missouri....Oregon Fair, Salem....New York Yacht Squadron’s match. , TuESDAY, October 7.—Eastern Duchess Association, Armenia, New York....Pittsburg Driving Park, Penn....St. Louis Fair Association, Missouri. ... National Amateur Regatta, Philadelphia. ... Watertown River Association, Watertown, New York....New York Yacht Squadron’s match....Nort> Carolina Central Fair, Henderson, N. C.... North Caro- lina Western ~ air, Salisbury, N. C....Eastern Tennessee Fair, Knox- ville, Tenn.... Virginia and North Carolina Fair, Norfolk, Va. WEDNESDAY, October 8.—Brooklyn Yacht Club regatta. : .. Yates Coun- ty Fair, Dundee Union, N. ¥....Hastern Duchess Association, Armenia, WN. Y¥....Pittsburg Driving Park... Jerome Park races.... Watertown River Association. Watertown, N. Y. ,,. THuRspAY, October 9.--New York Yacht Squadron’s races... -Chilli- cothe Horse Fair, Ohio.... Pittsburg Driving Park, Penn....St. Louis State Fair, Missouri.,..Watertown River Association, Watertown, New York....Hastern Duchess Association, Armenia, INE NE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. ee B can make no more becoming use of our columns than to express through them our keenest appreciation of the encouragement and assurances of success which we daily receive by every mail, and especially of the valuable con- tributions that have been furnished for publication by many eminent sporismen and naturalists, and by other gentlemen cf high culture and position, who aver that they have never berore written for papers that might be classified with sporting journals. This voluntary and earnest support is the ber’ guaranty that the FOREST AND STREAM mvt pre- sently avcain that high standard of excellence and character which it aspires to, and which the respectability and critical judgment of the country demand. This paper is not simply an er-nation from the office at which it 1s published, but it is in reality a compendium of information and thought contributed by the three score of intelligent writers whose gervices and sympathy it has already enlisted. There need be no apprehension, therefore, of its ultimate ability to secure recognition among the leading literary pepe: and a permanent foothold in educated and respectable circles. Whether it is to be a pecuniary success, 1s another and serious question. From the circumstances of the case, it ll its readers that the class of people must be apparent to a among whom it must necessarily circulate is comparatively FOREST AND STREAM. limited. Our mail subscribers, with few exceptions, are men of wealth and high social standing. What the charac- te. of its support from the news stands is, can only be in- erred; but we feel that it is not from the masses, Now, it ir within the ability of the manager of this paper to ‘‘run” 1 indefinitely as a pastime upon his own private resources; but this is not generally the motive among jour- nalists, and we submit to our numerous friends, that the ‘“‘laborer is worthy of his hire,” and that to depend upon mere approval as a reward of constant and wearing effort is not altogether encouraging. Good words make indifferent butter *.r parsnips. So those say who ought to know; and while we are grateful, as we have already said, for words of encouragement, we feel that we are not presumptuous in asking our friends for something more substantial. If each present subscriber will merely jog his neighbor’s elbow, our circulation will double in a week; and if gentlemen who are in the habit of comfoxtably reading the Club’s paper free of expense at their sumptuous dinners at the refectory, will think it worth while to remit the price of a subscrip- tion, we assure them that the bound volume at the enc -f the year will more than repay the investment as a work of reference. We are aware that these remarks involve a tacit admission of weakness; yet this weakness is only relative, for our success thus far exceeds the most sanguine expectations and the ordinary experience of journalists. Our expenses are necessarily large at the outset, and our receipts are na_ turally curtailed by the existing monetary troubles. Never- theless, we ‘‘mean business,” and as an earnest of our intention and effort to make the Formsrt anD STREAM worthy of the patronage it seeks, we herewith announce with pleasure that we have this week added Prof. Elliott Coues, M. D., of the Smithsonian Institute, to our corps of paid associates, with a proprietary interest in the concérn, and that the effect of this valuable acquisition will soon be felt; and if we cannot make an acceptable paper with our present force, we will solicit still more distinguished and valuable aid. We cannot too strongly express our thanks to the news- paper press throughout the country for their kind and dis- interested notices of this journal, and feel happy to have merited such general and unqualified approval. x ee “METAPHYSICS OF DEER HUNTING. Ber ee HEN the financial panic was at its height last week, we visiteda wealthy friend whose up-town mansion is palatial, his income from safe and judicious investments always ample and assured, and his bank account invariably showing a balance to his credit of many thousands—a gentle- man who dabbles little in speculative risks; and whom cares of State and fluctuations of the market of late do not perplex; one of those rare exceptions among men, content with suf- ficient and not ambitiousfor more. Surely, his was a case not, within the range of human probability, to be affected by any financial crash or monetary crisis. And yet, so in- tricate and searching are the ramifications »f disorder in times like these, when even the most provident and conser- tive find themselves suddenly crampedfor means, that he was unable tocommand a dollar from ordinary or extraordi- nary resources. Said he: “I have a balance in bank of $20,000, but all the cash I can raise is a paltry two hundred dollars. Itis just enough to take me to the Adirondacks. lam getting my guns and traps together, and to-morrow I start for Paul Smith’s, to bury myself in the woods and seek oblivion until the storm isover!”’ Happy theman who can thus drive dull care away at will, and turn aside the impending wave of trouble! The bank to which he has confided his trusts may break in his absence and swallow all his surplus; the business, hitherto lucrative, in which he is a silent partner, may suspend and cut off his monthly income; dividend paying stocks may depreciate until they are quoted at half their value; bonds and mortgages may cease to be negoti- ble; still, like the ostrich with his head in the bush he may roam the forest in blissful ignorance of his misfortunes, and follow his quest for game with a blithsome heart and bounding step! Who would not be an ardent sportsman? Such a man as this never allows business to interfere with his shooting. We wish the same were true of the herd of speculators who squeeze values, upset the market, and set the mercantile world at their wits end. Would that some good genius would inspire them to go off for ‘“‘a day’s shoot- ing,” and stay—until the panic subsiues ! Ah! there is some soothing influence in this going apart to commune with nature in her solitudes, that makes us for- get the struggles of life and our worldly troubles. It ban- ishes all inordinate desires, simplifies our tastes, and makes us contented with mere food, raiment and shelter, which, after all, constitute the sole necessaries of life. This free existence among the woods, with heaven’s canopy over us, the crisp and fallen leaves beneath our feet, and the pure untainted air to breathe: it gives us elasticity of step and expands the lungs; it enlarges the generous impulses of man; it dignifies his own self respect; it makes him noble! In this quiet unconcerned existence, he finds himself mov- ing ina new world y dpulous with strange creatures, with whom in time he learns to hold familiar converse. The little denizens of thestumps and hollow logs become accus- tomed to his presence at last. When the first sound of his coming footfall was heard, they allhidaway. The first warn- ing twig that snapped admonished them to be wary and lie perdu. AlJl was silent as the grave, except when a rust- ling leaf dropped down, or a walnut slipped from its opening shell aloft. But presently the head of a little gopher popped from under a dry leaf, then his body crept stealthily out, and ina minute with a sharp squeak to show the coast was clear, he rustled away. Then a woodpecker peered cay. tiously from behind the trunk of a tree, and com- menced to hammer, and froma neighboring limba req squirrel sprung his sharp, shrill rattle. A garter snake glided noiselessly from under a stump and slid into a bog hole, from which an autumn frog already ixtoned his sol. emn staccato bass. As we have said, one learns to comprehend the language of these little creatures, and understanding them thorough] . wonders how any man can be so unkind and thoughtless as to blow out their little lives with powder and shot. Even the deer begin to understand him at last, and if he is harm. , less and uses no gun, will repose such confidence in his honor that they will actually bring the rising generation of agile fawns to drink from the very spring that supplies his camp. Then when both have become better acquainted by closer contact, the sportsman will learn to look into their lustrous eyes aslovingly as did Don Juan into Donna Julia’s; and all his conscience willrise up against him in reproof for his cruel slaughter in bygone years. His re. sentment will follow the hunter who dares tu lay violent hands upon these innocent creatures whom he has learned to regard as his companions. If his larder becomes empty, he will have to select an- other locality where the deer are wild. It is only when they are running, that he can make up his mind to shoot. If bucks and does would only walk gently up to the mag- nanimous hunter when they see him stalking in the dis- tance, they would never get shot. Even the tiger sel- dom springs upon a creature that is notin motion. This is nature. We are a creation of pursuers and pursued, but not insatiable for that reason, by any means. If one will not run, there can be no pursuit. Itis only human beings like the Neros, Herods, and Caligulas that butcherin cold blood. These are the metaphysics of deer hunting, He who has studied the subject thoroughly, will find his thoughts yielding a responsive assent to their truthfulness, Now is the time for enjoying the full fruition of the de- lights which a ramble in the forests affords. Whether it be in the eager pursuit of the chase, or in the simpler study of the gorgeous tints of autumn, in breathing the sharp, in- vigorating frosty air, or in seeking merely a temporary relaxation from business cares, the glorious month of Octo- ber yields an appreciable reward which no other month affords. a THE PRIZES AT CREEDMOOR. Fisk pe a N examining the very handsome prize list offered by the National Rifle Association, on the occasion of the com- ing contest in October at Creedmoor, we are pleased to no- tice, in one most important way, quite a divergence from the English precedent. In the last number of Forrest AND STREAM we published an account of the various prizes—one hundred and twenty- five in all—of an aggregate value of $8,298. The prizes consist of silver plate, cups, badges, medals of gold and sil- ver and bronze, rifles, a Gatlin gun, life membership, &c., and to these are supplemented three money prizes of $80, of $25, and of $20, making $75 cash in all; an insignifi- cant amount, when compared with the total value of the other prizes, It is by exactly reducing the money prizes to a minimum that we think that the Rifle Association have shown their good judgment. It is their particular aim, and one in which the Rifle Association will doubtless be sustained by the American public, to give these ‘national rifle matches the least possible app-arance of a gambling contest. If men are not satisfied with that honorable distinction which a medal confers, and will only exercise their skill when sharpened by the amount of money they can make, then the true character of such contests, the proper rivalry which should exist, will be most materially damaged. The money question once introduced, must inevitably lower it in tone. : Neither the State, the military organizations, nor the press, which all now unite in welcoming this effort to make rifle shooting a national pastime, would countenance what, if carried to any extreme, weuld undoubtedly rather give Creedmoor the appearance of a race-course than of a rifle- range. It is most desirable that Creedmoor should never enter into the category of ‘‘a sporting place in the worst sense.” If at Wimbledon contests have a certain amount of pounds, shillings and pence attached to them, it is no reason why in this country we should blindly followa bad example. But that this is the universal practice in En- gland is by no means the case; witness the Lord Elcho prize, and the cup given this month in Ireland to riflemen. There may be nothing objectionable in the fact of men making a handicap for some trifling sum among themselves. Should it, however, become an established custom for the Rifle Association to offer certain amounts of money, 10 matter how large or small they may be, as the leading prizes for American rifle shooting, we believe that this money taint would materially injure Creedmoor. ee a ee We learn that Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., Naturalist of the Northern Boundary Survey, has been very successful during the summer’s operations in’ the field, haying col- lected several thousand specimens, dry and alcoholic, in various departments of natural history. Some of the speci- mens are of great interest, representing rare and little known species, while others, it is believed, will prove entirely new to science. His observations, likewise, appear to have been minute and extended. Dr. Coues is at present at Long Coteau River, just norih of the line, 270 miles west of Pem- bina. He will probably return in October. FOREST AND STREAM. 121 PRUSSIAN HORSES. —_—_4-—_—_—__ UESTIONS of cavalry remounts, considered entirely aside from their military bearing, are interesting, in- asmuch as they show us any particular system adopted by a government or people in propagating useful breeds of horses. Though railroads, in a strategical point of view, may be supposed to have somewhat diminished the want for horses used for hauling stores for armies, nevertheless, in the late Prussian and French war, an enormous number of heavy draught horses were employed. Prussia’s suprem- acy in the military art makes these questions of her cavalry remount quite worthy of examination. With a population proper of 21,971,000 inhabitants, she has at present about 2,318,817 horses. Of this quite large number, 381,000 are horses under three years old, and she has no less than 8,817 horses used alone for breeding. The Government has thir- teen depots, which cost about $800,000 to maintain, and horses of three and four years old are purchased by com- misions of officers and veterinary surgeons, and sent to these depots. At the various depots they are generally kept for a year, and the horses cost, when laid down, about $100. Before the horse reaches his regiment he is sup-' posed to be worth $65 or more. With respect to sex of horses, the sales of mares is by no means encouraged by the commission, so that the proportion of male animals is the greater in actual service. The price of horses during the last twenty-five years has more than doubled; in 1845 a good horse could have been bought for $65 or $70. In 1870, a careful comparison was instituted between the value of the Prussian army remounts and the French horses, and the superior excellence of the German horse, for general work, was quite evident. Prussian horses which went through the fatigues of the campaign, returned in better condition than when they started, and the period of greatest utility proved to be between seven and four- teen years of age. The system of raising horses in Prussia seems, then, to develope the powers of the animal later, which may be due to lighter feeding, or a disinclination to force the horse when too young. The best, staunchest, and most lasting animal was a particular race—a cross. between a singularly sturdy animal of Eastern Prus- sia and the true Arab. As to weight of load carried by the Prussian cavalry horse, it is about the same as in the English service; but there can be no doubt but that the en- durance of the Prussian horse considerably exceeds, at present, that of the English steed. $$$ $e ——____—_—__—_ BADEN-BADEN GONE TO THE DOGS. 2 EET F the last breath of the suicide, if the wail of children left starving, if all the curses, deep and loud, which have been showered by fathers, mothers, husbands and wives, on Baden-Baden had been effective, long before to- day this Paradise of gambling would have been:consumed like Belshazzar’s palace. But no denouement, taken from melodramatic sources, has burnt up the Kursaal, nor have the tables of rouge and noir sunk into the bowels of the earth. There has come on Baden a wasting away—a kind or moraldryrot. Gambling abolished, Baden is fast dwindling away into insignificance. From 70,000 people, allured by the magic wand of the croupier, drawn in by the roulette wheel, now but a sparse 15,000 have visited it. Flown away to more congenial climes, Dukes Benazet and Dupressoir still rope in (we know of no better word) pigeons at Monaco. Possibly next steamer will bring us notice of a feeble shooting ‘match there, under the patronage of a sporting Duke or so, or of some circus-like steeple-chase. The intrigue, the shame, the scandal, the flaunting vice, the immorality of sometimes almost two continents, will no longer be concentrated there. The Americans are essentially a moral people at home, but when abroad——well, the best thing we can do will be to say as little as we can on this subject. Doubtless many of our fast men will miss the feverish charm Baden had, and sneer at the furtive attempts made at Saratoga in the same line of business. Who knows but that in a few years we may not, in our progressive age, make Saratoga just such a hell as Baden was. We are fearfully imitative, sometimes too much so for our own good. All we can wish of Baden is, that in time it may settle down, under its august Duke, to be a quiet, wholesome village, as gay as most German brunnen generally are, only “ alea jacta sunt,” seems in this case to partake rather more of a prophesy, for here by the pitching of dice and by the turn of a card, has all the glory of Baden departed. tt THE WASTE OF TIMBER. . a= fae oe PARAGRAPH floating around states that the Indians upon the Leech Lake Reservation, in Minnesota, have become so enraged at the destruction of timber on their lands that they have taken the war path, and are burning the lumbermen’s hay by way of reprisal. Here is a lesson for the Hon. Joel T. Headley and those very few other gentlemen who deny that cutting away our forests will diminish our water supply, or work out cli- matic and organic changes that must prove detrimental. Even the untutored savage can appreciate the value of our forests to the extent that, he not only implores that the ‘‘woodman spare that tree,” but absolutely insists upon it in a way that is neither gentle nor kind. He realizes that the denudation of the earth is extermination to the red man, and that with the deep damnation of the taking off of its timber, food, fuel, shelter, navigable waters, and means of transportation all vanish. Geology tells us that the mosses and ferns were the first vegetable products that grew upon the surface of the earth, and that, the pines and then the deciduous forest trees suc- ceeded; and after them came animal life. By inversion, it is easy to determine that animal life must perish after the trees are destroyed. It is the duty of man, by what he owes to his rellows, if not by the universal law of self-preservation, to prevent so sweeping a calamity. And man, when impelled to that sterner mood which horrible conviction brings, will not stop to ‘‘argify” the question with the Hon. J. T. Headley, et al, but, taking the ounce of prevention in his hands, make the advocates and defenders of timber-cutting ‘‘cut stick” in a fashion which will throw all the devices of the Minnesota redskins far in the shade. $$$ PENETRATION OF RIFLE BALLS. PT 2D N the sixth number of Forest AND STREAM, in an article entitled ‘‘Killing a grizzly bear,” we mentioned the fact that a number of balls froma sporting Remington rifle had not penetrated, and some of our readers manifested a suprise at the fact. Since writing the article we have seen the balls and have had the matter explained to us by a naturalist who was present at the killing of the bear, and by whose skill the remains of bruin now neatly dressed, will shortly be made presentable at the Smithsonian Mu- seum. He has explained to us, that the ball happened to strike in a peculiar muscle, some four inches in thickness, which he informed us was of the density and elasticity of india-rubber, and assured us that according to his belief, for heis a thorough sportsman, that no balls from any rifle would have penetrated it. On examining the balls in ques- tion, we found them very little off shape, and presenting exactly the form which would occur when any projectile fired at a high velocity would meet with resistance from a dense and elastic substance. The gentleman also mentioned that where these balls struck might be considered as | chance shots, as the grizzly could be, though not easily killed by a single ball, frequently touched in a vital spot by a ball from a Remington rifle. In a prior number, when we treated the subject of explo- sive projectiles and penetration, we stated the many dif- ficulties which surrounded this most interesting subject. In alate number of the London Field, we find an admira- ble article on this subject of penetration, from an able cor- respondent. Shooting Indian game, the writer says, ‘‘ I have no hesitation in saying that in rifles [have seen (and many of them are by first-class English gunmakers) the penetration is insufficient. I am well aware that if I use a solid bullet with the Express rifle it will go through any- thing, and equally so that such penetration is not only un- desirable but positively objectionable, as the probability of bagging an animal with such a bullet unless hit in a vital part is very remote indeed.” In a case like this the shock on the animal might be immense, but no vital part may be touched, and though the animal is certain to perish, yet he may die miles away from the spot where the shot was re- ceived. This same authority when explaining the fact, which all buffalo hunters so well know, that no matter what may bethe penetration of a ball through wood, when shoot- ing at an animal, the penetration of the ball is comparatively slight in proportion, replies toit in this way. He is writ- ing about hollow bullets: ‘It has been asked why it is that a bullet will penetrate planks and bones, and yet breaks up before going very far into flesh. To explain what I believe is the reason of this difference, I must refer to an old experiment of firing a bul- let with a large charge of powder into a tub of water, in which case it has been found that the bullet will not go through the bottom of the tub, whilst the same bullet with a smaller charge goes right through. The explanation is that the particles of water will not part quickly enough to allow the ball with the high velocity to go through them; whilst on the other hand, the ball with less veiocity pushes as it were the particles aside, and goes through the bottom of the tub. Now in the case of an animal, the higher the ve- locity with which the bullet is traveling when it strikes the fleshy part, the quicker it expands, consequently the less it will penetrate; and if the velocity is very great and the walls of the bullet thin, it may fly to pieces when scarcely inside the skin. In case of a bone the velocity in which the ball is traveling is sufficient to break the bone, because the particles cannot move out of the way quickly enough. I believe that this will be found to be a correct solution of the different behavior of bullets when hitting flesh or intes- tines on the one hand, and bone on the other.” The English system of balls for rifle shooting when used for animals employs a solid and a hollow ball. The great difficulty seems to be to get at one and the same time a low trajectory with crushing power of projectile. This they are endeavoring to accomplish by means of lighter bul- lets, and of hardened compositions. i OBITUARY.—We have to record the death of Jean Jacques Marie Cyprien Coste, born in Castries, France, in 1807, and who died in Paris last month. To Coste is due the distinguished merit of having elevated oology or embryo- geny, from the condition of a vague and inaccurate study to that of aprecise and absolute science. The art of pisci- culture, so flourishing to-day in the United States, is in- debted to Coste for not only its birth, but its development. Coste had not only the theory, which is inseparable with the man of science, but he was fortunate enough to com- bine with it the power of practical details which made his observations useful to man, Coste it was who first erected the basins in the College de France, the fish nursery of the world, and who stocked the lake and river of the Bois de Boulonge. From what was at first apparently but an ex- periment, Coste had the immense satisfaction of seeing his efforts crowned with success, and soon his methods of pis- ciculture were repeated in many countries. Coste has ad- ded unknown wealth to the world. His fame will rest in his works on Comparative Embryogeny. oo SCIENCE SLIPSHOD. ——— es HE other day, Mr. Henry Lee, one of the most pleas- ant contributors to Land and Water, wrote the fol- lowing plain announcement:—‘‘One of the funniest little ‘cusses’ ever turned out of Nature’s workshop, in the shape of a seal, made a bow to the public in the Brighton Aqua- rium a few days ago.” Now, that most excellent, staid, and trustworthy period- ical called Natwre seems to take serious exceptions to this rather playful way of alluding to the seal; and evidently regards it a flagrant case of lese majesté. It brusquely stands up in defence of the infant Phoca vitulind, and in- sists (funny though the seal may be) that he should not be made to ‘‘to do duty as the but for a pun and a slang quo- tation.” Well, why not in this case ‘‘cuss?” Are we to be re- stricted from all that is comical and amusing in Nature ? Are we to look gravely at a monkey when he apes the man, and ponder gloomily over the wise look of a jackass ? Must human nature restrain all its bubbling over, and freeze its running words into solid ice? Shall we write that Jones, our faithful correspondent, killed five brace of Pcus principals, and would have had an odd bird if it had not been for a rascally Pandion Haliwtns, who gobbled it up ? What a sacreligious verse that must be which we are forced to give in all its coarseness— “Possum up a gum tree’’— and how much finer and impressive it would have been if rendered, ‘‘The Didelphys Virginiana betook him to the Liquidamber.” The word ‘‘cuss,” used by Mr. Lee, is an Americanism pur sang, and in duty bound we must take up the cudgels for it. Webster may ignore it, even Roget may lock it out of his Thesaurus; Grant White may cut it, but it is a sound and lively word. Bret Harte found it, and put this word “cuss” in such a charming setting in his ‘‘Luck of Roaring ; Camp” that ‘“‘the darned little cuss” had in itself, when de- scriptive of the poor child of Cherokee Sal, a most won- derful charm, Perhaps Mr. Henry Lee had just been read- ing Mr. Harte’s charming story, and for one in a million of English readers, must have been able to appreciate it. Applied to this little seal—fatherless, motherless, thrust into the Brighton Aquarium, where lives the horrid Octo- pus, there was a close resemblance of circumstances be- tween him and the poor Luck who was ‘“‘the darned little cuss” of the story. But all jesting aside, there can be no possible harm in using the most familiar terms, if they are adaptable to the descriptiveness of animals. We cannot always employ the stiffer phraseology of learned books in treating of the hab- its or manners of natural objects. That ascientific nomen- clature is of paramount necessity no one will deny. Be- fore, however, we transport people into the higher, loftier range of knowledge, we must make science adapted to the grovelings. It may be pleasant to know that Agassiz has found gasterpoids, shinoderus, euryale, ophiuranus, heli- asters, and holostomata in quantity, though not one reader in a thousand may know what they mean. We assert that just such writers as Mr. Frank Buckland and Mr. Henry Lee have done more to popularize the study of natural history, and engender a taste for it among both young and old, than the works produced by perhaps much more staid and philosophic compilers. Both Buffon and Cuvier wrote in this popular vein, and Mr. Darwin’s style abounds with examples of this familiar language. The temple of knowledge nowadays may be scaled not alone by those clad in sombre tunics, each fold classically draped, but even by those in their shirt sleeves. If it israther a pe- riod of scientific ‘‘free and easy” the world will be all the better for it by and by. —__— Coast Fisn. LAKES. Bluefish, Skipjack. Horse Mackerel, Black Bass, (Wici opterus nig (Lemnodon saltator.) and archiaan.) (two species. Spanish Mackerel,( Cero maculatwn.) Pickerel, (sox reticulatus.) ee Squetaug (Trout) Ofoli- Pike perch, (Luctoperca Americana. ) thus.) Bays AND ESTUARIES. Striped Bass, Rockfish. (Labrax luneatus.) ————— A friend, who has just returned from the Jacquet river, New Brunswick, speaks of the stage of water as having been extremely low all through the season. Once, after the river was raised 4 little by a heavy rain, he struck a number of fine salmon, the largest of which weighed twenty-five pounds. One singular incident. oc- curred while he was in camp near the principal pool. It was twilight, and his canoe had been anchored for the night near the shore, when he was suddenly startled by a commotion and a threshing close at hand, and on investiga- ting the cause, he discovered that a large salmon had leaped from the water into the canoe, and was making des- perate efforts to get back again into its native element. Once it sonearly succeeded, that its body poised upon the gunwale, but fortunately for the angler, it flapped back again into the canoe, and so wascaptured. It weighed ten pounds. Here is the latest news from the Umbagog region, Our informant, who left about September 20th, reports the streams very low, and the trout hard to find. Twenty ang- lers at the Middle Dam averaged, between them, only three or four fish per day, the largest weighing seven pounds. One weighing three and a-half pounds was taken in Sturtevants’ pond by a gentleman from Boston. Walter Brackett, Esq., the celebrated artist, of Boston, was at Upton with his wife. The fishing in Jamaica Bay has been very good the past week or so, large quantities of bass, weaktish, and kingfish having been taken, as well as a few sheepshead—these lat- ter by experts. The outside fishing is good for bluefish. A great number have been taken, chiefly with bait, running from ten to sixteen pounds.: On September 22d, one gentleman took sixty-seven, some of which weighed sixteen pounds. | Of Far Rockaway, Mr, J. H. Batty took five bluefish that weighed seventeen pounds each by scale test, and fares of 100 to 159 fish per boat are not unusual. Those who can avail themselves of this magnificent last run of the season, ought to do so. Goto Bath, Canarsie, Penny Bridge, Brook- lyn, or to Jersey City, and hire your yachts. The largest run of fish occurs ia October, as a tule, and the fishing will undoubtedly continue good until the first frost, which will cut the season short. Bluefish always disappear with the first cold snap. - All through Long Island Sound great sport has been en. joyed for three weeks past, at the estuaries and mouths of rivers, in catching the small bluefish or ‘‘snappers” with a rod and float. These fish seldom exceed a quarter of a poundin weight, but are so gamey that even veteran ang- lers hugely enjoy the sport of catching them. They run in “schools” or ‘‘shoals,” and bite voraciously. Although the season for fishing is almost at an end, it may be well to print a few additional notes of localities for future reference, for we find, from constant inquiries ad- dressed to this office, that there is a dearth of information among anglers, which we had supposed did not exist. Where, in the name of patience, we ask, have these eager inquirers been in the habit of wetting their lines, outside of the circumscribed limits of their own immediate neighbor- hood ? . In Jefferson county, New York, which, in fact, lies upon the outskirts of the Adirondack region, there are the usual varieties of maskalonge, black bass, pike, pickerel, and salmon trout, and the fishing ‘grounds are most easily reached from Theresa and other points on the Utica and Black River Railroad. Notable among these is the India river and adjoining lakes. Comfortable accommodation is afforded for small parties at the summer houses on the lakes. Trolling is almost the only mode offishing in vogue, and W. D. Chapman, of Theresa, the patentee and manu- facturer of various kinds of spinning tackle, does a large business in supplying the fish with ‘“‘ spoon victuals.” Ang- ling has been fair the past season, and the fares have been divided between some four score of practitioners. Among a the remarkable weights taken are one maskalonge weichino forty pounds, a black bass of four pounds, a pike of eight. een pounds, and a salmon-trout of twenty-five nounds,. In Stanley’s Creek, Smyth county, Virginia, there js good trout fishing easily accessible from Marion, which jg 4 station on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, Black bass are also found; though not abundant, and have been taken weighing six pounds, although the average is per- haps two pounds. By-the-way, we find a uniformity in the size of bass, wherever taken, that is not observed in many other species of fresh water fish. The trout in this section average a half pound apiece, and seldom attain a weight of two pounds. The number is said'to have jp- creased of late. Attention has recently been directed to fish culture in this section, and a breeding pond has heen established near Marion, at which place there is also an ane ling club, of which Dr. H. Stevens is president, Jacoh Wagner, vice-president, and Dr. EK. Haller, secretary. Within a radius of one hundred miles from Hast Saoi- naw, Michigan, there is splendid trout and grayling fishinre. the fish in certain localities ranging from one-half to four pounds in weight. Four pounds is an unusual weight for grayling. The largest we ever saw was a little above three pounds, The grayling is a comparatively new addition to the angler’s list of game fish, and is thus described in ‘‘Hal. lock’s Fishing Tourist,” the only work on angliig that gives a description of the grayling of America: “It varies in size from eight to fourteen inches in lengthy, and‘much resembles the sisco. The back is of a ‘dark, gray color, and its sidesare covered with fine, whitish, sij- very scales, running in well defined lateral lines, and dotted with shining, diminutive black spots a half inch or so apart —especially about the shoulders. It has a very large, square dorsalfin. Its second dorsal is adipose. At three years old it weighs a half pound, and addsa quarter of 4 pound per annum to its weight, until it attains a weight of three or four pounds. It is in season from May to Octo- ber. It thrives best in rivers flowing with gentle current, whose beds are composed wholly or in part of sandy gravel or loam. It feeds on minnows, but takes the fly or artifi- cial grasshopper with avidity. In Michigan, it is caught in the Muskigon river, whichis as far south as they are caught in any stream that empties into Lake Michigan; in the Manistee, and all the streams to the northward as far up as. Mackinaw; in Jordon river, a stream connecting two lakes ’ a] o and emptying into Traverse Bay; in the Au Sable and Au Gros rivers, on the eastern shore of the State; and in the river Hersey, a tributary of the Muskigon. The latter is. the most accessible of any of the streams—eleyen hours from Detroit, by the Flint; and Marquette Railroad, with a good hotel a quarter of amile from the depot, kept by A. D. Wood, who is himself a thorough sportsman, and well posted. One mile from the hotel fishing begins, and ex- tends along a mile and a half of cleared bank, which gives the angler. a fair cast. It is a beautiful stream.of clear, spring water, about twenty rods wide. here are no other fish in it but suckers. The Au Sable isthe next most ac- cessible stream, and isreached from Bay City by the Mack- inaw Railroad. “The grayling is not quite equal in activity and pluck to the trout ; nevertheless, he is a superb game fish, anda ereat acquisition to the angler’s somewhat limited category. It is quite as shy as the trout, fully as critical in his selec- tion of flies, and ‘‘contrary” about taking hold at times, although the fish may be rising all around the vicinity.” The best time for fishing is said to be just after the spring freshets, but we notice that June is the month preferred by Michigan anglers. September fishing is also fine, The flesh of the grayling is of a rich, cream color, and most de- licious in flavor, whether it be fried, boiled or baked. We have the following welcome letter froma friend, who speaks highly of the fishing in northern Alabama: CortTLANpT, ALA., September 20th. Horror ForEsST AND STREAM:— ; As for fish, we have some of the finest that swim. Our game fish are the trout, so-called—in reality a congener of the northern bass, and al- most identically the same fish—the land-locked salmon, the pike, and the speckled perci—a fine fish, often weighing several pounds. Our ‘trout often weigh from ten to fifteen pounds, though the average is under,ten pounds. These fish are usually taken with the minnow for bait, though in Swan and Beaver Lakes, near Decatur, they are taken successfully with the fly, and by ‘‘bobbing.”” Swan and Beaver Lakes are the places most visited by anglers froma distance, being as good as any, and are only one-mile from Decatur, where strangers can always find good hotel accommodations. Besides, these lakes are free to all, there being no 1 strictions to bar any from fishing in them. Next to these the Muesell Shoals afford the best fishing. Indeed, to the enthusiastic angler, Ido not know if the Shoals do not afford the best spor.. The Shoals are fished not only with hook and line, but also with what in common, Pal lance is called a ‘‘jig,”’ a three-pronged harpoon, fastened to along wood- en handle. Armed with this weapon, and one end of his canoe filled with blazing pine faggots, the sportsman quietly paddles his way at night through the shallows and shoaly places, until he catches sight of acne finny denizenof the water, which he soon transfixes with a dexterous cast of his ‘jig.’ If a large and strong fish, there follows a long strug” gle to land him, and oftentimes the canoe is emptied of-all its oceupants into the river before victory rewards the fisherman’s skill, As Cuifee 18 - nearly always an indispensable assistant in these midnight ventures: no little amusement is afforded on such occasions. The glare of the torch light, the gleam of African ivory every now and then, when some Incky stroke of good fortune has safely landed a ten pounder in the bottom of the canoe, or the loud guffaws amid the splash and rush of water when “all hands” have been emptied into the stream ina tussle with som larger fish than usual, lend to the occasion enough of incident and gr0- tesque variety to give a zest often denied the angler who has only the reel and his rod to aid him in his sport. D. R. H. We frequently receive letters from the Western State®, asserting that fly-fishing for black bass is not practiced m that section, trolling being the only mode of taking them. One correspondent, an expert angler, states that he never heard of the fly being used, and did not know that the bass would take a fly. It seems singular to us that gentlemeP living in the very midst of the best black bass regions of the country should be so generally ignorant of this most satisfactory and attractive method of capturing this splen- did fish. We would advise them to make the experiment ‘atonce, before the season closes, and thereby experience one of the most exhilerating delights of the angle. Use a large gaudy fly. A mixture of scarlet and white is usual- lythe most killing. By-the-way, we remember well the first black bass we ever saw caught. It was in Bie Lake, a few miles from St. Anthony, in Minnesota. The fisherman had a huge watling, fresh cut, a heavy line, and half a frog for bait. He waded out through the lily-pads until he could throw clear of them, and then brought down his frog with a splash that madethe spray fly. Neverthe- less he hooked a large fish almost immediately, and then, with a jerk, threw him over his head up on the bank high and dry, with such force that he was effectually stunned and stiffened forever. —Here isa suggestion from a correspondent, which is worthy of consideration. Weare not aware that any effort has been made in this country or Canadato stock rivers with the sea trout :— Much attention has been paid of late to the enterprise of stocking our _ rivers and lakes with new species of fish, and of restocking them with ‘those which have become exhausted, but I do not remember that the sea trout (samo canadensis) has been included in the number. I see no rea- ‘son, however, why all our rivers, from Hastport to New York, should not ‘be supplied with this delicions fish, at least all those which are suitable - for salmon. water. seeking the head waters of rivers in the summer for spawning grounds. On its way up, like the salmen, it rests in the pools, and there takes the fly. Besides this, it frequents the river mouths in June in great schools, affording the finest sport to the fly fisher. In game qualities it is equal to the brook tront. which it surpasses in size, and, as I think, in flavor. The average size of the sea trout is about the same as that of the black bass, that is, from one to two pounds, and specimens of both species sometimes reach the weight of six pounds; but as food the trout is infi- nitely superior. In fact, it comes next in rank to the salmon as a table fish. §. C, CLARKE. Shot Gun and Rifle. GAME IN SEASON FOR OCTOBER. Moose, Alces Malchis.) Blk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis.) Rabbits. common Brown and Grey.) Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.) Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola.) Rutted Grouse, Tetrao wimbelius,> Esqumaux Curlew, Vumenius bo- The same conditions are required—pure, rapid, well serated Caribou, Tarandus Rangifer.) Red Deer, Caricus Virginianus.) Squirrels, Red Black and Gray.) Quail, Optyx Virginiana.) Pinnated Grouse, Terao Cupido.) Curlew, Vumenws Arquata.) Sandpipers, Zvringinc.) reais.) Willets, ; iv ; Plover, Charadraius.) Reed or Rice Birds, Dolichonyx oriz- Godwit, Limosinw.) avon. Rails, Rallus Virginianus.) [Under the head of “Game, and Fish in Season” we can only specify im general terms the several varieties, because the laws of States vary so much that were we to attempt to particularize we could do no less than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of yame in question, T his would require a great amount of our space. In designating game we are guided by the laavs of nature, upor which all legislation @s Sounded, and our readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their re- spective States for constant reference. Vtherwise, our attempts to assist them will only create confusion. | : —_—__—_$—__—_—_ —The glorious month of October, with its equable temper- ature, its bracing air, and its absence from annoying insects and noxious reptiles; with its gorgeous autumnal hues, its dreamy atmospheric effects, and the maturing of all things organic to their fullest perfection, belongs especially to the sportsman, It is his heritage. It has been dedicated, ap- propriated, devoted and set apart to the children of Nim-_ rod; and everything that is beautiful and enchanting in na- ture invites them to go up and possess the land. The weather ig not too cold for camping out; the crisp air has dried and spread out overthe earth its covering of leaves, which makes a luxurious couch for even such tenderlings as the “Babes in the Woods.” The thin smoke from the camp fires rolls upward in spires of intensest blue; the for- ests are open and captivating to the eye by their subdued, though brilliant garniture ; the sun is golden, though not intense; and the very birds and animals one meets seem magnetized by some potent agency to tarry in these realms of dolce far niente until the plustering winds compel them to scurry away to the South, or bestow themselves to closer cover in their native woods. In this wonderful month all the furred and feathered tribes are in full condi- tion for the bag and table, and clad inthe most splendid at- tire, inviting admiration by their beauty, and tantalizing the palate by their rich juices and luscious flavors. A casual glance at the game list, which we print at the head ofthis column, will indicate how lavishly nature has pro- vided for man, where man’s civilization has not utterly de- stroyed and rejected these eitts. ' October is, all things considered, the best month for “ galling” wild turkeys, although some sportsmen prefer the spring. Now, as all the devices which man employs to allure and ensnare the victims ‘he pursues are but imita- tions of what nature has given her creatures for specific purposes, if becomes us to inquire and understand the character of these peculiarities and learn why they are be- stowed; and by our investigations to determine the periods when game is in season. For instance, the call of the tur- key may: be either the warning note of the mother to her collective brood, as inthe autumn, or the invitation and response of the wooing, as in the spring. At the latter season, all birds are full grown, and the yearlings are 1n their prime. In October the flocks have not yet scattered; the young turkeys, though large and strong of wing, are not fully srown, and the family circle remains unbroken. In both cases, it is apparent, the birds are noble and legitimate game. A turkey-call is easily imitated by using the hollow bone of the leg or wing of the same, or even by the hollow of the two hands placed together; but these devices can only be learned by careful attention and practice. The early morning is the best time of day for calling, as indeed it is for all manner of hunting. Like the true salmon, the salmo canadensis lives in the ocean, — There are various modes of capturing the wild turkey, which we shall allude to from time to time, giving by-and- by much attention to the turkey hunting of Florida, which is in perfection during the winter months. Will not some of our friends out West send some account of wild turkey hunting for the delectation and information of such of our Eastern friends as have never seen the sheen of a 24-pound gobbler’s glittering bronze? Around Winchester, Va., accessible from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, turkeys are abundant; so also in La- clyde county, Missouri, ten miles from railroad; and in northern Michigan, which, by the way, is a section which our Eastern sportsmen seem to know nothing about; and yet it is a primitive wilderness which even the lumbermen have not thoroughly traversed. —Wild fowl of various kinds, especially woodcock and blue-vinged teal, aré in our market:in considerable quanti- ties. October woodcock are in their prime—this year’s birds full grown and fat, the cover somewhat thinned of leaves, and the heat of the sun not overpowering as in July and August. —John Penwarden and a companion, while hunting erouse near Bear Swamp, in Wayne county, Pa., north of Milford, were attacked by a large panther which came out of the swamp. They wounded it, and were obliged to fice for their lives. The animal followed them a long distance. This is the first panther that has been known to infest the woods of that section for many years. —They have had amusement on the Tobique river, New Brunswick, hunting a Rocky Mountyin elk, which escaped from Barnum’s menagerie afew days ago. It was several hours before he was discovered, and then it required a force of twenty men to return him to his old quarters. The brute weighed 1,100 pounds. In securing him a Dr. Dris- cow received severe injuries. \ —A large moose, sporting an immense pair of antlers, was run into last week, near Methot’s Mills, by a Grand Trunk Railway train, and so severely injured that he was shortly afterwards captured. The day previous three moose were seen in the neighborhood. —The ‘Colorado Sportman’s Club” has been inaugura- ted at Denver for the sole purpose of importing quail into the Territory for breeding purposes, a most laudable move- ment. The following gentlemen are its present officers: O Gove, President; James Thompson, Secretary; Hyatt Hus- sey, Treasurer. ‘ —The range of the quail on this continent is greater than than that of any other game bird. —For exploits in the field and valuable local information, we can refer our readers with much satisfaction to our vo- luminous correspondence, printed elsewhere. —In Connecticut the National Guard are taking up rifie shooting in good earnest, and haye ranges at Meriden and West Haven. It will not be long when ranges will be es- tablished in the proximity of every large city in the Union. ToronTo, September 19th, 1878. Epiror Forest AND STREAM:— : I beg leave to inform you that the city of Toronto can boast of three distinct shooting clubs. The first is ‘The Toronto Gun Club,” exclu- sively for the shooting with breech-loading guns, the officers of which are:—James Ross, M.D., President; Dr. J. W. Elliott, Vice President; Alexander McGregor, Hsq., Secretary and T'reasurer. The second club is the ‘‘Junior Gun Club,” the officers of which are:-- W.H. Goen, President; John James, Vice President; J. W. Deacon, Secretary and Treasurer. The third isa split or a branch from the Toronto Gun Club, being formed by some dissatisfied members of the first-named club. The fol- jowing are the officers:—Dr. J. W. Elliott, President: B. Moore, Hsq., Vice President; Alfred W. Smith, Hsq., Secretary and Treasurer. It will be called the ‘‘Carleton Gun Club.” The annual match of the Toronto Gun Club comes off on Wednesday, October ist, the result of which I will try and send to you. m. G:C: —Preparations for the Coming contest on October 8th are evident at Creedmoor. A new target—1,000 yards dis- tance—has been erected, the storehouse has been moved some 600 yards, so that there is no necessity now for pass- ers to get in the line of fire. The want of water is being looked after, and a well is now being dug. When all the plans of the pains-taking committee are effected there will be fully twenty targets, and in some cases sunken pits for markers will be substituted for raised butts. Raised butts are always more or less objectionable, as, no matter what precautions are taken, lead will spatter at times, and acci- dents will occur. Quite lately a marker lost some teeth by a fragment of lead from a bullet describing some eccentric course and striking him. One objection to raised butts by riflemen-is, that in certain conditions of the atmosphere, and when the sun is ata particular clevation, the targets become as if covered with a shade. Some preparations are also being made for the entertainment of visitors at the Range. We cannot recommend too much caution on the part of members, teams, or detachments. Danger signals should be carefully watched, and marksmen should be par- ticularly warned never to tire until the last shot 1s marked. The violation of this simple rule may result in the death of the marker. Without being desirous of being over sug- gestive, it might be wise if the committee would have some movable signs made, to be stuck up in any part of the field where men. are practising, with the single instruction last mentioned inscribed on them in large letters. An ounce of caution is worth a pound of cure. The entries for the various matches to commence on Wednesday, Oc- tober 8th, are quite numerous, and we believe the competi- tion for the Judd and Sportsman’s prizes will be quite an interesting one. Every one entering for any of the matches must be provided with a ticket, which will be exchanged for a registered ticket on the ground. If practicable, the exact time when the several matches will take place will be published by the Forrest anp Stream. The third regular 123 match for the ‘‘Turf, Field and Farm” Badge took place on Saturday, the-27th ult. The badge had been won twice by Captain Bodine, and once by Captain Wingate. ‘There were forty-seven entries, and Mr. J. T, B. Collins, with a score of sixteen, carried off the badge. The shooting was not up to the general average. We give some of the lead- ing scores. Distance, 200 yards; five shots; any kind of rifle; trigger to draw not under six pounds :— Total Name. Arm. Score. Jee Be Collins iia ye essed: Remington Sporting......-----.-- 16 ASMEASINCLOTIS O11 oo tie See el ese weet es WIIG TIC SLOT tires sa petcpe eerie eat per asics Captain Wingate, ...-.....0. sc... Ballard Sporting......-..++--4++5- 15 ENGR TING] ay aor. omer en nientyesseybecterete Remington Military......-......-: 15. Tis) cele WRUYOuESToTe Ty AR an ibd coe e eeu eee Remington Sporting.........-.- fe) George W. Wright......5....:..5065 PONCHO L LA re eve ASR oe ora gt On) lect 15 Gétterat Weserole: (Ja. ..2.02.% yee. Mavi Bre oF er adr sitde arctan 15 aE, Tele A DLOA IMS Aes 385 2 eis Popes digo: BAT Oa dm clays ceten ee at terete 15 AINVoDANRTI MILLE M AG er wlc Mistye 4 y Ao soeho tte Ballard Sporting... .........-..52.5 14 Lieutenant Coionel Gildersleeve....Remington Sporting.............. 14 OMS RAC OTe. steer ge enereat op cen Sa Remington Military............... 14 @OlomeU ORM). ces. tees sus seule s- Remington Sporting............ 2d TEC USTUGOs rene Wlccmanser Hacene etl a BallardiSparting | es. er 13 RRAGHAT Gs TGKINS le Oaks sues k we sine poavahales ahet ts Dee Cl ee oan AA 13 General Thomas §. Dakin.........:.Remington Military..............- 13 J. EH. McHwen......:. ett feet - Ballard Sporting :......,..........13 GeOnoe CV OMC Dive Neel es ey ane nee eee Ballard Sportimo ses) cet eens 13 IW.) dls @larisee oe eRe. oS ei Remington Sporting,...........-.. 13 Jy det MERCH HPS Mahl: 14 sues eons Sharpe) SPOLIne, 22.2. 2-2) ee 3 igerel t pIMG LL sued ype Aye ae bs tee rein Maynard Sporting..... .........- 138 {hina Fup Y ROS ol Ss Soe eww oA es ae Maynard Sporting...........-.....1 3 ASL RAUL eg EnV Cs ae. © Suter wurh . RPV g Remington Sporting....... ......15 PAM SAREE Opens She eae ce eesat an eet Remington sporting ............ 13 WG CYB OLN cara Geert ete tees SUATPELS PORN. tees. 12 Pie Ni Bey SUIT GSAS E ac ae ep ne Remington Military..... er oe 12 C5. 2 LICE ce ore ey eee nee ees Remington Military............... ite! DBS, AGEN anKe SAR See eee eet ese Remington Sporting.............. 1 Alexander Wobertson,:...---... .:.. temineton Sporting............-. 10 William Robertson...........5...... 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A reasonable space will be given to athletic sports and those out-door games in which ladies can participate. In a word, every description of game that is in vogue among respectable people, and of value as a health- giving agent or recreative amusement, will be consid- ered and its practice encouraged. Nothing that de- moralizes or brutalizes, nothing that is regarded as “sport” by that low order of beings who, in their in- stincts are but a grade higher than the creatures they train to amuse them, will find favor in these columns. To horse news we shall devote some space, giving a record of leading races and meetings and current events, but we shall not make it a feature of this jour- nal. We leave this department to others, much more competent than ourselves, who are recognised through- out the country as exponents of the turf, and as au- thority in stock, pedigree and kind. We yield tono one, however, in our love and appreciation of the horse and his estimable qualities. 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PICTURED AUTUMN LEAVES, —___4— —_— Gay autumn'leaves! we have seen you blending Your irised pennons in shadowy vale, And gather new glory upward wending, In the savage north-wind’s trail, From the mountain's base To its crested space, Where the burning hues preyal! O, green and yellow and crimson and gold, Out of the loom of the Infinite rolled, In wild luxuriance, fold upon fold! We are lost in half tearful wonder That the wintry wind, which is blatant and bold, Your blushes should deepen, your life infold, Till, chilled to the heart by a loye that is cold, You shrivel and die in russet mould, And are buried the deep snows under! Fair autumn leayes! Can we wake rejoicing To loveliness doomed of its birth to pale? Can we echo the melody of your yoicing, Not moved by its latent wail, That sighs for aye Through the bright array Grim Death must counteryail? Yet, crimson and gold and yellow and green, Hush your low murmurs! for I haye seen A power that is subtle and strong and keen To bear you acros Time’s river, Where ashen garments neyer demean The radiant form of autumn’s queen, But on through the ages of aureate sheen, Bating no jot of her royal mien, She gorgeously glows forever. Glad autumn leaves! this benison lingers (Lifting you over life’s wintry wave) In the heaven born touch of the artist’s fingers, Whose passionate soul can save, By the wondrous skill Of a master’s will, Fair forms from a waiting graye, So, green and yellow and crimson and gold! : Your emerald, topaz and ruby unfold, Dreading no robber king withered and old Shall bid you your grace surrender, Nay—flames that the wind and the sunshine hold, Till they joyously spread over wood and wold (In diaphanous haze of a wealth untold), Blaze on in your beauty, by naught controlled, For art’s seal is set on your splendor! —October Galaxy.] CBEEDMOOR PRIZE CONTEST. —_+_—_—_ MATCH OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE AS- SOCIATION. Sie HISTORY OF THE RANGE—SCORE OF THE MATCHES—NAMES OF THE VICTORS—ANAL- YSIS. P HERE has just been completed at Creedmoor the first annual Prize Meeting of the National Rifle As— sociation, twelve competitions having taken place, the full and correct statements of which will be found at the con- clusion ef this article. Though Creedmoor may be now well known to our National Guard and riflemen in the city and vicinity, still a thorough description of the same, its plan of organization, and the object to be obtained by hav- ing such a range for rifle practice in our midst, with full details of methods of shooting, &c., may be of interest to many outside of the city, and may help to develop more thoroughly a taste for rifle shooting in the United States. The initial movement for the organization of a National Rifle Association dates from November 24th, 1871, when a Board of Directors were elected withthe following officers: President, A. E. Burnside; Vice-President, Col. Wm. C. Church; Secretary, Capt. G. W. Wingate; Corresponding Secretary, F. M. Peck; Treasurer, J. B. Woodward. This Same organization held office until July 22d, 1872, when General Burnside having resigned, Colonel Church was elected president, with General Alex. Shaler as vice-presi- dent. Now the real labors of the Association commenced, Mary B. Dongs. such as the choice of a proper sight for a range and the de- tails necessary to get members of the National Guard to take an interest in what to them was a novel enterprise. It Was soon evident that the high price of land within any available distance of New York, would render any pur- chase impossible without State assistance, A bill was in- troduced into the Legislature, which was passed in May — 1872, which provided that whenever the Association should raise $5,000 the State would contribute $25,000 for the purpose of purchasing and fitting up sucha range, the State also agréeing to provide division and State prizes for skillful markmanship. To this amount was added $5,000 from the Supervisors of New York and Brooklyn, with $5,000 more from the Supervisors of New York. The work of selecting the grounds of a sufficient extent for a range, which should be at once reasonable as to price of land, safe and convenient of access, was a difficult task. Finally a most wise purchase was made of a tract of seventy acres, situated on the Central Railroad of Long Island. This land was bought of Mr. J. Creed for $26,250, and named Creedmoor. These grounds are admirably adapted for the purpose for which they have been selected. As level as a billiard table, they afford room. for twenty separate ranges, each of which can be used from one hun- dred to athousand yards and without the use of elevated firing-stands, found necessary upon most Huropean ranges. There was only one slight objection to the range, and that was that it would become necessary to build an embankment of twenty feet high and five hundred and sey- enty feet long, to place back of the buts, which would re- quire some 27,000 cubic yards of earth. The Association very wisely sent Messrs. Rockafellar, Wingate, and Church to Wimbledon and Hythe, who made a thorough inspec- tion of the rifle practice as carried on there, and who se- lected all the latest improvements. THE MATCH. The first annual meeting of the National Rifle Associa- | tion, which took plate on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week, marks an importantera. It may be considered as the dividing line in the ordess of the National Rifle Association, and the success that was at- tained renders the future prospects of the Association no longer doubtful. The practice of marksmanship is one that appeals strong- ly to our young men. It is free from all those demorali- zing influences which are associated with many other manly sports, and it requires, above all things, a clear eye anda steady hand and consequently a lite free from dissipation. To members of the National Guard it affordsa gratifying change from the everlasting “‘fours right” and the “manual of arms,” which make their drills so tedious, and by afford- ‘ing a chance fora display of individual skill, puts each man upon his metal. At first the Association experienced no little difficulty in inducing the National Guard to interest themselves in the subject of rifle practice. A few of the leading officers, promifent among whom were the Adjutant General of the State, and Major Generals Shaler and Woodward, have done all in their power to induce them to take hold of the matter, but many of the other officers have displayed an astonishing apathy. ' The liberal action of the Association in throwing open their range for the gratuitous use of the Nutional Guard during the past summer resulted in most of the regiments going there for a day’s praetice, and after a single visit it soon became popular. ‘‘ Teams” were formed from al- most every regiment, and the practicing has been incessant, so that during September alone the range was used by nearly 4,000 men. Emulation has been excited, and all are striving to excel. The shooting in the different matches of the last week will do much to strengthen the popularity of the range, and it shows the vast improvement that has resulted from the better practice of the men, and thus puts all upon their metal for the next contest. It is also very important as bringing the Regulars and the National Guards in close contact, in which certainly the latter have not suffered. Creedmoor, on the Central Railroad of Long Island, is eleven miles from Hunter’s Point, and a short distance from Jamaica and Flushing. It is reached in one hour from James Slip, and three quarters of an hour from Thirty- fourth street. On alighting from the cars a walk of 200 yards up a broad avenue brings you to the southern extrem- ity of the range. From this point it extends eleven hun- dred yards, a perfectly level field, interspersed here and there with large trees, and altogether containing seventy acres. Across the northern boundary an embankment twenty-five feet high has been erected, at the base of which twenty targets are placed, each being thirty feet from cen- tre to centre. They are all available for simultaneous use up to 500 yards, and the majority of them up to 1000 yards. The targets themselves are composed of heavy slabs of cast-iron, two feet wide by six high, which are bolted to- gether to form the required size; two slabs making the tar- get used up to 300 yards, three that used up to 600 yards, and six that used over that distance. Hach target has a square black bull’s eye painted upon it surrounded by a line indicating the ‘‘centre,’’ the remainder of the target constituting the “‘ outer,” the size being as follows: 6 FT GENT RE Second Class. Third Class. Third class used up to 300 yards, (in off-hand firing); tar- get 6 feet by 2; bull’s eye, eight inches square; centre 2 feet. Second class used from 300 to 600 yards, any position; target 6 feet square; bull’s eye 2 feet square; centre, 4 feet. (20k T First Olass. First class used over 600 yards; any position; target 6 feet high, by 12 wide; bull’s eye, 4 feet square; centre, 6 feet. In all cases shots striking the bull’s eye count four; cen- tres three, outers two. Scores are counted the same all ranges, so that when we read that a marksman made, in five shots, 19 out of a possible 20, he must have made four bull’s eyes, or sixteen, and one centre, three more, which would score 19, For instance, General Hawley, in the Press match, made 36 in a possible 40 in ten shots, which was made up as follows: of six bull’s eyes and four centres, 24 and 12. The marking isupon two systems. In the * Hill” orside butt, the marker is placed in ashot-proof hut and marks from aslit cut in the side; in the ‘‘Scoble” or sunken butt, he is placed ina trench dugin front of the target, and marks through a trap in the roof. The latter plan is found by far the best, and the Associa- ation are converting all their targets into that mode as fast as possible. It admits of a supervision being kept over the markers, lessens the danger of accident, and removes the annoyance of the target being overshadowed, the latter being a serious draw-back which, in the morning and even- ing prevented a number of targets from being used during the match. 146 FOREST AND STREAM aT 2.2.89: ———— Each marker is provided with three discs, each 18 inches in diameter fastened upon a _ pole about eight feet long. One side of the disc is pointed, and the other has attached to it at right angles asash brush charged with pamt. When a shot strikes the target it makes a large star upon the point with which it is coated. The noise of the shot calls the attention of the marker (who is watching the target through a thick plate glass win- dow). He at once opens his trap and placing the proper disc over the shot mark, obliter- ates it with the brush, at the same time the color of the disc signals to the flrer the value and exact position of his shot, a white disc signifying a ‘‘bulls,” a red one, a ‘‘ centre,” and a black one, an ‘‘ outer.” / . The targets are divided into sets of five, each under the control of a Superintendent, a commanding officer having control of a similar number of firing points, both target and firing point being distinguished by a large number conspicuously displayed. If one of the latter officers has reasonable cause to belivee that during firing a hit had not been signalled at all, he ‘‘calls the target” upon the telegraph, by tapping its number. At once the danger flags were displayed at that and the three targets adjoining upon each side, (the firing at which at once stopped) and the Superintendent came and examied the target. If he found it hit he signalled it, if not (as in nineteen times out of twenty was the case) he simply waived his hands and returned to his cover. The management of the firing was under the control of the range officer, Captain George W. Wingate- Under his orders at the butts were twenty markers, (regulars from Willet’s Point engineers), and four superintendents, and at the firing points twenty score keepers, (men employed and paid by the Association), and four superintendents (volun- teers from the National Guard), He was expected to answer all questions, decide all disputes, and generally ‘‘to run the machine,” and emphatically had his hands full. The headquarters department was under the direction of General John B. Woodward and a staff of clerks, and was managed with great efficiency. Hach man upon entering for any match received a ticket having upon it his name and number. This he took to the proper firing point at the hour named, and presented it to the regis- ter keeper, who placed it in atin frame with those belonging to the rest of the squad assigned him. When all was ready acannon was fired. At this the markers retired to their butts and withdrew their danger flags. At asecond gun the firing commeneed, the members of the squads being called by twos (unless using muzzle loaders, when they fired individually), who fired their shots alternately, until their score was completed. In some of the matches only military rifles were allowed; in others any rifle within the rules of the Association—?, e. not weighing over ten pounds, nor with a trigger under three pounds pull, nor with telescopic sights. In the latter class of matches almost every kind of rifle was used, from the elaborately sighted muzzle-loading Metford, used by the Cana- dians, to the Remington military rifle of the National Guardsmen, including the Reming- ton, Sharpe, Ballard, Allen, and other well known sporting rifles, Up to 6500 yards, how- ever, if was astonishing to see how closely the military weapon kept up to the others. Thus in the final match (200 yards off-hand) with a military rifle, the winners’ scores were: W. Robertson, 16; J. T. B. Collins, 16; G. A. Strube, 16; Campbell Vail, Rich- ards, Gildersleeve, and Price each 15; while in the Sportsmen’s match, at the same dis- tance. with sporting rifles, the score was no greater, Schneelock, Robertson, Collins, Wa- terbury, and Anderson making 16, and Meserole and Backer15. At 500 yards the high- est scores made with a military rifle, even out of a possible 28, Carmichael, 24; Strube, 23; Cocks, Hitchcock, Lockwood, Boehr, and Murphy, each 21; while the highest with a sporting rifle, at 500 yards, out of a possible 28, Richards and Yale, 26; Omand and Camp- bell, 25; Adam and Sanford, 28; Tolley-and Anderson, 22, and Ready, 21. At the longer ranges the qualities of the finer rifles of course gave them greater advan- tages. Thismatch also demonstrated the great improvement that had been made in breech- loaders. The score at 800 and 1,000 yards showed but little difference between the breech- loading Rigby and Metford rifles, and the breech-loading Remington, Sharpe, and Maynard. Wednesday the wind was high and “flawy,” and the off-hand shooting in consequence below the average. ‘Toward the afternoon the wind moderated somewhat, and the shoot- ing improved in proportion. Thursday there was less wind, especially toward the after- noon, and the firmg became very good, particularly in the All-comsrs match. The scene on Thursday was very inspiring. The long line of National Guardsmen in their bright uniforms, with the crowd of spectators, the white targets showing brightly against the green embankment, the beautiful weather, and the strains of the regular band from Willett’s Point, made the scene quite picturesque. SCORE OF THE MATCHES. COMPETITION I—OPENING MATCH—JUDD PRIZE. Offered under resolution of Board of Directors, N. R. A., to commemorate the services rendered by Hon. David W. Judd in securing the passage of the law by which the Asso- ciation were enabled to secure their range. Open to all members of the Association, Weapon, any military rifle; distance, 200 yards; position, standing; five rounds; entrance fee, $1,00; number of entrics, 96. Prize. Name. Total. Rifle, Hema SSREV GES TNL: see. necpie= aes |W. Robertson, 79th Infantry........... 833 3 4—16....|Remington. br lenver VEC Men tau ice Senses : a. FTW, @OUNITS tess osc ei cna he 3345 3—16....|Remington. 3...\Life Membership N. R. A....... {G. A. Strube, 22d. Infantry...... Sh (8 24 4 3--16....|Remington. 4,.,.'Bronze Medal.....--..-..--+:-. Lt. Campbell Vic Rifle Montreal........)8 3 238 4—15....|Snider Enfield. 5...|Bronze Medal.....-..-- ~joetore tee Seret, Vail, 9th Infentry.....5........4. 333 24-15....|Remington. 6,..|Bronze Medal....,.-....-..----- lI. P. M. Richards, 7th Infantry......... 3 23 4 8—15....|Remington. > ../Bronze Medal...........--..-4- Lt. Col. Gildersleeve, 12th Infantry.....|8 4 2 3 3—15....|Remington. g...|Bronze Medal.........- Dinh te J. Nu wee Abu ha MEY. 2 Set fre }4248 2—15.... hepa The score here is quite geod for military rifles. It must be remembered that a gae of wind was blowing, which renders the best of shooting uncertain. : COMPETITION II—SPORTSMEN’S MATCH. Open to all comers; weapon, anyrifle; distance, 200 yards; five rounds position standing; number of entries, 129; entrancefee, 1,00. Prize. Name. Total. Rifle. 1... (Metford Rifle)... sy. + -5-ee 2. eee O. Schneeloch, 62d Infantry........... 333 3 4—16....|Remington. 2...|Moose Antlers......--...--:+5- tees A. Robertson, 12th Infantry........... 343 3 3—16....|Remington. 3...|Silver Medal...... AE APR Bet cometh eB: # Moline ae. ta Adee eens oe cies 343 3 3-16....)Remington. 4,..|Life Membership N. R. A.,.....-.. C. B. Waterbury, 12th Infantry....... 43 3 3 83—16....|Remington. 5 Bronze Medal... ...peess.- sees ;A. Andeison, 4th New Jersey.......... 42438 3—16....|Winchester. 6...|Bronze Medal.............4./..+-+<- General J. V. Meserole, 11th Brigade..|3 3 3 3 3—15....|Maynard. # | Bronze Medal. .-..<--..... 06-25 .s--4- Leon Backer, 22d Infantry..........-.. 3833 38 3—15....|Rem. Mil. his score is not quite as high an average as might have been expected, but as the wind score. STREAM. COMPETITION III—FIRST DIVISION MATCH. Open to ‘‘teams” of twelve from each Regiment or Battalion in the First Division of the National Guard, 8. N. Y. All competitors to appear in uniform (full dress or fatigue), and to be certified by their Regimental Commander to be regularly enlisted members in good standing ot the Regiment they represent, and to have been such on August 1, 1873, as required for the State Prize. Weapon, Remington Rifle, State model; distance 200 and 500 yards; five shots each distance; position, standing, at 200 yards; any position at 500 yards; entrance fee, $1,00 each man; number of teams entering, eight. Prize. Name. At200 yds. A500 yds. Total. State Division Prize.....|Best team....,...,.....- 22d) Regt, Infty, N.Y.....|-..2..-.. 155). 2. -.-..= —108| 263 Shaler Medal:,.... ee Best Individual score...|Private Cocks, 22d.......|.....-... — 14).....2-:. — i 29 Silver Gp... cae a aes oy 2d best team.....--...., OTHE RE OT NG, Dunn ues laa ome —134|......... —101} 235 Silver Cup......--.----- 3d best team............ ObWeReet, No Whe oso, spa | ee sonie —142) 0-53. — 68} 209 Silver Medal......-...-- 2d best individual score,|Sergt Wood, 12th Inf'y..|2 22 3 8— 12/8 2438 4— 16) 28 Life Membership N.R.A,|3d best individual score. Lient.Col. Gildersleeve...|2 8 2 2 8— 12/4 3 4 3 2— 16| 28 Bronze Medal......-..-- 4th best individual score.|Sgt. Maj. Roux, 22d_-... 338383 3— 15/2283 38—13) 28 Bronze Medal......-.+-- 5th best individual score.|Set. Freeman, 22d....... 83234 15/832 32— 13) 28 Bronze Medul..-...-.... 6th best individual score.|Drum Maj. Strube, 990..18 822 8— 13/42044— 14) 2% Bronze Medal..-...-.... 7th best individual score.| Private Smith, 12th.....- 38222 38— 12)22343— 14) 26 Bronze Medal.....--..-. 8th best individual score.|Private Robertson, Yoth..184248— 1620403— 9) 2 Bronze Medal.........-. 9th best individurl score. |Private Backer, 22d...... R828 2—-W22332—12| w Average of best team, 2 28-100, which is quite commendable. COMPETITION IV—SECOND DIVISION MATCH. Open to teams of twelve from each regiment or battalion of the Second Division of the National Guard, N. Y. 8., uponthe same condition as prescribed for the preceding match, Weapon, Remington Rifle, State model; distance, 200 and 500 yards; five shots each dis- tance; position, 200 yards, standing; 500 yards, any position; entrance fee $1,00 each man; ber of entries, five. Grand gin ize. , ne Wilhiee At 200 LS 500 yds - ie tate Division Prize.....|Best team..-.......----.- DOCS SWING pi ane terete Daly aI 283 132d regiment, 12 men........... Gaprai lat Gere oie. eek 15} 1B) 25 69th regiment, 12 men.......... (OFT oy ho CVOVUP TINS, ee 14| 14) 28 71st regiment, 2men.....-...... SolsaWiarints seen eee Suet 79th regiment, 12 men.......... Captain Clarkt........... 84th regiment, 12 men.......... Drum Major Nulte..... Gaiveneups: .--- ne Dera Be Destieamne tees ses se cos 12th regiment, N. G : ‘ OT Te NT Bie ooo: eee BOSWERL HEAT. ofes, Meee ee ewe 79th regiment, N. G ) Life Membership N.R.A........ 2d best individual score........ W.J. Carmichael, 22d ......... 17) 14) 31 OPE, Bee Ay ete 3d best individual score........ Set: Maynery 22d: 320... en. 14| 16) 30 *The average of the 22d regiment, 24—making 280—is very good. +The score of Captain Clark, of the 79th—making thirty individually, an average of three centres—is re- markably good. , COMPETITION VIII—THE GATLING MATCH. Open to teams of twelve from each regiment or battalion of the National Guard of the State of New York. All competitors to appear in uniform, and to be certified to be regu- larly enlisted members in good standing of the regiment they represent, as required for the State Prize. Weapon, Remington Rifle, State model, distance, 500 yards; rounds, seven; position, any; entrance fee, $1,00; entries, seven. Prizes. Winner. Total. Gotlinp: CUM. we. s Henke ol REST TAMAS ee sees pon og else TUE WE LSS OAM hp le stg stel cin nlp cate ince = ernest eee —199 STAT ECTS RnR wn YS itt ete 2 QAMMeshy Labi ois. a eisleeee ne Poke Ueysonsd\<) Ne ha ROD scene ne eeen clear cy a —184 fe ie EE AEE Conck ed HELE Sehaall, Seo Weare Sates eee T2GAPPCOINION Laer: =. et eget ane ieerean —176 I Pee at Le ee ae ee Best individual score........... Captain James Ross, 79tht..|/4 43 343 3— 24 Life Membership N. R. A..... 2d best individual score.....-.. Set, Major Roux, 22d........ 4384433324 Bronze Medal.........--:-<.--- 3d best individual seore........ Private Keeler, 79th.........)438 443 3 2— 23 ty Sp AAS. keene .|4th bestindividual score. ....... Set. Frothingham, 28d...... 0444443—23 Ke FE ed os al BW ts bales 5th best individual score... .... Lt. Col. Gildersleeve, 12th.../38 24 33 3 4— 22 ne ee AN simainest A Mery hase 6th bestindividual score........ —— Stevenson, 79th......... 38333 42 4— 22 S pee sleet g at 7th best individual score........ W.d. Cudlipp, 12th......... 33243 3 3— 21 *The 79th, making 199, an ayerage of 2 31-84, is quite good. +Captain Ross’ score of 24, in a possible score of 28, was excellent. COMPETITION IX—NEW JERSEY MATCH. ; Open to teams of twelve from each regiment of the National Guard of the State of New Jersey, each being certified to have been on August 1, 1873, a regularly enlisted member in good standing of the regiment he represents, and to appear in uniform, (full dress or fatigue.) Distance, 200 and 400 yards; five rounds each distance; position, standing at 200, any at 400 yards, weapon, such rifle as shall be prescribed by the Governor of New Jersey; entrance fee, $1,00; number of entries, two; the First and Fourth Regiments. Prizes. Winner. At 200 yds. Atbd00 yds. Total. Silver tropliye -.nss cise ne ge eye wn Best team, 4th regiment............-.|..:...--. | oe aa ne — | 179 COVNRG PASTA Sie Py oA AES AAI Private Scott, 4th Inf*y.............. 8324 2—14/2 2432-13 at SilviersiWeditlen, see eaters esc mide sy. chs Captain Abernethy, 4th Ini’y........ 833 2 2-13/4 33 3 0-18 26 Bronze Wledaly ose h ck salou 6 eeepe eels Private Anderson, 4th Inf'y.......... 28 3 2 2-12)2 24 2 38-13 25 COMPETITION X—RAILROAD MATCH. Offered by Herman CO. Poppenhusén, Esq., on behalf of the Central Railroad of Long Island. Open to members of the National Rifle Association and competitors in the foregoing matches, but excluding all winners therein, and all winners of the Turf, Meld and Farm and Amateur Club Badges. Distance, 500 yards; weapon, any military rifle, position, any; rounds, seven; one hundred and seven entries. Prize. Wanner. At500 yds. Total. Rifle. Silver trophy... =-.--.7--:---- Sgt, Magner, 22d regiment*....,...... .../4342 3 4 4-24|Remington Military os Fees ae i, SRS APE NINO sitel dy Stats sew is anil ne 4343 8 3 3—23|Remington Military. = Soe ts erect Jee dace el ER nos TU psa a rhe oa meses 23 43 43 423|Ward Burton. Ay Ss Sere VAs Weyates akisye tetyrie terse ae .....(8 2443 4 3—23|Springfield. eee oslinine te oo det. obs: eee, ee 4432 4 2 4-23|Remington. OW RL EY ieeeerade yeep tai een = ol icles 44422833 22|Sharp. = Silver Medal, ...........: eee aise GSH CLS be Ines OR ee oe atedicl oo hoc aera 33 42 3 3 3 21|Martini Henry. Railroad ticket for 1,000 miles.|Lieut. Horsfall, 22d regiment........-... 3423 3 2 421/Remington Military- Oa sneha aor ia th ey leurs Thomas Lloyd...........-.. Sazpen Sip enee 94228 4 4—21|Remington Military. Cee bias eer baaee n elt ac AMES MSIE LOY Seed orev een sireeer Snes teen, dette 2238 2 4 4—20|/Sharp. tf Bh ye ay ep Tenses wee Set. Kessam, 19th regiment............. 38442 2 2 3—20|/Remington. Boe cat ee OR fin set ca Be iifetWn Boies fies 2 Bae Aas bio aele Sy 8422 4 3 2—20| Remington. Ser SUS techs OMe ies 3 yer are eh eles Joseph Edington 4242 3 2—20|Remington. Be GSN DA aasteara tare t eabthoct eae aie BOA Aco SOULE Hes Piten eels Pastas meen A see air 383 33 0 4—20|Sharp. #Sergeant Magner’s score—24 in a possible 28—is very fine shooting. In fact, all up to twenty-one may be Open to all comers; any rifle within the rules of the Association; range, 800 and 1,000 % inner. At 800 yds Ati,000yds. Total. Rife. Gold Badge... -...-- J. Adam, Canada Volunteers............ 433443 4-258 433483 3-23) 48|Rigby. Pipe soy ele coos A. J. Roux, 22d regiment, N. Y......... 343423 22113 343 4 0 3-20) 41|Rigby- Silver Medal......... R. Omand, Amateur Rifle Club, N.Y..../4 433 4 4 4-26/2 33203013) 39 Rem.s. Life Mem, N.R.A....|H.Fulton, Brookl’n, Am. Rifle Club, N.Y.|2 28 3 4 4 422/02 3323215) 37| | Bronze Medal.......- L. L. Hepburn, Amateur Rifle Club, N.Y.|3 3 3 4 2 4 8-22/2 44000 2-2 34 ; Ten Dollars.....-..-- Lieut. Campbell, Victoria Rifle, Montreal. |8 4 3 8 3 3 4—23/0 0 3 0 2 3 3—11 34\Metf’d i Cremieere Pht. G. W. Yale, Hartford, Conn ............ 4344342-21:0020230—7| 31\Sbarp. 2 eae: J. R. Hawley, Hartford, Conn,.........: 42320 22-1533 3400 0—13) 28 Sharp, Ke oo ge ees, te J, Carmichael, 22d regiment, N.Y....... 434033 320100020303 8| 28|Metf'd. COMPETITION XII—PRESS MATCH. : Open to representatives from any regular newspaper or periodical, each to be required to be a bona fide employee thereof. Weapon, any rifle; distance, 400 and 500 yards; position, any; rounds, five each distance, entrance fee, none. There had been considerable interest taken in this ni following papers, had entered: Forest AnD Srream, Army and Navy J ournal, Turf, Field and Farm, Harper’s Weekly, Daily News, Evening Mail, Commercial Advertiser, Brook- lyn Daily Times, N. Y. Sun, N. Y. Tribune, Herald, British Whig, Kingston, Ontario; Trish American, Newark Helvetia. There were only twelve contestants. match, and representatives from the Prize. Winner. At 400 yds. -At500 yds. Total. AGE PIPCHEeM. Sek poe tse ees ole Ex-Goy. J. R. Hawley, Hartford Courant*..../4 443 3—18|4344 3—18 a Silvers Medal’ eonse oe ee ae W. Hi Glark, Daily News:.-........2..82:--+-s 34224 15/3 4243-16 oF Bronze Medal..............--- L. ©. Brice, Turf, Field-and Farm............- 2330 2-10\¢ 442 3-17 of y Tae an sOneeey coda Thomas Lloyd, Harper’s Weekly .......------- $23 431520222 8 a “i “RE Sang PB iel rhe C. J. Shanks, New York Tribune........-...-. 43383 0-13/130204-9 4 Gnpraving, .....---- ee eec -_. |g. ©. McIntyre, Boston News............-.....|2 8 22 2-110 000 3— 3 FOREST AND STREAM. 147 ee Ee eS ea ae ee a ee se ce ees a REMARKS, It is quite worthy of mention, showing the care that had been taken by the officers of the Association, that nota single accident occured, and there was scarcely any of that confusion incidental to a first match. If words of praise are by no means out of place in regard to the conduct of the officers, who had many new points raised for their decision, incidental to the opening match, the conduct of the menis also to be ap- plauded. We did not notice a single case of intoxication, nor the least indication of gambling. Some parties were on the grounds early intent on starting} ‘ pools,” but such requests were promptly denied and squelched on the spot. Perhaps it would be better next year at the grand national contest to make the time in September. Then the davs are longer, and the shooting may be continued for fully nine hours. But very possibly the managers were right in mak- ing the match come off at as late a time as possible, in order to give the men the fullest opportunity for practice. It would be wise too to separate in the future all the military contests from those of a more general character, as likely to avoid confusion. Another suggestion we would make, since we want our matches to be as thorough as possible, is that all the meteorological conditions of the day be deter- mined accurately, such as barometrical and theometrical measurements, direction of wind, andthe miles in an hour the wind is blowiug. From data of this character greater accuracy in shooting must follow. SHARPSHOOTERS’ MATOH. The sharpshooters, match is one only to be attempted by experts, as at distances over 600’yards, the utmost nicety and skill is required, which can only be obtained by long practice. Members of the Association have practiced but little at long range shooting, and though all the shooting donein this match by our own men was very good, doubt- less next year, when they have devoted more time to it, they will show improvement. Mr. Adam’s score, 48, an average of 3 1-7, (25 at 800 yards, and 23 at 1,000,) in a pos- sible 56, for such a long range is very good shooting. . Mr. Adam, of the Canada volunteers, has already shown his skill in England and Scotland, and is one among the many good Canadian marksmen. We cannot but congratulate Mr. Adam in his victory, and the modesty with which he carried off his well-earned prize. In fact all the Canadians, (there were three winners out of the nine contestants for the sharpshooters’ match,) acquitted themselves with credit, Mr. Ormand’s score of 26, at 800 yards, five bull’s eyes and three centres, is magnificent shooting, better even than his shooting in 1871 at Wimbledon for the Rolapore challenge eup, though he only made 13 at 1,000 yards. In these long ranges, the additional 200 yards makes a vast difference. Mr. A. J. Roux, of the Twenty-second Regiment N. G., N. Y., score 41, (21 at 800, and 20 at 1,000 yards.) is also deserv- ing of most honorable mention, winning as he did the second prize. Mr. Adam shot with a Rigby. Both the Rigby and Metford are muzzle-loading rifles,excellent guns, are loaded with great accuracy, and are furnished with the most carefully adjusted double sights. The least disturb- ances of the wind are corrected by means of sliding sights. Onthe whole, the shooting at long range was excellent, and exceeded our expectations. Possibly the beauty of the day, the absence of sun-glare, and there being scarcely a breath of wind, added materially to score-making. We are more than pleased that a brother rifleman from Canada carried off the prize. It will cause a proper amount of emulation, and incite our own men to practice. In this match a very magnificent pipe, presented by Mr. Kaldenberg, came in among the prizes, though not printed in the catalogue of prizes. Mr. Adam was offered his choice of a medal or pipe, and selected the medal. Mr. Roux, having the choice then as second prize of the pipe or silver medal, took the pipe. Mr. Ormand then received the third prize, the medal, QUESTIONS OF ARMS. The great use of rifle range is that it must demonstrate whether an arm is good ornot. Skill may have a great deal to do with the merit of a high score, but as the weapons used come into the hands of not only experts, put of second and third class shots the use of Creedmoor or any other range must determine the average excellence of any gun. The Remington rifle has been fully tested and has been found to be excellent, not only as a military put as asporting rifle. In many of the matches, as may be seen on examining the scores, the Remington has held its own with the most delicately adjusted arms. Rifles like the Rigby and Metford have most carefully adjusted sights, were allowances all made for effects of wind blowing across the linc of fire, &c. The use of all such adjustments are perfectly in order, aud should be encouraged in every way. lia rifle as was remarked by Punch in speaking of the complicated arrangements of the Wimbledon expert, ‘chad asteam engine at one end and a windmill at another,”’ so much the better, if in a range of a thousand yards, the marksman can improve lis score a single figure. There is not then the least doubt that when the Remington rifles havé adjusted to them these finer sights, that they willnot’? only shoot quiet as well, but possibly out-shoot either the Rigby or Metford. In comparing it as a military arm with the arms used by either the English, French or German, we must declare that it is to be superior as to accuracy. Its penetration was also remarkable, shown by a shot. passing through three feet of solid packed dirt, perfora- ting a thick block of wood, and then falling spent with its shape still almost perfect. Subsequent general matches yet to come may bring in prominence some other rifle, when the ForEsT AND STREAM will be the first to assert its claims, but for the present, for all work, we are inclined to think that with a steady hand, and clear sight, whether the marksman be asoldier or a sportsman, the Remington has clearly proved itself the best arm of to-day. The Sharp rifle, especially in the press match, showed its excellence, and is a weapon of great merit, In judging of all rifle con- tests, our readers not familiar with the subject, should al- ways bear in mind that a windy day always effects the shooting. In concluding our remarks on the first Ameri- can rifle contest, we believe that the time will come when Creedmoor will be far too small for the concourse of people who will assemble from all parts of the Union, to witness this National pastime. — oo OO THE GAME OF COLORADO. pore The game of Colorado consists of buffalo, elk, black and white tailed deer, mountain sheep, antelope, cinnamon, black and grizzly bear, wild turkey, sage hen, blue or mountain grouse, willow or pin tail grouse, ptarmigan or mountain quail, ducks of all kinds, except canvas back, geese and brant, swan, curlew, of several varieties; and in the spring and fall snipe and plover for a few days, as they migrate north and south. We have also afew California and State quail imported for breeding purposes. The following fur-bearing animals are numerous:— beaver, otter, mink, martin, weasel; red, gray, black, and silyer-grey fox, beside many varieties that are supposed to bea cross of the different distinct species; also, a very small animal of the fox kind, known here as the swift, the large grey and white timber wolf, white and grey coyote and black prairie wolf, panther or California lion, lynx, wolvereen, catamount and wildcat, badger, skunk, ground hog or woodchuck, and other minor species. The finer fur-bearing animals, such asj beaver, otter, mink, martin, etc., are all taken in pole, hole, and steel traps. The wolf, fox, and kindred animals are often poi- soned with strychnine, but traps of many descriptions are sometiméem ployed, and many animals are shot. Thousands of acres of forest are yearly destroyed by accidental fires, and thousands more are stripped for lum- ber and wood, but the forests being all in the mountain re- gions, where the land is of little or no use for other pur- poses, is alowed to grow up to timber again, so that no estimate of any correctness can be made of its increase or diminution. However, there is no scarcity except in the immediate vicinity of settlements. Success in either hunting or trapping depends more here than elsewhere upon the experience of the person en- gaged in it, and his knowledge of the country, for the rea- son that game is not generally distributed throughout the territory, but certain species are confined to certain locali- ties. No stranger need expect much success unless accom- panied by an experienced guide. Remarkable bags are often made, but create little re- mark here, as they are mostly made by professional hunters, who prefer the profit to the notoriety that would direct other’s attention to their hunting grounds. Itis nothing uncommon for two hunters to load a large freight wagon with deer, antelope, or buffalo in a day or two after reach- ing the hunting grounds. Grouse and such game may be killed at the rate of from one to four or five dozen a day to the gun, provided the hunter has the time and the patience to hunt up their locality. . The larger animals are very extensively hunted during the season for both local and foreign markets. It is esti- mated that not less than two hundred thousand buffalo were slaughtered for their hides alone last year,#nd so long as the price of skins make it a profitable business, and the buffalo remain, this waste and destruction will go on, Were the game laws of the territory enforced all would be well; but except to keep game out of the mar- ket during the close season, there is no attempt made in that direction. The good hunting grounds are so numerous and so widely scattered for the different varieties of game that no very correct idea can be given in such an article except in a general way. Ducks, geese, etc., may be found very close about Denver. Willow grouse are widely distributed, and may be found in most any direction from town by travel- ling from ten to twenty miles. They are much more diffi- cult to capture, and are afar better bird than the prairie chicken of the States, and arenot found in the mountains at all, while the blue or mountain grouse are only found in the'mountains, and are the finest eating bird of the grouse kind, but offer poor sport to any except ‘‘pot shooters,” they being excessively tame. Ptarmigan are only found very close to the snowy range, and are very good for the table, but might as well be killed with a club as shot. Buf- falo are sometimes found within thirty miles of town, but usually aride of from fifty to two hundred miles east, either wia the Union Pacific or the Kansas Pacific Railroad, will be necessary for any greatsuccess. Antelope are often found within ten miles of this place, but are more plenty as you leaye civilization behind in either direction. White tail deer are not plenty. They are only occasionally killed along the water courses and in the low hill country some thirty to fifty miles to the east, and seventy from here. Black tail deer confine themselves to the mountainous regions, except when severe storms prevail; they then come to the foot-hills, where they may be killed in quantities. They afford fine sport, whether in mountain or valley, are very numerous, and are often hunted within twenty miles of town. Bear are distributed throughout the entire moun- tain country, Mountain sheep are very seldom killed, ex- cept on the high mountains, and from twenty-five miles dis- tant to as far as the Rocky mountains extend. Elk are found most numerous in the Middle and North Forks from seventy to one hundred miles distant, and on the Laramie Plains, and farther west along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad for three or four hundred miles from Cheyenne, especially in the vicinity of Fort Steel, and as far north as the Wind River mountains and Montana Territory. Very few dogs of any breed are owned here. Some point- ers and setters of doubtful blood, and occasionally a grey or stag hound, are kept for running down wounded game; but no fox hounds are in the country, nor could they be used to any advantage on account of the prickly pear, which would cripple them in an hour’s run. Hotel accommodations outside of the principal towns are very limited, and in order to make a success of hunting or fishing it is necessary to take with you transportation, subsistence, and bedding. In conclusion, if you or any of your friends desire sport, and can stand the fatigue that we all have to endure to find it, come on, and any one familiar with the country will not withhold all information desired, including your obedient servant, Fy ASG, Denver, Colorado, October, 1873. as Se i ee CANVAS-BACK DUCKS IN WISCONSIN. Sat JANESVILLE, Wisconsin, September 22d, 1873. Eprror oF FoREST AND STREAM :— ForREST AND STREAM is just the paper we have long needed, as an organ for the sportsman and angler. I am happy to see the vacancy so well filled by your interesting publication, which cannot help but be a success. Our shooting hereabouts is principally confined to ducks, and we claim to have the best ducking rounds in the Northwest, and the only grounds. where the famous can- vas-back is found in any great number, This ground is at Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin, a body of water about nine miles long, from two to four miles wide, quite shallow and filled with wild celery. The shores are indented by numerous bogs and sloughs, and lined with a heavy growth of wild rice, and here in the spring and fall are found nearly every variety of water fowl by the million. It has been disputed by Eastern sportsmen that our can- vas-backs are the same as are found in the Chesapeake; but that they are the same is true beyond a doubt, and can be proven to the entire satisfaction of all who willcome and see. Teal and mallard shooting begin about Septem- ber first and last until about October. Then comes the canvas-back. Black head, red head, and other northern varieties of ducks, which remain until the lake is closed by ice, and are slaughtered by thousands. Sportsmen in search of ducking grounds would do well to visit Koshko- nong, any time from October 10th to November 15th. The best route is via C. and N. W. Railway, Wisconsin Divi- sion, from Chicago to Fort Atkinson, 111 miles; thence by team three miles south te Mr. H. L. Beemer’s, where good accommodations will be found, and necessary information given. Mr. Beemer lives nearest the best shooting grounds on the lake, and all who stop with him will be well taken care of. The fishing is also very fine, and black bass are taken in great numbers. General Phil. Sheridan took in one day last season all his boat could carry, averaging two pounds apiece. Yours truly, VALENTINE. OLD SUPERSTITIONS. pw. oe LD charms not only effected cures but dealt with every possible relation of life. Thus: ‘‘Eat hare if you want to look handsome for nine days after.” ‘Put a hen’s heart on your wife’s left side while she is asleep, and she’ll tell all her secrets.” ‘‘Swallow a mole’s heart, fresh and palpitating, and you'll at once be expert in divination.”’ “Quartan agues yield not to ordinary medicine; so take of the dustin which a hawk has been rolling, tie if up in a bit of white cloth with a red thread, and wear it; or else knock out the right eye of a live lizard, and wear it wrap- ped in a bit of goat-skin.” These are from Pliny, who also teaches that all medicinal herbs should be gathered, pick- pocket fashion, with the right hand poked through the arm- hole of the tunic; you ought to be clad in a-white robe, with naked clean-washed feet, and to have just offered an oblation of bread and wine. Worms out of a goat’s brain are good for epilepsy; so is arivet from a wrecked ship, it you insert in it the bone cut out of a living stag’s heart, and then make it into a brooch. If you see a shooting star, count quickly, for you'll be free from inflammation as many years as you can count numbers while the star remains in view. ‘To cure cataract in the eye, catch a fox, cut out his tongue, let him go, dry his tongue, and tie it up in a red rag, and hang round the man’s neck. When something has got into your eye, rub it with five fingers of the same side as the eye affected, saying thrice, ‘‘Tetunc resonco breeam gresso,” and spit thrice. If you would escape stomach- ache, take care that you always put on your left shoe first, and wear on gold-leaf the letters L* M * M RIA, written three times. For toothache, say ‘‘Argidam margidam stur- gidam” thrice over, and spit in a frog’s mouth, solemnly desiring him to take toothache. If any one has swallowed , 4 bone, gently touch the mouth with ring-finger and thumb, and say nine times ‘“‘I kiss the Gorgon’s mouth.” This is sovereign; the great Galen himself testifies to the value of charms in such a case. These are from Marcellus Hmpiri- cus (the Quack, as he well deserves to be called), who flour- ished about 880 A.D. But this, from Albertus Magnus, is the most wonderful of all: Gather in August the herb he- liotropion, wrap it in a bay-leaf with a wolf’s tooth, and it will, if placed under the pillow, show a man who has been robbed where are his goods and who has taken them; also, if placed in a church, it will keep fixed to their places the women present who have broken their marriage vow. “This last is most tried and most true."—Al the Year Round, 148 FOREST AND STREAM. THE OLD DRESS COAT. ——~——__—_ A PARODY ON GEN. ALBERT PIKE’S ‘‘OLD CANOE." ———— Where cobwebs are thick and ceiling low, And the dusty floor looks dark below, Where trunks and boxes in lonely pride Are gloomily ranged ‘round the rough wall side; Where pictures hang that are old and dim, Where old hats lay devoid of brim, Where the past over all in dust is wrote, Hangs on a nail the old dress-coat. The well-worn tails are idly dropped, Like a sea-bird’s wing that the storm hath stopped, And down from the shoulders, one by one, Hang the threadbare arms whose work is done; While busily back and forth between The spiders stretch their silver screen, And their struggling victims wearily tote Across the breast of the old dress-coat. The glossy cloth that a luster gave Rots slowly away to its hidden graye; The green mildew creeps o’er its decay, Hiding the moldering past away Like the hand that plants o’er the tomb a flower, Or the ivy that mantles a fallen tower, While fading colors, once remote, Throw their somber hues o’er the old dress-coat. The heaying breasts are dead and still, But the light winds play with the flaps at will; And lazily swinging its shabby tail It floats its length from a rusty nail, Like a pendulum moving the hands of time, That meet and part at the noon-tide chime, And the arms together kindly float, Asif to greet o’er the old dress-coat. Oh, many a time in the olden day I’ve brushed its folds and dust away, And decked myself for the evening ball, Where the dance was wild, and love ruled all; And laughed as I whirled in the giddy dance, At the girls’ sly look and admiring glance, And felt youth's music’s sweetest note, As I sauntered along in my fine dress-coat. But now, as 1 turn from its moldering pride, And look in the broken glass at its side, The face that I see is graver grown, And the laugh that I hear has a soberer tone, And the form that gave it such graceful swings Hath bowed ‘neath the weight of sterner things; But I love to think of the happy hours I danced in my coat ’mid music and flowers, Bre the steps of time in its rude march smote, And crushed the pride of my old dress-coat. —Anonymous. "Anong the Birds and Beasts. OU are attracted to the place by the outside show. In the bulk windows you see innumerable cages, inhab- ited by canaries, who hop about within their narrow homes with incessant motion. If youapproach nearer to the win- dow, and if your ear is fine and you can separate the noises of Chatham street—mutffile, as it were, the rumble of the street car, the din and rattle of the carts and wagons, you will distinguish no end of twitter coming from the estab- lishment in question. Sometimes this chorus, if a streak of sunshine slides into the store, rises in volume of chirps until it sounds like a band of tiny piccolos—then again it ceases, and there comes a clatter, a din of squeaks, saw-edge-sharpening sounds; the parrots taking hand in the bird orchestra. cordant, or otherwise—and having some business with the proprietor, we enter the bird-store. The twitter is, if any- thing, a trifle too intense, and as if enraged at our pres- ence, all the parrots commence wrangling, disputing, and objurgating in the most approved primary-meeting manner, until the tympanums of our ears fairly ache. Mr. Charles Reiche, the Noah of all this ark of birds, welcomes us, and, ‘‘wanting to know, you know,” we ask no end of questions, to all of which tbe good natured Noah replies. If Jamrach is the grand wild animal purveyor of England, Mr. Reiche occupies the same position in America. , ‘ We watch a couple of assistants packing up most a gross of canary birds, each ina separate cage, going off by ex- press. The cages are all piled one above the other, and a long stick run through the wicker work to hold them to- gether. Sotame are the birds that they scarcely flutter. The cages are deftly cleaned, an extra quantity of seed put in the feed cups, their water is replenished, a couple of thick pieces of paper are wrapped around the city of cages, and off they go on their journey. It is mid-day, and they will be in Boston or Cincinnati some time to-morrow, as ‘fresh as birds,” of course, and ready to send forth their sweet carol in, we trust, some gentle lady’s drawing-room. If we only could travel this way, and to the same destina- tion! The canary bird trade, Mr. Reiche informs us, is a con- stantly increasing one. Twenty-six years ago 1,000 birds in a year was a large quantity of birds to dispose of to-day Mr. Reiche imports and sells 80,000 canaries, and can hardly keep up with the demand. They all come from the Hartz mountains, and are bred by the mining population, who increase their means by rearing this pretty bird. Eyery German steamer brings about 2,000 birds, and there ig an attendant who crosses and cares for these feathered passengers. The loss seems quite trifling, not being more than eight per cent. Mr, Reiche sends canaries to San Francisco, Valparaiso, Lima, and to the whole of South America, Crowded together in a large cage were those Lured by the sounds—melodious, dis- pretty birds, the Rice Bunting. Nothing can be primmer than the appearance of this bird, with its prettily tinted plumage and its white ears. They seem to be fond of each other’s society, as they cluster close together on the perches, which rise one above another, huddling together, and look- ing like so many little ladies, with white caps on, all seated in the boxes of a theatre. Parrots were in quantity. There was the chattering, so- cial green parrot (Chrysotis festivus), a festive ‘‘cuss,” un- doubtedly, and the gray one (Psittucews orythacus), rather more demure, scratching his head, and many beautifully colored parrots, all radiant in the most delicately tinted plumage. A pretty bird was the African widow bird, a tiny creature, covered with fine dark feathers, and having a gloriously long tail, dead black, about ten times as long as his body, hanging pendulous from him. Here were English thrushes and bull-finches, with a true Whitechapel look, awaiting purchasers, and gaudy pheasants, the Golden, shining like a bit or jeweler’s work, the more quiet Silver, and the demure English pheasant. Here, too, were strange nondescript ducks and a pair of black swans, and last, but not least, a magnificent specimen of the crowned pigeon, (Guara coronata). This bird, the most glorious of the pigeon tribe, is of a delectable blue, is as large almost as a, peacock, and has his head surmounted by an aigrette of the finest feathers. He comes from Java, New Guinea, and the Moluccas, and is a royal bird. How long we might have remained in Mr. Reiche’s avi- ary we do not know, but we were startled by looking through a glass window, when we saw in an amusing way, the living contest of the Laocoon repeated, only in this case it was a row between one of Mr. Reiche’s men and an alligator. His Uglyship, all mouth and squirming tail, was refusing (and with a great show of reason and good sense on his part) to be placed in a wooden, coffin-like looking box. Though his destination was Europe, and his passage had been taken, he was vigorously protesting against ex- patriation, and asserting the right of a true born American. How he squirmed and wriggled, and he had to begginned down to the ground with a wooden fork, before the stout German could induce him to enter his travelling apartment, and at last, when inveigled in as far as head and body went, how he lashed his tail outside, and hissed, snapped, and spluttered. “We are always sending alligators abroad, to amateurs and zoological societies. Neat creatures for certain kinds of aquariums. Mostly come from Florida, and are easily obtained. I shall ship about a dozen assorted sizes abroad this month. They will reach their destination in good order.”’ Just as Mr. Reiche had concluded, we were startled by feeling something or somebody inserting what we took to be an arm into our pocket. It was not the monkeys, who were chattering in their cages opposite. Who could it be? Turning around we faced alittle elephant, who, with his proboscis, was examining our coat tail pocket. He was a chubby little elephant, about three years old, and was as tame asadog. At the word of command he hoisted up his trunk, rolled up his lip, and showed his nascent tusks, about an inch beyond the gum. -‘*What is he worth,” we asked. ‘‘Five thousand dollars, and cheap at that. In a year or two, as he grows, he will adda couple of thou- sand dollars to his price. Look at my kangaroo—a nice little fellow. He is worth $75. If he wasa great kanga- roo $1,000 would not be out of the way. There is a pen of peccaries, quite tame and gentle, and over there you will see a pair of Japanese hogs.” ‘*How is the lion market ?” we asked. “Quite brisj, though it is at the end of the season. We have four on hand. Prices of animals do not vary much, though it is in the spring, for exhibition purposes, that the real demand sets in. A good African lion, with a full mane, would bring $5,000. A lioness is not quite so desir- able; you may quote her at $2,500. Tigers—royal Ben- gals—are always wanted. I have two very fine specimens; cheap at $5,000.” ‘‘How do you procure your stock ?” we asked. ‘‘A good many animals are bred abroad in European zoological societies. We buy from them, or exchange with them, and can mostly find what we want in London. But I have a regular set of men employed in Africa to find ani- mals forme. Now here is a letter from a party I have out there, in Cassela, somewhere on the White Nile. They are after hippopotami and ostriches. JI could sell all ‘the hip- potami I could get. It is among the most valuable of rare animals. There was a good specimen here some nine years ago, and he was rented out for $25,000 a year. If my party goes further south they may get for mea giraffe or so. A fair camel-leopard would be worth $5,000. The head of the party reports to me that Mr. Charles Reiche, on the 15th of June last, was the possessor of quite a coop of ostriches—some fourteen, I believe. Birds of small size are not very expensive. My agent tells me he has bought some for about a dollar—about the price of a chicken in Washington market. The head of the party isa German, and he says they will want a caravan of a hundred camels to bring them out'of the desert, with the animals they have caught or purchased. The prices] ask may seem to you high, but you must bear in mind the risk werun. You can’t rate the figures on a rhinoceros the same as you would forahorse. It’s pretty much of a lottery. Some years ago I must have spent $25,000 on a single expedition, The head of the party used to draw on me from the middle of Ethiopia £1,000 drafts. I believe he did get quite a num- ber of fine animals together, only he went into the show business himself, on his own account with my animals. The last I heard of him was that he had my caravan in Australia, and beyond the reach of the law. Then it may be a risky business at times, for this reason. Though you may corner the animal market, yet you may glut it with certain beasts. Some two years ago all the zoological gardens which sell wild beasts, and the African hunters, got long on zebras and gnus, and you couldn’t give them away. They were not worth more than donkeys. The market has recovered, however, and zebras are now in fair demand. I have besides that party in Africa another one constantly in South America. They stay about the neighborhood of Para, and pick up pumas, jaguars, tapirs, monkeys, and boas forme. The snake line of business is always good. They are mostly in demand for side show entertainments. A good big snake fetches $500. JI begged and begged for a big one as thick around as my thigh, a fellow who would breakfast ona goat, which I saw abroad this year, and offered $750 for him, but was refused. Monkeys are al- ways wanted; supply equal to the demand. A show starts out with a dozen of monkeys, happy family, and that kind of thing, and are always losing some of them. The price for monkeys varies. These little fellows,” and Mr. Reiche pointed to a cage full, ‘‘are worth $10. There is a $25 one, and I have got as much as $750 for one. The showmai called him a gorilla—which he was not. But you knoy these stage people often take names they have no right te Here are two nice leopards; don’t go too near them; the: are not to be trusted. Fifteen hundred dollars each is th: value fixed on them.” Just then something shot past us across the floor, scampered over a bale of hay, and boltec into a corner. Whatever it was it went like a flash. Was it a wildcat ? We looked for an elevation to scramble on, to be out of harm’s way. Presently up rantwo men and made for the corner, and captured the ,animal after no enc of scuffling and fur flying. ‘‘You need not be afraid,” saic Mr. Reiche, quite encouragingly, ‘‘it is only an English hare. He will break loose every chance he gets. Now we have him in the cage again; pray notice his eyes; they are just like those of a human being. I imported a dozen for the Central Park last year, and they are doing pretty well. This one goes out to the Park to-morrow. Call here next week and I will show you some elk, and bears, and some whooping cranes, from Nebraska.” ‘“You seem to have a very universal kind of business,” we remarked. “Quite so. It is wonderful how the taste has setin. Of course the bulk of the wild animals goes into the show business. Mr. Barnum has spent millions of dollars ir buying animals, and, by the way, he is aman to do busi ness with. Just as likely as not he may come in here to morrow and spend $50,000 with me in animals, and think no more about it than an ordinary person would when giv- ing a $10 bill for a black and tan terrier. But it is not only the show people who buy. There are various zoologicel societies starting up in various sections of the United States who are commencing to purchase animals. Then many private gentlemen are not only bird fanciers, but want game birds and animals to stock their grounds wit. I get orders now from all parts of the Union. The bus’- ness commenced with a pair of canary birds, and has been developing ever since.” “How would you like to try and get one of those Rus- sian mastodons they say are now ranging about in the Ural mountains ?” we inquired. “Have no faith in them. Don’t believe that any creature of that kind exists. If it had, Jamrach, or the firm of C. Reiche & Brother, of New York, and Alfeld, Hanover, would have had them for sale.” Though inclined ourselves to be somewhat speculative. we are forced to declare that Mr. Reiche’s argument agains : the existence of the Siberian mastodon had its weight. ‘‘We have’—continued Mr. Reiche, patting the baby ele- phant, who in return was affectionately inserting his prc- boscis between the proprietor’s shirt collar and his neck— ‘“we have some very funny correspondents at times. We have letters from all parts of the United States about ani- mals, and offers to sell them to us. A man sees a bear in the woods, and writes us to ask what we will give for him. Now the bear is in the wilds, ranging around, and the man wants to sell him in that way, before he is even trapped. We do business on the principle of not selling your bear skin before your bear is caught.” “That is a sound maxim,” we replied. don’t your animals escape sometimes ?” ““Of course they do, and give us trouble,*but we are used to that kind of thing, and use the utmost precaution with the really dangerous animals.” ‘For instance,” we asked, ‘‘if those two leopards were to break bonds and range around the City Hall and Printing House Square, it would make quite a sensation, would it not ?” “Something of that kind happened to Jamrach,” replied Mr. Reiche. ‘‘A tiger broke loose, promenaded London, and gobbled up a little boy. Jamrach went for that tiger with a crowbar, and after quite a lively fight made the tiger drop the boy, and eventually drove the animal back into his den. The child was not hurt.” ‘What was the sequel ?” we inquired. - ‘Oh, the lawyers got hold of the matter, and Jamrach had to pay some £300 damages, which shows that Jamrach could fight a tiger, but not a lawyer.” _—— —The most appalling case ot deafness, outside of an asylum, was that of an old lady who lives just across the street from a navy-yard. The other day they fired a salute of twenty-one guns. The old lady was observed to start ‘But, Mr. Reiche, and listen as the last gun was fired, and then she exclaimed, ‘* Come in!” FOREST AND STREAM. 149 Woodland, Lawn and Garden. INFLUENCE OF FORESTS ON AIR AND SOIL, AND THEIR CLIMATIC AND HYGIENIC IMPORTANCE. et te O ascertain by actual scientific observation and seas- uremen‘ the influence of forests on the air and soil, and their cliimatic and hygienic importance, the Bavacian Government instituted at different elevationsand in various parts of the kingdom seven forestial and meteorological stations, at each of which, three daily observations are made at two different points, one situated in the middle of a large forest, and the other inthe middle of a large field. The results of these observations according to Dr. E.bermayer’s report (published by C. Krebs in Aschaffen- burgh, 1873), proves conclusively the marked influence of forests on the temperature of the soil. In the svring and summer months (March till August), the diffetence in the temperature of the soil of the forest and of the open field averages 7.24 °F, in the months of September, Octo- ber and February this difference falls to 2.75 °F, and du- ring winter months to “0. The observations further show, that although the adsolute moisture of forest air in’ the course of a year appears to be hardly greater than that of the open field, itis different as to the relative moist- ure, for, as the temperature of the air in forests is on the whole lower than that inthe open field, the forest air must, with the same absolute moisture, have a greater relative moisture and be nearer its point of saturation; a determi- nate lowering of temperature will therefore produce in forests a separation of water more readily and in greater quantity, than in the open field. This difference of relative moisture is much more marked in high land than in low tand, corresponding to the increas- ing values of the difference of temperature between for- est and open air as we rise above the sea level; the reason is that the difference of temperature is greater in supimer. This relative moisture of forest air in summer, exceeds that of the air in the open field by a greater amount than in the other seasons of the year. The forest thus makes the climate moister, and more so in summer, in the time of vegetation, than in other seasons. The difference of relative moisture between forest air and field air, was in spring, 5.70° in summer, 6.187, in autumn, 5.22° and in winter, 5.24°. The greater relative moisture in forest air affects the amount of evapora‘ion. Observatiuns were made of the quantities of water evaporated from free water surface in forests and in the open fields, and if appears that on an annual average, the evaporation is about 2.7 times smaller in forests than in open fields. On comparing seasons, it is nearly four times greater in summer than in winter. but even in winter there was two and one-half times less water evaporated in the former than in the latter. The differ- ence in the amount of evaporation in the warmest and driest months (July and August) between forests ansi open air was on an average, 290.28 cubic inches of water for one square foot of water surface. The relative proportion of evaporation, however, does not essentially alter in the several moaths, as we find that in forests on an average two to three times less water is evapo- rated than in the open air. This great difference in the amount of evaporation probably arises in great part (be- sides the difference of temperature, saturation etc.) by the much weaker movement of the wind in forests.. Of greater practical interest than the evaporation from a free water surface, is that from the ground, As in many parts of Bavaria and Germany generaliy, the farmers and citi- zens of villages have an old privilege to gather from the forests dry leaves for littering and manuring purposes, not only forest and open field were compared with each other, but also the influence of such litter covering was examined. | e forest alone deprived of its litter covering, diminishes the evaporation of ground water, as compared with that cf the open field, about 62°; with litter covering the evapora- tion was further diminished about 22°. In reference to the question ‘‘ What influence have forests on the quantity of rain in a country, and dothey favor the formation of rain or not?” Ebermayer’s observations lead him to affirm that in plains of the same general character, the influence of for- ests on the quantity of rain is very small, and that it has also no marked influence on the percentage of distribution of rain. With elevations above the sea level, the impor- tance of the forests as regards influence on the rain quantity increases. On mountains it hasa higher value than on plains, In the summer‘season the action of the forest on the rain quantity is much greater in the winter. If we compare the rain fall on one square foot of surface with the quantity of water evaporated*from an equal free water surface in the forests and in the open field, it appears that everywhere the annual rain fall is greater than the evaporation. The higher the place is, the greater is the excess of rain and snow water over the quantity evaporated. In the interior of a forest the evaporation isso small, that a much larger quantity of water enters into the soil, than is dissipa ed by evaporation. ground in the winter, next during spring and autumn, and least in summer. In summer the quantity of water which passed through the ground was atone foot depth, three and one-half times, at two feet depth, four and one-half times, at four fret depth, seven and one-half times less than in winter. The forest-covered ground behaves towards water quite differently. In forest ground without litter covering, the quantity of water at one foot depth is greater in winter; In the open field most water penetrates the | then follows spring; and in autumn and in summer itis nearly equal. In litter covered forest ground the quantity penetrating the ground in all the fourseasons was nearly equal. If we compare the forest ground with the open field, the quantity penetrating the former isyin winter less than that penetrating the latter. In spring the forest ground at four feet deep gave per three square feet surface about 188.42 cubic inches more water than the unwooded ground. In summer litter covered forest ground gave at six feet depth 1245.71 cubic inches more water per three square feet, than the ground in the open field, while in for- est ground without litter, at one foot depth twice as much water passed through as in the open field. In autumn, lastly, the penetrating quantities of water in the forest and in the open field were nearly epual. The action of the forest and of litter covering on the wa- ter contents of the ground and of the humidity of a region is thus most marked in the warmest season, and in hot countries. The forest produces an equable distribution of the ground moisture in the several seasons of the year. In a hygienic point of view, it has been shown that in fever and malaria, contagion is generally carried and communicated by currents of air, but that forests often act asa protection against them. It was observed that in many localities in India which formerly were free of conta- gious diseases, these appeared after cutting down of the sur- rounding forests. Cras. PLAGGI. ——$ a ———_——- TREE-PLANTING. —_$>—————_- PROVERB of Northwest India declares that three things make a man to be truly a man—to have a son born to him, to dig a well, and to planta tree. It is impos- sible for the untraveled Englishman to realize the misery of a treeless country. Europe has no natural deficiency of trees; hence, bridge-building took the place of the old Aryan tree-planting, as an act of piety to God, and of duty to the future, in the counsels of the early Christian teach- ers of the European nations. Both in East and West, trees were no doubt the first temples, and the planting of groves was the primitive form of church-building. Abraham we are told, planted a grove in Beersheba, to commemorate his solemn covenant; but among his descendants it became in time the mark of a pious ruler to ‘‘cut down the groves,” as the seats of pagan worship: the mark of a careless ruler to leave them untouched; and the mark of an impious ru- ler to plant and dedicate new groves. Itis not hard to find reasons why the grove naturally became the first temple. Men were no doubt impressed by the hoary age of trees compared with the short life of man. A tree was often the center around which each succeeding generation de- posited its traditions—a visible bond uniting the departed with the living, and the living with the unborn. The cool, grateful shade of trees was a natural type of the gracious- ness the worshipers sought for from the power they wor- shipped—especially in Eastern lands, where shadow is so recious and so exceptional. The yearly new birth and death of their foilage was a national symbol of human life. The darkness and densi#y of the grove, we must add, hid the obscenities and cruelties which belonged to the darker developments of heathen worship. Tree-planting has retained in Germany longer than else- where something of its occult character, binding together religion, nation, and family. In the Vosgessen, the old German farmers were not allowed to marry until they had done something for the future good of the tribe by plant- ing a stated number of walnut-trees. The asking of a distinguished guest to plant a tree, is a pleasant way of commemorating a visit. We do not know that it is much used here. In 1852 the oratorian poet, F. W. Faber, was visited at St. Mary’s, Sydenham, by Prince Massimo and Cardinal Wiseman, each of whom left behind him the record of his visit in ,a tree of his own planting. According to the German fanéy, no tree planted as a memorial will grow and flourieh unless it has a motto given it at the time of its planting. Tw different parts of our country we may come across trees—in Sherwood, indeed, across entire woods—planted 40 commemorate national events. But our English tree- plantings have long been mainly the work of individuals, and not of communities. A tree planted in Lord Rollo’s garden at Duncrub, to commemorate the Union of Eng- land and Scotland in 1707, a fir, eighty feet high, and eight- een feet in girth, was blown down in the gale of March, 1866. The greatest day of commemorative tree-planting ever known in England was probably the first anniversary of the Restoration, May 29th, 1661. The letters from ditf- ferent towns in the Mercurius Publicus and the King’s Intel- ligencer of that year, contain accounts of such plantings. Many of these, however, were, like the Trees of Liberty, planted only to last as long as the festival. In one letter from Halesworth, in Suffolk, the ‘‘ own correspondent” of the period writes: ‘‘The number of trees that were planted inthe town was so great that it perfectly rescm- bled an artificiai forest. The whole town lay under so ab- solute a disguise that the inhabitants knew not their own houses.”"—(Mercurius Publicus, June 6, No. 238.) The wholesale commemorative planting in the Sherwood dis- trict marks victories gained by our famous admirals. Lord Newark planted twenty-five acres, partly forest-tree and partly fir, and called it Howe’s Grove, in honor of Earl Howe’s great victory. A plantation of fifteen acres, ad- joining Thoresby Park, is called after Harl St. Vincent; and twelve acres on the north boundary of Budby Forest, celebrate Lord Duncan. In other parts of the Sherwood district great plantations bear the names of Nelson, St. Vin- cent, Howe, and Spencer—the last in honor of the noble- man who then presided at the admiralty, and to whose judicious arrangement of the fleet the English successes were in part attributed.—OChambers’ Journal. Louis XVL. A Crack SPorTSMAN,—From the ‘‘Journal de Louis XVI.,” lately published by M. Nicolardot, it appears that the unfortunate monarch was passionately fond of hunt- ing. Louis XVI., the meekest of mortals, was one of the crack Nimrods. In his diary he records having brought down 189,251 pieces, and 1,274 deer. When large game was in abeyance, he would shoot martinets, squirrels, or small game of any kind. Even swallows were not spared; he averaged seventy aday. Anentry of the diary on the 28th July 1784, states, ‘killed 200 swallows,” Hatural History. “BIRDS WALKING UNDER WATER.” LATE paragraph in this paper under the above head- ing, concludes by requesting further observations on the movements of birds under water. The writer assumes that it would be ‘‘physically impossible” for a bird to swim horizontally under water, ‘unless it could in some way as- similate its specific gravity to that of the water around it.” While it is perhaps not surprising that the ability of cer- tain birds to progress under water in all directions should not be generally known, owing to limited and infrequent opportunities of observation, their possession of this power is nevertheless established, and readily explained without recourse to the above-mentioned theory. It is well known to naturalists that cormorants, loons, grebes, and some «al- lied species habitually pursue their prey under water, some- times at a depth of several fathoms. As their food consists in large part of fish, they must be able to move rapidly in any direction in order to secure it. I have only witnessed the act myself under the most favorable circumstances of observation, in the case of loons; but the mode of progres- sion is essentially similar, if not the same, in other instan- ces. From the stern of a steamer anchored in the quiet, transparent water of the harbor of San Pedro, Southern California, I once watched the movements of some loons which were playing about the vessel without showing any of the wildness these birds usually exhibit. They frequent- ly swam and dived within a few feet of me, and in several instances I could readily trace their course for some dis- tarce under water. It wasan interesting sight, and a novel one, to see such wary birds disporting heedlessly just be- low, gliding through the water with the ease and speed of a fish, bespangled and glittering like fishes, too, with the bubbles of air that clung to their sleek, glossy plumage. They appeared to swim in every direction with equal facil- ity, using both wings and legs. But it was not, in reality, so much swimming as flying; the birds actually flew through the water, moving the half-spread wings much as in ordi- nary aerial flight. They appeared to shape their course with strokes of the broad, webbed feet which projected, rudderlike, far behind, and to propel themselves largely by using the wings like fins; but as both members were in continual motion the amount of impulse derived from each source could not well be estimated. The birds sometimes reached a depth at which they were lost to view, reappear- ing nearly where they went down; and again, they accom- plished the long distances they are well known to swim un- der water in a horizontal direction, in both cases remaining submerged for the same surprising length of time, It is not in the least probable that they were prepared to swim in thisor that particular direction by a change in their spe- cific gravity; it will be evident that no such alteration would be required. As we all know, a bird dives by pushing itself down with the feet or wings, or both, exactly as it swims on the surface by pushing itself forward; in the former case over- coming, by muscular exertion, its tendency to float, as well as the simple resistance of the water toits progress. Now, to swim horizontally under water the bird need only incline the axis of the body obliquely downward ata certain slight angle, and then push straight forward. For in this posi- tion the bird opposes its broad flat back to the obliquely downward action of the water, which offers the required resistance to counteract the tendency to rise, as long as the bird continues to propel itself onward. It could not re- main under water motionless; were its course arrested it would immediately begin to rise obliquely backward. The adjustment of the body atan angle which balances the up- ward tendency with a resistance from above, is of course, instinctively effected, and the direction is altered at will by a change in the inclination of the body, Progress under water is the resultant of three forces—muscular energy, directed forward, specific gravity of the water acting verti- cally upward, and an induced resistance of the water pressing obliquely downward and backward. A certain rate of speed is required to bring this last force into action, much as “headway” is needed to make a vessel mind the helm; if the motion slacken short of such rate the bird would ‘‘make leeway”—that is, drift upward. The prin- ciples involved are essentially the same as those upon which a vessel sails up to the wind—the bird trims its boat-shaped body to the water, just as the sails of a vessel are trimmed to the wind. There is, however, no question that some birds possess the power of altering their specific gravity decidedly—per- haps to the extent of making themselves a little heavier than the same bulk of water. Some of their performances cannot, probably, be otherwise explained. When a grebe, for instance, as is frequently witnessed, sinks back into the water without perceptible move of its flippers, and with scarcely a ripple, until only the head remains visible, the bird has not dived in the ordinary sense of that term. It has neither pulled nor pushed itself under, but just let it- self down—sunk; and itis not evident how this could be effected without some increase in specific gravity. On one occasion I happened to see how a great change may be ef~ fected. [tis simply a matter of along breath. Itis wellknown that birds breathe air not only into their lungs, but also thence into a system of inter-communicating cells in various parts of the body, the amount thus inhaled and exhaled being, in some cases at least, sufficient to effect the change in ques- tion. Holding a wounded grebe in my hands I saw and felt it swell with a long, labored inspiration that_seemed to 150 a aT permeate the whole body, and especially the breast and belly, where a visible ripple passed slowly along puffing out the skin and raising the plumage. It was curious to see this wave advancing slowly to the point of complete distension, and then as gradually recede in the opposite di- rection until the collapse was total. I should judge that about an eighth of the mean bulk of the body was alter- nately increased and diminished by this inflation and shrinkage—a difference, perhaps, sufficient for the required change in specific gravity. It is certainly enough to ac- count for the different depths at which a grebe is observed to swim on the surface, sometimes resting almost out of water, and again sinking until the back becomes, as the writer aptly says, ‘‘ barely awash.” But the amount of air a bird may take under water can- not be presented to determine its subsequent course. When a loon starts after a fish he cannot foreknow the direction of pursuit and take a stock of air accordingly. If his course depend upon assimilation of his specific gravity by this means, he would be foiled in pursuit as often as the fish went the wrong way for him. If, for instance, he let out air enough to sink himself he could not rise or go hori- zontally without effort, and consequently dimifiished speed; for obviously he has no way of lightening himself with additional air. Besides, it appears improbable that an animal in which the respiration and circulation are go active as they are in birds, could remain for so long a time submerged without a considerable supply of air. I think that the eollapsed grebe above instanced could not, in that state, have performed one of its ordinary reaches under water. While I believe that the progress in any direction of birds under water is adequately explained upon the mechan- ical principles above given, 1 am far from denying that, some slight change in specific gravity may occur, and be effected moreover, independently of respiration by a change in the set of the plumage. By the action of certain cuta- neous muscles, a bird’s feathers may be collectively raised on end or laid flat, at will; and provided the elevation of the plumage be insufficient to admit water in the intersti- ces, the bird’s superficial area would be increased, to the displacement of more water, and consequent lessening of specific gravity; and conversely. The loons I observed looked remarkably compact and trim under water, and probably all birds dive with the plumage very ‘‘ close hauled.” Asfor birds actually walking under water on the bottom, as they do on land, observations are wanting to show that it ever occurs. Loons and grebes, indeed, can scarcely walk at all anywhere, without trailing on the belly, and this mode of progression under water would be particularly slow, laborious, and disadvantageous. I have no idea that it is ever accom, lished. The very remarkable case of the pirds of the family Cinclidaé, or dippers, (near allies of the - thrushes) often instanced in point, of birds walking on the bottom of streams, is sufficiently disproven by the obser: vations of Macgillivray, who, in his History of British Birds, explains their movements with his usual fidelity and power of graphic description. They progress with the wings like the birds we have been considering. They are not web-footed and cannot swim. but dip down under the water and fly through it, till the bottom is reached. There they go bobbing along, with the head and body diagonally inclined forward and downward, moving the wings inces- santly in the effort to keep down. ‘The moment they relax exertion they are borne upward, and sometimes swept sev- eral feet down the brawling mountain streams they in- habit, Dr. Evxirorr Couns, U. 8. A, << o- —_— —Bernard A. Hoopes, Esq., President of the Philadel- phia Sportsmen’s Club, and one of the members of the new Philadelphia Zoological Society, has sent us the following description of a new species of white hawk, with some beautifully colored plates of both male and female, speci- mens of which are now in the museum of the Academy of Natural Seiences, Philadelphia: Bureo BorBALIS, variety Kripernm. Pl. 5. Entire head and nape pure white with the exception of a few feathers on each side of the forehead at the base of- the upper mandi- ble, which are tipped with dark brown. Cheeks white, with several lines of feathers, narrowly tipped with dark brown, extending down the sides of the neck and a short distance under the wings. Back brown, largely spotted with white, which is the prevailing color of the base of the feathers, some of them are edged with yellowish brown; many of the feathers on the upper part of the*back are arrow shaped, or pointed, faintly edged with white. Tail white, with an ochreous tint, darker toward the ends of the two middle feathers, banded with eleven irregular trans- verse bars of brown, the feathers rounded, or slightly pointed and tipped with white. Throat, breast, and entire under parts pure white, inside of wings the same, first five quills edged with bluish ash. Toes, dark lead color, large. laws black and strong. The female does not differ much from the male in the general appearance of the plumage, is considerably larger, as usual with the birds of prey. The back is rather lighter brown, the white spots larger. Tail darker, more of an umber tint on the middle feathers, which are edged with white. The forehead is white, but the feathers of the head and neck are tipped with small lanceolate spots of brown. Un- der parts entirely white, with fewer spots on the flanks than the male, the tarsi and feet more robust, and of a similar cclor. Dimensions: Male, total length 204 inches; tail 9 inches. Female, total length 224 inches; tail 94 inches. Lae. The above description is made from two specimens, male and female, collected in Winnebago county, Towa, by Mr, John Krider, of Philadelphia, in September, 1872, and care- fully prepared by that gentleman. He mentioned having een several others, and described them as having the habits Sid manner of fiight common to the buzzard family, and ch FOREST AND STREAM. from their being noticed in the autumn, were possibly mi- grating from more northern breeding grounds, During a previous visit to the same locality, in 1871, he saw a speci- men evidently similar to these, but was unable to secure it. Being informed by residents of the country that the ap- pearanee of a ‘“whitehawk” there was not an unusual oc- currence, he felt confident of ultimately procurin g one, and has not been disappointed. Being convinced that if is un- described, Ihave named it in honor of the veteran naturalist to whom we are indeebted for the discovery. Z ae eS be THE GROWTH OF FISHES. ——— | SAW, a day or two before I started for the woods, a newspaper article, in which it was stated that “some years ago Prof. Agassiz suggested to George 8. Page, of New York, President of the Oquossoc Angling Association, amethod of determining approximately the age of the fa- mous Rangely trout, which grows to the weight of seven, eight, and even ten pounds. The modeadopted was to take a small platinum wire, pointed at one end and flattened at the other, and marked at the flat end with the weight and the year. Then insert this wire in the dorsal fin, selecting a mark according with weight and time, and return to the water.” It seems that in 1870 fifty trout were caught and marked in this manner and returned to the water. ‘This year, among alot caught by the artist Moran and some friends, was one marked 1870—weight, half apound. It weighed nearly 2% pounds, showing an increase of nearly 12 pounds in three years, or a little over half a pound a year. Now this may be a very fair test for that particular lake, but the annual growth of fishes depends so much on cir- cumstances that it is impossible to establish a general rule frém any local test. The increase of all fishes changes ma- terially, both with abundance of feed and extent of range. A difference arising from kind and abundance of food would be expected, but it is not so easy to see why extent of range should have so marked an effect on size. Yet, you put 4 trout in a well or small spring, and give it all the food it will eat, and its annual increase is hardly preceptible. But give it wide range and a full supply of food, and it in creases rapidly. One might think that its cramped condi- tion in a well by confining its exercise, “destroyed its appe- tite, and so prevented its eating a sufficient quantity to has- ten its growth. But we find that fish vary in size according to the size of the sheet of water they are in. This is true of catfish, every one knows, and of pickerel. In this State or New England, take two ponds, only a quarter of a mile apart, and wholly disconnected—the one ten rods in diameter, and the other a half mile, and the pickerel in the latter, though in the same kind of water, and living on the same kind of food, will average nearly double in size those found in the former. I should like some explanation of this well known fact. No man goes toa small pond for large pickerel, The rapid increase in growth is still more marked, and often something marvelous, when the same fish is transferred to different waters in which is different food; JI remember, twenty-eight years ago, when I was at Lake Schroon, on my first trip to the Asdirondacks, a party of men brought in alarge quantity of pickerel, some of them weighing ten twelve, and onefourteen pounds. The fish had heen put in the lake four years before, and an act of Legislature obtain- ed forbidding any fishing in it for four years. The four years having expired the fishing commenced, and the above was the result. Now supposing the largest taken was one of the original number put into the lake; he had increased nearly three pounds a year, or three times hissize. This is wonderful. Terms, Five Dollars a Year, Strictly in Advance, ——_~———_. A discount of twenty percent. for five copies and upwards. Any person sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s *‘ Fisaine Tourist,’ postage free. ——_——————. Alvertising Hates. In regular advertising colninns, nonpareil type, 12lines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisements on outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices, 50 cents per line. 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Agricultural and Mechanical Fair, Jackson, West Tenn. TauRSDAY, October 30.—Richmond State Fair, Va....West Eutaw District Fair, Ala....Roanoke and Tar River State Fair, Weldon, N.C... Agricultural and Mechanical Fair, Jackson, West Tenn. REMARKABLE ROWING FEATS. R. REGINALD HERBERT, a gentleman well known in racing circles in Eugland, accomplished a great rowing feat on, October 16th. He wagered £1,000 that he would row from Maidenhead to Westminster Bridge, on the river Thames, a distance of forty-seven and a half miles, in twelve hours. Mr. Herbert has not rowed for years, and when at school at Eton was considered only a fair sculler. This will show that he had to row four miles an hour. It must be borne in mind that there are eleven ‘Jocks;” each lock would take five minutes to pass through before he could start again, having aman stationed there to open and shut them. This would make nearly an hour apparently wasted; but as he could rest the five minutes it would be a literal gain, which is of the utmost importance - ina long and tedious pull. Then take into consideration refreshments, etc., which would take up half an hour of the twelve hours allowed him, making altogether one hour and a half to be deducted, he won this extraordinary wager, and rowed the forty-seven and a half miles in nine hours (according to the telegram), leaving three hours to spare. It will be seen that he rowed at the rate of a little over eleven minutes tothe mile. If the time lost in passing ‘through the eleven locks and other contingencies are taken into consideration, the actual rowing time would be seven and a half hours, or at the rate of a mile in 9 minutes, 28} 8. ee ae similar feat was achieved on the Hudson river some years ago. » Mr. J. J. Astor and Mr. Walter Langdon rowed from New York city to Hyde Park dock, on the Hudson river, a distance of eighty-seven miles, in seven- teen hours and a half. This isas near the distance and THE QUESTION OF IRRIGATION IN THE FAR WEST. T last it seems as if this vital question of irrigation is no longer to be treated as one merely of scientific re- search, but to be carried out in its most practical methods. If the theories in regard to the advantages to be derived from the planting of trees, as found in the columns of the ForrEsT AND STREAM are worth anything, the absolute car- rying of them into effect in order to reclaim the arid wastes of land in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mex- ico may shortly prove the soundness of our speculations. At Denver a convention of delegates representing most of the far Western States and Territories, assembled on Octo- ber 15th to consider the subject of irrigation, and to devise some means *‘ by which the great expanse of rainless country between the Missouri river and the Rocky Mountains, as well as on the Pacific slopes, could be brought under a sys- tem of irrigation so as to make them valuable.” This is a question fraught with interest, since it looks to the regeneration of millions of acres of land. In inost por- tions of the country which come under the deliberation of the delegates, water is scarce orif running streams are found is charged with alkaline salts. How far the dig- ging of artesian wells would furnish water in quantity can not be determined. Copious as might be their water flow it is questionable whether in many sections of the country this water would not be more or less alkaline, and not suited either for tree or vegetable life or for human con- sumption, Then again, such artificial sources, though they might be productive of sweet water, and capable of turning certain spots in these arid wastes into oases, would be ex- pensive of construction and limited as to quantity of wells. We look upon the introduction of certain mountain streams which may be found in quantity throughout this section of country as of much more practical importance. Butthe plan is so vast in its conception that even should the dele- gates come to any conclusion, their efforts must be regard- ed as rather of an experimental character than otherwise, even did they determine to dig wells or to conduct fresh streams by means of aqueducts or California flumes through certain portions of the unfruitful land. One thing certain is that water must be had first, and with it as a positive means of preserving such water, trees must be planted. There is a wonderful cumulative power in tree planting, The trunk starts, the branches spread, and under its shade grow the grasses, all of them capable of retaining the moist- ure and in turn of giving it off again. As was shown in a late article of ours on ‘‘The Influence of Forests on Air and Soil,” the evaporation from the ground surface of a wooded country was exceedingly slow, while the soil retained the moisture in a proportion twice as great as when the ground was denuded. As to the power forests may have of creating or drawing rain to a section of country, the data onthis most important question are by no means positive; but theory seems to show that if arain fall is not caused in their immediate proximity they certainly play an important part in causing rain to fall in other areas of country more or less distant. - The plans of irrigation and tree planting must go hand in hand, for one is the preserver of the other. Have all the water you can bring, without trees to protect it, and the evaporation from sun and wind in these sections of country soon sucks them dry. As to the humus formed by the slow decomposition of the leaves, grasses and mosses, consequent to tree planting entering more into the subject of agricul- ture, we have had little to say, save that tree planting is conducive of this most useful compound. Artificial irri- gation is the creative force necessary to convert these sands from unproductive wastes to fruitful pasturages, but the rain fall is the true constant element which we believe can be made to act, not only in circumscribed areas, but through large extents of this country. Of course rapid re- sults are not to be looked for. It may take years before any impression is made on these rainless wastes. At the same time what may be the effect of simultaneous action on them, we are not prepared to state. Let us hope, however, that in this respect the constrictive power of map may be found to about balance his destructive ener- gies. To sum up this theory of wood planting, which bears on its face every appearance of being true in practice, one tree planted aids materially in the growth of another tree, and consequently within certain limits, once the’ first group of trees planted, facility is given to the propagation of a forest. Wesincerely trust that with the many facts before them the delegates will treat this subject of tree planting as of the utmost importance, and that the result of their deliber- ations will form an era in the practical portion of American arboriculture, as a means of reclaiming arid lands. ee Native SALMON FROM THE Hupson.—We have been in- vited to inspect some specimens of the true salmon and land-locked salmon which were hatched in the Hudson river, and have been caught and put in alcohol, to be for- warded to the Smithsonian Institute. The fish are in the second year of their growth, and include both parr and smolt. They were produced under the private enterprise of gentlemen who at present wish particulars to be kept in reserve, but we shall in time be able to publish full details. The success thus far obtained is a gratifying promise of something better in future. ot —‘‘Tf George had not blowed into the muzzle of his gun,” sighed a rural widow, at the funeral of her late husband, last Saturday, ‘‘he might have got plenty of squirrels; it ” a — = Sees ee eS eg SS ee RIFLE SHOOTING IN CANADA. \ , JE have before us the proceedings of the Province of Quebec Rifle Assocjation for 1872, and some short analysis of the same will undoubtedly be of interest. Our own Annual Prize Meeting, printed in detail by us, Will give for the first time an opportunity of comparing the shooting The number of competitors who entered for matches under the rules of the Quebec Association were 1,503, but would have been much larger had it not been for the elections taking place during the match week. Though the num- ber of competitors is large, we believe that at Creedmoor it was considerably exceeded. One thing to be noticed is that throughout the whole year nota single acci ent oc curred. One feature of the matches in the Dominion is the competition between the smooth bores and the breech loaders, which are called Optional Rifle Matches, the Sni- ders at 500 yards against the Rigby and Metford at 800 yards. In these matches the Sniders at 500 yards against the small bores at 800 yards succeeded in taking eight out of fifteen-prizes. At 500 aud 600 yards against 800 and 9()0 yards for small bores, they ‘were not so fortunrte, only four prizes being won by the English Government arm. The Quebec range 1s not as good as ours at Creedmoor. From some configuration of the ground, the butts being on a slope, the managers have erected platforms for the 400 yard ranges. Platforms are always objectionable, forno mat. ter how solidly they may be built, they have an effect on the accuracy of the shooting. The Secretary, Lieutenant Col. Fletcher comments with very proper pride on the Canadian teams sent to Wimbledon, and the victories achieved by them there, and also that of the four Provincial teams the (Quebec was the best, At the fourth annual prize meeting held at Quebec, with 191 contestants, at 200 yards, the best score was 23 in seven shots, made by Trumbull of the Grand Trunk Rifles, an average of 3 2-7; arm, Snider Enfield. At 200, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds at each distance, arm, Snider Enfield, the winning scure was 47, made by J: Ferguson, an average of 38 2-15. In the Battalion match, at 500 and 600 yards, seven shots at each range, team of five, the winner was the team of the Eighth Battalion, who made 176, which is a fair average. The best individual score was 44, at 600 yards, seven shots. Sergeant Baxter made 24; which is a very high average. And in the Association match, at 500 and 600 yards, Mr. Morrison, of the Victoria Rifle club, scored 34 in ten shots, which is very good shooting with a Snider Enfield. In the Strangers’ stakes, Snider’s at 500, smooth bore at 800 yards, seven shots, Mr. Stenhouse made 26 with a Met- ford, which is magnificent shooting; at 500 yards Mr. Wil son made 25, which is also tall shooting. In the Ladies’ cup, Captain Cotton of the Ottawa Guards, at 800 and 900 yards, made, with at Metford, 52 in a possible 56, which is a very powerful score, ad hard to equal. At 1,000 yards, with a Metford, in 15 shots, Mr. Dester made 49, an average of 8 4-15, which isa shade less than that made by Mr, Adam at our own Sharpshooters’ match, who at 1,000 yards made 28 in seven shots, an average of 3 2-7. The Conso- lation match was quite a good one; distance 200 and 500 yards, fiveshots at each range, the winner, Mr. Ferguson, making 35, an average of 34. It would be useful to the members of our Association to notice carefully the scores published by us of English and Canadian matches, so that they can form an estimate of their own shooting. Undoubtedly our progress will be rapid, but we can only get to thorough excellence by long and arduous work. Now that autumn has fairly set in, and the sun has lost its glare, no bettcr season of the year can be found for rifle practice at Creedmoor, and we have no doubt but that many marksmen will take advantage of it. On the whole, we think from the shooting at Creedmoor, as far as teams taken from the N. G. go, we are quite up to the Canadian militia, though we are decidedly of the opinion that as marksmen at long range there are many Canadians who can beat our bestmen, It is always better to acknowl- edge at once where we are at fault, so as to do our best to remedy it. That our men had shot very little at long range arises from the very natural fact that knowing little about shooting at all, the range not having been in existence yet a year, it was wiser for men to creep before they could walk, that is to try to shoot at short range creditably before attempting longer distances. For our military organiza- tions some of the rapid firing as at Wimbledon, in order to test the loading capacity of breech loaders and their accu: racy, would be worth the future attention of the Associa- tion. Thus at 200 yards five men of an English militia regiment, in three minutes, using the Snider rifle, have fired 265 shots, making 208 hits and 57 misses; of this large num- ber of shots, 7 were bull’s eyes, 78 centees, and 123 outers. In concluding, we trust the National Rifle Association will early in 1874 publish the list of the matches for the year, so that when the important event does occur it may draw together at Creedmoor, not only our own marksmen but that also Canadian and English riflemen may particl- pate in the contest. $$ —___—_ OxitvARy.—Notice has just been received of the death, at Rome, Italy, of the venerable Peter MacMartin, of 168 Fifth avenue, one of the finest anglers and students of ich- thyology on the catalogue of distinguished names. His age was seventy and upwards. His daughters attended him at the time of his decease. $$$ ‘ —What is the difference between a good soldier and a hard drinker? The one knows his colors, the other colors his nose, __ FOREST AND STREAM. 169 * THE MANATEE, OR SEA COW. Se SS z EN. THOMAS JORDAN, whose knowledge of inte- rior Florida is perhaps as comprehensive as any white man’s, and possibly as that of the Seminole Indians them- selves, has prepared for us the annexed very interesting de- scription of that rare and unique creature, the manatee {manatus of Cuvier, who wrongly classed it as a Cetacean), which is the connecting link between Pachydermata and true Cetaceans. Splendid specimens of these are found near the mouth of the Santa Lucia river, in the southern part of Florida. The General says:—‘‘Three of these huge mammals I saw on Indian river in 1849-50, each weighing at least fifteen hundred pounds, and between fifteen and. twenty feet in length. They constitute a most interesting feature of the fawna of that Magnificent region for other reasons than mere rarity, and their capture affords a most exciting sport, as may be supposed from their great size as Well as prodigious strength in the water. With the nose, nostrils, and lips of the ordinary cow, there is no neck, however, or marked separation between the head and body. Their two swimming paws, with greater freedom of motion than those of cetaceans, are likewise used to enable the manatee to crawl upon the low banks of the waters which it inhabits. ‘These paws have five small finger-like claws, and nearly between these paws are two pectoral mammes. These great creatures being herbivorous, browse upon alge, aquatic plants, aud the young grass at the mouth of the fresh water streams; and their flesh, delicate and ten- der as veal, and succulent as the best beef, is excellent. The Florida species (Latérostris) are much larger than those found in the Antilles, South America, or Africa, and are of, quite a different genus from the sea cow of northern Russia.” In another column will be found a most interesting de- scription trom Mr. Conklin of the manatee now in captivity at the Central Park. This creature 1s well worth a visit. ee eee A Oe ee ee FOSSILS IN COLORADO. ag eo N Colorado, in what is called the Bad Lands, Professor Cope in his paleontological researches while attached to the Hazain expedition, has come indeed across the grave- yard of long departed creatures, 'To the labors of Pro- fessor Cope we are indebted for the discovery of no less than one hundred species, represented by an infinite vari- ety of individuals. From colossal remains of the masto- don downto the bones of the minute rodent, all have been upturned. Hvyen forms of insectiverous animals, as of the Talpidee, the mole family. The delicacy and minuteness of these smaller fossils, and their wonderful preservation, make them objects of especial interest. Very certainly they were the forefathers of our squirrels, rabbits, rats and mice. Of larger quadrupeds the finds have been quite nu- merous. Specimens of the early equine races are demon- strated by the teeth and bones. Colorado, too, in primitive times, must have had the rhinoceros in quantity, no less than seven species having been found by Professor Cope. One representative specimen of the rhinoceros is a skull with teeth. Strange individuals of this remarkable family have been brought to light, notably a horned species, approach- ing to the elephant, present animal, having horns. One of the larger species had a large horn over each eye, and one over the nose. What isremarkable about this discovery is—providing future researches prove these particular remains to have belonged to the rhinoceros family—that it will show a divergence from the usual laws, and that we have been too much inclined to lessen the species development of the ruminating animals. Carnivori abound. There are tiger-cats, dogs, and a new species of the canis family, resembling the dog, only as large as a bear. Turtle, lizards and snakes make up the reptile discoveries. The scientific world is indebted to Professor Cope for no less than 300 species of veterbrated animals, of which fully 150 are entirely new, all the result of his researches in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas and Idaho. ee OYSTERS AND JOURNALISM. TT pacer we may think ourselves masters of the heavy puff, the brazen reclame, or the startling advertise- ment, they manage these kinds of things much better in France. A newspaper in the United States, and it might be a good one, seeks additional subscrlbers by offers of a chromo, or Miss Jones’ Poems, (Idyls of the heart. Price 814 Cents), or a washing-machine, but did our enterprising publishers ever think of the allurements of a fat turkey about Thanksgiving, or of a barrel of Newtown pippins at Christmas tide? The French are devoted to oysters. Did not Louis XI feast liis learned professors at the Sorbonne once a year on oysters? There was the great soldier Turgot too, who used to bring his failing appetite back with a hundred oysters or so. Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Helvetius, and all the encyciopidists, loved oysters as well as did Thackeray. Hyen the tigers of France, the Dantons and the Robespierres, devoured oysters, though whether Napoleon cared for them much, is doubtful. Brillat Savarin, the most learned of gastronomes! What brilliant thoughts he has devoted to oysters, and Gastaldi, a martyr to his love of good things, “was said to have swallowed forty dozen of oysters at a single sitting, and then to have died gloriously of an indiges- tion from over feeding on pate de fore gras / With appetites no doubt whetted by their recent priva- tions, the Parisian of to-day hungers much after oysters Ostend oysters, are worth five sous a piece, while Marenne oysters, with their green bronze color, their coppery flavor | the go od They must have been taller than the - the bon bouche of the gourmand, are worth twice as much. Within the last ten years the oyster beds of Rochelle, . Marenne and Rochefort, and those of the Isles of Rhe and Oleron, were becoming exhaused. The French Vitellius, was coming near to the utter deprivation of his favorite bivalve, when Coste discovered how these French oyster beds could be renewed, and how oysters could be made as plentiful as in Ceesar’s time. Grand oyster companies are then very much in vogue in France to-day, full descripti»ms of which may be found in Louis Figuitr’s pleasant work called ‘‘ The Ocean World,” and the profit arising from oyster culture seems to be quite large. There is a famous paper in Paris called the Migaro, remarkable not only for the brilliancy of its articles, but because once a week some member of the editorial staff is certain to have an affair of honor on his hands. The Pre- sident of the Mgaro newspaper association has started an oyster company called ‘‘La Societé des Huitieres du Morbihan,” and each new subscriber to the paper isto have for the price of the journal, besides the Higaro, a barrel of oysters sent to him. This is an idea indeed worth imitating. Not to be too sug- gestive, perhaps a Sporting paper might offer to the getter- up of a club a trotting horse, a journal of health, a gross of patent medicines, and a political paper, a nomination as a custom house officer. ee es ee PUT OUG LEE. BEE. PE E are glad to record any advancement in the method of extinguishing fires, for itis a science to a certain extent, and he who adds by his inventive genius only one more instrument of approved appliance in subduing this ereat destroyer of wealth and property is truly a public benefactor. In all our large cities a vast amount of valu- able property is naturally concentrated; all our great manu- facturing centres are in our cities. These varied indus- tries seem to demand greater protection than can be found in our present Fire Departments with all their improved appliances. True, they have done much good, they have fought fearlessly and well the Fure Miend. Yet, many use- ful lives have been sacrificed in subduing the element of fire. The last two or three great fires in the city of Boston develop one fact: they do not check conflagrations with any degree of certainty, and often much damage is the re- sult of a too lavish use of water. Recent experiments have been made with the union of carbonic acid gas and water. This invention being in its infancy, has done something towards initiating a series of elaborate experiments, which may in the end give to the community an effective agent in the subjugation of fires. Carbonic acid gas is one of the best extinguishers of fires yet known; being composed, one part of carbon to two of oxygen. Years ago the effect of this gas was well known ; no life could exist in breathing this atmosphere—containing from ten to fifteen per ecnt. of this element, death is a sure result. The great ease with which this gas can be manufactured, would seem to awaken an interest within the minds of scientific and practical chemists, to sce if they cannot place this powerful gas before the public in an operative form. It surely *“‘ would pay,’' and he who can harness his horses to a compact effective mine of carbonic gas, and by its timely application subdue a large conflagration, would merit all the honor his philanthropic invention would bestow. To generate this gas hydro-chloric acid diluted with three or four parts of water, with the dust of marble or any other carbonate only is neccessary. This gas is also very elastic and can be confined like the bottle-imp in any strong metalic vessel. We may be somewit sanguine in our anticipations of the success resulting from a judicious application of this ageri; but still we think if a warehouse contained one or two good sized reservoirs of this gas, by closing the doors on the occurrence of a fire, it coul:l be at once dis- tributed about the building and set free with great results. We would like to learn from others upon this subject, for we t-uly believe that this carbonic gas as.an extinguisher of fires, is yet to do wonders in putting out fires. We fully appreciate the value of the “‘hand extinguishers, ” as they are called, and which will in many cases at the commencement cf fires within ordinary dwelling-houses, be sufficient to completely extinguish the fire. What we suggest is such an application of the éarbonic gas in quantities as shall copipletely and effectually conquer our large fires. This, we believe, will be made so effective in time that these little ten gallon instruments for the direction of a stream. of gas upon a fire will be like the toys” of children in comparison to what we shal: yet witness. ee ae THE LADY ARGONAUTS. . T was our good fortune to be present at the mateh be. tween the Argonauts and the Neptune Club. In our columns under the head of Athlctic Sports, can be found full details of this irteresting boat-race, written in the reou- larly approved, but somewhat inexpansive style, used in describing such events. At the risk of intruding somewhat beyond our sphere, we must needs notice the kindly in- fluence the wives and sisters of the gentlemen belonging to the Argonauts have had on the Club. The presence of these ladies not only on the occasion of a race, but at all times, has converted the club house almost into a boudoir. Ladies may embroider flags for boat prizes, but such gifts, though excellent in their way, are rather more occasional in character than constant. The interest, the liking these ladies haye taken in these sports have added immensely to ee roan On ard emia et oor reds A td = a rw a among the Argonauts. Woman can never be out of her sphere; she must always exert her softening influence, hether she-graces the drawing room or the boat house. tne club house of the Argonauts, at Bergen Point, with the La Tourette House on the Kill von Kull opposite, is most picturesquely situated, and on the occasion of the race, showed by its pretty decoration how deftly womens’ hands had helped to adorn it. All praise then to the lady Argonauts, to whose soft influences is due much of the prosperity, high tone and manliness the club now enjoys. ee Literary Poacuine.—Wholesale poaching upon the columns of Formst and STREAM has become such a systematic practice of ceriain sporting papers published outside of this city, that the offence tas become too erievous to bear any longer without a protest. Editorial and contributed articles are transferred bodily to their pages every week without credit and apparently without scruple. In one instance the quantity of matter thus ap- propriated amounted to three columns in a single issue. In another instance an article of especial merit entitled ‘‘Elk Hunting in Nebraska,” was copied entire into a Canadian paper. But the unkindest cut of all was that of a paper out west which copied one of otir editorials on the Penetration of Rifle Balls, and in the parallel column coolly announced that a paper by the name of FormsTt AND STREAM was about to be issued. This was after we had printed our fourth number. Now, gentlemen, you who profess to be such nice sticklers for the observance of the gsme laws, ought to have enough respect for the rights of brother sportsmen, not to poach upon their game preserves. There is little enough of encouragement, in times like these, to stock our Foresr AND STREAM without having the products of our labor continually filched from us. Certainly, if they are worth taking, they are worth acknowledging in the usual way. We print our paper entirely from resources within ourselves, and do not ask to be handicapped in the race for success. We shall gain it eventually on our own merits, and without that little assist- ance which a courteous recognition of the articles you copy would perhaps afford us. We do not ask now for an amende honorable, but trust that you will recognize the justice of our strictures, and govern yourselves accordingly in future. Vi we ot FISH CULTURE IN CHINA AND JAPAN. Se ———-_ By kindness of George Shepard Page, Esq., President of the American Fish Culturist’s Association, we are enabled to publish the following interesting and valuable correspon- dence relating to the subject of fish culture in China and Japan :— DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, September 238, 1873. George Shepard Page, Esq.: Srr—Referring to your letter under date of 1st of July, 1872, requesting information relative to the methods in use in China and J apan for the artificial propagation of fish, I have now to enclose for your information a copy of despatch No. 631, dated July 30th, 1873, from the Vice Consul General of the United States at Shanghai, China, which contains all the information which he has been able to obtain bearing upon the subject of your inquiries. Tam, sir, your obedient servant, W. Hunter, Acting Secretary. [Copy. No. 631.] UNITED STATES CoNSULATE GENERAL, SHANGHAI, July 30, 1873. f Hon. J. 0. B. Davis, Assistant Secretary of State, Washington; Sin—Reverting to your instruction No. 316 and to despatch No. 576 which [had the honor to address to you in acknowledgement, I now re- gret to say that any efforts to meet the imquirles made by Mr. George Shepard Page concerning the culture and rearing of fish in China have proved of little success, Had I been able to visit during the spring months the parts of this and adjoining provinces where, report says, the culture of fishis to some extent carried on, I would have been able to make from personal inspection areport more satisfactory than I now can offer. My numerous applications for information have not succeeded in elic- iting anything of value. The fact of making requests of natives for de- tails of fish culture is met at the outset with suspicion by those possess- ing information and the heresy of those who feign some knowledge thereof is neither accurate or trustworthy. The authors of appropriate Chinese books assert that the art of fish culture obtains, but I am unable to find a single one offer particulars as to time or place, or any details whateyer. Some intelligent natives of this port say that fish breeding is carried on to a small extent in this province by the use of earthern jars, in which the spawn is placed and shaded by a peculiar weed, which also fnrnishes a food for the young fry, but beyond the recital of the fact their ideas are confused. Ihave not_been able to obtain the botanical - name of the weed. ‘Spawn is carried in various ways from the coast waters to the interior. On the Yangtze river near Nanking, there exists in the appropriate sea- son a large natural spawning ground, and about the middle of May the fishermen fence off with bamboos and mats a portion of the shallow part thereof. Passing boats, for a consideration, obtain the water within these bounds, which is impregnated with spawn, ~ By means of earthern jars it is carried into the interior and deposited in artificial lakes, and in canals which are without the influence of live water. In some cases eggs are “blown” and re-filled with spawn. They are then placed under hens with other eggs hatching. When the incubationis perfect the spawn eggs are placed in water heated by the sun and in a short time the fish develop. Tam without information as to the extent of fish culture or its Cost. Tam not aware that the fish found in China have ever been classified ; but a description of the varieties seems to have been given by Dr. John Richardson in 1845, as appeared in the report of the British Association for the advance of science. I have not the paper at hand; the distinction given in Chinese is very inaccurate. Shad of fine quality abound north of the tropical line. Cod and mackerel are caught in large quantities in the Yellow sea and Gulf of Pechili, and trout are said to be found in moun- tain streams in the interior and Formosa. The apparatus used in any process is of the most primitive sort. The fish wiers in the canals of this province are made of reeds and bamboos, united by strong ligaments and serve only as a means to drive the fish into the nets. I much regret that after so long a delay 1am unable to meet more intelligently the re- quest for information made by Mr, Page. Jam, sir, your obedient servant, O. B, Braprorp, Vice Consul General. SS eee —Here is the epitaph of a hunter:-— Here lies John Mills, who over hills Pursued the hounds with hollo; The leap, though high, from earth to sky. ~ ewe SS es oe — a et See fee hs fee = idns se Se _ 170 FOREST AND STREAM. Sporting Jlews from Abroad. RE pheasants with their lustrous plumage, absolutely \ fere nature? English sportsmen must think them so, for just now in default of grouse, or partridge, these handsome birds are being slaughtered indiscriminately in the preserves. We cannot help but think, that this kind of sport partakes of the white kid and jfauteuil shooting. Imprimis, your single pheasant’s egg costs about the price of three dozen chickens eggs; then the young birds are watched carefully from the time they chip the shell; then they are cared for and fed not perhaps exactly as a leading English journal intimates on filtered water, on fried worms and sifted oatmeal, but certainly pretty much as a sweet lady would tend the inmates of her aviary. Whether the pheasants have ribbons around their necks, and are bathed regularly by the game keepers, we are not prepared to affirm. Englishmen in fact are always in doubt as to the exact status of this exotic creature, whether he be a tame or wild bird. All the unfortunate pheasant knows about it is, that pampered until mid-October, cared for soigneed as would be a canary bird in a boudoir, all of a sudden, he is flushed up in the most rude and unexpected way, and quite uncertain whether it is a handful of buck-wheat or ants eggs, which is to claim his attention, he gets the contents of an Eley cartridge No. 8. from an unerring breech-loader, into his flank, and tumbles over dead, sullying his gaudy plumage, representing sport at the cost of certainly a half guinea per bird. I ‘‘ can’t wear these lavendeg kid gloves any more, Cool. Take them away Cool,” says some well bred gentle- man on hisreturn froma ballatthe Duchess’s to his valet.” “TJ have danced once in them, put them aside in my drawer, they will do for pheasant shooting, if they are not too soiled.” But give thiselegant gentleman’ his due. Beneath the delicate kid, there may be muscies of steel indured by exercise, and when he does encase his taper fingers in the old party gloves, woe to the birds, whether. erratic grouse, swift flying partridge, or more heavy pheasant. Once coyer- ed, if in possible distance, down goes the bird, before his unerring breech-loader. —Doesit not look as if the modern careful process of agriculture would in time entirely destroy gume in Eng- land? it seems to be according to our English contempo- rary quite a serious question. Take the American mowing machines used in England, where they cut the wheat stalks as close down to the ground asa barber shaves the hairs from a man’s chin, and where is your stubble? Birds even if not disturbed, in the few inches of stalk left, must suffer from the want of protection, and in raising their young, must meet with great difficulties. It seems to be a case of McCormick, V. Perdix ef aliis. —Now is the time for dog shows, and at Nottingham, under the auspices of the National Canine Society, there is as- sembled a whole universe of dogs, yet all of high degree; in fact, an assemblage of princes. The catalogue includes gome sixty-seven classes, divided under the appropriate general heads of sporting and non-sporting dogs. Here you may find the mighty Monarch, a mastiff—height, 33d¢ inthes; girth of body, 44 inches; weight, 176—down’to so small a dog that, whether it be a large insect or a toy ter- rier, to be carried in a lady’s portemennaie, you are quite un- certain. —People, nationalities, do not anglicise readily. Your Englishman may take to Polo and beat the Thibetians at it, but whether the Thibetians would take to skittles, or hockey, em revanche, is questionable. An Englishman has introduced cricket into France, and stumps are pitched, and balls are bowled on a pretty French lawn to-day, and the village authorities take an interest in the game. It is in Brittany that this wonder has been accomplished. We suppose the game might in time take root simply be- cause the Bretton and the Cornish man are of the same race. ‘I never saw,” says an English correspondent to Land and Water, “but one Frenchman join a cricket club, and on getting a blow Irom a ball on the leg he never put i agecond appearance.” Imagine a true Parisian getting a swift cricket ball—a hot one—in his fingers ! _-The fungologists have lately been in their glory ; and pray what is a fungologist ? It is a human being devoted tothe study of mushrooms, both wholesome and poisonous. South Kensington was reveling, at last accounis, with puf- balls, beef-steak fungi, and the Boletus edulis an do the Co- prinus cormatus. lt is a passion like anything else, and there is nothing better in the world to be well acquainted with in both ascientific and edible sense, than a good dish of well prepared mushrooms. ng : The report of the Mayor of Vienna shows that of 400 wells used by the Viennese, “not one of all this number contained water which was really fit for drinking.” As there are no less than 11,000 houses in the Austrian capital, according tothe W. Y. Times correspondent, most all of them depending on wells for water, the examination ot all of them would have been impossible. It is all very fine for Vienna to have had an Exhibition of the world’s wonders, but it would have been even better if the amount spent for the Exposition had been used to bring pure water into the city. The Danube water is of such wretched quality that it cannot be used. The old Romans know this and supplied themselves with water from distant sources by means 02 aqueducts. It seems strange to us in this TLE WREL world, with ail the advantages they may have In tne older countries, of not only experience but scientific knowledge, that the people there should show such utter indifference to one of the first and greatest necessities of a crowded pap- ulation, and that is good and palatable water, saurine the nlain—washing your face, The first methodical attempt to introduce fresh Austra- lian beef into England is new on the point of being tested. A ship has been loaded at Melbourne with quarters of beef and is now on her way to Liverpool. The meat is placed in a close iron tank and this is covered with a coating of blocks of ice. There is no reason why the Australian beef should not arrive ina perfectly sound condition, even after a. ninety day’s voyage. Whenever the methods for reducing temperature are rendered possible by simpler chemical and mechanical processes than those now employed, meat will be sent all over the world. The time will come when Galveston, with her Texan cattle all slaughtered and dressed, will send her beef not only to the Eastern States, but all over the world. Che Horse and the Course. — —The American Jockey Club held the fourth day of the Autumn meeting at Jerome Park, near Fordham, on Oct- tober 15th. The attendance was large, many more people in carriazes were noticed, and the weather was sublime. The track was in good condition but very dusty, and the racing afforded amusement and recreation to hundreds of persons who are not accustomed to frequent race-courses, owine to the proper observance of law and order. The ‘rst race was for a purse of $500 for three year olds. Distance one mile and a quarter, Nine horses came to the post, and started very evenly. After running once round the course it became evident that the race lay between Catesby, Carribou and the Wizard; Catesby won after a hard struggle, under whip and spur, in 2-14. The second race was for a purse of $500 for two year olds. Distance three quarters of a mile. Five colts and fillies came to the post and Mr. Connor started them evenly. Macaroon led round the bluff, followed closely by McDavid’s colt; Weat- cock swerved and bolted. After a desperate race, Mc- David’s colt shot ahead just at the post and won the race by a short head. Time 1-184. The third race was the Free Handicap Sweepstakes of $40 each, with $800 added by the club. Distance two miles. Seven horses came to the post. Harry Bussett took the lead and maintained it throughout the race, winning easily. Kate Pease second. Time 3-393. The fourth race was fora purse of $400. +The winner to be sold by auction. Distance one mile and an eighth. Six horses came to the post and again the start was a capital one. Minnie Mc., the favorite, won easily by several lengths in 2-014 and was bought in by the owner for $1310. The fifth race was a match for a $1000 a side, between MeDaniel’s Cora Linn and Bell’s Cross the Sea. Distance one mile and three quarters. Cora Linn took the lead and won very easily. It was a very slow race. The sixth race was a match of $500 a side, between Mr, Bel- mont’s Gray Planet and Mr. Lorillard’s Girl of the Period. Distance half a mile. Gray Planet took the lead and won easily by severel lengths. ‘his was a ridiculous distance for four year olds; mile heats would have tested the respec- tive stamina of the horses, and made the match interesting to the outside public. The seventh race was the Handicap Steeple Chase. Purse of $800, Distance about two miles and 2 quarter oyer a heayy hunting course. Five horses started. This was a very exciting race, and the public took especial interest in it, owing partly to the novelty and the chance of an accident. The horses jumped the hurdles in good style, Mary Clark leading, followed by George West and Bibakiba, but on getting to the top of the hill, to the right of the stand, she seemed exhausted, and on going down the steep decline, George West came to the front, the little mare recovering herself, closed on George West, and they both jumped the last hurdle together. George West was too fast for the ‘little gray” on the flat, and finally won # most exciting race without accident of any kind by a length. —The American Jockey Club held the last day of the autumn meeting at Jerome Park, Fordham, on,October 18th. The weather was cloudy and threatening, which tended to keep many persons from visiting this beautiful course; as it was, the attendance was very fair, the racing was in every respect satisfactory and closed as handsome a fall meeting as was ever witnessed at Jerome Park. The first race wus a dash of a mile and one-eighth for maiden three years olds. There were four entries all of which came to the post. They got away with a good start, Carribou in the lead, McDaniel’s filly next. This order was soon chang- ed as Periwinkle went to the front, and was never caught, and won by four lengths in 1:17}. The second race was a dash of three quarters of a mile for two year old maidens. There were fiveentries. After another good start Macaron and Weathercock were neck and neck onthe lead. Maca- ron hard held, won by fourlengths in 2 032 The third race was a full handicap of one mile and five furlongs. There were nine entries, Mr. Sandford scratching Mate at the last moment. After several false starts the flag fell to an even send off. Lizzie Lucas went to the front and made, the pace very fast; on the lower turn Shylock and Merodac were together, which resulted in a splendid race for home, Shylock lasting the longest, and won by halfa length, Merodac second, time 2:564 he fourth race was fora purse of $1,000. Distance two miles and three quarters. There were three entries, but Mr. Sandford having with- drawn Preakness, the race was a match between True Blue and Katie Pease; the former giving the latter twenty-one pounds. Katie Pease made the running, but True Blue won the race easily in a hard gallop by eight lengths, time 5:10. |The fifth race, was a handicap sweepstakes for all ages, $25 cach with #500 added by the club, There were eight entries all of whom started. Distance one mile and a furlong. The start was one of Mr. Conner’s best efforts. Quits, an ontsider, made the running and won an exciting race by a length in 2:01. Kadi second. The last race of the meeting was a handicap hurdle race, entries free, about one mile and three quarters overa fair hunting course. The owners of the horses seemed disinclined to start them owing to the weights being too heavy, but Mr. Wheatly. Secretary of the club, used his influence, and succeeded cH getting the owners of Lochiel, Revenge, and Bibakiba to start their horses. At the fall of the flag Lochiel jumped off with the lead followed by Revenge, leaving Bibukiba standing at the post, the starter charging, however, that Murphy wilfully pulled the horse. Lochiel jumped the hurdies clean and well, and won by a dozen lengths. Mur. phy the jockey of Bibakiba, was expelled the course which includes expulsion from all race tracks in this country and Canada. —The great race of four-mile heats at the Oakland Trot- ting Park, San Francisco, October, 18th, attracted fully 5,000 spectators, intense interest being centred on the per- formance of Joe Daniels as against California bred horses, Thad Stevens being the selected favorite. The race was for a purse of $5,000, of which the winner received $3,000, the starters being Joe Daniels, Ballot Box, Thad Stevens, Irene Harding, and Kate Gift. The start for the first heat was good, Joe Daniels winning it easily in 7:424, each mile being run as follows: 1:58, 1:59, 1:564, and 1:482% For the second Heat the horses got away well together, Joe Daniels leading for the first mile. In the second mile he was headed by Thad Stevens, who retained the lead, win. ning it in the extraordinary time of 7:30, Ballot Box second, Joe Daniels third, and Irene Harding fourth. The third and deciding heat was also won by Thad Stevens in 7:48, Joe Daniels second, Ballot Box third, and Irene Harding fourth. Thad Stevens’ victory was received with tremend- ous applause, and there is already talk of sending him Kast. Careful observers who saw the race think that Joe Daniels will yet turn the tables on the California horses, if being plainly evident that he was short of work, and had not fully recovered from his journey. The winner, Thad Stevens, was bred in 1865, and is by Langford out of Mary Chilton, she by imported Glencoe out of an American Eclipse mure: granddam Queen Mary\ by Bertrand; Langford being by Belmont out of Liz Givens, she by imported Langford out of Charlotte Pace, by Sir Archy. —The Matyland Jockey Club, have postponed the open- | ing of their meeting until to-day, on account of the late storm, and heavy condition of the track. Shot Gun tnd Rifle. GAME IN SEASON FOR OCTOBER. Se Caribou, Tarandus Rangifer.) Red Deer, Caricus Virginianus.) Squirrels, Red Black and Gray.) Quail, Optyxe Virginiana.) Pinnated Grouse, Tetrao Cupido.) Curlew, Numenius Arquata.) Moose, Alces Malchis.) Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis.) Rabbits. common Brown and Grey.) Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.) Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola.) Rutffed Grouse. Tetrao umbellus,} Esquimanx Curlew, Numenius bo- Sandpipers, 7ringine.) reais.) Pigeons, and all kinds of Wild Fowl ——— J —_—— [Under the head of “Game, and Fish an Season” we can only specify vm general terms the several varieties, because the laws of States vary so much. that were we to atiemptto particularize we could do no less than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of yame in question. This mould require Gegreat amount of our space. In designating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and our readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their re- spective States for constant reference. Otherwise, our attempts to assist them will only create confusion. | eS —Wnm. C. Prime, author of ‘Tyo a Fishing,” has been at Paul Smith’s, St. Recis Lake, Adirondacks, for two weeks past deer hunting. —The farmers of Staten Island have warned all sports- men by posters that they cannot allow shooting on their srounds. . _Mr. Richard Ramft and friend leave for Weldon, N. C., this week for quail and duck shooting. Several gentle men leave for North Currituck, N. C., on Saturday next. —We hear of several deer being killed last week on Long Island, in the vicinity of Islip, by members of the South- side Club, and one pair of antlers is credited to Recorder Hackett. We regret that the animals were run to water by dogs. A single trophy ought to be reward sufficient for a whole day’s persistent stalking. —Marriner A. Wilder, Esq., of this city, who is largely engaged in lumber manufacture in NovaScotia, and is with- 4] a veteran moose hunter, returned Jast week from a fort- night’s sojourn on the Lower Raquette, Adirondacks, where he bagged three deer. We tender our thanks for a sample of the venison. _-The second annual fall gathering of the Blooming Grove Park Association took place on their grounds in Pike county, Pennsylvania, on the 16th inst., and contin: ued three days: There was an attendance of some fifteen membeis and a goodly number of ruffed grouse were brought to bag. We understand that hounding deer has been prohibited at the Park. —The season for quail shooting in New York State be- gan October 20th, under the game law, and will continue until the ist day of January. Quail are reported in con- siderable quantity in the vicinity of Rochester, and grouse and woodcock in abundance. Snipe have not been plenti- ful in that section, on account of the dry season, though.2 few are found near the marshes, exceptionally good bag? having been made on the Brackett marshes a week ago. The birds are not distrituted at all, and are found only 12 localities, ) FOREST AND STREAM. (71 —We are pleased to know that a dozen or so “ gunners” were arrested near Englewood, New Jersey, a week ago Sunday for violation of that clause of the game laws which prohibits shooting on the Sabbath, under a penalty of $25 for each offence. There are some thorough sportsmen in that vicinity and mae compel a close observance of the laws. —The Hartford Times says ‘‘ruffed grouse are plenty this fall. Pot hunters and men and boys of all degrees of sportsmanship, in all the wooded regions about the State, are shooting or snaring these plump-breasted birds by scores. The market in this city is well supplied, and the price still keeps up at $1a pair, at retail. This is partly owing to the demand for New York city, which takes about all the surplus birds that don’t find a market here.” —Rev. A. Lamberton, of Rochester, an author and hun- ter naturalist of considerable repute, has just returned from a three months’ sojourn in the Parrsboro district of Nova Scotia, where he has been chiefly engaged in scientific in- vestigations. He reports having killed one caribou at Half “Way river, and seen abundant sign of moose, besides three of the brutes themselves. The moose tracks were the largest he ever saw, the imprints on the moss along the barrens measuring ten inches in diameter. He had with him the famous guide, John Logan, who is familiar with the whole Cobequid range of ;mountains, aud whom every one speaks of in the highest terms. We are glad to add the weight of Rev. Mr. Lamberton’s testimony as to his excellent traits and skill in woodcraft. If anyone wishes John’s services, address him at Half Way river P. O., Cum- berland county, Nova Scotia. —The season for ‘‘ calling” moose will be ended by the close of the month. It is an interesting and remarkable fact that the bull moose eats but little during the rutting sea- son. He begins the fall campaign as early as August in some districts and is then in fine bodily vigor and Pondt tion. As time advances he becomes gradually thinner and more reduced until at last he is cadaverous and gaunt, and his flesh poor, tough, and unpalatable. The cow alone is fit to eat in winter, and consequently it has been the habit of the Indians and other hunters to kill the bulls for their hides, and leave their carcasses to rot in.the woods, thus hastening the extermination of this largest of the deer fam- ily, whose numbers are already few anc their limits cir- cumscribed. We append elsewhere a graphic description of the mode of hunting moose by calling. —Grey squirrels are unusually abundant about Boston this season. Partridge and quail are also more plentiful than usual. Ducking is fair. A two hours’ ramble, a “Tittle out” in the bush and groves and contiguous fields is pretty sure to bring to light a flock or two of quail, a brace or two of partridge, and a number of ‘‘greys.” —The great challenge Squirrel Hunt of the Potsdam Sport- ing Club came off last week, resulting in large counts on both sides and a pretty even amount of game, Capt. Trav- er’s ccmpany had a count of 5,390 and Capt. Switt’s 4,729, giving Traver a victory by 665 counts. The followine members of the club had the highest counts: G. L. Hast- man, 725: W. W. Morgan, 715, and H. Jones, 690. James Bridge broughi up the other end with a count of 155. Mr. Morgan, it was not much of a day for chipmuncks, brought in 129 of that species of quadruped. The game killed was as follows:— Grey sduirreis............... tL pod SIUC RTBYS nae. oe ben ee sg OP 18 Red squirrels... ...--..2...0.-- GTO REO OI ey pepeiec ie ten ee tea React 8 OR PIMUTS ser tsten see ee de lene 872 Blackbirds..............0..0.05- 26 Pair yess a neseeses oe oceania tare 14 Méactow lark....,...-...s06.-- 09 1 CONST vas 3, soicta nels elaaf se ee pee ee 8 Yellow hammer.;.......,......- I Ducks.. il The ‘supper, “Thursday night, at the American House, was an elaborate one, and did credit even to Mr. Bridge’s former efforts in that direction. —The Germantown Telegraph, referring to a supposed wild cat seen recently in Chester county, Pennsylvania, suggests that it may be a domestic feline that ill treatment has driven to the woods, which is quite likely, as such cases are not rate. On Hart’s Island, opposite Palatka, Florida, the proprietor of an orange grove was for some seasons se- riously annoyed by animals which he readily recognized ‘as his own domestic cats run wild, and his dogs bore nu- merous scars of wounds which they had received in tooth and nail encounters with the yvarmints, which were found more difficult to eradicate than the veritable wild cats them- ‘selves. The dogs were large brutes, employed to protect the plantation from thieves and trespassers. —The same paper also says in its last issue: We have known 109 rail'to be killed on a single tide at Bridésburg, in former years, and from sixty to eighty hap- pened’on one or two occasions every season. € never agged over forty-one, with eight to ten reed birds, the lat- ter being shot on retiring from the marsh along the gut on the falling of the tide. ten to twenty boats engaged during the three or three and a half hours "shooting, and every boat with a ‘‘good shot” init, and a vigorous “pusher ” would secure about the same number. On one ocGasion, and that in October too, we bagged twenty fine birds in twenty-one shots, which was our best shooting. —A Tribune correspondent says that bears ere seldom seen in Greenland, and that so large a number of reindeer have been killed since the introduction of guns and gun- powder that they are becoming scarce. The inspector of the District of Oominak states that noless than ten thou- sand reindeer have been killed within his jurisdiction dur- ing the past thirty years. The natives kill them for mere sport, and will in time almost, if not wholly, exterminate them from the Greenland coast. —A letter from Mobile, Alabama, reperts ducks plenti- | No. 2, Battery--186. ful thereabouts, with quail and snipe three weeks behind time, “There. would be frequently from —A Nashyille correspondent writes to us of wood duck shooting on the bottoms of the Cumberland river, that va- riety of game being quite abundant all the way from, Nash- ville to the forks, three hundred and forty miles above, es- pecially in the month of October, when the white acorns commence falling. He gives an incident in his experience. He writes :-— “There was a large white oak that grew on the bank,and the acorns fail- ing rolled into the river. Isaw the wood ducks had collected there to feed--a large gang of them—and sol built me a blind abont twenty-five yards distant from the feed ground, and the next morning got up at day break and walked down in the blind and stowed myself away as small as possible. I did not have long to wait, for while 1 was pushing my gun ont thruugh the blind in the direction, I heard the birds come rushing through the air and dash into the water near me; and as soon as they swam up to- gether—bang! bang! went both barrels, and the water appeared to me to be covered with dead and wounded for quite a space around. I went for my canoe and picked up twelve ducks, the handsomest birds that swim. They breedallalongthe river. JI have seen them go into hollow sycamore trees to nest and bring forth their young.” The same correspondent tells of having bagged forty- three quail, five rabbits, and four partridges in a single morning’s work. This region is very little hunted. The mild winters are very favorable for breeding, and the greatest enemies the quails have are the minks and hawks, which levy upon them heavily. Deer and wild turkey are also found along the Cumberland in considerable numbers. —Here isa characteristic letter from an old “coon” in New Mexico:— Evizaperutown, Colfax Co., Eprron ForEs?T AND STREAM ;— This town is a mere mining camp, having no organization devoted to sport, except gambling. ‘The people are all on the make, and come and IN. M., September 30, 1873. Ropers..... ed Dh le ite ieee ai ge ee ie alt ah ot iat meal 1 Kage gt a Os GR Bs Kt Os A sD (GP came Pa Oe: ba al De Pa Ras En PRibvese is... 00 eT. fe Malpas t Gls DS ieee ey eee tt ad TOS OTE STORER RES it SENT POR ey Le he ke Ty ss Ve VMs GR a Ee THE CLOSE AND MILLER MATCH. CENT e(-- New York Pilots.............. 105.09 } ae Wai iwrell, SIN. 7% gece ts es = New Jersey Pilots.........---- 165.00 Thomas 8. Negus, No, 1.....-..--- New Jersey Pilots..........--. =a Mary EH. Fish, No. ARTO tee be ers: New Jersey Pilots..........-... =— Mdmund: Binnie; INO: 2s. en. ete New York Pilots..-........:.. = WORKING SCHOONERS. Designating | SE eee. Wan 180.00 Ey Wind, NMC mw ye pe pes es A....W. 7H. Van Name. ..:...-.2-: ; ees ye we Pte B....Captain Howard............. 140.00 SCHOONER SMACKS. Wallace Blackford... .......-. E....H. GC. Rodgers & Co......... 80.00 THE RACE. The DiCDRIELOrY, sional was given at 3:02 P.M. The yessels were start- 12 P. M. ; . : Srbieson who was sent to Cape May to take the time of rounding the Five Fathom Bank Lightship was unable to board that vessel, because of the strong northeast wind and high sea prevailing, and no official time at that point can be given. HOME TO THE LIGHSTHIP. The time of arrival at Sandy Hook Li ghtship was as follows: YACHTS. 4a hantress, October 11.....-..---- ++. 22+ seer ee eee : Soraueaehe [GY] e(ortew Slax ad fo ALS VR aR perky Se oo 8 30 P. M Clio, October 12.......--..- 2+ Veh ai SAN WE deh 3 122 A.M Alarm—not taken. Bya—not taken. PILOT BOATS. TES a Be tek Thomas 8. Negus, October 11......-..- ceabae may hae 8 49 30 * af Widgeon, October 11.... 22... eee ee etter eet te 12 oe ay ene Mary E. Fish, October 11........-+-+-++++st erences (4 a James W..Hlwell, October 11.......----+-s- sere 8 25 00 P. M. Hdmund Blunt, October 11.........-----+++: ee Sah ea 9 44 00 P. M. WORKING SCHOONERS. P.M. W.H. Van Name, October 11...-....----++2s2 etree 10 52 00 Reindeer—not taken. SMACKS. Wallace Blackford, October 11.......---.++-++---++> ll 44 THE WINNERS. The prizes are awarded as follows:— The Yacht prize to Enchantress. The $1,000 purse to pilot boat Thomas 8. Negus. One er purse to schooner Wilham H. Van Name. One $250 purse to Sera aaa ee Prlacistert, * which is respectfully submitted. ae ese : FLETCHER WESTRAY, | WILLIAM KREBS, BE. E. CHASE, ARLES AM fe) Regatta, Committee. EEL DEES ulus —The new schooner yacht Ibis, of the New York Yacht Club, bound around to Philadelphia last week, when off Bombay Point, Delaware Bay, lost her bowsprit, jib-boom, flying jib-boom, and all head gear, through stress of weather. She was taken in tow by the revenue cutter Hamilton. —On the 22d of September Mr. Loubat, of the Enchant- ress, challenged Mr. Stockwell, of the Dreadnaught, to sail for the Cape May Challenge Cup on October 14th. The Dreadnaught did not make her appearance. At 12h. 13m. P. M. the Enchantress sailed over the course and claimed the cup, which was awarded to her by the Regatta Com- mittee, —The Meta vs. Vision yacht race, as to which is entitled to the prize, has not yet been decided; the judges cannot agree on areferee. Both yachts are laid up for the winter. —The yachts Agnes, Columbia, Mariquita, Magic, and Undine are still in commission, and are at anchor foot of Court street, Brooklyn. —The Neptunes, of Greenpoint, New York, and the Ar- gonautas, of Bergen Point, New Jersey, rowing associa- tions, held their fourth annual four oared scull race on Saturday, October 18th, for the championship of the Kill von Kull river. The Neptunes had previously won twice and the Argonautas once. The steamers Pleasant Valley, Josephine, Berbeck, &c., were loaded with guests, friends, and members of the different clubs. The Nassaus, Ata- lantas, Aleyons, Philadelphias, and other clubs sent several of their members; there were also present others who take a lively interest in this exhilirating pastime. The course was three miles straight away, from the can buoy to the lighthouse. There was some delay in starting, owing to the steering gear of the Argonautas getting out of order, and they had to run ashore to fixit. As the day was very chilly on the water, the Neptunes pulled around to keep themselves warm, and having shipped some water, owing to the swell of a passing steamer, they had also to row ashore. The shells now got into line, and were started very evenly by Commodore Brady, the Argonautas taking the water first and pulling a stroke of forty-one to the min- ute, the Neptunes pulling thirty-nine. When about three hundred yards had been rowed the Argonautas were two boat lengths ahead; after this both crews pulled pretty evenly for the first mile. It was evident to all that the Neptunes could not stand the pace, nor was there that uni- formity of stroke or strength put into into it that they had showed on previous occasions. The Argonautas were now five boat lengths ahead, and increasing their lead with every stroke, and on passing their club house, which was thronged with friends and gaily dressed with flags, an enthusiastic cheer was given as they saw they had won the champion flag of the river. The Argonauta’s time was 15m. 494s., the fastest on record, and about eight boat lengths ahead. The Neptune’s time was 16m. 123s. The shell of tke Ar- gonautas was built by Roahr. The Neptunes were coached by John Biglir, and rowed in a boat built by Elliott, of Greenpoint. Captain Ray, of the Neptunes, in handing the champion flag to President Warner, of the Argonautas, stated that although one of their men was sick, and the crew had rowed but seldom together, he must confess that the start was an excellent one, and they lost the race by being out-pulled. President Warner, in receiving the flag, made a neat but happy reply. The day’s enjoyment ended by a supper given at the beautiful La Tourette House, and a dance at the club 10oms. Next year will wit- ness an exciting race, as the clubs stand even, both having won twice. —The Yale College Navy held their annual autumn re- gatta on October 15th at Lake Saltonstall, some five miles from New Haven, onthe Shore Line Railroad. The fine weather attracted a large number of non-boating students and their friends. ‘The regatta was the best managed that the navy has held for several years. The first race was for shells, and two crews, not belonging to the college, entered as tollows:— Collegiate and Commercial Institute—W. P. Day, bow; W. P. Glover, H. G. Otis, C. C. Ford, T. G. Johnston, L. M. Dole, stroke. Colors, blue and white. Hopkins Grammar School—W. A. Ransom, bow; H. H. Hostetter, M. Wilcox, J. E. Brainard, J. Wurts, J. A. Por- ter, stroke. Colors, blue. The grammar school crew drew the inside, and the crews started a little after three o’clock. The institute crew took the lead at once, and kept it to the end, winning the race in 14m. 16%s. Grammar school crew, 15m. 23%s. The prize was six badges, valued at $60; course two miles, The second race was for single sculls. The following entered :— | A. Wilcox, ’74; N. Martin, ’75; R. J. White, ’76; W. C. Hall, scientific school, "75; T. A. Vernon, scientific school, 75, The colors of the first were white; second, blue; third, blue and white; fourth, magenta; and fifth, black. Hall drew the first place, Martin second, Wilcox third, and Cook outside. The crews all started finely, and kept quite even for half a mile. On the return Wilcox led until nearly in, when Cook made a spurt and passed in ahead in 15m. 294s.; Wilcox, 15m. 33}s.; Hall, 15m. 554s. ; Martin, 16m. 184s.; Vernon, 17m. 174s. Prize, the Southworth cup, valued at $300, Course two miles. Wilcox claimed that Cook fouled him at the stake boat. The contest was exciting and warm. The third race was for barges, follows :— Class of ’74—J. L. Scudder, bow; H. H. Chittenden, W. S. Halstead, W. K. Harrison, H. DeForest Weeks; J. N. Brown, stroke; D. C. Holbrook, coxswain. Colors, white. _ Class of *75—C. L. Noyes, bow; J. W. Brooks, HE. H. & The entries were as eo Benton, C. W. Cochran, H. J. McBirney; ©. F. stroke; G. Howard, coxswain. Colors, scarlet. Class of "77—P. J. Wilson, bow; E. V. Baker, W. y Barnum, C. H. Shelton, F. J. Stimson; A. W. Cole, stroke: J. M. Townsend, coxswain. —Colors, magenta. ; Scientific School, *76—A. E. Nichols, bow; W. M. New- hall, M. G. Nixon, C. A. Claflin, C. L. Brace; ©. B. Rock- wood, stroke; F. Wood, coxswain. Color, blue and white. In this race the crew of ’77 drew the inside, Scientific School next, and ’75 outside. A fair start was made, but the contest narrowed down to the crew of "75 and the Sci- entific. The latter won, closely followed by ’%75. Time— Scientifics, 18m. 38s.; 75 crew, 18m. 42s.; ’74 crew, 14m. 242s.; 77 crew, 14m’ 363s. This is claimed to be the best barge time at this place The course was two miles, and the prize six silver goblets. The fourth and last race was a shellrace. The following were the entries :— Class *74—G. M. Gunn, bow; H. D. Bristol, G. E. Mun- roe, W. O. Henderson, J. A. R. Dunning; C. D. Water man, stroke. Color, blue. Class *76—H. W. DeForest, bow; F. N. Noyes, VY. H. Metcalf, 5. D. Harrison, D. H. Kellogg; R. J. Cork, stroke Color, scarlet. Scientic School—J. C. Webber, bow; W. R. Upham, G. L. Brownell, R. D. A. Parrett, J. Kennedy; F. Wood, stroke. Color, white. The scientific crew v ithdrew on account of lack of prac- tice. The ’76 crew took the inside place, and the shells started about five o’clock. Both crews steered widely, ’76 especially so. The ’74 crew led two-thirds of the distance, but the ’76 crew used the English stroke and won the race. Their time was 19m. 284s.; ’74 crew, 19m. 4885, The dis- tance was three miles, and the prize six gold badges. —Joseph C. Cloud, the oarsman who started from Phila- delphia some months since to row to New Orleans by canals and rivers, was found in his boat on the 16th inst., five miles above Plaquemine, La., in an exhausted condi- tion, and died next day. His diary shows that he lad been suffering with what he termed the ‘‘heavy shakes” for some days before his death. The only marvel is that he could have endured the malaria of the river bottoms so long with: out fatal results. Why didn’t some humane person caution him about the river fever? We doubt whether whiskey had anything to do with determining his fate. —The Palisades and Vesper crews, of Yonkers, will row an eight-oared barge race to-day. The steamer Virginia Seymour will leave Gas House Dock at 2:45 P. M. —The Atalantas and Nassaus row a four-oared race this afternoon (Thursday) on the Harlem river. The Nassau crew comprises Messrs. Montgomery, Johnson, Brown, and Walker. The Atalanta crew—Dr. Withers, Speir, Blake, and Van Raden. —In Portland Harbor, Me., last week, C. M. Henry, the present champion, rowed a race fora silver cup and the championship, against John Kennedy; distance two miles. Henry won in 16 minutes and 40 seconds. Burrauo, N. Y., October 16, 1878. Epiror oF FoREST AND STREAM:— The great rowing match between the Hibernian and Black Rock rowing clubs is lost and won. The morning of the 11th, the day set down for the race, dawned clear and bright, but as the day wore on, it became more and more threatening, and at the hour appointed for the race a drizzling rain had set in. Nevertheless it attracted some five or six thousand spectators who lined the banks from the starting point to the stakeboats. Both the crews bore the reputation of being first-class oarsmen, consequently the friends of each were sanguine their favorites would win. The Black Rock crew won the choice of positions, and about fifteen minutes past three bore down the harbor and took their place opposite the judges’ stand, shortly followed by the Hibernians. The men in the contesting boats were as follows: Hiber nians, Banshee crew; James Noonan, bow; Patrick Hurley, No. 2; William Jones, No. 8; Cornelius Donovan, stroke; boat, Wm. Weston. Black Rock crew: Joseph Raymond, bow; Edward Pow4 ers, No. 2; Benj. Pfeiffer, No. 3; George Raymond, stroke; boat, P. P. Pratt. At twenty minutes past three the word ‘‘go” was given, and the race began. The Black Rock crew took the water with a powerful stroke, before the word was fairly given, thereby having the advantage of astroke or more. The ‘Banshees ” started off nicely with a quick, powerful stroke of forty to the minute, At this time the greatest excites ment prevailed among the spectators, and odds were freely offered on the Banshees, who seemed to gain steadily inch by inch upon their formidable antagonists. Now they are neck and neck, each fighting bravely for the advance, the friends of each cheering loudly’as cither ‘gained the slight- est advantage. At length the Banshees draw away slowly, and upon reaching the two mile stake-boat were fully twelve feet ahead. In making the turn they had the mis- fortune to get afoul the stake-boat, which gave the Pratts the advantage on the home stretch of five or six boat lengths. | Nevertheless they did all they could to lessen the distance between them, and made a splendid pull over the balance of the course, gaining rapidly on the Pratts, who reached the judges’ stand two boat lengths in advance. The average weight of the Pratt crew was 169 pounds, and the time made by them was 26 min. 364 sec. The Ban- shees’ average weight was 148 pounds, and their time 36 min. and 44 sec. The time made by both crews was remarkably good, and has seldom been beaten, as the course was two hundred feet over the required fou ~= Cutler, jas —l——— ee FOREST AND STREAM. 173 Sei and River Sishing. “FISH IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. Coast Fisn, i LAKES. Bluefish, Skipjack. Horse Mackerel. Black Bass, (Mici opterus nig (Temnodon sattator.) and archigan.) (two species. Spanish Mackerel,( Cero maculatum.) Pickerel, (Hsox reticulatus.) eakfish, Squetaug (Trout) QOtoli- Pike perch,(Lucioperca Americana.) thus.) 4 Bays AND ESTUARIES. Striped Bass, Rockfish. (Labrax laneaius.) pee Sie oe —There is positively no striped bass fishing or any other fishing down the Bay, and all the boats come in ‘‘clean.” On Saturday, Messrs. Clerk and Abbey took seven small bass after a most persistent trial of the Jersey flats and lower bay; but ‘“‘what are these few among so many.” At Hell Gate and the Little Gate business has fallen off, and squids glitter in the surging tidein vain. At Pelham bridge Henry Harbeck has beaten the game, we think, having made a very fair score the past week. —Thomas §. Steele, an expert angler of Hartford, Ct. to whom we owe many favors, sends us the ‘‘paper pat- terns” of seven of the monster trout of Maine which were caught last summer and the year before in Mooselucma- guntic Lake and the Rangely river. Their captors were R. G. Allerton, Dr. G. A. Mills, L. B. Reed, and Mr, Steele, and their weights in avoirdupoise were respectively as follows: 5 pounds, 2 ounces; 6, 7, 74, 82, and 10 pounds. As we shall have little more to report respecting trout fish- ing until the advent of spring, we can bring the subject to ano more graceful conclusion, especially as regards the wonderful waters of Maine, than by printing the following letter from C. Pennock, a guide well known to anglers on Rangely waters, and whose veracity is undoubted: RANGELY, October 14th. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM:— On Lake Mooselucmacuntic there has been dull fishing the last of this season. Kennebago Lake and the outlet at the foot of Rangely Lake have beaten everything for numbers and size. This fall 1 went up the stream Kennebago October 3d, with a gentleman from Boston and he caught thirty trout in two hours’ time. They weighed 59 pounds. We meta party on the stream who caught twenty trout, one of them weighed 94 pounds. October 6th I went up again with another party and caught a fine string, two of four pounds among them. Joseph Lamb, an- other guide, went up the next day with a stranger, and the two of them caught 75 pounds in just one hour; one of them weighed eight pounds. On the 10th I went up with a party and we caught twenty trout which would average two pounds each. The water was the highest that it has been this season. At the outlet and dam they have caughta greatmany trout and most of them large. They have caught twenty a day on an ay- erage, that would weigh four pounds each, for the past few days. Sammy Clark, another guide, caught in oneday what fish he sold for $10, and he sold them yery low atthat. Fishermen are plenty and will be until the season closes. Respectfully yours, C. PENNOCK. —From the South we have received a pleasant letter. Our correspondent goes fishing from Savannah to Thunder- bolt, and through Ossabaw Sound, and plies the line through many of the estuaries and water courses which interlace Southern Georgia below Savannah. Fish he gets in plenty, the sheeps-head, the whiting and the croaker, and not only did the fish bite, but also did the mosquitoes, re- presented as singing of nights like ‘‘a full brass band.” Turtle too, did our correspondent find, a lordly aldermanic fellow of 175 pounds having been captured. No such ex- citing sport can be found as that the turtle affords. You spy him from afar off floating in the undulating surface of the water sometimes miles from the shore. Slowly, cautiously your boatman rows the skiff to the turtle; the least clumsy splash of an oar would disturb his siesta. At last you get behind him, and inch by inch you approach him. Then you stoop well over the bow, and turn your turtle. Ahen! Turn him? It seems easy enough to say ‘turn him,” but how do you do it? You bend down, leaning far over the bow of the boat, make both hands meet under his belly in the water and you lift Mr. Turtle clean out of the sea and tumble him backwards into your boat. It is surprising how light a turtle isin the water and what a dead weight he is when out of his element. No matter if he does struggle a little and dash his flippers at you, the only thing really to be afraid of is the barnacles which almost always grow on his sides and cut like knives into the arms and wrists when you hold him in your embrace. Of famous turtle catchers in the approved method, one who can turn a monster of any size and land him with such a clatter in the boat that you would think the frail bottom would come out, we give the palm to Captain Buckley of the steamer ‘‘ Virgo,” People fish in and around Savannah all the year round, and there is a certain bank, off Tybee Light, near the Light Ship, where bass are captured in quantity. There may be found in Savannah not only good fish but excellent company. —Professor Uhler, chairman of the committee appointefl to investigate the causes of the disappearance of fish from Maryland waters, reports that all the rivers inthe State are gradually filling with mud and sediment, carried into them from the cultivated soil by the rain and freshets. Rivers and mouths of rivers which less than fifteen years ago were navigable by large ships, can now barely accommodate small boats. The only remedy, according to Professor Uhler, is to require the farmers whose lands border on the rivers to plant grass and vines alongside the shore to pre- vent the freshets from washing away the soil. The following extract of a letter from Dr. Wm. F. Clerk, the artist, will be read with especial interest by the numer- ous friends of himself and his genial brother, Andrew Clerk, of Maiden Lane. It is written from the river Esk, in England, Sepember 29th: “T am still at Metal Bridge. While the river was in condition I was tolerably successful in salmon fishing, having landed ten salmon, two of which weighed twenty pounds each; this for a short time on an English river is considered great fishing. The Esk, however, is a small stream, frequently out of condition either in flood or when low, asitis now. In the latter condition the pools are full of salmon. In many of them they are lying as numerous as they ever were in the Grand pool at Grand river in Canada, and not confined to one pool, but everywhere they abound. T have seen over two hundred salmon leap in one pool during part of an afternoon. Mr. Parton, the artist,is now with me, but he is getting tired of this quiet place, and I suppose will leave for London. I think I shall wait a little for the fishing, which is said to be best during Octo- ber. Thishouse is exceedingly comfortable. I have an excellent bed- room and parlor, well furnished, and the table is everything I could wish for; the people are very attentive and get whatever I wish for, and the expense is very moderate indeed—less than I have paid anywhere during my wanderings in Scotland. Mr. Parton and I visited Gretna Green yes- terday. There is uothing remarkable about the locality; the small brook or river Sark there divides Scotland from England. There is no village— only a farm house, which was formerly in stage coach days an inn, and a toll-gate. The weather here is at present very fine, and exactly like the Indian summer in America. There is the same hazy atmosphere and the same spider webs floating in the air. The popular sports here are otter hunting and-coursing hares. Athletic Alastimes. The cricket field, foot of North street, Hoboken, last week was rendered lively by a couple of interesting con- tests, in which the players from our metropolitan clubs took part. On Thursday, October 16th, a one inning game was played between an eleven of the Manhattan Cricket Club and a mixed fifteen representing the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, and on Saturday the 18th a one inning match was played for the benefit of Smith and Brewster, the two professionals of the St. George and Staten Island Clubs, in which an eleven of the St. George Club were op- posed to an eleven including players of the Manhattan, Staten Island, Prospect Park, and Jersey City Clubs, those of the latter organization having nearly all joined the Man- hattan Club. The game on Thursday was quite an enjoyable affair and to the surprise of the cricketers it resulted in favor of the base ball players’ side, the Manhattan eleven evidently tak- ing things too! easy, not a safe. thing to do in a cricket match. It was the intention to play eighteen of the ball players, inciuding Mr. Chadwick, who has always played in the cricket games of the Knickerbocker Club, against an eleven of the Manhattans, but as the ball players did not muster in force the Manhattans allowed them to have the assistance of Brewster, Hayward and Talbot to the bat. These three only added ten runs to the save, and as they did not arrest in the field the credit of the victory as really chiefly due to the ball players. The latter went to the bat first at 2:30 p.m., and they availed themselves of the rather loose fielding and easy bowling of the Manhattans to the extent of serving fifty-three for ten wickets. After- wards the three cricketers went in to assist them and when the 14th wicket fell seventy-seven runs had been scored, of which Heyward made seven and Brewster three only. Of the ball players Ben Kirkland battled well for twelve marked by a four hit, and Goodspeed ran up eleven in short order. Van Nest and Fryatt contributed eight each, Hecksher getting an average seven and Chubb six. Of the bowling Tucker took the majority of wickets, several catches being missed off Ronaldson’s bowling. Rutty took four wickets and then was taken off, the ball players be- ginning to take liberties with him. At 4, p. m., the Man- hattans went in to run. off that seventy-seven, a task they regarded as quite easy; and the way they began to hit the bowling of Fryatt and Bucklin looked as if they would lead their opponents score with the loss of about four or five wickets. After Marsh had got eleven and the score had been run up to twenty-eight Fryatt got in on his stumps, and just at this time Chadwick took Bucklin’s place in the bowling, and he and Fryatt got in together so well in the bowling that the wickets began to fall in a very rapid man- ner. In fact after Ronaldson’s retirement for twenty-six— he having had two lives given him by dropped fly balls—not a man could get even an average score, the final result being the fall of the tenth wicket for fifty run, three less than the ten ball players of the other side had scored, Fryatt taking four wickets and Chadwick six. The victory was fully enjoyed by the Knickerbockers, and they propose duplicating it on Saturday next, provided the weather is favorable. The full score below gives the details: KNICKERBOCKER. Vign Nest, bi Henrys... -.°-5---- Brisbane, run out.....-......... Hecksher, c. Henry, b. Ronald- MANHATTAN. 8|Ronaldson, ¢. Chubb, b Fryatt.. 26 Al Nar she. HWY atoe tees. a eee es ii H. Tucker, b. Chadwick..... hile aes cla clog acct ates agate of 7|Ruthers,c. B. Kirkland, b Chad- Iiryatt, De VOM Vik aslarste glace sous: ole ORG pha sod Po BLA NR ord B. Kirkland, b. Tucker......... 12|Greig, b. Chadwick: .......-..... 8 Lewis, b. Chadwick.............. 4 ISG AHLLG Nase Syetbley. oy os 4 aij ceeew sl Rodgers, b. Chad- 0 Kirkland, bh Henty. 21... ee. 0 Rogers, c. Tucker, b, Greig..... 3| Meares, c. @lawwl Hoy Oe KGET Ne a Kee Beene 6 Ollyvellivbs Gayeiga wiese eee ees 0 Chadwack, Pickers ss... ey POW CNC) wee ey us. ee ob: Goodspeed, b. Tucker........... 11|Perryman, not out................ 0 Tal bot Dee DH CK as mee a esse. CO Rivehits. wig Hyatt a1; aston ase iieink 0 Brewster, not out..,....-.......- 3\Byes, 2; wide, 1; no balls, 2...... 5 Heyward, run out.......... me oe Byes, 3; leg byes, 1; wides, 2: no = Dal WL oad oe Rh Ree i 8 oh ANG 7 SSI NOV ENN a ee Rot ee eA ee 50 Moy Fly em Sob ot ee oicdee meee 7% Umpires—Messrs. Talbot and Rocke. fifty minutes. Time of game, two hours and FALL OF WICKETS. Knickerbocker—7 12 27 27 28 33 44 46 46 53 59 59 67 77. Manhattan—28 31 35 40 49 49 50 50 50 50. The following is the bowling score:— Balls. Rums. Maidens. Wickets. MANHATTAN. Ronaladsoiy. 5. sles kes eee 36 6 2 2 LW ih Py: CREO ese Me na toe per 36 81 0 4 GOT ere AP ee et: if 20 0 5 TEN er ae ae coe ee 24. 16 0 4 KNICKERBOCKER. SB iickolinite t SMe. & ve Ss eee owner case 18 11 0 0 Ery.at0uy). aos pote see hata . 56 23 1 4 ONAOwWICK ote bse see Ate: 35 10 2 6 Gooa catches were made by the brothers Kirkland, Rodgers, and Chubb, and by Rutty and Tucker. On Saturday, the day of the benefit match, the weather proved very inauspicious, heavy clouds threatening rain every hour. In consequence the attendance of spectators on the occasion was very small, and the pecuniary results un- satisfactory. The game began shortly after noon, the St. George eleven going to the bat, Smith and Bance being their first representatives, the latter having but recently re- turned from a trip to Europe. “Before these two were parted the score had been run up to twenty-one, of which Smith put on ten marked by a three and a two, Harcombe being his successor. Ronaldson and Hosford opened the bowling and they were both well on the wickets at first, but when Harcombe got in the bowling had to be changed, Brewster and Greig going on. Before Bance left he had run up a good eighteen, in which two threes and three twos were prominent, his wicket falling for forty. Moeran joined Harcombe, and-together they ran the score up to sixty-four, Harcombe contributed twenty-five in handsome style, marked by two beauties for four each, and a three and a two. Moeran added sixteen, in which a three and three twos were noteworthy, and afterwards Grainger added ten, a three and a two being a good share of it. The fifth wicket fell for seventy-eight, but as the others did not add average scores the last wicket went down for eighty-six, eight additional runs only for the last five wickets. The bowling score of the innings showed the appended result: Balls. Runs. Maidens. Wickets 24 2 3 ELOSTOTOMM tet ils ssa ete oes ge 5 Road Sone ee set ae ee vi 19 2 2 Gio bet ne ets ys Ett cote oe 66 22 3 1 Brewster........ ae, oe EC sh 142 38 7 4 The Field team went to the bat at 2, p. m., Hosford and Lewis going in to the bowling of Smith and Jones. Hight runs were scored before the first wicket fell, but afterwards wicket after wicket fell for small additions to the score, Kersley being the only player who made an average score, his eleven being the score of the innings. This gave the game to the St. George eleven. As there was no time to play the game out the St. George went in again but did not com- plete half their second innings, the play undersuch circum- stances being of no account. The bowling score of the in- nings were as follows: Balls. Runs. Maidens. Wickets. STG ee oa ee ne ce Fae eae ye 74 ii 4 1 4 ROTIG Se er fon MP ee ea 66 15 4 4 NMGETHAD. Ohms fihe were en, bene he 12 4 0 1 A fine catch was made by Talbot off Outerbridge’s bat, and good catches were made in the same by Greig, Marsh, Outerbridge, Smith, Grainger, and Jones. The score of the innings, which decided the game was as follows: ST GHORGE. FIELD ELEVEN. Smith, b. Ronaldson............ 10|Hosford, c. Grainger, b. Jones... 6 Bance, c. Greig, b. Ronaldson... 18)Lewis, b. Smith.................. 2 Harcombe, b. Brewster.......... 25|Ronaldson, b. Jones........ .- . 2 Moeran, c. Outerbridge, b. Dexter, ec, Smith, b. Jones....... 0 SLEW SHEL Am Heads Sistes sabeecteb arate 16|Kersley, b. Jones.............-.. il JODER WD AGTCIIom casein etre en) el TETS, SPSS Mili ke enemas Sree ears 3 Grainger, b. Hosford............ LO MVrer Shier ion teeey . eave ep eale 0 Lenman, ¢. Marsh, b. Hosford... 0|Meakin, not out.................. is Bowman, 1 b. w. b. Brewster.... 0|Outerbridge,c. Taibot, b. More- Gordon. b. Hosford.............. Ol Ramee Are. cbt Ont tele? Paes Sleigh, b. Brewster. .....s.....<. 2|\McDougall, b. Smith............- 3 TaAhbou SHOU Obes. sri eeareeer sta 2|Brewster, c. Jones, b. Smith. 2 WAGES Be Wen LIe sey oA ae ote cet ete PAM D(XeR-] ON oh eae ee RS Sra dg Ep NE, Fin Toe oh Pate er pet eee eee ae S6\ aia, oer Rai, Atha eitace te 33 Fall of wickets.......+-... 15 ee! SB 45 | o) Gi] eral 8s] Peoaleeto SiGeorcet yy ae 21| 40 |64 | 65] 78] 82) 82) 82) +2) 86—86 JULIE, Sear es mie oe ian 8} 10 |10 | 13} 20| 23 | 27| 28) 31} 8883 Umpires—Messrs. McKean and Heyward. Time of game—s:10. The base ball championship for 1873 may be said to have been settled, as it is almost a certainty now that the Boston Club will win. They have but to win two more games to render it impossible that the Philadelphia Club can win, and as in the five games named to be played this week, two more with the Washington and one with the Baltimores, their ultimate success is assured. The second, up to Oct. 20th, is as follows: Games Yet to Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. Play. SOR UOUD eee teres piecea ete? wen Stes 49 36 13 5 Dedaniesyobeti oy cubzieet BRATION La. ee ea Ae 48 33 16 6 In order that the Philadelphians may win they will have to win all the games they yet have to play and the Bostons to lose all but one of all they have to play. The struggle for the third position is between the Baltimore, Mutual and ey Clubs, the record up to Oct. 21st, standing as fol- OWS: Games Yet to Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. Play. BAITIMOLGL en an Ae teen 48 PLh 21 6 WCU LTA MRD, bn et a ee ang ah} 24 24 6 PAT TGULGHLN delgto Ee Re eran ase 45 23 22 9 The Baltimores have a winning lead for the third position, but as the Athletics have the most games to play, they may pull up; at present it looks as if the Mutuals would be fifth. In the amateur arena the Chelseas won the Island cham- pionship last week, they having defeated the Nassaus, Nameless, Amity Union, &c., of Brooklyn, in two games out of three. - The Silver Stars are the amateur champions of New York ity. st and Drama. HE ruin that has overwhelmed Wall street these last weeks is gradually affecting every department of busi- ness. Generally, financial depressions are met with in- creased theatrical patronage, ‘‘but this time” forms an ex- ception to the rule. From all quarters the ‘“‘revolying stars” that rotate in their piofessional tours back to our metropolis, speak gloomily of the difficulty of getting to- gether paying houses in ear country towns. That is, well regulated and established routines are making fair re- muneration, but the ‘‘side shows,” however deserving of patronage, are almost totally neglected. There must be something deeper than appears on the surface for this strange phenomenon. People discouraged and desperate, rush to places of amusement for momentary excitement. In the panic ’of 37 the playhouses in New York were constant- ly crowded. In’57 the same thing was thecase. In revo- lutionary times, in its darkest days, dramatic representa- tions seem to relieve the people of sad thoughts, and divert them at least for the hour. But under our present anomalous monetary derangement, it is not severe to the extent of making the masses hopeless; enough is left to en- courange the ‘‘most ruined” that with economy fortune may be regained, and the mimic stage is for the nonce dismissed. It is a good sign socially, though bad for the players. In New York, however, the stagnation and loss that is settling down on a maiority of our theaters may be heightened by commercial pressure, but this catastrophe has been merited by the imprudence of managers and careless- ness of capitalists. In all this great city, a refined and highly cultivated family, a famfly sensibly fond of dramatic representations, can only with difficulty find a place of amusement where its members will not be offended by bad taste and scenic display. In this ‘“‘flurry,” our metropolitan ‘‘show-houses,’’ for that is the proper name, must suffer. Some of them will probably zo down altogether in the gale, and they should. The real his- tory of the Lyceum theatre is a chapter of disappointments. No one can say it was wanted. It filled no place, supplied no demand. Its management never had any plan, and the only resource left, scenic representations, had so cloyed upon the public eye that the building was not filled even on the night of its opening, The Grand Opera House is another great mistake, a magnificent dramatic temple built in a wilderness, and as unapproachable to the mass of our citizens as if surrounded by a swamp. Then its size gives the different extremest parts of the interior a gloomy, ghostly, unsociable look that chills and depresses. The players on the stage from remoteness and from want of ability never get nearer the audience than groups of moving men, seen on shore by the passengers of a passing steamer. Here again are no resources but sensation and scenery. Wallack’s little theatre, corner of Broadway, small from necessity and not from design, was always crowded, ‘‘How is the Winter Garden to-night?” would be a current inquiry, and although that great barn was well filled, yet acres of empty seats only impressed the beholder that it was ‘poorly attended.”’ “‘How is Wallack’s?” ~‘‘Crowded, crowded.” Just. so, Wallack’s is the place. The ‘‘litttle bandbox” had almost as much to do with its good reputation as did its excellent actors. Itis in the wind that all of our ‘large buildings” are suffering, and that all along the line of a group, under the charge of one manager, discontent and a black future threatens. The commercial history of theatres shows that not half the established theatres are profitable, and that a manager who undertakes to run more than one inyariably fails. What is to become of one who dares to hold four, among them that elephant, the Grand Opera House? The fragments must soon be seen flying inthe air. The pressure in Wall atreet will not be the author of this explosion; it follows on the footsteps of all vain men, who achieving a great suc- cess ina legitimate way, conceive that they can defy all precedents and work miracles. Let all attempted monop- olies go under. It is better for the general public. In this connection the statement that Clara Morris has left the “Daly Troupe,” will have a marked effect in more direc- tions than at first supposed. Mr. Daly loses a popular actress who has been made by his undoubted tact in putting his “society plays” on the boards. This excelleni manage- ment was the setting that brought to Miss Morris her wealth of popularity. Can she succeed well, then, upon her own resources, and relieved of the glamour and enticing glare | of the Fifth Avenue stage, a stage in which upholstery, fine dresses, and fashion did so much to delude the dazed audience into the idea they were really witnessing high, ¢en- teel comedy, when it was little else than Clara’s tears, and a fashionable opening of the fall fashions? We shall watch the result carefully and add anew confirmation to our old experiences. We want a playhouse, genteel, patronized by refined and intelligent people, where we can hear popular music, where we can go and be amused for an hour or so, where we are not, as at the Grand Opera, “‘hung by the gills” to the prima donna and the tenor, and if inattentive or with- out gloves, are expected to feel that we are considered out of tlace, and told by looks and grimaces that we don’t appre- ciate music, and all that sort of dlettanti nonsense. We want our popular music all the season through; we suppose fashion will sustain the grand opera through the subserip- tion nights. Seats must be taken because they have been paid for, but music for the masses, if a snccess will be a ne- cessity, a permanent institution. The fact that so many persons this last summer went up town, and suffered so many inconveniences to listen to Thomas’ concerts, is argu- ment enough to convince the most sceptical that we want a popular musie establishment in the centre of our densest population. Whoever has faith and capital to start one, will be favored with great success and consequently great fortune, The ‘Geneva Cross,” judging from the crowded audi- ences that assembled at the Saturday’s matinee, is increas- ing in popularity. To the Germans it is evidently a source of delight, while all nationalitics, save the French, are charmed with the manner it is put upon the stage. Miss Etynge is the centre of attraction. We regret that she has not a better opportunity to display herself in the softer and joyous scenes of dramatic life. The cares and sacrifices growing out of a loved country snffering under the foot of a conqueror; the scanty food and neglected dress of a military prison, are not the true field for her many graces; but difficult and unrewarding as her part is, she never for- gets ifs dramatic claims, and maintains it with most con- sistent action to the end. The announcement that on Monday, 27th inst., Mr. Les- ter Wallack will appear at his own theatre, causes a flutter among the old patrons of that house, It will be a relief in- deed to witness an old English comedy, and Jook over the intelligent and fashionable audiences that will assemble to. | Fanny’s Brrre-Day GIFT. greet a manager who has throughout his managerial career | made good acting the feature of his establishment. The irrepressible Barnum has found a vacant square on Madison avenue, which he has covered entirely over with a series of tents, and opened one of the largest. shows that ever found place in this city, or anywhere else, that we know of. It spite of the prevailing storm, the seats were: crowded with a highly respectable audience. The menag- eric, which is very fine, is of more than usual interest, from the fact that as far as possible, on exhibition, it is arranged in scientific order. The street show on Broadway, Tues- day, created both interest and amusement from its queer mixture of fhe absurd and grotesque, with redeeming points of decided interest.. The automaton gymnasts were greeted with hearty applause, and as they resembled:so nearly the presumed to be human beings dressed in tinsel and paint, many honest people will never know the “other from which.”’ ! Mr. Daly has opened the Grand Opera Honse with prices reduced to a specie paying basis. The very excellent play of the kind, ‘‘Under the Gaslight,” with reasonable charges for admission, promises success. : The Maretzek troupe has closed its season at the Grand Opera House. At the Academy the Strakosch company continue their presentations. Salvini maintains his popu- arity, and every time he appears ina theatre he is more thoroughly understood and appreciated. His appearance in “Sullivan” would never be translated to mean ‘‘David Gar- rick” but so if is. We presume if ‘David’ could come to life and witness the performances of Southern and Salvini as his *“‘aouble,” he would pray to fate to put him back in his “little bed.” Boston, October 21st. Our theatres are well patronized despite the money panic. We have Booth at the Boston, our single star, but one of the first magnitude. We miss the elegant and cheerful Globe, which was burned last spring, and there is some talk of its being rebuilt. The Museum has an excellent stock com- pany, and plays the standard dramas with good appoint- ments and superior talents. The Howard is a variety show just now the home of the sock and buskin, with Stud- ley’s thrilling drama of “Buffalo Bill,” a wonderfully realistic and almost pre-Raphaelite picture of Western life. The natural and unstudied blank verse of the frontier speech, the attire and ornaments of the forest maiden, even to the minutest earring and oxidized bracelet, are repro- duced with the fidelity of a Buntline or an Emerson Ben- nett. It only needs the presence of a horse car or a balloon to make the entranced spectator fancy himself transported to the boundless prairies of the Far West. Vs) Obi Alew Publications. at as [Publications sent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all books delivered at our Editorial Rooms will be promptly acknowledged in the newt. issue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advising us of any omission in this resnect. Prices of books inserted when desired. | . ; THE Ways or Women.—In their physical, moral, and in- tellectual relations. By a medical man. New York: John P. Jewett & Co., No. 5 Dey street. The name ot this old publishing house, so long a household word in the book trade of New York and Boston, will be remembered with pleas- ure. J. P. Jewett has many friends who will welcome his re-appearance as one of the publishers of good books. The ‘‘Ways of Women” appears in amost fitting garb, with which the most fastidious can find no fault. The inside letter-press is every way worthy of the rich binding in which itis enclosed. As its title implies, it is devoted to the gentler sex, and will be read with special interest and advantage. Tur Crronotypr. New York American College of Her- aldry and Genealogical Registry: No. 7 University Place. This elegant monthly journal, issued by the American College of Her- aldry of New York, affords facilities for those famihes having a history to perpetuate such memorials as they may possess of value to themselves and of interest to the refined and cultivated, and embracing such history of places, persons and events as may be connected with their lineage. Such matters, carefully selected, will be found from month to month in the columns of The Chronotype. In typography there is no magazine of the day that surpasses it. In a literary point of view it is snperb, and we heartily commend this journal to our readers. Onrold friend, Dr. J. V. C. Smith, is just the man to preside oyer such a work. Jn his hands its character will be fully sustained. RoMANCE OF OLD Court Lith IN FRANCE. Eljiot. New York: D. Appleton & Co. This.is a lively, true picture of the ‘‘old gay days” of court life, The times of Louis XIII pass in review again in this charmingly told story. These were indeed the historical days of Henry Quatre, Gabriella d’Es- taces, of Louis de Lafayette, and the varied and romantic life of Madem- oiselle de Montpensier; a true life picture of the olden times, with all its flitting memories graphically illustrated with drawings. The reader has in these pages the, sayings and doings, the lives, in- trigues and amusements of those remarkable personages who composed the ancient regime of La Belle France in a yoluptuous and exciting age. In picturing these personages the author has done himself much credit, we think, in confining himself to the historical language of the personages themselves, using their own language as far as possible to express the ideas ofthe times. Many of the characters are so well placed before the reader that, like the personages in an old finely painted picture, they seem about to step forth from their frames, so true to the life are they drawn. This is just the book for a present for the coming holidays. rh te BOOKS RECEIVED. a FROM D. APPLETON & Co. Nina’s ATONEMENT. A novel. Minn anp Bopy. By Bain. FROM CARTER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. Sun Spake oF Hmm. Recollections of Mrs. Denning. By the author of the “‘Bessie By Francis Books.’ TRUFFLE NEPHEWS. Tur Little Camp. World,” By Rey. P. B. Powers. By the author of the ‘‘ Wide Wide HENRY HOLT & CO., NEW YORE. Tue Woomc—LrisunE Hour SErtma, Forest and Stream. en ee OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. —_—_>——___—. 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The first number promises well, and its preposessing appearance is no . slight confirmation of its claim to a high and manly tone in its conduct. —[Home Journal. It is tastefully arranged and handsomely printed, and seems to be wel adapted to persons of cultivated tastes. —[New York Tribune. Mr, Hallock is an enthusiastic sportsman, a good Writer, and compe- tent to make a “‘sporting paper” fit for household reading.—[New York Commercial Advertiser. We commend with special earnestness the claims of Forest anp S7REAM to favorable attention.—[The South. We may safely predict its success.—[New Orleans Home Journal. It is neat as to typography'and varied and interesting as to contents. —(Hartford Times. The matter of the sample number is both appropriate and interesting. —[Brooklyn (E.D.) Times. Jt is a necessary publication, and we welcome its birth with open arms. It occupies its own position, intruding upon no pre-occupied ground, but it is an elevated position. To sportsmen of the gun and fishing-rod it will be invaluable.—[ Brooklyn Review. Got up in a handsomeymanner, both as to presswork and arrangement of contents.—[ Philadelphia Ledger. It is decidedly the most recherche thing of the kind ever issued in this country, and so faras we know is the peer of anything similar in Eng- land. All its departments show a practical and intellectual fllingiup which challenges general favor.—[Germantown Telegraph. Judging by the number before us we can unhesitatingly recommend the ‘Forest AND StREAM to all who take an interest in out-door recreation and physical culture. It will no doubt merit the patronage of our sport- ing gentlemen.—[Every Evening, (Wilmington, Delaware). The terms are yery reasonable for such a large and necessarily expen- sive paper. We commend it to our sportsmen friends most heartily. We like the ring of its editorials, evidently written by the true lover of nature in its multiplied and beautiful forms.—[ Niagara Falls Gazette. 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It will give me very great pleasure, indeed, todo alll can to help your journal.—[{Professor S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institute. T have no doubt that Forest AND SrvREAM will haye a large circulation. Consider me a subseriber.—[George A. Boardman, Naturalist. Such a journal, conducted upon the principles and with the spirit which you announce, will certainly find warm support.—[Rey. J. Clement French. J have no doubt yon will make it a marked success.—[Hon. J. D. Caton. J wish you the hest sort of success in your effort to make a journal of out-door spo7ts such as a gentleman can read and write in.—[Charles D. Warner. I doubt not it will be a great success. for.—|Major John H. King, U.S.A. Ihave long wished just such a journal to receive into my family, that my boys may learn from a better teacher than myself the best way in which to follow the sports that in years past have given me so much plea- sure.—[Henry W. Abbott, Boston. Under your management it ought to be a success.—[W. H. 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Also, a class of wronght iron work known as l | (tte SPECIMENS OF i Natural History The subscriber has on hand a large eollection of spe- cimens of Natural History. consisting of Mammals and Birds, Nests, Eggs, Reptiles, Insects, Crustaceans, etc. which are now offered for sale at reasonable prices. - Complete collections of well identified and authentie cated specimens, (mounted or unmounted.) of the above, furnished for Schools, Colleges, Public Insti- tutions and private individualsat extremely low prices- Mediceval Iron Work, FOR CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, W&C., &e, Opening Thursday Evening, Oct. 16, WITH A GRAND CONCERT BY AVILUDE. TOTEM. svAp | THE CAMILLA URSO TROUPE, - Consisting of the following eminent artists: 178 Washington Street. Entrance Gates for Parks and Residences A SPECIALTY. \A/ e Wy 3 & ee Mme. CAMILLA URSO, Violinist, 9 Miss HDITH ABEL. Soprano, | Mr. TOM KARL, Tenor, Special attention given to mounting Game, Mammala . = : 1 oR 7 ; “ RLore cor. heart er ieee pee Jones?’ Drug . :0:——-- a, Store, cor, Classon Aye. and Fulton St., Cutt’s Dr Nos, 1,2 & 2 assorted, for sale by Store, cor. St, James Place-and-Fulton Street: and’ Dart ORDERS BY MAIL, WILL RECHIVE PROMPT 10-18 H, A.MORRISON, 167 Front St. Slade’s, Fulton §t. epposite Flatbush Ave, LESSONS GIVEN IN TAXIDERMY. ATTENTION, . a useful one. 176 FOREST AND STREAM A WEEKLY JOURNAL. DEVOTED TO FIELD AND AQUATIC Sports, PRACTICAL NATURAL History, Fish Cuururn, THE PROTEc- TION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WomeEN oF A HeALTHY INTEREST IN OuT-DooR RECREATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 4103 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. Yerms, Five Dollars A Year, Strictly in Advance A discount of twenty per cent. for five copies and upwards. Any pérson sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s ‘ising Tourist,’’ postage free. Advertising Rates. In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12 ines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisments on outside page, 40 cents perline, Readine notices 50 cents per line, Advertiséments in double column 25 percent. extra. Where advertisements are inserted over one month, a discount of 10 per cent. will be made; over three months, 20 per cent.;: over six months, 30 per cent. The object of this journal will be to studiously pro- mote a healthful interest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural objects. We es- pecially desire to make the Forrest ann SrREaAm the recognised medium of communication between ama- teurs and professional sportsmen. All of us have something to impart, whicr if made available to each other, willin time render us proficient in all those several branches of physical culture which are absolute- ly essential to our manhood and well-being, both as in- dividual men and asanation. ee one: Remington sporting...... 3.3 238 2—18 H, A. Gildersleeve, 12th N. G,...|Remington sporting. ..... 2223 3—12 Thomas Lloyd.................. Sharpe..... . dpe in oe Sh 2223 3-12 A. V. Canfield, Jr., 22d N. G....|/Remington military...... 223 3 2—12 8. J. Kellogg, 238d N.G......... TAYE yo eae 232 2 3—12 PES Wi ICON IE we ie erases Remington sporting...... 2323 2-12 Richard Hickman, U.S. E...... SpMnotiehie. oe eee)! Rao oanee—— ie ioe PLANT TORE es See me GE egrets de Remington sporting...... 23 23 212 WE LOT: 15 Tay Copal e es Sei APE SAI Ward Burton. 5. ......... 4202 4-12 J. R. Hitchcock, 9th N.G....... Remington military...... 2322 2-11 te Dn NiRGHen 5 ois eee vias kes Remington military...... 2222 3—11 Re SAH RSE Soler bcd Sava ayaart,).. | ee Ratt 2223 2—11 C.S, Bincke, 23d N.G...:...... Remington sporting...... 2222 3-11 Captain Ross, 79th N. G........ Remington sporting...... 0324211 Robert Kelly, U. 8. E......... ot Springfield Eine naa 822 2 2—11 Bieut, Aergman see. oases ‘Remington military...... 12232 2-11 UAW ee UO LON, sinicsamnctia nae toate Remington military... .. 3823 0 2—10 Sergt, Turner, U.S. E..,........ Sprinetelint 4 os ee ade 222 2 2-10 Nera ve belanwen. wee meee fae Remington military...... 2222 2—10 D, Cameron, 79th N.G.......... ‘Remington sporting...... 23 2 2 0— EOE TUCe, se ket pe ee eens HU Mea dCs bee Sra en ey A 222 2 0— 22200. 3000 mn O In a Sweepstake match which followed the Turf Field and farm Badge, Messrs. A. Pyle, Seventy-ninth; Thomas Floyd, T. B. Collins, and C. L. Fincke, Twenty-third, won prizes. A number of projects are on foot at Creedmoor. The Seventh are at work getting up a competition for the fa- mous ‘‘stave-pipe battery,” which created such a furore at their Saratoga encampment. This is intended to be open to all the companies, without limit as to the number of competitors, the company having the five best shots to be the winners. This renowned piece of ordnance is one of the heir-looms of the Seventh, and the struggle for its pos- session will cause as much excitement in their ranks as if it was worth $2,000, instead of $200. Messrs. Remington & Co. are also getting up an addi- tional prize in the shape of a ‘‘Diamond Badge,” to be shot for at long range—that is, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. This is a project which speaks highly for the interest taken by this firm in the progress of the Rifie Association, for it is just what is needed to induce their members to take up long range practice. The idea of these badges, such as the Turf Field and Farm, the Amateur Club, and that of Remington & Co. is very happy. They keep up a constant interest in the range, and not only make it popular but constantly develop good shots. A project is under discussion to build a club house at Creedmoor. The need of some accomodations is greatly felt, and Mr. H. C. Popperhusen has expressed an intention of erecting some structure on his property adjoining. Whether this will be in the shape of a large building or de- tached cottages is now under discussion; but the former plan is the more popular. At a conversation after the match, representatives from the Seventh, Ninth, Twenty- second and Twenty-third Regiments, the Amateur Club, together with Mr. Bethel Burton, have expressed their wil- lingness to hire rooms, if such a building should be erected. The idea of having a match of the officers of the First and Second Divisions of the National Guard on Thanksgiv- ing Day has been given up, the season being too late, and the calls upon the time of the ollficers of the Association during the recent match having been too engrossing to per- mit them to go into another this fall. General Shaler is indefatigable in pushing the work on the range, and in ashort time all the raised butts will be replaced by timber ones. A number of the members are agitating the subject of putting up a “running man” by private subscription, the Association not being in funds at present to warrant the ex- penditure. This is a subject that directly concerns our gen- tlemen sportsmen, and they should take a hand in the mat- ter. No mark can be prepared better calculated to train the eye and hand than to practice at the figure of aman moving at the rate of ten miles an hour, and we trust in the interest of good shooting, that the matter will not be al- lowed to rest until Creedmoor is provided with the necessa- ry appliances for such practice. Next Saturday, November lst, the badge of the American Rifle Club will beshot for. This badge has been won twice by Captain John Bodine and once by Mr. J. P. M. Richards. At the request of the various regiments we publish the score in detail of the winning teams at the late Grand Match held at Creedmoor on the 8th of this month. FIRST DIVISION MATCH.—COMPETITION III. Won by the Twenty-second Regiment Team. At 200 Al500 Grand yards. Total. yards. Total. Total Pnenmtemeltorsfallive. ns oa 223842) 13 (833002) 8 21 16y(=}h ip Ob on hbo lee Re RSD BU USLeee 12 00004 4 16 So re llenps Tetof 0b eam oh a Baer 8333-3) 15 (228383) 18 28 Desens Sprivbe'. 1. eee 338223 18 42044 14 27 Set Murphy... .:.- <0. 22423] 18 20034 9 22 Set. Maguire... ... ic cees ss jee Qe 12) JlO2OrO all 5 17 DSc TeemManien wasn whet Sidley). lp = jaa) 253).2)) aS 28 pgtcbaeWens aut mci d neo. 232382) 12 (22233) 12 | 94 Pvt. Lockwood............. 84223 14 |O0000) O i¢ LEA AES STEN aa nol acted figije me 22022 8 (038342) 12 20 IEWibix COC KAM ele d. od eee 333823 14 (84332! 15 29 Capt, Harding.............. 82342) 14 |00080) 3 17 154 108 263 Arm, Remington, 178 SECOND DIVISION PRIZE.—COMPETITION Iv. Won by the Twenty-third Regiment Team. At oa Gale At aM zn Grand “3 yarde. otal. ards. otal. Total. Capt. C. J. Sands........... Dis 2 Ol a9 0°0 300| 3 12 Set. J. H. Frothingham.....| 2822 3| 12 |23040| 9 Q1 Site Ass bUNGGe deuieace tec sce 122222 10 34 0F2 4) 13 23 Vite ie eller Rely Anu ne 23222 11 00022 4 15 Pvt. J. H. Sterns...........! 32233 13 00002) 2 15 TAG ee Le HUN Ee 4 ae Pei 02000 2 2 Pvt. S.J. Kellog, Jr........ 22042) 10 |02402) 8 18 Jno Drummond.,............ 33033 12 12 J. A. Atwater... 22. ic.0c00..5 038233) 11 20200) 4 15 DPNes Carrinstonk.: osteo nths 2 ene aD, 8 |0O0200) 2 10 WE MCKET Aa otek wee 24322) 13 |00008] 38 16 Hs Malays ecw oe. oe one 82234) 14 |82000] 5 10 ] 125 53 178 ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL PRIZE.—COMPETITION V. At 500 yards. Total. Tieut. Horsfallt ch. LE ne ree eas eae 02 20232) i a JiR ty hI ACR AWN odes CoE semithin ea eee ore eure 0024434 iI7 Pine Nir) LOU Total meee nats ental herby [8243330 18 DORM TS LUC eles fue dey ene aed eek nek olin 04443844 23 SHELA MIMD D OOO a Wan ek ree en hare numer od Oe We ical 0042203) Ii PCNA TIO UM eees sey etn a ale kee, yee ee ne 3044343; 21 beftlizs LUSTIG) Da 9 8 calle > Guha Gr cal ous eee RIP R PCA 220383843) 17 LEAL IRR OLTAN ri dts siesta hin Re nbn aot Na 84382342) 21 VU HOCK WOO Sir tat. stele Ce cick gent natdbelee B43282 4) D1 PNA RESULT Tere ts ae OE. J nade bay fant eeete 00380300 6 ERE lastemy Mle. nab oul e eye caste ers ade 3332433) 21 PAV US SEETINIC LUMO Libres acs yee Sl;o- na dineeetecsoitey cel ate 83444433) 24 211 Arm, Remington. STATH PRIZE.—COMPETITION VII. Won by the Twenty-second Regiment Team. At 200 Ait 500 Grand yards. Total. yards. Total. Total Lieut. Horsfall. ....... ... 124233) 14 |40222| 10 24 Lieut. Dunning............. 22282) 11 |40000| 4 15 Sot. Major Roux........... Bede dee | elie louUeOmdtes | mene) 23 DY SIME PORTE DER aie ws olen 32248 14 W3d2 3] 14 28 rein ell WURDE SVEN gee perros rere: 323238) 18 (20000) 2 15 |= Feqieil (ieg oye) Ue care can Pore peas 33323) 14 (423834 16 30 Bo gireemane/se cst. 82240) 11 (82430) 12 23 Py tebacker’ 0.94.4 ges. eo 2443 38| 16 i42:4382) 15 31 Pvt. Lockwood..........-.- F 3223 12 (23334! 15 Vi IRAN A lBY OUT Am by pales pie eR 33223) 18 j43330) 138 26 evita OCS ey) utes dp 7 eee jBa0022 fi As. uv Pvt. Carmichael............ 2444 3| 17 ls 0443) 14 31 155 125 280 Arm, Remingson. GATLIN MATCH.—COMPETITION VII. Won by the Seventy-ninth Regiment. At 500 yards. Total EATON AERONS tc restistay = ot sass ci) ake bance) free pre ieie 0,8 66/2 4433433] 24 PWV ete CO eaelaniciere, Weer rein, ete ti ood pads cles 5,2 23823423) 19 Farin spe VOOLE tc eter ictta ites Oe he ive eet ne ate siete 2423003! 14 (Pr ieiniceuse eens bese hee At) RAD Bt tO Yehien dev AKES 2 2 ol encode ee a eal ohn ii Rebel dp eigee to ars 02038082 10 Jets ROCIO age, takin aE ROR Adin ont Acaeepnetle oe, 8332424 be 1A isd ROUSE E telson 5 Ae na ee Aan Oey oer 4342040 17 RUQWENLSOMU arian eel uh ears ae, 222282) 15 AStghh steHitOR Te the foes ons eee ae ee 03033380) 12 Pui pOumenonte debe. es sun. 2232304) 16 TEAL EE SN CO LOA TA ea kone UO a i bee ret eg aa. oes leer arte 0220220 8 OBIE Te SH wea etre sneak Meek Lal np ete cdelogteas ans 4344332 23 Arm, Remington. $i A WILD GOOSE CHASE. ——————~———- Epitor Forrest AND STREAM :— What a pleasant and suggestive name your paper bears. “FOREST AND STRHAM’’—it is positively refreshing on a sul- try day, and is always indicative of benefit to the physical, mental, and moral man. It is not my intention, however, to moralize, but to write the simple history of a short jour- ney W.and I made last spring in quest of recreation and geese. It was about the 1st of April that we took the cars at Hunter’s Point, and started for West Hampton on the south shore of Long Island, distant seventy-five miles from New York. At a depot called ‘‘the Manor,” we took the Sag Harbor branch of the road, and after traveling some twelve miles reached our destination. Darkness had set in when we left the train, and the deserted look of everything around was calculated to remove all enthusiasm. But we found ‘‘Wes” waiting for us, and one look into his genial face, and one sound of his cheery voice, entirely banished loneliness. The ride of a mile was soon made, as old Grey was kept in a lively trot by sundry whacks of the whip, and in a few minutes we reached the modest but hospitable dwelling of Mr. Nathan Raynor. It is marvelous how soon a crack- ling fire, pleasant faces, and a well filled table will remove embarrassment and give one a perfectly home feeling. It wrought this change in us. At once wefeltat home. And we did full justice to Mrs. Raynor’s fare. After supper our traps were got in readiness for the next day’s sport; inthe meanwhile, however, we listened to stories of duck and goose shooting by our Captain, who was to be Clark Raynor, and ascertained, too, that twice a year—spring and fall—fine shooting could be had. At alate hour we were shown to our rooms, with the words, ‘‘we will call you at four for breakfast,” and we went to bed to dream of ducks and geese. It seemed as if we had just fallen asleep, when a knock upon the door and the words, “‘time to get up,” aroused us. We hastily dress- ed, partook of a hearty breakfast, put on our rubber suits, stepped into our boats (the house is by the water) sailed three-quarters of a mile across the bay, and landed at Picket Point. Alas! the first day was fogsy and we return- ed with only one bird. On the second was a north-easter that soon drove us to a warm shelter. But the third dawned beautifully with a stiff north-west wind, just what we wanted, and during that day and two hours of the fol- lowing morning, we killed eighteen geese and ten ducks. The only thing to which I objected, was being obliged to lie flat on my back in such coffin-looking boxes, and when geese were around to hear the softly whispered caution of the Captain ‘‘hush, don’t move.” I protest, Mr. Editor, that it is hardly fair to stow away 175 pounds of flesh and bone in so narrow a place, and then not have the privilege of moving, when you feel the more inclined to do so be- cause you know you must not, It was genuine pleasure. round us, and each moment coming nearer, every faculty The recollection of that day’s sport is a pleasant memory. When the geese were circling ‘“‘seemed supernaturally active.” Every nerve tingled with excitement, and the blood coursed swiftly through every vein. Often since, when tired with writing, have my thoughts gone back to that day, and Ihave laid aside my pen to shoot every goose over again. To all in quest of a few days of delightful and healthy recreation, I commend our hospitable hostess, and her worthy sons, our accommodating Captain and the genial, whole-souled ‘‘Wes.” Yours, J. C. DuTcHER. Bound Brook, N. Y., Oct. 1873, *k HOW WOLVES HUNT DEER. > Epiror ForESsT AND STREAM :— Ralph—“ Roaring Ralph from the rising Sun,” he called himself—a tough old trapper standing six feet four in his moccasins, and well proportioned otherwise, who though prodigiously self-conceited and boastful as to his strength and miraculous exploits, yet possessed many of those elements of character that made him a welcome partner among those sinewy pioneers of the woods, for with a rollicking devil-may-care way Coupled with a genuine eagerness to do favors to others, he really had the strength of ayoung giant and the courage of a lion. Ralph I say, was mad; he came by our camp that morn- ing in a towering rage, swearing he would have the reptile’s pelt, if he had ‘ter send clar ter York State for a dozen of ther steel traps,” and he had reason for his billious outburst. A fisher for the second time lad taken almost the entire length of his line of dead falls and tore them all to pieces, thus wiping out the labor of many days. An old fisher is often a great pest to the trappers, for he is too cunning to go into a deadfall as he ought, like other animals, (and steel traps in those days were costly and hard to get), but would surely sneak around behind, tear down the back part of the trap, seize the bait or martin’ orsable, if any: happened to be therein, and then on'to the next, repeating the trick throughout the whole line. Four fingers of Scoota- waubvo, with asmoke, put Ralph in a better humor; and when I told him that if he would wait until I put a patch on the sole of one of my moccasins, I would go with him over his line, the last wrinkle of displeasure passed from his face. The line led along the bottom a mile or so, then up a ravine or gulch and over the mountain some four or five miles to another water course beyond. We had rebuilt, baited and set eight or ten of the falls, and were toiling up the mountain side dragging our trail (a deer’s head) behind us, when my attention was attracted by the howling of wolves farther up the mountain, this not being a very common thing in the day time, I said: ‘Ralph, what's up? There is something to pay among those var- mints.” Ralph stopped and listened a moment, then turning to me with an eager twinkle in his eye, said: ‘‘George, do you want to see some fun? If we hurry I reckon we can get there in time—those devils are driving a deer around the mountain, and this crust will cut his legs so that they will get him, sure. Now up on top of ‘he mountain is a lake, (they call them all lakes, even if they don’t contain an acre of water), the deer when hard pressed will make for that lake, not thinking, the fool, about its being froze over, and if we can get there in time you'll see how quick a pack o’ wolves will make mince-meat of the critter.” Up we went as fast as we could and do it silently. We crossed the runway where the deer and pack had passed several times around the brow of the mountain and arrived in view of the opening containing the lake. Approaching cautiously we peered through, and there, sure enough, was a magnificent deer being driven around on the ice by a couple of wolves, within a circle of a score or more of the scoundrels, sitting on their haunches and licking their chops in eager anticipation of the morsel they knew would soon be within their reach, the poor vic- tim, with labored breath and eyes almost starting from their sockets, passing and repassing on the inner circle. His strength was failing fast, while the places of his pur- suers were taken by fresh racers every second or third round. The Jake, nearly of a circular form, probably one-cighth of a mile in diameter, was bordered (on our side at least) with a narrow fringe of dwarf evergreens, giving us a fine opportunity to crawl up within a couple of rods of the backs of the nearest wolves. I was impatient to pour a broadside into the said backs, but Ralph checked me, say- ing “hold on until he falls, and then we’ll give it to them.” Ralph carried a heavy double rifle; my gun was a double barrel, rifle and shot (and I have it yet, a remembrance of old times, for 1t furnished me my only food for many a day), the rifle carrying a peaked ball of forty to the pound, the other loaded with buckshot. We watched with strained eyes and bated breath the cold-blooded race. Once the deer fell to his knees, and there was a start around the whole circle; but gathering himself he kept on his course another round. His pursu- ers would nip him in the flank and then jump back, their razor-like teeth of course drawing blood every time, until the snow of the track was reddened its entire length. The noble deer, finally weakened by the loss of so much blood and the unequal contest, gave up, and with a de- spairing groan, almost human in its accents, fell a little quartering’from us and about twelve or fourteen rods dis- tant, and almost in the twinkling of an eye was covered by « a mass of yelping, snarling devils. ‘“‘Now, now!” whispered Ralph, and raising up we let them have it. Bang, bang— four barrels (two simultaneously) into that writhing heap, then we drew our knives and rushed toward them. Well, you may well believe there was a scattering among the cowardly things. We killed only two outright (I have often wondered why we didn’t kill more), but wounded I don’t know how many, three of which we afterward got by shooting over again. I had calculated on a pound or two of the meat for a broil, but as sure as that I never told a lie, though it took less time than I would in telling this were | talking instead of writing. When we reached the spot all we found was a heap of bloody bones, neither hide, meat, nor insides; not an ounce of flesh was left on that crimson rack; picked clean in apparently not certainly more than one hundred seconds. A podr chance a human being would stand in such company. Another time I may tell how Ralph bagged his reptile, J ACOBSTAFF, = 0 fe — —______ UNSEASONABLE TROUT, / Sea “ Bangor, Maine, October 26th, 1873, {DITOR FOREST AND STREAM :— Will you allow me to call out through your journal the opinion of the angling fraternity, sporting men generally and pisciculturists, as to the correct close time for frou. always holding in view the keeping up of the stock of ‘ fishery rather than the quality of the food, in a sanitary point of view. Asa healthful article of food we do not regard the trout as fit to be eaten after the ist of Septem- ber, as they then begin to become slimy, white, and soft; the general health of the fish deteriorating rapidly prepara- tory to spawning, although they do not yet crowd into the streams as later in the season, when they are looking for their spawning grounds. Therefore, the pleasure of killing may still be indulged in by those who either haze no taste or palate to mark the difference between a fish in or out of season, or those who like to indulge the mere ani- mal pleasure of killing. We think it would be well that the rod should be laid aside for the gun the Ist of Septem - ber. The laws of our State prescribe the 1st of October as the commencement of the close season for trout, togue, and land-locked salmon. We think this too late, not en- tirely from the cause that the fish are then crowded into all the streams, deserting the lakes and ponds, but thus afford- ing unlimited slaughter to the merest tyro, for we - believe that the mischief then done by the rod is but a mere tithe of the evil. It is that the limit legalizes the sale of trout in our markets, and it is at this time when they are crowded into the streams that the villainous pot-hunter and poacher sweep the net and ply the murderous spear and grapple, and glut the markets not only here, but of New York and other States with their spoils. Your trout were then in perfect season, and the bare fact of the habits of the fish rendering them such an easy prey at this period to the poacher should be a sufficient argument to every true angler for limiting rather than extending the close time. Unfortunately, this last winter a special law in favor of a popular place of resort for afiglers was engineered through our legislature at Augusta. It allows trout fishing ona certain lake until the 15th of October. Our markets have been overstocked with trout, most of them bearing unmis- takable marks of the seine. The wardens of the State were powerless, for they could not discriminate between a trout caught in the privileged waters orjthose caught five miles distant in some lake where the law does not apply. Hotel keepers living near good trouting waters could see no reason why they and their interests should be ignored in favor of those who could better afford the loss of guests, and the people at large were disgusted at what seemed to them partiality and injustice. In fact, the whd#e State was and is demoralized so far as enforcement of the internal fishery laws is concerned. We wish it were possible for the Dominion Government and our Northern Statcs to unite with us in passing co-op- erative laws forbidding the sale of any fish in any of ‘the States severally when the species of fish offered for sale was forbidden to be caught or sold in another State. We should thus strike a deadly blow at the poacher and pot- hunter, and do mere for the protection of the products of forest and stream than has been brought to pass for many years. During our close months here our trout are run into the neighboring States and sold, and large numbers are brought into our markets from New Brunswick. I may as well here refer to a most destructive abuse, which every true angler should interest himself in breaking down. I allude to the custom of counting by number rather than the weight of fish caught. It should be a rule at every sporting resort to fine every man who brings home in his kreel a fish of less weight than a half pound. I have known men calling themselves anglers boasting in our local papers of acount of one hundred and fifty trout, most of which had the bars still on, and not one fish of a pound weight in the lot. ot DOES SAW DUST KILL FISH? Se Honors Fanrs, N. Y., October 15, 1878. Eprtorn Forest AND STREAM :— In reply to the letter of Fred. E. Ranger, Glen’s Falls, N. Y., which you reterred to me, I would say: The saw dust and refuse from the tanneries on the upper Hudson will undoubtedly prove a se ious obstacle to stocking the river with salmon as suggested by ‘‘Piscator.” I do not know how far the theory is true that saw dust kilts trout by clogging their gills; in fact I have alwsys had @ doubt of it—but that it will speedily dey.opulate a stream by ruining the spawning beds and killing all ova there-de posited, issure. The salmon, like the trout, usually choose a spawning place below an eddy; here tiere is generally a fine bed of gravel which has been gathered from different parts of the stream and deposited clean and fit for the re- ception of the fish’s eggs. Here also, the smothering saw dust gathers, and either kills the embryo (if it has keen aliowed to develop so far), or to use a Hibernicism, nips it in the bud. Or if we suppose that through some combina tion of currents a certain spawning bed has escaped the suffocation to which the rest have been doomed, then in- stead of being stifled, the ova is killed by fungus generated by the minute particles of dust which soon decay. There is but one remedy for this; the saw mills and tan- neries should be compelled to dispose of their rubbish in some other manner, and this river should not be allowed to become a mere sewer. To give an idea of the amount of saw dust that comes down the Hudson every year, I will give a description of the deposit at one spot: Between the two freight houses of the Albany and Boston railroad at Greenbush, there is a ditch or canal eight hundred feet long and six feet deep at ordinary low tide; this canal is filled at its eastern end every spring during the freshet, and the cumpany are obliged to remove it every summer, and their scows carry off thousands of yards of almost pure saw dust from this place. This canal is cut through an island on the eastern shore of the river, and this dust is only the small portion that comes down the shore and strikes in behind the island at Bath and is deposited at the eastern end of the canal. | Not having examined the river to its sources, I cannot say how far this evil extends, nor if there may not be some small tributary that is free from it; ifthere is, then in my opinion all that will be required to try the experiment is a few fish ways and some stock. Albany is going to take water from the*river for drinking and other purposes, and would very likely prefer to have Troy and cther cities above refrain from polluting it as much as possible, but allows its own sewers to pour in dye stuffs and other poisons. A few years ago there were analine works there which discharged their refuse into the river and struck tie fish that came in contact with it with instant death; these have been removed, tut I have noticed other dye stuffs in the discharge of the sewers which are probably more or less poisonous. Some think that the steamboats will scare salmon from ascending the river, but it seems hardly possible, for a gravid fish is not so easily scared and will often face dangers at spawning time that it would not at any other. ‘‘Piscator” says that the Croton is a good spawning erour d, and that he knows that ‘“‘txe upper waters of the Hudson are splendidly adapted for salmon, to say nothing of many large brooks running into the river above Lansing- burgh.” The experiment is certainly worth trying, for inthat way only can it be determined, no matter how much we may write about it. Yours truly, Frep. MATHER. oe NY SS FORESTS AND ANIMALS. ee tee UROPEHAN travellers in th’s country frequently al- lude to the American forest as remarkable for iis soli- tude and deficiency of animal life. The scarcity of ani- mals, I would remark, is not peculiar tothe American wild- erness. The same fact has been observed in extensive for. ests both in Europe and Asia; and in proportion as the traveler penetrates into their interior, he findsa smaller number of animals of every species. Birds, insects, and quadrupeds will multiply, like human beings, in a certain ratio with the progress of agriculture, so long as there re- mains a sufficiency of wild wood to afford them a refuge anda home. They use the forests chiefly for shelter, and the open. grounds for forage: the woods are their house and the meadows their farm. I had an opportunity for observing these facts very early in life, when making a pedestrian tour through sey- eral of the States. I commenced my journey in autumn, and, being alone, I was led to take notes of many things, -which, had any one accompanied me, would have escaped my observation. After passing a few weeks of the winter in Nashville, I directed my course through Tennessee and Virginia, and was often led through extensive ranges of forest. I never saw birds in any part of the United States so numerous as in the woods adjoining the city of Nash- ville, which was surrounded with immense corn fields and cotton plantations; but, while walking through the country IT could not help observing the scarcity of birds and small quadrupeds in the woods, whenever I was ata long dis- tance from any village or habitation. Sometimes night would draw near before I reached a hamlet or farm-house where I might take lodging. Qn such occasions, the si- lence of the woods increased my anxiety, which was im- mediately relieved on hearing the cardinal or the mockine- bird, whose cheerful notes always indicated my approach to cultivated fields and farms. , That this scarcity of animal life is not peculiar to Ameri- can forests, we have the testimony of St. Pierre, who says of the singing birds: ‘‘ It is very remarkable that, all over the globe, they discover an instinct which attricts them to the habitation of man. If there be but asinele hut in the forest, all the singing birds in the vicinity come and settle aroundit. Nay, they are not to be found, ex- cept in places which are inhabited. I have traveled more than six hundred leagues through the forests of Russia, but never met with small birds except in the neighborhood of villages. On making thetour of fortified places in Russian Finland, with the general officers of the corps of engineers with which I served, we traveled sometimes at the rate of twenty leagues a day without seeing on the road either vill- age or bird; but when we perceived the sparrows flutter- ing about we concluded we must be near some inhabited place. In this indication we were never once deceived.” It may be remarked, however, that birds and quad- rupeds do not seek the company of man when they congre- gate near his habitations, They are attracted by the in- FOREST AND STREAM. creased amount of their means of subsistence that follows the cultivation of the land. The granivorous birds, no less than the insect eaters, are benefited by the extension of ag- riculture. Even if no cereal grains are raised, the culti- vated fields would supply them, in the product of weeds alone, more sustenance than a bundred times the same area in the forest. Before there were any settlements of white men in this country, birds and small quadrupeds must have congregated chiefly about the wooded borders of prairies, on the banks of rivers, in fens and cranberry meadows, and around the villages of red men. America was colonized and occupied by civilized people, and the forests were swept away with a rapidity unpreve- dented in the history of man. Everv pioneer was a hun- ter, provided with guns and ammunition; every male mem- ber of his family over seven years of age was a gunner and a trapper. The sparse inhabitants of the forest, which, if unmolested— asin theearly period of Kuropean civilization—would have multiplied in proportion to their increased means of subsis- tence, have been, on the contrary, shot by the gunner, en- snared by the trapper, and wantonly destroyed by boys for amusement, until some species have been nearly extermi- ted. Instead of increasing in a ratio with the supplies of their natural food, many tribes of them are now more searee than they were in the primitive forest. The small birds alone whose prolific habits and diminuative size were their protection have greatly multipled. There are many species of birds which we associate with the wild-wood, because they breed and find shelter there, but if we watched their habits, we would learn that even these solitary birds make the cultivated grounds their princi- pal feeding-places. Such are the quail, partridge, and very many of our game birds. The quail and the partridge are omnivorous, but, like our common poultry are more eager to seize a grub or an insect than a grain cf corn. A potato field is hardly less valuable to a flock of quails than a field of corn, and affords more sustenance to the snipe and the woodcock, than any other grounds. But these birds, as well as others, have diminished as those natural advantages have increased that should promote their multiplication. Even our sylvias and thrushes, the most timid of all the winged tribe, birds hardly ever seen, except in lonely wood multiply with the clearings of the country, and the in- creased abundance of their insect food. The vesper thrushes, that shun the presence of man, and will become silent in their wnusical evening chants if the rustling of the bushes indicates the approach of the human footstep, are more numerous in the woods of Cambridge, than in any other part of the country. These are chiefly of maple filled with underbrush, and afford the birds a harbor and a shelter, while the adjoining fields, in a state of the highest tillage, supply them plentifully with their natural food, con- sisting of worms and the larye of insects. The timid habits of these solitary birds are their chief protection. They will not expose themselves to observation; and, on the ap- proach of a human being, they flee to the woods where they are concealed from the youths who destroy all sorts of small game. Birds of this species continue to grow more numerous, while the red thrush and eat bird are con- stantly diminishing in numbers, because they breed outside of the wood, where they are easily discovered.— Woods wnd By- Ways 6f New England. INSECT AND ANIMAL MEDICINE. Er NSECTS once formed a class of medicines, consideréd very effective in certain cases, and time was when the doctor would order a dose of three gnats or three drops of lady-bird milk, just as he might order three grains of calo- melinour day. Wood-lice, ants, and beetles used to be prescribed for the toothache. The sacred beetle is eaten by the women of Egypt and regarded as an emblem of fer- tility. The oil-beetle exudes a deep yellow oil from the joints of the legs, which was esteemed diuretic and used in rheumatic complaints. In some cases the effects attributed to these curious remedies may possibly be produced by them, as fcr instance when Turkish women eat, cooked with butter, the dlaps suicata (a sort of beetle) with a view to the development of fat; but when the same remedy is re- presented as an antidote against earache and the sting of the scorpion, we are less inclined to believe in its efficacy. In Atwood’s “‘Historv of Dominica” we are told that the fat of snakes is esteemed an excellent remedy for rheuma- tism and sprains; and by the vulgar in Persia a hard green substance about the size of a bean, found in the body of a certain species of serpent, is reckoned an infallible curé for the bites of venomous reptiles. Among the ancients ser- pents’ flesh was in high repute as a medicament, and was also used for food, like the flesh of the turtle. On the econ- tinent of Europe vipers have stilla place in the popular pharmacopeia, and Mr. Simmonds asserts that the Italians to this day “occasionally regale themselves with a jelly made of stewed vipers.” In Guatemala lizards eaten alive are supposed to cure cancer, As late as 1618 lion’s fat belonged to the materia medica of the British pharmacopm@ia. Among the ancients, Galen prescribed it as an antidote for poisons. The smell of it was said to drive away serpents. The Roman physicians had great faith in remedies derived from this animal. Pliny enumerates the following: First, as a cosmetic, the fat mixed with oil of roses gives delicacy to thé complex- ion; and secondly, as an unguent, it cures affections of the joints, The gall mixed with water cured weak eyes; mixed with the fat, and taken internally, it was aremedy for epilepsy. Quartan fever was cured by giving to the patient the heart roasted, but quotidian fevers were treated with the fat and oilofioses. The natives of the Malay peninsula eat tiger flesh, believing it to be a specific for all diseases, besides imparting to the one who pertakes of it the animal’s courage and sagacity. , . Discarded from the service of the physician, a few mol- Jusks have found a resting place in the popular materia medica. Slugs and snails were anciently and in some parts are to this day a popular remedy in consumptive complaints. They are sometimes made into a mucilagmous broth; some- times swallowed raw. Snails are to this day kept on sale in London markets for this purpose. <0 _______. THE ART OF FRYING FISH. pn a a a EVERAL kinds of fish are fried when small: such as small trouts or troutlets, carps, tench, sun-fish, pike, pickerel, founders, white-fish, black and blue-fish, perch, porgy, mullet, weak-fish, herring, bass, and the like, and smelts, which never grow above the frying size. * When fish or anything else is cooked in a frying-pan with just fat enough te prevent it from burning, it is not fried but sautéd, there being two very distinct ways of frying. To fry, means to cook fish or something else Im- mersed in boiling fat. To sauté, means to cook fish or something else with just enough fat to merely cover the bottom of the pan; for instance, small fishes are fried, but omelets are swutéd; potatoes are fried, but parsnips are sautéed. Many inexperienced cooks make mistakes on that account; they read in some cook books that such article of food is good fried, and set to frying it when it should be sautéd and VICE VEPSA. The fat skimmed from the surface of broth, which is beef suet, the trimmings of steaks or roasting pieces of beef melted as directed below, are better for frying pur- poses than lard, not flying all over as lard does. The fat skimmed from trimmings or from around the Itidneys of beef, is cut in small pieces, put in an iron pot, and set on a rather slow fire. As soon as it begins to melt, ladle off the melted part and turn it into a stone or crockery jar, which you cover when cold. Put it away in a cool, dry and dark place. A careful cook never needs lard for | frying purposes, but has always more fat than is necessary, out of boiling or roasting pieces, and that skimmed on the top of broth, sauces and gravies. Some cooks will not take the trouble to melt it when the mistress allows as much lard and butter as is asked for, It is an error to believe that by using much fat to fry, the articles fried will taste greasy; if there is not fat enough in the pan to completely immerse the objects fried, they- will certainly taste greasy. It will be the same if the fat is not heated enough. It is heated enough when jets of smoke ooze out of it, or, when on throwing drops of water in o it, it makes a crackling noise. When the fat is hot enough, the article that is to be fried is dropped into it, and stirred gently now and then with a skimmer. When done, it is taken off the pan with the skim- mer and turned into a colander, which should rest on a dish or bow] to receive the fat that may drop from it. If the article to be fried is not completely immersed in the fat, the part not immersed will absorb fat, and, as stated above, will taste greasy; but if there is fat enough to cover it entirely, the intensity of the heat closes the pores, car- bonizing the exterior of the article, as it were, aud preyent- ing it from absorbing any fat. lf the articles to be fried be tender and somewhat brittle, they are put ina wire basket or perforated double bottom mace for that purpose, and the basket is plunged into the fat. The basket is raisea wheu the’ articles are fried, and held over the pan to let the fat drop; they are tlien taken carefully out of it, placed on a dish, sprinkled with salt, and served hot. . When the frying is done, the pan is put away for afew minutes to allow the particles of solid matter that may be in it to fall to the bottom of the frying-pan; then it is turn- ed irto the jar, gently and slowly, ro as to retain those par- ticles in the bottom, and it is put away for another time,— Prof. Pierre Blot in To-day. OUR ATHLETICS. SERRE IE Py" have been an honorary secretary of an athletic club meeting, and to have ‘‘pulled off” not one but many of those meetings successfully, argues an amount of zeal and activity and a genius for administration in a man which ought to render him an object of admiration, But if an honorary secretary of a great athletic celebration is re- quired to display an unwonted capacity for business and organization, what shall we say of, and what praise bestow upon, a functionary of that kind who combines with the duties of his office those other and far more arduous ones of honorary treasurer also ? For be it known that though our club was only that of a large school or college-—if you like that title better, as did not a few of the parents of the alwnini—our sports, from the uniform su¢gcess that had invariably attended former celebrations, had assumed such colossal proportions as re- garded the number of ‘‘events’ to be competed for, and were held in such high repute by the inhabitants of the town, that the better part of two days, was taken up before we could bring them toa conclusion. So interested, in- deed, were the principal tradesmen of the town in the suc- vess of our sports that many of the more enthusiastic among them actually closed their shops during the celebra- tion; and, what was of far more consequence to us, sent us such a plentiful supply of articles from their stock as prizes for the ‘‘youthful athletes,” that the treasurer found him- self encumbered with an absolute embarras de richesses, and was sorely puzzled in the matter of the distribution of these costly presents. Of course, the treasurer never refused anything gratuit- ously presented by an enterprising tradesman, but the mis- fortune was that the presents were all too frequently of a kind utterly unfitted for presentatjon to a youthtul and successful athlete. One man would send a cornopean and case, but though the instrument was the undoubted manu- facture of the most eminent makers, though a better could not be had for love or money, this particular kind of prize was never valued at its true worth, and its lucky recipient was almost always one whose savage breast music had no charms to soothe. Another tradesman would contribute a writing desk, a photographic albuin, or perhaps that now happily obsolete abomination, a postage stamp album. These articles, itis hardly necessary to remark, found no favor among the stalwart competitors at our athletic sports, reminding them, as they did, too strongly of those higher and more intellectual pursuits from which they were enjoy- ing a temporary release. No difficulty was ever experienced with the jeweller and the saddler; everything those gentlemen supplied, even down to shirt studs and spurs and leathers, always found a conspicuous position on the prize list; ‘and, as it soon oazed out, in spite of every precaution against such surreptitiously acquired knowledge, to what particular competitions prizes of such inestimable value would be awarded, the number of competitors for those events was considerably greater than for most of the others.. For the grand steeplechase— a race, by the way, which fora long time, in deference to the wish of constitui.d authorities, we were reluctantl and foolishly compelled to describe as ‘‘a race with leaps” —in addition to the gold-mounted cuiting-whip and spurs and leathers, there was also adjudged a silver medal em- blazoned with the school arms, and for this race there was always alarge entry; but itis singular what little value was set upon the medal. It was quite impossible, how: ever, to smuggle any other kind of prize into this race. the piéce de résistance, so to speak, of the entire meeting. — Gen: tlemen's Magazine, 180 MY LAKE, ——p Y little lake doth in a valley lie, Bowered deep in green of drowsy solitudes; No din or dust of highway cometh nigh, No reek of towns can pass these winnowing woods, *Tis fabled that its grassy borders keep Trace of a shape to human outline true; That here some Queen of Naiads, fallen asleep, Hides her white beauty “neath the dimpling blue. And see—at yonder cove’s remotest edge, A gleam of white againstthe stirring sedge, As if the gracious sleeper lightly slept, And from beneath her robe’s unrayvelled hem, One fair white instep in a dream had crept, Lighting up all the dim place hke a gem. —HELEN BARRON Bostwick, in Galaxy. Indian River, of Florida. ™ EGINNING some thirty or thirty-five miles to the southward of St. Augustine, and extending along the coast of Florida, about one hundred and seventy-five or eighty miles, are two salt water lagoons, separated from the ocean by a mere narrow fringe of sand. The larger and more southward of these is known as Indian river, and the other as Mosquito lagoon. They are separated by a low belt of sand, resting upon a bed of shell conglomerate scarcely two miles broad. It is, however, with Indian river that I have present con- cern, as it is possessed of peculiar, extraordinary, and little known attractions and resources, which, if properly devel- oped, would make it an unequalled sanitarium for pulmo- ‘aary subjects. With its northern extremity near Cape Canaveral, this sheet of water stretches southward for about one hundred and fifty miles, with but one narrow communication with the ocean—Indian river inlet, latitude 27 deg. 30 min. north. The long, narrow strip of sand on either side of the inlet, which, as I have said, separates the lagoon from the ocean, isno where broader than one mile. Here and there the winds and waves have heaped up the sand into clusters of low dunes, but next to the waters of the lagoon there isa dense growth of the mangrove (hizophoracea), wood of small diameter, but of a beautiful red color, and takes a very fine polish, and the whole zone is thickly dot- ted with the graceful, picturesque, and useful cabbage pal- metto tree, which is valuable asa timber for many pur- poser, and its leaves also, while its unexpanded young foliage is a delicious vegetable. Other and even more val- uable trees of the same (palm) species might be largely in- troduced, as, for exainple, the cocoanut, which has been shown to flourish there. Itisin part this low-lying skirt of luxuriantly wooded, dry sandy soil, breaking the force of tempestuous winter winds, met at times on the southern Atlantic coast, which makes the western shore of Indian river so highly favorable as a winter residence for invalids. Near Indian river inlet, upon the main land, a military post (Fort Capron) was established in November, 1849, and careful meteorological observations were taken,for a series of years which show rare climatological characteristics pe- culiarly favorable for pulmonary patients, that is to say, a singularly equable temperature with comparative dryness. For example, during a period of five years ending with 1854 the mean temperature of the winter months was 63 deg, 20 min., with a relatively small rainfall during the late autumui, winter, and early spring months, or 217 fair weather days for the year. The lagoon has a coraline bed, and is free from marshes. Communicating with the sea by Indian river inlet, as I have stated, it likewise receives a good deal of fresh water through Santa Lucia river, which is an outlet of the Ever- glades. It tcems to an almost incredible degree with fish of the finest and most palatable varieties, including that most delicate and toothsome of all American fish, the “pompano.” Never, indeed, on cither the Atantic, Gulf, or Pacific coast have I seen fish so fat and well flavored. The ordinary mullet, here very fine, is found in extraordi- nary shoals at certain seasons, and no where else is the sheepshead so fine and dainty a fish as in Indian river. As for the oyster, it is worth a visit to Indian river to eat those found there, especially those which have been transplanted; their flavor is the finest in the United States. Some four miles southward of the inlet the western shore rises some thirty feet above the level of the sea into a bluff of compact, broken, or decomposed shell for some dis- tance. Here there are fine situations for building, with the necessary space for small plantations of tropical fruits and plants, which thrive so well in all that region. There are already orange orchards which have been planted fora quarter of a century. The pineapple, found in most of its numerous varieties, and other inter-tropieal fruits, do as welk here as in the Antilles. Northward the shore is skirted in large part by narrow reaches of dry hammock land, cov- ered with the live oak. This soil is shallow, but underlaid by a marl, which keeps fresh its virgin fertility, and is found particularly well adapted to the growth of sugar cane, which comes to flower or tassel on Indian river as in Cuba, but not habitually in Louisiana. Therefore, the zane of Indian river is richer in saccharine matter to the pound than that of Louisiana. Immediately back of these arable tracts, the very timber of which is so valuable in ship-building, there runs a sand ridge, which here and there abuts directly upon the water of the lagoon, and is everywhere covered with noble pines, FOREST AND STREAM. affording an exhaustless supply of accessible building tim- ber. Rearward of this ridge the country, somewhat lower than the ridge, stretches out into great spaces of pine bar- rens, which afford, however, a fine range and pasturage for cattle, and abound in game, such as deer and wild turkey, while in winter the lagoon is alive with wild duck. On the slope of this ridge, toward the lagoon, by digging wells of ten or fifteen feet an abundance of pure, delicious water is developed, being simply the rainwater of the great pools in its rear, filtered through the sand ridge. A glance at the map discloses the fact that for more than thirty miles of its upper course, the St. John’s river flow- ing northward, is parallel with Indian river lagoon, at an average distance of not more than ten miles. At several points, indeed, the distance is reduced to eight miles, so that a canal of that length through ground peculiarly favor- able for cheap and easy construction, would give water communication by steam with Jacksonville, and in fact with Charleston. At the same time, during the late fall, winter, and early spring tides the inlet affords passage to steamers drawing from eight to ten feet of water, with a completely sheltered harbor immediately within the bar. Beside fish to so marvellous a degree in variety, numbers, and excellence for food, Indian river is likewise the resort for turtle. The vegetation and flora, by no means so luxuriant as that of inter-tropical regions, are, however, largely of the same description. 'The trees are covered with beautiful air plants and other parasitic plants, which open a broad field of in. teresting investigation. The tree yielding gum, Caout- chouc by exudation, for example, is there, although not in quantities for commercial purposes, and is an interesting feature of the landscape from its peculiar growth or habit of climbing and staying itself by the trunk of another tree, which it finally envelopes, crushes, and destroys. Several species of very closely grained, heavy, high-colored woods, susceptible of fine polish, and adapted to the uses of the cabinet maker, are there in abundance. Undoubtedly the Campeachy or logwood would thrive if introduced upon the beach or seaward shore of the Jagoon, or would soon so multiply (as in Santo Domingo, where it was first planted for hedges) as to become a valuable product. And sol might go on enumerating what nature has planted or supplied in forest and stream, and what man might easily do to make at least a charming health resort of Indian river, but I will only add that I have myself seen some remarkable evidences of the benefits which persons of both sexes, having diseased lungs, have received there— benefits that proved lasting—with some yet more remark- able instances of persons so diseased that elsewhere they were in constant pain, who yet were able to lead a prolong- ed and comfortable life in that singularly equable tem- perature. I likewise passed one summer upon the lagoon, and never found the heat oppressive, as it was habitually tempered by a soft, gentle breeze. The only discomfort was the mos- quito, against which, however, it was not difficult to guard by proper precautions. It is a misfortune that the real climatic and general san- tary advantages of Indian river are not widely known to the thousands who suffer from weak .Jungs and bronchial affections in the New England and Middle States. T. J. Mountain CuAms.—In the Adriondacks, up in Bay River, where it leaves Mud Lake, one of the most distant, gloomy, and forbidding sheets of water in the whole wilder- ness, are immense beds of clams shaped precisely like our salt water clams. They would be mistaken for them ‘any- where. Now why, when other waters abound with the ordinary mussel, should this peculiarly shaped clam, look- ing for all the world as if it had once been imbedded in the sea, and only changed in taste by being removed to fresh water, be found alone in this lonely, remote place, nearly 2,000 feet above the sea level, and morethan a hundred miles from the St. Lawrence, is a problem I should like to see solved. I wish the clam found there could be transplanted to the tide water, to see if it would turn to a regular salt water clam. The experiment would be well worth trying. If after a few floodings of salt water, it should become an ordinary salt water clam, it would seem to indicate that it was one at some former time. But why it should be con- fined to this peculiar locality is another difficulty not easily overcome. To mystify the matter still more, these beds would seem to be of recent origin. Fourteen years ago when I was first there and almost the first except hunters that ever visited it, there were but two beds, about six miles apart. This year they are found extended so greatly that if they continue at the same ratio of progress for 40 years to come, they will fill the whole six miles of river and probably the whole bed of the lake. A scientific man once denied the fact of the existence of such a clam till he was shown the shell, and then, though convinced, did not pre- tend to explain it. They furnish an immense quantity of food to the minks.—Tribune. og —On one occasion Hon. Jeremiah Mason went into Chas. Sumner’s office and found him writing an address to be delivered before a peace society. After a little good- natured defense of his views by Mr. Sumner, the former, rising to take his leave, said: “‘ Well, Sumner, you may be right, bat Ishould just as soon think of joining a society for the suppression of thund.r and lightning as a society for the suppression of war.” <_< 0 —QOnce a careless man went to the cellar and stuck the candle ia what be thought was a keg of black sand. He sat near it drinking wine until the candle burned low. Nearer and nearer it got to the black sand; nearer and nearer, until the blaze reached the black sand, and as it was sand, nothing happened. 2 —While a compositor on the Montreal Witness was setting up an advertisement for a Jost canary, the bird flew in at the ofice window. ‘‘which shows the value of advertising.” AGoodland, Zawn and Garden. TULIPS.--FALL SETTING. (NAT. ORD, Tulipacece.) ———e ‘Her eyes possess a language and a spell, A form like Aphrodites in her shell, With all her loves around her on the deep; Voluptuous as the first approach of sleep, Yet full of life; for through her tropic check The blush will make its way and all but speak, Like coral reddening through its darkened waves, Which draw the diver to its crimson caves.” HE seedling tulip does not, so far as we have learned, ever produce any but plain unmarked or veined flowers. You will notice, if you plant seedlings—and every lover of tulips should plant either what are termed seedlings, or what may be called: nearly the same thing— the first year plain bulbs; and try their success in produc- ing some rare and beautiful striped tulip. Thi would af- ford them a fine opportunity of studying the laws that govern the floral kingdom, and in the production of a rare and beautiful addition to their floral treasures. In the history of this ancient flower many quaint anec. dotes and romantic stories are told. The Holland tulip has indeec a romantic history all its own, and when we know that to the cultivation of this bulb alone hundreds of acres are devoted, we cease to wonder at its great value as an article of merchandise alone. Meinheer Vanderpoel was a little squat figure of a Dutchman, who was always accompanied by his little dog and his pipe. ‘I smokes, I does, and [ sells the best bulbs in Haarlem, I shust does, and of all prices, too. J have him for ze fife penny apiece, and I have him for ze fifty dollar apiece, I have. Yah, I have.” Such was the literal truth in Holland, and even to-day, in sober 1875, there are tulips valued at about their weight in gold. The plain tulip, after one, two, three, and four years, is not the same tulip started with. This rusty jack, ‘in his former gray coat of one color only, has thrown away the old gray, and in exchange he wears a coat of many colors, areal ‘‘Joseph’s coat” of many stripes, and is very beauti- ful. These tulips are called breeders. and from these breeders come, with care and perseverance, many of our most valuable garden tulips, for every tulip thus produced is to be called by some name, which the propagator or orig- inator has the sole right to append. Another very curious fact is, there may be, and often is, twenty different sorts in the same bed of tulips, yet it is exceedingly rare to find two flowers alike. This proneness to sport in the tulip gives rise to mug¢h variety as well as amusement to all lovers of this beautiful flower. . In making a good tulip bed only care is necessary. The bed, which should lie, when possible, north and south, for the benefit of sunny exposure, should be excavated in the same manner as the bed made for the hyacinthe, de- scribed in a former paper. It may be four feet or more wide, and two feet six inches in depth; the soil filled in being a few, say three, inches above the path, and the cen- tre three inches above the sides. The tulip bed must be most thoroughly drained, or no tulips will grow. After you have made your bed of soil, taken from the under side of good old pasture sod, which has laid in a heap until well rotted and “friable,” you are ready to begin the plant- ing of your tulips in the bed. On a bed like the one thus described I would plant say five, seven or nine rows, according to size of bed. These rows are to run across the bed, and the bulbs to be placed six inches apart in the rows. Press them gently into their places in the soil, which should be three inches over the top or crown of the bulbs when your bed is finished. Your bulbs are to be planted with the tallest ones in the centre or middle row of the bed. These will be from fifteen to eighteen inches in height, and, if good strong growers are chosen, they will afford you a world of dellght. ‘They are God’s messengers of beauty to man,” said an ardent admirer of nature to me one day, as he was looking upon a rare and beautiful bed of wonderful diversity of color. ‘This is one of his wise lessons,” said he, ‘‘and who is he that could look upon this magnificent tulip and say it came by chance ?” Having set your bed thus, if you please, the tallest bulbs in the centre, the lowest at the sides, or any way to please your own taste (for we suppose you pos- sessed of some, or you never would plant tulips), you will secure them from frosts and severe cold by coverings of matting, litter, straw, &c. When they begin to break the ground, and the first green leaf appears peeping up, then remove carefully all lumps of earth, if there should be any, and lighten the soil with some appropriate instrument, and you will soon feel yourself richly rewarded by what follows. Ihave found my account in adding as a dressing one half to an inch in thickness all over the bed a compost made of finely pulverized charcoal, one part to two parts of coarse sand. This gives the bed a very nice, clean look, and the sun adds heat by absorption of sunlight, which the tulip loves at this period to revel in. If you would enjoy the sight of a fine bed of this fairy of the flowers, you can do so by shading the opening blossoms from a too hot sun and high winds, both of which are exceedingly injurious to the plant. Your own taste and ingenuity will suggest just the kind of shelter you need, care being taken to shield the bed on the side next the sun from its too hot rays. FOREST AND STREAM. 181 After flowering, the tulip, when its leaves are withered, may be lifted and dried and carefully marked and packed away in drawers for another year’s planting. The time of planting tulips is from October ist to No- vember 15th, and of this fine floral appendage to every perfect garden we might say much more; but as our inten- tions in landscape, lawn and garden, woodland and .moor conversations is not only to make a readable article, but one of real practical value to all our readers, we close this paper without giving a long list of the rare and beautifully named varieties, as a list of one thousand and one may be had of our floral friends, Vanderbilt Brothers, Fulton street, who will let you into many other of the mysteries of Holland. OLLIPOD QUILL. 2 Che Horse and the Course. —The second day of the Prospect Park extra fall meet- ing took place on October 28d. The attendance was fair and the trotting very spirited. The first race was a match for $250 mile heats, best three in five to wagon, T. H. Phillip’s bay team Prince and Mack, and M. Schenck’s bay and black geldings Adonis and Listener. Schenck’s won in three straight heats. The second race was the Prospect Park Colt Stakes for three year olds, $50 each. Value of the stakes, $1,500. Distance—one mile and repeat. Shep- pard Knapp’s Reform won in 2:253—2:40. The next two trots were walk overs, only one horse in each race putting in an appearance. The last race of the day was for a purse of $600 for horses that had never beaten 2:30 mile heats, best three in five in harness. There were four heats trotted when darkness put an end tothe day’ssport.. The last day, October 24, began with the finishing heat of the postponed trot of the day before. Lady Emma wonvery easily. The second event was the three minute trot. Seven horses started. Sterling, the favorite, won very easily in three straight heats. The most interesting race of the meeting was the free to all race. Purse $3,500. The celebrated trotting horses Gazelle, Camors, Judge Fullerton, and American Girl, started. American Girl was the favorite and won in three straight heats. Time—2:20—2 :22—2:224. —The second day of the Kingston (N. Y.) Park races came off on October 28d. The first race for a purse of $300, for 2:45 horses, was won by Colonel Roberts in three straight heats, Time—2:504, 2:524 and 2:513. Thesecond race for a purse of $350, for 2:37 horses, was a very excit- ing one. Five heats were trotted and was finished on Oc- tober 24th, Major King winning easily in 2:364. Mag Tammany won the race for 2:50 horses. The second and last race for a purse of $300, free for all, was won by Joe Brown in three straight heats. —The Maryland Jockey Club held the first day of the annual autumn meeting on the Pimlico course, Balti- more, on October 28rd. The weather was delightful and the attendance of the elite and beauty of Baltimore was im- mense. The first race was for a purse of $500 for all ages. There were eight horses started. Preakness was the favor- ite and won easily by six lengths. Time—1:54. The second was a hurdle race. _Distance—two miles, over eight hurdles, for all ages, with welter weights. Three horses started, the jumping of the horses was poor, as none except the favorite Lochiel jumped clean, the others knocking down the hurdles. Lochiel won very easily. Time-—4:514. The third race was for the Dixie stakes, three year olds. Distance—two miles. Four horses only came to the post. Tom Bowling came home the winner by twelve lengths in 3:58. The fourth race was two mile heats for all ages. Six horses started. This was a closely contested race be- tween Harry Bassett, Sylock and Warlike. Harry “assett finally won a spirited struggle by a head time—3:d6 The second heat was won by Bassett, the same horses as in the first heat were second and third, the others distanced. Time—8:572. —The second day of the Maryland Jockey Club meeting on October 24th was well attended, but the track was slow. The first race was for the Central Stakes for two-year old horses; one mile; $50 subscription, play or pay; club to udd $500. Three horses started. Weathercock won the race, beating Saxon, second, and Visgoth, third. Time, 1:56. The second was the selling race for horses of all ages; two miles; purse $500, $400 to first and $100 to sec- ond. Hight horses started. Cora Linn won the race, beat- ing Artist, second; Wheatley, third; and Village Black- smith, fourth. Time, 3:52. The third race was for the Gentlemen’s Post Stakes; one and a quarter miles; for horses of all ages; welter weights; $25 subscription, play or pay; club to add $500; $100 to second. Four horses started. Stovkwood won the race, beating Coronet, sec- ond: Tabitha, third; and Lochiel, fourth, Time, 2:29}. The fourth race was mile heats, best three in five, for horses of all ages; purse $700, $600 to first and $100 to second. Two horses started. Mate won the race in three straight heats, beating Bessie Lee. Time—1:56, 1:56, 1:58. —The third day of the Maryland Jockey Club took place October 25th. The number of persons present was unu- sually large. The first race was the Handicap Stakes, one and a half miles, open to ail ages; $20 each if not declared out. Lizzie Lucas won easily; Shylock, second; Cariboo third. Preakness, the favorite, was the eighth horse. Time, 2:48. The second race was mile heats, for three- year-olds; purse $600, $100 to second horse. The first heat was won by Katie Pease; time, 1:56; the second by Artist, time 1:56, and the third by Katie Pease, time 1:50}. The third race, four mile heats, for all ages; purse $1,700, County Stakes for three year olds. $1,200 to the first horse, $400 to the second, and $100 to the third. True Blue and Harry Bassett were the only starters, True Blue being the favorite at 2to1. Harry Bassett was distanced in the first heat by nearly two hun- dred yards. ‘Time, 7:49. —The Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association of Lexington, Kentucky, held the third day of the meeting on October 23d. The track was very heavy and time made by the horses was quite slow. The first race was a purse of $250 for three year-olds, which had never beaten 2:50—one mile and repeat in harness. There were eight horses started. The first heat was won by Ike Marvel, the second was a dead heat between Marvel and Alley, when the'third and fourth heats were won by Alley. Turpin was distanced in the first heat. Time—2 :59—2 :59—2 :564-—3 064. The second race was a purse of $300 for four year olds and under, mile heats, best three in five in harness. The con- test was between Lady Turpin and Hylas. The former scored the ‘irst, second and fifth heats, winning the race. The third event was a purse of $800 for horses that tiad never beaten 2:34—mile heats, best three in five in harness. Jamison won the race in three straight heats, Lady Alice taking second money and Josie the third premium. The fourth day of the meeting was well attended, but the track was still heavy. The first race was for four year olds. Ella Clay walked over, The second race was the Woodford This race resulted in a match between Albrina and J. W. Combs; the former won. The last race closed with a purse of $500 for three minutes horses, < leven started, and it was won by bill Spencer. —The fifth and last day of the Kentucky Horse Breed- er’s Association took place October 25th. The weather was fine, but the track was not in good order for fast time. The first race was a walk-over, by Tracy, in 2:53. The second race was won by Doble. Time—2:47, 2:51, 2:46%, 2:491. The third race was won by Dick Jamison, beating Red Cloud, Ira H, and Billy Haskins in five heats. Best time, 2:344. The driver of Ira H was suspended for sixty days and the horse distanced, for foul driving. —There was some interesting driving and trotting at Dexter Park, Chicago, on October 25th. In the free-for- all race, $8,500, Bashaw, Jr. Mila C., Lady Mac, Ella Wright,H. Collie, Morris, and Bro. Jonathan started; the lat- ter took the first heat in 2:274, Bashaw, Jr., the second in 2:26, and Mila C. the third in 2:26%. The race was then postponed until Monday on account of the darkness. The judges put Budd Doble up to drive Mila C. in the third heat, as her former driver was evidently pulling her. Lady Mac was distanced 1n the third heat. During the afternoon Goldsmith Maid was run round the track, doing her mile in 2:18 each time. The running race was won by Lady Fair- field in two straight heats. Time—1:50, 1:51. James Stinson, of Chicago, then drove his four-in-hand around the track in 2:50, which is said to be the fastest time on record for a four-in-hand. —How to Treat Run Down Horses.—When horses become worn out and run down by hard work, sometimes liberal feeding alone will not bring them up again to their proper state of health. A writer in the Agrieulturist says his animals were in that condition of lassitude and weak- ness, and he sawed a barrel in two and placed the ends upon the platform of the pump, to be used in watering the horses. Into one of them he put a pailful of corn meal and mixed it with the water. The horses at first did not like it, and would only drink a little when very thirsty. After they had drank what they would, they were allowed pure water. In afew days, however, they drank this corn meal soup with a relish, and in less than a week there was a decided change for the better in the appearance of all the horses. He did not let them eat the meal, but merely let them drink the milky water. There is no doubt but it isas good for them as a plate of good soup is for a tired and hungry man before dinner. It seems to stimulate the ap- petite and aid digestion. A Hontine Incipent.—Henry IV, when hunting, became separated from his company, having lost his way. In the forest he met a peasant. ‘‘Did’st see the hunt passing this way?” asked the king. ‘“No, but I heard them riding down yonder slope,” said the man. ‘‘A gold piece, if thou wiil take me the way they went,” said the king. ‘«]T will do it for nothing if thou wilt show me the king,” said the peasant. ‘““Willinely,” replied the merry monarch. ‘‘And do thou jump up behind me and tell me which way they went. I will certainly show thee the king.” The peasant nothing loth mounted behind Henry, and presently they approached the hunt. ‘‘How shall I know, good sir,” asked the peasant, ‘* who is the king? ‘They are all so smartly dressed.” ‘Thou canst easily distinguish him,” said Henry. ‘‘Peo- ple always take off hats tothe king.” Very soon they were ii: the midst of the hunt, and hats were doffed. ‘*See here,” said the peasant, ‘‘I do not exactly under- stand this; for very surely if you are not king, I must be king of France and Navarre. §o, if thou art king, I will get down; but shouldst thou owe me allegiance, dismount.” The best beloved of French kings hesitated a moment what to do, when the peasant, having enjoyed the joke, deftly slipped off the horse. ‘““Give this manacup of wine,” cried the king, ‘‘and a hundred crowns, for of all contestants to my crown of France he has been the most easily deposed.” —What is the difference between a manatee and a man at sea for the first time? One is a sea cow, and the other a sick coward. en — Worse than a tempest in the tea-pot—a war in Ashan- tee; (a)shanty. Matural Fistorp. “MORE ABOUT THE MANATEE. —_—_—_—- : INCE the publication of Mr. Conklin’s most interest- ing article on the Manatee, we have been in receipt of a number of letters in regard to this strange creature, and some of the questions asked us we can reply to. The man- atee australic, of the Amazon, an engraving of which can be found in Wood’s Natural History, if taken as a model or outline of the M. Latirostris, of Florida, differs materially from Gus, the unique specimen of the Central Park. Our Gus, who comes to you in his shallow bath when you call him, has no bottle nose like the one in the picture. THis snout tapers down gradually; ;when he opens his mouth to get his food, his nose wrinkles up a little, but never in the coarse way as shown in Wood’s picture. Whether his po- sition on the bank, as in the picture, would incline him to be high shouldered, we cannot state, but there is no marked prominence in the fore part of the Floridian manatee. The fore flippers are not placed so far forward, and the tail is much broader than jn the Wood picture. Altogether there is a puffy appearance to the illustration which does not be- long to Gus, who is rather flat-backed. One beautiful thing about Gus is the construction of the valves in his nose, the working of which can be distinctly seen. As soon as his cleft snout gets above water, open goes the valves, the instant he is submerged he shuts them. They are about as big as a waistcoat button, and are neatly hinged. They have a perfect mechanical movement, and their mo- tion is dueto some involuntary action. The tail itself re- sembles very much the single flange of a propeller placed parallel with the water. It has an undulatory motion, and can, we think, be made convex or concave at pleasure. The rudimentary nails on the flippers are whitish, and not very marked. As to the question the power the manatee would have whenin its natural element to inflict injury, we are somewhat doubtful about. Certainly the muscular power of our manatee’s tail would be immense, as it is joined closely to the main body, but we think his want of activity would render the use of his only means of inflict- ing injury useless at times, though Mr. Conklin informed us that his manatee would strike a stranger with its tail, and inflict quite a powerful blow. In feeding on the leaf of the canna, the manatee gener- ally takes. the leaf lengthways across his mouth, and bites it off bit by bit, the hold being always retained something like a boy without good table manners eating a slice of bread and butter, and commencing at one end of the slice and munching it from end to end. Mr, Conklin told us, when we examined Gus, that he would consume from twelve to fourteen pounds of canna leaf and sea weed together per diem, and that although he browsed a little from time to time, his feeding hours were late at night and early in the morning. This most intelligent director of the Central Park col- lection of animals deserves great credit for the care he has taken of this strange creature. Specimens of the manatee from Florida have been sent north before, but have never lived any time. Some five years ago, some showman had a fair specimen of the Manatee in Savannah, butit lived for only a short time. Gus is quite tame, and will come to the surface and approach his keeper when called. To our eyes he presented somewhat the appearance of a monstrous gorged leech with a tail and flippers, and seemed in dispo- sition to be particularly harmless and peaceful. 0 THE PEREGRINE FALCON. (Haleo anatum.) You remember, Mr. Editor, the huge mass of red sand- stone, shot up six hundred feet above the Connecticut river at South Deerfield, called Mt. ‘‘ Sugar Loaf.” You probably can recall the lovely view of the little valley spread out before you from the summit, I doubt not you have sat in ‘King Philip’s seat,” scooped out of the cliff, where ’tis said he planned the massacre of Bloody Brook, when Capt. Lathrop and his Beverly Volun- teers were slain so many years ago. One day in April I climbed the steep path on the south- ern side, and wearied and heated, threw myself upon the grass at the summit to gaze upon the scene below. The spires and towers of Amherst glistened in the sun, thrown out in bright relief against the dark green of the Holyoke Mountains. Hadley and Northampton presented pictures worth re- membering, and the Connecticut reflected the last rays of the sun as it sank behind the Hoosac hills. I was awakened from a reverie by a sharp, chattering cry, unlike any I had ever heard, and looking in the direc- tion whence it came, saw coming towards the eastern cliff a sharp-winged hawk. It swooped beneath the shelving rock and disappeared. Climbing out upon a projecting tree-trunk I threw a stone over the cliff and took a quick shot as the hawk appeared; owing to the insecurity of my seat I missed. Hxamining the brow of the precipice I foind that I couid descend some twenty feet, and by care- fully stcadying myself by the small stinted cedars cou'd reach a point opposite a projecting stick, where from the whitened appearance of the rocks, I conjectured the hawk had his eyrie, But by this time the sun had set, and so descending the mountain and craving a supper and bed, I deferred my attempt upon the life of the bird. Beforeit was fairly light next morning, I had ensconced myself behind the lowest cedar on the cliff, just where the rock began to shelve in. Though so early, the hawk was seeking his FOREST AND STREAM. breakfast. Patiently I waited, and the sun climbed high up in the heavens, and I thought feelingly of the breakfast I was losing, when suddenly there appeared over the river a swiftly approaching bird. Nearer and nearer he drew, till I could hear the whistle of his wings. Sweeping now above, now beneath me, he finally seemed convinced that the coast was clear, and close beneath the cliff and up. with asudden rush, alighted upon the dry branch. Scarcely had his wings folded when his sharp eye espied me; but *twas too late! As he launched into the air I fired; andthe report was followed by a cloud of feathers, my only sign that I had struck, so sharp was the incline of the precipice. Any naturalist can imagine my feelings as [ descended the mountain and climbed again to the base of the cliff and found my bird. Three hundred feet had he fallen and nearly every bone was injured; but there he lay, e duck hawk—a true falcon. ¢ stuffed him and he is in my cabinet to-day. A few years afterwards I procured an egg from Mr. W. 8. Street, the kind-hearted keeper of the Eyrie House at Mt. Tom. Allen of the Museum, Comparative Zoology, gives the best des- cription of the eggs and bird, extant. Its range is from Greenland to the West Indies. It is closely allied to, if not identical with the European falcon of the same name. It preys upon ducks and+maller game of all kinds. The old residents near the mountain call it the ‘‘ Black Hawk,” and relate many stories of its prowess. One old man said they had bred there for forty years; if one was killed another took its place. I know that the widow of my bird had another matic in less than two weeks. Once a bird of this species met with a horrible death: Swooping down upona small bird perched upon the sharp point of a stake, it was securely impaled, the stake passing through the body. : FRED. BEVERLY. $< -—_____—_— OVERWORKED Brains.—The nearest thing to an indica- tion that the brain has been working rather more than is zood for it, is the persistence in the mind, during the period of rest, of the thoughts which have engaged it during its condition of activity. After a good spell of hard work, the brain-worker is often tormented by finding it difficult, all at once, to tuen off the steam. His work-day thoughts aodd/ intrude themselves, in s ite of every effort to keep them out. Each worker has usually a way of his own of en- deavoring to get quit of these unwelcome guests, Thack- eray generally succeeded in exorcising the creatures whom he had been calling into existence by the simple expedient of turning over the leaves of a dictionary. A great lawyer was in the habit, in similar circumstances, of plunging into a cold bath, and averred that’ a person never takes out of cold water the same ideas that he took into it. Perhaps the best mental corrective of this condition is to employ the mind for a short time in « direction most contrasted to that in which it has been overworked. In this way a mathe- matician might find advantage in unbending his mind on a page or two of a novel while the novelist could chase away the phantons which hannt him by dipping into a discus- sion on the ‘‘ Quantification of the predicate.” The cure, in fact, must be sought for on a principle the very opposite to that of the famous homeopathic doctrine of ‘similars.” —Chambers Journal. to __— Evropran AWTELOPES,—Europe can, at the utmost, reckon but two antelopes among her ruminants, the chamois (Antelope rupicapra), and the saiga (Antelope colus). The name rupicapra (rock goat), applied to the former, suggests the difficulty which naturalists have felt in classing this creature of the Alpine peaks. We will, however, admit it among the antelopes, and this will give one species of the family to western Kurope, leaving the saiga to the regions of the Lower Danube, and the hills of Caucasus. Neither species can be deemed a good example of the antelope form and beauty, the rough coa! of the chamois, and the heavy sheep-like body of the saiga, exhibiting little of elegance or grace. But either animal may be taken as a good spe- cimen of the wonderful activity and amazing watchfulness which distinguish the whole family. The skill of the keenest rifleman is often baffled when tracking the chamois along the edge of the avalanche or up the ice covered peaks. Far ofthe daring animal stands, on some projection of a roek where no hunter’s foot can tread, or bounds from crag to crag as if endowed with supernatural energics. No finer specimen of brute skill and courage can be witnessed in Europe. The muscular power by which the brave crea- ture balances itself on the narrow ledge of rock, and then springs from this across a fathomless gulf toa mere shelf of the opposite precipice, may well excite the envy of the most daring and best trained hunter. The contest between human power and animal energy is here seen im its highest forms. The saigas, or antelopes of eastern Kurope, are often seen in flocks many thousand in number when mak- ing their autumnal mieration from the barren plains of the north to the sheltered valleys of the south. Man keeps a sharp look out for their approach, and destroys vast multi- tudes, not for the sake of the venison, but to enrich himself by the sales of their horns and skins. The delles of Kurope and Asia wear ornamented combs made from the tramspar- erit substance of the gaigs’s horn, while the skins may ap- pear as elegant gloves in shops of London and Paris. Thus far this antelops may claim to be a promoter of civilization, and to share with the tortoise the honor of udorning beauty's head.—Cussell’s Popular Hducator. SS The following prices were given for various animals and birds, many of them bred in the Antwerp zoological gsurden. Female giraffe, £360, hyena, £18, elands, £80, dama-antelope, £30, pair of llamas, £60, red kangaroo, £40, black faced kangaroo, £29, two lion cubs, £60, Pheasants brought high figures, one couple of Amherst pleases (Tiaumlea Ain rerstie) 2160, and a single male brought £59. A couple of Siamese pheasants (Huplocomas prelatus) sold for £98. Some pheasants notably Reeve's pheasants (Pha- sinnus Reevesit) having bred fully from the exceedingly et prices, they brought £100 « pair. It seems as if the breed- ing of animals and birds in Europe, may be made to be re- munerative. But of course any such ideas of profit to be made by zoological societies, 18 entirely a secondary consid- eration. - f 3 The Ziennel. Tar Boar Hounp.—This strain of hound will be found useful in hunting wild pigs in Louisiana, and is derived from a mingling of the mastiff with the greyhound, crossed afterwards with the largest sized English terrier, Our friends who own and breed tiogs will at once see the neces- sity of using these three animals, in order to get at the best strain to hunt the Wild Boar or the less ferocious Wild Pig. The greyhound element is required in order to give the dog sufficient speed for overtaking the boar, which is much swifter animal than is generally ‘supposed, from his unwieldy piggy form. The mastiff is needed to give it the requisite muscular power and dimensions of body, and the terrier is introduced for the sake of obtaining a sensitive nose and a quick spirited ac- tion. To train this dog properly is a matter of some diffi- culty, because a mistake is generally fatal, and puts an end to further instruction by the death of the pupil. It is com- paratively easy to train a pointer or setter, because if he fails through eagerness or slowness, the worst consequence is that the shooter looses his next shot or two, and the dog is easily corrected. But if a Boar-hound rushes too eageriy at the bristly guarry, he will in all probability be laid bleed- ing on the ground by arapid stroke from the boar’s tusks, and if he should hang hack he would be just as likely to be struck by the infuriatad beast. The only good breed of boar hounds known to us isa strain owned by D1. Slack, of New Jerséy, which has turned out remarkably well. The fimbs are long and exceedingly powerful, and the head possesses the square muzzle of the mastiff, together with the sharp and somewhat pert air of the terrier. It is a very large animal, measuring thirty inches to, the shoulder. Wild boar hunting, next to lion and tiger shooting, is a . dangerous sport, and the most destructive to hounds that the travelled sportsman will encounter. The boar is a most fierce and savage animal, and when irritated or disturbed by hounds will rush at any man or animal and attack them with his tusks. In fact, a boar has been known to turn with such terrible effect upon a pack containing fifty dogs that only ten escaped scatheless, and six or seven were ripped up and killed on the spot. The speed of this beast is no lessremarkable, as when fully aroused he puts the met- tle of the swiftest and staunchest horse fairly to the test, even on ground where the horse would have the advantage he frequently gets away from the sportsman to regain his haunt, which is usual'y in a cane-brake. The spear is gen- erally employed in Algeria in boar hunting or pig sticking, as the sport is familiarly termed, and is either thrown from the horse’s back, or is held like a lance and directed so as to receive the animal’s charge. When driven to bay the African boar is as savage an animal as can be imagined (to which some few gentlemen residing in the city can vestify), as with flashing eyes and foaming mouth he dashes at one and then another of the horsemen, sometimes fairly driving them from the spot, the boar often remaining master of the field. Another cross or breed 0. the Boar-hound which would suit our Southern friends (as thoroughbred mastiffs and terriers are a rarity), may be derived from the mingling of the Southern hound and grey-hound, which would an- swer every purpose for wild pig shooting in Texas and Lou- isiana. —If we have strictly no wild boar hunting here as in the Ardennes, or pig sticking asin Africa and India, we have the peccary in Texas, a sport by no means to be de- spised, and to which we would call the attention of our northern sportsmen. In the cane-brakes of southern Texas, in the dense thickets, the peccary is found, and he requires for his capture exactly the kind of dog we have described. The planters do not like the peccary. He destroys the crops, mutilates stock at times, and sometimes makes the sportsman take to the trees Along the Brazos Bottoms, the peceary is found in quantity. He is at times a most pugnacious little rascal, and will charge at a man, as straight as an arrow, and his sharp curved tusks cut like knives. To meet him is no easy task, asthe cane brakes are close and a path has sometimes to be cut through them. One would think from the size of the peccary, for he is rarely more than eighteen inches high, by two anda half feet in length, that he would be hardly a match for a dog, but such is his quickness, his strength, and valor, as to make him a most dangerous foe to the staunchest hound ever bred. As quick as lightning, all the strength lying in his head, neck and shoulders, with his lancet-like tusks, he will disembowel a dog inatrice, Being gregarious, pec- caries have a shocking bad habit of all doing exactly the same thing, at the same time, and they frequently charge en masse, aud scatter the dogs. Webber in his wild scenes of hunting life, thus describes the peceary. A bear has been wounded and the dog are fighting him, when a troop of peccaries enter and charge headlong oh bear, men, dogs and all. “Such yells, and and screams, and roars of pain, and such a medley helter- skelter rout as now occurred, would be difficut to describe. The wounded dogs, with tails between their legs, came sulking towards us. The bear, frantic with pain, rolled his great carcass to and fro, and gaped his read mouth, as he struck blindly about him here and there. The grunting and rushing patter of an addition to the herd coming in be- hind us, waked us from the sort of stupor this unexpected scene had thrown us in for the instant. ‘‘Run, run!” shouted my friend, with a voice half choked with mingled rage and laughter, and such a scurrying on all sides, for the other hunters had just come in, and the cry of ‘‘Peccaries! Peccaries! run! run!” and the popping of our guns all round at them, as we urged our horses to escape through the cane, closed this eventful scene, of my first introduction to the peccaries!” a Doe Law.—Difficult cases of dog ownership often crop up in the police courts, the magistrates generally allowing doggy to decide the quarrel. One lady we remember re- covered her pet by making him die at hercommand. A very satisfactory instance of sending a case to the dogs for settlement was reported in a Jersey newspaper in 1857: “A few days since ason of the Rev. Mr. Bellis was passing along the street, holding in his arms a pup-dog, of which he had been made a present; when a French dealer came up to him, took the animal from him, declaring it to he her own. Mr. Bellis complained to M. Centenier du Jar- din, whom he assured that the pup had been given to his son by Mr. Cornish, the owner of the animal's mother. The Frenchwoman insisted that the pup was hers, and said she had given its mother to an innkeeper it Hillgrove Lane M. Centenier caused the two mothers to be brought to- gether at the innkeeper’s, and the pup to be placed equi- distant between them. The pup immediately ran to its mother, owned by Mr. Cornish, and was instantly covered by her with caresses. Of course it was forthwith ordered to be given upto its rightful owner.” A less successful result attended the experiment tried by Judge Cush in the belief that a wise dog must know its own master. Finding himself getting bothered altogether by the conflict of evi- dence adduced by the rival claimants for the possession of the animal, the judge cried, “Stop! we'll settle this very quickly. You, Mr. Plaintiff, go into the far corner of the room out there. You, Mr. Defendant, come into this cor. ner up here. Now both of you whistle; and Mr. Clerk, let loose the dog.” His orders were obeyed; plaintiff and de- fendant whistled their loudest, the dog made a bolt of it and ‘scorted’ out of court. ‘‘Very extraordinary !” said the judge. ‘“‘I can’t understand that. Mr. Clerk, as the plaintiff could not prove his case when J gave him the chance, you may enter judgment for the defendant.” It would have been in stricter accordance with the evidence to have declared the dog a free dog, belonging to neither.—Cham- bers’ Journal. oe A New York 7vmes correspondent teils this story: ‘In one of Landseer’s early visits to Scotland he stopped ata village, and took a great ¢deal of notice of the dogs, jotting down rapid sketches of them on a bit of paper. Next day, resuming his journey, he was horrified to find dogs suspend- ed in ail directions from the trees, or drowning in the rivers, with stones round their necks. He stopped a weep- ing urchin who was hurrying off with a pet pup 1n his arms, and learned, to his dismay, that he was supposed to be an excise officer who was takining notes of all the dogs he saw in order to prosecute the owners for unpaid taxes; so the peonle were all anxious to get rid of their dogs. <0 ¢-____—. : Hyprornopia.—Dr. Luke in his work entitled ‘ In- fluence of the Mind upon the Body,” supports the hypo: thesis that hydrophobic symptoms are often developed without previous inoculation. In illustration, he relates a notable instance of a physician. of Lyons, who, having as- sisted in the dissection of several victims of the disorder, imagined that he himself had become inoculated. On at- tempting to drink, he was seized with spasm of the pharynx, and in this condition roamed about the streets for three days. At length his friends succeeded in convincing him of the groundlessness of his apprebensions, and he at once recovered. Dr. Marx, a German physician, writing to The Clinic, regards hydrophobia as a morbid affection of the imagination induced by fear, and, in support of his opinion, cites some interesting cases in which persons un- aware of the superstition have escaped the spasms.— Tribune. —The following appears in Land and Water in regard to cross-bred grey-hounds :— I was surprised to see stated, that you were of opinion that a cross-bred greyhound would catch the fastest ante- lope living. -I do not exactly know what is meant by a cross-bred greyhound, but as I ihink your information is likely to mislead your correspondent, I take advantage of a leisure hour to give 4 little of my own experience in regard to the antelope tribe. In the first place, | must inform you that I resided in the Bombay Presidency in the East Indies for about twenty-three years, and was employed in Can- deish, the Deccan and Province of Guzerat. There are two kinds of antelopes which are common enough there, viz., the black buck species, which are nearly, if not, quite as large as a falluw-deer, and a much smaller kind, known by the name of chinkarra, goat-antelope, or hill deer. The former are seldom to be seen anywhere except in the plains, but the latter are met with in the open country pretty fre- quently, especially in Guzerat. Now, I kept sreyhounds myself many years ago, some of the pure English, bred some Persian, and I think I can assure your correspondent, that to the best of my belief, Master McGrath himself would not have much more chance of catching a healthy full- grown buck or doe of either of the species mentioned, under ordinary circumstances, than he would of catching a wild coose. My dogs were as goodasany I eversaw in India, and used to catch foxes and hares in very good style, Lut neither I nor any other person who knew anything about the mat- ter, would have thought of slipping them ata fullgrown animal or even at awellgrown fawn. They used some- times to break away in pursuit of one by itself or after a herd, but I never thought of riding after them; they ran till they were tired or the antelope disappeared, and came back again. IJ have seen my dogs have a good long course before they could catch one after ] had broken a hind leg with a rifie-ball; and on one occasion a strong Persian grey- hound had such a severe run after a large black buck, when I had put a ball in its body, and which he caught at last, that I tancied that the dog was never himself again afterwards. There ave other small antelopes in the B m- bay Presidency, but I never met with them except in jungle or hills, and there may be some in the plains in Bengal or elsewhere that a greyhound may havea chance with for anything J know to the contrary. Iam only giving my own experience. J never heard whether a greyhound can catch a roe-deer. —The aborigines of Utah feared a Manitou. The pres- ent inhabitants are not afraid of a woman or two. ee = —When is a twenty-four pound trout not a twenty-four pound trout? Ans.—When it is weighed, GO he dilagazines. ‘THE MOORISH COFFEE HOUSE. —__~+_—_- | Baie hd our way through the little c-owd outside, we enter a long room, and are struck by the contrast be- tween it and the French café, but not so much on account of the simplicity of the interior as from the kind of life within. As one passes through the doorway ro jingle of dominoes, no sound of billiard balls striking together, no clinking of glasses, no hubbub of voices, no triumphal cries of the man with a good hand at piguet greet the air. ‘There are no waiters in clean white aprons and short black jackets, moving with extraordinary nimbleress and rapidity among small marble tables, no dame de comptoir seated sedately behind a resewood tribune; but in lieu of these quietness and peacefulness reign over everything. At the end of the room the Kahouadjt or master, who is generally a Moor ora Koulouglis, is standing before his stove, where water is always onthe bubble and coffee continually, simmering. Asthe water boils he places five or six tea spoonsful of coffee into a tin pot containing about two tumblers of water, and carefully removes the scum as it rises to the top; after allowing it to simmer for a few secouds he pours the coitee several times from one pot to another, reminding one of an American preparing a brandy-cccktail, and finally empties it into small cups—sometimes fitting into metal stands resembling ege-cups, but u.ore frequently being ordinary Kuropean cofiee cups—which the thefel or waiter hands round to the customers. In some cafés the coffee is roasted daily and pounded on the premises, as it is gen- erally considered that it gradually loses its flavor when once cooked, but there are also shops where the process of crushing is carried onssa trade. In these establishments you see bent over along stone trough, resembling a man- ger, three or four half naked men, who stand there from morn till sundown, with a rest of about a couple of hours in the middle of the day, crushing the coffee with a huge iron pestle. The Arabs never mix milk with their coffee, they take it lukewarm, and sip it, stopping from time to to time draw a whiff of smoke frm their pipes, or to make an observation to a neighbor.—Gentlemav’s Magazine. 1 __ — WAVE ACTION OF THE PACIFIC. —————— OTHING can be more tumultuous or less pacific than the waters of the Pacific Ocean along the Mendocino coast. Where thereis.a sandy beach, which is not often, it is pleasant to watch the incoming waves, and to compare them with those of the Atlantic. We at once perceive that there is agreat difference. In the Atlantic the surf is seldom more than six feet high, and the serried line of waters that comes dashing onward is rarely more than two hundred yards long. In fact, gazing at the sea that breaks upon the ong Branch shore, or upon the sands of Cape May, or upon the western side of Martha’s Vineyard, or upon the petrified beach of Santo Domingo, one can see without difficulty ten or a dozen waves breaking on the shore or ad- vancing in line, all within the field of vision afforded by one glance. Itisnot sohere. The waves, m the first place, are not so frequent Accustomed to .ue Atlantic quick pulsation, the traveler waits with impatience, even with a degree of pain, for the roar of the breakers on the Pacific coast, and has about concluded that the sea has given the thing up as a bad job, when the ‘remendous boom bursts suddenly and unexpectedly upon his ear. Then the waves are twelve feet high and a mile in length, and advance with a solemnity of motion which words cannot describe. The curves described by the crests of such waves are infinitely finer than anything which the Atlantic presents; and the boiling fury. with which they crash upon the beach and churn the sands is at first sight appalling. Around iso- lated rocks they rage *and raven, like the dogs which the poets fabled around Scylla.°™ All along the Mendocino coast they have worn the cliffs into strange and wondrous forms, eating out caverns where the lower part is conglomerate rock, and series of arched cellars, into which tons of sea- weed and dadris are thrown. The basalt, which is the lead- ing character of the crust, is not uniform 'in texture, some parts being very much softer than others. Wherever this occurs. in the proximity of the waters, they have invariably scooped out the soft rock, mak.ng all kinds of mystic arches, siren rings, and gateways of Poseidon. This is not in- frequent, and occasionally happens in spots accessible to the human foot, sometimes even in close neighborhood to the stage road. ‘The surface is covered with a rank, coarse grass, which even mules disdain, and which the wandering goat will not even look at. Sometimes a cactus will bloom along the cliffs, and there is a species of thistle with very handsome bluish-green leaves anda large yellow flower.— Appleton’s Journal. a ee eee A PLEA ror Susep.—Lately, visiting some of the sheep farms of Lincolnshire, ] noticed that while the Midland farmer talked to his horse, and even petted his oxen, he treated his sheep as an animal peculiarly devoid of intelli- gence. Now, I noticed among my agricultural friends this general sentiment in practice, a sort of general disregard for the intelligence or feelings of sheep, though to me there is as much sad pitiful intelligence in the eye of a sheep as there is in the “‘patient melancholy” face of a cow. While the farmer has brought sheep to the perfection of size and shapé and profit, that sort of mutual regard which anima- ted sheep, shepherds, and shepherdesses in the olden days seems to have died out. St. John ‘says, ‘‘To him the por- ter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.” On these werds Dr. Hammond observes that the shepherds of Judea knew every sheep separately, and that ‘‘shepherds of that country hada distinct name for every sheep, which each sheep knew and answered by obediential coming or follow - ing to that call.” Moreover, they trained up the ram to collect the flock, a far better device than that of the sheep- dog. Homer endorses this in his simile of Ulysses draw- ingup his men to aram ordering the flock. On the au- thority of Philo Judzus, a philosophle Jew, born and bred in Egypt, in his first chapter concerning the Creation says: ‘“Woolly rams laden with thick fleeces in spring season, being ordered by their shepherd, stand without moving, jand, silently stooping a little, put themselves into his hand to have their wool shorn; being accustomed, as Cities are, to pay their yearly tribute to man, their king by nature,” — Gentlemen's Magazine, FOREST AND STREAM. —PRESERVATION OF Human Remarys.—In the Italian section of the Vienna Exhibition, Dr. Marini exhibits, among an assortment of human feet, hands, legs, arms, and busts of shrivelled proportions and deep-brown color, a large, round plateau, evidently of hard and polished material, which has been likened to stale gelatine or potted boar’s head. It is a conglomerate of specimens, illustrative of an art invented by him—the petrification and mummifi- cation of human corpses. It was this Dr. Marini who pet- rified Mazzini, and executed the work so well that the ad- mirers of the arch-conspirator proposed to set up the corpse in the Capitol and save economical Italy the expense of a statue. The doctor’s preparations are weather-proof, and will not only stand wear, but take ona high degree of polish. His mummified specimens, by a process known to him alone, can be restored to their original size and elastic- ity; while the petrified ones are as hard, and possibly as durable, as granite. The top slab of the table is composed of muscles, fat, sinews, and glandular substance—all petri- fied together in a block, the surface of which has been planed and polished till its face resembles marble. Certifi- cates from Nélaton and others are attached to the specimen limbs, setting forth that the limbs in question had, for the satisfaction of the certifiers, been restored to their pristine sottness and pliability by Dr. Marini.— Te Lancet. —————$0__—_ —THEe Common FrRog.—Whatis a frog? At first, abnost all will think, on meeting with this question, that they can answer it readily and easily. Second thoughts, however, will show to most that such is by no means the case. In- deed many a man of education and culture will find him- self entirely at a loss, if suddenly called upon for a reply to what is in fact a problem by no means easy of solution, ‘“The frog is a smali saltatory reptile” will probably be the reply of the majority. But7s it a reptile? At any rate it begins life (in its Tadpole stage) like a jish/ By the great Cuvier, however, as by very many naturalists since, it has been regarded as a reptile and classed with lizards, croco- diles and serpents; and yet it may be a question whether the marine affinity connubially assigned to it in the nursery tale, be not the lesser error of the two. If the frog was only known by certain fossil remains it would be consider- ed one of the most anomalous of animals. Many persons are accustomed to make much of the distinctive peculiar- ities of the human frame. In fact, however, man’s bodily structure is far less exceptional in the animal series, is far less peculiar and isolated than that which is common to frogs and toads. The frog is the never-failing resource for the physiological experimenter. It would be long indeed to teil the suffer- ings of much-enduring frogs in the cause of science! What frogs can do without their heads? What their legs can do without their bodies? What their arms can do without either head or trunk? What is the effect of the removal of their brains? How they can manage without their eyes and‘ without their ears? What effects result from all kinds of local irritations, from chockings, from poisonings, from mutilations the most varied? These arethe questions again and again addressed to the little animal which perhaps more than any other deserves the title of ‘‘the Martyr of Science.” —Nuture. rb 0 * Tun Beaver.—Beaver have their young about the first of June, and breed but once a year; these number from one to eight; very old beaver having but one or two at a time. They ‘are pretty little things, about the size of a rat, and are easily tamed, but, on account of their mischievous pro- pensities, are not favorite pets. One pair of young ones that I know of being put in a tub of water, and thinking doubtless that their ‘‘ lake” should havea creek, proceeded to gnaw the sides till they had made a hole in one of the staves, when they gathered together all kinds of rubbish, consisting of boots, slippers, &c. with which they attempt- ed to make a dam, As it did not answer, they were very much cast down, crying and rolling themselves about like children in a pet. There are various ways of trapping these sagacious ani- mals adopted by professional hunters and trappers. In the fall and spring, the chief method is, to make a small open- ing in the dam, ahd set the trap in such a manner that they will get caught when repairing the mischief. The traps should be fastened by several feet of chain to a dry pole, driven firmly at full length of the chain into the mud at the bottom of the lake; no marks must be left. Should the chain be slack, the beaver is almost sure to leave a toe or paw in the trap. Since he has a chance of resting on the dam, and by twisting and using his teeth, will set himself free, it is then a labor of much ingenuity to catch him. The presence of beaver and their size are judged by the freshness of the sticks and the size of the teeth-marks on them, as well as the general appearance of the works.— Chambers’ Magazine. a AwnEcpoTre or Lorp PALMERSTON.—Gordon, the Scottish painter, used to tell this story: ‘‘I had exhibited for sev- eral years, but without success. One year, however—the year before I painted ‘the Corsicans’—Lord Palmerston took a sudden fancy to my picture, called ‘Summer in the Lowlands,’ and bought it. His lordship made inquiries after the artist, and invited me to call upon him. I waited upon his lordship accordingly. He complimented me upon the picture, but there was one thing about it he could not understand. ‘What is that, my Lord? [I asked. ‘That there should be such long grass in a field where there are so many sheep,’ said his lordship promptly, and with a merry twinkle in hiseye. It was a decided hit, this; and having bought the picture and paid for it he was entitled to his joke. ‘How do you account for it ?? he went on. ‘Those sheep, my Jord,’ I replied, ‘were only turned into that field the night before I finished the picture.’ His lord- ship laughed heartily, and said ‘Bravo’ at my reply, and gave me a commission for two more pictures; I have cashed since then some very notable checks of his—dear old boy!” + ORIENTAL EAse.—ilef means, firstly, to do nothing more fatiguing than to liedown upon cushions smoking a hookah or a chiboucx filled with the finest tobacco, which a young Arab lights with a piece of perfumed tinder; then: to sip coffee drop by drop, or violet, orange, or rose sherbets, and to listen to that peculiar music which, although dull and monotonous to us Europeans, is delicious to an Oriental ear. Add to this a beautiful site, which is indispensable, a warm atmosphere, inspiring people with an inclination for repose, shady trees, and, above all, water—if only a corner of the Bosphorus in the distance—and you will have the principal elements of kief.—Gentlemen’s Magazine. | Answers Ca Goryespondents. a“ [We shail endeavor in this department to impart and hope to receive such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports- men. We ewill cheerfully answer all reasouable questions that fall within the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, fish ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im- plements, routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species, governing rules, ete. All branches of the sportsman’s craft will recew4y attention. Anonymous communications not noticed.| ———-——_—_— JAMES Hosson.—Alarm; 1 min., 42 sce. Op Por.—Write to Thad. Norris, West Logan Square, Philadelphia. De B., Wheeling, Va.—Your deer hound isa fair dog. About thirty- two inches at the shoulder is a handsome dog. D. §. anp L.—We believe the decision to be absurd, thongh final. Change the rules next year. J.Q. A. dr., South Orange.—The female is much smaller than the male, both in the tame and wild species. In some fancy breeds it ts marked by the plumage, also by the strut. Our Cius.—Six hundred yards a minute and twenty-five seconds is very creditable. An amateur has lately made this distance in seventy-five seconds, M. 8.—Leg byes must be called aloud by the scorers and by the um - pire to decide. ‘‘Arm before wicket” is a proper decision, and puts a man ont. Glad to have your scores, Rienmonp, Va.—A pair of beagles will cost in this city from $50 to $75 If you wish to give us the order, we will import for you one pair of pure red rabbbit beagles, the cost not exceeding $35 in currency. B., Whitehall, N. J.—Will take the subject up shortly and treat it in full. Wesend you to-day last report of the National Rifle Association. Address in the meantime the secretary. : Prscaror.—Will our correspondent ‘*Piscator,” whose articleis noticed by Mr, Mather in this day’s issue of our paper, be kind enough to send us his address? Cras. HoungeRForD, Kansas City.—For ordinary shooting, 2} ounces of powder. Don’t ram your shot. Take it toa practical gunsmith; it may be leaded. ABRAHAM D., Charleston, 8. C.—A little Colman’s mustard sprinkled in the box kills insects for the purposes of the naturalist, very quickly, and is always to be found. H. L. N., Boston-—Would be exceedingly obliged for photograph. We think there is no doubt about the King Charles spaniel being derived from Japan. Gravus.—To ask if contributions to this paper would be acceptable to its editors is superfluous. We are always anxious for favors of this sort. Send them in. H. L. O., Hoboken.—1, Use any clear dry varnish or copal yarnish for your fish specimens. Much better to preserye the whole fish than the half. 3. Use arsenical soap. 4. For your reptiles, suspend by means of string through the cork. G. D.—The dog puzzle-pegis out of use. We never knew it to be nsed in the United States, and though spoken of in English books, we think it worthless. Only’slow or low bred dogs are given to the faults you speak of. Nampy, Hartford.—_Brown paper test the only one to ascertain penetra- tion of shot; the tin canister method unsatisfactory. To send shot, No. 5 or 6, throngh 28 sheets of thick paper is creditable, though 89 thick- nesses have been penetrated at 40 yards. Of course the centre shots show the best penetration. J. The best plan would be for three or four of you to club together and buy a small skin, which would cost $5; any country shoemaker will make them for you, according to our instructions. Mr Kaiser, furrier, Granville street, Halifax, N. §., will supply the skin. H. U.—1. Barrels were first. rifled about 1498. The spiral turn belongs to the eighteenth century. 2. Express rifle said to have a point blank range, with four drams of powder, at 180 yards. Weight 8 and 9 pounds. We think heavier guns are being made. Your third question we will re- ply to shortly in extenso. : PRACTICAL, Savannah.—Box-wood for wood engravers comes princti- pally from Odessa and Smyrna, and from Soukoun Kall, Russia. To try whether wood grown with you is fitfor engraving purposes, sendus a piece and we will have it tested. There is no substitute for boxwood. It is not the hardness which makes it excellent for wood engrayers, but the eveness of the structure. ; Experiment, Concord.—Your idea 1s a very pretty one, the only pity is that it has heen anticipated. The Chinese have for centuries attached such little whistles as you describe to their pigeons. They put them to their tails and not to their legs as you propose. The Chinese, like the Ja- panese, are full of tricks. Miss H. Anp Girnts, Rochester.—Of course sun-fish must have some- thing to eat; give them afew crumbs of bread, and occasional grains of soft-boiled rice, a fiy or so occasionally. But donot let the food taint the water. Do not use rain water in your little aquarium, and wait patiently until your plants exercise their power of purifying the water. : JALLABAD.—Yon are rightin your dispute as to the size of the elephant People are prone to exaggerate his size. See in former number an an- swer to this question. Ordinary height of Asiatic elephant is 8 feet. In the Kast India commissariat 7 feet is the minimum height required. When an elephant in India is 12 feet tall he is a curiosity. A. S. N.—Nature seems to have been quite prolific in her varieties of the kangaroo or macropidx, There is the macropus major, the macropus Laniger, the whallabee (Halmaiurus walatratus), the rock kangaroo (Petrogale perricillata), and the smaller kinds, as the brush-tailed bettong; the kangaroo rat and the kangareo hare. Campists.—For comfort and convenience the Adirondacks are prefer- able to any other hunting ground in the country, and there is no pleasure more enjoyable than a fortnight spent therein camping out. Some of the guides are very intelligent and obliging, and will take good care of young novices and amateurs who are without experience in out door life. Go to Paul Smith's, Bartlett’s or Martins. Drmar.—To dress your cat skin, take, after well cleaning and scrap- ing, and steep in sumac decoction, letting it stay in tendays. Then wash thoroughly in cold water. Dry then pretty well, and nail skin on a board, hair dowu, and while moist rub in oil and tallow mixed. Then let it dry. A good rubbing with a flat stone helps to make it softin fin- ishing. Have seen skins of even such small animals as rats moles and squirrels made very pretty and serviceable this way. H. B, P., Boston, Mass.—For ordinary shoe packs and moccasins Messrs. H. and H. Merrill, 290 Notre Dame street, Montreal. The best plan, however, wouid be to buy a small caribou skin. and get any good shoemaker to make them according to mstructions, page 89, ForEST AND Stream. Any of your friends would be glad to have a pair, if the skin should be too large, Address for skin, J. Kaiser, Furrier. Granville st., Halifax. G. L. Eppy, Racine, Wis.—The only work on birds and their eggs which has appeared lately is Dr. Ed. A. Samuel's “Ornithology and Oology of New England,” published by Nichols and Noyes, Boston, 1867, in octavo; 583 pages, with some colored plates, many cuts and full notices of each bird and its habits. This work will be found to contain most all the birds of the northern Atlantic States. The publishing price was $15. The best way to procure itis to address a letter to the American Naturaiist, Salem, Mass., who will also. furnish any other books on natu- ral history at’ short notice, and also lists of naturalists and dealers, with their addresses, and their special branch of study or business. This magazine will be found very interesting to all who cultivate these studies. The Smithsonian Institution has published two editions of Dr. Thomas N. Brewer's North American Oology, in quarto, 1857 and 1869, with colored plates. We believe that this work only includes the Raptores and Fissirostres. It can be had by direct application to Prof, S. F. Baird assistant secretary of the Institute. The price the 1857 edition wan five dollars, with colored plates. FOREST AND STREAM. 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ROMANCE AND SCIENCE. = Sali RE ERHAPS modern romance writing is more indebted to Oliver Wendell Holmes than to any other author, for the introduction of scientific matter in its midst. Balzac, the greatest novelist the world has ever produced, whose comprehensive brain held all subjects, rather generalized science than otherwise in his romances, a notable instance of which may be found in his ‘“‘Pean de Chagrin.” Dr. Holmes, however, draws his similies from chemistry, nat- ural philosophy and physiology with such delicacy and neatness as to add immensely to the interest of his books. It may be said of this admirable author that illustrations taken by him from science, aresomething like Thackeray’s French quotations—they are never out of place. The ad- vance shects of the admirable romance, fraught with scenes of startling horror, when the primeval Alfred Augustus fights with the Megasaurus, and from his gaping jaws res- cues the primitive Angelica, are, we suppose, to-day in the hands of the publishers. French romance writers are exerting their skill this way, and nature’s secrets are getting dressed up for exhibition like actors, with no end of rouge, frippery, artificial flowers and spangles. Perhaps the time may yet come when the dime novel, with its atrocities, may be rendered yet more horrible by paleontological effects, and servant girls when they buy the ‘Penny Dreadfuls,” may shed tears over the struggles for life of some hero and heroine of the lacustrine era. How far true scientists like this rather promiscuous handling of their sacred subjects is quite a question. “Pop- ularize science” is the cry. All the world is shouting it. But perhaps, though wise men may ‘hark on,” they may be fearful that the dogs are on a false scent, leading to very little. | ; Nature, in a poem called ‘Molecular Evolution,” (quite a touching production, by the way) has these lines, which seem pertinent as to what the present romantico-scientific period may lead us to:— = eal “Yield, then, ye rules of rigid reason! - Dissolve, thou too. too solid sense! Melt into nonsense for a season, Then in some higher form condense,” HAIR TRIGGERS AND RESTS. ——— E have received from numerous correspondents 2 series of questions in regard to rifleshooting at Creed- moor, and various is the character of the information asked of us. As a sample of such inquiries, we have taken a letter received from a prominent gentlemen in Mobile, as embodying some of the principal queries. Our corres- pondent writes: “I seein your accounts of target practice that three and six pounds pull on the trigger is still insisted on at Creedmoor, Is not this unnecessary, since the introduction of the breech loading target and army rifies? I know from experience that in the army a ‘‘hard” trigger had to be used for safety with the muzzle loading musket, when it was frequentiy ne- cessary to carry the arms loaded day and night, but now that an army gun need not be loaded until the enemy is in sight, or until the marksman takes his place at the shooting stand, a one pound or eyen half pound pull on the trigger seems tome to be ample. Should the New York State militia take the lead in this the army will follow in a few years. As it is now, a soldier has a poor show opposed to an adversary armed with a . hair trigger rifle.” The same correspondent, in a later letter, says: “In Mobile and New Orleans rifle clubs hair triggers are always used. A man must not cap a muzzle loader, or load a breech loader until taking his place at the stand.” Our correspondent’s letter is not wanting in acumen, and is worthy of a full explanation. In regard to the pull of three and six pounds required on the trigger at rifle ranges, questions of this character, though appertaining rather to the ordnance department, enter somewhat with- in our province. The primary object in the formation of any rifle range, whether at Wimbledon, Hythe or Creed- moor, is to engender more fully proper military spirit; to relieve, as it were, the dull monotony of the drill; to make the citizen-soldier have something to think about, and by affording him a thorough acquaintance with his rifle, to give him greater reliance. We do_not think it at all dere- lict to the noble fraternity of sportsmen to which we be- long, to state that the interests of the huntsman are cer- tainly secondary to that of the soldier, at Creedmoor or any other national ranges. A proficient marksman as a soldier, would be of course an excellent shot when using his rifle for same. War experience has shown that any rifle or musket, no matter whether it be muzzle or breech loader, when carried by an army would be terribly unsafe, unless there was a certain definite limit, and that rather leaning on the side of hardness of pull on the trigger. The general pull of an army gun, as for instance the old Springfield and Enfield, was from fifteen to twenty pounds. The decision arrived at, of aminimum pull of six pounds, is one that has not been hastily determined, but is the result of long experience. A very simple test of the safety of a gun, is to take one-of an average weight, say of ten pounds, either a military or a sporting arm, to load it, and to drop the but on the ground. If the sear spring is made of less restraining power than three pounds, the arm will go off by the shock, the spring being unclosed. Three pounds trigger pull, though it might do for a sporting rifle, would be impossible for a military gun, liable as it is at ail times to accidental concussions, Of course all our military and sporting readers know this, as does our able correspondent. As to the comparative safety in using muzzle and breech loaders, the advantage on the part of the breech loaders is immense, as they need not be loaded until wanted; after that period, however, when charged, both the breech and muzzle loading guns are about the same as to liability to premature discharges. It is impossible to prevent men from loading guns out of scason, no matter how con- structed, and though the facility with which a breech loader can have the cartridge removed is one of the strong- est points in its favor, it is a question having to do entirely with the man and not with the gun. Accuracy of fire with the rifle is undoubtedly gained by means of hair triggers, and also by permanent rests, some of our inquiries being particularly directed toward this latter subject. When both hair triggers and rests can be combined, no doubt extraordinary shooting is the result. But practically, for actual service, it is not of avail. There cannot be an army of sharpshooters, with hair triggers, each one having a fixed rest. The fixed rest was part and parcel of the old musqueton, when a match was used, the rest being called the fork, and hair triggers are of the mid- dle of the last century, and they have not. been found of service but in exceptional cases. The time requisite to set first the main trigger and then the hair spring catch occupies a certain period, and a convenient rest is not often ayail- able. Army officers used fixed permanent rests every day in order to test the accuracy of any special arm, and a properly made arm thus secured ought to send a succession of balls all to the same spot. The use of hair spring guns will not we think show on an average much better shoot- ing than thatof practical simple trigger shooting. Then again, aman who could shoot well witha gun having a three or a six pound pull could undoubtedly use a hair trig- ger with great effect, while per contra, the hair spring rifle- man would shoot quite wild with an ordinary rifle. We do not meanto cast the least imputation of diletan- tism on the advocates of hairsprings. We have frequently used them ourselves, and have seen amazing strings made, but itis neither practical, military, nor sportsman’s shoot- ing; not because ordnance officers do not endorse them for soldiers’ use, but because ninety-nine times in a hundred, either on the battle-field, or in the forest, hair snrings would ‘be out of ordér, or circumstances would not allow of their being used. When: the term ‘“‘any position” is used for rifle shooting ‘at Creedmoor for distances over 200 yards, it means that a rest can be used, but such rest does not allow of any other than the natural one, such as of the elbow on the ground, or of the rifle laid across the thigh of the shooter. There is quite a common error conveyed to scme in re- gard to a three or six pound pull, which gives the idea that the pull on a trigger is something like the pull on a horse’s mouth. The trigger pull isa most gradual one, requiring little effort, and the knack and skillis to make the pull cumulative, to commence with the slighest pressure on the trigger and to bring it up to its maximum, when the target. and sights are together. The acme of art then is to know exactly when your gun is going off. As was remarked by- the best Canadian shot at Creedmoor: “‘If I only knew precisely when my gun was going off, I would win every match in the world.” Now the advocates of the hair trig- ger may assert that thisis exactly the excellence they claim for this delicate gun mechanism. We are inclined to as- sert that a hair trigger piece goes off much more frequently when you do not expect it, than an ordinary coarser trigger piece. Asto the question of certain sights being barred at Wimbledon, we believe there is to be greater license allowed at Creedmoor for certain matches. In fact, we can see no reason if a sight be invented, no matter how complicated it may be, if it will give greater accuracy of aim, allowing us better facility of sighting, why we should not have it. The objection raised to hair triggers or fixed rests is of a different character. Itseems to us that sights, no matter of what kind, can by no means interfere with that steadi- ness of aim or the command over the nerves which a rifle range teaches. Of course for a military gun, complicated sights would be impossible from their delicacy of construc- tion. That there are improvements to be made in sights is quite probable, and many ingenious men are to-day devo- ting their attention to this subject. Questions of cartridges have also been frequently put to us. It is getting to be to-day, many suppose, not so much « question of guns, sights, or grooves in a rifle, as that of properly made ammunition. The best arm in the world may be worthless when charged with a carelessly prepared cartridge. Fiven a match may be lost by the best of shots. because the cartridges used by him are not fresh, but have been manufactured fora year or more. It is certain that the packing of powder in a cartridge case, and the powder remaining in this condition for a certain period, not exact- ly determined, has a tendency to cake the powder and to diminish its explosive power. The fact of balls falling short at long ranges is frequently attributed to inferior | powder, when the fault lies in the cartridge, which when first made was excellent, but has deteriorated in time from some molecular or chemical change in the powder. We are by no means prepared to assert that this is always the case; but for careful shooting, when a single point is to be gained in a score, the prudent marksman should be perfect- ly acquainted with the character of the cartridge he uses. The subject of hardened balls of rifle grooving have all been put to us, which in time we will answer fully in our columns. Questions relating to Creedmoor, coming from all sec- tions of the Union, show the interest taken in rifle shoot- ing, and in our correspondence we find many sensible sug- gestions, which are not only worthy of the attention of our rifle makers, but of consideration by the National Rifle As- sociation. Perhaps the name of the association will convey to many the best idea of itsaim and purpose,and that is that it must be thoroughly national. Though hair-irigger shooting may be national in Switzerland it is not the casein the United States, and between a rifle club, where perhaps a few hun- dred gentlemen may practice at their leisure, and C.eed- moor, where thousands of the National Guards, and rifle- men from all parts of the world will use the range, there is avast difference. At Creedmoor and other ranges changes are taking place every day. Like everything else,where theory and practiee co handin hand, increased skill in rifle shooting has been the result, due not only to improved arms, but to individual proficiency. In England they are talking of decreasing the sizes of the targets, so as to increase the difficulties and to make even more skillful marksmen, and very certainly it must result in bringing forward better guns and better men 0 CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE. MR. CONKLIN’S REPORT. i . R. Conklin’s report of the Central Park Menagerie shows that the collection of animals, birds, reptiles, &ce., confided to the director’s care, is in excellent condition. Tf the Z ological collection is secondary to the Park it- self, it having been we think but a later idea to add the show of animals to New York’s pleasure garden, neverthe- less with the means at the disposal of the Park Commission- ers the results attained have been entirely satisfactory. Though the collection is as yet somewhat limited, and it might be desirable and by no means impossible to have re- presented at the Central Park Menagerie, if not all, at least the major part of our native animals and birds, what there is at the Park to-day, may be considered as an excellent nucleus, around which doubtless other specimens will be shortly added. Personal inspection has convinced us of the care and judgment Mr. Conklin has exercised; the best proof of which is shown by the healthy condition of the animals and the number of births which have taken place in the Park collection. That wild animals can be acclimatized and propagated to a certain eatent in well organized Zoo-_ FOREST AND STREAM. 185. logical Institutions, is evident from the fact, that with London, Paris and Antwerp, every year quite a notable amount of money is received from the sales of animals raised. Of course such ideas of profit are foreign to the main object of a museum, as animals. used for breeding purposes must necessarily be withdrawn at least for a time from public curiosity. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of animals exhibited as well as in the variety of species, the total number of specimens this year being 806, an increase of over 200, when compared with the previous year. There have been no deaths among any valuable animals of the permanent collection this year. The births have been as follows: Two Lions, Felis leo; one Leopard, Felis leopardus; two Pumas, Felts concolor; one Camel, Cumelus dromedartus; one Hyena, Hywna crocuta, which is believed to be the tirst Hyena born in America; one Cape Buffalo, Bubalus cajfer, (South Africa); two Fat-tailed Sheep, Ovds aries, (Syria); six Red Deer, Cariacus virgintanus, Among the most valuable gifts may be mentioned the following: One Sooty Monkey, Cercocebus fuliginosus, presented by General Bomford, U. 8. A. One Sambur Deer, Husa aris- totelis, presented by Consul Heyse, of Swindimundi, Prussia. Two large-eared Brockets, Cowssus auritus, one presented by Hon. Henry S. Sanford, the other by Mr. Thomas P. Ramsdell. One Paisano, Geococcyx californianus, presented by Mr. Ben. Honnet, of Texas. The Menagerie has been largely indebted to Mr. P. T. Barnum, Mr. George F. Bailey, Mr. Louis Ruhe, Messrs. Van Amburgh & Co., and Messrs. Charles Reiche & Bro., for a number of specimens placed by them on exhibition. Among these specimens of greatest importance are the three Giraffes, Girafia camelopardalis; two Sea Lions, Humetopias stellert; one Manatee, Manatus americanus; one Malayan Tapir, Tapirus malayanus, all exhibited by Mr. P. T. Barnum. The Manatee fully described by Mr. Conklin in the last number of Forest AND SrreaM, is 4 notable instance of the painstaking care of the director, and as was accu- rately stated by this gentleman, is the first instance known of the preservation of the Manattec, away from its native resorts. The following table shows the most satisfactory increase of the permanent collection: 1871. 1872. 1873. GARD OAETOTER CUMIN A AF CB RR eh ellen oe Raine 89 103 199 TEC Coa eet eae dere) eee, Oe Hy ie ieee 143 208 B47 MERE ULE Shee restate dake a aeons gO aloe Po Melos =O eee 14 il 35 The bird collection has received the most notable addi- tions and the Faiconide family have many fine representa- tives, and perhaps is the best known collection of American birds of this peculiar class. We trust to be able from time to time to give our readers further particulars in regard to the habits of the animals and birds in the Park collection. Animals, &c., donated tc Central Park for the month of October, 1878: One Gray Squirrel, Miss Annie Clevenger. One Chati, Lieut. J. W. Miller, U. 8. N. One Small Alligator, Sanford W. Steele. One Red Vented Corkatoo, Charles P. Daly, Esq. One White Heron, Master Charles Earle. One Young African Lion, Thomas C. Durant. One Black Bear, Mr. H. Alberger. et 9 THE POLARIS. S one by one all the mischievous stories circulated in regard to the death of Captain Hall, of the Polaris expedition, have been traced to their sources, it has been found that they were the merest hearsays, and rested on no possible foundation of truth. Secretary Robeson, having personally investigated the matter, comes to the most evi- dent conclusion that Captain Hall died a natural death. Hall, from our own personal acquaintance with him, from build and temperament would seem exactly a subject liable to apoplexy. The Secretary states, after explaining Hall’s habits, that ‘‘in the seven days of the severest trial and suffering, when he reached the highest point attained by man, he was much of the time without the necessaries of life. During this time of trial he was living and taking exercise at a temperature some thirty degrees below zero, and on his return to the ship the air of the cabin was fetid and unhealthy. On Captain Hall’s coming to his room he was in an exhausted condition. Lying down in his heavy furs, indulging perhaps in too large a quantity of food, a combination of vertigo, congestion, and apoplexy set in which terminated fatally.” The death of Hall, the rival of Kane, was as heroic as it was tragic. Such investigations in regard to the manner of his death as were necessarily within the province of the Navy Department were of the most judicious character, and we have never fora moment supposed that Captain Hall’s death could have arisen from any other than natural causes. The alacrity with which the Government sent out a re- lieving party was in the highest degree commendable. On the whole we may congratulate ourselves on the termina- tion of this last chapter of Arctic exploration. It is unfortunate for human nature that too often the best of motives are ignored, and that official personages, in the accomplishment of their duties, are made the buts of contumacious critics. | i —The voice of war—the gun-stock; (gun’s talk). WILL BLACK BASS TAKE A FLY. ug ores —The Germaniown Telegraph of this week says:—‘‘Several parties have gone down to the Potomac to try their hand at taking black bass with the fly, and we will report results as soon as they are ascertained. Our private opinion is, though it is in opposition to far more experienced people in the matter, that it will prove a tedious diversion. In_ the Susquehanna, in the vicinity of Harrisburg, where the bass are taken in great numbers, in no one instance reported, have they yet been know to break the water. The fancy professionals will have to resort to young frogs, crawfish or minnows to fill their creels, or refrain from fishing alto- gether. We shall be sorry for them, should this turn out to be true, for this, one of the gamiest fish swimming, ought to take the fly.” Strange persistence some anglers have in the doubt that black bass will not take a fly. It may be that by some natural whim, or peculiarity of variety or locality, these fish will take the fly in some sections and not in others, or it may be that the anglers have not full opportunity to study and learn ‘‘their tricks and their manners.” We have taken black bass repeatedly in the ‘‘Narrows” at Lake George, but only by trolling, while at the deep water atthe north end of Fourteen Mile Island, we have repeatedly taken them with a fly. One day we remember that C. L. Brace, who used to spend his summers at this quiet resort, had tried in vain to tempt the fish, and other anglers from Bol- ton took their hand at it, when observing that the bass were exceedingly coy, darting furiously at the fly at first, and then stopping dead-short when they detected the deception, the water being very clear, we agreed to hook the rascals if the gentlemen would allow the place a half hour’s rest. Then taking a small scarlet ibis fly, we whipped the body with a fine thread of sheet lead to give it weight, and after a lapse of time, waiting until the shadow of the ledge dark- ened the surface of the water, we approached as cautiously as if educated trout were there, and tossed in. Instantly three black bass responded, when suddenly checking the motion of the rod to let the fly sink ever so little, and as quickly drawing it forward again, we succeeded in fixing the hook in one of the fellow’s lips. Afterwards, we took thirteen more. Agair, last August, at Lake Giles, Bloom- ing Grove Park, Pa., where the bass are by no means abund- ant, we took two with a fly on a split bamboo rod, likewise with red ibis fly. We observed that we raised them at only one particular spot. This time we were in a skiff, and lying well out from shore, threw in towarda pad of scattered lily leaves whose thread-like stems found root between the interstices of the stones and boulders that lay on the bottom. There was a shelf just on the line of growth with six feet of water on it, and just outside a depth of twenty-eight feet. In all kinds of fishing, we have found it best where practicable to throw ¢n toward a shore rather than out from the shore. The reasons are obvious. The angler is not so easily seen through the greater depth of water and the ripple that usually ruffles its surface, while the fish. find their small fry and other food along the edge of the channel more thaninits centre. We havealse taken black bass in Minne- sota lakes and in the lakes of Canada, but never in any water later than the 18th of August or earlier than the first day of July, though one of our correspondents speaks of bass taking the fly with avidity in the Maumee in May and June. There is nothing remarkable in the fact that they will not rise to a fly at all times, for this peculiarity belongs to other jish as well, and notably to the lake trout (which by the way, isa northern fish that some anglers affirm will never take a fly, although we have taken them in this way repeat- edly). In Florida, during December, we have also taken the black bass with fly opposite Palatka, on the St. Johns. See letter from Ohio in our Fishing Columns. ee JoHn C. HrEnan.—There died last week at Great River, Utah, John C. Heenan, the well known pugilist The leading event of his life was his fight with Sayers in Devonshire, Hngland, some thirteen years ago. If it be possible to lift the Prize Ring from the low brutality which always characterizes and attends it, Heenan certainly used his influence to do so. He was said by those who knew him to have been more straightforward and correct than most of his class, and in the latter days of his life to have held the fraternity in contempt, never allowing any allusions to be made in regard to his former career. His death, at thirty- nine years of age, was induced by pneumoina. ae —Some weeks ago, when we introduced the story of a ‘‘Manatee Hunt in Mexico” as coming from the pen of Mr. Charles Lanman, we committed an error. In a note trans— mitting the essay to us he stated that he had received it in a letter from a friend. Mr. Lanman, it would appear, has been everywhere, but not in Mexico. EE ch EEE —If all the streets of London were joined end to end, they would reach in astraight line from England to Ceylon. I4ondon’s population some 4,025,659 souls, lives in 528,749 houses. 0 —George Francis Train has the asthma, and his once clarion voice now resembles the sound of a hammer strik- ing a green pumpkin.—Danbury News. 4 _____ —A tract of land containing 107 acres, Jocated within the limits of the military reservation of Fort McPherson,is to be laid out as a National Cemetery. This is another way for preparing for war in time of peace; yet it is one of the sad- dest. Just think of overa hundred acres of land, away out on the dreary plains, being especially devoted to graves! Let some calculating member of the Engineer Corps esti-. mate the number of little mounds it will take to fillone hundred and seven acres. OUT-DOOR COSTUMES. _——+>—_—_—_ HERE are fashions of forest and stream and of the field and course, as well as of the cazriage, promenade and ball room, and it becomes the mission of this journal, in its own peculiar province, to instruct its lady readers and their devoted husbands and admirers in the selection of costumes for out-door recreation which the fashion leader of the woods has decreed are suitable for the purpose and becoming to the wearer. In this department even more than in house dressing, sound practical taste is required, as well as judgment in selecting the material, which must be healthful, serviceable and graceful; and in attempting to give some hints of in- struction we fear that our rough hand, used to rifle and rod, may make amess of all this delicate female drapery. Yet possibly we can suggest to our lady friends how to make the skirts of their riding habits flow more gracefully, or to give acut of sleeve that shall be better adapted to display the charms of the rounded arm which launches the arrow from the twanging bow. In an old-fashioned chateau on the Belgian frontier is the portrait of that noble huntress, Charlotte de Laurenton, the Baronne de Dracek, who died at the age of eighty years, about the beginning of the present century. She kept eight horses all for her own riding, and hunted all the year round. The lady is mounted on her favorite gray horse, prepared for a hunting expedition. She wears a green coat with agold belt round her waist, hat with a high crown, having a small gold band round it; her hair is powdered and appearing behind in small curls. By her side hangs a couteau de chasse, and all the buttons of her coat have wolves’ beads stamped on them. As to her prowess, she was known to have killed six hundred and seventy wolves in her time, besides hundreds of deer and other game; her boudoir, too, showed her hunting taste, for there in a row stood her saddles, seven in number, also the brackets for her eight guns, and instead of flacons with eau de luce, her toilet stand was garnished with powder flasks and shot pouches. ‘To be truthful as to the portrait of this lady, we must add that the chronicler relates that she was fond of cock fighting, though he affirms, rather apologetically, that ‘*no cock fighting was allowed in the chateau, but in an out-house, and only when the weather was too bad to allow of field sports.”’ RIDING HABITS. The simplest of all temale costumes, and yet the most elegant and perfect, is the riding dress. Yet we seldom see one that, in spite of extravagant outlay and the handsome form which it envelopes, is exactly satis- factory. A handsome woman and a fine horse are the crowning works of nature. To the casual observer the at- tire of an equestrienne appears the same, yet through the reform as well asthe fickleness of fashion, it has been very much improved. —_—_— REMINISCENCES OF AN ECCENTRIC SPORTSMAN. ~ HE recurrence of another ‘Second October’ recalls the remote days when the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire were unknown names, and when even the Two Thousand and One Thousand Guineas Stakes did notexist. Few will remember that it is little more than a century since the dis- tinetive names of the various Newmarket meetings were invented by the Jockey Club when in its feeble infancy, Stu- dents of Biiley’s Racing Register will discover that the First and second Spring, or the First and Second October, were unknown titles to the sportsmen of the first two Georges, and that ‘the Houghton’ appears for the first time in the calendar of 1777. Unconsciously our modern frequenters of Newmarket are celebrating the memory of a Lord of Houghton who was one of the most eccentric characters that the Heath ever saw. No man, said the Sportsmen's Cubinet, in an article that appeared shortly after his death, ever sacrificed so much time or so much property to prac- tical and speculative sporting as the late Earl of Orford. incessantly engaged in the pursuit of sport, and of new in- ventions, he introduced more whimsicalities, more experi- mental genius and enthusiastic zeal than any man before him, or than any will ever employ again. It isindeed hard to disguise that George, the third Earl of Orford, although grandson to the great Sir Robert Walpole, was little better than a madman. His chief mania was for greyhounds, of which he had often 100 couples in training, and which he crossed with every variety of dog. But the freak with which his memory was identified long after he had passed away was his habit of driving a four-in-hand team of red deer-stags, which he reduced to such perfect discipline in his own park that he was at last tempted to make an excur- sion with them to Newmarket. The incident that befell him is well known to sporting antiquarians, and excited no slight degree of amusement among the then Prince of Wales’s set, of which Lord Orford was an habitué. As the ‘pheton, with its strange team, approached New- market, the cry of a pack of stag-hounds was suddenly heard in the rear. The huntsman of the pack had been exercising his hounds in the neighborhood of the heath, and was astonished, on crossing the road, to sce his dogs put their noses to the ground and give tongue in full chorus as they set off in pursuit. The scent left by four stags was naturally breast high: nor was it long before the deep-voiced music of the eager pack smote upon the sensitive ears of Lord Orford’s team. Fear prevailed over discipline, and, in spite of all the efforts of the noble charioteer, the stags dashed off at lightning speed, and whirled the light pheeton after them with the celerity of a whirlwind. In vain did the trained grooms on horseback take part in the head-long race. The stags rushed along the main street of the little town, and never stopped until they turned at full speed into the open portals of the Ram Inn. ‘The doors were slammed just in time to exclude the foremost hounds, and this singu- lar circumstance, adds a contemporary writer, although atteuded with no accident, effectually cured his lordship’s passion for deer driving.”—London Telegraph. A Hiénnanp Hox.—A tremendous traveller, and always in prime wind and condition, with a raveuous appetite that never tails, he will cover almost any distances of a night with that long, easy, slinsing canter of his. As you catch a glimpse of him as he goes by in the gloaming you might easily enough mistake him fora wolf. He preys on everything, and delights in variety just as much as you yourself do. He snaps up the little biue leverets while looking out for a more serious feeding on their full grown relatives, seatters death wholesale through a brood of young grouse or ducklings after he has sprung upon the setting mother and made her ready for plucking. When you have been out for along day with your gun he will take note of your beat, and then make a cast round the eround in the evening, picking up the wounded game that may have escaped your retriever. He thins down the young roe-deer too; and roe are not very plentiful in your birch woods. No wonder the sportsman regards lim as his natural enemy; yet the feelings of the sportsman are mild compared to those.of the shepherd. For with the ex- ception of the eagle, who will occasionally swoop on the new-dropped lambs, the fox is the only animal that takes serious liberties with the flocks. Hveryone’s hand is against the fox; but when he is full grown and fairly launched on his career of crime he is as hard to corner asa Greek bri- gand. The best chance is to follow the vixens to their strongholds, where they have their litters of cubs early in the season; and then you often have grand Highland field- days that remind one of the immortal fox-hunt in Guy Mannering. Se ee A Sporting EHono.—Jean Paul, of the Zribune, is at Canandaigua Lake, and tells the story of an echo there: ‘There are famous echoes on the iake. Last evening Thompson piloted us to one; resting on our oars in mid channel, he drew his horn from its case and sounded the various bugle calls. No response from the rocks. Another round. The tills were voiceless. Yet again. Not a sound from the shores. ‘ Surely this is just where the echo should be,” remarked Thompson, and he blew a tre- mendous flourish. Never a note came back. ‘‘ W-h-y d-o-n-t y-o-u a-n-s-w-e-r?” he shouted, putting his hands to his lips like a speaking trumpet and hailing the banks. ‘Cause I’m a laying here for black ducks, and if you don’t clear out with that cussed tin horn of yours, Ill slip a pint of shot into you!” was the return off the shore, and the rushes began to move as though a boat were shoving out. We returned to Pine Bank ; but Thompson still in. sists that there’s an echo there where he blew, if one can only hit the angies right.” ____—. —How many a boy has burned to shoot a bear! How imany boys have, after a proper preparatory course of read- ing, shot bears in the abstract! How many will envy the great good fortune of young Ole Jacobsen of Pelican Rapids, Minn. This noble youth discovered a larcenous bear in his father’s corn and destroyed him by sending a rifle ball into his spinal column. The beast weighed 396 pounds, dressed, and by the generosity of this thougitful child everybody in the neighborhood has had bear’s meat for dinner.— Tribune. io ~—Riflemen—pickpockets. AND STREAM. Athletic Zlastimes. (7 Secretaries of University and College Athletic Clubs will please mai their reports not later than Monday in each week. I —The Base Ball season has terminated, and the result is the success of the honorable nine of the Boston Club as the champions, the Philadelphia nine being second on the list and the Baltimores third. Butforthe action of Cummings, the pitcher of the Baltimore nine, in leaving his Olub in August, the Baltimores would probably have been near enough to the goal to have from the Bostons a tussle for the lead. At any rate they would have come in second. Our local club, too, but for the lack of earnest efforts to win onthe part of one or two of their nine would have been close to the winning post. ‘Instead, however, they are fifth in the race. The following table shows the number of games actually played, won and lost in the championship arena during 1873:— ' a | 4 gl g|& : pes rg S, by | hee He Name of Ulub. gj/2| el. | gEleais/s | | 2 ey + g =I ao el i} = ol iA qe ; a I S a) I S S rs 3g | to Ss = a7 uw = re a a Eb Sai slelialég’is/SIialigl fi e)|¢ ait |/eliai/ae lala l(elelo|a ASC DLEHOSe eee nero 5 4 5 0 5 1 2 6 2 4 PATRI SUT LG ein een ania 4 4 1 Fe: Baz 3 3 lv | 0 Baltimore........... Is |v | |2 |8 |6 18 |3 16 | By) 3 ISO SUOHS reid bears estat 4 8 7 0) 6 5 4 9 43 | 5 dW Renin be bold open ewer reese Ome On sO) et) OF OF O20 010 | | { VETIGULS Ee eee cant ese | 4 va 3 3 0 4 4 4 28 | 1 Philadelphia... ..... So et eee Oe 4 4./3 | 86/38 Resolute............ 0 | 1 0 1 Ue Gy ol) 0 2/0 | | Washington......... Om bee" bey ADO i So Net ie ae 8|0 Games lost.......... O51 Be | 22 | 16) + Bb O24 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 196) 16 Best five lost........ jamal 5 2 1) 0 3 1 0 3 | 16 The record which wil count in the series of legal games won and lost is as follows :— Games Won by Tota’ Clubs played. Won Lost. forfeit. won 1ezofsi day teekety eee Bo Asn 5 ew nee 54 39 15 0 39 Pheladelphige ss. 3. ewes .. 49 32 17 4 36 ALL TNLOT setae bakerc heat a oe cence 49 27 2 BB 5 32 PACH GISLCSs Senuweme ee Ide ke lee o obete tes: exe 49 26 28 5 31 Vc EULER ae 5 ears Pa cans: oes 49 25 24 3 28 PALMER uewe ec ahora ee eter aiete ase seat 50 14 36 4 18 Wiss batio tomer ics sca tees 36 5 31 0 5 TROGAL Age pe Teed eee itis 336 168 168 25 189 —The last championship game of the season was played on Saturday last, the contestants being the Atlantic and Philadelphia Clubs. The Atlantic won the first game of the series in May last, and the jast on this occasion when they defeated the Philadelphias by a score of 12 to 1, the latter barely escaping being ‘‘ Chicagoed,” The Alantics played a fine fielding game, Boyd’s play being especially noteworthy. —On Thursday next the new game of Base Ball—ten men and ten innings—is to be practically illustrated on the Unicn Grounds, Brooklyn, in an exhibition game between the Atlantic and Mutual tens. The following is the record of the champion club with opponents during 1873 :— HAO SHOT eV Asm VFS EDITLO GO laa ago 8 elie oe a9 cs Sn pete oa ae ane ae 141 to 5 JRO store ves TON GUADKONE RL BET eh Ene Sey tier oo wh pl 124 to 9 FRO RTOLESY See LU GCae ee ee Ne NDR EOP Ps CISCPA Tare TENE Sir tie Seen 121 to 4 IBGstericy Ss wemtladiGlpni awe ao. ule mee any kG sel eeind loe 104 to 9° BOSHONGVE vIVOULT A Rens ier mayne rc miele Sinsation van OninG 94 to 74 BOSTOTSV AG CATULG FIGh me ns 5 We oe EES a gh Phd ett ee 71 to 65 SO SHOMMV pee NOSOLIELC a. tan yeaah tai. Bee nie gat ibe ro pCa oes Bhs ods 30 Oa 71 to 21 orale haere at ee UE ih iele a Fc euet SUAS ate he eee eaten BAN 726 4&3 The Bostons defeated the Philadelphias October 29th by the appended score ;— at Boston on BOSUOIE yey ae phos gee ah teen t ea sa b forttan t d hearer eS LOL pe 1 ahs 116 Philddelphiag: oiseesa: tee. AL 5 SBS EEO SUE, 0: 10505 0 40 40) 39 0 9-5 On the 80th, at Worcester, the ‘‘Reds” again defeated the ‘‘ Whites,” the score being as follows :— J BTOLIOD Oe fy ie ewe SAO 6ns OR Atl Apt A (Ne Miya: eee FP TOE al aT; SST ishELD Lic Le lage © cenareh ae coma Me tenets E 004002129 —The officers of H. M. 8. Practice Ship ‘‘Royal Alfred,” now at Halifax, Nova Scotia, have frequent foot ball matches with picked men of the garrison and of the citizens. —Maurice Daly plays G. ¥. Slosson, at Chicago, on Nov- ember 8th, a match game of French three ball caroms, 600 points up, giving his opponent 100 odds. —On December 2d Cyrille Dion and Albert Garnier play a match of French caroms at Chicago for the championship of the world. HARVARD COLLEGE, Noy. 1st. Eprror Forrest AND STRHAM:— The Base Ball field is still frequented with unflageing interest. On October 18th the Sophomore nine were beaten by the Freshmen with a score of 16 to 4. This is the sec- ond defeat from the same source and shows a demoraliza- tion of the nine since its victorious contests with Yale last year. In looking over the just published records of the Univer- sity nine of last year I find that they were defeated thrice by the Bostons, once by the Princetons and were twice vic- torious over the Yale University. The accidents on the ball field have been numerous, and Captain Perry, of 76, is about to leave college in con- sequence of serious injury to his eye, from a swift-flying ball at Springfield. Cricket and Foot Ball are popular and supported by or- ganized clubs, but space forbids any further mention of them here. HOLDEN. —Wiid pigeons have made their appearance in Canada West. A large flock, flying from the eastward, passed over London, within easy gunshot, last week. Answers Go Correspondents. [We shall endeavor in this department to twmpart and hope to receive such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sporte- men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that Saul within the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, fish- ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im plements, routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species® governing rules, etc. All branches of the sportsman’s craft will réceive attention. Anonymous communications not noticed. | _—————+_—_—_ X., Fulton, N. ¥.—Fur, Fin and Feather, 61 Warren street, New York. BE. F., Baltimore.—Much obliged for fish; name undecided; came in good order. Write more fully. Dor. Forsrer., 154 Bolton street, Baltimore.—Communicate with Lor- ing, Brook & Sons, 438 Broadway, New York. X. X., Poughkeepsie.—It is cruel, and we have no faith in your prac- tice of plunging birds in cold water in order to tame them. N. H., Buffalo.—Some years ago we think we read of a sturgeon caught in the Tees in England nine and a half feet long. Duszious, Brooklyn.—t. Address R. A. Fitzgerald, Esg., Secretary Marylebone Club, London. 2. Would be glad to give it publicity. 3. See the Field of August 10th. Ham, Patchogue.—We have heard of brandy used for curing rabbits of the rot. A tablespoonful was a dose. 2. Address American Agri- culturist. DaALE.—Would not advise your attempting to have your muzzle loader converted to a breech loader; cost you more than it is worth, and possi- bly be, when finished, unserviceable. Amstpr O., Watertown.—We must adhere to our rule. We cannot decide on the quality of your gun. No maker, however, stands higher. We never heard of his haying made rifles. 2. It will cost you $125. Anprew G., Princeton.—We do not know of any instance of ring doves associating with pigeons. We hada pair; they were quite tame. One day the cage was opened and they flew away, never to return. Do not trust them. Miss H.—Your chinchilla suit you say you are preparing for winter, and want to know where the furcomesfrom. From an animal, a rodent, a bur- rowing animal, living in South America. It digs subterranean homes and lives on vegetables. Joun Y., Trenton.—Canvas backs are very uncertain. Go down to Havre de Grace, and you can ascertain the best point there more reliably than we could give you. Be careful not to place too much confidence in the market gunners. Bogs’ Boy.—1. Boil carefully your little animal, and then get out bones. Do not bleach with chlorate of lime; it eats off the enamel. Have found sulphur fumes better, though bleaching under glass alone is the best plan. 2. Too late in the season. K., Brooklyn,—Difficult to reply to in our limited space. On making any hot or cold impression of vegetable or animal substance, covering it all you can to exclude outside spores, animalculz will be formed in time. Best authorities--Pouchet, Ebleman, Bennett, Jolly. Forp, Norristown, Pa.—These are the principal English gunpowders you should experiment on: Pigou & Wilks, Charles Lawrence$& Son, John Hall & Son, Curtis & Herrey. Think all of them can be procured here. Luform us about the matter. The idea is quite novel. L. H., for Club.—Makes all the difference in the world on gun trial az to the character of the paper targets to be shot at. Best way would be to send to Mr. W. W. Greener and get the same paper as was used at the English gun trials and keep it asa standard. See last number. “Just A Tryine,” Brooklyn.—To make arsenical soap take half pound white soap and melt it over a slow fire, having cut in slices; take quarter pound white arsenic and one and a quarter ounces of white chalk in powder. Melt all together. When cool add a little camphor, keep it securely closed, and label POISON. Davpy, Brooklyn.—Dr. Boate is the authority for the size of the horns of the ancient Irish Elk. ‘‘From the tip of the right horn to the tip of the left, 10 feet 10 inches. From tip to root of horn, 5 feet 2 inches." The head, from such fossil remains as have been found, was not an- larger than that of the present elk. SperruR AND PornTeR, Fall River, Mass.—A brace of setters, thor- oughly broken, and about four years old, will cost from $100 up; a pointer dog from $75. We will import them for you at a much less rate from reliable kennels, or put you in the way of securing them here. T. S. S., Hartford, Conn.—Certainly not. The only fair way to kill wild geese is over stools and call them; stalk them if you can. Another plan is to send a man ont on the lake or bay in a small coffin-shaped boat, the gunwales covered with brush, and so drive them in on the stools, this method requiring great practice and patience, One and a quarter ounce of shot. The charge of powder is right. H. M., Eve. Mail.—While the varieties of game found in Bastern Florida during winter are excessively numerous; the list for spring is very meagre. The season really closes at the end of February. The only game really in season during March and April are several varieties of plover, namely:—Black belly plover, sguartarola helvetica; golden plover, charadrius Virginicus; Wilson ‘plover, Agialitis Wilsonius; and piping plover, do. melodius. G. T. U., Andover.—We copy from Holden’s Book on Birds, Reiche & Brothers, which is the best practical authority. ‘‘Bird’s claws grow very long, and require cutting. This is a particular operation, and care should be taken not to cut up into the blood vessels, which can be easily seen by holding the bird’s claws in front of a strong light, and then not cutting within a sixteenth of an inch of the red vein.” W.L. P., Brooklyn, N. Y.—Four drams and a half of powder, and one ounce and a half of No.1, or Bshot. All kinds of duck and snipe Take railroad to Tom’s River, then stage. It will cost about $6 a day, including gunner, Latter end of March, according to weather and tem- perature. Youcan try Bay View House. Good ground. Long Island now. M. W. D.--If the water of the Bronx is good trout water, and your land 1s so situated that you can tap it, and, after letting it flow through your ponds, turn it back into the river again, then yon have a fine place for trout breeding. As to your other question, ‘‘How trout may be raised,” that cannot be answered within the limits of aletter. In the course of a week or two we will commence a series of articles on prac- tical trout culture in Forust ann STRHAM. Hagaia S.R. B., Baltimore.—The story of all that remains of the Dodo in the Ashmollan Museum at Oxford, is worth recording. Almost the whole skeleton was there in 1755, but because it wasin bad order. it was de- stroyed, all of it except the foot and the skull. The former is 924 inches ‘long 2, inches across the joint, and 2% inches at the spread of thetoes. The cee is 8} aes long by 44 inches wide. There is another skull at Co- penhagen. ner remains of the Dodo, t i been found by Clark at Mauritius. alc KALeru, Wsashington.—Certainly the “‘Ameriean brook trout” (salmo JSontinalis) have scales, and you can see them without “specs.” After a day’s fishing, when you have been handling trout, examine your fingers when dry, and before you.wash them, and see the minute scales ite - ing to them; look into your basket when dry and observe them there On large specimens they are of considerable size. We have just exam- ined a specimen in the glass case of G. Shepard Page, President of the “American Fish Culturists’ Association.” It weighed ten and a half pounds when caught. Its scales are as large as those on a black bass We have known persons who would not cook a large trout unless it was scaled. On fingerlings, when wet, the scales are not perceptible but the are wiped off with the slime. Scrape afresh trout with a knife let the slime dry,'and then with a microscope see what you will see. : a ZN : EEE = z ae Feat Spee OLE = A WEEKLY JOURNAL, D&VOTED TO FIELD AND AQuaTic Sports, PRACTICAL TEA, History, FisH CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF GAME, PRESRYATION OF Forusrs, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WomEn OF A HEALTHY INTER"ST IN OUT-D30R RECREATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 103 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. —— EE Terms, Five Dollars a Year, Strictly in Advance. —_—_q—____ A discount of twenty percent. for five copies and upwards. Any person sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s ‘‘ Fisuine Tourist,” postage free. — Advertising Hates. In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12lines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisements on outside page, 40 cents per line. Reading notices, 50 cents per line. 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We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail ser vice, if money remitted to us is lost. This paper sent gratuitously to all contributors. Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. CHARLES H ALLOCK, Managing Editor, eS Calendar of Events for the Current Week. ——___~<+-_--—_—- NoveMBER 7th.—Trotting at White Plains, Westchester county, New York. NoreEeMBER Sth.—Athletic Tournament, Academy of Music. . at Chicago, Maurice Daly vs, Slosson. NovemBer 10th.—State Auxillary Joint Stock Company, Columbia, South Carolina. NovemBer 1ith.—Wilmington Fair, Cape Fear, North Carolina.... State Auxillary Joint Stock Company, ‘Cotumbia, South Carolina. NovEMBER 12ih.—Wilmington Fair, Cape Fear, North Carolina.... State Auxillary Joint Stock Company, Columbia, South Car olina. NovemBerR 13th.—Wilmington Fair, Cape Fear, North Carolina.... State Auxillary Joint Stock Company, Columbia, South Carolina. .. Billiards WOOD COLORS. USKIN, ina clever book, expatiates on the beanty of a landscape, laying special stress on the harmony of the soil colors. Rosa Bonheur, when she painted her hap- piest. picture, shows you a field through which a plow drawn by patient oxen tills the ground, Are you the least bit critical you can see that ae furrows beyond were up- turned early in the morning, for they are now faded, the rich umber tint is gone; but where the steers now drag the plowshare the upturned earth is full of warmer color. Ruskin, while he may with the most exquisite word painting make you feel whatis the seale of colors, and their harmonious blending, somewhat drops you down from your poetry when he dryly tells you that all of na- ture’s most charming effects in soils are solely due to iron and the amount of oxidation. Our forests this month have changed their dress. they are clothed in “Green and yellow and crimson and gold, Out of the loom of the Infinite foleas In wild luxuriance fold on fold.” The walnut turns to dainty shades of auburn, as lustrous as a woman’s hair, and to marroons and russet browns, yunving to rich chocolate, while the wild honey-suckle as- sumes palid ghostly shades of white. The poplar, horse- chestnut and lime take at times a buff, a saffron, a crocus, a sulphur hue, from delicate straw to golden lemon. These are the more quiet, the subdued tones of nature. Now flashes out the rose, the ruby, the crimson, the wine hues, the blood-clot reds of the sumac, the wild ivy, the dns wood and the creeper, as they flush and Haunt and blaze ‘with garish, gaudy, gorgeous, and burning hues of lurid splendor. Chiorophyt! %s it to its absence that is due this meta- morphosis, this harlequinade ? Must some learned botan- ist, ag did Ruskin in regard to soil, tell us that in the fall of Now “FOREST AND Ne a DERE, ee nn | i i Rn or aa a... year the sap in the trees is acid or alkaline, andso has changed the colors ? It is nature dying, but dying in a halo of light, as the sun sets. It may be peqdetion of the leaves, but what we see in this protean change recalls to us the coming spring, when ‘the melancholy days” are past, and nature will again deck herself in all her budding beauty. It is but the for e- tokening of a resurrection. oS POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS. eel T may be said indeed that at the present time, those persons who for political objects are striving by speech or pr int to sow enmity between the owners and the occupiers of the soil, find no arguments so ready to their hand or so per ‘suasive as this excessive increase and effeminate pursuit of game. It may be said that in several of our English shires, “the rabbit is now the best ally of the English radical.” The above trom Earl Stanhope, and found in an admir- able book of his, comes uppermost to our mind, in reading the account of the Report of the Game Laws, as it appeared in a late issue of the London 7imes, In 1845-46 Mr. Bright’s Committee on the Game Laws, held their meetings, and the result was a voluminous ook of 1,578 pages, containing no less than 25,603 questions and answers. Last year, at the instance of Mr. Carnegie, a measure was brought forth in England to make game property, and ac- cor puny a second committee was formed, whose labors e must now consider. With commendable regard to ob- Oe “the truth and the whole truth and nothing else,” witnesses were called by the committee and they examined persons learned in the law, tenants, farmers, game-dealers, agents, factors, laborers, for esters, and those peculiar per- sonages unknown to us, desionated as ‘‘retailers of shoot- ing os —that is persons who hire a moor in bulk and undcr- let | it in smaller lots to various parties. The attack on the present Game Laws made by the farmers, arises not only from material grounds but as affect- ing the laborers’ morality, and they as the producers of food, dain to represent the interests of the whole community. The opposition to the Game Laws as emanating from the English farmers, is tame when compared with the violent attacks made on it by the Scotch. There are some strange and peculiar anomalies about English Game Laws, which would drive a Philadelphia lawyer crazy; for instance, game when alive is legally no- body’s property, the right to shoot it 7s however a valuable property, guarded by severe laws, and of the kind known as an Haasan hereditament. The disparity of customs in leasing Jand in England and Scotland makes a wide difference between the’ Socal ‘feeling which should exist between landlord and tenant in the two countries. In Scotland the exactions of tie landlord appear to be much more severe than in England. His power of control over the crops and animals of the lessee, have the strongest retrospective action. If rent is not paid a landlord has the right by law of even reclaiming the price of cattle sold by the farmer to other parties a year before. Exactions of this character, taken in connection with the Preaek ities of the Scottish disposition, necessarily make e Scotch unwilling to allow the least infringement of their ee and the more bitterly to resent any encroachments. The right of shooting in absence of any agreement in Hng- land belogs to the tenant, but it is customary in a lease to reserve this right to the landlord. ‘The trouble seems in- variably to arise from the selling of this right to outside parties, who having no vested interest in the land, who only buy the license to shoot over the grounds, invariably are looked upon as interlopers by the tenant. The presence of rabbits and hares is the great bone of contention. Instances are cited where the right to shoot over a property was sold by the landlord for £200, while the losses occurring in wheat fields alone from the rabbits and hares amounted to £300. In regard to general winged game and their pr eservation, excepting pheasants, the ob- jections made by farmers were very few. As to partridges, one important witness said that he considered the partridge ‘Cag one of the best friends the farmer had.” It is the rabbits and hares which come in for all the abuse. : Some farmers declared that the presence of these animals, absolutely forced them to plant only such crops as these creatures would not eat, and that because they did not like oats, but would eat up all the young wheat, they were obliged to grow only oats year after year. The present agitation against the Game Laws in Great Britain dates from Aberdeen, and the returns of the Aber- deen Game Conference showed that on an average of 184,211 acres, the direct damages caused by game amounted to no less than £19,000. ‘Tenants in Scotland taking the law into their own hands, have formed Trapping Associations. One of such associations caught on 56 acres in one year 1,000 rabbits and another 400 hares in 75 acres. One most absurd fact which must strike the American reader is this, that the landlords, on @ point of dignity, will not allow their tenants even by purchase, (notwithstanding that they may offer the same amount of money as would be taken by the landlord from another party), to have the right to shoot the game on the lands they have rented. This is carrying out ad absurdum, a question of privileges, and is incompreien- sible; much as we are in favor of game preserving, this seems to smack of barbarous feudal times. The English Chamber of Agriculture, an important and influential body, partly composed of proprietors, have taken the matter under consideration and have recommended that 6 hares and rabbits should wholly be taken out of the pro- tection of the Game Laws; secondly,'that tenants and land- lords should have a joint right to kill the ground game (hares and rabbits), and that it should be impossible for either party to part with this right. The Scotch Chamber, having previously voted the same ee bles inalienable right to ground game, at last, in 1871, ‘‘ put itself right with the country” and with “the Radical boroughs ” by petitioning Parliament for the total abolition of the Game Laws. RESEARCHES AFTER THE BIRDS OF PARADISE. Se INCE Mr. Wallace’s account of the Papuan Islands, some eight years ago, in search of new varieties of that most gorgeous family of birds, the Puradisetde, Signor D’Albertis’ late travels as a naturalist into the interior of New Guinea are particularly interesting. The expedition of this Italian natu was undertaken last year, and he has been able to add quite a number of specimens of Birds of Paradise to the already quite large collection, At 38,600 feet above the level of the sea he found the superb Bird of Paradise (Lophurina atra), and at a higher level was able to obtain several of them. Arriving at Corono, Signor D’Albertis found a fine young male of the Six- shafted Bird of Paradise (Parotia sexpennis) which has never yet before been secured by an European. Sie- nor D’Albertis says it feeds on fruit and a kind of fig, found in quantity upon the mountain ranges. To clear its rich plumage it scrapes a round place clear of grass and leaves, where the ground is dry, and rolls itself in the dust like all other gallinaceous birds, elevating and depressing its plumage, and raising and lowering the six wonderful plumes on its head, from whence its name is derived. Be- ing in want of food, Signor D’Albertis skinned his bird and found it enone eating. Imagine a dish of roasted Birds of Paradise! During his month’s residence at Coro- no Signor D’Albertis obtained 122 specimens of birds, and a large collection of insects, besides some mammals and other specimens. To track the Bird of Paradise in his native wilds must be the dream of many an ornithologist. A correspondent of Nature, in writing in regard to Signor D’Albertis’ travels, says ‘‘this interesting narrative serves to show us that the dangers and difficulties of penetrating into the interior of New Guinea, though considerable, have been somewhat overrated.” The inhabitants seemed to be kind to the traveler, the only drawback was the pestilential character of the countr y. —<——_—_—_—_<_}- 0 >—____—_ — SYBILLINE LEAVES.—[1I I. —__+—___ HINTS TO SPORTSMEN. ae aS N the second paper of this series we were surprised to read this sentence in type: ‘“Rires should be built so that the smoke should nov blow into the tent or shanty.” 4 How that ‘‘not” came in there is a question too knotty for us to determine; but whatever the explanation, it en- tirely reverses our intended meaning. Certainly there is no quicker or more effective mode of clearing a tent of flies and mosquitoes then by letting the smoke of the camp fire blow into the door. One great point gained in learning woodcraft is te acquire a habit of close and continued observation. All dense woods look so much alike that the novice without a guide is almost helpless. In travelling it is important to turn frequently and survey the ground behind, especially if one intends to retrace his steps. A locality looks entirely dif- ferent from different points of observation. Hence it is always prudent to blaze the route by occasionally scoring a tree or breaking the top of a bush or limb. Where small spruces are frequent, the broken tops of these are most easily seen. In passing through alder brush, cut them well down toward the buts with a hatchet, remembering to bend them well over with the left hand and giving a smart clip on the bend. A greenhorn will be surprised to see how easy it is to cut brush in this way, and how much hacking is required to cut even the smallest sapling in any other way. Alder brush makes a good “‘blaze,” as the under sides of the leaves are much lighter than the upper, and show distinctly. In following a blind trail, the eye should always run casaully in advance. If it is cast down directly in front, the sign is lost; but if raised, the trai: can usually be traced quite “distinctly. In all cases where a man discovers himself, lost, he should stop short and carefully consider the situation—the position of the sun, direction of the wind, character of adjacent prominent objects, &e., and then retrace his steps as nearly as possible. It is senseless to plunge headlong into trackless uncer tainty, when it may be quite possible to go back on one’s own tr ack to the point started from, which though aloss of time in reaching a desired destination, is better than a loss of way and an in voluntary bivouac in the woods. The writer remembers having once tracked back through a laurel brake with such nicety of calculation as to pick upa handkerchief which had been pulled out of his pocket, and was clinging {oa bush. Asa general thing, aman does not go far oft his course before he discovers his mistake. A quarter of a mile in a jungle or strange forest seems a great distance. It is not impracticable either, when one is in doubt, to climb a tall tree and take a survey from the top, Caribou hunters often adopt. this practice when looking for barrens where game are likely to be fonnd. Rivers “and streams: are certain highways to deliverance provided a person has previously some idea of the general lay of the land. FOREST AND STREAM. 201 One never should be without a compass; though in some persons animal magnetism is so strong that they determine the cardinal points instinctively. Indeed there are individ- uals who cannot sleep with their heads to the south, but instantly detect a bed so placed. Back-woodsmen acquire by practice and careful observation a certain craft in reading signs which is almost infallible. Asarule, but not always, moss grows more densely on the north side of trees, nature providing against the cold that comes from that quarter. But a more reliable sign is the limbs of trees, which grow longest on the south side, those on the north side being exposed to the wintry blasts which twist, scathe and stunt them. —_____ 1 the Tribune, under date of October 30th, there is an able letter from Virginia, written in the clearest, plain- est style and backed up by the strongest arguments, which gives to Maury what he is so fully entitled to, the distinc- tion of having been the first fo comprehend the use of the telegraph as a means of not only getting meteorological in- formation, but of distributing it. The classification of all meteorological data had been to him the study of his life; in the telegraph he found the instrument for its collection and diffusion. Maury’s labors were not exclusively devoted to the study of the ocean currents, but were of the most comprehensive kind. Twenty years ago, when called to the Brussels Con- ference, Maury urged the formation ofa system of meteor- ological Observations embracing both the sea and land, it. being evident to him that the same laws governed them, “Early in 1898,” says the correspondent to the Tribune, writing on this subject, ‘‘ Maury had produced such an im- pression in the Northwest of using the telegraph for the purpose of making weather forecasts according to the pres- ent plan, that no less than eight of the lake cities, Buffalo among them, memorialized Congress in the same year— 1858—to establish a general system of daily telegraphic re- ports for discussion ata central office. In 1859 Maury, at Decatur, Ala., at a public meeting used these words: ‘Some years ago I proposed, you recollect, a system of ag- ricultural meteorology for the farmers, and of daily weather reports by telegraph from all parts of the country for the benefit of mankind.” Are any stronger proofs necessary in order to show that to Maury alone is due the honor of having originated the present plan of weather signals? To General Myer should be awarded full praise for the organization of a system which is, however, as yet in its infancy, the perfect development of which may only be ar- rived at in a century yet to come. Butthe germ of thought, the creative power which first brought practical meteorol- ogy to where it is now is to be credited to Maury alone. Political differences are insignificant in a question of this kind. Who cares now whether Newton had a Round-head or Cavalier tendencies? It istime we had forgotten our own troubles. But surely the day will come when the erand conception by means of which the very elements are not, only shorn of their powers, but even made subservient to man’s ends, will cause the name of Matthew F. Maury to be classed not only among the greatest of America’s il- lustrations, but of the age we live in. ea HOW OLD IS MAN? NTHROPOLOGY, or the study of man, has received additional strength, as a science, from the publication of Sir Charles Lyell’s last edition of the geological eviden- ces of the antiquity of man. This book was first written fully forty years ago, when anthropology as a positive study was almost unknown, By its bold flight of thought at that time, Lyell’s views of the age of man were con- sidered ingeniously paradoxical. To-day a better knowl- edge of geology, and the assistance given by philology have added such a mass of evidence as to place the views of this most distinguished of English scientists entirely be- yond the vague position of speculative hypothesis. In the researches of the history of man, the leading ques- tion—the fundamental one—is ‘‘How old is man ?” A curious phase of human thought, and by no means an unnatural one, is here discoverable. Man’s comprehension as to the vastness of numbers seems to be at all times quite vague. Between a million of years and a billion of years, though appreciating numerically the difference when it is expressed by written figures,the measure of such a notation of time is, to many, almost incomprehensible. In regard to placing the antiquity of man’s presence on the earth, there has seemed ‘to have been a tendency to choose the lowest possible estimate. Now, strange to say, when calculating the positions of the stars, the inclination of the human mind has been to place them at the greatest possible distances from the earth, from the sun, or from one another. It was perfectly easy for us to accept the theory that such and such a star was millions on millions of miles distant from us, while when we studied man’s first presence on the earth, the bold geologist who should have dared to have made man’s advent on this globe to recede a mere thousand of years or so, would have had his dictum received not only with considerable doubt, but, strange to say, would have been taxed with irreverence. To have gone past the traditional six thousand years, was thought to have been a reckless endeavor to unseitle preconceived ideas. But as has been most wisely asked, ‘‘How can the truth of this vital question as to man’s age be possibly arrived at by always adhering to the lowest es- timates? Shall we be always safe by calculating wrongly?” With exceeding accuracy from the lacustrine habitations of ran found in Switzerland, the evidences are almost posi- tive that they were built some 5,000 to 7,000 years ago, and a wide margin for erroris allowed. At sixty feet deep in the Nile aluvium, fragments of brick have been found. Calculations of how long it has taken the Nile mud to de- posit to such adepth were not difficult. In a century the data were almost positive that 34 inches represented the thickness of the deposit. Sixty feet then represented a pe- riod of 380,000 years, according to M. Rosiere, Agassiz, when studying human remains found in Florida, coming from a lacustrine structure, declared them ‘to be fully 10,- 000 years old. A human skeleton discovered under four buried forests, seems to point to an age of 50,000 years ago. But these traces of the antiquity of man, whether posi- tive or not, are as if but of yesterday, in comparison with other evidences which are much more definite in character. In Torquay is Kent’s Cavern. It is a cavern where stalag- mites are constantly forming. The carbonate of lime dis- solved in water containing an excess of carbonic acid, drip- ping through the upper surface of the cave is deposited as solid carbonate of lime. This simple chemical process, though constant, is a very slow one, a pellicle or film of lime being formtd of exceeding thinness. In this particu- lar cave, where this process has apparently been going on forever, names of persons which have been cut two hun- dred years ago into the stalagmites are still visible, though covered over bya coating or varnish of fresh carbonate of lime. Very careful estimates of how long it would take to form an inch of stalagmite led the British Association to de- termine that a foot could be only produced in 20,000 years. Now far below the stalagmite floor, specimens of man’s handicraft have been found. At the very lowest es- timate, the flint weapons in Kent’s Cavern were made half a million of years ago. Isolated cases of this character might perhaps take away from the general value of such estimates of man’s age, but when we find them multiplied, we must give them a certain positive value. The evidences of man in Northern Europe before the ice period, seem doubtful, or if he did exist, all traces of him have been lost. With questions of how far the pre-historic man differed from the present man we have little to do, save to indicate some curious researches made in the late Lyons Congress, where De Mortillets’ opinions in regard ‘‘to the existence of aspecies of man different from the present race,” found advocates and opponents. The arguinent is upheld strong- ly by linguistic proofs, and has for its basis the much dis- puted Development theory. It may be summed up as fol- lows: ‘That a certain number of animals without the fac- ulty of language were capable of acquiring it, and did ac- tually acquire it, and were entitled to be called men, Then came a certain divergence. Those who had the power of transmitting their thoughts by means of words, improved until they became in time the men of to-day, while the other portion declined mentally, though gaining certain physical advantages, until they became anthropomorphoid apes—chimpanzees or gorillas.” In another portion of our columns will be found notice of a skull, said to have been found in Kansas, imbedded in the solid rock. Should future examination prove it to be a human skull, it will add much additional interest to this already most absorbing study, especially as an evidence of man’s antiquity in America. If we are credited with hav- ing some of the crust of the earliest world yet known above the surface of the sea, the exact locality of which is, we believe, somewhere in the neighborhood of St. Catha- rines, in Canada, perhaps we may yet upturn the primitive skull, and the newest world be proved to be the home of the oldest man. SSS —We deviate for our established rule not to print editorial notices that may be construed as advertisements, to call the attention of our readers to a rare opportunity to purchase the Fish Farm of a professionul pisciculturist, the whole complete and paid for, well stocked, and supplied by one of the purest and most copious springs in the country. The gentleman desires to sell to a Club and man- age the concern ferit. We regard this opportunity, which is a legacy of the hard times, as exceptional, and deserving the consideration of sportsmen or fish culrurists. Address this office. ++ (as~ We trust our readers will appreciate the good quality and general usefulness of the information we are giving them in our paper from week to week, as well as the novelty and freshness of it. Since our first issue we have introduced them to regions little known—our Great West, the Lake Superior region, Anticosti, the Saguenay, and other places remote and seldom visited, covering sufiicient new ground and geographical range to entitle our paper, if it were a book, toa p'ace in the Historical Library. We wish to call particular attention to the articles we are now printing on Florida, extending to districts never explored and almost mythological in character. We shall give the whole State, lengthwise and athwart, such ventilation this winter as it has never before had in books or papers. We have arranged to pay the expenses of a gentleman who will take up his abode in ‘‘ Tiger Tail’s” camp, taking with him drawing materials and photographic apparatus which will some day serve to illustrate in book form the information we shall print of this wonderful region; and although his investigations will not extend to confines so remoteas those of Livingston and Baker, they will nevertheless prove more interesting, and we hope fully as useful. If the London Times, the New York Herald, or the Government, were to undertake this mission which we propose to accomplish by our own enterprise and private expense, the achievement would call forth world-wide comment; but we suppose that coming merely within the limited, modest endeavor of FOREST AND STREAM, few people will ever hear of it, AD FoR MEMPHIS—AMATEUR GyMNAstTIC TOURNAMENT. —We would call special attention to an exhibition given by the gentlemen of the National Amateur Gymnastic and Athletic Tournament Association, to be held at the Acad- emy of Music on Saturday, November 8th. The entries embrace amateurs from New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Albany, Pittsburgh, and Providence. Prizes will be given of gold medals, diplomas, etc. The judges of the games will be Prof. John Wood, Prof. Wm. Wood, Prof. Geo, Goldie, Princeton College; Mr. Hessler of New York Turn- verein, and J. C. Babcock of New York Athletic Club; Prof. Burnham, manager of games and stage: Mr. Willis Van Tine, treasurer and manager of house. The exercises consist of jumping, lifting dumb-bells, vaulting, club swinging, climbing the rope, trapeze performances, and general gymnastics. A display of calisthenics will end the performances. Aside from the certain excellence of the performances it should be remembered that the proceeds of the oot tion are to be given to the Memphis sufferers. ly trust the Academy will be crowded. le a ak —A new economical use for the fungus which 2TOWS on trees has been indicated. Caps are made out of the beaten outinterior mass of Polyporus fomentarius, the amadou or German tinder of commerce, which is described as being both warm and light. It is stated that large useis made in Hungary of this material for caps and Waistcoats, and it is also used for caulking boots. We sineere 202 FOREST AND STREAM. Sporting dlews from Abjoad. OME time ago, enthusiastic as we were after seeing Mr. Reiche’s collection of English pheasants, in Chatham street, we ventured to expostulate against calling shooting pheasants as practiced in England—sport. If the pheasants are as tame as canary birds, and petted and cared for up to a eertain point, we declared it in our humble Opinion to smack something of brutality, all of a sudden to turn into the aviary with cruel breech- loaders and treacherous dogs and blaze away at the poor birds without a moment’s warning. But all things have their remedies. In this case the cure does not come from the fact that every bird of the pheasant species can be shot off from the ground and the race destroy- ed for the season, (for with their perfect method of preserving, the English game keeper ought to know toa bird how many there are on the preserve), but from the exceedingly rational reason, that such is the press of sportsmen, the mztraille of shot, all converging to a certain centre in a well arranged battue, that it is quite as often that the sportsmen get loads of No. 8 sent point-blank into their precious selvus,as into the poor birds. It must be something amusing in a thick copse for the timid man when the game-keeper cries: ** mark cock,” to notice the element of self-preservation displayed on the part of the sportsman, and his taking to a tree in order to get out of the way of the fire. If direct man- slaughter does not arise in ‘these coverts, very certainly many aman’s legs get riddled, and as a leading English paper expresses it: ‘‘Of course shooting in a covert even with beginners, is attended with less danger than making a railway journey ; indeed sportsmen ave safer as a rule in the field than they are in cros- sing London streets.” But our contemporary goes on tosay: ‘‘It might not be a bad notion for a host who entertains on a big scale for the coverts, but who leaves to fortune and good luck the lives of some of his guests through the incompetence of some disguised Winkle, to supply each of the party with a suit of leather similar to the coats of protection worn by some of the Cromwellian troops. A stout rhinoceros jerkin, a pair of double buck- skin breeches, a thick vizor with a small aperture in it to see through, would compose a striking and lively-looking eostume for a covert shooter.” In fact, as is intimated, shooting parties in England, like dancing parties, have be- come too large and extensive in their proportions, and just as there is a crush of dancing men who clutter the stairs, s0 we may suppose every field at certain seasons to be thronged by spor: smen until even to bring a gun to one’s shoulders can only be accomplished at the inconvenience of somebody else’s comfort—of course the risk of life is a secondary consideration. —What «avast amount of dogs they must have in Ene- land. When one notices the net duty on dogs, which end- ine on the 81st of March last, produced the handsome ainount of £302,017.153, about $1,500,000, there is no wonder why Mr. Lowe isso proud of the surplus in his budget. Gans of course, or the right to carry them, must bear a certain proportion to the dogs, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer rejoiced last year in the neat amount of £63,363 produced from. this service. As to the price of that rare animal the dog, there is no limit to it, for we notice 125 guineas offered and refused for a dog, the winner of a late cup. Practical are our English friends, and admirably so. After the pointer and setter trials at Bala, full accounts of which we gave our readers in our last number, they have had on the same grounds a sheep-dog trial. Substitute sheep for grouse and the matter is understood. Not only was it a trial of dogs but of shepherds and of sheep. There was a prize for good looks, and a prize for good behaviour, and one collie combined most of all these qualities. | —It is now the close of the rod fishing, and on the Tweed‘ the Forth, the Yore, Swall, Tay and Spey, all streams familiar to us, the fish have a chance for another year. On this Spey the sport before the closing must have been vrand, as we read of salmon innumerable, of good size, of thirty-five pounds and upwards having been caught. Last season a salmon of seventy-five pounds was caughtmnear Taymouth Castle, on the outlet to Loch Tay. The Scotch rivers, thanks to better preserving of the salmon, have aiferded admirable sport this season. —— Ee —A human skull is reported to have been found near Osage Mission, Kansas, embedded in a solid rock, which was broken open by blasting. Dr. Wiley, of the mission, com- pared it with a modern skull which he had in his office, and found that; though it resembled the latter in general shape, it was an inch anda quarter longer in greatest diameter, and much better developed in some other particulars. He says of the relic: ‘“‘It is that of the cranium of the human species, of large size, embedded in conglomerate rock of the tertiary class, and found several feet below the surface. The piece of rock holding the remains weighs some forty or fifty pounds, with many impressions of marine shells, and through it rans a vein of quartz, or, within the cranium, crystallized organic matter, and by the aid of the micro- scope, presents a beautiful apearance.” SS Sharp birds rooks and crows are. In Munich, where sev- eral cases of cholera have occurred, these birds, which be- fore flew about the steeples and thronged the trees of the public promenades, have all emigrated, and the same thing is said to have occurred during the cholera seasons of 1836 and 1854. The faet, if it is a fact, may be worth noting. ———____—_—+>—___— —A hippopotamus, which escaped from a menagerie, is is sporting in Savannah river, and the farmers are turning out by scores to capture him: Che Kennel. —We have seen wonderful precocity in dogs, both at pub- lic exhibition, and at home, but never intelligence so nearly akin to reason as was possessed by poor ‘‘ Mac,” who died in Brookiyn last week, aged 7 years, weight 20 pounds. Mac was of the black and tan variety, and in early infancy was picked up an outcast and nearly dead with hunger and cold. His assiduous nurse in those days, and his constant companion ever since, was a negro dwarf, classically named **Romeo,” who is now in his twenty-second year, stands thirty-eight inches high in his stockings, and is about the same weight of a three years old grandchild of his master living in the same house. It was by the care of Romeo that the dog survived, and it is quite probable that by sub- sequent daily contact the full measure of the intelligence of the one wus imparted to the other, and so, in this way, Mac came to be the very extraordinary dog he was. Certainly, if Mac did not know fully as much as Romey, both under- stood each other perfectly, and communicated their ideas by processes familiar only to themselves. Of course our readers expect to hear that Mac was a lithe, active dog, fully up to the most remarkable of the tricks we are accustomed to read of and see. He could find articles hidden, follow his tail backwards and reverse, sit on his haunches and stand on his hind feet, pick a piece of biscuit from the back part of a mantel-piece without touch- ing his paws, catch and retrieve balls, run up a perpendic- ular wall to the height of nine feet and pick up a ball placed there; and in one instance he ran fifteen feet up the trunk of a tree and brought down a piece of paper which he had been told to get. Then he would meet the carriers at morning and evening and bring in the newspapers, and once when his master was sick in bed for many days he never left his room, but watched carefully until he im- proved, and when he was convalescent, brought spectacles, newspapers, handkerchief or whatever else he was desired to do—for it was the most remarkable feature of this dog’s intelligence that he seemed to distinguish words when spoken to in ordinary tones. He would take any place on table, chair, or floor, where designated, would lie down, or stand, leave the room and enter, go up stairs and down, call Romey, or indicate his understanding of any ordinary want or word with the quickest intelligence. That he was a good watch-dog may be supposed. One Sunday morning, about one o’clock, he heard some one prowling about the house; he first went to his master’s bed and woke him—then tried to get out of the door. As soon as he was let out, be jumped a five-feet board fence into a vacant lot adjoining, gave chase to, caught, and trip- ped up a negro who had attempted to enter the house Ly the rear, and then stood over him until a policeman arrived and took him to the station. Of course he was a ereat favorite with the police ever afterwards. Moreover, as a bird or rabbit dog, Mac was equal to any pointer or setter, which is remarkable for one of his treed, He would stand on a bird as well as any dog, and retrieve fromthe water as well as on land, never mouthing a bird, and in one instance bringing a winged snipe from a pond in such condition that it lived for some weeks after as a pet at the house of his master. As a pet among the children he was equally famous, and it was interesting to see him sit- tine side by side with his master’s grandchild in a little wagon drawn by a white goat, with the redoubtable dwarf Romeo for charioteer. Ordinarily, Romey stood by, a quiet but intensely sym- pathetic observer of Mac’s traits and antics, but the gleam of pride that beamed from his great white eyes when the performances were concluded, showed how muci: he felt his own reputation to be involved in the success of his friend, It was not often, however, that an exhibition of the dog’s qualities was called for, for Mac was not ostenta- tious of his own endowments, and his master, (a modest tuoroughbred sportsman by the name of Dan Hughes, who keeps a quiet chop-house and billiard room in a three story brick house with vine-covered verandah and well-kept flower garden in front,) did not often call them into requisi- tion. There was a vole, however, in which both Mac and Romey appeared together, and which gentlemen in the neighborhood got wind of, and at last it became quite a set thing to take a stranger in to see it. It was no less than an imitation on a small scale, of the sports of the ancient arena, when gladitor met wild beast in deadly encounter —though no more than a half dozen spectators were allowed at atime. When the floor was cleared, the dwarf took position in one corner of the room, and with foot and fists advanced, sleeves rolled up, and grim determination por- trayed on every feature, awaited the onslaught of his op- ponent who was held between Dan’s legs, bolt-upright and paws presented, At the signal both met in the centre and then came a.sparring match and struggle for vantage which would bring tears to eyes most stolid. At last the dog would get his lock on Romey’s legs and never let go until he threw him. Then came the tussle, sometimes one on top and sometimes the other, with scarcely a sound per- ceptible except the labored breathing of the dwarf, until at last the dog would invariably retire the victor, leaving his opponent to pick up the quarters and dimes from the spec- tators, not the least bit injured by the fracas, but with an exchequer considerably improved, Recently, after repeated offers from exhibitors of less note, the merits of this wonderful pair came to the notice of the irrepressible P. T, Barnum, and an engagement was closed at the rate of $3,000 a year, to have begun on the } very Monday before the dog died. It is needless to say that there is mourning inthe house of Hughes. All the doctors could not avert the catastrophe, though many were summoned at highest rates. After ten days of suffer. ing from malignant sore throat, the dog choked ina spasm, and his stuffed body now looks down on the disconsolate Romey from its glass case above. —The Harrier, as its name implies, is used for hunting the hare, and is nothing more nor less than 4 small fox hound and would be found a very useful animal for track. ing rabbits. The American rabbit is a somewhat different animal from its English cousin; the latter in a wild state live together in warrens in immense numbers. ‘The warren is series of burrows or holes in the ground, of extremely irregular construction, and often communicate with each other to a remarkable extent. The American rabbit, so called, on the contrary live together in couples, bring forth their young on the surface, and when their offspring are able to take off to themselves they quit the parental roof and forage on their own account. The scent of the American rabbit is much stronger and holds to the eround as it were for a longer time, and in this respect bears a marked similarity to the English hare. The points of y good Harrier are similar to those of the fox-hound. There are necessary points in the shape of a hound which ought always be attended to by a sportsman, for if he be not of a perfect symmetry he will neither ran fast nor bear much work. Keep in mind that the hound has much tedious la- yor to undergo, and should have strength propertioned to it. Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large, his shoulders well back, his breast rather wide than narrow, his chest deep, his back broad, his head small, his neck thin, his tail thick and bushy, and if he carry it wellso much the better. Many of our friends will say it is impossible to procure such a dog, so perfectin all his points. Get one so nearly like the description as pos- sible, and such hounds as are weak from the knees to the foot—mongrel breeds of pointers and setters—shoot them at once. To use the expression *‘shoot them,” would perhaps seen cruel, but we can suggest no other method to vid the country of abreed of puny, miserable dogs general- ly found in a litterof whelps, which if allowed to grow and subsequently breed from,are sure to propagate animals as worthless as themselves. Attention to the proper weed- ing out of bad stock is the only way in which good staunch strains can be bred. Lost, A BuAck-and-Tan Dog.—If anybody has seen a black-and-tan dog, answering to the name of ‘‘Judge” going down street in company with a hard-shell-turtle, that won't answer to anything, and certainly won't answer to tackle. as the dog can tell you if you can get him to stop long enough, please halt the eloping pair, as they are the property of the editor of this paper. We are fondly ai- tached to the dog on account of his vagabondish Bohemian- ish habits. He knows every dog in Peoria hy name, and is on speaking terms with nine-tenths of the granger dogs that come in under the wagons, and he knows more of the in- habitants of ‘this city than the tax collector does. The turtle is a more recent acquisition. It was placed in the back yard yesterday, and the dog spent an hour and a half trying to entice ix to come out_ of its shell and be sociable. The old iron-clad maintained his reserve, however, until the dog crammed his nose against the forward part and be- gan to sniff. The pair seemed to come to some sort of un- derstanding at once, for the dog made an impetuous remark on a very high key, and they both started immediately on a t1ip after Donaldson’s balloon. When the dog jumped over Fisher’s barn we thought he had struck the eastern current anit would go right through, but we learn since that he landed and was seen sauntering along Jike a whirl- wind, the turtle staying right by him. We should be very sorry to lose the dog now, as he has acquired another im- portant and valuable quality. He knows more about turtles than any other dog in the country, and it’s mighty hard to find a real good turtle dog,— Peoria Review. Boy RescurD By A Doe.—Stories of boys saved by dogs are perhaps more numerous than well authenticated. Here is one, however, from the Glasgow Herald which we feel certain is truthtul:— f “Yesterday morning, about ten o’clock, a most exciting affair happened at Kilean river, about one mile from Tar- bert, by which a little boy aged about eight years, named John McCallum, son of Donald McCallum, road-contractor, Killean, nearly lost his life, and was only saved as it were ‘py the skin of his teeth’ trom a watery grave, by the ex- traordinary sagacity and fidelity of a collie dog belonging to the boy’s father. It appears that the boy was at the time along with an elder brother, amusing himself near the river by leaning over a wire fence on its banks and endeay- oring to catch the small pieces of wood and other waits borne down by the flood, when suddenly the wire on which he was leaning brokc, and ‘he was precipitated into the an- gry flood below, and borne along with the current towards the sea. His brother, unable to save him, ran to the house and alarmed his father and other of the neighbors. His father immediately rushed away along the banks of the stream, closely followed by his faithful collie dog. Fora time no trace of the boy could be seen, but after proceeding about a quarter of a mile along the bank towards the sea, the dog apparently saw the object of their search coming to the surface, for he bounced into the stream and in a few moments was seen struggling to regain the bank with what seemed to be the lifeless body of the poor boy. Seeing that the noble animal had succeeded in securing his son, the agonized father, greatly at the risk of his own life, sprang into the torrent and seconded the frantic efforts of the dog to bring the boy to the bank, and in this way he wiis ulti- mately successful. When taken to the bank the boy was perfectly lifeless; but after he had been handled in the usual way forrestoring animation by an old ‘salt’ named Neil McAllister, he gradually recovered consciousness, and is not much the worse for his dip. The little fellow was carried along by the current for nearly half a mile at a very rapid rate, SS ee —A gentleman having his hair cut, was asked by the garrulous operator: ‘‘ How he would have it done” ‘‘Tf possible,” replied the gentleman, ‘‘ in silence,” FOREST AND STREAM. 203 Sea and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON IN NOVEMBER. Coasr Fisu. LAKES. Bluefish, Skipjack, Horse Mackerel, Black Bass, (Vici opterus nig (Temnodon saltator.) and arehigan.) (two species. a Squetaug (Trout) Otoli- Pickerel, (Zsox reticulaiws.) Us. j ‘Bays AND HsTUARIES. 8 triped Bass, Rockfish. (Labrax lkneatus.) SOUTHERN WATERS. Pompano, Trout, (Black Bass.) Sheepshead, Snapper. Drum, (two species.) Tailorfish. Grouper. Kingfish . Sea Bass. Rockfish. a apes ; —The sea bass with which many anglers are now amus- ing themselves in lieu of something better, is a large- mouthed fish, with ample fins and tail, and having no teeth, the fisherman extracts the hook by inserting a finger in the mouth, clasping it by the under jaw. The sexes are readily distinguished, the female being of a dingy brown, while the male is of a beautiful bright blue-black. They are found inshore on reefs and mussel-beds, and are usual- ly caught in company with the blackfish, though at certain seasons they are quite abundant on shoals and banks along our northern and eastern coasts. They vary in size from three-fourths of a pound to twelve, and are considered fine for boiling and for chowders. Although the sea bass is a bottom fish, yet once on an outward-bound voyage to the southward of the Gulf Stream, we made fast toa ship’s lower mast found adrift on the sur- face, which was covered with clam bariacles and surround- ed with sea bass. We caught all that we wanted, and cut loose, They weighed from five to twelve pounds each, and were all male fish. The mouth of the sea bass is so large that in hauling them in from adepth of several fathoms the ‘‘sport” is reduced to a minimum by tie time they reach the surface, the process almost drowning them. They are caught as far south as Florida, where two species are found. —On Sunday, November 2, two striped bass were caught with hook and line, still fishing, by Messrs, W. H. and E. T. Walker, of 47 Hast Twelfth street, N. Y., on the Staten Island shore, near New Brighton, one of which weighed 82 pounds, and the other 112 pounds. As these are the largest bass taken at New Brighton in several years, they made quite a sensation among the experts who thronged to see them. The fishing ought to be good from now until ice comes. | New York, November 3d. 1873. Eprror FOREEST AND STRHAM:— tam glad to see that Mr, Mather has taken an interest in the matter of stocking the Hudson, and hope that his com- munication in your paper 30th, ult. will draw attention of others to the importance of the subject. And now is the time to try the experiment. The ‘an- nouncement is made in your paper and othor journals that Livingston Stone is about to bring, or has already com- menced to bring, eastward some two million of salmon ova, which he has been gathering from salmon from the Sacra- mento river. His operations have been conducted under directions of Mr. Baird, the Fishery Commissioner of the United States, and at the expense of the whole country. Whatever may be the doubts as to the salmon which are raised from eggs gathered in more northern latitudes seek- ing, or flourishing in rivers whose moutiis are so far south as the Hudson and Delaware, there should be no question in regard to success with California salmon ova. The tem- perature of the Sacramento and its branches is much higher than that of the Hudson, as all know. -___—- —Black ducks are now Very numerous in the vicinity of Fire Islands, particularly in the West. Bay, near the head of Morris Channel. They are collecting in the creeks on the islands. Scattering flocks of coots (velvet ducks and scoters) and old squaws are occasionally seen, and there will soon be good shooting when the greater body of the birds arrives. Decoys are indispensable for ducking in the bays. Those who have no duck boats can have good shoot- ing by setting their decoys off from some of the points near Eastern Island, Oak Island, or near Whig Inlet. There are also a great many ducks passing through Jones’ Inlet, below the Fire Islands, which may easily be “stooled.” Sail boats may be obtained at Babylon, Bay Shore, or Islip. —Captain’ Toffey and party returned from Shinnecock Bay last week with sixty-five broadbills, the result of one and a half day’s shooting in company with those efficient marksmen, Bill Lane and Cy. Foster. , —Here is some important informati¢n we gather from the Germantown Telegraph: “The favorite region for Philadelphia sportsmen to visit is the waters of the upper Chesapeake and its numerous tributaries. The severe but necessary laws regulating the killing of game on the shores of Maryland have already had a salutary effect, as is observed by the unusual number of ducks which now annually visit those attractive grounds, Those who contemplate shooting there this fall may not be aware of the principal features of the game laws relating to that section, that the season for killing wild fowl com- mences on the Ist of November and ceases on the 31st day of March. The only daysin the week that shooting is allowed are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Shooting at night is very properly prohibited, During the day no larger gun can be used than the ordinary fowling-piece. For the violation of these laws the fines vary from fifty to five hundred dollars.” On account of the mildness of the season sportsmen have thus far not been very successful, as but comparatively few ducks have as yet made their appearance, Assoon as the weather grows a little colder, the canvas-back, the red- head, the black-head, the widgeon and the wild goose will make their advent in increased numbers. A contributor to the Germantown Telegraph has put strangers under obligations by informing them that the favorite locality for the canvas-back is the narrows at the mouth of the Susquehanna, between the Spesutic Islands and the western shore. ‘These narrows are about three miles in length by three hundred yards in breadth. By the middle of the present month the canvas-back will visit those thoroughfares in quest of the wild celery root which erows there in great quantities. —Messrs. Birdseye and Charman, of Brooklyn,accompa- nied by their dogs, Prince and Hero, killed thirteen brace of ruffed grouse in New Jersey last week. —All kinds of game appear to be much more abundant This fact is true of the moose and cariboo of Nova Scotia, as well as of the quail and ruffed grouse throughout the Uni- ted States. We hear of some fine bags of quail from Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, a dozen miles below Long Branch, and also from back of Plainfield. Bears are be- coming a nuisance in Pennsylvania. \ —George B. Greer, the sugar refiner of Wall street, writes us that he is enjoying himself among the buffalo, blacktails, and antelope near Fort Wallace, Kansas. Our friend is working like a beaver for Forest AND STREAM, and has got us a goodly subscription list among the army officers at several of the frontier posts. —A yearling Cow Moose, imported from New Brunswick by the editor of this paper, can be seen at the depot of Reiche Bros., 55 Chatham street. The United States Gov- ernment, whieh doesn’t mind “turning an honest penny,” when opportunity affords, charged eight dollars duly on the “animile,” which was cheerfully (?) paid, since, ‘Where duty calls, I must obey;” and as the moose remarked, it was the latest style of ‘‘calling” moose outside of Parrsboro’. We hope to have infiuence enotsli at Washington to have the duty on moose so much “noreased that it will be no object for the critters to cross the line. If any gentleman outside of the Custom House can see any- thing funny in the remarks foregoing, he is welcome to a copy of this number of our paper free gratis for nothing. ~ —William C. Prime, Esq., has been hunting in the Adi- rondacks, and sends a letter from St. Regis Lake to the Journal of Commerce, in which he writes: ‘In the autumn deer do not often come down to the water for feed as in summer, when the grass is fresh and green and the lily pads are beginning to grow. It is tolerably certain that a deer found swimming in November has been driven by dogs. Watching for deer in pleasant weather is not un- pleasant occupation for a man who knows how to do noth- ing. A watching point is generally one which commands an extensive view of water and land, and the watcher has simply to sit, or stand, or lie, and keep his eyes open in all directions. The dogs are put out wherever in the forests it is thought that the deer can be found, but when they have started the race no one can tell where it will lead. Thus, if the deer be put up on the slope of St. Regis moun- tain, he may go to Follansbee Junior pond, three miles north, or to St. Regis pond, as far west, or to Big Clear on the south, or to St. Regis Lake on the east, or to Spectacle, or Spitfire, or even to Barnum or Osgood; and there are a dozen other lakes, in any one of which he may seek to wash away the scent and throw his pursuers off the track. ' The watchers in a hunt are therefore scattered miles apart, each one taking a position on one of the customary run- ways, for the deer generally run on the same tracks through the forest. Hunting in this manner is necessarily, there- fore a very quiet business, except for the few moments when the deeris coming in and shot or missed. If he takes to the water out of rifle reach he must be pursued in the boat, and there is little pleasure in thus.overtaking him.” —The Yacht Eva, of the New York Yacht Squadron, and a party of gentlemen are up the James river on a shoot- ing cxcursion. » —Ahunting party from Webster, West Va., encountered fearful weather in the mountains last week, snow falling to the depth of sixteen inches, and remaining on the ground several days. They killed eleven deer, captured a bear alive and brought him home, and shot small game enough to supply their commissary. The mountaineers of West Virginia don’t like strangers. They have always raisea ob- jections to hunters from a_ distance, who, as they say, run off the game. Parties from Virginia always calculate upon losing one half their dogs, shot by the mountaincers. —There is very fair hunting in Bryan, Liberty, and MelIntosh counties, in Georgia, along the line of the At- lantic and Gulf Railway. Messrs. Brailsford and Thomas keep packs of hounds, and so also do Randolph Spalding’s Sons, on Sapelo Island. Every one keeps pointers, and game exists in great variety—deer, bears, turkeys, quail, snipe, and woodcock, besides otter, coons, mink, and opos- sums. The area of forest has increased since the war, and game has multiplied apace. There are no hotels or houses for entertainment; the sportsman must go prepared to camp, but the planters are kind hearted, and know a gen- tleman when they see him. The hunting season is now well on. —A letter from Grafton, Vt., November sd. says:— ‘We have but very few sportsmen here, and not a good bird dog in town. Partridges are unusually plenty, and a few sportsmen with good dogs would undoubtedly find first rate sport, if accustomed to a rough country. Foxes are out in numbers; one local hunter has killed seven with- ina few days. We also have a pretty good show of coons. A party from Providence, R. I.,a few days since took about a dozen in three nights. We have a fine hotel here at veasonable prices; for a few years past it has been much frequented during the summer months by parties desiring quiet and our good country air. Messrs. F. and H. Phelps, the proprietors, would be pleased to sce a few good sports- men.” —The Phenix Gun Club of Brooklyn licld a friendly pigeon shoot at Dexter’s Ground, L. I., last week. The birds were in prime condition, most of them flying direct from the trap at the word ‘“‘pull.” It will be seen from the score that the shooting was very poor, as when a club is successful in getting wood strong pigeons, the birds test the capacity of the shooters, and generally fly off unharmed. There were 120 birds shot at, and only 67 birds killed; 21 yards rise, 15 birds each. RUPE ta.1) | bayeoete ae ache his tah 100101016100010—6 CAR ASMOTING Se eos Sede Ne ates bated LTO OES Ole. ACE AST 00010 (215 ee oA ee 5 kat, UO eS 100110011001101-8 FTC) eg ee Re eee = eh a ete LOD OL OT LEA TA t.0—10 MBAARON c. Je de rinceaer erin Mesdere sored 10100101011111 1-10 tee | Ae pines Bee Lda eA Srl ee 78 LOOLLOOLLOLOLIOX § Thode Se oy An OB een enya Re Le ae 110001110101010—8 EGA OID cee ee el oe ee ee ah 100101001110100-7 —Here is what even Nova Scotia papers style an extra- ordinary moose hunt. We quote:— x “Last Sunday, Capt. Joseph Newcomb, in schooner Pride of the Nor th, while crossing from Parr sboro’ to Port Williams, espied a moose about midway of the Basin, making trom Parrsboro’ to Blomidon. He manned his boat and made chase. He got a bowline about her, towed her to the vessel, hoisted her on board, where he butcher ed her, and on his arrival at Port Williams sold the meat for twenty- -two dollars, FIFTH CONTEST YOR THE AMATEUR RIFLE CLUB BADGE AT CREEDMOOR. -——-On Saturday lust the weather was most inauspicious. The day was dark and cloudy, and rain was als! a Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the con- testents for the much coveted prize assembed fifteen in number at Creedmoor, and though the rain poured down and the wind blew, the shooting was of an excellent char- acter. Under all circumstances the result was remarkable, the average comparing favorably with that of any previous match, and the winning score equalling that made by Capt. Bodine in August last. Mr. J. P. M. Richards, of the 7th Regiment, having seored 27 out of a possible 26, making six bull’s eyes and a centre, thus securing the badge for a second time. In our last issue an error occurred which we now correct. The matches for the Amateur Rifle Badge have been won so far as follows:— Up aitiye E21) ote AS Co sated BTo\S UENCE GAR ata od. ae te des ay ony We Mian sence 25) Fei er Whelnle, yd oda USLOTeNW ONES ge yeas earn ore aes yh Ae Peat 5 ead. Q7 Sep. 13th. J. P. M. Richards....,........ PATE FRAP, AAR A ei SAP ots 26 Movedste Oper Ormin deter tant bode os Loita Gunes setae koe 25 NOY? (SUlvs, Pel, PANS SRICHAR ESE. oR Ms tel nt eae tae eerie eas RY In the match of yesterday it is to be regretted that press of business prevented{many of our leading shots from being present, neither Mr. Bodine or Captain Wingate or Mr. Omand haying been on the ground. We trust this match will not conclude the most pleasant contests of the Amateur Rifle Club. Another year we hope will see this association with a notable increase of numbers. The spirit which has characterized its members has been excellent, and in years to come tlie Amateurs will be remembered not only by seniority but by merit, as having given the initial movement to rifle shooting at Creedmoor. It will be in the ranks of the Amateur Rifle Club that the best marksmen will be found, and when Wimbledon competes with Creedmoor, they will take the post of honor. MATCH FOR THE AMATEUR RIFLE CLUB BADGE, NOVEMBER 8. Seven shots at Name. Arm, 500 yds Totod. J. P. M. Richards....... Sharpe§Sporting............ 4344444—- oF G. W. Hamilton......... Sharpe Spor Ligh ORS a Roy et 843 444 3— 25 DS GOUT fel ves oat mein Sharpe Sporting............3 444433— 25 A. V. Canfield, Jr....... Remington Sporting.......3443333— 28 8. J. Kellogg. Sr........ Remington Sporting, ....... 8234383 38— 9 QR W. Robertson.......--. Remington Sporting........ 28383848— 21 Gea - MISA eer, reas Sharpe Sporting............8324333— 21 EAL SB VLG. ES erie ete atsle att Gis Remington Sporting. ote 844232 8— 20 Ie CORB TICE ah tues Sharpe SMITH TATY 2 ocd, scaler eat 22.3 22 2 4— 17 Captain Ross........... Remington Sporting........ 880044 3— 17 Col. Gildersleeve........ Ward Barton,.............. 023340 3— 15 Thos. Lloyd............ Sharpe Militar y Mra eee 0:2 S30 Oe “td Ae AOU ee ict «tives Remington Spor Gro ena 202000 3— if WS CAMTC TOR peers nee e Remington Sporting Dye Be 030002 2— 7 sien ow S ID Nih ea ees ee Maynard Yt ey be ee oe 000220 0— 4 Weather cloudy; light bad; ing irregularly. After the match a sweepstakes took place which was won by Mr. Lloyd. The following scores were made:— vain falling during the match; wind blow- Nome. Arm. Score, Thos. Lloyd........ | wee, POR eR ee gare A Al by 3 33834— 16 Col, Gildersleeve. ......... WEED IC COT hrc tere oes 2as304d— 15 Sesleew heey wens ones at Ae A MS IT ST Cae, eye een be telomerase ts wale Cee the match some very fine shooting was made by . A. V. Canfield, Jr., of the 22d Regt., with a Remington elas rifle, the following being the score :— PAIR OEMATOE Pea a). eae ee ot Se tint core an Pes oan ne tte 443333 3— 28 TARO NIE ATSC Foe Re oe or perth saya Ui ert oe ieeemeeee in Oe os 4444343— 26 PRT OOOO AERIS 4 oer ek ee oe Ney ek eps Oe 04432802— 16 EN ODNCO RBs sacha a /tA.t ea ta a hie Rat ier ites etd on lanhish apiece esa oe 65 It may be seen that Mr. Canfield repeated this number (28) at the regular match. Perhaps it is unwise when shoot- ing for a match for contestants to work too much before hand, as it sometimes fatigues the eye and hand, and takes off their freshness; 26 at 800 yards in a possible 28 is very wonderful shooting. This match for the Amateur Badge showed the excellent quality of the Sharpe’s rifle. Next Saturday, Nov. 15th, the match for the Remington Diamond Badge will take place. The terms upon which this magniticent Diamond Challenge Badge valued at two hundred and fifty dollars and presented to the National Rifle Association by Messrs. E. Remington & Sons, will be shot for, have been fully given by. us in our last number. Distances—500, 800 and a 1,000 yards, Badge to be won three times, not necessarily consecutive, before becoming the property of the owner; open only to members of the Association. Weapon—any breech-loading rifle. The presentation of this badge will do much to stimulate long range firing, which in its turn will do more than any- thing else to build up expert marksmen and develope the best kind of rifles and amunition. The gentlemen rifle- men at Creedmoor take no stock in any gun for the gun’s sake but ‘‘shoot to win,” and would abandon their most cherished rifles for a flint lock Queen’s Armin a moment, if they could make a higher score with it. The terms of the match show a practical acquaintance with the necessities of a match of this description which will command general approyal, particularly the clause prohibiting competitors from practicing on the day of a match, and it may not be improper to remark that the members of the Rifle Associa- tion are indebted for them as well as for the idea of the badge itself to Mr. A. Alford, who has always manifested the strongest interest in anything pertaining to rifle practice and the welfare of the Association. —This appeared in a New York paper one hundred years ago: ‘Whereas, the subscriber intends to leave the proyince early next spring, this is to inform the Public that he has on hand a parcel of Indian dressed deer skins, fit to make breeches, likewise, mill-leather, large and sinall, the neatest braces for breeches- makers, shammoy, sheep- ‘skins fit to make negro breeches, sorted i in dozens to suit country mer- chants; likewise, a variety of buck and doe-skin breeches and gloves made in the neatest manner; a small quantity of wool, The above articles he will dispose of very reason- ably. Joseph Lester, living near the Fly market, New York,” 221 ad atrt and Arama. LAURA KEENE, O successful professional career is more exciting and more fascinatingly triumphant than that of a theat- rical star; no reputation is so evanescent and so soon en- tirely forgotten. The recent death of Miss Laura Keene, and the flippant way it has been in many instances alluded to by the press, form a sad comment on our propositions. More than twenty years ago, Mr. James W. Wallack, Sr., while in London, in search of some “bright light,” saw ‘Miss Laura” on the stage and at once comprehended her superior talents, and made the arrangements that trans- ferred her to the western world. On the trip across the Atlantic there occurred an incident that Miss Keene, in years gone by, related with great gusto. To beguile the time of the voyage she consented on one occasion to recite “The Maniac.” Her success was great and cordially ac- knowledged, but the incident was embalmed. in her mem- ory by the subsequent receipt, when onshore, of a box of the finest gloves, a present in token of her diamatic powers, from A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince of New York. Her advent before a New:Y ork audience was at Wallack’s, corner Broome street, when, in 1852, she assumed the volé of ‘leading lady” of the company. No actress was ever more successful from the start than she, for in a few weeks she carried the town, and for the time reigned supreme. Between Miss Keene and Miss Ellen Tree (not the subse- quent Mrs, Kean) we always fancied there were strong re- semblances. The personal appearance of each was so slender that the least taking away would have suggested attenuation. The voice was one of the chief charms of each, and in the plaintive notes and sad expressions they were echoes and reflections of each other. It is, therefore, unnecessary to say that Miss Keene, in her younger and successfu' days, was the representative of perfect refine- ment. The popular tradition is that she was as an unknown child, a bar maid in one of the public houses contiguous to a leading London theatre; thisis but a paraphrase, prob- ably, ofthe history of Nell Gwynne. Bohemian biographers generally start their heroes and heroines at some point where the writer has easiest access to inspiration. Miss Keene has, unfortunately, left no authentic record of her virlhood and early struggles. She stamped her humble origin, however, by once remarking-to a friend that she had *‘worked in afactory.” Here was indeed the last place in the wide world we should have looked for the bright spirit that once wielded sucha charm; and in the lowly surroundings of factory life, we can ea sily conceive there was that neglect of juvenile training that probably made Miss Keene’s whole life a strugele between one of the most beautiful natures and worst possible childhood training. She commenced her professional career inthe perform- ance of the simplest parts, her fragile figure naturally car- rying her into the ballet; but her intellectual superiority soon made way to preferment, Once comprehending her own abilities, she was suddenly inspired -with an over- whelming ambition that soon became absorbing, and to the day of her death made her a martyr to the achievement of success. Industrious as the “busy bee,” untiring as time itself, she fretted through her allotted years, never taking a breathing spell, never loitering on her journey through life, but even to the last, when the long wear: nd tear of con- sumption had left her scarcely a physical representative, her mind, in its restlessness, throbbed in its fragile and battered casement, and her bright unrivalled eye flashed at the conception of some conceived triumph. Miss Keene divided admiration by the possession of un- usual genius as an actress and wonderful judgment as a manager. Her appreciation of an untried play was better than any contemporary; it was almost fate. This great and rare power was illustrated in a wonderful degree when, as manager of the Olympic, she had in her stock company Jefferson, Owens, and Sothern, Whatever may be now the triumphs of these gentlemen, they are largely indebted to Laura Keene’s sagacity as a manager for their present success. It was she who purchased from Tom Taylor the MS play of ‘‘Our American Cousin.” When she gave out the assignment of parts there was a pandemonium of rage and disappointment behind the scenes. We believe not an actor or actress who had standing enough to protest, that did not denounce the play, and what they were ex- pected to do with it. Mr. Sothern, at the risk of a law suit with the “plucky Laura,” threw up the part of Lord Dundreary, and Jefferson, he was by the just judgment of Miss. Keene to have the tide turned in his favor that would lead to fortune, fretted and fumeé, and then, asa sensible, good-natured man as he is,gave us Asa Trenchard, the illustration of which was to develop into his Rip Vaan Winkle. On the night or the presentation of ‘Our American Cousin” so much opposition had been expressed to its per- formance that even Miss Keene’s firmness for once wavered, and she looked forward to the result with the greatest anxiety. The call for tickets was in the morning decidedly dull. About noon a committee of firemen waited upon her and said they desired a number of seats and expected to obtain them, if possible, at half price. Miss Keene said, ‘‘if you will, with your friends, come to the theatre to-night and enthusiastically applaud Lord Dun- dreary and Asa Trenchard, but. take no notice of me, I'll give you all a free admission with pleasure.” The firemen, of course, were delighted, and at night pre- sented themselves at the play, Whenever Lord Dundreary or Asa Trenchard appeared, as in fact when anyone ap- peared, they made the house resound with a hearty wel- come and most judicious approval. Upon the falling of the curtain the reaction behind it was wonderful—the play was a success, and Miss Keene added a new laurel to that already heavy wreath she had won as a good manager. Of her struggles and sufferings after she disappeared as _anightly star before a metropolitan audience the public have no desire to know. Suffice it to say that a consump- tion, slow but sure, gradually crushed her bedy but never her undaunted spirit. Ill success brought her in debt to many people, and they ‘‘got satisfaction” by maligning her character and misrepresenting her motives. Strange as it may appear to the unthinking world, Laura Keene was by nature a woman made to shine in private life. Her affec- tions were paramount even over her ambition. Inher last days she toiled, lest she might tax the competency she hearded for the comfort of her two nieces. She was the most brilliant woman, in the height of her popularity, in New York, in dress, manner, and charms in parlor, and shone resplendently with the most polished social and literary society. To her few confidential friends she spoke of the stage with bitterness, as calculated to destroy all that quietness and peace of mind most essential to a woman’s happiness. Her last positive declaration was that if she could be re- stored to her youth and could live over again, she would never speak to the manager of a theatre or witness a play. Her towering ambition was the serpent that stung most severely. In her declining days she saw Sothern, Owens, Jefferson, and Booth, and others who were her protéges, vital with health and abundant in wealth and the world’s ap- plause, and she fretted and beat helpless against the bars of her imprisonment as a petted eagle deprived of the moun- tain eyrie and the sun in its zenith. She now sleeps quietly in the modest cemetery of Mont- clair. One of her last requests was that her funeral should be strictly private, and that no notice of her death should be given to the world until her body rested in the tomb. At the Broadway Theatre, on Monday evening, was pre- sented for the first time a play entitled ‘The New Magda- len.” We presume, from reading some of the recently produced comments of the press, upon the intimate con- nection of female degradation ‘and hard times, that this “New Magdalen” is the legitimate fruit of the prevailing panic. At any rate, we have Wilkie Collins’ certificate that this ‘‘perfumed violet” is a genuine, and not a spurious article. Though refined gentlemen among them- selves would, as a rule, refuse to discuss the character of the plot, for want of decent words to give a clear descrip- tion, yet it is put upon the stage, and we can only find ex- cuse for the women who witness it on the ground that they are no philosophers. Miss Leclercq, when we entered the play-house, was sitting on a sofa, dressed splendidly, giving acharm to a parlor set off with the richest furniture, the walls of which were richly frescoed, while the conservatory in the rear witchingly displayed its floral charms through the crystal glass. At her side stood her affianced husband, leaning over her witha degree of ‘‘spoon” that was dra- matically effective and complimentary to hercharms. The enraptured and successful lover was urging an early day for the prospective nuptials. With all these pleasant sur- roundings Miss Leclercq was not happy. She looked vir- tuous, innocent, and most loveable, and the audience heartily sympathized with the prospect that she had of set- tling down in the domestic circle, with a fair chance of being overloaded with olive branches; yet for all this and these things, she kept continually turning away from the earnest love expressions of her future husband, and inform- ing the audience, in sotto voce, that she was a miserable, unprincipled outcast—an old Magdalen, who had been ruined by want of early ed- ucation, poverty and temptation, frequently calling herself hard names, such names, indeed, as the veriest drab that staggers bawling at midnight through ourslums will, if applied to her, resent with becoming indignation. The high moral finale of the piece was simply brutal in her vinegary maidenhood, and probably no dramatist ever succeeded more effectively in making virtue despicable when brought in contact with gilded vice. The leading commedian is a radical minister. When the affianced husband of the piece has had the “early history” of his future wife told him several hundred times, more or less, and still unbelieving, has a hole made in his head with an augur, through whichis shoved a written affidavit that his sweetheart is a wanton of the worst kind, then he gives it up, and slapping his blonde wig over the top where his forehead ought to be, disappears. Miss Leclercg—we beg pardon, we mean Mercy Merrick— having been abandoned by Horace Homecroft, she turns to the radical minister, and as if never tired of speaking of her early shameful life—while the audience and no one on the stage has éven thrown it in her face—she commences again reviewing her shameles conduct, and seems to be desirous of making an impression on his pure mind by de- grading herself to the lowest pit of infamy. The radical minister drinks in the impure words and dwells with seem- ing delight upon the pictures of revolting vice that are sug- gested to his imagination; at last overcome with radical clerical enthusiasm, he seizes the interesting heroine rap- turously in his arms, presses her form to his precious per- son, and after the manner of Stiggins, announces, witha defiant voice, that her early education and trials implies that her subsequent systematic fraud have jointly and sev- erally prepared her for a minister’s wife, and at last the ‘New Magdalen” announces that she is happy. Such is the dainty dish set before a New York audience by Wilkie Collins. On Monday the favorite comedy of ‘‘Ours” was returned to Wallack’s. There is so much in the play in the way of pleasait scenic effects, the completeness of the plot, and unexceptionable dialogue, that it seems never to tire a re- fined and appreciative audience. At Booth’s, the romantic drama of ‘‘Richelieu.”” Asis too often the case at this theatre, one excellent actor is sur- rounded by indifferent players; the consequence is that much is seen that is incomplete and unsatisfactory. At the Union Square the ‘“‘Geneva Cross” is still in the ascendancy. The ntanagers announce that on the 17th Inst. it will give way to “The Wicked World,” in which Miss Clara Morris will appear. On the evening of the 21st instant the testimonial of Mr. William N. Griffith, commemorative of his entering upon the professional stage, will be given at the Academy in Brooklyn. This will be a fine performance. In addition to some of the best known and most popular amateurs, Messrs. E. Lamb, Owen Marlowe, Mrs. Fanny Foster, and Mrs. Charles Gaylor will appear in the dramas. Mr. J. N. Patterson, the pianist, and Mr. John Clark, the basso, will appear between the plays. ‘‘Ruy Blas” and a farce will be on the bill. The new Park Theatre, of Brooklyn, maintains its un- rivalled popularity; it is one of our best theatres for unex- ceptionable family entertainments, $< Cincinnati, November 7, 1873. PIKE’S OPERA HOUSE. We have been enjoying a treat this week in the shape of the Kellogg Opera Company. During the week they have sung ‘Lucia de Lammermoor,” ‘‘Martha,” and ‘‘Faust.” Saturday afternoon, ‘‘Bohemian Girl;”’ in the evening, “Fra Diavolo.” WOOD'S THEATRE, At this place the Maffit and Bartholomew Pantomime Troupe have appeared in ‘‘Flick and Flock.” Business fair. November 10th—Lawrence Barrett. ROBINSON'S OPERA HOUSE. Miss Kate Putnam has been drawing not over large audi- ences in her plays of “Little Nell,” ‘‘Fanchon,” and ‘‘Blade 0 Grass.” Her ‘‘Little Nell” is poor compared to Lotta’s. November 10th—Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe. W. LL. 4 lew Publications. ee [Publications sent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all books delivered at our Editorial Rooms will be promptly acknowledged in. the next issue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advisina us of any omission in this resvect. Prices of books inserted when desired. | TRUFFLE NeprnEews. A. Collection of Stories; From the pen of Rey. P. Power: N. Y,: Robert Carter & Bros. This is one of those attractive books that one reads through for pleasant style and its good, round letter press. These stories, aside from their attractiveness as well written tales of everyday life, exhibit important and truthful practical lessons for the ecouragement and direction of all who would live in this world not an idle life. The nobler impulses of the good are strengthened: The evil disposed and selfish are kindly warned to let the past suffice, to turn oyer a ‘‘new leaf” in the journal of life; in short, to reform their lives. From ‘*We” versus ‘‘I,** we give the following extract by way of illustration: ‘Neighbor Solus,’ said the Quaker, ‘betwixt thy name and ours there are but two letters difference; thou art called ‘Solus’ and we are ‘Silas; and in two letters lieth the secret of our success over thine. ‘Thou stand- est alone, though thou hast a wife, Solus is the Latin for ‘alone; and as is thy name so is thy nature; with thee it is always ‘I;’ with us it is always ‘We.’ Thou and thy wife do not everything together as ye should; thou pullest one way at times, and she another; and as ye are yoked to the same pole the coach under such circumstances cannot go on. Thou art a drag on her, and she is a dragon thee; and dragging and drawing two different things.” LirttLe KAVEN: By Madame Sophie Schwartz. From the original MSS. by Selina Borg and Maria A. Brown: Hartford, Con- necticut, Published by R. W. Bliss. There is nothing wearisome, dull or monotonous in “Little Kaven,” but a lively, healthy, sparkling story, told in a pleasant mood. In fact, we never find any of the productions from the pen of this ready writer other than improving. Her most trivial utterances have a meaning; al her sentences even have a mission, Some have charged her with a “mas- culinity” of style, somewhat too intense. We differ from them; Ma- dame Schwartz never allows her fine imagination to lead her into foolish sentimentalism, She has no tears to shed over imaginary objects such as are often found in fashionable novels. We love that true boldness that clearly defines the reigning thought of the mind; that independence which dares assert a great moral truth, so well dilineated in the character of ‘‘Kaven,” the noble-hearted, impulsive and generous maiden. This character is truthful, strongly portrayed, and is as truly a delineation of real life as is her sister Lisbeth, with all her good qualities, and a pardon- able share of vanity and self-love. POPULAR SCIENCE Montuuy, for November. D, Appleton & Co. . The first paper is a strongly written, concise article upon what may well constitute the requirements of a liberal education. Professor Atkin- son covers the whole ground in a most admirable manner. That he is in real downright earnest, every attentive reader (and may there be many) will at once admit. The Professor says in his opening sentence: ‘The collapse of the classical system of liberal education which has held almost undisputed sway since the ‘revival of learning in the sixteenth century, and the now generally recognized insufficiency of the theory which makes the study of the languages of Greece and Rome the sole foundation of the higher education, are leading, as all familiar with the educational systems of the present day are aware, to the greatest variety of specula- tions as to the system which is destined to succeed it.”” The discussion of this subject comes in just the right time—the great question of so much interest to the future welfare of our Republic, makes everything bearing upon or developing new ideas upon universal education very desirable, and the whole people are thinking, as they should do, upon the educational system as applied to the schools of the American Republic. A Srmpieton, A Story of the day: By Charles Reade. New York: Harper & Bro, Mr. Read, in this work, has taken up the pen to redress minor wrongs, or to expose minor evils. We notice none of the sturdy blows usually aimed at wrong doing in his principal characters. Why is this? Has the New York: : ea ee a IP Ta | world grown more virtuous, and is there a less need of rebuke? He dis. courses tritely upon the mysteries of the toilet, and gives us the manner in which many young and interesting ladies are “made up,” and its effects upon health. He says; ‘tA woman with her stays bisecting her almost, and lacerating her skin, can yet for one moment make her- self seem slack to deceive a juvenile physician.”’ We think the physician who would thus be deceived must be very juvenile, The mysteries and trickeries of London auction sales, house agents, and the like, are made very plain to us poor unenlightened readers; and even the petty peccadilloes of the discharged house maid, made quite spicy in itself. This may be necessary to the development of the story, but truly we can see little good resulting from a history, composition and use of London poisons, even if they are used three times a day in the form of strong tea by “aristocratic English ladies. Many other abuses are spoken of, which are truly abuses, and would be better abandoned than continued. Every one knew before Mr. Reade told us that “invisible perspiration is a process of nature necessary to health and life.” Mr. Reade wil pardon us if we disagree with him in the use of sundry expressions found in his book, indicating a lack of carefully chosen words. We notice in describing the mispronunciation of Lady Cicely, he says; ‘As for the letter ‘1’ she could say it if she made a hearty effort, but was generally too lazy to throw her leg over it.** Then he tells us when she walked, “‘her elastic foot slapped the pavement as she spanked along.’ These, though minor faults, which may be tolerated in a popu- lar author, are nevertheless sins against good taste. Lady Frehem is the best character of the work, the most skillfnlly sketched, but a peculiar compound of diverse elements, While this novel would be pronounced by many as very readable and pleasant, we think it does not do the author credit, for he has given us many better stories, and therefore we look fora better book than this from Charles Reade. In our last week’s review of books, the names of Messrs. Wilbur & Hastings, No. 40 Fulton street, New York, were omitted, as having for sale the three following books: ‘The Buyers’ Guide of the Mannfactur- ing Towns and Manufacturers of Great Britain;’’ ‘‘A complete Guide to the Leading Hotels, Places of Amusement, Objects of Interest, Parks, Clnbs, Markets, Docks, &c., of London,” and ‘‘The Hotels of Europe.” a Be. MAGAZINES. tS eS We are in receipt of ‘The Rural Carolinian,”’ for November. It is an excellent periodical, containing an unusual amount of practical reading matter for agriculturists and the home circle. The Rural Carolinian has just commenced a new volume, the November number being the second issue of the fifth volume. The publishers are Walker, Evans, & Cogs - well, Charleston, S.C. Subscription price to the Magazine, $2 per an num, wifh liberal club rates. IN PRESS. el ae 2 Randolph & Co. have in press, and will soon issue, a new yolume on Continental Travel, by Dr. 8. I Prime, under the attractive title of “‘The Alhambra and the Kremlin;” ‘“The South and North of Europe.” Also, “Literary Life;** by Francis Jacox, The above works will contain much valuable information upon. litera- ture and literary matters never before placed before the public. NNOUNCEMENTS. a GEOLOGICAL SroriEs; In form of a pleasant autobiography. Story of a ‘*Piece of Granite;”’ Story of a ‘Piece of Quartz.” New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ~ FouRTEEN WHEKs IN Cummistry: By J. Dorman Steele. New York: A. 8. Barnes & Co. AGAINST THE STREAM. By the author of the ‘‘Schonberg- Cotta Family.”” New York: Dodd & Mead. Hester Moriry’s Promise. By Hesba Streton, author of the ‘‘Dr.’s Dilemma:” &c. New York: Dodd & Mead. CrooxEep Puaces; A Story of Struggles and Hopes. By Edward Garnett, author of ‘‘Occupations of a Retired Life.’ New York: Dodd & Mead. THe Dead Sma: And Other Stories. New York: Dodd & Mead. THE Cross OF Berny; Or Irene’s Lovers. By Madame *™Fmile de Girardin, M. M. Theopile Gautier, Jules Landean, and Mere, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Waar Sse Can Do; A Romance from the pen of Rev'd K. P. Roe, author of “Barriers Burned Away,” &c. New York: Dodd & Mead. LEAVES FROM THE TREE OF Lire. By Rey. Richard New- ton, D. D. New York: Robert Carter & Bro. New Maepauen. By Wilkie Collins. with illustrations by C. 8. Reinhardt. Miss Dorotuy’s CHarce; A Novel. By Frank Lee Bene- dict. 8vo., 195 pages. New York:: Harper & Bros, By anp By; A Historical Romanee of the Future. ward Maitland. 12mo., 460 pages. New York: G, P. Putnam’s Sons. Tne Dread Marquise. By Leonard Kip. 12mo,, 356 pages. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. BELLEHOOD AND BonpaGcE. By Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens. 12mo., 458 pages. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Bros. Mrriam Montrort, By the author of the ‘‘The House- hold of Bouverie.”” 12mo., 556 pages, New York: D. Appleton & Co. THE CHARACTER OF Sr. Paut. By J. 8. Howson, D. D. 12mo., 314 pages. New York: Dodd & Mead. His MarriaeE Vow. By Mrs. Caroline F. Corbin. ton: Lee & Shepard. Fun and Work. By the author of ‘Little Kitty’s Li- brary.’ 178 pages. Tue Sitver Keys: A Tale. New York: Robert Carter & Bros. Out oF SWEET SouirupE. By Elenor C. Donnelly. Phila- delphia; J. P. Lippincott & Co. WuitE Rosk AnD Rep; A Love Story. By the author of “St. Abe.” Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 242 pages. THE PorTicAL WORKS OF EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN. Complete and splendid edition. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 342 pages. Price $2,50. Lost Grp. By the author of ‘‘Jessica’s Prayer,” etc. New York: Dodd & Mead. ! THe Ross oF Disentis. By Heinrich Zschokke. Translated from the German by James I. D. Trenor. New York: Sheldon & Co. 1878. Miss Forester. A novel. By Mrs. Edwards. Sheldon & Co. 1873. By Edward Garrett. Library Edition, By Ed- Bos- By A. L. O. E. 264 pages. New York: The long evenings are now cominy, and the children should have ood games to help pass them pleasantly. Avilude, with its birds and their escriptions, is the best ever published. Sold by all booksellers and toy demers, or sent post paid, ou receipt of seventy-five cents, by West & Lee, Worcester, Mass. | “Brom its meritous character deserves the widest circulation,”—PBan- ner of Light. St. John’s Hotel, PALATKA, E. FLA., P. & H. PETERMANN, PROPRIETORS. ‘This well-known resort for Winter has been new] urnished throughout, combining first-class table wit every convenience and comfort to guests. UNITED STATES HOTEL, P —CORNER OF— Fulton, Water and Pearl Sts., n + f S oY TRUMAN, | proprietors. NH W YORK, Mansion House, BUFFALO, F. HE. HODGES, PROPRIETOR. - BUTTERFIELD HOUSE, OSCAR L. STONE & CO., Proprietors. UTICA, NEW YORK, ROSSIN HOUSE, Toronto, Canada. SHEARS & SON, Proprietors. This heuse is a favorite resort for Gentlemen Sports- men, from all parts of the United States and Canada. Sportsmen's Goods. BROOKLYN CUN EMPORIUM E. H. MADISON DEALER IN s s Guns and Gunning Material, 564 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. . “ Sporting Goods TOUGHT, SOLD, EXCHANGED, AND ON HIRE. Special attention paid to Fine Guns and Breach-Loaders. &c. Repairing of every descrip- tion a specialty. 2S" Goods sent everywhere by express, marked c. 0. D BRADFORD & ANTHONY. BOSTON, DEALERS IN SKATES AND SKATE STRAPS, Are Agents for the United States, for Forge’s Patent ACME Club Skates, —— The only reliable and really Szur-FAsTENING SKATE ever invented. Agents also, for Winslow’s Wood Top and LaptrEs’ Skares, Barney & Berry's Club and Rink Skates. Best quality Patent Buckle Straps for Skates. 178 Washinston Street. TOTHM. SNAP. AVILUDE,. West & Lee, PUBLISHERS OF Natural History Series of GAMES, AND MANUFACTURERS OF CL Vaal Rs bee Worcester, Mass. pgech Loading B ube OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS, Fishing Tackle —AND— SPORTSMEN’S GOODS, IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER, 101 & 103 DUANE ST,, NEW YORK. = 0) Agents for the United States Arms Company's Repeating Pistols. Established 1887. JLab Crook a Co.. TMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Mi TAUM, 50 Fulton St., N. Y. Green Hart, Split Bamboo, Log Wood, Fly and Salmon Rods, a Specialty. FT LOUK, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EVERETT LITERARY ASSOCIATION, At Dr. Dureya’s Church. Cor. CLAsson AVENUE & Monroxr STREET, BROOKLYN, — 0) TuuRsDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, LECTURE BY Rey. Geo. H. Herworrs, Subject; —*‘ The fight between Good and Heil.” -O - THuRSsDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, LECTURE BY BrRETE HARTE, Subject;—‘‘Some Bad People.” 10; THurspAyY Eventne, DECEMBER 11, LECTURE BY Hon. WENDELL PHILLIPS, Subject; —‘ Street Life in Hurope.” O THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, LHOTURE BY Dr. NewMAn Hatt, Subject;—‘‘ Memories of Palestine.” 10) Tickets for the entire course, (including reserved seats) $3. Tickets for the concert, (including reserved seats,) $1 For sale, after September 25, at Underhill’s Drug Store, cor. Classon and Greene Avenues; Jones’ Drug Store, cor. Classon Ave. and Fulton s8t., Cutt’s Dru Store, cor. St. James Place and Fulton Street: an Slade’s, Fulton St. opposite Flatbush Ave. American Institute Fair NOW OPEN. 2d and 3d AVENUHS, bet. 68d and 64th STREETS :0%- CROWDED DAY AND EVENING with select and fashionable audiences. UNEQUALED ATTRACTIONS. : Interesting Manufacturing Processes. MACHINERY IN MOTION. Amusement and instruction combined. NEW GAS ENGINE. LADIES’ AND MISSES’ SHOKS. Upwards of 100 pairs of Corsets made daily by THE WONDERFUL CORSET LOOM. Ivory Turning. Envelope Making. NOVEL KNITTING MACHINES. Brush Making. Steel Forging. HEEL MAKING MACHINERY. Vacuum Pumps. Wood Machinery. Scores of other NEW AND INTERESTING NOVLTIES. Never before exhibited, | Complete Manufactory of SUPERB CONCERTS by Keating’s Orchestra, Afternoon and Evening. A GENUINE BROOK TROUT . Presented by R. G. ALLERTON, Esq,, weighing KIGHT AND ONE HALF POUNDS. MISS JULIA GRIFFIN, THE YOUNG SCULPTOR, WILL MODEL FROM LIFE, Afternoon & Evening.—Open from 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. 10-14 Admission, 50 cents. Children, 25 cents. ALBERT C. KUCK, (Successor To N. J. PLUMB,) No. 32 PARK ROW, Opposite New P. O. NEW YORK. IMPORTER OF Neatles & fish-Hooks AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS oF FISHING TACKLE, GUNS, REVOLVERS, Skates & Sporting Goods. CARTHERY’S DOG SOAP Will destroy Fleas, cleanse the skin and hair from scurf and smells, making the coat fine and glossy, without giving cold or doing the least harm to the ani- mal, and safely cure the mange. C, CARTHERY, 12 Dalston Rise, Hackney, London. SOLD BY ALL CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS, JOHN F. HENRY, Sole Agent, 8 & 9 COLEGE PLACE, N. Y. EDWARD SEARS’ WOOD ENGRAVING ESTABLISHMENT. Designing, Photographic and Engraving, No, 48 Beekman Street, NEW YORK. 10-62 ESTABLISHED IN 1835. . PRITCHARD BROS., No. 94 Fulton St., N.Y. ALL KINDS OF Fishing Tackle Made and repaired with the utmost despatch. ALSO, CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE BEST SELECTION OF TROUT AND SAL MON RODS, REELS, LINES AND FLIES. Medals awarded at the World’s Fair and American Institute far our superior Artificial Flies, 4— Clothing and Sumishing Goods. et ‘ Pubheatioys. FRANCIS PROBST, Merchant Tailor No. 51 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORE. ———0 Formerly with J. WEIDENFELD, 743 Broadway. 10-62 Opposite Post Office, SNe 6 SB 1 52 ITHMAR DU BOL, _ (CELEBRATED SHIRT MAKER, 328 Fulton St., Brooklyn. O FINE SHIRTS, COLLARS AND CUFFS TO ORDER, —AT POPULAR PRICES,— Fashwonable Furnishing Goods in gi eat variety. 8-20 Sor Sale. Real Eistate. — VOR SALE.—Twenty-six full lots on Macon and Me Donough Streets, near Reid Ave., Brooklyn. The plot or any part, on terms to suit. Twenty-three full lots 25x100, in Flatbush, near the line of the Hempstead and Bay Ridge Railroad, the plot or any part at $200 per lot, terms to suit. Apply to CANDEE & COOK, 810 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. Or to C. HALLOCK, office of Forrst AND STREAM. Clumber Spaniels For Sale. A brace of pups, bred from the same strain 1m use in the Royal Kennel, crossed occasionally with the best strains in England, such as Lord Paget’s, Col. Challoner’s, Mr. Holford’s, &c. Address,] WILLIAM BURNS, Mr. Sheldon Stephen’s Farm, Montreal. 12-14 Hiscellaneons Advertisements. AST H Cures Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, Rheu- matism, Chilblains, Strains, &c. A SPECIFIC FOR BITES OF INSECTS. The Deobstruent allays Inflammation, removes the obstructions, reopens and stimulates the circulation, cleanses, soothes and heals more rapidly than any other known preparation. For sale by all Druggists. Samples Free! Askforit! Test it! Ward, Russell & Co., 28 AND 80 Futon St., N. ¥ CHAS. REICHE & BRO., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDs OF NUD, ANIMALS And Howls, Mocking Bird Food, &c., 55 CHATHAM STREET, 3d door from N. William. NEW YORK. WE GIVE THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LIVE ; SPECIMENS OF THE BEAVER, OTTER, BEAR, WILD CAT, MOOSE, ELK, ANTELOPE, AND ALL KINDS OF WILD AMERICAN ANI MALS AND BIRDS. CHAS. REICHE. HENRY REICHE. 11-68 Notwithstanding itslow price this book has become a stand- ard, and sales increase each THE TWO SUCCESSFUL BOOKS OF THE SEASON, I. Hallock’s Fishing Tourist, The Fishing Tourist, Angler’s Guide and Reference Rook. BY CHARLES HALLOCK, Secretary of the ‘‘Blooming-Grove Park Association ILLUSTRATIONS, CRowN 8yo., CLorrH $2.00. Mr. Charles Hallock is one of the few gentlemen who write a book mainly for the reason that they have some- thing to write about—have something to tell the public which the public desires to know. The shortest routes to pleasure are laid down, and correct information is given as to the best means of conveyance, the expense The author has avoided the use of technical terms, and thus of the trip, the secrets of the commissariat, etc. made his yolume all the more acceptable.— Turf, Field and Farm. ThA Prime's I Go A Fishing, 1 Go A Fishing, by W. C. Pre, author of “Boa Life in Egypt,” “Tent Life in the*Holy Land,” ete, CROWN 8VO, CLOTH, BEVELED EDGES, $2.00. It abounds in pleasant episodes, charming and vig- orous descriptions of scenery and character, is distin guished by a refined wit, a droll humor, a strong love of the beauties of nature, and an enthusiastic devotion to the piscatorial sport. This book will please all who admire heartiness of style and exuberance of animal spirits in their authors. There are some interesting and well-told stories scattered through the volume, which exhibits on almost every page the handiwork of a man of graceful culture and widé reading.—Boston Daily Globe. 0 Published hy Harper & Bros., WN. Y. 0 HARPER & BROTHERS will send either of the aboye works by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of price. HUNTER’S and TRAPPER’S PRACTICAL GUIDE. year. It must be seen to be @=eseies properly appreciated. It sells to those who see it. Nearly every boy wants one. It gives just the informa- tion wanted about {ONS care and use of arms, making and \ Wy oe meviitvas using traps, snares and nets, baitaand .\\ i) baiting, poisons bird-lime; preser- dressing, tanning and furs, and = With Fifty Engravings. Only Twenty Cents. - iea~ For sale by all booksellers and nowsdealers, or mailed, post-paid on receipt of price, by JESSE HANEY & CO., 119 Nassau St., New York. PAINTER’S MANUAL, A COMPLETE PRACTICAL GUIDE. To House and Sign Painting, Graining, Varnishing: Polishing, Kalsomining, Papering, Lettering Stain- ing, Gilding, Glazing, Glass-staining, Silvering Ana- lysis of Colors, Harmony, Contrast, etc., 50 cents Watchmaker’s and Jeweler’s Manual, 50 cents: Book of Alphabets for Painters, Draughtsmen, etc., 50 cents: Book of Scrolls and Ornaments, (new designs for Painters, etc.,) $1. Of booksellers or by mail, JESSE HANEY & CO., 119 Nassau Street, N. Y. x ving, stretching, _ and dyeing skins = = much on fishing. printing, WILBUR & HASTINGS, STATIONERS, Printers, Lithographers, 40 FULTON STREET, Corner of Pear! Street. = NEW YORK. ORDERS BY MAI WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. NEW YORK. A. JOS. KAPP, A. H. GROTE F.CROTE & Co, Turners & Dealers in Ivory, Biecesi a = =114 Rast 14th St. N.Y, Billi 8, Cloth, Cues, &c. Ten Pin Ball Pins. Ivo é kinds aoa moe eng Bone Checks, and all other re F. GROTE, ae FOREST AND S A WEEKLY JOURNAL. D5EYOTED TO FIELD AND Aquatic Sports, PRACTICAL , NaturaL History, Fish Cutture, THE PRoTEC- TION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WoMEN OF A HEALTHY {NTEREST IN OUT-Door RECREATION AND SveDY: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Siream Publishing Co. 103 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. Verms, Five Dollars A Year, Strictly in Advance A discount of twenty per cent. for five copies and upwards. Any person sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s “PisHine TOURIST,” postage free. Advertising Rates, In yegular advertismg columns, nonpareil type, 12 lines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisménts on outside page, 40 cents per line. Reading notices 50 cents per lime. Advertisements in double column 25 per cent. extra, Where advertisements are inserted over one month, a discount of 10 per cent. will be made; over three months, 20 per cent.; over six months, 30 per cent. The object of this journal wili be to studiously pro- mote 4 healthful interest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate arefined taste for natural objects. We es- pecially desire to make the Forrst AnD SrreAm the recognised medium of communication between ama- teurs and professional sportsmen. All of us haye something to impart, whick if made available to each other, willin time render us proficient in all those several branches of physical culture which are absolute- ly essential to our manhood and well-being, both as in- dividual men and asanation. A practical knowledge of natural history must of necessity underlie all at- tainments which combine to make a thorough sports- man. Itis not sufficient that aman should be able tio knock over his birds dexterously right and left, or east an inimitable fly. He must learn by study and experience the haunts and habits of the game or fish he seeks. If he depend altogether upon his doo’s nose, or upon his henchmen, he will some day have to retire from the field in mortification and dis- grace. Therefore it is that we shall study to give practical instruction in the most attractive depart- ments of natural history. We shall not forget the technicalities of the craft either, but take pleasure in designating the best localities for hunting and fishing, outfits, implements, remedies, routes, distances, breeds of dogs, &c. Each number will contain a paper de- scriptive of a particular animal, bird, or fish, with some instruction as to its habits, haunts and mode of cap- ture, and the period when itisin season. We haye arranged to receive regular weekly reports of the fish- ing and shooting mm various parts, of the country. Yachting and boating will be encouraged, and yacht news be made an especial feature of the paper. A reasonable space will be given to athletic sports and those out-door games in which ladies can participate. In a'word, every description of game that is in vogue among respectable people, and of value as a health- giving agent or recreative amusement, will be consid- ered and its practice encouraged. Nothing that de- moyralizes or brutalizes, nothing that is regarded as ‘*sport’”” by that low order of beings who, in their in- stincts are but a grade higher than the creatures they train to amuse them, will find favor in these columns. To horse news we shal: tlevote some space, giving a record of leading races and meetings and current events, buf we shall not make it a feature of this jour- nal. We leave this department to others, much more competent than ourselyes, who are recognised through- out the country as exponents of the turf, and as au- thority in stock, pedigree and kind. We yield to no one, however, in our love and appreciation of the horse und his estimable qualities. The noblest of all ani- mals, and the companion alike of men of high and low degree, he has never become contaminated by the moral atmosphere by which he is often surrounded, or degraded below the high rank to which his attributes entitle and assign him. To the forest, lawn and garden we assign full place. For the preservation of our rapidly diminishing for- ests we shall continually do battle. Our great inter- ests are in jeopardy—even our supply of drinking wa- teris threatened, from the depletion of our timber- lands by fire andaxe. It is but proper to state here that the gentleman in charge of this department is the well-Imown ‘‘Olipod Quill,’ who was connected with the Agriculturist newspaper from the start, and a co-laborer with the lamented Downing for many years. Much valuable information will be found in this de- partment. Our military department is intended to comprise merely a weekly summary of news for officers and soldiers upon the frontier—such news as the casta- ways would enjoy to receive in a ‘letter from home;” and we trustthat many of them will be inclined to send us in return some account of their hairbreadth experiences among the Indians, the buffaloes, the griz- glies and the antelopes. We of the Hast are not thoroughly faniiliar with the varied species of game in the far Northwest, and would like to receive full information especially of the numerous Cervus family and of the Rocky Mountain sheep. This department iz under the charge of a distinguished army officer. Our dramatic and art column will be prepared by Colonel T. B. Thorpe, and must at once become popu- lar with all our readers who are interested in these matters. We shall occupy an independent position, and throw our offorts im behalf of competent reform, We shall perhaps even clamor for it. Our columns will always contain the cream of the latest foreign sporting news. In a word, we are prepared to print a /ive paper and a useful one. We shall not be parsimonious in secur- ing the best material for its columns. We are con- vineed that there is a standard of eminence and useful- ness not yet fully attained by any sporting journals in this country. To this we aspire, It will be our am- bition to excel; and we have relinquished a life of ease and semi-indolence to take charge of the enterprise. this not of our own free choice, but at the solicitation of many hundreds of friends and strangers. We are ably assisted in our labors by a corps of yaluable as- sociates—men of age and experience, all of whom, with single exception, have been identified with leading journals for years. Mr. Simmon A. AtTEINSON, connected with tne Georgia press for over twenty years, has charge of the business affairs of the Company. CHARLES Hatiocn, Managing Editor, TREAM, MHliscellaneous Advertisements. Siscellaneous Advertisements, WYOoOwo rR PPORT UNITY NOW TO SECURE TICKETS TO TITHE Fourth Grand Gift Coneert Of Public Library of Kentucky, WHICH Is ANNOUNCED TO COME OFF ON THE 3d OF DECK MBER, 1878. IMILLION DOLLARS, CURRENCY, DIVIDED INTO 12,000 GIFTS. ONLY 60,000 TMCKETS, MAKING CHANCES AS 1 TO 5. List of Gifts: ONE GRAND CASH GIFT ONE GRAND CASH GIFT.................. ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 50,000 ONE GRAND CASH GIFT... ..... 0... 25,000 ONE GRAND CASH GIFT...0.0 00, 17,500 10 CASH GIFTS, $10,000 cach............ 100,000 30 CASH GIFTS, 5,000 each............ 150,000 50 CASH GIFTS, 1,000 cach............ 50.000 80 CASH GIFTS, 500 each............ 40,000 100 CASH GIFTS, 400 each............ 40,000 150 CASH GIFTS, 300 each............ 45,000 250 CASH GIFTS, 200 each......... 50.000 325 CASH GIFTS, 100 each... ........ 32,500 11,000 CASH GIFTS; BO COCR. ccc. sc cess 550,000 Grand Total, 12,000 Gifts, All Cash.......... $1,500,000 Whole Tickets, $50. Halves, $25. Tenths, $5. ALL GIFTS PAYABLE CASH IN FULL, WITHOUT DISCOUNT. ORDER AT ONCE OF THOS. E. BRAMLETTE, Agent, OR THOS. H. HAYS & CO., Manacers Brancn OFIcr, 609 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, tes" Circulars in English and German. One of the *FoREST AND STREAM” staft bought a Hat for $5.00 in a Broadway hatter’s and found out he could get the sume hat, by the same maker for, $3.50 at TURNBULL’S The Great Hatter, = 3 1 EKOULTON STREHE, BROOKLYN. ___ 18-26 Naturalists: and Taxidermists’ SsSUPPLIKS. = — Tocris —= BATTY, TAXIDERMIST, BATH, Kines Country, New York, Orders may also be left at 245 Broadway, Has received from the Rocky Mountains whole skins and heads of Buffalo, Elk, Black Tail and Virginian Deer, Rocky Mountain Sheep (Big Horn), Bears, An- telope (Prong Horn), &c.. &¢.; also, rare small Mam- mals. They will be furnished mounted or in skins (the heads on black walnut shiclds) on application. Also, 475 species N. A. Birdskins and N. A, and European ges for collector’s use. A complete catalogue of N. A. Birds, with local and scientific names given for labelling collections, . Taxidermists’ tools of superior quality, and artifi- cial eyes of every description made to order, 13— TAXIDERMY TAUGHT, J. WALLACE, . Naturalist & Taxidermist IMPORTER OF FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI- CIAL EYES, 19 N. William Street, New York. 10-62 GAIL BORDEN’S Canned Goods. GAIL BORDEN’S EAGLE BRAND CON- DENSED MILK. BORDEN’S EXTRACT OF COFFEE, Combined with Refined Sugar and Condensed Milk. BORDEN’S PURE COCOA, BORDEN’S ROAST BEEF, BORDEN’S EXTRACT OF BEEF, This Hxtract is especially useful for making Soup, enriching Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Oyster Stews, etc, Buillon may be made ina minute’s time by mingling this extract with salt and hot water. These goods are for sale at all the principal Grocers andDrugeists. 12-38 NEMINGIUN Sporting, Hunting and Target Breech-Loading CMT Long Range Match Rifles for ‘‘Creedmoor” Shoot- ing, now ready. The same as won the ‘‘Turf, Field and Farm” Radge, Aug. 3, and “‘Ama- teur Rifle Club” Badge, Aug. 9. See re- " ports. Unequalled for accuracy by either Breech or Muzzie-Load- ers of other makers. For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, quality of workmanship and material, accuracy of range, and penetration, WITHOUT COMPARISON. “Tt is a noteworthy fact that though many different kinds of rifles were used in the several matches, includ- ing the converted Springfield, Remington, Metford, Ballard and Ward Burton Rifle, every prize in all the matches was won by those who fired with the Reiming- ton rifle, except the last.’—From VV. Y. Zimes, June 22, 1873.—(See fnll report. ) The Remington Rifle won Twenty-two out of Twenty-three Prizes at the Creedmoor Meeting, June 21, 1878. Also, Revolving, Repeating, Deringer, aad Vest Pocket PISTOL & RIFLE CANE. —OUR— Double Barrrel Breech Loading Gun IS NOW READY. The best ever offered, containing ali the most desir- able features of the best imported, together with some valuable improvements peculiar only to this eun. Top Snap action, half-cocked, breech opened and shells ex- tracted by one motion. FE. 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Tivery variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES, And every Variety and Style of Eis H Hookers. Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, the Adirondacks, &c., &e. | Split Bamboe, Trout and Salmon Rods and Reels a Specialty. ——:0:——_ Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co, Sole Im- porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled 4-29 Hyed Needles. Esrook '"Urowt, PAWN AND YOUNG FISH FOR . sale. FRED MATHER, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. (2¥~ Ponds laid out and instructions given, 1t f Terms, Five Dollars a Year. ( Ten Cents a Copy. { — Eee Ge bg NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1873. Volume I, Number 15, | 103 Fulton Street. THE CANVAS-BACK DUCK. WN sharp November, from afar, From Northern river, stream and lake The flocks of noble canvas-back, Their migratory journeys make. The frosty morning finds them spread Along the flats of Barnegat, Where grows the valisneria root, The duck-grass with 1ts bulbous thread. But chief where Chesapeake receives From Susquehannah, brackish tides, By calm Potomac and the James, Feeding at will from morn till eve, Mid those aquatic pastures green, The ribbon’d grass and bulbous root Where slant the yellow sedges lean. By myriads there the wild fowl come To taste the rich, delicious fare, The red head and the canvas-back The widgeon with its plumage rare, The ruddy-duck, the buffer-head. , The broad bill and Canadian goose, Loving o’er placid shoal or cove Their winnowing pinions to nnloose. Through all the day, dispersed around They swim and circle o’er the bay, And at the eve, in gather’d flocks To mouth of creeks they take their way, Where some a wakeful vigil keep, Others at anchor float asleep. And when the winter keen sets in, And frozen is the river’s face To its salt confluence with the bay The flocks seek out their feeding place. And where across the ice, a pool Of open water they discern, The hungry flocks t' eir flight suspend And toward the friendly pasture turn; And tyere the lurking fowler waits, (Amid the ice-blocks hid from sight) With heavy gun and deadly aim, To thin the numbers that alight. Isaac MoLELLAN. Wild Life in Movida. A SEMI-TROPICAL PARADISE. NUMBER THREE N Florida, eighty miles due south of St. Augustine, lies I an immense lagoon of salt wattr, called by the old Spaniards Rio d’Ais, by the Indians Aisa Natcha, and by Floridians Indian River. Oalled by whatever name it may be it is the most wonderful portion of that wonderful State. Wonderful forits bland and genial climate; won- derful for its birds, beasts, and fishes; wonderful, above all, for its people, who live in such a state of indolence as causes a Northerner to shudder. Situated mainly below the frost line, many tropical fruits reach perfection beneath its burning sun, The lime, lemon, guava, banana, pine- apple, citron, and, of course, the orange, in perfection. The climate here is peculiarly adapted to the needs of the consumptive, and he can live here for years in apparent health after other climates have been tried in vain, People who have tried California, Minnesota, and the various resorts in the Old World, have pronounced Indian River in advance of them all. The difficulties attending a trip here, and the insufficient accommodations, have pre- vented its advantages—its natural advantages—from be- coming generally known. The steamer up the St. J ohn’s, from Jacksonville to Salt Lake, a distance of two hundred and seventy-five miles, and a portage of six miles will bring - the traveller to the banss of Indian River, at Harvey’s, or Sand Point, where boats and guides may he hired down the river to Jupiter, one hundred and thirty miles further. The cost of transportation from New York to Sand Point will be about sixty dollars. The visitor had better camp, and bring with him such articles of need asa camper-out ap- _preciates. An outfit may be purchased at Jacksonville “at a trifling advance on New York prices. _It was thus that I prepared to enjoy the pleasures of Indian River. The middle of March found ‘me waiting at Harvey's for a favorable wind down the river, a Though the sand that lined the many bays was white as snow, and the palms, with their columnar trunks and dark green fronds, made graceful pictures, I was tired of gazing upon the same ones day after day, and finally persuaded my boatman to visit the upper portion of the river before descending. A nor west wind had driven the water upon the opposite shore two days before, and left his little boat high and dry, with fifty feet of sand flats intervening be- tween her and navigation. But the wind again hauled south’ard, deluging the western shore with returning waters and enabling us to get under way. As this wind was con- trary for a down river trip, we headed for a different quar- ter, purposing to visit the largest orange grove in Florida, so said to be, and the best. Ten miles s@iling in a north- easterly direction brought us to the landing. Did you, reader, ever inhale the fragrance of a cluster of orange blossoms? You remember the exquisite penerating per- fume. Well, add to the cluster tens of thousands more— the efflorescence of two thousand trees. The subtle odor enveloped our boat ina cloud of incense, evoked by the sun and wafted to our senses by a gentle breeze. A: mile away we were made aware of the existence of the grove, yet hidden from us by a circling belt of palms. Two thou- sand trees, in long straight rows, their glossy green tops flecked with immaculate blossoms, a carpet of emerald spangled with snowy stars. In the centre of the grove we found the residence of the proprietor, Captain Dummitt, a log cabin with palmetto-thatched roof. Think of a log cabin inthe garden of Eden! But this is but one of the worthy Captain’s peculiarities. There is a mystery sur- rounding him which he never vouchsafes to break. Even in his cups—I should say buckets—never a word is uttered regarding his seclusion from the world. Known far and near as a hard drinker, he is ever the same well-bred gen- tleman, be he drunk or sober. He and Tom R. once started down the river to perform some work at the lowet grove. Before setting out he gaye Tom $20 to purchase provisions with. Aforesaid provi- sious are purchased according to his, and, may be, the Cap- tain’s fancy. Whiskey, $17 50; hard tack, “‘jest to chaw on, you know,” $1 50; pork, $1. Two bottles of whiskey Tom adds on his own account. The Captain also laid in a choice stock. Thus armed they set sail, burning with an unquenchable ardor for work. ‘“There’s old Bob; ’twould be kinder mean to pass him without a smile,” says Tom.” ‘"That’s so; let’s land.” They land; they ‘‘smile;” the smiles broaden into a grin, and the proposition to call the entire male population of that section and have ‘“‘a reg’lar time” is hailed with uni- versal acclamation. Times, that is ‘‘reg’lar times,” are much in vogue on Indian River, to the great absorption and waste of Time, the old father. It was rather up hill work drinking the old Captain drunk, but the Southern people are always earnest in a worthy cause, and he was finally deposited upon a heap of oyster shells “dead gone.” In the morning he said to Tom, “‘I presume I was a little intoxicated last evening.” “You were just that, and the dog gondest, too, that I ever see!”’ ‘Well, it’s no use working with whiskey around; pass us the bottle.” “*Tt’s all gone!” “Gone! then we'd better be sailing for Sand Point, for Pm d——d if Pll work without whiskey.” This was related to me while I camped near the grove at night, and I give it as I think of it, trusting the reader will pardon the digression. ~ Twenty-five years ago Captains C. and D. found the grove while hunting. A judicious grafting of the wild trees procured in a few years bountifulreturns. The crops have sometimes been exormous—seven hundred thousand ina single year.. Over half a million of the largest, juciest oranges in America! Camping there that night, it was noon the next day before a fair down-river wind came along. When it did come astorm came with it, and we ee ee departed, acccompanied by the flash of lightning aud the heavy rolling of thunder. After rounding Black Point our little craft drove straight on, heading with the river south southeast, passing Sand Point, Joyner’s, Jones’ Point, and all the other points on the western shore, six miles of water intervening. We draw near the western shore, and sail along its high pine covered banks, driving before the fu- rious wind with only the jib set. Night comes and finds us still sailing. The moon struggles feebly with the clouds that threaten to conceal her, and reveals the Captain still at the helm. ‘The waves beat against his back as he sits in grim silence, enduring their buffelings with far more pa- tience than my infrequent questions. It is late at night ere he comes to anchor in Elbow Creek, and finds a slight shel- ter from the tempest. Thankful that, though wet, I could not get wetter, as the rain had ceased, I crawled under the sail, wrapped myself in my blanket, and fell asleep. The Captain never slept aboard, so ne waded ashore and ‘‘turned in” on the beach. The usual sleep of the camper-out was granted me, long and unbroken, and I was only awakened in the morning by the fall of an oar. Elbow Creek, with its fantastically worn coquina banks, is selected as the Indian River terminus of a canal to unite the St. John’s and this lagoon, Lake Washington being the end of navigation on the St. John’s, six miles away. Though I don’t take stock in the company, I doubt not its utility if navigation on the St. John’s will warrant its being kept open all the year. | Sporting Goods OUGHT, SOLD, EXCHANGED, AND uJ ON HIRE. Special attention paid to Fine Guns and Breach-Loaders, &¢. Repairing of every descrip- tion a specialty. f=" Goods sent everywhere by express, marked Cc. 0. 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One of the ‘Forrest aND STREAM” staff bought 2 Hat for $5.00 in a Broadway hatter’s and found out he could get the same hat, by the same maker for, $3.50 at ‘TURNBULL’S The Great Hatter, $1 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN. 18-26 Terms, Five Dollars a Year. L Wen Cents 2 Copy. { NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOV. 27, 1873. j Volume 1, Number 16, { 103 Fulton Street, THE INN. —_—_4_—_—— HE queer, old-fashioned Inn stood on the heath, -£ Nine bowshots from the peak-roofed country town: Steeds halted at its door to gather breath, Before the sheer rush for the Southron down. In front, reposed the long neglected pond— Fissured with mosses—green with stagnant weed— Around, were old-world flotsam, and beyond One loop of river, crystal as a bead, It was deep summer, and the simmering heat On stile, and stone, and tree, and hostler beat, But the night gathered, and the airJerew sweet. Sweet, and of summer music redolent; There pipea the blackbird on the bush behind The parlor lattice, with throat sideways bent, Whiist imaging his shadow on the blind; A red-cheeked damsel sang unto her kine A fireside song in the extremest tone Of sadness; then the distant clock struck nine, 4A lusty horn, at intervals, was blown. ‘From London!’ went the cry, ‘the Mail! the Mail!’ And in it dashed—four beasts with foam-flecks pale, And ribbons knotted around ear and tail. Booted, and pistoled to the very teeth, The scarlet guards with ringing heels leaped down, A glow of pleasantry half hid beneath The purport of his grave, official frown. Where had he learned to swear? The roads were vile, The times atrocious; empires cried for sale; Yet grief was tempered in the side-long smile Which hailed the landlord and the proffered ale. *There’—and his hand convyulsively would clench— ‘Whether within the dock, or on the bench, . God save old England, and confound the French.’ So passed; a smoking cloud of dust alone Betrayed his passage, leaning to the west. The Inn, its peace a moment overthrown. Relapsed again into its dreamy rest. Theard the landlord’s daughter—rooms away— Pingering the ancient harpsichord; Tn tangled cadences I read the lay; ‘A. Devon maiden dared to love a lord; And she proved true, but he proyed false! Ah, me!’ There was an instant shift of voice and key, Shut instrument, and wildering hush for me. The ancient bed with rusted damask hung, The stern brown pictures in the candle-light, The coifed canary at the window swung, O’erpowered me with a weird, fantastic fright. Low moans came from the panels in the dusk, And rustling garments trailed along the floor, The scentless vases breathed anew of musk, And some one whispered through the oaken door. “Twas midnight, and from stall and shed below, The cocks, with outstretched necks, began to crow And then, again the bells chimed sweet and slow. , Most ghostlike room—white bed, the couch of peace, With lavender between the linen set— Quaint sill, whereon, to charm them to increase, Full in the moon, stands pots of mignonette; Yo-night I am your lord; sheer cleayes the spire Above the lightless streets; no soul’s abroad: Over the houses, meadow, croft, and byre, Brood silence and the quietude of God; And so till morning, hour succeeding hour, Timed by the sleepless watcher in the tower, Till sunrise in the east once more shall flower, —Chambers’ Journal, et a ~The Florida pecan nut is a profitable one for cultiva- tion. Hor instance, ten acres could well sustain 210 trees, which would yield the seventh year about 300 bushels, making over $2,000 from ten acres. That is nearly equal to an orange grove. i 1 —A number of rabbit establishments have been started in London. The scarcity of animal food creates the de- mand. 0 <= —- —Mr. Allen, of Texas, a thrifty farmer, owns five thou- sand square miles of land in that State, and one hundred and twenty thousand cattle. re —Silow matches are unlike matrimonial ones; they are aided in. going off by a re-fusal. ‘—A vane bird is the” wentlercock; yes, vainer than a peacock, Wild Life in Hflarida. SHOOTING AT SALT LAKE, —— eee NUMBER FOUR, elms * Xl Ba OMINALLY three miles in length by two in breadth, this little lake is reduced to half that area in the low stages of water, thus accounting for the landing of the steamer ina creek a mile cr more away. A vast plain of waving reeds and salt grass surrounds the lake on three sides; on the eastern, the pine woods come down to the shore, offering the only landing. Having boats of our own we succeeded in evading the extortionate charges of the lightermen, and pitched our tent in the pine barrens, a mile from the lake. The morning after our arrival I sallicd out to taste the pleasures my observations the day previous had prepared me for. The breezy freshness of that morning comes to me now as I write, laden with the odor of flowers and the songs of birds. The quail called from an old field in the hammock; the woodpecker rattled joyously over the pines, and that odd bird, the fish crow, ‘‘haw-hawed” from the broad-limbed, moss-draped live-oaks. As I reached the shore, I caused a flutter in the vast swarm of tinge feeding there, and provoked the‘‘killdeer,” that pest of the shore, to send forth a warning cry. Overhead, the graceful sea- mews winged their way, anon dipping into the water for food. The fishhawk drew from the lake a mighty bass, but hushed his exultant screams, and fled in sudden terror be- fore the piratical attack of the eagle. Ranged along the shore were the various representatives of the heron family, from the watchful great blue to the wary and graceful snowy heron. Starting up the busy multitude upon the shore, I let fly a single barrel at them, picking up near thirty birds, yellow legs, killdeer, and red breasted snipe, Then, (for J wasn’t bloodthirsty at all, and cared more for variety than quantity,) 1 deposited my birds in a place of safety, and cautiously waded through the long matted grass, the abode of moccasin snakes, to a space swept clean by fire. Scarcely had my feet touched its border, when my ear was delighted with the sound welcome to all sports- men, ‘‘scaip, scaip,” denoting the presence of genuine snipe, From every side, before, behind, came that welcome ‘‘scaip,” as the birds arose at my approach, or at the report of my gun. Wisps of them would launch into the air, whence after a few fantastic evolutions they would return to earth again. I frequently got double shots, and might have loaded myself, but as there was no one near to share the sport, and future wants might ueed supply here, I drew off early, depositing my booty with their cousins of the shore. This was sufficient for the small birds, and launching my boat and running out from the little creek, I made an onslaught on a flock of coots, (for coots’ breasts and drumsticks are good, well broiled,) and then skirted a broad bay, where were feeding large flocks of pin-tail ducks, teal, and scattered groups of black ducks, Without inflicting upon!the reader a detailed account of the approach, through blind ponds, and within shot of countless hundreds of busy plover and snipe, I will add that there shortly reposed a goodly pile of well favored ducks in the bottom of my boat. It was now near noon, and while munching my frugal lunch, I cast about me for some larger game more worthy of my labor. Running my eyealon @ the shore, saw wher- ever a sandy reach stood out from the reedy margin, doz- | ens of long, black objects stretched motionless upon the snowy sand. These were alligators which the sun had call- ed from the depths of the lake to enjoy his beams in the open air. There were all sorts and sizes, from the little snapper, a foot long, to the old bull alligator of a dozen feet in length, patriarch of alarge tribe. Softly paddling my boat up a crooked creek, I watched the ‘‘gators” as they slipped off the banks into the water, where they would remain an instant watching me, then disappear. Soon came my op- portunity; rounding a sharp curve, I discovered a nine- footer, fast asleep, with mouth wide open. . The vul- nerable parts of the alligator are the eye, ear, and the heart, This I well reached by placing a shot behind the fore leg. knew, but just as | sighted his ear, a snake slipping into the water, distracted my attention a trifle, and the bulk of the charge was placed too far behind. It seemed to be ef- fectual, however, and running my boat alongside, I essayed to roll him in. As his paws were working convulsively, af- fording no hold, I stuek my bowie knife full into his eye to facilitate operations.’ This seemed to have an enliven ing effect, forhe at once commenced a series of gymnastic evolutions that would have struck terror to the heart of Dio Lewis himself. Finding that he was retreating toward the creek, carrying my eighteen inch bowie with him, I seized my gun and stretched him upon his back with quiv- ering paws. Then rolling him into the boat, I soon had him at the landing. As the best time to skin an alligator is while he is warm, and some say kicking, I skinned him at once. Cutting a slit down the back of each paw, and run- ning a continuous line from the under jaw to the tail, just below the bony mail, on each side, I removed the skin easily by pulling from the tail toward the head. Observing an alligator on my way back seemingly two feet longer than the one secured, I determined to cap- ture him. Rowing cautiously along shore, I at length espied him crawling under water torward a narrow though deep creek. Getting between him and the object he was aiming for, I stopped him, and he finally seemed convinced that the pest thing he could do was to lie still, I fancied I could discern a sinister gleam in his eye, that boded evil in case we came in contact. Placing my gun across the thwarts, and pushing carefully toward him, I held myself in readiness forzattack at any moment. But he seemed to fancy himself so secure with the slight covering of water over him that the boat almost grazed his side before I had sent the contents of one barrel of my gun into his ear. Contrary to my expectations he lay motionless, and instead of shooting the boat out of reach of his tail, as I was prepared to do, I lay alongside, and passed over his head a noose of stout line preparatory to towing him ashore. No sooner did he feel the line tightening about his throat than he con cluded to come to life again, and after a few preliminary kicks and flourishes, proceeded to roll over and over, much to my grief and discomfiture. With strange shortsighted- ness I had omitted to cast off the line from the bow of the boat, and now that the ‘gator was winding it about him with the rapidity of a patent windlass, I suddenly thought of it; but ’twas too late. of the boat, I held on till my arms seemed about to bid me good bye, and the sides of the boat cracked again and again. Then he stopped, but justas I had dropped the line and started for my gun, he commenced again. This time he untwisted what he had twisted before, and commenced twisting in another direction, and when he had drawn ont the last available inch, and I was thinking sadly what a good boat this used to be, and whether my friends would find me before dark, he stopped again. In gratitude for this action on his part I ought to have cut the line and let him go; but ne, my bloodwas up, and I determined to con- quer at allhazards. Carefully drawing the gun toward me, I opened a ragged hole in the top of his skull in such short metre that he hadn’t time to tighten up on the rope. Then after resting and reloading, I attempte! to roll him into the boat. This time he was as dead as it is possible. for ’vator to be, I knew; but when, just as I had him poised on the rail, he made a fearful lunge and came down in the boat where [had wanted him, I was astonished, Iwas so as- tonished that JT immediately jumped out on the other side where the water was leg deep in order to get a better view. When Thad looked at him to my satisfaction, I didn’t get In, Oh, no. That boat was only built for one; two crowd- ed. Though his head seemed as inanimate as a log of wood: his tail seemed charged with concentrated lightning, A little wriggle and the thwarts would fly in all directions, A short, sharp rap and the boat seemed to crack from stem to stern. If a dead alligator acted thusly, how would one ii the “full vigor of early: manhood” act? I begun to fear I had “missed my ¢alling;” that alligator shooting was not my forté. The more I thought it over, the stronger was my Bracing myself avainst the rail conviction. By rapid calculation, the boat would go to pieces in just eighty seconds. Then where, oh, where would Ibe? It was half a mile to the landing, and deep creeks and bays intervening. My friends were all hunting further east. Seeing just then that he had stopped wriggling, I ventured to getinto the boat. I have an impression that I didn’t make much noise; and I also have an impression that I made that half a mile in tolerably quick time, and the per- spiration that streamed down my face wasn’t altogether caused by the heat. Gathering my birds together, 1 returned to camp to find iny friends engaged in skinning a deer they had just shot, and planning an excursion to a neighboring lake for heron. Notwithstanding my weariness, ‘after placing a pound or two of venison and slap-jacks where they would benefit me most, I was ready, and launched upon the lake just as the sun went down. Having a trolling spoon, I drew forth from their retreat several broad tailed black bass with mouths like steel traps and possessed of the strength of young alligators. After an hour’s rowing and wading, we burst through the cane-brake and emerged into a little lake, upon one side of which was a longglow willow island, from which scores of herons silently flew away. Concealing our- selves, we waited. Soon they came; by dozens and fifties the immaculate and glossy plumaged birds approached. Then the firing commenced, and continued tiil each one was satisfied and ready to return. Emerging from the canes, and rowing across the lake we returned to camp laden with birds nearly as large as ourselves. Inthe soft moonlight we lookedstrange and ghost-like with our burdens of white. Leaving the preparation of the birds till the morrow, we kicked together the embers, arranged afresh the light- wood knots, and soon had a delicious aroma of coffee and venison enveloping us. Then to our beds of pine boughs, to sleep as only tired hunters can. Such was a representa- tive day at Salt Lake; one of many with varied scenes and incidents. FRED. BEVERLY. a rn WILD TURKEY SHOOTING. —__4~—___—_—$— HANNIBAL, Missouri, November, 18738. Eprror Forest AND STREAM :— In answer to your request for an account of a hunt after wild turkeys, allow meto jot dot the results of a day’s sport. My usual mode of hunting the turkey is by stalk- ing, while there isa good tracking snow. Many are often killed in the autumn before they are fully grown, when they become comparatively an easy prey to the hunter, who coolly knocks them off from the trees in which they will alizht when frightened. They are occasionally hunted by parties who, obtaining sight of a flock, watch them care- fully so as not to disturb or frighten them until they go to roost, and deliberately pick them off; but this hardly seems to be sport. The necessary equipments for stalking are a good gun, a turkey call, clothing as near the color of dead leaves as possible, and some knowledge of the habits of the game. One clear bright morninga trio fully equipped started for a certain portion of the Mississippi River bottoms, some - three miles away, the said trio being composed of B., C., and the writer. Some forty minutes’ drive brought us to ‘the foot of a once cultivated field, but now abandoned to weeds and undergrowth. B. and myself got down and proposed to skirt the east side of the field to see if we could discover any fresh signs, agreeing to mect C. at the upper end of the field,-along the west side of which he was to drive, and in the mean time to keep a sharp lookout for signs. B. and myself had been on the search but a few moments when we found the trail of two turkeys that had entered the field, Carefully and silently we followed the trail through its devious windings, with our fingers on the trig- ger, expecting at any moment to see a body of dark glisten- ing plumage rise from some tangled mass of weeds or clump of brush and start away in rapid flight. We had followed the trail but a short distance before it separated, and B. followed one track and I the other. In afew moments as, who was in a position to see the upper end of the field saw a vurkey fly across and alight in some tall weeds on the east side. Quickly leaving the trail that he was on, he made his way as silently as possible toward where the turkey wert down, but the wary ear of the bird soon detected the noise and took to wing, but too late, for with a steady hand the gun was brought to shoulder, a quick eye glanced over the glistening barrels, a sharp report rang out on the clear frosty air, the extended pinions were suddenly arrested, and with a heavy thud one of America’s grandest game birds succumbed to the skill of the hunter. Supposing that B. had flushed the birds that we had been following, T hurried forward to where he stood, and then learned that such was nét the case. Ialso found that C., in the mean- time, had reached the upper end of the field, and had seen a couple of turkeys fly across it, and that he had followed 4 trail which led into the timber on the east. As the flock was scattered he had taken up his position behind a large tree, and with his caller was giving an occasional ‘““keouk” in imitation of the note of a turkey. B. and myself soon joined him, taking up our positions behind trees at a short distance, and waited quietly for the answering call of a turkey. We had not long to wait before ‘‘keouk” was heard, and in a moment more, with head erect, and swiftly moving feet, a magnificent gobbler came into view, with eye and ear on the alert to discover his missing comrade. He had hardly approached within range of C. when a mo- FOREST AND STREAM. tion of some one arrested his attention, and I will here re- mark that while a turkey will approach very nearly toa person if he remains perfectly motionless, they are very quick to discover the least movement, and also, if they have the least suspicion about the call note, whenever they stop to look they are very apt, in case there is a tree about, to stop behind it and with just their neck and head ex- tended peer cautiously ahead. The moment he discovered the suspicious movement he turned to fly, and at that mo- ment C. sprang from behind his tree and with a quick aim fired. The turkey had spread his wings to rise, but quickly closing them again as he discovered they would not obey his will he darted forth into the thick brush, running the gauntlet past B. and myself, who gave him a shot each, although at long range. It was evident that he could not fly in consequence of a hit on the wing; but he had a first- class pair of legs under him, and I wish to say that the hunter who thinks a turkey is his meat because he can’t fly has a very poor conception of their powers of locomo- tion, or the ready instinct which teaches them many “‘ways that are dark.” It is then that the sportsman must possess gome endurance and have some practical knowledge of tur- keyish tricks, and know when and where to look for him, | or he will assuredly come to grief, and discover (as the wri- ter often has) that after along and hot pursuit through tangled weeds and underbrush that Mr. Turkey has given him the slip and made good his retreat. I took up the trail of the wounded gobbler, while B. and C. took up,a fresh trail which they had discovered. I followed with swift and wary footsteps for about half a mile, when the trail entered a mass of tall grass. Here I knew full well I might at any moment see the old fellow break cover and dart away. I was following cautiously, when hearing a rustle behind me I turned just in time to see the broad tail of his lordship sliding down froma high logand disappear among the trees. My gun was quickly at my shoulder, but a pro- voking snap was all the result, while the turkey was going out of sight at a three minute gait. He had cunningly Jed me into the grass, and then doubling back on his trail squatted beside the log, and as soon as he thought I was far enough away to give him a chance to elude me had darted away. Iwas quickly in pursuit, and for the next half mile his course did not take him to any good hiding place, but it took him toa fence that skirted an old field. Along beside this he travelled for several hundred yards, endeavoring to find an opening to let him through, but being unable to find one, and all being still, as I was too far away to be heard, he carefully hid himself ina clump of weeds in a fence corner. _ But this time his strategy was unavailing, When I came up in pursuit he sprang to his feet and started for tall timber. I drew a bead on him, and this time, fortunately, my gun did not snap. A sudden stopping of the swiftly moving feet, and a spasmodic beat- ing of the snow with the broad wings, told me that my aim had been true, and as I stood qver that noble bird, with his dark plumage glistening in the sunlight, [said to myself, “Well done.’ Wiping the reeking perspiration from my face, for the pace had been a hot one, I threw the old fel- low over my shoulder and started for the wagon, and in doing so passed up the west side of the field first men- tioned, and there discovered that one of the turkeys of which B. and myself had been in pursuit in the earlier part of the day had passed through the field and taken to the timber. JI went tothe wagon and deposited my bur- den, and then concluded to return and take up the trail I bad abandoned, for turkeys, when in good cover, will often lie quiet for half a day at a time when aware that there is danger abroad, unless they ave very nearly approached. I had taken up the old trail, and was following it, when I was met by another hunter and stopped fora moment's conversation. In the meantime, B. and C., having fol- lowed their turkey for a short distance and killed it, had returned to the wagon, and were shouting vociferously to me to return, as they were anxious for their lunch, and I held the key. I reluctantly turned back, feeling at the same time that I was missing aturkcy by so doing. I re- marked to the party with whom [I was conversing that I believed there was a turkey not twenty steps away, and I had not gone thirty yards on my return before I heard the discharge of a gun, and turned in time to see a fine young gobbler tumbling to the ground. Will J ever cease fo re- gret my loss? We heartily ate our lunch, and took our way to the place where the turkeys had first scattered. B. and myselt soon struck another trail, and had followed it but a little time when from a fallen tree top another bird took wing. B., who was in advance, fired both barrels, the first without effect, but the second did not seem to be a clear miss. With careful eye I followed the turkey’s course, noting its move- iment and actions, When nearly out of range of my vision I discovered a slight irregularity in its course. A. little farther on and the wings stayed their regular motion, and the body plunged downward to the earth. Marking the place as well as I could from such a distance, we hurried forward, and were soon found by C., who had heard the reports. Reaching the place as near as we could judge, we commenced a careful quartering of the ground, and had at last nearly given up finding the turkey when ‘we were approached by aman coming from ah open field beyond us. We very naturally asked the question, “Did you no- tice a turkey fall in this vicinity?” He replied that he did, and judged that it had fallen near toa shanty that stood a little distance beyond on the skirts of the timber. A mo- - ment later he exclaimed, ‘‘Here is your turkey; what is left of it.” And sure enough, beyond a high fallen log lay the . Z. §., 1888. p. 4. 8%, vil, 888, 1871. bird, rapidly disappearing down the rapacious maw of @ half starved swine of the female persuasion. It seemed that she had stood nearly under the turkey as it fell, and no doubt thought it a good day for her that rained such food, and had fallen to with a will and about half devoured it while we were searching for the place where it fell. Never was the temptation to take the life of another per- son’s animal harder for me to resist than at that moment, and as we stood gazing at that famishing old sow, whose dry and wrinkled sides looked as if they would need soak- ing to hold water, I suspect that the presence of a small and needy looking family, coupled with the appearance of 1wo or three dirty and half starved looking faces at the door and windows of the aforesaid shanty, whose prospec- tive winter’s meat would be taken away from them, was the means of prolonging the life of the offender. But to say that we were mad, and spoke not, would be to draw it too mild. I claim that I am nota profane man, but for the sake of the law and the commandments I trust I may not often be thus tempted. Calling to a little boy who was passing out of the door he came reluctantly forward. We gave to him the remaining portion of the turkey, which we had replevined from the aforesaid swine, and bade him take it to the house. He departed with a broad grin on his dirty countenance, evidently pleased with the addition to the bill of fare which those remains would produce. We then retraced our steps. Brother sportsmen, as you sit beside your cheery fire and read this sketch imagine for yourselves how, after a long tramp through snow and wood, you finally had your pa- tience and perseverance rewarded with the capture of such noble game, and then to have it retrieved in such a manner, We were soon on the trail of another turkey. Ina few moments it broke cover from amass of weeds and tock wing. Again it happened that B. was in advance, and he quickly pulled trigger, the result of which was a broken wing, which brought him to the ground, and as he darted away through the wood C. sent a charge of shot after him, which brought him to bag. Soon after, C. and myself were on another trail, and had followed it but a short time when another fine gobbler rose from cover. ____—— Camp IN GENEVA PARK, CotoRADO, Nov..8th, 1873. Epiror Forest AND STREAM:— MONG the many different species of game in.a coun- try possessing such a variety there are none so diffi- cult to capture as the Rocky Mountain sheep, or big horns, as they are sometimes called. Living remote from civili- zation and the haunts of man—ranging along the roof of the Continent, on the almost inaccessible peaks high above timber-line, and endowed by Nature with keen scent and hearing, they are considered by hunters as being the most difficult to approach of any animal among the deer kind, | The horns of the male are sometimes of enormous size. Ihave seen them eight inches in diameter at the largest part, and weighing sixteen pounds. Those of the female are small and sharp, resembling the horns of the goat; in | fact, but for the horns, and a fine silky wool at the roots of | the hair, they might readily be mistaken for deer. They feed upon the short nutritious grass which grows upon the treeless ridges and ravines along the Snowy Range, and | when fat weigh from one to two hundred pounds. The flesh is very much like that of the deer, but jucier and of superior flavor. They are almost constantly on the move, ranging from one mountain to another, feeding as they go, and finding some rocky cliff sheltered from the Range winds, where they lie at night. Sometimes several hundred may be seen in one drove, but generally from two or three toa dozen. When pursued they make a break for the highest point of rocks in sight, where they stand looking curiously at the hunter as he slowly picks his way upward over the debris to get withing shooting distance. When that has been gained, however, the sheep have disappeared; zor does the tired sportsman get another glimpse of his game until he has reached the cliff they have just left, when they may be scen standing on some point higher up on the mountain, and still beyond rifle shot. Should the hunter have perseverance and plenty of muscle, he will probably follow them to the highest pinnacle of the Range to find at last that his climbing has Been in vain, and that _ the game he has been following so faithfully and hopefully have mysteriously vanished from his sight. The »nly successful method of hunting the mountain sheep is to get above them, unseen, and, if possible, get a shot before being discovered. In this way the herd get confused, not knowing which way to run, and sometimes four or five may be killed before they recover themselves. Once started, liowever, pursuit is useless. ‘Throwing back their heads they throw themiselves into space ‘as if shot from a cannon, and in a few minutes are miles away, tak- ing leaps of twenty or thirty feet, and hardly ever making a mishap, however rapid and headlong their flight... A. Now we thought we could distinguish a_ When the | - iondland Song a nd Garden. FOREST AND STREAM. “THE LAWN AND HOW TO MAKE IT, —_—_—__—___— — ‘Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod and wheel the comfort home; But clegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.— Cowper. NE of. the principle elements of the beautiful, as ap- plied to the art of laying out landscape gardens, is a goodly sized, well-made, well-kept lawn. “How shall we construct such a lawn as lies in front of Mr. H.’s fine residence?” said a gentleman to me last April. ‘‘y have just purchased some eighteen acres of good land, and it lies in a good situation for forming a good lawn, but I do not know how to do it.” This apparently frank question deserves an equally frank | and explicit answer. Every one well knows the fact that afine lawn, properly decorated with groups of trees and | shrubs, is one.of the indispensibles of landscape gardening. I do not mean to be understood, when I speak of lawns, that lrefer to many little green spots of ground of from one half to one acre of land, that one beholds in riding through many of our country villages. These I call ‘‘plats” of greensward; and there are many of them very well laid out, and answer the end for which they were designed. = ple shown by the Cincinnati 2 200 MORE ABOUT THE NEW YORK AQUA- RIUM. ———— ee A exceedingly interesting letter has been received by the Messrs Appleton from Mr. W. Saville Kent, of Brighton, England, in regard to the proposed aquarium at Central Park, which is published in the last number of Appleton’s Journal. Mr. Kent speaks of the advantages likely to accrue in an educational and recreative point of view by the establish- | ment of a grand aquarium in New York City. Once in working order, Mr. Kent anticipates remarkable results | from the stocking of the tanks with the wonderful marine fauna of the West Indies and with species from the Florida reefs, and even from the more remote Pacific. of transporting living fish in the United States—the aqua- rium cars—already pursued by the American Fisheries Commission, Mr. Kent thinks is of wonderful importance aS ameans of transit, and Mr. Kent predicts that the time may not be far distant when a well appointed aquarium, representing all the fauna of # marine world will illustrate this portion of Natural History quite as thoroughly as does to-duy a menagerie stocked with animals. In speaking of the Brighton Aquarium, the largest in the world, and the porpoises in the monster tank, Mr. Kent thinks there is no reason why the beluga, or white whale, some 15 to 16 feet long, which abound in the St. Lawrence, should not be captured and placed in our tanks. Some exceedingly curious fishes, as the bony pike (Lepzdosteus) and the paddle-fish (Polyedon), remarkable examples of ex- tinct races, and only found in the United States, would, if captured and put in the aquarium, lead to new fields of research. ‘‘Another zoological problem,” says Mr. Kent, ‘tof the greatest consequence yet undetermined is associa- ted with the embryology of the king-crabs, the only exist- ing group of their class throwing light on the ancient pale- ozoic eurypteride, and forming a connecting link between the spider tribe and true crustacea, One species (Limulus polyphemus) is a native of America, and it may yet be left to the aquarium of the Central Park, New York, to furnish through this species the details deciding this important question.” The whole letteris a most excellent one, showing the practical and scientific knowledge of the writer, and we sincerely trust that before six months are over, the constructing of an aquarium in Central Park will be under the supervision of Mr. Kent. a —Since the English Palestine Exploration, under the patronage of Lady Burdett Coutts has been so successful, we are glad to learn that the American Expedition, under charge of Lieutenant Steever, has been most fruitful in its results. Some five months’ ago Lieutenant Steever arrived at Beirut, after five months’ of exploration, with many re- markable Archeological and Geographical discoveries. Some 600 square miles of the land of Moab have been trian- gulated, and eiaborate studies have been made of Nebo and Pisgah, and quite a number of rivers and streams unknown to travelers have been found. At an early day the Geo- graphical Society will hold a special meeting, when Lieu- tenant Steever will lay before the Society some of the re- sults of his five months’ explorations. We are pleased to state that numerous additional subscriptions to the fund of the Palestine Exploration have been received, and that many new discoveries are to be expected. 0 —Poor David Livingstone! There is now no chance for this ubiquitous explorer, for no less than two expeditions are after him. On the west coast Lieutenant Grandy, R.N., | left on June 16th from San Salvador in search of Dr. Livingstone, and on the east coast Lieutenant Cameron is trying to head the missionary traveler off. At late accounts Lieutenant Cameron was near the Lake Region with a fair chance of reaching a distant country where he would be likely to obtain information about Livingstone. There will be a wonderful discovery made some day. Whether geo- graphical or not, we are scarcely at present prepared to say, but certainly a mystery will be unravelled. —Itis stated that a line of steamers established between Pensacola and Havana would enable a traveler to go from Louisville to Havana and return within six days.—Lowzsville Courier-Journal. Yes; it is all very well to say “return,” but how about the passengers of the Virginius? i Oe —Cuban bonds are being purchased freely in Philadelphia at twenty-five cents on a collar. oe? i ____——____- —A horse at Murfreesboro, Tenn., is fond of meat diet and eats bacon and game with great gusto, ——— —Cattle men say that in no previous season has the grass on the plains ‘‘cured down” so finely as the present fall. et 9 —The Patrons of Husbandry now have ‘‘Granges” in | every State, except Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut. S$ oro —The cultivation of oranges in East Florida has had the effect of enhancing the value of real estate on all the navi- gable streams. i —Farmers of Tazewell Co., l., complain of wolves kil- ling sheep, the wolves coming right up to the barn lots after them: en rt} it ee —A bundle of shingles fell from a wagon on the ferry. boat the other day and struck fairly upon the head of a colored woman, who said, ‘‘ Y’oughter b’ shame to muss a a ——— i a — —_— > See mt Sees ee The system | eullud womi'n’s har dat away. I wish de shingles fell ova- FOREST AND STREAM. Sporting Glews from Abroad. “Listening how the hounds and horn, Cheerily rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Thro’ the high wood echoing shrill.” So sang the grand John Milton, more than two hundred years ago, and long before him, Twice in his rhymed ‘Treatise on the Craft of Hunting,” says :— **And for to sette young hunterys in the way To yenery, I cast me fyrst to go; Of which four bestes he, that is to say The hare, the herte, the wulf, and the wild boar, But there ben other bestes, five of the chase, The buck the first, the second is the do’. So undoubtedly may have thought that elegant assem- blage of ladies and gentlemen and fine horses who collected at a railroad station in the West end of London, Padding- ton by name, one day early in this month to follow her Majesty’s hounds from Salt Hill after the stag. We find no notice of the stag or the hounds having been brought up from London in the same special train, which might have been ever so much more convenient. At Bayles’ court the stag was found (in his box) all ready waiting, and was turned out, and with some difficulty having extricated him- self from the mob, off bolted the quarry, with some hun- dred horsemen and dogs at his heels. ‘The poor Baron (for so the stag is called) ran along wire fences, through plowed fields, over the London highroad, across a brickyard, and at last was taken in the garden of Mr. Drew’s cottage. It sounds a little bit tame when put inthis way. —_—_—- CORRESPONDENT of the New Hngland Farmer has written an exceedingly sound letter on the horse, and what constitutes a good horse, from which letter we lake the following: We have objections to the statement by Mr. Murray that speed and flight are the standards of appreciation and value. We believe that utility is the standard of value, and that the race horse, whether the runner or the trotter, is almost valueless unless we make his availability as a gambling in- strument a standard of value; and it does seem to us that this is the position the reverend gentleman virtually as- sumes; and we are not alone in this view, as expressed by others. To a certain extent, however, the stallion may be an ex. ception; its value may depend upon its ability to improve stock. Walue in this respect might be real, but the value of the gelding is entirely fictitious. Now I believe a good road horse is useful, and valuable because he is useful. When I was a boy I remember @riy- ing a mare fourteen miles inside the hour, accompanied b a lady, in an English gig, a vehicle with two wheels, which would weigh about 850 pounds, the lady and myself 250 pounds, making 600 pounds. This mare had had no traip- ing, no particular care, and was worked more or less every day, in a regular way. Mr. Murray’s 2:40 horse on the course has been trained for months; his whole work has been to get ready to trot a mile at his best speed; the sulky he draws weighs 60 pounds, the driver about 140 pounds, making together 200 pounds. The mare I drove never broke in the whole fourteen miles; her pace was ane steady trot, with neither skip. nor break. Now when the paina taken to get amilein 2:40 is compared with the achieve- ment of this mare, under the circumstances, it seems to me the 2:40 performance dwindles to an insignificant affair. T own a mare to-day which I keep to plow, harrow, draw out manure, and drive. She brought myself and wife from South Framingham depot to my house, a* distance of ten miles, in fifty-five minutes. She trotted steady the whole way; was harnessed to a common sized top-buggy, drawing about 700 pounds. This was done without the use of whip, without any training, and on only common feed. The sume mare harnessed to a double-seated beach wagon has carried four persons from Boston to my house, a distance of twelve miles, in one hour and twenty minutes. I call this mare a horse of value, because a horse of utility; in which are combined speed, strength and endurance. ° Yet she was never trained, has no pedigree, and is not a perfect horse. I have never driven her so fast that she could not eat as soon as she entered the stable—something a 2:40 cannot do when he has trotted a mile in his best time; but must then have the best of care—two or three men to rub him dry, and everything possible must be done to restore his exhausted energies. This nursing cannot be given to our common business horses. If after a few miles sharp driving they have a blanket thrown over them it is all, and many times even this is omitted. Mr. Murray says that old Topgallant trotted his sixteen miles in forty-five minutes and forty-four seconds. Compare this with the time of the two mares to which I have referred, and it appears insig- nificant indecd. But when we consider that he had been in training for weeks for this purpose; that everything had been done which art could accomplish to perfect him in this work; then remember that he did not trot these sixteen miles consecutively, but in four mile heats: that at the end of each heat he was rubbed dry, allowed to breathe and rest, and brought almost frésh to the succeeding heat; that it took much longer time to rub him dry between the heats than it took to trot them, so that we shall find the time oc- ° cupied in accomplishing these sixteen miles was over two hours, with at least two grooms to assist, and that he did not ‘draw over 200 or 220 pounds, and that over ground made the most favorable to the effort—it appears to us that after all it was no very great achievement; that there was really nothing of a usetul character, but was simply a gam- bling operation that made its owner rich, and many others poor. If allthe breeders in the country should follow the advice of Mr. M., and produce three minute and 2:40 horses, how profitable would this kind of horse breeding be? Sup- ply and demand regulate prices. In this case what would be the price of a fast horse since every one would be fast? Then let it be understood that although you breed from the fastest horse and the fleetest mare, some of your) colts may prove fast, and if not fast they would be worthless, because good for nothing else. But let the farmer ask this ques- tion— W hat kind of horses are most in demand? Common observation, aided by a little common sense, would answer, every.day horses; good road horses; horses with good stylish gait; horses that can make from seven to eight miles an hour; horses -that have strength to draw our hackuey coaches, our omnibuses and our horse cars. We want good stout twelve to thirteen hundred pound horses for our farms, and we want the heavy dray horse of from fifteen to twenty hundred pounds for the cities. These horses have a commercial value, and a degree of utility which the coun- try never fairly realized until last fall, When that fearful malady swept over the country and kept the horse from our streets—suspending commerce throughout the whele coun- try. Now if all the fast horsesin the world had been thus afflicted, and our common drudges had been spared, we should have realized no inconvenience. SS ee: TROTTING ON THE Ice. —There is every reason to believe that during the present winter there will be more public trotting contests than ever before. All over the country the trotting men are bestiring themselves and promising to bring on an issue soon after the snow commences to flv. The following are likely to be the leading events of the season, and we advise the different Associations to give timely warning of their intentions. Last year several meet- ing were poorly patronized, simply because the managers did not give sutticient publicity to their programmes. Horse owners like to be posted in time. ‘Toronto Brantford Hamilton, Barrie, Orillia, Port Hope, Cobourg, Grafton. Picton, Brockville, Ottawa and Montreal. In addition to these there wlll be numerous re-unions in the province of Quebec.—Toronto Sporting Times. Anoint the inside of a horse’s ears with a aA or two af knile de cade, so says a French horseman, (an sily liquid obtained from the wood of juniperus oxycedrus), and it will save the animal from annoyance by flies. The oilneednot _— _be applied more than once a week, and it is perfectly harm- Soe SS a Se OE wi eS wl = —— - Shot Gun and Rifle. ese te GAME IN SEASON FOR NOVEMBER. ee Moose, Alces Malchis.) Caribou, Tarandus Rangifer.) Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis.) Red Deer, Caricus Virginianus.) Rabbits, common Brown and Grey.) Squirrels, Red Black and Gray.) Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.) Quail, Ortyx Virginianus.) ymbellus,; Pinnated Grouse, Cupidoria Cupido.) Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus,; a Se oT, — ee See | Under the head of ‘Game, and F1isn im Season’' we can only specify im general terms the several varieties, because the laws of States vary so much thot were we to attempt to As age we could do no less than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in question. This mould require a great amount of our space. In designating game we are quided by the laws of nature, upon which oll legislation is founded, and our readers would do wel to provide themselves with the laws of their re- anective States for constant reference. Otherwise, our attempts to assist them will only create confusion.] SS SS ——-On Saturday, November 22d, we paid a visit to Hemp- stead, L. I., and its vicinity, for the purpose of deriving some accurate information as to quail, &c. We stopped at Hewlett’s Hotel, an old comfortable house where every at- tention was shown us. We were told that quail cculd be found in the immediate neighborhood. Mr. Hewlett pro- posed to drive usout and verify his statement, and we were nothing loth, as the weather was lovely and it was the finest day for shooting we ever saw. About five miles from Hemp- stead, passing through excellent quail cover, is a tavern called the Sportsman House, kept by B. F. Sammis, at Smithville, a clean, small house, the landlord having evcry appliance for quail, snipe and duck shooting, such as boats, | stools, &c. We saw a young setter tied up in the barn and proposed to see some of these bevies. Not three hundred yards from the house the young setter (Webster Stock,) pointed; we waiked in and killed two quail, and following up the bevy killing another, after which, turning our steps — towards a spring swamp, the dog came to a point, when up jumped an old cock, which was killed, also another about fifteen minntes afterwards. expedition, but only to ascertain the facts of the case, since, when inquiry is made in regard to game, the reply almost invariably is, ‘‘Oh, yes, plenty,” which really means that the person has seen one bird or so a week or two before. There is, however, no doubt that in this section the quail shooting is fairly middling, with good cover, easy walking and the brush not above the middle of the body. —The Staten Island Shooting Association of Port Rich- mond, although less than five months old, now numbers 116 members, including many prominent residents of the island. ‘Their object is chiefly to prevent the destruction of game out of season, and at their instance several persons have already been arrested and heavily fined. They also devote attention to the propagation of quail, grouse and small game. —Messrs. Polhemus and Mr. Harry Palmer, of Niblo’s, went to Chesapeake Bay last week, and shot a hundred brace of canvas back duck. Heavy work ! —R. Robinson and party, from Brooklyn, killed, in Ohio, over 400 quail in ten days’ shooting; three guns, two brace of setters. —The shooting on the eastern shore of Virginia has not been so good last week, the weather having been stormy and the fowl shy and scattering. Many sportsmen have left the several islands, —No reports from Chincoteague, Hog, or Mockhorn — Islands. —At Nott’s Island, Va., there were five swans killed last week, besides immense numbers of geese and black ducks, Brant are wary and hard to kill, as they refuse to notice the stools. The ‘‘calling” is by no means equal to that of the Currituck or Cobb’s Island gunners, — edly |e eod tLe ed cool et boetine + 0 AMS AGUS AVC ype Oe eres ll Fy lies) orylfen fos pe vl 1 1 UND CAE AeA : ib pe 1 |2 i ji Pale: 8 IDE NES ye SAR nes Se | Tale sys a le 1 Abraham...........+ Sal al fe qc sce Laat og esta | B Sl ce [2 16 Fale E 3 3 /14/8 78 [4 [2 Ez 5 (5 | 87 PIGEON SHOOTING. .—Theiv were three pigeon matches shot at Babylon, L. I,, on Saturday, November 22. The day was most beautiful and the shooting excellent, The birds were cf the usual kind, The first match for $100 a side, between Ira Paine and Mr. Deforest, 15 birds each, 21 yardsrise; Mr. Deforest shooting at 21 yards, Ira Paine at 25 yards. Paine—1, 0, 1, 0,0, 1,1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1—Killed, 10. Deforest—0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1,1, 0, 1, 1, 0, O-—Killed, ha _ The second match between Ryan and Deforest, 39 birds each, 21 yards for $500 aside. This match was a tie and they agreed to draw the stakes. Killed, 28. Rye — be Ty dl, ee tl Ac Ae tects tere th acta nly wee Oy len Od ete AS el ac): ia 7; Deforest—1, 1, 1, 1. 4, 1, 0; 0, 4,0, 4,4, 4, 4, 4, 1,404 Leaky ty, 1, 050,15 bred ) | The third match between Mr. Livingston and Mr. Lamson for $25 a side, 25 birds each, 21 yards; Livingston shooting -at2l yards, Lamson at 22 yards. . _ Livingston—t, 1, 1,1, 1,1, 1—Killed; 20, 2° .. Lamson—1, 1, 0, 1,4, 1, 1, 1,1;1,1,1,1, 4 9, SIGUE (C10 mesh: Ameer pemee Tena Ci 8) eae 1, ty AA, ld Pre, te 0, _ - o 0, 1,.0 ” s _ —James. Storey, of Sheffield, England, and W. EB. Hard- ing, of this city, run to-day at Providence, R. I, ten miles for $2,000.- "~~ > a -—The New York Caledonian Club will hold ‘an athletic meeting to-day at the New York Athletic Club grounds, One Hundred and Thirtieth street, Harlem. = ENGLISH BrnnrARps.—When ‘men can be found who, like Cook, not only in a match play for, but make such marvelous strokes, what may not happen in the billiard world in the next ten years? It was not uncommon to hear it said that we should never see anyone like Roberts; and we recollect a marker, an old man, ataroom in Ox- ford street, who used to maintain the opinion single-handed against the jeers of almost everyone who. frequented them, that “‘biliards was yet in its infancy, and that before lone: Roberts’s breaks would be thought nothing of.” This old man seems truly to have had the gift of prophecy, and we wonder what the old habitwés of the room in question say to the present handicap which takes place at the Guildhall Tavern on the 8th of next month, where éiree men ure handicapped to give Roberts 120 points ina game of only 500 up, two second-class players give him ten, and four more start level with him?—Land and Water. Inter-Cottectate Foor Bant.—Princetin vs. Yule.—A game of Foot Ball was played at Hami'ton Park, New Haven, on Saturday, Nov. 15th, between the Twenties of Princeton and Yale. The grounds were the lower portion of the inclosure of a half-mile track and opposite the judges’ Stand. The boundaries were well defined by posts and rope, while the turf was all that could be desired. Princeton having won the toss, chose the extreme end of the grounds with first ‘‘buck.” A ‘buck’ is when the ball is first kicked and opens a game. , The contest was a spirit- ed one for about forty minutes, when the ball became cut, and a delay of twenty-five minutes was necessitated, in order to procure another ball from the city. This interval was not without its benefit to the visitors. Yale hada style of “butting” against a man when in pursuit of the ball, and at first, our rustics (?) were unable to cope advantage- ously against it, but our men proved themselves apt pupils, and when play was resumed, the orange waved triumphant over many a wearer of the blue, who had ‘gone to grass.” The strength of our play was in keeping the ball in the centre of the field, while Yale worked vigorously on the flanks. The manner in which our boys ‘‘batted” and fol- lowed up the bali, was the secret of their signal success. The first goal was contested for an hour and twenty minutes, when Beach kicked the ball over the goal and Princeton had started the ball of victory rolling. This termination of the first goal seemed to iake all the “vim” out of the wearers ofthe blue. Our boys at first acting rather on the defensive, and saving their wind, enter- ed upon the second contest with renewed zeal and vigor. In twenty-five minutes the ball again was sent through the goal by Beach, with the representatives of Princetou in high spirits. The third goal was won in ten minutes, the ball being forced home from the start, while Yale seemed utterly powerless to prevent their defeat. Elder is accorded the credit of kicking the ball home. The fourth goal was commenced, but this time the game had to be called at five o’clock, to allow our men to reach the 5:20 train for New York. The best of feelings prevailed between the contestants, and we cannot speak too highly of the courteous and gen- tlemanly treatment received at the hands of those whom we yisited. We sincerely hope that other institutions, seeing our spirit of brotherhood, may follow in our footsteps, and that each College may form a potent and enduring link in the chain of fraternal affection and generous rivalry. The players were :— Yale—Deming and Peters, Post Graduates; Halsted, Stokes, Waterman, Humphrey, Scudder, Bushnell, Sher- man, Bristol, Melick, Robbins, Porter, Guern, Dunning, and Henderson, of ’74; McBirney, Avery, Grinnell, an Hotchkiss, of ’75. Princeton—Marten and Chambers, Theological Seminary; Beach, Bittenbender, Dershimer, R, Boyd, Huston, Van Deventer, Cowart, Cooke, and Whittlesay, of °74; Biddle, Elder, Moffat, Lionberger, Hutchinson, and Rodgers, of 75; Dennie, Woods and Sheets, of ’76. Umpires—Mr. Kelly for Yale, Mr. Peckett for Princeton. referee—Mr. Harvey of Princeton. CHAMPION. — .—An interesting series of quoit matches took place at Cleaver’s *‘Light House” grounds, Brooklyn, November 20th, the oceasion being the last match of the season in Brooklyn, and the return match of the series between Brown and Mitchelson, the first of which was won by Brown the previous week. The opening play of the after- noon was a scrub match between Messrs. Hudson and Peck on the one side, and Milicr and Woods on the other, the latter winning by creditable up-hill play by a score of. twenty-one to nineteen. The match between Brown and Mitchelson followed, with the appended result :-— Doubles Total Players. Scored. Singles. Blanks. Points PEBERGPTY tse wines 6 eats one aes er 6 19 29 1 1 (32) Ve a0) sage A Aol aed 5 Mirae OC 5 ‘align A 4 2 of Markers——Messrs. Hudson and Rollin. . This was supplemented by a test match between young Brown and the veteran Staylor, which resulted as follows: Doukles Total Players. Scored. Singles. Blanks . Points, SRB IOR Te ener ewe atte ans 4 13. 12 21 IBTOWIN, (23 2. oe Sta maeeccee 5 y 17 17 Markers—Messrs. Millerand Hudson. = _ —Estimate a toper as-you do a.reindeer: Take him by his horns. Bachting and —=—.— : _ HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. Boating. Se) DATE. | BOSTON. | NEW YORK. | CHARL’ST'N = bee es Vie «MESES a ae Sa treat ‘ih. m. ti. m. INDY 27H, Se, Pana & Sie 3! | 1 49 | 18 None oke. cura sat 6 4 2 50 | 2.4 Nov. 29 fi 3 | 3 45 Se TOR ae tem ee vce 7 59 4 44 3 59 SB [che Aa he poe: fr | ee a, 5 41 | 4 56 1D Ye(ch, ie Se ne ee | 9 49 | so) gett 3) | 5 40 TO CKGR. etiite Set ie ee 10 41 fe 5) I 6 41 Epitorn Forrest AND STREAM :— Isend you an account of the Beverly Yacht Club for the season. The club isformed for such yachts as are too small to be admittted to the Eastern Yacht Club, namely, those of thirty feet or under, on the water line, and at the end of its second year numbers over 100 members and about fifty yachts. The yachts are divided into three classes accord: ing to their size. There are five regular regattas each year, where prizes are given to the winning yachts with club al- lowances in each class. There is also in each class a cham- pion pennant which is taken by the first boat without allow- anee, and held till the,next regatta, finally becoming the property of the yacht winning it the greatest number of imes. In the following races the yachts are set down in the order of the actual time: First rezatta, June 23, at Beverly.—There was a good southeast breeze. The ist and 2d classes sailed overa nine mile course, and the 8d class a six mile course. Ist Class. Firefly, Fanchon, Arrow, Surf. The Firefly took prize and pennant. 2d Class. Peri, Water Lilly, Curlew. Peri took prize and pennant. 3d Class. Nora, Bessie, Bluebell, Frolic. Nora took prize and pennant. Second Regatta, July 12th, at South Boston. There was a light breeze from the southeast. Course for Ist and 2d classes was eight miles; 3d class, six miles. ‘1st Class. Fire- fly, White Wing. 2d Class. Peri, Avon. 38d Class. Frolic, Norz, Bessie, Virginia, Pink, Merlin. Tirefly, Peri, and Pink took the prizes. Firefly, Peri and Frolic the pen- nants. Third Regatta, July 28th, at Nahaut. ist Class was di- vided into two divisions, sloops and cat-rigs. Two prizes were offered in each division, as well.as in the third and second classes, conditionally that over two boats should start in each division. Sloops, Waif, Fanchon, Surf. 1st Class cat-rigs, Firefly, Lady Clara. 2d Class. Peri, Maud Curlew, Water Lilly, Avon. 38d Class. Tulip, Pink, Frolic, Nora, Bessie. Waif, Firefly, Peri and Pink took first prizes. Fanchon, Maud, Tulip, took second prizes. Tire- fly and Peri took the pennants for the third time, and con- sequently keep them. ‘Tulip took 8d class pennant. August 2d, the club started in company with the Dor- chester Yacht Clab on the annual cruise. The following yachts assembled at Hull: Firefly, Fanchon, Ruby, Surf and Fairy, of the Beverly club. Veritas, Jessie, Cruiser, Kel- pic, and Dolly Varden, of the Dorchester Yacht Club. From Hull the fleet proceeded to Cut river, iymouth, Barnstable, Provincetown, and hence to Marblehead, and dispersed on the 7th. Fourth Regatta, August 11th, at Swamscott.—Good easter- ly breeze. 1st Class. Firefly, Ariel, Surf. 2d Class. Peri, Thetis, Water Lilly, and Hebe. 3d Classs. Tulip, Frolic, Nora, Bessie, Pink, Sadie. Firefly, Peri, and Tulip took the prizes. Tulip also took the 3d class pennant . Fifth Regatta, August 30th, at Beverly. This regatta was open to all yachts of thirty feet or under, the yachts were divided and prizes were offered as in the third regaita. ist Class. Sloops, Fanchon, Waif, Surf, Arrow, Nellie J. ist Class. Cat-rigs Firefly, Ariel. 2d Class. Lizzie, Peri, Curlew, Water Lily, Hebe, Petrel, and Columbia. 8d Class. Tulip, Bessie, Frolic, Rose, and Pink. The Nellie J and Lizzie belong to the Lynn, Y, C., the Columbia to the South Boston, Y. C., the Rose to no Club, and the rest. to the Beverly Club. Fanchon, Firefly, Lizzie and Tulip took first prizes; Waif, Peri and Bessie took second prizes; and Tulip took third class pennant for the year. Sixth Regatta, September 6th, at Beverly.—For cups pre- sented by William Sohier, Esq.—ist Class. Fanchon, Surf, Firefly, and Ariel. 2d Class. Tulip and Hebe. 3d Class. Pink and Bessie. The Surf, Tulip, and Pink took the prizes. Several yachts tried to go round from, Swampscott, but were be- calmed, and arrived too late to start. The officers of the club are as follows:—Commodore, Edward Burgess; Vice Commodore, Wm. C. Loving; Sec- retary and Treasurer, Wm. F. Whitney; Measurer, W. W. Lewis; Regatta Committee, Walter Burgess, N. H. Gibbs, H. W. Lamb, C. H. Williams, Wm. F. Whitney. One of the boats belonging to the club, the Firefly, has made a better record, as far as the number of prizes goes, than any other yacht in the country. She was built last | spring by Pierce, of South Boston, for Commodore Bur- gess. Her dimensions are:—Length on water line, 21 feet 6 inches; beam, 10 feet; draught, 1 foot 10 inches. She sailed last season in six regattas of the Beverly Yacht Club, taking five first prizes and the champion pennant; in four regattas of the Dorchester Yacht Club, taking three first and one second prizes, besides the champion cup; and in one regatta of the Lynn Yacht Club, taking the first prize, making in all eleven first and one second prizes in eleven races. -The Peri was built last spring by Hereshoff for Mr. 8. Burgess, is cat-rigged, measures 18 feet on the water line, § feet 3 inches beam, 1 foot'6 inches draught, and has taken ‘the champion pennant, four first prizes and one’ second prize from the Beverly Yacht Club in five races; also taking the champion cup, three first prizes and one second from the Dorchester Yacht Club in five races. sae The Tulip was built in the spring of 1872 by Hereshoff for Mr. 8. Burgess, was sold this spring, and was repur- chased by Mr. Walter Burgess about the middle of July, after which she won three first prizes and the champion pennant, and one second prize from the Beverly Yacht Club in four races, and one first prize trom the Dorchester Yacht Club in the only race she entered. | The Waif was built last spring by Mayberry, of Quincy, for E, W. Codman, Esq., and though she was designed for comfort rather than racing, she took a prize in every race she entered.. She is sloop-rigged and measures. 28 feet 3 inches on the water line, 11 feet 10 inches beam, and 2 feet 5 inches in draught. All these boats are centre-board yachts, A. MEMBER. —Our article on American Oarsmen ¢s. English, which appeared in these columns two wecks ago, seems to have attracted a good deal of attention. We publish from the London Field another view of the matter, and let it past without commeut merely saying: Will you have the kind- ness to exert yourselves a little, in fact just sufficient to give us a trial over here for once, with ‘a good four-oared crew? for it will have to be first-class to win: ‘The decision of the Henley Committee to row all four- oared races without coxswains has not given general satis- faction, as it is felt that it is handicapping severely rowing clubs situate in places like Dublin, where it is not possible to get any coaching from the bank, and where men are obliged to rely for nearly all their good coaching on the mentor in the stern. The crews that have appeared from time to time on English waters from America, 10 whom we owe the intro- duction of coxswainless fours, were chiefly remarkable for every fault of form that, in addition to annoying every true connoisseur’s eye, prevent men from exercising their full strength to the advantage of their boat’s speed. We may fairly lay the account of this general want of form in a ereat degree to the too general use of coxswainless fours on the other side of the Atlantic; and it is to be hoped that our form may not suffer in coming years from the same cause. University men, however, are not likely to let themselves be behind the age in any point connected with rowing, and will spare no pains to prevent any new legislation with re- gard to racing having a prejudicial effect upon either their form or their speed.” Epucatine YAcuTsmpN.—In Hunt’s list there are given the names of between two and three thousand yachts, vary- ing from the stately 300-ton schooner of the Solent down to the little 5-ton cutter of the Thames and Mersev. Every one of these is called a yacht. Surely the Board of Trade does not imagine that the masters of all these are ever likely to pass such an examination as they put forward, or to teach these men how to handle a yacht in the fine weather of summer? Why, any one of these men knows better how to sail his little vessel—how to deal with her under any cir- cumstances in which bad weather or other causes are ever likely to place her—than any half-dozen sea-going captains you could find. ‘These latter have to hand over their ship to the pilot directly they come near the coast; whilst the yacht captains who are to be instructed know every nook and corner of the coast, every buoy, beacon, and set of the tide, as well as they know their own names, and nineteen out of twenty yachts never go out of sight of some one or other of these marks. As far as the larger yachts are con- cerned, some of which do go to foreign waters, let the Board of Trade take care of the owners of these, if it thinks they are such fools as not to be able to take care of them- selves. JI presume no owner would go a distant voyage in his yacht without being thoroughly satisfied of the com- petency of his captain; 1 believe self-preservation to be a more powerful motive than any Government regulation, It must not be forgotten that yachtsmen go in their yachts themselves. A well-appointed yacht, large or small, has guarantees of safety traveling ships could not have. A yacht does not overload, and most yacht-owners consult their barometer and avoid going out in present or prospec- tive bad weather, from considerations of comfort to them- selves and others they may have on board. Every yacht carries the owner himself, often his family, all he holds dear in the world.—London Field. —The College Argus, Middletown, Ct., says+— The Wesleyan navy is growing fast, as will be scen when we say that the boat-house (which, by the way, is raised five feet from its old position) contains nine shell-boats owned in college, as follows: University practice boat just bought from Yale ’74, six months old, fitted with slid- ing seats and English oars; ’76, shell, bought from the uni- versity; °75, shell; °77, shell, bought from Yale ’75; °%6 gig; double scull, owned by Blake and Holcomb, 16; three single sculls, owned respectively by Stow, °75, Heermans ‘75, and Andrus, °77. The rents charged for use of the boat-house to persons in college will be: For six-oared boats, $15 per year: four oars, $8; and pair oars, $6. Closets extra. 7 Se ee —The rowing season is oar. 40. —_____. —The better part of a potatoe is the melior. SS 1 or —Theatres tre honest concerns, ‘They never have short weights. fat —~ ‘ wae. —A. Scotchman is ambitious of ganging hame; acriminal of hanging game, ae a 8 —We offer a line of the finest fishing rods to subseribers to Forest anp SrrEAm. See supplement, with this issue. . —_. $e 1 __—_—_— —Boys’ single and double barrel guns can be had by sub. scribing to Forest AND STREAM, See supplement with this issue. —————$——<$$_$__<— 2 ——_____ _—Every subscriber to FoREST anp STREAM may, in the choice of prizes, have a pair of beautiful engravings 10x14; entitled “Hunting” “and “Fishing,” aes FOREST AND STREAM. Art and Mrama. 5 San Academy of Music on Saturday last presented a scene of excitement that has had no equal in the way of a magnificent audience and genuine enthusiasm since the days of La Grange. The occasion was the presentation of Meyerbeer’s grand opera of ‘“‘Les Huguenots.” Many things combined for the creation of a genuine sensation. The difficulty of bringing together the numbers of first rate artists that are demanded is almost an insuperable diffi- culty; this was very satisfactorily overcome on Saturday. There is also a sort of religious influence in the air, called forth by the recent meeting in this city of the Christian Alli- ance, the revival of the pilgrimages to the shrines in France, the quarrels in Germany and Italy regarding eccle- siastical interference with the civil authorities, and in our own country those elements of serious thought that affect almost every one, found some food for illustrative senti- ments in the story of the Huguenots, and the refined circles of fashion had a new kind of stimulus added to the charms of the grandest music. The ladies crowded the parquette and the boxes, decked out in the grave but fascinating colors of the fall styles. There was something massive in the prevailing tone, for there was nothing “‘loud” or harsh to mar the general effect, while the waving ostrich plumes gave queenly grace and lightness that was unusually delicate and attractive, As the opera proceeded the pleasure of the audience was first evinced by flashing eyes; then white gloved and tiny hands dared to affect the motions of applause. The noise of approval was of course a myth, but the softly expressed encouragement evidently cheered on the Italians and grad- ually added fire to their semi-tropical temperaments, until they began to swell and grow animated, and at last, in the temporary triumphs of the moment, they became in feel- ing and spirit the realization of the characters they had assumed. On Nilsson the trembling atmosphere worked wonders. The lassitude and indifference that have characterized so many of her later performances entirely disappeared, and she rose to a pitch of grandeur that partook of the days when she earned her first triumphs. The action and reaction on the musicians and the audi- ence was to us more fascinating than even the musical har- monies. It is a great thing to see the charming women of our best society gradually breaking away from the stiff conventionalities of fashion and ignorance, if you please, of their just rights, and, abandoning themselves for the moment to the enjoyment of intellectual pleasure. In this excellent work the heavenly strains of the Huguenots were an unusual success. By the time the second act was end- ed the tongues of the,ladies broke loose, and their pent up feelings either had to find verbal expression or end in epi- lepsy. They preferred to talk and keep their senses rather than be unconscious and spoil their complexions, so, without waiting for introductions or any ceremonies whatever, they became universal, and gave expression to their euthusiastic admiration by rapturous exclamations of ‘‘divine,” ‘‘charm- ing,” ‘‘wonderful,” ‘‘heavenly.” Then came the spontaneous proposition that the success- ful artists should come before the curtain; and such plaud- its, such patting of kid gloves, such smiles of approval, such delicately flushed faces, and such glorious abandon that some of the really earnest beauties exhibited, were enough to place the grand opera ahead of all other dra- matic institutions, and make last Saturday’s matinée an event that will be memorable until something more excit- ing displaces it from recollection. It would be invidious on this occasion to make compari- sons, a general enthusiasm prevailing that seemed to unite Nilsson, Maresi, Cary, Campanini, Maurel, Del Puente, and Nanneti into a unity of representation. Minor faults for the moment disappeared in the general perfection, and when the several artists were, between the acts, called be- tore the curtain, each had an ovation; but Nilsson, it must be said, was, in the matter of answering a complimentary call, more charming than usual. Strange as it may appear, one half of this great triumph arose from the fact that the audience ceased to be cold and formal, and spontaneously agreed to be pleased. In all audiences not English or American this state of mind always makes the opera a ne- cessity, not a fashion. —The Maretzek Opera Company has gone to pieces. The season has been most unpropitious, and because the man- ager was under the necessity of reducing the salaries of Mme. Lucca and Mme. Murska they refused to sing. One or two important performances will not take place, and the money for tickets sold will be refunded. —The ‘‘Wicked World,” at the Union Square Theatre, ig a decided success. —On Saturday ‘‘The Liar” was brought out at Wallack’s. The name is the most offensive for a play that- could possi- bly be used. The performance was greeted by a fashion- able and crowded house. The management promises a succession of novelties. ~ —It is promised that the new Fifth Avenue Theatre will be opened on the evening of December 8d, with an open- ing address from the pen of Olliver Wendell Holmes. On Friday, the 21st inst., occurred the Griffith benefit at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Mr. Griffith, a gentleman well known in social circles, having adopted the theatrical profession, The plays of the evening were Victor Hugo's tragedy of ‘‘Ruy Blas,” and the farce of “A Kiss in the Dark.” Inthe latter piece Mr. Ed. Lamb convulsed the audience with his inimitable personation of Pettibone, his make-up being unusually effective. A vocal interlude in- troduced Mr. John Clarke in two of his best songs. —Mrs. Maria Jourdan Westmoreland gave a reading on Saturday last at the theatre of the Union League Club, en- titled ‘‘Social Myths.” She has intellectual ability, a fine personal appearance, 9nd that ease and grace of manner that promise great success. The audience was large and select. a Cincinnati, November 22, 1873. ROBINSON’S OPERA HOUSE. —The Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe have been drawing fine house all this week. They gave on Monday and Tuesday, ‘‘Sinbad;” Wednesday, ‘‘Blue Beard;” Thursday and Saturday, ‘‘Kenilworth,” Friday, ‘‘Aladdin” and ‘‘Sinbad.” Monday, November 24, E. A. Sothern as “Dundreary.” WOOD’S THEATRE. —Lawrence Barrett has been meeting with much better success this week. He appeared on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday in ‘‘Julius Ceesar.” the week he gave to fine houses ‘‘Rosedale.” vember 24, Furbish’s Fifth Avenue Company. Manager Macruley, of Wood’s, played Brutus to Mr. Barrett’s Cas- | W. L. sius. Aew Publications. ——_——_4+———_ [Publications sent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all hooks delivered at our Hditorial Rooms will be promptly acknowledged tn the next issue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advising us Of any omission in this resvect. desired, | BOOKS. ees Tare THE CHARACTER OF Sr. PaAun. By J. 5. Howson, D. D.; 12 mo. 314 pp. New York: Dodd & Mead. This is a work of a religious character, and as such will find many readers, First to recommend it to the religious community is the subject matter of the work. If any man at the present day is capable of giving an instructive, readable work upon the character of the great Apostle, that man is the Dean Hawson. Eminently fitted for his pleasing task, he brings an earnest, devout heart to the work before him. ‘T!e deep Christian faith, added to the thorough scholarship of the author, will not fail to lead the ‘“‘blind by a way they kuow not.” not fail to be impressed with the purity and kindly leadings of this emi- nently good book. The themes spoken of in this work are St. Paul as living a Christian life in the world, and being not an anchorite, or acetic, sour professor of a dead gospel. He speaks of his tact and presence of mind, as two remarkable eharacteristics of the Apostle’s success among hisfelliow men, Again, he notices with much plainness his tenderness and sympathetic heart, helping so many around him to bear with humil- | ity the burdens of life. Then of his great conscientiousness, his high- toned integrity, his thanksgiving, his prayerful spirit, his Christian cour- age, daring “todo all things for Christ,’’ and lastly, his perseverance in his Divine Master’s service, even to the close of his life, makes this work deeply interesting to every Christian who would improve his own spiritual condition, Wecan only say of this work, it commends itself to | every reader by its truthfulness and practical power. Hatr Hours wira tHe Microscope. By Edwin Lank- ester, M.D., F.R.S. Illustrated by 250 drawings from Nature. 12mo., cloth, $1.2. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. A complete manual of a very large collection of objects for the micro- scope. The story is told in a clear and conversational and practical talk with the young amateur. This work is very plain and easily to be un- derstood. The subject of microscopic examination of minute objects, both in-doors and out-doors, in the fleld, and by the side of the streamlet has given ns, personally, much real knowledge, valuable as a reference in after times, and always amusing. Speaking from practical experience with the microscope, we pronounce this “Half hour’s talk”? as an indis- pensable accompaniment to every one who would “look from nature up to nature’s God.” THE MoperNn Bases rN THE Woops. By H. Perry Smith and H. R. Wallace. I[lustrated. Columbian Book Company: Hart- ford, and Watson Gill, Syracuse. We perfectly agree with some other old-fashioned eritic, that the title of this book is a singularly unfortunate one, for it designates in no man- ner whatsoever the character of the contents or the object of the work, which is in reality the most complete guide to the Adirondacks, by long odds, that has ever been published. It gives the minutest details of routes, distances, localities, shooting grounds, hotels, expenses, and in other respects ‘‘does” the wilderness so thoroughly and intelligibly, that we see no need of any ambitious person attempting anything more com- prehensive or complete, until time has wrought such changes as to render a revised edition necessary. We speak in this matter from a large per- sonal knowledge of the Adirondack region, and, as in all other matters which concern the interest and comfort of sportsmen, are very much in earnest. The book is a fit companion for‘‘Hallock’s Fishing Tourist,”’ and resembles it in the care and accuracy of its preparation. ‘‘Babes in the Woods,” indeed! Why, this book is intended for sturdy, full grown men. It is published only by subscription, and can be obtained as above | or by personal application to E. R. Wallace, the author, at Syracuse. Price $2.50. Science oF Hatta; November No. Wells. New York: §. RB. “Sickly Country Girls,” is the heading of an article by Elizabeth Dud- | ley. She not only talks like a ‘book’ upon this subject of the future development of the healthy mothers of our Republic, but understands the whole theory of what constitutes delicate girls, of whom so much is written and spoken, but who are very seldom seen. Our lady friends should read carefully this healthy articlein Wells’ Monthly, and after reading endeavor to make themselves felt in the world by acting up to its wise suggestions. How many of our weak and sickly girls like those pictured in the above article will lay aside the silken robe, rise early in the morning, and by way of a change help mamma to do the accustomed duties of the family? We fear very few, if any, will feel the necessity for such a beneficial change. The contents of the number before us are as usual varied and instructive. Disease and its treatment, piano pum meling and many other timely topics make up the sum total of this valu- able vade mecum. Epmunp Dawn; Or Ever Forgive. By Ravenswood. G. W. Carleton & Co. Publishers. New York: 1878. This is a most fascinating book of home life, some of the scenes laid in New York,and written in a plain and easy style. The reader is carried in one portion of the book to Washington in times before the war, where one of the heroes enters political life, and incidents in the old regime of fifteen years ago are cleverly handled. Themotto “Ever Forgive” is the leading action in the ‘book, and the denouement shows both ingenuity and fa- millarity in romance writing. Here and there there is something of sad- ness about Edmund Dawn which but contraste with the pleasant ending. It ia an interesting book, and no doubt will be received with favor. The rest of | Monday, No- | | THe Story or GorTun’s Lire. By George Henry Lewis. | some charming romance. | boy-lover of fifteen years—although its ending was not such as he would All Christian men can- | vestigation asto determine the object of certain natural forces, such as | Tue Deap Sry, And other Stories. By Edward Garett, author of ‘Occupations of a Retired Life.” New York: Dodd & Mead, pp, 444. Why such a singular title should bs selected by our author for this work we cannotconceive. We fail to see its appropriateness. But then we do not pretend to know everything, Suffice it to say the anthor has notwithstanding thename, given usa half dozen very readable, improy- ing stories of the higher class of fiction. These stories are decidedly good, and should have a place in every Sunday-achool library. This will | do good, encourage the practice of many virtues that have been fora | long time barren of good. We expected much from the perusal of this | work; we are not disappointed; this popular book will have a large gale, | Tum Portican WorRKs OF EDMUND CLARENCE StEDMay Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. Every lover of grateful, flowing, polished verse; every one who loves poetry, will welcome, as a valuable and elegant addition to our American peetical works, this new contestant for public fayor. Beautiful ag it comes to us from the publishers, in outer embellishment, it is one of the | few books of poetry in which we are not afraid to look within. Some of these pieces have appeared before the public, and were then favorably | received. Our manyreaders will recollect the ‘‘Blameless Prince” ang | ‘Alice of Monmouth” as among their old friends. Well, here they ap pear again, with many other shorter poems. Very familiar with most of | the current every day topics of the out-door world, he gilds as with g tire of light every subject upon which he treats. We can recommend these poems as a fitting, chaste and elegant present for the coming hol- idays, With portrait; 1 vol.,16mo. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co. As a biography we have never seen it excelled. In style it is unexcep- | tionably the best ever published of this world-renowned poet. Complete | as a whole, the necessary omissions have not lessened the value of the | same. We can conscientiously recommend to all desirous of reading the | life of the great German poet (and who does not wish to follow him | through his works) to buy this one. Itis by far the best in print. There is a remarkable vein of candor and truthful speaking pervading this work | that at once gives one the idea that he who speaks of Goethe asa great poet, esteems him no less as a great and good man. We think Mr. Prices of books inserted when | Lewis, by his treatment of what might in some instances be called imper- | fections in his character or conduct,shows only amiable weaknesses, He is | quite severe, however, upon some of his theories, viz.: See his tilt against | the Newtonian Theory of Light. Did we not know we were turning the leaves of an eventful life-history, we should think we were revelling in How truly is his first love affair sketched—the have had it, was nevertheless disciplinary of good. Gretchen is also the } Gretchen of his early love, and much as he thought he loved her, he soon found solace in the affections of another maid. ELEMENTS OF PuysicAL MANIPULATIONS. By E. C. Pick- ering, Thayer Professor in Physics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. New York: Hurd & Houghton, Riverside press. The preface to this work truly states ‘‘The object of all Physical In- gravity, cohesion, heat, light, and electricity... The work proceeds to | elaborate by quite a number of experiments, interesting and familiar, the necessity of a work of this kind being almost a sine gua non. The whole course of experiments here presented by the Professor can. be carried | out at a comparatively small expense in any of our colleges, and a large amount of information given and received, Having carefully read this work, and having some previous knowledge of the subjects treated in the work, we pronounce the same, if carefully studied, just the book the student is in pursuit of. One that will give him not only a concise theo- | retical text, but a thorough understanding of the principles of all the science named within. The rules whereby one is to perfect himself, by the right modes and investigations in all the sciences, are clearly, concisely, and practically given in a manner so plain, that he who studies can learn and learn well what is herein written. We thank the author for placing before us the four years of hard study, and the publisher for the substan- tial style of the ‘‘Physical Manipulations. Wuat Can Sue Do? By Rev. E. P. Roe. Author of “Bamen Burned Away,” Play and Profit In My Garden.’ New York: Dodd & Mead; pp. 509. : Every one who has read ‘“Bamen’s Burned Away’ will with pleasure | turn to the perusal of “‘What Can She Do?’ expecting something very interesting and exciting. We think, however, they will not find this work quite up to the literary or graphic standard of Mr. Roe’s first book. This work has by no means the artistic or literary merit of ‘“‘Bamen Burned Away.” Still, we cannot in justice call it commonplace. We have, after a careful reading, come to the conclusion that, although it at- tempts to solve in a satisfactory manner one of the gravest problems of our American social life, it fails in the attempt. A slight analysis of the book give us a millionaire of to-day, surrounded with all that goldin profusion can give to him, high in social position on account of his wealth; to-morrow bankrupt, fallen from his high estate. False educa- tion has made his danghters fit companions only for men of great wealth. In his present state of absolute bankruptcy, for what situation are his daughters fitted? For the wives of poor men, honest, noble-souled, in- dustrious men, whom they in the days of their affluence shunned? Cer- tainly not, for such sensible men would not seek them now. No wonder that their elegant Dundreary suitors drop off one by one; no wonder that Tom Fleming, the exquisite, after a profound strain through his eye- glass at the ‘‘old man,” should ignore him altogether and pass him on the other side. ‘‘O no,’ says/he, “‘it will not do for a man of my expel- sive tastes to marry with a poor girl.” So what shall our girls do? 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The civil war of our own country, which was at its height when the last volume of the old work appeared, has happily been ended, and anew course of commercial and in- dustrial acitvity has commenced. ‘ Large accessions to our geographical knowledge have been made by the indefatigable explorers of rica. j Ate great political revolutions of the last decade, with the natural result of the lapse of time, have brought into public view a multitude of new men, whose names are in everyone’s mouth, and of whose lives every one is curious to know the particulars. Great battles have been fought and important sieges maintained, of which the details are as yet preseryed only in the newspapers or 1m the transient publications of the day, but which ought now to take their place in permanent and authentic history. 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See, like arch triumphal high, How it soareth up the sky, See, like heavenly rainbow bent, How its gorgeous columns climb, With majesty sublime. Now a grander pomp is there, Flaming thro’ the midnight air, . Blazing, flashing, shooting far, Loylier than moon or star. See, the Auroral Boreal show Fills the universe with glow, From the horizon to the pole, See the conflagration roll. Shooting flames and sparks ascend: All the hues of rainbows blend. Amber, amethyst and gold, _ Twistedjin one gorgeous fold, Gilding with supernal glow, Sailing clond and lunar bow. Gazing on the skies’ parade, How all earthly splendors fade! I. McLepan. One Hishes of East Mlorida. FROM NOTES OF A NATURALIST. HAD always supposed that the fishes of the northern coasts were of better quality than those of southern waters, but an experience of three winters on the east coast of Florida has convinced me of my error. In a day’s fish- ing at Mosquito Inlet, on the Indian River, we often touk six or eight species of edible fish, all of which were quite equal to those of the North. They are also very abund- ant, and not being much pursued are easily caught. This is particularly the case in the Indian River, where the ang- ler might say— “They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me,” The Indian River country is mostly wilderness, and can only be fished and hunted by camping out, which, how- ever, in a Florida winter, is delightful, the weather being much like the finest October days in the northern States. At New Smyrna, near the Mosquito Inlet, there is also sood fishing, and there is an excellent hotel, kept by E. KK. Dowd, (the Ocean House) mostly frequented by anglers and hunters from the North. Here you are near the fishing grounds, and behind the house stretches away to the south an immense forest and swamp, containing bears, panthers, deer, wild cattle, turkeys, quails, squirrels, and all kinds of ducks and water fowl. The house is clean, the table very good, the host and hostess obliging and friendly, and the charges moderate—about $14 per week. The route is as follows:—From Savannah, by rail, to J acksonville, ten or twelve hours; fare, $8. From Jacksonville to Enter- prise, on the St. John, per steamer in two days; two hun- ——, dred miles; fare, $9. At Enterprise you hire a wagon to take you through the pine woods thirty or forty miles to New Smyrna; time, twelve hours; perhaps more if the swamps are full of water; fare, $7. You can employ a day or two at Enterprise (Brock House) in fishing for black bass (here called trout) in Lake Munroe, or in hunting deer or wild turkeys in the woods. The expenses of a trip to Florida will be from $100 to $150 per month, according to the habits of the traveller. During parts of three winters spent in this region I made some notes of the food and game fishes, from which I have prepared the following sketches :— SHEEPSHEAD, (Sargus ovis), —_DEKAY. This is one of the most abundant species, as well as one of the most valuable as food. Though much more numer- ous than on the coasts of the middle States, they are of smallerssize, averaging at Mosquito Inlet and inthe Indian River about three pounds, A six pound fish is large, and a seven pound one is rare. The baits generally used are clams (better boiled, being tougher), crabs, “iddlers, and conchs, The latter bait is very tough, well resists the strong teeth of the sheepshead, but is, I think, less attrac- tive than the others. We find the best fishing usually in the channels which run along the banks, upon which is a thick grove of mangrove bushes; the roots of these are in the water, and are covered with barnacles, which attract the sheepshead. From half flood to high water they usually bite most eagerly, though here, as elsewhere, there some- times comes a day on which fish do not feed—affected probably by the wind or weather. lam disposed to believe, with Norris, that the sheeps- head found on the northern coast are the surplus produc- tion of more southern waters. In April, the sheepshead on the coast of Florida become heavy with spawn, and lose their fine flavor. I think they spawn in May. We often take them quite small, only a few ounces in weight. Most fishermen use a hand line, with two hooks resting on the bottom, but anglers find more sport in the use of rod and reel. A four pound sheepshead will make a strong fight, and a pair of them will try the angler’s skill to save both. Owing tothe hard payement of enamelied teeth in the mouth, it is difficult to hook this fish, and when hooked his jaws are so strong that few hooks can resist their power. After trying many kinds I have found but two that I could depend upon. One is the hook used at New- port for tautog, and the other is figured in Norris’ book under the name of the Virginia hook. It is the best of the two, having a sharp cutting edge to the barb, which gives a better penetration. Sinkers of different weights are re- quired to suit the force of the tide at different times, the sheepshead being a bottom fish. Two four, and six ounces will be found sufficient. We usually averaged a dozen fish to a line in one tide, even when half a dozen persons were fishing from the boat, most of whom were unskilled. I have taken twenty-five sheepshead in a tide to my own rod, and I have known two anglers to kill a hundied ina day. We used generally to fill a two bushel bag, hanging over the boat’s side in the water, so as to bring the fish home alive, and then put them inacar anchored in the creek in front of the hotel. REDFISH, OF CHANNEL BASS, (Corvina ocellata).—CuVvIER. This is a very common and numerous species on the Flor- ida coasts, and is a fish much resembling in habits its con- gener, the striped bass of more northern waters. It is taken with similar baits, such as shrimp, crab, or a piece of mullet; it fights long and hard on the hook, and in the proper season isan excellent table fish, boiled, cut in steaks, and broiled, or even fried. I consider it after the month of March to be equal to the striped bass. In the fall and winter the redfish is lean and without flayor, but improves in March, and in January it is the best of the coast fishes, as well as the most abundant. At that season it swarms in the river mouths and sounds, and can be taken with almost any bait. Itis also found of large size in the surf on the sea-beaches, and can be readily taken by casting a baited hook with a hand line from the shore. . Norris represents the redfish as ‘stringy, and lacking fla- vor,” while Herbert calls it excellent. Both are right, since its quality varies with the season, Mr. Norris, quot- ing Holbrook, describes the redfish as of a beautiful sil- very color, and iridiscent when taken from the water, add- ing that in the Gulf it is invariably red. I have found that specimens under seyen or eight pounds weight have | the back of a steel blue, sides golden, and belly white— the larger fish are of a brilliant golden red on Back and sides. All have the black spot near the tail, from which the specific name is derived. Sometimes there are two or more spots. The cut in Norris’ book gives a correct figure of the redfish, or channel bass. It comes into the rivers with the tide, and is best taken in the ch&nnels near the shore at half flood. As in sheepshead fishing, most per- sons use the hand line, with the bait on the bottom, but I have found better sport with a bass rod and reel to hold sixty or seventy yards of line, using a float to keep my bait within three feet of the bottom. The same hook as for striped bass; this fish has a tough, but not very bony mouth, and is easily hooked and held. In March and April we get them in the rivers and inlets of five to ten pounds weight; later in the season of larger size, say from fifteen to thirty pounds. My largest was taken by trolling with a hand line from a boat in the Indian River, and weighed twenty-five pounds. I have known a dozen to be taken by one rd in the spring, averaging eight pounds, but in sum- mera wagon load could be hauled out of the surf with a hand line almost anywhere along the coast from Mosquito Inlet to the Indian River. Sart WarEeR Trout, (Otolitus Curolinensis).—_Cuvier This belongs to the same genus as the weakfish, or sque- teague of the Middle States (O. regals), differing chiefly in this, that the southern species has rows of black spots on the back, like the lake trout of the Adirondacks, which it much resembles in figure. It is, however, not a salmonx, but rather allied to the perches of the order Ctenoid, of Agassiz. Our southern species is not much esteemed as food, becoming soft and flavorless soon after capture. It is a game fish, and affords good sport to the rod fisher; a very handsome and lively fish, from two to ten pounds in weight, andis taken usually with mullet bait. It is of very rapacious habits, and on a still night in spring and summer the snapping of their jaws may be distinctly heard as they chase the mullets and small fry in the creeks. Hol- brook gives a good figure of this species. THE Drum, (Pogonias cromis).—Cuvirr. HOLBROOK. There seem to be two species on the southern coast. Pogonias cromis is the black drum, the larger and coarser, sometimes weighing fifty or sixty pounds. P. Fasciaius, the striped drum, of ten or twelve pounds, is the better fish. They appear at Mosquito Inlet about April, and spawn, I think at that season. The roe of the drum, Salted, is a fa- vorite dish on the coast, and was formerly exported in large quantities to Cuba. In Charleston, Savannah, and St. Augustine the drum is the common dinner fish when in season, though I think it much inferior to the sheepshead or the redfish. Itis taken in the same way as its cousin, the sheepshead, and with the same bait, and behaves in the same way when hooked, though from its greater size and strength its capture is more difficult. This fish derives its name from its habit of emitting a hollow, drumming noise, principally, I think, in the spawning season. This sound, like the drumming of the partridge, is difficult to trace, as it appears to diffuge itself in space. (P. fasciatus), Tue Waitrxc, Bars, or Kinerisn, (Umbrina nebuloxa),— STORER. The whiting is considered one of the best of the south. ern fishes, and is prized higher by the natives than even the sheepshead; perhaps because itis a scarcer fish, We sel- dom get more than six or eight of them in a tide. The flesh is both rich and delicate, and the average weight about a pound; but its resistance is greater than would be expected from the size of #he fish, They are taken in rather deep water on the bottom, with either clam, erab, or mullet bait, The figure in Norris’ book is accurate. 258 FOREST AND- STREAM. Rep SNAPPER, or GROUPER, (Serranus erythogaster),—_CUVIER. This fish seems to be called by both names in different localities. In east Floridait goes by the name of “‘snap- per,” and is known’ by the large canine teeth and by its ra- ’ pacious habits; when put with other fish alive in a car it proceeds to devour those smaller than itself. It has large scales, with spines in the dorsal fin, and has been placed by Cuvier among the perches. At Mosquito Inlet they are small—from one to three pounds, but in the Indian River Inlet I have taken them of ten or twelve pounds weight, and I have seen them brought in from the Gulf of double that size. The snapper seems to hea wary fish, and re- quires finer tackle and more careful fishing than most of the coast species. Ihave found that a vather small hook, fine ine, with mullet bait cast from a reel, using a float so as to let the line run off down the current thirty or forty yards from the boat, was the most successful way to de- lude the snapper. It bites sharply, fights hard, and is good eating, either boiled or fried. Color, reddish brown on the back and sides, growing darker after death; belly sil- very. Holbrook, in his figure of this fish, gives it rows of black spots on the back. Buiack GRouPER, (Serranus nigritus).—HOLBROOK. Commonly known on the Florida coast as the *‘grouper;” it is a perch also, and is of the very best quality on the table, being rich and well flavored—a better fish than the preceding, in my opinion. It is shaped something like the black bass of fresh water, the color an olive brown, with dark mottled lines, resembling tortoise shell. At Mosquito Inlet it is taken from two to eight pounds in weight with mullet bait on the bottom. The grouper has a stronghold under the mangrove bushes, or in a hole in the bank, to which it retreats when hooked, and being a vigorous fish often succeeds in reaching its fortress, from which it can with difficulty be-dislodged, and the loss of fish and tackle is the result. More hooks are lost by the grouper than by any other fish, but as it affords good sport and excellent food it is a favorite object of the angler’s pursuit. A bass rod and reel, with a strong line and Virginia hook, with lead enough to keep the bait on the bottom, is the best rig for the grouper, and, after all, the prospect of getting him is uncertain. He fights so hard that you have to give him line, andif you give him too much he is sure to escape into his hold. Copts, CRAB-EATER, or SARGENT Fisu, (Hlacate Atlanti- Cus). —CUVIER. This fish I have never seen except in the Indian River, where it is a common species, lying under the mangrove bushes in wait for prey like a pike, which it much resem- bles in form, and in the long under jaw, full of sharp teeth. It derives its trivial name from a black stripe running along its silvery sides, from head to tail, like that on the trowsers of a sergeant. I found it rather coarse and indif- ferent food, in that also resembling the fresh water pike. Size, from two to three feet long. Tun Pompano, (Bothrolemus pampanus),—HOLBRoo., Most persons who have been in Mobile or New Orleans have heard of the pompano. Perhaps few have seen or tasted it, though if has the reputation of being the finest fish in the world, and brings in the southern markets three or four times the price of any other fish. It is a rare fish, which may in part account for its high reputation, though having had the good fortune to catch and eat a pompano +» Florida I am prepared to admit its claims for merit of the highest order. Holbrook is the only writer who, to my knowledge, gives a scientific description of this fish, and he apparently confounds it with the the cavalli or crevalle, which much resembles it in appearance. In his *‘Fishes of South Carolina,” he heads his description ‘*The POMPANO, Bothrolemus pampanus. Synonyms— Lichia Carolina, (De- kay and Storer :) Lrachinotus pampanus, (Cuvier and Val;) vulgo, cavalli or erevallé; known in New Orleans as pom- mose.’’—Page 11. Piithe fish known on the coast of Florida as the cavalli or crevallé, I take to be Caraun defensor,(Dekay) which belongs to the same family as B. pampaiuss, but is of very different habits and merit, and has important structural distinctions. The pompano has a truncated snout, rather a small mouth without teeth, jaws strong and massive, eye of moderate size, body much compressed and deep, about one-third the leneth; first dorsal fin represented by six spines, second dorsal soft, and extending to the tail; anal fin extending to the tail also. The pompano is a bottom fish, and is found singly. My specimen was taken in the Hillsboro River, near New Smyrna, with clam bait, while fishing on the pottom for sheepshead. It weighed only two and a half pounds, but made so furious a resistance that T thought I had a large sheepshead hooked foul . Jt ran in circles, darted under the boat, fouled our lines, and made fuss enough for a fish of three times its size. As soon as our boatman saw it he shouted, a pompano! and the first I ever saw caught with a hook in this river!’ This man had fished on the coast all his life, and knew every fish in the waters. He had been with us when we caught the cavalli in the Indian River, and named both species at once. My specimen was a splendid creature. His colors were ag bril- liant as those of a fresh water salmon, but instead of bright sitver he was like a bar of frosted silver, This changed after death to dark blue above and lemon yellow beneath. We had him cut in slices and fried, and even under that treatment, which I suspect was not the most appropriate, he was superb. A combination of richness and delicacy of flavor quite unique—like a New Brunswick salmon and Lake Superior whitefish, which, of all the fishes on this Continent, T hold to be the best. depth. _the body it is smaller than the pompano. either bait or red rag. This specimen measured eighteen inches long and six in - THE CAVALLI, or CREVALLE, (Caraux defensor).—DERAY., Belongs:to the same family as the last, and much resem+ bles it in appearance. The cavalli has a more pointed head and snout, with moderately large conical and pointed teeth. The mouth is larger than in the pompano, the body not as deep in proportion to the length, the eye is larger, it has two dorsal fins, and at the junction of the tail with In color it is olive green, and silvery above and yellow beneath. I found it quite numerous at the Indian River Inlet. It goes in schools, swims near the surface, and takes readily a troll, It is an active, sporting fish, but of indifferent quality on the table, being dry and tasteless, like the dolphin of tropical seas. Those I caught were of about two pounds weight, but I am told that it grows to five times that size. It would appear that these two species, from their strong resemblance to each other, are often confounded, and I think it very probable that specimens of the pompano re- ported to have been taken this year in Buzzard’s Bay were in reality cavalli, this being a more roving as well as a more numerous species than the pompano. . BuLACKFISsH, or SHA Bass, (Centropistes nigricans).—CUVIER. This seems to be the same species which is known in New York as the sea bass, and at Newport as the blackfish. Like the sheepshead, those in northern waters are much larger than we find them in Florida waters, so that I am in- clined to believe that they breed here and go North in the summer. At Mosquito Inlet they are very abundant, and being voracious feeders can be taken almost at will, and with any bait. Usually under a pound, while off the reefs at Newport I have taken them of six or seven. SAILOR’s Cuorcn, or Hoerisy, (Hemulon fulvomaculatus). DEKAY. CrokER, (Micropogon undulatus).—CuvIER. Brack Grunt, (Hemulon arcuatum).—HoLuBRooKk. Skip Jack, young of Buunrisn, (Zemnodon saltator).—LInn. The above are small pan fish, which can be taken in vast numbers in the bays and creeks, but the larger species be- -ing numerous few persons seek for these, though they are all nice eating. The full grown bluefish are numerous on some parts of the coast at certain seasons, as J am in- formed, as are also the Spanish mackerel, but I have never met with them. Moen, (Magil Uneatus).—DeEKay. I think there are several species of the mullet here. They are found everywhere in the bays and sounds in im- mense shoals, and are taken in seines and cast nets in size from half a pound to six pounds. It is a very valuable fish to the inhabitants, since it takes salt better than any other | southern species, being equal to the mackerel in that respect. It also furnishes a valuable food in its spawn, which is salt- ed and smoked. It is alsoused extensively as bait for most other fishes. The mullet appears to subsist upon the mi- nute animals found in the mud, with which substance its stomach and intestines are usually found to be filled. Eaten fresh, the mullet affords a rich and savory food. Sau, WATER CarrisH, (Galeichthys marinus).—CUVIER. Much resembles the fresh water catfish, but is a hand- somer fish, both in form and color. It has the barbels de- pendant from the mouth, and strong spines in the pectoral and dorsal fins, capable of inflicting painful wounds upon careless hands. As to its value as an edible species, I can- not say; they are numerous, and greedy biters, but «re gen- erally thrown away, or left for the coons and buzzards, Size in the Indian River, ten or twelve pounds. At Mos- quito Inlet, from two to five pounds. SHARKS AND THEIR CONGENERS. Sharks are very numerous in thece waters, from six to nine feet long—probably the mackerel shark, Lamna pune- tata—Storer. There is a species here called the nurse shark, Somniosus boeirpinna, De 8., which is sometimes taken with a hook; it is about five or six feet long, and its teeth are very small. | Other members of this family are the garfish, angel fish, rays, skates, &c.. The garfish, Pristis antiquorum, (Dekay) is shark like in form, with a cruel weapon projecting from its snout one-third the length of its body. This is studded with sharp spines on either side, and is used to kill other fishes. The sawfish has a large mouth, but no teeth in it, so he slashes his saw among a school of mullets, killing half a dozen at a blow, which he then gobbles up at his leisure. He is dreaded by fishermen, who disable him by a blow on the saw. The angel fish is a very bad angel indeed, judging from his appearance, which is between a shark and a ray—a hid- eous combination. The rays or skates belong also to this class, and they are of large size and numerous on this coast, particularly the sting ray, Trygon hastata (Storer), which is a terror to fish- ermen. In wading to cast their nets they are in danger of treading on this creature, which lurks in the mud or on the sandy bottom, and when touched strikes with his terrible barbed weapon, making ragged wounds so difficult to heal that they are popularly supposed to be poisoned, These rays are often six feet long, including the tail, and three feet across. They appear to live upon the small molluscs so numerous in these waters. J have seen a ray, when hauled ashore, disgorge a pint or more of these small bi- valves. The torpedo ray, or crawfish, is also found on this coast, which animal carries with him an electrical battery of 250,000 plates, as described by naturalists, capable of giv- ing a very severe shock to the incautions fisherman, Cephaloptera vampirus. —Mircennt® The great. ray, vampire of the ocean, or devilfish, is found also in these waters, although it seldom enters the rivers. . This is often fifteen: feet in length, and the same in breadth, and is strong enough to drag off a small vessel, when it becomes entangled with the cable, as sometimes happens. In Charleston harbor they are pursued in whale boats, and captured with. harpoons, affording great sport. In Victor Hugo’s romance, the name devil fish, which be- longs to this ray, is wrongly bestowed upon the octopus, or cuttle fish, This great ray, when propelling itself through the water with its immense pectoral fins, whigh look like the wings of a bat, is a wonderful sight. On its head are two horns, which, with its long tail, complete the resem- blance to his satanic majesty. This is a fish, and the cuttle ig not. | . ee | Tue Freso WATER FisHEs OF FLORIDA. Of these I have less knowledge than of the sea fishes. The species most widely diffused, and also the most val- ued, is the black trout, or bass, (@rystes salmoides). This species is also found in the western lakes and rivers, but in Florida it grows to a larger size; specimens of eight, ten, and twelve pounds being sometimes taken. The native method is with a bob, which is a bunch of gay colored feathers, with two or ‘three large hooks concealed in it. This is fastened to a yard or two of strong line, and this to a stout reed pole. The fisherman sits in the bow of a ¢a- noe, which is paddled by one in the stern, and kept at such a distance from the weedy shore that the bob may be skit- tered along the margin. Out rushes the bass, and cannot well escape being hooked; he is either hauled in by main force, or breaks away. Northern fishermen use the spoon, or sometimes cast with along line and gaudy flies. Once on the Upper St. John, near the Everglades, two of us took with spoons, trolling from the stern of a steamer, twenty or thirty black bass in an hour or two; they were from two to six pounds weight. Parties who go out from Enterprise upon Lake Munroe in small boats often bring in great strings of bass. In the Jakes and rivers are also found the yellow perch, P. flavesceus, (Cuvier); sunfish, Pomotis vulgaris, (Cuvier); blue bream, Jchthetis incisor, (Val.); red bellied perch, Ich- thetis rubicanda, (Storer); goggle-eyed perch, Pomoxis rhom- boides, (Linn). 8. ©. CLARK. > 2 LOONS UNDER WATER. es Eprror ForREstT AND STREAM:— Some interesting notes in one of the earlier numbers of your welcome journal referred to the rapid flight of the loon under water, and recalled tome an occasion when I was witness to the motion of one of these superb birds, A few miles from St. Paul there was, and still may be, a fishing resort on Lake Minnetonka, and many famous strings of pickerel and black bass were caught by the sportsmen who drove out from St. Paul. “Going there with a friend, we concluded, after fishing in the main lake, to try new ground; so a boat was placed upon a wagon, and with it we went to asmall pond lying apart from the ordinary line of travel, and after a contest that was not far from an appeal to force with a settler who falsely claimed exclusive ownership of the lake, we were lauched upon it, with an oarsman to row for our trolling. It was, beyond doubt, the first time the fascinations of the modern mechanical baits, spoons, and glittering bits of spinning metal were displayed before the gaze of the myriad fish, and with eager credulity they took them as willingly as our eastern capitalists at that time took ten per cent. western bonds, and they were taken in as fatally. Great — rushing, rustic fellows, they did not wait for half a line to run out, but were as dazed by the shining temptations as squaws are by a little finery, and followed them as readily. Passing a small bay that opened beyond a narrow inlet, we saw a female loon with a little one hiding behind her, and our curiosity to see more of the little family induced us to reelin our lines and paddle toward them. As we slowly approached them, the anxiety of the mother was really touching. She swam alertly about, seeking in vain to hasten the little one toward the concealment of some friendly sedges, and coaxed and pushed it by turn, becom- ing each moment more alarmed. As the distance between us lessened, she became the victim of fear for herself, and as equally solicitous for her fondling, expressing it by diving hurriedly and coming up, rising half upon wing and dropping again, and with every air of intense maternal anxiety. We continued nearing them, until it was evident that the little convoy would not gain the reeds before us, when, with a desperate plunge, the old bird went under, and in a moment went by our boat, seeking the open pond by the narrow and shallow outlet we were in. The depth was not sufficient to conceal her, and fora few rods her rapid course was plainly discernible. Her form was as straight as possible, making her as sharp as a cigar steamer, and her feet did not seem to be used unless for steering. Her motion, as rapid almost as the eye could follow, was derived from her wings, and probably from both the up- ward and downward stroke, like sculling, They were pow- erful, indeed, inspired by fear, and in a mcment the dark form was gone like a shadow, seen only long enough to im- press us with wonder and surprise at this use of wings under water, and at the result. The little loony remained like a ball of grey down, re- posing lightly on the water, and was not at all impressed with instinctive or imitative fear of us. It swam rather to the boat, and was not unwilling to be closely admired; in fact, it so freely accepted our complimentary criticism that FOREST AND STREAM. 209 when, after carefully studying it, we rowed away, it swam in the eddy under the stern until if was dislodged and left ‘behind. We were not long gone when the fond mother rejoined it, when her demonstrations of delight were as unmistak- able as her former distress, and it was a pleasant thing as time and again we passed the bay to see the two playing about in entire contentment. The loon seems unable to rise from calm water, or to gain elevation in flight unless very slowly, or when aided by a high and opposing wind, and hence I infer their long and pertinacious resort to diving as their mode of escape. One I frightened from a small mountain pond in the “north woods” of this State flew around and around, gaining, like a spiral stair, a little height each time, and labored in alarm along time before inthe calm air it could rise over the lowest cut among the cliffs and escape to some more undis- turbed retreat. — Not unfrequently,do they rush along on the surface of the water, using their vigorous wings and scattering spray in showers along their course, and beyond doubt their movements below are equally rapid and ready, L.W. L. ; Se THE HUNTER NATURALIST IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. A SUMMER in Acadia, the land of countless lakes and luxuriant forests, will furnish the sketch book with rare scenes, the cabinet with choice minerals, the basket and bag with fishes and game, and impart to the invalid and wearied, vigor, health and hope. Three months amid the rural and. forest districts of the Provinces has convinced me that they possess greater at- tractions Sor the tourist, sportsman, and health-seeker than the majority of regions of resort in North America—the Adirondacks, one of my favorite haunts, not excepted. In these are old primeval forests, grand and picturesque, like the actual forests of my childhood. Here the lumber- man has never laid the proud pine low, nor his axe, the de- stroyer of our forests, sounded amid these solitudes, There are woods in the. Provinces where he has been at work, but tarry not in. these; beyond are preserved lands where the trees stand as they ever stood, in majesty of growth and beauty of foliage. But penetrate the Maine and the Adirondack wildernesses to their desert heart, even there will be signs of the lumberman and _ his axe, the scourge and curse of our woods. The !umberman is not satisfied with robbing our wildernesses of their pride and beauty—the trees—but must fire valley and mountain, leaving the latter bald and bare as the head of a Franciscan monk, obstruct rivers with floating logs and ugly dams, fill trout streams with tree tops and sawdust, and build his saw-mills and human habitations on the most eligible camp sites on stream and lake. In a word, seeming to de- lightin defacing and marring nature in her every member. Come, ye poets, artists, naturalists and hunters; ye lovers of primeval forests, to the Acadian woods! “his is ihe forest primeval, the murmuring Pines and the hemlock, bearded with moss and in garments green, Which Longfellow immortalized in his ‘Kvangeline.’ ”’ Here, too, issome of the finest scenery to be met with in any land. Its sky scenes may not be so soft and subdued and sunny as those of Italy, but are not so montonous and quite as enjoyable. The tourist in search of wild, bold, broken and rugged mountain scenery, towering and naked cliff views, should penetrate New Brunswick, enter the county of the Restigouche, look upon the outline sentinels of our own Alleghanies, sleepy and silent and hoary with age. It would be hard to find a more wild picturesque region than this. Or does he delight most in half subdued, quiet and rural scenery, then a sail up the St. John river, the Rhine of the New World, whose hills are low and soft in outline and cultivated to the very summits; or down the Bay of Fundy, encircled with green hills and fanned by an eternal sea breeze; or out into the waters of the Bay of Minas, the basin of waters in the garden of Nova Scotia, the rich prairie waters, the cliff-bound waters, and the never-to-be-forgotten tidal waters. Such scenes to the stu- dent of nature afford immortal pleasures. Here meets the eye asremarkable a phenomenon, as grand and awe-produc- ing as that of the Falls of Niagara. View this scene atthe quiet village 6f Windsor, on the river Avon, The river is without water, the vessels are bigh on land, laden with precious freight, sails fanning the face of the breeze, sail- ors looking seaward, who cry ‘‘Ho! water!” distance appears a little stream of light; nearer and nearer it comes. Ah! it is a rippling rivulet that increases in vol- ume and strength, bounding and leaping past in full glee, filling corner and crevice. Now a brook rushes on like a running steed, now it surges and rolls over the wide ex- panse, now a river, next a lake, and anon a sea, whose waves beat against the banks and whose waters bear up the mighty ships from their dry beds and on to their des- tined ports. Yonder is the steamer coming to bear us over the basin to Parrsboro, thirty miles distant, ere the tide goes out twelve hours hence emptying these banks of sixty feet of water and leaving the scene as we found it. These Provinces abound in mineral wealth. Nova Scotia is rich in gold fields. These. have yieided no mean amount of this precious metal already, and yet scientists are of opinion that its main beds of gold have not been dis- covered, and that the examinations and explorations of the ledge rocks that contain gold on the Atlantic shores, said to embrace several thousand square miles, have been but partially and very superficially made, leaving its rich gold ‘veins-yet to be found. Its iron and coal mines are numer- ous and - prolific, New beds are constantly being found Far in the about the Bay of Minas and other ore regions. Here the mineralogists may collect rich and rare specimens. In game, the Provinces are unsurpassed. In these may be found the hunter’s and angler’s paradise. The ¢portsman will find the beautiful and attractive forests inhabited by moose, caribou, bear, otter and beaver, their extensive marshes covered with the choicest of game birds—Ameri- can snipe, golden plover and curlew. There, too, will be met in their haunts geese and duck, also grouse and wood- cock, plentiful in certain localities, their rivers and streams filled with silvery salmon and spotted trout. bom Tshall venture to embrace in five divisions the hunting centres or districts of Acadia. By hunting districts is meant regions remarkable for game. These hunting grounds will not include those parts which do not contain both moose and caribou. First is the Mirimichi district, N. B. This includes all the wilderness in and about the great southwest branch of the Mirimichi river and its tributaries, together with all that territory in and about allthe little Mirimichis. The southwest Mirimichi lies north of Fredericton, N. B., the seat of government, about fifty-five miles. This river and its branches traverse the very heart wilderness of the Province. It is reached by taking the European and North American Railroad at Boston, to Fredericton Junction, which lies close by the dividing line between Maine and New Brunswick. Here change cars for Fredericton on the St. John river, where supplies must be obtained for the wilderness, since there is no place beyond this point where provisions can be bought. Guides and dug-outs (boats) can be secured at Boiestown, Mirimichi river, (southwest branch) or by addressing the Palmer or Stickney Brothers at this village. John Stickney has no superior as a guide in angling and hunting in this region. One of the Palmer brothers can call moose with much Indian art and success. Both of these have accom- panied me salmon fishing and moose and caribou hunting. There is a stage running every other day from Fredericton to Boiestown, which will convey you and your supplies to the Mirimichi river. When up river to ‘‘Burnt Hill,” the ne plus ultra of salmon pools, you can strike off from either side a few miles and find moose and caribou, bear and beaver and small game, or ascend the river twenty miles farther and see many of these animals, together with other fur-beaiing quadrupeds, without leaving the steamer. Far down the river Isaw the summer camp of a beaver and his fresh work. Bears are so abundant here this fall as to enter the@settlements below and destroy both sheep and cattle. : Another excellent district in New Brunswick, and one that embraces.a vast wilderness, is the country of the Res- tigouche river. Thisis a famous hunting and angling re- gion. By some it is thought to be far superior to the Miri- michi country. The forests of both regions cohtain the same kind of game, and their streams afford fine sport in salmon and trout fishing. Number 6 Forrmsr anp Stream contains a complete guide to the routes leading to this dis- trict. Again, there is the Indian Lake district, Nova Scotia. This is in the vicinity of Halifax, and because of its close proximity is much frequented by English officers stationed at the city. Yet, notwithstanding this, the sportsman from a distance may have excellent success within twenty miles of town in bird or moose shooting.. Within this dis- tance there are, too, many excellent salmon and trout centres. The next game district to which I shall refer em- braces the wilde ness extending from Yarmouth into the Annapolis country, and lying north of what is known as the lake region of this Province, and only lacks, as Mr. Hallock says, the grand old mountains to make it physically as attractive as the Adirondacks, while as for game and fishes itis im every way infinitely superior. The region north of thelake country is a dense and extensive wilder- ness, in which game is but little disturbed. The Micmac Indians have always considered this and the lake country one of their best angling and hunting grounds. Here the beaver still builds his dam and erects hishouse. These an- imals seem to be on the increase since beaver hats have gone out of fashion. There are also in this region many varieties of fur-bearing animals, such as otter, mink, mar- ten, together with bear, lucifee, and other game animals. These are common to all the districts inhabited by moose and caribou, and the streams will afford fine sport to the fly fisher in killing salmon and trout. This district can be reached by steamer from Portland to Yarmouth. On angling in these Provinces, see ‘‘Hallock’s Fishing Tourist,” the only complete and reliable work of the kind which we have met—as true to the streams as the needle to the pole. The next and last district, and one that has not only su- perior attractions for the sportsman, but as well for the naturalist, artist and resortist, is the Parrsboro district. Parrsboro, beautiful and romantic, is situated on the basin of Minas, a quiet summer retreat. In picturesque bays, islands, and green hill views, it has never been my fortune to meet itsequal. You may bathe in its full tidal waters and walk on the beach of the same sea dry-footed a little afterwards, when the tide is out. And woe betide the mineralogist who dares venture a visitto one of the sister islands that lie halfa mile in the bay from shore, if perchance he tarry long, until warned by the incoming waters which are moved by a law as regular, sure and un- changing as the sun, that danger is nigh. He now lifts his hammer and chisel and satchel of minerals, and commences a hurried retreat, but ere two-thirds of the way is reached the water is knee deep. Deeper and deeper it grows, game therein found higher and higher if advances, faster and faster he speeds. His safety now turns upon his casting away that satchel of precious stones. But it contains rare specimens, which have cost much labor to knock out of the rocks. He hes- itates; only for a moment, howeyer, andit drops at his feet, and now he leaps through the water and finally reaches the shore wearied and exhausted. This is no fancy sketch, but an actual experience. And yet there is not the least danger from the incoming and outgoing tide. J.adies and children walk these shores, collecting minerals and watching the waters day in and day out without a thought of danger. Parrsboro Minas is destined to be the Newport of Nova Scotia. It would be impossible to overrate its romantic position. The Ottawa House, kept by an estimable lady (Miss Wheeler), is a first-class summer resort, located with a view to command the sublimest prospects of Cape Blom- iden Cliffs, and other mountain peaks, of which there are many, in and about the Basin. Up the mountain sides, at the base of which rests the hotel], are many retreats, where you may rest in the mountain ascent and watch the sail boats near and far on the bay waters, and listen to the song of the birds and the hum of the insects, or examine the entomological specimens that light on bush or crawl on ground. But words fails to describe the pleasure of such scenes. These belong to that rare class of scenery that needs to be visited to be appreciated. Besides its scenery and sea bathing facilities it abounds in rare and choice minerals, and is much visited by mineralogists of all coun- tries. Several of the professors and students of our own universities come here every year. A company of nine students from Yale College collected in four weeks this year nine barrels of minerals. I collected in a day in and about the bluffs of Partridge Island, which is not more than half a mile from the hotels thefollowing specimens: Amethyst in quartz, jasper, red and yellow, stelbite, silici- ous silter, gypsum, agates, copper, iron; and during my hunting tour my wife and children collected many others, and we brought away a keg of these, which adds much to our cabinet. Yearsago two rare and remarkable ame- thysts were found here. One was presented to a French king, who wore it in his crown, and .the other is said to sparkle in the crown worn by Queen Victoria There are, too, many interesting and picturesque drives along the bluffs of the bay, and also one to a newly discovered cave filled with relics of the past. This region will be found equally prolific in animal life. Portions of its forests are but moose-yards, browsing pas- ture grounds. J] have seen, this summer, upwards of twenty of these pastures in a radius of thirty miles, and the tracks of these animals were asthe tracks of the cattle upon a thousand hills. On thissame ground, as my Indian guide assured me, four Indians, out of season, during the deep snows of last spring, ran down on snow shoes and killed sixty moose, leaving their carcases to rot in the wil- derness, all for the paltry price their hides would bring. “This is barbarous,” as John said, ‘‘in an Indian, but there are white men here who practice this mode of hunt- ing as well.” The caribou travel on the hard-wooded ridges, the mogs- covered ridges. ‘These are as abundant in their hauntsas moose, but since they do not yard like the moose, but pass and repass from yard to yard, feeding as they go, the hunter thinks them not so numerous. While moose and caribou occupy the same forests in this district, they are yet separate. Here, too, other portions of the same forest are occupied by bears. While other animals pass through these bear districts, yet the latter hold and defend them against all intruders. I met with one of these bear districts near the Bucktagen Plains, thirty miles from Parrsboro, that contained bear trails as well travelled and as numerous as any I ever saw in moose or deer regions. There are many red and cross foxes here, and other fur-bearing animals, including the otter, fishes, martens, &c. These are found along nearly all the streams. ‘There are also in the forest both ruffed grouse and black grouse. The black or spruee grouse (7. canadensis) are met only in cedar and spruce swamps. Near Parrsboro both woodcock and duck shooting is good. One of the best snipe, plover and curlew shooting centres in the world is embraced in“this district. JI mean the famous Lockville and Amherst marshes. These (Tantramar) marshes are reached by daily stage from Parrsboro which connects with the Intercolonial Railway, or from St. John by the same railway. The trip to any of these districts named can be made ag quickly as to the Adirondacks or Maine woods, and with much less expense, and where game is infinitely more abundant. The best guides in the Adirondacks, including boats, cost $3 per day, while the best guides in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick cost from $1 25 to $1 50 per day, gold. The fare from Boston by rail or boat to St. John, will not exceed $9, while it costs about $10 from New York to the Adirondacks, and many of these districts are ag well adapted to hunting and fishing in canoes as are the Adiron- dacks to boats. Should any think me over enthusiastic for these Provinces, let them visit them. This is addressed to patient, appreciative sportsmen,and not to grumblers and easy-chair anglers and shooters, who lounge about civilized woods and ‘border streams, and who return to curse the man who wrote on their advantages and beauties. One of the best guides in all Nova Scotia is John Logan of Half Way river. Héis a most competent, reliable and Willing guide. Ihave found him perfectly familiar with the woods and equally acquainted with every species of sam A. B. Lamperton, or Forest dnd Stream. CASABIANCA. a TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL CHINESE INTO “PIGEON ENGLISH.” —_—_—_—_—+-——— NE boy he stop topside that night; All man hab chop-chop makee whilo; He see that flire, he shine s0 blite, On muchee man hab makee spoilo. He No.1 handsome; allo same Joss— Spose he wanchee, he can talkee. That piecee typhoon velly closs, That typhoon quick, he makee walkee. ’ By’mby that boy he wanchee go; That fire he blun he litty hand. He fader no hab talkee so— He makee die down side, how can? He sing out stlone, ‘“*Hi! fader, hil”’ This pidgin maskee, wanchee whilo. He no saby, he hab makee die, And no can hear he piecee chilo. ‘Hi, fader!” one more teem he cly; “My wanchee go; what for no can?’ — That gun just now he bobbly high, % That fire he come, he no hear man. He facee now he catchee hot; He taileetoo commencee blun. He look all side; no man hab got; He no got fear—but wanchee lun, And one more teem he cly so stlong, “What fashion! My no likey he! Too mutchee nonsenge!’’ Yet ail along That flire blun junk; he burney he. All side that junk, he got that flire. He go that mast, chow-chow that sail; Chop, chop, he walkee high and higher, That boy he lookee allosame pale. } Mi yah! What ting! He makee bust! That boy galah my no can see. What side hab walkee? Allosame dust; Look, see that wind, he catchee he. PIsEco. GLossary of Terms.—Zop-side, on deck, upstairs; chop-chop, quick- ly; wAilo, get away, clear out; allosame, the same as, like: joss, deity; typhoon, hurricane, storm; downside, below; pidgin, business, affair; no saby, no savez; bobbery, row, noise; blwn, burn; (r is generally pro- nounced 1); what ting, what fashion, what do you mean; hi yah, exclama- tion; ga@lah, exclamation; chow chow, verb to eat or devour; maskee, enough said, finished; fe, his, her, it, his, hers, she, he, &c.; my, me, I, my. eo oo PRACTICAL FISH CULTURE, —-_--—_>__—_- NUMBER TWO. <—~-——-—-——— [Taking Trout Spawn. | om WTS AVING shown how the fish deposit their ova when in a state of nature, we will now explain how the fish- culturist manages to secure all the eggs and impregnate a much greater percentage than the fish can possibly do. We will therefore leave the building of ponds and such other work as may be done only in the spring and summer months, until a more favorable time, and take up the artifi- cial manner of taking spawn by hand, or stripping, as it is sometimes called. The implements necessary for this operation are: a couple of tubs, a small hand net, or a large dipper, some impreg- nating pans, a few feathers, and a large net to catch the fish with. This net should be six or eight feet long and fastened to a square frame at the mouth, which should either slide in a groove at the lower end of the spawning place or fit so closely at the sides and on the bottom that the fish cannot dodge past. It is astonishing how quickly a trout’s eye can take in the situation and take advantage of the smallest aperture that may be left, even when he is frightened and rushing down a raceway, which has always been open, but is now found to be closed with some large unfamiliar object. The small end of the net is closed with astring, which, when untied, will allow the fish to swim out into the tub and so avoid pouring them out at the large end. When all is ready the net is quickly slipped over the mouth of the raceway, the board covering removed and the fish driven down into the net; water is then put into a tub, placed as near the net as possible, which is lifted from the raceway intoit. For this operation a net made of coarse bagging or coffee sacks, is preferable to one that is knit, as it is so fine that in the transit through the air from the pond to the tub, it will hold water, while a knit one will leave the fish dry and floundering, which may cause the death of every ripe fish in the lot. And here I would remind the beginner that he cannot handle a gravid fish too carefully if he expects it to live after the operation. Having untied the lower end of the net and emptied the fish carefully into the tub, it will be found most convenient to sort them and put the males in the other tub; take them out with the small hand net or large short-handled dipper, and dip the edge of it in the water, that they may not be injured by being poured in. The object of separating the sexes is that it often happens that their numbers are un- equal, or if nearly so, then there may be a scarcity of ripe males, even though this sex should be in excess, and some- - times a male fish will have but a small quantity of milt as. a consequence of a former mating, but as one good ripe male will serve to impregnate the eggs of several females, it. ordinarily happens that there is enough; still, it is well to be prepared for a scarcity, as there are few things more provoking than to take a fine batch of eggs and have no FOREST AND STREAM. milt to impregnate them with; therefore, while it is a good thing to use it freely if plenty, and so make assurance doubly sure, it is better to spin it out and make it go as far as possible if the supply is limited. As forthe manner of holding and manipulating a fish, there are almost as many ways as there are operators. A person. will soon find a way in which it is the most conven- ient for him to do it, and this will soon become his fixed manner from which he will find it hard to deviate; there are certain rules however that must be observed and on which all agree. Force must not be used; if the eggs or milt will not flow freely at a light touch, the fish must be put back in the pcnd to ripen. Do not grasp a fish any- where on the abdomen or gills, but take it up with one hand on the strong bony arch behind the gills, and the other grasping the tail between the vent and candal fin; here the fish is solid and is not easily injured by pressure. Never handle a fish with a dry hand; if one should jump from the tub or be dropped to the ground by any mis- chance, always wet your hands before touching it, then the slime will not rub off from the fish; it will stick to a dry hand, and it is that which causes finger marks to show so plainly on a fish that has been handled; these marks often become sores covered with a fungoid growth which gen- erally kill the fish. The slime on a trout is necessary to its existence, and they never have as much of it at any other season as they do during the spawning period. The loss of this slime or of a few scales is much more serious to them than a clean cut. If a trout should be taken carefuily from the iter and laid in a dry towel, dried off gently and quickly and then let go in the water, he would swim off ap- parently all right, but in the course of a week or ten days would look woolly, and in a few days more would die. Wherever this woolly fungus grows, the flesh beneath it appears ulcerated and the edges highly inflamed. [I will refer to this again under the head of diseases of adult trout, and in the mean time make some microscopical examinations of it, provided I get a better instrument than the one I have; and now will try and get back to the subject of taking spawn. How easy it is to digress onsuch a subject! If the day is cold, as it generally is, the tubs can be taken to tne hatching house in order to work comfortably, as a lively fish in numb fingers may make sad work if it slips into a pan of eggs. My manner of handling a fish is to put both hands in the water with the backs up and take the head in the right hand with the thumb and second finger graspéng the fish behind the gills, leaving.the forefinger free, the other fingers will keep the fish from going through the hand without pressing too much on the gills; the left hand grasps the fish by the tail below the vent. A male is usu- ally taken first, and if ripe, will yield a few drops of clear white milt; if it is of any other color, or has a streak of blood in it, it is not good. Bloody milt will come if too much pressure is used, but will be so sometimes without it. It requires but a few drops of milt to fertilize a pan of eggs, yet we take all we can get; if the water is slightly tinged with good milf it is sufficient. It was formerly the custom to put a little water in the pan and then strip a male fish so that the egg as soon as taken could absorb milt, but now I think it is the custom of most operators to take the spawn by what is known as the Russian or dry method, in which it makes little or no difference, which is taken first. The fish is stripped by a slight pressure of the forefinger of the right hand. Other operators hold a fish so that they use the thumb instead of the forefinger and some use two or three fingers. More care must be used in handling the female. If the eggs feel hard, like shot, put her back, for if ripe the eggs will generally flow if she is held in position over the pan. Holding in position is, with the head and tail thrown back as she bends herself when depositing her own egys. If ripe, the belly will feel soft and the eggs, by changing their positions at the touch, will show that the tissue that en- veloped them is ruptured. This is the condition in which the shad and herring are when called “‘shotters” by the fishermen, and I would advise opening a fish to see how the spawn lays before attempting to take it. A trout has the spawn in two layers, each enveloped in a thin membrane, and in the last stage of its development it reaches from the vent to the pectoral fins, almost behind the gills, The female must be pressed more slowly and carefully than the male, as well as oftener. Csmmence the pressure at the pectoral fins and do not allow the finger to move faster than the eggs; hold the vent under water, if you use any, and after moving the finger an inch or two, repeat the stroke, but do not press near the vent or the fish may be permanently injured. Tf the fish struggles do not squeeze it, and if, as is some- times the case, one proves obstinate, put it back in the tub and try again. The male is stripped from the ventral fins to the vent. ; Spawn and milt are taken according to your judgment. After the first pair are stripped, that is, 1f the water is “thick” enough, you can handle several females in succes- sion; if not, use more milt, give the pan an occasional light ‘shake, or stir the water with a feather, or tail of a fish so as to bring the contents in more immediate contact, and after the bottom of the pan is well covered, take another; a common milk pan will take four or five thousand to com- pletely cover the bottom. After the operation is finished the pan should be left undisturbed for half an hour; it re- quires about this time for the eggs to ‘‘free.” It has been said that the eggs when first taken were furnished with a glutinous matter which caused them to adhere to the pan and to each other, but we now know that this is caused by the absence of water between the coverings which causes them to stick to what they touch by the pressure of the water, and as they fill, the pressure on the inside causes them to ‘“‘free.” As soon as this hap- pens the eges are washed from all suaperflous milt—for they will take no more—by being placed under a small stream and the water changed repeatedly. Taking spawn may appear to be a very formidable oper- ation as described, and there really is a great deal of skill required to perform it neatly and quickly without injury to the fish, yet I am confident that I could show a person how to do it in a great deal less time than he could ever learn it from written instructions. There is a great difference on these points even among operators of considerable exper- ience, and a beginner must expect not only to be awkward at it, but also to kill many fish. The greatest danger is in using too much force. If the fish are ripe you will know it, if not you may have doubts, and I beg of you to give the poor fish the benefit of them, for if your entertain a doubt of it after you have her in position and have touched her abdomen, then she is not ripe. There are signs of ripeness that will enable one to form a near guess. There arein the female a fullness of the abdomen, which however looks the same if the fish is gorged with food, and a protruding purple vent which a novice at first sight might think was injured or diseased. Did you ever see a ripe male? If not, then, you that have caught thousands of trout in season might possibly ask, as many visitors do, ‘‘ What fish is that?” For in addition to his brilliant fins and deep orange belly, which gets brighter as the spawning season approaches, he appears to be of a rich drab color on his back when fully ripe, and his sides appear darker than usual as you stand near the edge of the pond and look down upon him. The female, if not of a more sober hue appears so by contrast with her gaudy mate. At other seasons the sexes are not so easily distinguished, but as a general rule it may be said that the female’s nose is the roundest, and she presents a more cor pulent appearance. These signs however are not infallible, and a person of experience will rightly pronounce the sex nine times out of ten without being able to explain just how he does it. If a doubt is raised in my mind as to the sex of a trout, as it is, if I cannot pronounce from the first look, then I would not care to hazard a guess, so subtile is the difference of expression, if that word may be used in this connection. It is as if one were to pronounce on the sex of human faces; the majority are unmistakable, but oc- casionally one would puzzle him. At the spawning season there is not the slightest difficulty. I have not taken spawn from trout in this manner for several years, as I use the invention knownas the Ainsworth screens, where the fish deposit their own eggs, and I gather them once or twice a week, or when convenient; but this is matter enough for another chapter. FRED. MATHER. ——_—__—_—_—__=> + —_____——__—~" SKETCHES IN FLORIDA. a eee K FISHING AT ST, AUGUSTINE. DES Moe. 250 S* AUGUSTINE is a quaint old Spanish city, fora long time dull and quiet, but now waking up with the influx of Northern people, many of whom have built stately and beautiful residences for their winter sojourn. For real enjoyment, St. Augustine far surpasses any other part of Florida, You avoid the bustle of business in Jacksonville, as well as its sharp frosts and hot days; you are not ‘‘out of the world,” as at Enterprise, nor is it so warm. The climate is charming; a happy medium; nor is it so variable as at most other places in Florida. Frostis almost unknown; also, extreme heat. You have good hotels, your daily mail, and, though the ‘tmorning papers” do not reach you until the afternoon, still, you are “in the world;’’ while the facilities for boating, hunting and fishing are un- surpassed. The bay is beautiful, and affords a fine opportunity for sailing. Whether your party tries the ‘‘Osceola,” or ‘Belle of the Bay” of Mr. Ivanowski (Neé Sweeney), the ‘Water Witch” of Captain Walton, or any of the smaller craft in the harbor, you can enjoy a pleasant and comfortable sail under safe pilotage. While for fishing, one has but to go to the sea-wall, or the long wharf, or take a skiff or canoe, and push out in the bay, and there will be no want of sport. The only drawback is the universal prevalence of the cat- fish, which is of all sizes, from the tiny youngster of three inches to the full-crown paterfamilias of two feet or more. These are of a grey color and shaped like their Northern brethren, but covered with a thick tough slime, just as the eels of the north are, and the result is, your hook, line and fingers—and often clothes get covered with this sticky sub- stance. Your hook and line must be thoroughly cleansec, or no other fish will touch it—your hands and clothes are at your option. Another favorite fishing place is from the bridge over the San Sebastian, just at the back of the town. At any or all of these places you can catch bass, trout, sheepshead, mullet, flounders, sharks, and many other varieties, One of the pleasantest amusements is fishing in the surf for bass. The ‘‘modus operandi” of this sport is somewhat as follows :— ll vt Remember that Iam giving the custom of the country, and shall not be surprised if scientific bass-fishers, who Te- FOREST AND STREAM. 261 _ joice in forty-dollar reels and sixty-doilar rods with agate- mounted tips and rings, are somewhat disgusted. The line ordinarily used is nearly as thick as a cod-line, and about 50 yardslong. A sinker, weighing about a half or three-quarters of a pound—with a hole through it—is strung on the line, and is kept there by a large knot on its end. Below this knot, and attached to the line proper by a somewhat smaller cord, is the hook —a cod-hook being generally used, or one a little smaller. The fisherman is usually clad in an old flannel shirt, woollen trousers and old, loose boots—with a broad-leaved straw or felt hat. The bait used is a string of mullet, procured at the early market—(price five cents)—which is cut into chunks about an inch square. Thus equipped, and with the end of the line tied around the waist, or to his wrist, to prevent its escape as it flies out, and neatly coiled in his left hand, to run off easily, and with a yard or two above the sinker hanging from his right hand, the fisherman wades into the surf, about waist deep, and, swinging the sinker around his head, launches it out as far as he can, and then draws it gradually in, so as to keep the bait moving. When he feels a bite, he gives a jerk, to hook the fish, and, if successful, he puts the line over his shoulder and starts for the beach, going as fast as he can—for if he lets the line slack, he will probably lose his fish. On emerging from the water he runs out on the beach and drags the fish upon the sand, where he secures it—and, re-baiting his hook, starts for another throw. The hook, or hooks, (sometimes two or more are used), are put on a smaller piece of line, on account of the abun- dance of small sharks, which literary swarm in the break- ers, where the bass and other fish most do congregate, and are very apt to seize the bait and break the line, carrying off sinker and all, if it breaks above it. The sinker is perforated so that the bite can easily be felt, the line readily slipping through it. The surf is about fifty yards from the edge of the beach, there being a line of shoal about that distance, over which the waves break. Between this and the shore the water is shallow; about thigh-deep at low tide, and the fisherman wades out to the bank. As the tide rises he is obliged to come in, the surf break- ing all the way to the shore when the water is two or three feet deep on the bar. It is not a very comfortable feeling to turn when on the shoal, and see a shark or two swimming up and down be- tween you and the shore—especially, if you havea bite and are making for the beach. But they are very shy, and quickly get out of the way. I never heard of anyone being bitten. They areusually about three or four feet long, and are often caught. : Still they are unpleasant neighbors. I remember one day, before a storm, when the water was dark and I could not see, while standing about waist-deep in this ‘‘middle- ground,” and fishing busily, feeling a sudden sharp nip on the ancle. JI sprung clear of the water, for I thought it was a shark. But it was only a large sea-crab, which pinches powerfully. Fortunately, I had on very heavy pantaloons, so no damage was done—but the shock was tremendous, for sharks are very bold in dark water. , There are many large sharks and sword or saw-fish in the Bay, and during the summer they are caught for the oil contained in their livers. From ten to twenty fish is about aair afternoon’s catch ‘‘during the season”—so they say. Speaking of the bass-fishing in the surf, reminds me of a somewhat ludicrous incident, which is said to have occur- red to one of our distinguished Generals, just after the war. It seems, a party were fishing at Brazos, in the Gulf, some- what in the manner I have just described, and the General feeling a bite, started with the line over his shoulder in orthodox style for the beach, and ran out hauling his line. In course of time the fish was drawn out, and to the amaze- ment of the General and the amusement of the rest of the party, proved to be only about six inches long. It is needless to say the General’s champagne suffered that evening, but the story leaked out nevertheless. So much for the fish. Quail ate plenty in the neighborhood of St. Augustine, and within a few miles deer and wild turkey are abundant; while occasionally one gets a chance for a ‘‘scrimmage” with a bear or panther. As to wild fowl, ‘‘their name is legion’”—shore birds of all kinds, ducks, geese, herons, et 7d omne genus, can be had with a reasonable degree of trouble. Enough sport can be found in the neighborhood of St. Augustine to reward the most ardent sportsman, and I know of no place, this side of Humboldt Bay, in California, where so many facilities for hunting and fishing are offered, or where the variety of game fish, flesh and fowl isso great, or where a few weeks may be more agreeably passed by the sportsman. MonMourua. —A Russian naturalist claims to have found living mam- moths in Siberia, He has seen five small ones twelve feet high, eighteen feet long, and having tusks eight to ten feet in length. The brute haunts great caves, and feeds_on grass, etc. —Johnny atiends school, which wil! explain the follow- ing short dialogue between him and his father: “Johnny, I didn’t know you got whipped the other day,” said he. “You didn’t? Well, if you'd been in my breeches you'd have known it.” —This is the season of the year wheu a boy examines the wood-pile in the next yard and wonders why on earth his father don’t buy small, straight sticks. —Danbury News Aoodland, Zawn and Garden. RHODODENDRONS. HARDY VARIETIES. RAODODENDRON. (Caiawbiensis.) es “Tong years ago it might befall When all the garden flowers were trim, The grave old gardener prided him On these the most of all.” ae MONG the evergreen plants used for garden, lawn and other decorative situations, where one, six, or a larger number are to be used, commend us to the grand old rhododendron. The king of the city garden, the pride of the village green, the pet flower of every ten by twelve grass plot, and, grandest of all, the flowering climax of -every well stocked, elegantly decorated park. This magnificent flower is so well known, or should be to all the lovers of beautiful plants, that a familiar descrip- tion of the same would scarcely seem necessary. Yet such is not the case. There are fhany persons, ladies and gen- tlemen, too, of good taste, who delight in a well stocked garden, who have never seen arhododendron in full bloom. Said a lady to me one day, ‘‘I saw a very beautiful flower in full bloom in front of a gentleman’s house in New Jer- sey the other afternoon. I wish I knew what it was. It had bright glossy leaves, grew about three teet high, and had about ten short limbs, all covered with an orange shaped leaf, that looked like a leaf made from wax. From the middle of the bunches of green leaves there sprang a large pink colored flower as large as my hand, and oh! so beautiful. Ido much wish I knew its name. I want to purchase one, as I never saw a more beautiful plant.” This very natural exclamation of the lady would /prob- ably find a response in very many hearts when looking upon this plant for the first time. This would be the case with any one who could spend an hour inthe garden of the Messrs. Hovey, near Boston. There your eyes would be delighted with specimens of this beautiful flower twelve feet in height, and in its season of blossom all covered with flowers. We have been told that familiarity breeds contempt. Not so with the rhododendron. Beautiful! indeed, the more we become acquainted with the rare qualities of this valued plant of the garden the more we love its bright shining leaves, its rich and enduring flowers, and well may the term of a “‘thing of beauty” be applied to it. Magnifi- cent is a well fitting title for the rhododendron catawbien- sis, While there are many varieties of this flowering shrub which, with care, can be cultivated to perfection upon the lawn and beneath the shelter of the deepening woody borders of our gardens, we can recommend for hardy culture the catawbiensis as perfectly reliable. Plant this kind and you will have a reliable plant. And a “‘sure thing” in the garden is a matter of much consideration to all our lady friends who love these beautiful flowers. This article upon the rhododendron was written at the express solicitation of two of our lady friends, who know some- thing about garden flowers. The &. Ponticom, and many of the hardy varieties—hy- brids—will grow well beneath the shady sides of woods, but we feel that all who do not tolerably well understand their cultivation had better confine themselves to the cul- ture of one or two of the perfectly hardy species. There are thirty varieties of the catawbhiensis—all hardy; from these they can choose their plants and go to work ona half dozen or a dozen with a good degree of confidence in ultimate success. Like the azaleas, the rhododendron does pretty well in ordinary garden soil, but is greatly improved in size and beauty of color by a skillful adaptation as near as possible to its natural soil and situations, Make them as much at home in their new home, by a judicious combination of soils, as they were before they were lifted, and your work is done. There is not a more superb plant than the rhododendron cultivated, and our earnest plea is for our pet plant. It can be planted in pots if you desire it, and you can keep it in the greenhouse in the winter and bring it out in the spring to beautify the plot or garden. Amateurs and others desirous of trying their hand with three or five of these plants, can obtain perfectly hardy varieties from any of our seedsmen. ' If we could have but one “‘garden pet,” our choice would be the rhododendren. Itis hardy, vigorous of constitu- tion, not liable to insect attacks, possesses beauty and sym- metry of growth, and when in flower it pays you a hundred times over for the care you bestow upon it. Wehave often felt a surprise at the lack of appreciation this flower seemed to command, and were thus led seriously to con- sider why it was this sparsely cultivated. Perhaps a prom- inent reason may be found in the fact that considerable care and attention is required to make an appropriate bed, soil, and situation for the growth of this plant. In hopes of giving our lady friends and, incidentally, others a few reliable hints as to how to prepare a bed for the rhododendron, I will tell theta just how I made one for myself last week, and they are at liberty to improve upon my plan as much as they please. If our friends have pa- tience sufficient to induce them to make such a bed as we describe, and sufficient faith in our experience, they will have as good a show of rhododendrons as any of their neighbers. First, this piant, to thrive well, requires a deep, well pre- pared soil, Belonging to the family ercacer, its rootlets are exceedingly delicate, and are always found very fine. | Now, whenever you find these delicate rootlets dry, from any cause whatever, you may throw your plant away at once, for however green its leaves may appear your plant is dead. On what are called the most ‘‘unseemly places” you can make your plant bed, asI didmine. The hillside upon which I have prepared a bed for the next spring planting faces the southeast. I first determined the size which I designed for my bed. This I staked out in outline, which I think a good plan, using sharpened sticks six inches long. ° The bed is of an oval form, in the longest measurement ten feet, in breadth, or shortest, five to six feet. Carefully cutting the sod with a sod cutter, I removed all the same from the top of the bed. This being done I removed the earthy loam and placed it outside the excavation for future use. Then I removed the gravel to the depth of four feet; this gravel you will need to make the side of the lower em- bankment of your bed, for Imade the upper side of my bed four feet below the level of the sod in its original form. From this level, to be determined by the circum- stances of the case, by those who follow these suggestions, I, in making my bed, made a level bed, or plateau. This was the foundation, or pit, of my bed. Now comes the filling up process. Ona side hill like the one in question you will not often need much artificial drainage. You will, as I did, prepare for a too rapid drainage, which is death to your plant, by covering the whole bottom of your pit with pine needles, or oak leaves, or fine meadow hay, to the depth of from one to two feet. ‘Now pass back again into the pit your loam, and your leaves are fixed, and should be trodden down to make what you have already placed them, about six inches deep from the bottom. Now you are ready to place old sod soil—the soil that should compose the bed, and that which I used was a mixinre of one part peat, or well rotted leaf mould, one part of rich loam, and one part sharp sand. Let these be most thor- oughly mixed and let lay in a heap three or six days; then fill up all the space left of your bed, level with the former brow of the hill, and outwardly forming a level at the top of the embankment of some two or three feet, which should be sodded to prevent the earth of your bed from sliding down hill. Now you can, after doing this, leave your bed over the winter, and in April, on some bright warm day, spade the whole over preparatory to planting out your rhododendrons. You can always procure good plants from reliable nur- serymen. If you want the cheapest of plants there are always humbugs enough to cheat you out of your money. Having obtained what you believe to be good plants, set them say from one foot to fourteen inches distant in rows lengthwise of your bed, or, a general rule adopted by some landscape gardeners is, ‘‘so that they shade the ground by their foliage just touching each other.” This is as good a rule, perhaps, as can be given, and I adopt it whenever I set out grounds. If possible to obtain, I prefer to mulch, say two inches in depth, over the plants as soon ag set out, with ground tan bark, always easily obtained, and there can be nothing better. Now let your bed alone, unless the summer should be extremely dry. ‘Two copious waterings with the water pot or hose pipe will be all sufficient, and nine chances out of ten you will not need any water. Because why? You have set out your bed as you should have done, and they will probably live and thrive. Asa protection from frost and cold in winter, we use boughs of cedar, hemlock, orpine, the ends well sharpened, and a crow bar to make holes to receive them, and the boughs firmly set about the bed is a sufficient shelter from the coldest weather. More of these plants are killed from sunshine in winter than from the intense cold. Protec¢ them well from the winter sun. In the course of time, as your plants grow in size, you will of course make new beds by removing from the old bed every other plant year by year, until you have left one or two very large plants, whose value, singly, would pay a large percentage of time, care, and the money expended. OLLIPOD QUILL. Bryprine LApms’ Fret ry Cutna.—Doctor Macgowan, an American gentleman of great experience in Chinese matters, gives a somewhat different account of the origin of the practice, placing it three centuries later. The custom. he says, is of comparatively modern origin, and owes its exist ence to the whim of Li Yuh, the licentious and unpopular prince of Keanznan, whose court wasin Nanking. Heruled from A. D. 976 to 976, and_was subdued and iinally pois- oned by the founder of the Sung dynasty. It appears that he was amusing himself in his palace, when the thought oceur- red to him that he might improve the appearance of the feet of one of this favorites. He accordingly bent her foot, so as to raise the instep into an arch, to resemble the new moon. The figure was much admired by the courtiers who began at once to introduce it into their families. Soon after the province of Keang-nan again became an inteeral part of the empire, ‘from which point the new practice spread throughout all provinces and all ranks, until it be- came a national custom. Many lives were sacrificed by- suicide; those females whose feet had not been bound, were persecuted by their husbands; so much so, they hung them- selves or took poison. About one hundred and filty years | ifter the origin of the practice, we find a pees ce! ting the beauties of the ‘golden lilies?’ and trom ° his description it would appear that seven centuries ago they were of the same size as those of the present day According to the upholders of the devclopment theory, such continued compression for centuries should hay oc- casioned a national alteration in the structure of the Chinese foot, but nothing of the kind is observed.—Al the Yeur Found. tl ee CGit LYd- 262 FOREST AND STREAM. Glatural History. A HINT TO ENTOMOLOGISTS, OW is the time to collect the chrysalides of the large moths, The leaves are off from the trees and bushés, and they may be easily seen. Those cf the Attacus ceropia alunaand Arpromethia are very numerous this fall. Any one who wishes to secure some of those large and beautiful moths, should collect them at once. It is customary to collect them early in the spring, but it is much better to do _ itin the autumn. During deep snows in the winter, thou- sands are eaten by the mice. The Cecropia chrysalides are most abundant in the elder thickets near the margins of swamps. They are generally attached to the bushes about eighteen inches from the ground. Those of the Promethia are found hanging to the twigs of the wild cherry and spice bush curled up ina leaf. The Lunas may be found under the walnut and oak trees on the ground among the fallen leaves. The Luna moth is the most beautiful of its genus, and its chrysalides are much more difficult to find than those of other species. When collected, they should be put in a box, and kept in a cool part of the house (out of the way of mice) until the first of May, they should then be fastened on strings and stretched across a room in rows until the moths come out, which will be about the middle of the month. Whena moths wings are fully stretched and dried, they should be caught before leaving the chrysales from which they sus- pend. If allowed to fly about a room they soon spoil their wings and are worthless as ornaments or specimens. When taken from the chrysalides they are in a perfect condition, and may at once be prepared for the case or cabinet with all their natural beauty. A dozen or twenty chrysalides may be found in a proper locality in an hours searching. Ladies as well as gentlemen can easily collect them and pre- pare the moths as they come out in spring, and arrange them in cases with rustic frames, made of bark or covered with moss, thus making a beatiful ornament. it or CURIOUS FORMS IN PARASITIC LIFE, Sh eg oe “Big fleas and little fleas Have lesser fleas to bite ‘em; The lesser fleas have smaller fleas, And so ad infinitum. ———— VERY WHERE the great earth teems with life. The very ground almost moves with its suppressed vitality, and even the air we breathe leaves on its invisibie globules myriads of forms active with life, and bent on the one ereat work of reproduction. Upen examination it will be found that the minute forms have a great work laid out for them—that of holding in check certain divisions of animal life, and in their turn their numbers are reduced by some ‘esser flea.”” So we find in every case that the elimination is in exact proportion to the production, and every animal, from the highest form to the lowest mass of Alge: has its in- dividual exterminator. Thus the lower forms of life are kept within bounds, and the parasite, although a repulsive object, is shown to he necessary to our well being, and even life, and forras one of the greatest powers wielded by Nature. Some of the most interesting forms of this class are found on the marine animals, where their numbers and great size make it a study of care as well as interest. The fishes particularly are the victims of this necessary perse- cution, and probably the most common are the little crus- taceans known as Fish Louse. Around the gills and on the tongue is a favorite point of attack. Here they attach themselves with their long knife-like claws, and either gorge themselves with the life blood of the victim or live on food thatcomes from an outside source. In the pouch of the Meduse, or sun-fish quantities of little crustaceans of the genus Hyporie are found, some clinging to the sides and others moving around as if newly arrived and not yet well acquainted with their future habits. In the division Isopadd, we find the cymothoadw. They are found on the gills of many of our fishes, and form*a no mean enemy, as frequently the continual drain of their “‘little moustes” ‘causes the death of the fish, and not until then do they de- sert the fortunes of their victim. They are very curiously - formed; the gills have the general appearance of large round membranous plates, placed at the extremity of six pairs of members attached to the abdominal segments, and called false feet. The exact number of feet, hqwever, areseven pairs, which are armed with a long, sharp, and generally prehensile claw, admirably adapted for the work they have todo. The female is 2 miniature marsupial, as beneath the thorax and attached to the base of the feet is a pouch for the purpose of carrying eggs. Here they are held until they have arrived at perfection, and that im- portant time baving arrived, the mother opens the pouch and the brood swim off m search of some unfortunate fish, with whom they can form an attachment. The Argulus | We find a fish living, as it were, it the midst of death, alosae, a stronger, hard shelled parasite, about half an inch long, is found on the gills of the Alewife (Alosa vulgaris). It is protected by a large obovate or obcordate shield, which covers the first two pair of legs; from this extends the long abdomen,supported by three pairs of legs, all of which are fringed with a remarkable substance, resembling hair. The extremity of this strange parasite is ornamented with | two short folia, covered by two others, and each as long and as broad as the exposed portion of the abdomen. In other species, however, nothing is seen but the shield, which gives it the appearance of a.small shell clinging to the fish. “he fell to the floor amid the ruins of the old pipe. and sometimes fatal to man. down in the scale of being, can discriminate between its The small disc-shaped fish louve (Caligus piscinus), with its jointed body, is familiar to all sportsmen. It is commonly found on the Cod and any of the deep water fishes. I have frequently taken it from the tongue, where it had grown so large as to almost prevent the passage of food, and in | one case, on the Florida reef, [ found six in the mouth of a | small fish, completely fillmg it. Considerable force had to be used in removing them, and when it was effected they were extremely lively and would grasp my finger and en- | 3 , : y y ere May Ens | the attention of an unfortunate sardine. | ‘“‘worm,” and is dead! The shock of the thousand stings deavor to fasten their claws in any crack or crevice. The Penella filosa, a long, worm-like creature, with a veritable horny head and bushy tail,is found frequently cutting its way through the sides of the above mentioned sun-fish, and on one specimen figured by Farrel, a large number of the Parznella saguta were found imbedded with their hairy tails, waving to and fro like tentacule, and on them were found num- /bers of the Cineras vitatta, while in the liver of the fish were found immense numbers of Cysticerci. bored under a disadvantage. Hordes of parasites, crustaceans of the genus Nebalia, are frequently found in the stomach of a single fish. Only one species, however, is well kmown. They are exceedingly minute, and are protected by a cuirass-like shield. The tail is long and finally terminates in two sharp-pointed bristles. Another singularly beautiful parasite, the P. ar- mult cornis, has never been found out of the fish. It is about four inches long,.the elongated and beautifully va- riegated red and white attenne, however, making it ap- pear longer still. It forms one of the most striking and elegant of all the crustaceans} having the parasite charac- teristics. Truly he la- The whale louve is acommon and well known member of the Laemodipods. They have no special spot of attack, but cover the whale on any available part, and at some portions of the year so changing its color that the great white mass of parasites can be seen at a great distance. In appearance it is long and thin and resembles a number of hooks hanging at intervals from a stick. The first claw is prehensile, and is attached to the head; the other legs are armed with along hook, flexible and more or less prehen- sile. The Hermiteral has a slight claim as a parasite. Very fierce and brave, they do not hesitate to attack the inmates of the largest shells or any that suit their purpose, and as they grow rapidly, a constant warfare on the poor Peri- winkles is the result. They are easily tamed, and at Tor- tugas, Fla., we had onethat had taken possession of an old pipe bowl. We named him“ Diogenes,” and for some months shared bed and board with him, But one day, in attempting to climb on the table by a very smooth cloth, His nervous system received so severe a shock that the best medical skill the reef afforded was unavailing, and a few days after, it being extreme high tide, he passed away. He is still mourned by a large circle of acquaintances. Molluscus parasites are quite rare, although the common Barnacles are frequently found imbedded in the flesh of whales and deep water fishes. are immovable in all their parts, and attach themselves to sluggish fishes, where they sometimes so cover the head that the fish becomes blind, and eventually dies. We have several wonderful cases of parasitic ‘‘fish,”but before speak- ing of them it would be well to mention the Heheneidans or ship-stayers. The members of the family are included in the single genus Heheneis, which was translated to Remora by Pliny. They are noted for the remarkable disc-like head, covered with an organ capable of attaching itself to anything. Anyone who has seen a shark has certainly had a view of this beautiful creature; generally they are dark blue, and when clinging to the white sides of the shark, with their tails waving back and forth, they present a very striking appearance. They show great affection for their huge consort, as I have frequently, in catching sharks, pulled them far up on the beach before the Remora would relinquish its hold. To show the power of the suction, it is said that in Mozambique they capture Twitles with them by fastening a ring to the tail of the Remora and holding it by a string. On the approach of a Twitle the string is let out and the fish fastens itself on tothe shell and the animal is drawn in. The old writers had a great respeet for its powers, as they thoroughly believed that it could stop ves- sels of the largest size, and it is stated in all good faith that a Remora retarded Anthony’s galley in the fights of Actium, thus allowing Czsar to obtain the advantage, and Pliny thus moralizes ‘‘that such magnificent ships and men should have to bend the knee, as it were, to a fish two feet long. Still another finny parasite is found in close company with the beautiful, as well as dangerous Physalia or Portuguese Man ’o War. This little fish Ihave never seen figured or de- scribed, although they are quite common on the Florida reef. At first sight you can hardly distinguish them from the deadly tentacles of the Physalia. So alike are they in color, being a deep sea blue. Here is a wonderful phase in the economy of nature. making its home in the snaky mass of tentacles, the mere touch of which is instant death to fish of twice its size, How this mere bubble, far little companions and foreign fish, is a question that is still to be solved. Instinct it cannot be. But still, these little parasites make their home there, while other fish are en- tangled in the slimy folds and drawn up to be devoured by this mass of life. ‘I have often watched them in the harbor of Tortugas, where, after a storm, they are found in-im- mense guantities, -When hungry, the tentacles are’ ex- agony from hydrophobia. The alant or sea acorns | “from either vegetable or atimal matter. begets. tended to a distance of four feet behind them. The little sail or, membrane is lifted to the breeze, and away they go, ike the culprit Fay. . “Spring to this craft with a lightsome leap, And launch afar on the calm blue deep, The imps of the sea may yell and rave, _ And summon all forces beneath the wave.” Soon the tentacles assume a horizontal position, and soon the bits of red and blue shooting through the water attract He dashes at the is fatal. The tentacle is rapidly drawn in, and soon the fish has disappeared in the mass of red blue and white ten- tacles that form the greater part o1 the body of this fairy fisherman. I have seen a Hawksbill Twitle, weighing five pounds, completely conquered by one of them, and indeed I nearly lost my own life by accidentaliy swimming oyer one. The most serioussymptom was dyspnoea, and almost entire prostration of the nervous system, and the red and blue | marks or welts I carriedto New York seven months after, showing the immense power wielded by one of the lowest forms in animal life. Many other parasitic forms, espe- cially among the Annellide or worms, might be mentioned to show the great system of Nature, and the perfect adapt- ation and fitness of the smallest mite to its peculiar work. LGrage eat 210 tip S. H. Wauzs, Hsq., President Department Public Parks: Sir: The following are the donations to the Central Park Meiiagerie since November, 1873: 2 Red-shouldered hawk. Presented by Mr. Henry Steinway and James Halpin. | 1 Horned Toad. Presented by Miss Nina Worth, 1 Burrowing Ow] from Brazil. Presented by Captain A. W. Lavender, ship Clarendon. This bird alighted on deck of vessel when 100 miles off the coast of Uruguay. 1 Merlin. Presented by Mr. John Sutherland. This bird was captured on board steamship Cuba, 250 miles from Queenstown, Ireland. 1 Red-shouldered Hawk. Presented by Mr. James Halpin. Fourteen Box Turtles, 1 Eagle, 1 Agave, 1 Yucea, 1 Bald Eagle, 1 Flying Squirrel. Very respectfully, W. A. Congnin, | Director. Che Kennel. —Philip Meyers, of Brooklyn, died last week in terrible He was bitten through: the thumb by asmall spitz dog in September last. The dog was killed the same day, but was not thought to be rabid. |The wound healed, and no ill effects followed until the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day. Then Meyers was taken sick and died soon after nsidnight. ————— rt THE FOOD OF SPORTING DOGS. —_—_ N feeding dogs, as well as horses, an antomical and phys. iological view cannot failto beasafe index to the system to be pursued. By these aids we are led to conclude that dogs are neither wholly herbivorous nor wholly carnivorous, but are so formed as to be capable of deriving nutriment The dog is by nature predacious, and inteded to live on the flesh of other animals, but at the same time it is clear that his organs fit him for receiving nourishment from vegetable substances also, and occasionally we see them voluntarily scek it, ‘most likely as a necessary mixture to prevent the frequent tend- ency to putridity which a diet confined to animal food alone It. seems pretty plain, therefore, that a mixture of animal and vegetable matter is the proper food for dogs. On this point I believe most persons are agreed. Not so, however, as to the proportion and nature and quality of each to be administered. In many of the old works on the chase, this system of giving raw animal food to hounds is strongly recommended, and in some cases the steaming. entrails of a newly-killed horse were advocated as being the best possible restorative for hounds after returning from an arduous day’s work. Bones are good food for poor hounds, as there is great proof in them, Sheep’s trotters are very weet food, and will be of service when horse flesh is not to be had. Bullocks’ bellies may be also of some use if you can get nothing else. Some sportsmen are unfavorable to the use of flesh as food for dogs, on the ground that it is in- jurious to their olfactory powers, but+this I cannot but think is an erroneous notion, if only on the ground of what actually occurs in a state of nature. All thé members of the canine race, dog, wolves, and foxes, are carnivorous, and, as such, live by meansof their exquisite scenting facul- ties, which enable them to hunt down the animals they prey on, and it would be altogether out of reason to imagine that the pursuit of these natural instincts should frustrate the end for which they were ordained. Flesh, therefore, if not given out of all proportion to the amount of exertion undergone, is never likely to impair the scenting powers. It is only where a superabundant supply of animal food is given to animals out of work, or not taking a proper amount of exercise, that the olfactory powers become im- paired, as then the secretions of the body become vitiated, and those of the nose suffer equally with the rest; in fact, by sportsmen, any defects in these latter organs are more readily detected than in any others, except those which are palpable to an ordinary observer. Animal food, therefore, when given in a judicious manner, forms the most nutri- tious food, and is better adapted for sustaining the sporting powers of dogs, more particularly foxhounds, than any other. The raw flesh of animals appears particularly to in- crease the courage and ferocity of the participators; and where these qualities are requisite, this mode of feeding will undoubtedly tend thereto, and therefore we consider that it is the best possible foodfor hounds. Of the varieties of animal matter none answer the purpose so well as horse- flesh. When animal substances are becoming putrid, by burying them two or three feet under ground, the putrefac- tive process is arrested and the earth tends to sweeten the meat. It is doubtful, however, whether putrid meat is so njurious to ote mi ked 8 it.at all so? e rather inclined to the opinion that it »is not, and wethink facts are much in our favor, for hounds, pointers, and indeed all sporting dogs are notoriously given to eat animal substances in the highest state of decomposi- tion with an appetite and avidity that show it is a natural propensity. Indeed how can it be otherwise? for in a wild state a dog may be supposed to have hunted down some large animal, as a sheep, goat, etc. Having satiated his appetite on it, if he be of a moderate size only, he buries the remainder to hide it from others, and has recourse to what is left when his wants require it. Fresh and whole- some flesh, well boiled. and mixed in proper proportions with other food, is absolutely indispensable to foxhounds, and if investigated, the tated meat supplied to fhem would, in the majority of cases, be found to be the cause of their sometimes going’so suddenly out of conudition.— Cor. Land and Water. Fr The blagazines. INDIAN SNAKE CHARMERS. URING our ,stay at the Sangor bungalow, we had a visit from two Sapwallahs, or serpent charmers, who at the same time were ready to sell any kind of reptile. They offered us a rather rare snake, the goulabi, or rose, whose skin is dotted over with coral marks, and a nondescript snake whose head and tail looked so much alike that it was difficult to distinguish the difference. Finding they had no cobra capellos in their collection, I remarked the fact to them, to which they replied, ‘“‘What would be the use of our bothering ourselves with them, when we can find them just as soon as they are. wanted? Would you like to have one? The court yard of your bungalow ought to furnish all the cobras you want, and at short notice.” My curiosi- ty was excited, and I challenged them to find me a cobra with the ease or even in the short time they professed to be able to accomplish it. No sooner had I said this than one of the sapwallahs stripped off almost all his clothes save his shirt, and taking his toumril (the snake charmer’s flute) requested me to follow him. Back of the bungalow there was a piece of ground filled with briers and stones. Tak- ing his instrument he commenced producing a series of the most piercing sounds, interspersed with occasional soft notes, with his body bent towards the ground prying into -each tuft of grass, into every thicket. Almost in a moment by asingle glance he indicated to me where I should look, and there I saw sure enough a snake just issuing from un- der a stone. As quick as lightning the snake charmer let his flute fall and seizing the snake with wonderful dexter- ity, tossed it into the air, and the instant it lit on the ground he had it fast by the tail, After examining itfor amoment I found it was an inoffensive snake, a kind of viper. The snake charmer then commenced his work over again, going through the same musical performances. In less than a second the flute was dropped, a second snake was thrown up into the air, it fell, was caught again, and with the most wonderful coolness the sapwallah showed me dangling from his hand, the tail held fast between his fingers, a fearful cobra fully three feet long. The hideous reptile twisted and squirmed, but with another most clever motion, the snake charmer held the reptile now behind the head, and forcing open the mouth, showed me the terriblefangs, from whence distilled the venom which was sudden death. I am absolutely positive that there could have been no trick about handling this snake, although I was well aware that in ordinary casessnake charmers play with snakes that have had their fangs pulled out. Presently the Hindoo took a small pair of pincers and drew out the teeth of the cobra, Whether through an accident or to show his indifference to snake poison, the snake had bitten him, slightly it is true, though the blood was flowing from one of his fingers. Apparently not a bit disturbed he sucked the wound and applied to it a bit of black porous stone which he assured me was a perfect antidote for all snake bites. I bought the piece of stone from him. On analysing it I found it was nothing more thana bit of calcined bone of a remarkably fine grain. After the cobra hunt, the sapwallahs com- menced showing us all their various tricks. One tour de force performed by them had a striking resemblance to the famous miracle of Moses before Pharaoh. The juggler, keeping on nothing but his shirt took a harmless snake, put it before our eyes in a basket which he covered up. He lifted the basket up into the air, chanted several certain ca- balistic words, while his comrade accompanied him on the tamborine. All of asudden he took a pliant rod, swung it twice or thrice around his head, then threw it at my feet, where it writhed in the form of a true snake. [ watched him as closely as I could, making him repeat the trick twice, yet it was impossible for me to discover when or how he substituted the snake forthe stick. The trick was so cleverly performed that credulous people would have readily believed that the transformation was a positive one. I fancy the way it was done was as follows: The snake charmer of course does not place the snake in the basket, but allows the snake, who is trained to it, to coil around his arm, which is covered by the sleeve of his shirt. Now the skilllies in the substitution of the snake for the stick, With a single movement the juggler I suppose tosses the stick behind him to his mate, while at the same time he throws out the serpent concealed in his arm. I do not think this calls for any more skill than the cleverness dis- played by the sapwallah, when as quick as lightning he caught before my eyes a cobra, tossed it up in the air, and seized it as it fell by the tail. It must be remembered that a cobra’s head protruding from his hole does not offer a place to catch hold of any larger than an inch and a half or so square. I must state that the charmers who exhibited before me were of the highest rank, and were venerated by the native inhabitants. The two rupees I gave them amply satisfied tham for a curious series of performances which lasted fully two hours.—[Translated for Forrsr anp STREAM from Louis Rousselet’s Trayels, Zour de Monde. | $e — —We have seen 4 stick of wood weighing scarcely four ounces fall from a boy’s arms, and striking on his toes ren- der him incapable of further action for hours afterward, while the same boy has slipped with a pair 2f skates, and striking on his head with sufficient force to split that article open, has not only reached his feet unaided, but has given the boy who laughed at him one of the most astonishing whalings he ever received:—Danbury News: * as is supposed; indeed, it may be asked, FOREST AND STREAM. RHYMING PROPHECIES. —— T was a proverb in Scotland that if the deer rose dry and lay down to dry on Bullion’s Day, there would be an early harvast. Considering the soldier-saint was the chosen patron of publicans and dispensers of good liquor, it seems odd that a shower falling upon St Martin’s Day should be supposed to indicate a twenty days’ opening of heaven's sluices. Martin, however, when he went in for wet, was more moderate than his uncanonised brother Swithum, commonly called St Swithin; he, as every one knows, is content with nothing under forty days: Saint Swithin’s Day, gin ye do rain, For forty days it will remain; Saint Swithin’s Day, an’ ye be fair, For forty days ‘twill rain nae mair. Why this should be, has been explained in this wise: When the good Saxon Bishop of Winchester departed this life some thousand years ago, he was, in accordance with his expressed wish, buried in the churchyard, so that his — humble grave might be trodden by the feet of passers-by, and receive the eaves-dropping from the abbey roof. Thus he was permitted to rest undisturbed for a hundred years; then the clergy of the diocese took itinto their heads to have the saint taken up, and deposited inside the cathedral, but when they set about the wofk, the rain came down with such violence that they were compelled to desist, and finding the deluge continued for forty days, interpreted it to be a warning against removing Swithin’s remains, and therefore contented themselves with erecting a chapel over his grave. As poor robin sings: Whether this were so or no, Is more than you or I do know, Better it is to rise betime, And to make hay while sun doth shine, Than to believe in tales and lies Which idle monks and friars devise. Mr. Earle, however, has shown that while it is true that St Swithin did leave directions that he should be buried in a vile place, under the eaves-dropping, on the north side of Winchester church, there was no supernatural protest on his part against his relics being removed to the magnifi cent shrine prepared for them in Ethelworld’s cathedral. On the contrary, the weather was most propitious for the ceremony. Whoever was at the pains of inventing the story oi the forty days’ tempest, misapplied his imaginative faculties altogether, since the phenomenon popularly asso- ciated with St Swithin is as apocryphal as the story con- cocted to account forit. From observations made at Green- wich in the twenty years ending with 1861, it appears that during that term forty days’ rain was never known to fol- low St Swithin’s Day; while, oddly enough, the wettest weather came when the saint failed to ‘christen the apples.’ In only six instances—in 1841, 1845, 1851, 1858, 1854, and 1856—did it rain at all upon the fateful day; and the forty days following showed respectively twenty-three, twenty- six, thirteen, eighteen, sixteen, and fourteen rainy ones. On the other hand, there were twelve wetdays out of the forty after the dry St Swithin of 1842, twenty-two after that of 1848, twenty-nine after that of 1860, and no less than thirty-one after that of 1848. Not that any evidence is likely to shake the faith of believers in the ancient notion. Convinced against their will, they will hold their old opin- ‘jon still, like Hone’s lady friend, who, finding her favorite saint’s day fine, prophesied a long term of beautiful weather; but when a few drops of rain fell towards evening, veered round, and, was positive six weeks of wet impended. Her first prophecy turned out to be correct; but the obsti- nate dame would not have it so, declaring stoutly that if no rain had fallen in the daytime, there certainly must have been some at night. There are rainy saints beside Swithin; in Belgium they pin their faith to St Godeliéve, in France, to Saints Gervais and Protais, and St Médard.— Chambers’ Journal. ang KEEP THE LEGS AND FEET WARM. ee eee URING the damp and cold season, the lezs should be encased in very thick knit woolen drawers, the feet in'thick woolen stockings, (which must be changed every day,) and the shoe soles must be as broad-as the feet when fully spread, so that the blood shell have free passage. If the feet are squeezed in the least, the circulation is checked, and coldness is inevitable. This free circulation cannot be secured by a loose upper with a narrow sole. If when the foot stands naked on a sheet of paper it measures three and a half inches, the sole must measure three and a half. I will suppose you have done all ‘this faithfully, and yet your feet and legs are cold. Now add more woolen, or if you are to travel much in the cars, or in a sleigh, procure a pair of chamois-skin or wash-leather drawers, which I have found to be most satisfactory. I have known a number of ladies afflicted with hot and aching head, and other evidence of congestion about the upper parts, who were completely relieved by a pair of chamois-skin drawers and broad-soled shoes. Three ladies in every four suffer from some congestion in the upper part of the body. It is felt in a fulness of the head, in sore throat, in palpitation of the heart, torpid liver, and in many other ways. It is well known tat a hot foot-bath will re- lieve for the time being any and all of these difficulties. This bath draws the blood into the legs and feet, relieving the congestion above. What the hot-hath does for an hour, the broad soled shoes with thick woolen stockings, and a pair of flannel drawers, with a pair of wash-leather drawers added, will do pean of course Iam speaking of eold weather, oO one hesitates to multiply the clothing about the trunk. Why hesitate to increase the clothing about the legs? As a preventive of many common affec- tions about the chest, throat and head, including nasal catarrh, I know nothing so effective as the dress of the lower extremities which I am advoeating. The bath is a good thing, exercise is a good thing, fric- tion is a good thing, but, after all, our main dependence in this climate must ever be, durmg the cold season, warm clothing. Already we overdo this about our trunks, but not one person in,ten wears clothing enough about the legs and feet.—Dio Lewis in To-Day. oe —The Newburyport Herald explains that ‘‘a tinker’s dam” is oot profanity, but simply an “‘enclosure made of bread around the hole to be mended, that the melted solder may be retained.till it cools off around the bread. After being subjected to this process the bread is burned and spoiled, and is a fitting type of utter worthlessness,”’ 263 Tus Kasyies iv Aue@rrr.—The Kabyles know very little of medicine. If one of them falls ill, he takes the juice of some plant; if he is wounded he makes a paste of sulphur, resin, and olive oil, and applies it to his wound; these and a leather pouch, containing verses from the Koran or certain cabalistie signs, which they wear round their necks, are the only remedies that they ever think of using. Their chief nourishment consists of a kind of hard cake baked upon a clay plate, milk, honey, and figs soaked in oil. Their luxuries are roast meat and couscoussou. This favourite dish is made in an earthenware utensil standing upon legs, which is similar to our ordinary coffee pot in principle and form, although much larger in diameter. A quantity of olive oil, fat, vegetables, and pieces of meat or fowls seasoned with herbs aud spices, are placed in the lower half of the pot, while the cowscowssou which. consists of grains of corn steeped in water, then crushed with a stone, and finally exposed to the sun to dry, is put into the upper division, which is perforated with small holes at the bot- tom. The utensil is then placed over a slow fire, and the steam which rises from the various ingredients in the lower half of the pot gradually impregnates the cowscowssou. When the latter is sufficiently cooked it is turned into a wooden bow] and the meat placed on the top.—Gentleman’s Magazine. Auswers Ga Correspondents. + [We shall endeavor in this department to impart and lope to receive such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports- men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within the scope of this paper, designating loculities for good hunting, Jish ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, wm plements, routes, distdnces, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species governing rules, etc. .All branches of the sportsman’s craft will receive attention. Anonymous communications not noticed. | . ee ts D.—See Agassiz’s Journal in Brazil; Ticknor & Field. plained. RosenBAuM, New Jersey.—Quails, can be obtained by addressing C. J ; Fox, Galatea, Saline county, Mlinois. BE. T. H., Lynn, Mass.—For full information of Umbagog and Range. ly lakes, in Maine, see ForEsT AND STREAM, Sept. 18th, page 21. W.S. H., Brooklyn, L. I.—‘‘Is there any shooting at Barnegat?’ Yes, wild fowl; butitis very cold; on the main, fair quail shooting; near Tom's river, good cock shooting. Cornsxkin, Memphis.—‘‘Is there a man in the United States, Daley by It is fully ex-~ name, who makes breeeh loaders?’ Yes, Messrs. Sceoverling & Daley,- No. 84 Chambers street, New York. CLENDENNING.—We can recommend no better book to you than ‘Proc tor’s Half Hours with the Telescope.” As your glass is a three inch achromatic, it would just suit. “RAciNE CoLuEGEe, Wisconsin.—“When will the Forust anD STREAM publish the reviews of the cricket clubs in the country?” Ans. Weare now preparing the material, and have it almost ready for the press. RieLemMAN, Lexington, Ky.—‘‘What is the largest number of grains of powder which can be shot from a rifle without unpleasant recoil?’ Ans, About ninety grains, which is about ahalf more than the regulation charge. Grizziy.—‘What is the mountain feyer?” Ans. A severe cold peeu+ liar tothe Rocky mountains, caused by exposure and oyer exertion, Tis symptoms are flushes, fever, cold in the head, headaches and general de- bility. It reduces a cast-irom mountain man to a weak and helpless in- fantin afew days. Itin no respect resembles the fever and ague, or the fever prevalent to the Southern States. Cocoon, Baltimore, Md.—Some time ago we replied to acorrespondent in regard to the oak feeding silk worm, since which we have come across Dr. Wallace’s Prize Essay on the oak feeding silk worm, Dambyxjama mai. The worm will well feed on the Enghsh and Turkey oak and all other kinds. It is advisable to plant some seedling oaks to feed with when they are first hatched. CuEYAL, Germantown, Pa.—In regard to your question about a naked horse, or one without hair, Brehm, a strong authority, says that travelers affirm that troops of hairless horses are found in a half wild state in Af- ghanistan. Occasionally some have found their way into India, and thence to Europe. A race of hairless horses is said to have once existed in the Crimea, and that occasionally foals show the old hairless origin. A harr- less horse, a kind of /asus nature animal, was exhibited some years ago at the Crystal Palace. Stan Fis, Philadelphia—The Physallia have certainly the power of stinging, thosefound in the waters surrounding the West Indies especi- ally. Duteste says the effect on his arm when he touched one was as if he had plunged itin boiling water. Mr. Bennet, an English naturalist, af- firms the fact, and states from experience that the effects of the poison of the Physallia are quite serious. West India negroes believe that when the ‘‘galleys,’’ as they are called, are dead and dried that the poison is as eilicacious as ever; but this is nonsense. We should be pleased to have your experience. Coot, Fordham, N. Y.—‘What are the expenses for a sportsman per diem on the several islands in the Chesapeake, and near the capes of Vir- ginia, mentioned by you?” Ans. On Cobbs’ and Chincoteugne, $5 a day, for wild fowl, and $2,50 for snipe. On Mockhorn, Hog and Fisherman's, | $3 aday. We have already given the route. On the Susquehanna by contract, at Nott’s Island, N. ©,, $3 a day, a good place: at Good Ground z L. 1., $8, for a party of three, including live geese stools. At Raynor's. West Hampton, L.I., $3 a day. None of these prices include board, but merely gunner, stools and boats. i Frep Matuer, Honeoye Falls.—Your question is partly answered elsewhere. White rabbits, white mice, and white ferets are albinos, but they breed true, like the pure strains. We suppose that human albinos would breed true, but know of no authentic cases. Melanismis & freak of nature exactly the reverse, where the exceptions are black instead of white. For instance, we have seen a black red squirrel and a white one from the same nest. These were in possesion of George A Boardman, of Calais, Maine, a naturalist of some repute. Melanism does not occur as often as Albinoism, and is rarely seen in birds, few instances haying been noted. Iarrie.—Albinoism is common with all species of mammals and birds particularly the latter. In 1872 there was a full grown albino bnill buffalo killed on the plains of Western Kansas. Muskrats, mink, otters, foxes wolves, rats, mice, squirrels, and other animals, are often found in a state of albinoism. Albinos are more common with some species of animals than with others, especially in the red squirrel and common house mouse and rat. Animals are never seenin a half state of albinoism as birds often are. Blue jays have been seen with head and crest nearly white the other parts of the body having its natural coloring, A cedar bird, with a white tail, the yellow markings on the tail feathers being ne ceivable, and quail, robins, swallows, prairie hens, grouse, marsh hawks and sparrows, particularly the Passer domesticus, with their entire plum- age mottled with white. Two years ago a milk white red-tailed hawk (Buteo boredits) was killed on the meadows near Jersey City. Our corres- pondent, J. H. Batty, the naturalist, says there is a crow with white Wings which is often seen feeding in the meadows near Coney Island He has often tried to shoot it, but thus far in yain. Albino birds fixo often hatched from white eggs. The true canse of albinoism I am unable to state. FOREST AND STREAM. os) £ £ i £ . 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The Publishers of Forest AND STREAM aim to merit and secure the patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that 18 beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always ,end to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise- mentor business notice of an immoral character will be received on any terms; and nothing will be admitted to any department o the paper that. may not be read with propriety in the home circle. We caunot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if money remitted to us is lost. Advertisements should be sent-in by Saturday of each week, if possible. CHARLES HALLOCKH, Managing Editor. Leanne emt aera acamaaaasaaiaaiaanaiaaaae. Calendar of Events for the Current Week. —_+- SuTuRDAY, December 6.—Louisiana Jockey Club, New Orleans. TuRSDAY, December 9.—Lonisiana Jockey Club, New Orleans, Wrpnuspay, December; 10,—Camden Jockey Club, Camden, South Carolina. TuuBspAy, December 11,—Louisiana Jockey Club, New Orleans.... Camden Jockey Club, Camden, 8. C. FIELD CLUBS—A SUGGESTION. aie B have entertained the opinion that a large amount of practical information of the most valuable qual- ity of a zoological or other character was obtainable outside of strictly scientific sources. The exceedingly valuable material furnished to the columns of ForEst AND STREAM by our many correspondents, coming tous quite unsolici- ted, is the strongest proof we can present that a spirit of research in Natural History, with habits of close observa- tion, exists in the United States to a most marked degree. Tf learned professors of the Smithsonian and other leading scientists in our universities and schools have been good enough to give our readers information and instruction, conveyed with infinite skill and erudition, we have at the game time derived many advantages from the contribu- tions of persons unknown to fame, with no idea of scien- tific study, but whose singularly novel and interesting ob- servations in regard to animals, birds, and fishes have lent additional charms to the columns of the Formst aNp Grream. What has been so persistently asserted by us, that a practical knowledge of Natural History must of neces- sity underlie all. attainments which combine to make a thorough sportsman, are then undoubtedly true, From Labrador to Florida, from New Jersey to California, those who handle the gun and the rod have given us their rich stores of informa- tion, and all seem to appreciate the fact that the study of the game or fish they seek, with: a knowledge of their hab- its when noted, not only gives an immense amount of prac- tical information, but adds fresh zest to their manly plea- sures. We feel ourselves called upon to make this general ac- knowledgment of the value of the labors of all our con- _tributors, and to express to all of them how gratefully the public, both at home and abroad, have appreciated their labors, for English sporting journals and periodicals are copying us with avidity. There is, however, a method of combining such general advance of intelligence, which, without depriving the Fores? AND STRHAM in the least of their valuable services, would be of infinite advantage to many of our co-laborers. In England they have certain kinds of societies, and, dis- arding the rather pompous titles of ‘‘scientific societies,” they simply call themselves ‘‘Field Clubs.” In quite an un- ostentatious way they collect from absolute experiences in the fields, woods, and rivers, in the forests and streams, an endless variety of useful information. The subjects they choose are varied. Some field clubs take up geology, others zoology or botany, some meteorology, others archeology, but generally all these various branches of study are com- bined. The sportsraan going in the fields, for instance, notes age, sex, general appearance, habits, and effects of season on the birds he hunts. Should he find a bird un- known to the section of country, he jotsit down in his book, perhaps stuffs the specimen himself, and at a subse- quent meeting of his field club descants on this novel bird, and not only gives but gainsinformation. If he is a fisher- man, there are a thousand novel facts which strike his in- telligent notice. He learns something about the migration of fish, their methods of spawning, the differences even in the same species as to color, shape, or size, and, carefully recording the facts of his own experiences, imparts it to others. If the field club is ambitious, at the end of the year, their proceedings could be published, and it would be surprising to find what a ¥ast amount of solid facts would be given to the world. Societies of this character in England, humble at first, counting but afew members at their start, have in a com- paratively short time developed into real centres of vast importance and scientific acquirement, and from being sim- ply ‘‘field clubs” are now august scientific societies, pub- lishing each year volumes full of the most varied informa- tion, and liaving libraries attached to their societies. Societies of this character, composed of every element, stimulate the general advance of human culture, and foster a love for that most delightful of all subjects, Natural His- tory. There is no reason why our own readers, the many contributors to the Forrest AND STREAM, especially our friends of the gun and rod, should not establish field clubs in the localities in which they live. The objects worthy of their research exist quite as wellin the State of New York as in Nebraska. No country in the world abounds with such magnificent material. There is nothing which will tend to so fully develop not only among the older, but among the younger people, a taste for ennobling studies as the formation of societies of independent investigation cf this simple character. We have canvassed this matter sufficiently to have discovered a nucleus for an association of this kind, and when the mat- ter has been sufficiently discussed by our readers, we shall develop our plans. We ask a careful consideration of our suggestion, ee pe WINTER SPORTS. ee W ITHIN a period of time covering but a little more than the past decade, the winter sport and exercise of skating in this country was indulged in almost exclusive- ly by the masculine sex, and chiefly by juveniles, and gen- erally by those only who found time to avail themselves of the favorable condition of the ice on such ponds or streams as were located in the immediate vicinity of their houses. At that period adults, too, would, on holiday occasions, take to the ice for a few hours’ sport, provided the snow had not placed an embargo on the use of any ice for skating purposes. What a change has taken place in regard to this exercise, however, within the past dozen years! Now thou- sands engage in the sport where tens only indulged in it, and. the fair sex rival their masculine protectors in the skill in which they disport themselves on skates. In fact skating has become a regular American institution, and one which specially commends itself to both sexes and all classes as an exciting aad invigorating out-door exercise and recrea- tion. A dozen years ago a lady on skates was not only a rare and novel sight in this vicinity, but any fair one, ‘“ native and to the manner born,” who in such a way would have daved to brave the opinion of ‘‘ her set,” and to have outraged their peculiar sense of feminine propriety by ap- pearing on a public field of ice on skates, would have been driven forth in disgrace from the sacred circles of ‘‘ our best society.” Now, however, the very reverse rule pre- vails, for the self same fair one would now be tabooed as ‘“sJow” and ‘‘behind the times” if she could not grace- fully accomplish the ‘‘ outside circle” or practically illus- trate the beauties of the ‘‘ grape vine twist”’ and other mysteries of the skating art in the latest style. Now, too, every girl not afflicted with weak ankles, thin or crooked nether limbs, or positive physical inability to exercise her- self on skates, is uneasy and dissatisfied unless enjoying herself in the winter luxury of skating on a clear field of ice, At one time a perfect furore for the sport prevailed amongst the fair sex of our northern cities, and no wonder either, for American women, until within afew years’ past, have been so much excluded from any participation in the out-door amusements and exercises which European ladies indulge in to such a wholesome extent, that it is not sur- prising that when the door to such recreation is opened to them they should rush in to enjoy it with almost ecstatic de- light, or go to extremes in the indulgence of the too long prohibited pleasure. Now, however, skating has settled down into a permanent recreative exercise for Americans of both sexes, and its present deserved popularity will never relax, we trust. Looking at skating from a sanitary point of view the benefits accruing from it outnumber its drawbacks to such an extent ay to render opposition to the sport on any reason- abie grounds futile. Especially is this the case in reference to its enjoyment by ladies, for to them it has been an especial advantage when they have indulged in it with judicious care and moderation. The prominent cause of the delicate and sickly constitutions of American girls, and especially of our city ladies, arises in a great measure from their entire neglect of out-door recreative exercise. Two- thirds of the lives of fashionable American women have hitherto been passed in the artificial. and poisonous atmos- phere of their poorly ventilated and furnace-heated apart- ments Theresult has been the preventing of that exhala- tion of carbon and the inhalation of oxygen which are of such vital importance to the health of everv human being. Now it happens that this requisite healthy action of the lungs in the expulsion of the refuse carbon from the blood and the reception of the life-giving properties of the air we breath, is never better promoted than when the indiyj- dual is engaged in the vigorous exercise of skating, for while thus causing the blood to circulate healthily to the surface of the body by the muscular exercise, and thereby giving life to the dormant functions of the skin, the oxygen of the pure frosty air is inhaled under circumstances best calcu. culated to invigorate the entire system. ‘The sanitarian rule is, that exercise, to be beneficial, must have the effect of increasing the insensible perspiration, or, in other words, give an impetus to the healthy action of the skin in removing effete matter from the system, By this means the otherwise overworked functions of the lungs, bowels and kidneys are relieved and the diseases which res: lt therefrom, are prevented. It is from the very lack of this healthy circulation of the blood to the surface that indivi- duals unaccustomed to out-door recreative exercises take cold so eacily.. Those in whom the functions of the skin are in active operation scarcely know what a cold is; and hence the hardihood of those who are constantly inhaling the open air under circumstances of active exercise of their muscles, in comparison to others who in their sedentary habits of life scarcely realise what recreative exercise is. Habitual skaters, who regularly breath the invigorating at- mosphere of winter on a skating pond and thereby make their cheeks ruddy with the newly vitalized blood sent to the surface by the exercise, become proof against colds. It is your housed girls and office-confined young men who become victims of colds, and not the well-clothed and well- exercised skater. . Though we have recently had quite a cold snap, it has not been sufficient to inaugurate the skating season of ’738 and ’74, and it is not probable that the season will be open- ed before the middle of December. By tkat time, however, the skating lakes at Central and Prospect Parks will, no doubt, be in operation. Prepsrations are in progress at both localities for the advent of King Frost, the skating houses having been commenced this week. Water has been let on at the Capitoline and Union Lakes, too, in prepara- tion tor the season’s sport. We regret to notice that even at this early period of the season accidents to skaters have occurred in different localities resulting from the risks in- curred in skating on Mill Ponds; three boys having been drowned near Highland Falls, in this State, this last week, ° and a young man in a Mill Pond in New Hampshire. No such danger can result from skating on our Park Lakes, as the water is not deep for one thing, and great care is taken in keeping people off the ice when it is not sufficiently strong. . NEBRASKA. See HERE is always a certain amount of solid informa- tion derivable from the Agricultural Reports ofa State. Ifsuch reports are not always exactly amusing, at least they have the merit of being instructive. The wealth of a country in an agricultural point of view is, however, of the most tangible character. As one reads, it requires but little imagination to see before one’s eyes the rich prai- ries bending under their golden harvests, or the fat kine drowsily chewing the cud, fetlock deep in the succulent blue-grass. Those dryer details of manufacturing or com- mercial communities, as expressed by so many looms with their thousands of yards of sheeting or so many forges with their tons of iron,or of so many ships, or an amount of money invested in stocks, shares or mortgages, do not present that palpable consistency which wheat and corn, oxen, horses, swine, or sheep give. In the Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Agriculture of the State of Nebraska for 1873, there is, in additionto quite a large amount of excellent in- formation, no end of true Western dash. There is an original impulsiveness about it which has its charm. Why should a great go-ahead State like Nebraska, which was a territory but a few years ago, and a terrw incognita fifteen years before that, want to be staid, heavy and dignified, or to give us here in our older civilization some intensely prim yet dull facts in the cut and dried guise of an English parliamentary Blue Book? Some idea of the perfectly free and easy manner in which this most clever report is written, may be had from a line or so in the introductory portion. Discussing the most curious fact of that wonder- ful belt of civilization which is encircling this giant coun- try of ours, one of some tliree thousand miles long from east to west, by four or five hundred miles in width from north to south, the report scouts at anything like curtailing this huge girdle, and describes the country as ‘‘bounded on the north by the Aurora Borealis and on the south by the Day of Judgment.” ‘ But our report is not wanting in statistics, See what it says about the Homestead bill and the benefits the vigorous State of Nebraska has gained by this ‘‘twice honored bill,” as it calls it. Taking the whole number of acres occupied by settlers under the Homestead bill, the report states that up to June 80th, 1872, “‘the total number of acres of land to which claims had been filed by homesteaders amounted to 25,173,869 acres,” which is an area of ground twice as much as is now under tillage in England. Think of such a royal domain, well nigh forty thousand miles square, and 8) ee FOREST AND STREAM. 265 this has been given away by the United States in the last ten years. An army of two hundred thousand farmers, each one exulting in his own broad acres, are cultivating them. Between 1860 and 1870,the Nebraska Report tells us that the number of farms in the whole country increased -more than half a million, and during the same decade Ne- . future—(the italics are ours). braska farms increased from 2,789 to 12,801, and that dur- ing the last three years it has more than doubled these last firures.’ Is it not something wonderful to think that only nine years ago the Homestead claims were a beggarly 191, and that last year they were over twelve thousand? From the report of the Commissioner of the Land Office, published this week, we have an excellent opportunity of judging of the amount of land disposed of by the United States ending June 80th, 1873. During the last year this amount of land was no less than 13,030,606 acres. During the fiscal year, ending June 30th, 1873, preliminary home- stead entries were made, covering an area of 3,752,347. “Tn almost all cases,” says the Nebraska Report, ‘‘each man or woman (for there are many female homesteaders) is head of a family, if not actual, yet hoped for in the near Speaking of the early at- tempts of the Nebraska settler to build a shelter, the re- port expatiates about what it calls a ‘‘Nebraska brown- stone front.” There is something cheerful, Mark Tapley- ish, to a degree, when one learns that a sod house, the sward cut with a breaking plow, and the green turf used as shingles to cover an excavation, is the primitive dwelling used by the settlers, nd the report affirms that ‘‘it is both warmer in winter and cooler in summer than any house which can be made of lumber.” Descanting on the methods or migration to this happy Nebraska, the report tells us of westward trains full of wives carrying their little ones to their husbands who have gone to Nebraska at first alone to rough it, and amus- ingly speaks of a car load of babies, shipped, we suppose, by Adams Express, C. O. D., all the little ones being pos- sibly Japhets in search of their fathers. It is as easy to get to Nebraska, according to the report, as it was for the prince in the Arabian Nights who owned the flying-horse, and who only had to press a button in order to be trans- ported some thousands of miles. A Massachusetts man, according to our report, can charter acar at Cape Cod, put on board his clock, his provision of beans, his pump- kins, his wife and children, and without once breaking bulk; keeping house all the time, can be landed in the middle of Nebraska in the midst of the far land, before he is aware of it, with a stock of beans still on hand. It is but forty years ago since the first white family entered Towa; but to-day, of its twelve hundred thousand inhabi- tants, but one-third of the present population was born in it, two-thirds have come to it, and one-half were born in the more sterile East, and why should not Nebraska very shortly exult in her millions? Do you want to get rich? Only have money enough to buy some few horses and break prairie at $3 an acre. You can earn that way $6, for the keep of yourself and horses will be only $1 50a day, and you will be thus enabled very soon to buy all the land you want on this large margin of protits, The geological data given in the report are most interest- ing, and fossils abound in Nebraska. in the Mesozoic age lived in Nebraska no less than five species of those reptiles, the Demosaurs, as much as forty feet in length, and as to Tchthayosuuri they are discovered assuming the proportions of a whale. Here, too, are found the remains of that an- omalous creature, the Rhamforynchus, half lizard, half bird, As to fossil animals, Nebraska is a complete geolog- ical menagerie. No less than twenty species of the Oreontide have been exhumed in the tertiary deposits. In anatomical peculiarities they partook of the character of the camel, the hog and the deer. The early Nebraska buffalo or bison was, too, a third larger than the present animal. At that period, too, lived the alewrodon ferox, an animal as large and savage as a tiger. The subjects dear to the FoREST AND STREAM, such as the preservation of the forests, and the methods of planting treesare treated, not only- with singular merit, but exhaustively, in the re- port, Mr. James Morris has an admirable article on this question, recommending the planting of the filbert, the al- mond, the chestnut, the walnut, the pecan and the hickory, and states that in regard to the cottonwood, the buckeye, the white poplar, the elm, the beach and the ash, there would be no difficulty in making forests of them all over the land. No less excellent is a paper on the same subject by Mr. C. 8. Harrison, entitled ‘‘Tree Culture.” Mr. Har- rison, after a most philosophical argument proving the many great blessings tree culture produces in a country of plains, scientifically and practically discusses the entire subject. Admiring both the vigor of the report, and wishing that the many other agricultural reports which pass thorough our hands were made up of such readable and interesting matter, after its most careful perusal, we: are more fully satisfied than ever in regard to the future greatness of this new State, and believe that few other sections of the coun- try present greater advantages for the industrious settler than Nebraska. $2 _—— —Persons who propose making Holiday Presents, cannot adopt a method more satisfactory than to avail themselves of the advantages offered in the Forest AND STREAM Prize Scheme. By so doing they will not onty secure, through the paper, that which is of permanent substantial value, but a useful article whose intrinsic value is almost. an equivalent for their money. You can take your choice of guns, rods, books, pictures, skates, and out-door games in great variety. — HOLIDAY ADVERTISEMENTS. an, * HIS journal, the Forrst AND STRHAM, caters so direct- ly to the tastes and requirements of those who make THE HOLIDAYS a period of recreation, and has withal obtained so large a circulation among the refined portion of the community who encourage innocuous pastimes, that w cannot but urge upon merchants the advantages it presents as a medium for advertising that class of goods which come within the ordinary list of HOLIDAY PRESENTS. We aim to inculcate in men, women and children, a healthy interest in all reasonable recreation. We believe in pro- viding aliment for both mind and body, that each may be reciprocally benefitted. To this end we devote much atten- tion to reviews of books, especially to such as bear upon those subjects that come within the scope of our observa- tion and effort. Our paper has equal place in the gymna- sium and academy. It circulates in nearly all our colleges and universities. It is read by all sportsmen of refined taste and culture, and is sought for and referred to by naturalists and men of science. In fact it covers ground and position never occupied before by any journal in this country, and on this foundation is building a marvellous success. We shall during the HOLIDAYS give especial attention and place to HOLIDAY GOODS advertised in our columns, and respectfully urge upon Publishers, Booksellers, Stationers, and Dealers in Powder, Shot, Rifles, Guns, Fishing Tackle, and all kinds of Games, our claims upon their consideration and patronage, a EE oe THE CULTURE OF THE CINCHONA. . ee -f HE importance of an enterprise looking tothe grow- ing of the cinchona tree insections of the world other than South America, can not be overrated. Itisa question equally interesting to the botanist, the pharmaceutist and votary of economic science. In the last number of Nature there is an’excellent account of the various efforts made to propagate this tree in India and Ceylon, from which we make the following brief suminary. The Dutch government took the initiative steps, directing their efforts to the introduction of the treein Java. The first cinchona trees sent out to that colony were specimens of the C, Oalisaya raised in Bolivia. In 1852 the Dutch government sent a Mr. Hasskarl on a mission to South America to procure plants and seeds. The collection made was divided into two parts, one half being sentto Java direct, and the remainder to Amsterdam. In 1856, there were over 260 plants on the island of Java. Many serious troubles attended the early efforts to raise the trees, arising from insects, wild animals, and badly chosen localities on the island. At last in 1860 success crowned their labors, and in 1863 the total number of trees in Java numbered 1,151,180 trees. It was found that the C. Calisaya, in Java was the best adapted for the locality, the C. Pahudiana con- taining much less of the alkaloid. The efforts of the British government were commenced as early as 1839. In 1852 the East India company sent to the British consular agents in South America for seeds of the various species, but it was not until 1859 that the matter was fully taken in hand. During this year Mr, Markham proposed a fourfold expedition to South America, and the plan being sanctioned by the Secretary of the State for India, the scheme was carried out. Expeditions were sent to Bolivia, Caravaya, to Cuerica and Loxa in Ecuador, and to New Grenada and to the Chimborazo districts. The illness and privation suffered by the searchers after these trees rendered the task a difficult one. At last a fair stock was collected, but most of the plants were killed during the Red sea transit to India. Once in India, however, the few that survived throve immediately. At Ootamacuna a station was established in 1860, and in 1861 1,128 fine young cinchona trees were re- ported as alive. In 1863 the number was 248,166, The efforts of the British government have not been di- rected alone to acclimatize the cinchona in India, for in Ceylon in 1868 they had 20,000 young trees, in referring to India matters (Blue Book of 1870) in the Bengal and Madras Presidencies, no less than four millions and a half cinchona'trees are reported. Experiments with the cinchona have been tried in the South of Europe, in the Caucasus, in the Brazils, Philip- pines, Australia and Jamaica, but not of sufficient extent to have ary significance. Of all the fine species of trees, the following seems to be the results as to Alkaloids:— C. Calisayu, only a small proportion realises expectation in its yields of quinine; C. Hasskarliona (called a hybrid), which appears to be of little value in respect of alkaloids; C. Pauhudiana, deficient inthe same particulars, but pro- ducing a bark which finds a ready market for pharmaceu. tical purposes in England; ©. officinalis, which, in British India, appears to be the most generally satisfactory; and C. suceirubra, which, notwithstanding certain exceptional samples, has not turnefl out altogether well. In the third number of the Forest anp STREAM we pub- lished some interesting matter in regard to the cinchona, to which we refer our readers. We should suppose that in some of the Southern counties of California it could be grown with advantage, and would be pleased if any of our California readers would give us information in regard to it, 9 —The * Western Sporting Gazette recently published in Chicago, has succumbed to stress of hard times and sus- pended publication for the present. SS ee es —Experiments with the Wiard gun at Boston have been very successful. The balls penetrated fifteen inches of solid iron plates, . | Of stag hounds, 3 in England, and 2 in, Ireland; and packs SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, November 28, 1873. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM :— Judging from the article ‘‘On the Elaphure of China,” my manuscript, as well as that of my copyist, have ‘‘stag- gered” your printer, and several words have been so dis- guised that they may deceive the reader. Please make the following corrections :— The seven bottom lines on page 242 belong as a note to the quotation from Sclater’s remarks. Read also Cervus Durvaucellt in place of C. Duvanceili. On page 243, line 16 from top, ‘‘natural” for national. On page 242, line 26 from bottom, ‘‘tines” for times. On page 242, line 21 from bottom, ‘‘Elaphos or Elaphus” for Elaphas or Elephus. On page 242, line 18 from bottom, On page 242, line 17 from bottom, ‘‘Mi-lou” for Mibou. On page 242, line 16 from bottom, ‘‘Sseu” for Tseu. On page 242, line 12 from bottom, (‘‘three year old?”) for three year old. On page 242, line 11 from bottom, ‘‘Spayvad” for Spoxod. On page 242, line 5 from bottom, ‘‘Ann.” for Am, On page 242, line 4 from bottom, ‘‘Nouv.” for Nour. On page 242, line 2 from bottom, “Trans.” for Frank. Your printer, by his deeds, confirms what I have been told, that my chirography is not very legible. Yours truly, THEO. GILL. [We are chagrined that our responsibility as editoria. manager of this paper compels us to shoulder the blame for such a batch of errors asis charged to our account above. We shall not shirk it, however, but imnocently crave the sympathy of those who can appreciate the dis comfort of our position. It is no small task to personally supervise all the printers’ proofs, and at the same time at- tend to the general duties and manifold details of a journal which embraces so many departments as this does. Still, we endeavor to do it. In the case in point the copy could not be found when the revises were read, and more fre- quently errors arise from ilegibility of manuscript, and for these we can take no blame. If correspondents will furnish plain manuscript, we will agree to double our care in the proof-reading. |}—Ep. Spartina dlews fram Abvoad. HERE has been quite a sad accident in Rossall schoo in England which has received no end of comment, A poor little fellow of tender age, but with the pluck and courage of a hero, while playing with his fellow boys in paper chase, the game being over, on his journey home exhausted by fatigue, was caught in a driving storm of rain and hail, and was found the next day dead in afield where he had wandered. The paper chase so common in English schools, though rendered familiar to many by Mr. Hughes’ charming book, may periaps not be well understood by some of our readers. I! is a test of speed and endurance. The hare is perhaps the best runner in the school. Provided with a bag full of bits of paper, old copy books or news- paper cut int small shreds, the hare starts ahead of the rest of the boys who are called hounds, and at the expiration of a certain time, when out of sight, commences to leave his trailin the guise of bits of paper on his track, going at the same time at the top of his speed. The hounds then start after him, finding his trail, and pursue him and try to catch him if they can, following absolutely the track designated by the bitsof paper. Of course the hare doubles and twists all he can, and will cross brooks if necessary to bring his pur- suers at fault, The poor little fellow who came to such an untimely end though but lightly clad, had fallen into a brook or so in pursuit of the game, and possibly died more from exposure than from over fatigue. It would be unjust from an accident of this character to judge too harshly of those healthy outdoor sports which add so much to the general English education. Such accidents are exceptions. Still it must be evident that when parents contide their children to the master of any school, whether in “David” for Davis. | the United States or England, that they depend on some general supervision which every principal of an insti- tution should exersise not only in regard to the mental but physical training of his pupils. If children whose muscles are not yet strong enough are allowed to mingle with boys of an advanced age, accidents, though rare, may occur. It behooves, then, masters of schools to give strict attention to the amusement of their pupils, and if they have not time themselves, they should delegate their authority to some person competent to direct ihe boys’ sports. To decry all athletic amusements for boys from an accident of this char- acter, would be without reason. Parents might as well say to a school master, ‘‘Because a boy was drowned you shall not teach my children how toswim.” Yet parents would do well to insist that some necessary supervision should always be exerted in order to insure not only the health but the safety of their children. —Looking somewhat statistically at the numerous huntine appointings which were all undoubtedly run at the close OF last month in England, Ireland, and Scotland, we find that in England during November there wexe huntine meets of 112 fox hounds; in Ireland, 13; and in Scotland, 7. of harriers who helped to swell up the grand total in Eng land, there were 28 packs; in Ireland 13; and in Scotland i What a glorious baying of hounds there must have heer and what a tremendous charge of huntsmen could ee imagine the whole of the men and dogs to have acted in unison; and what a hetacomb of foxes, for we are assured that foxes were never soplenty. Your Englishman carries his amusements with him wherever he goes, and even the Pontine marshes resound with the sharp yelp of the Ene- land fox hounds as they chase the fox in and out of the old Roman aqueducts. ‘Bring your mounts from England,” FOREST AND STREAM. : says an authority in Roman fox hunting: ‘‘Italian horses are not worth a copper. Bring a big, heavy, strong animal, for Roman fences are good solid timber, posts and rails. It don’t make much consequence what you pay for your horses, for though you will want two of them, you can sell them again. Roman Princes think nothing of giving a paltry £400 for a hunter. —At last they have got a good sensation in England. Tired, dlaséd of excitements in the United States, we have deigned to allow our own particular sea-serpent to pay them a visit. Mr. Barnum now being in England may account for the veritable presence there. Young ladies on the pleas- ant Eneland sea shores have seen him through their lorg- nettes, and he, the veritable sapent, is so positive a fact now that a picture has been made of him. Mr. Frank Buckland and Mr. Henry Lee, we may suppose, are now on the que vive, delirious with excitement, and Mr. W. Saville -Kent may have intentions of enlarging the Brighton aquarium or of converting the whole of the Crystal Palace into a fitting receptacle for the sea serpent. We regret to state, how- ever, that our serpent has very much shrunken as to size. One gentleman saw him only fifty feet long, and raising his head four teet above the water. While another person declared him to be eight feet long. For our own particu- lar American sea serpent to have gone and deliberately shortened himself is a shameful act, and a slur on the coun- try of his nativity, for itis perfectly apparent to every one that this pet Saurian has the power of making himself any size the spectator wishes him to be. —Though the adulteration of food hardly comes under a review of foreign sporting news, we cannot help but being amused at the row itis making in England. Here in the United States with our free and enlightened Republican feelines, we have learnt to grin and bear most anything; in monarchial England, however, they fret and fume and grumble, and end by not standing it. Most of our readers are no doubt familiar with the story of the quarrelsome man in the coffee house, who on seeing a gentleman eat his slice of cold beef without mustard insisted that he should use that condiment, and ended by saying, ‘‘What, no mustard with your beef? Confound it sir, you shall eat mustard.” To-day the man fond of mustard would have had to put it in another guise, somewhat like this: ‘‘Confound it, sir, you shall eat a mixture of bean flour, tumeric, ginger, and tinc- ture of catharides with your beef.” Land and Water puts it amusingly this way: Settling down to housekeeping, we refresh ourselves each morning with a decoction of Maloo mixture and steel fil- ings, sweetened with sand, and we assuage our appetite with alumed bread, larded butter, fresh eggs from Kamtschatka, and ox tails not unacquainted with omnibus life, whilst on our return home in the evening, we partake of Dartmour mutton from Northamptonshire, sanctify it with a bottle of petroleum champagne and some Hamburgh sherry, and top off with Swiss cheese from Ayrshire and a glass of port from any hedge. Then determined onenjoyment, we kick off our brown paper boots, light a delicious Houndstiich Havana, loll back in an armchair covered with imitation morocco and stuffed with ash-pit pickings, warm our shod- dy-covered legs ata brisk slate fire, mix a tumbler of me- thylated spirits called whiskey. Next day we are ill; the doctor, shamming interest in our case, writes a prescrip- tion in sham Latin; the chemist dispenses it in diluted drugs; the family lawyer, pretending pity, writes our will in sham English phraseology to increase his charges; and just when our sham gold repeater, warranted to last for fifty years, stops, we stop too, and end with these shams of life. Then amidst the gloomy faces of expectant heirs, our shoddy-velvet-covered coffin, studded with lacqued nails, is borne away by dyed horses proudly bearing sham ostrich plumes, false manes, and fictitious tails, whilst hired mourners lengthen out their funeral faces at so much per inch, and cheat at that. . —The French Geographical Society have awarded the following amounts to various travelers: To M. Dournaux- Dupéré, who has started for Timbuctoo, 2,000 francs. To M. Francis Garnier, for explorations of the Blue River in China and the Yun-nan in Thibet, 2,000 francs, and to Messrs. Marche and Compiegne, who are,to go to Africa after Dr. Livingstone, 1,500 francs. —The Japanese government have passed a law forbid- ding dog fighting. We shall have to go to Japan some of these days in search of a higher civilization. We are per- fectly aware that laws somewhat of the same character are supposed to exist in the United States, but brutal contests with dogs, the animals themselves being sothing like as vicious as the degraded spectators who attend such hor- rible fights, are ‘of constant occurrence. We may enact laws in this country, just as in Japan, but it is doubtful whether we can carry them out as thoroughly as they do there. ———— inna —A new cereal has been grown in Oregon which has puz- zled the farmers, as it is unlike any grain with which they are familiar. From seven to ten stalks grow from one root to a height of about four feet, and these stalks, or straws, are thin and hard. The radicals are tough and spread widely. The heads are six inches in length and covered with a heavy beard, each filament being five inches long. The grain is double the length of a kernel of wheat, and, instead of being firfn and compact, is hollow, the cavity containing glutinous matter, While the grain bears a closer resemblance to wheat than to anything else, the straw looks more like that of rye or barley. Its origin is somewhat peculiar, the first grain having been taken from the stomach of a wild goose by a farmer in Tillamook county nearly three years ago. He was struck with its appearance, and planted it, and the succeeding season sowed the product. He distributed a portion of the second crop among a few friends in different parts of the State, who this year raised small quantities. It will require another year to determine the valits of the grain . Rational Pastimes. (Se Secretaries of University and College Athletic Clubs will please mat their reports not later than Monday in each week. ——_.— THE SCOTTISCH GAMES. _ The Second Annual Handicap of several members of the New York Caledonian Club took place on the track of the New York Athletic Club, 130th street, Harlem, on Thurs- day, Nov. 27th. Now that Jones’ Wood is being cut up into building lots, the committee of the New York Caledo- nian Club will find it no easy matter to lease grounds suf- ficiently large and within easy distance of the city, to ac- commodate the thousands that annually come frorrall parts of the Union to witness these noble pastimes. The games ‘commenced at 10:15 A. M., uncer the superintendence of the committee, A. Cowan, C. G. Nicholson (Secretary), and D. A. Thomson, assisted by members of the New York Athletic Club. The first in order was throwing the light hammer, weighing 14 pounds. Kleven competitors entered, Andrew Rennie casting the hammer 99 feet, which was the best throw; George Goldie second, he was handi- capped 5 feet and tossed the hammer 88 feet. The 100 yard race was opened to members of the New York Ath- letic Club. There were 21 competitors, 5 of which were members of the N. Y. A. C. Four heats were run, M. EH, Burris of the Athletic Club winning the first, William Mc- Kune of the Caledonian, the second, Samuel Strasburger of the Athletics the third, and Andrew Rennie of the Cale- donians the fourth. McKune then came in first and Rennie second. There were five entries for the running high leap, and the match was won by Joseph Edington, who received six inches, Andrew Rennie being second. The next con-» test was in putting the heavy stone, which weighed 21 pounds. There were seven contestants; John Tasker won at 29 feet 10 inches, John McMillan being second. There were four entries for vaulting with thepole. M. E. More, who received 21 inches, won, Francis Duke, who received 12 inches, being second. The quarter-mile race was contested by 12 members, and was won by John Dow- nie, who received five yards, Colonel Carmichael, who started on the scratch, being second. Theré were six en- tries in the contest at throwing the 56 pound weight. John McMillin threw it 19 feet 9 inches and won, John Tasker being second. The boys’ race of 315 yards had five entries. James Campbell, the oldest looking boy, won the match, Thomas Grassick being second. The one mile walk was open to the members of the Athletic Club, by whom both the first and second honors were carried off, W. H. Stafford and Daniel Stein winning. There were six entries, four of whom were Caledonians. The one-mile race had six com- petitors; John Downie was winner and William Par- ker second. A game of foot-ball closed the sports. The following are the details of the games, and the distances are with handi- cap included: THROWING THE LIGHT HAMMER. Andrew Rennie, ist prize, 99 feet, scratch. George Goldie, 2d prize, 95 feet 4 inches, allowed 5 feet. 100 YARDS RACE. + (Open to Athletic Club) in heats. William McKune 1st prize, allowed 10 yards. Andrew Rennie 2d prize, allowed 4 yards. RUNNINC HIGH LEAP. Joseph Edington 1st prize, 5 feet 1 inch,allowed 6 inches. Alexander Tasker 2d prize, 5 feet, allowed 6 inches. FINAL HEAT OF 100 YARDS RACK, AS ABOVE. PUTTING THE HEAVY STONE, John Tasker, Ist prize, 80 feet 10 inches, allowed 12 in. John MeMillan, 2d prize, 30 feet 4 inches, allowed 12 in, VAULTING WITH THE POLE. M. E. More 1st prize, 9 feet 6 inches, allowed 21 inches. Francis Duke 2d prize, 9 feet, allowed 12 inches. QUARTER MILE RACE. John Downie 1st prize, allowed 5 yards. William McKune 2d prize, allowed 20 yards. THROWING 56 POUND WEIGHT. John McMillan 1st prize, 20 feet, allowed 3 inches. John Tasker 2d prize, 19 feet, allowed 3 inches. BOYS’ RACE. 315 yards. (Member’s sons, not over 15 years.) James Campbell 1st prize, allowed 10 yards. George Grassick 2d prize, allowed 15 yards. ONE MILE WALK. (Open to Athletic Club.) Daniel Stein 1st prize, allowed 60 yards. Thomas McEwen 2d prize, allowed 90 yards. ONE MILE RACE. John Downie 1st prize, scratch. William Parker 2d prize, allowed 75 yards. —One of the Assistant Librarians of the Congressional Library, Washington, D. C., accompanied by a member of the British Legation, walked and ran for amusement and recreation from Washington to Baltimore, a distance of thirty-seven miles,in seven hoursandahalf. The first nine- teen miles, from Washington to Annapolis Junction, they accomplished in the short time of three hours and a quarter. —A* Deerfoot Park, Coney Island Road, N. York, on Nov. 27th, Samuel Jones, of Greenpoint, and Samuel Abrams ran 100 yard heats, which was won by the former in two heats. —TThree of the Boston Base-ball nine received salaries during the past season of $1,800 each; one $1,500; the others $1,400, $1,200, $800, and $500 each, and Addy was paid at the rate of $75 per month during his engagement? . / to outsiders. Epitor ForEst AND STREAM:— The Foot-ball 20 of the Stevens’ Institute Athletic Asso- ciation played a match game on Thanksgiving Day with an amateur 20 at Ridgewood, N. J. On account of the short- ness of the day and severity of the weather, but two in- nings were played, and as these were won by the Institute men the victory was adjudged to them. ‘The victors were then provided with a generous dinner, which warmed their souls and prompted speeches from all hands The boys returned late in the afternoon, well satisfied with the day’s sport. A. M. C. Sr. Louis, Mo., Dec. Ist. —In March of the present year, cricket was dead through- out the West. It is true at the Racine College, Wis. the game had for years been practised by some of the students, and that at a few country places, such as Sasser, Wis., and Decorah, Iowa, the skeleton of cricket clubs were said to exist, and at Detroit, Mich. a club yclept the Peninsula was believed to be flourishing, but withal cricket gave no sign of that life which manifests itself in action. No matches had been played the previous year, and no challenges were out for the coming season. In the month referred to a gentleman of St. Louis, named P. Adair, in the columns of The Globe of that city, suggested the formation of a cricket club; his communication called forth others, the vesult of which was a meeting of cricketers on the 12th of March, and the formation of the St. Louis Cricket Club, with officers as follows:— President, Hon. Thomas Allen, psoprietor of the Bt. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad, one of the Alumni of Union College and a munificent benefactor in the cause of education; vice president, W. B. Davenport, Hon. secretary, Harry E. Sharpe, (also a menber of the Toronto Club of Canada); executive committee, Cyrus Day, M. D., E. H. Lycett, (also of the Marion Club), J. W. Jeffries, 5. L. Southard, (also of the Trenton Club), and FY. M. Caddick. Four years ago St. Louis had nourished in its maternal em- brace several cricket clubs, two of which. were named respectively the ‘‘Saint Louis” and the ‘‘Jackson,” flour- ished for a time, but died at last from want of extra-mural opposition. On the organization of the new St. Louis Club, the old Jacksonites held aloof and attempted to revive their club, but in vain. They met and elected officers, and were challenged by the St. Louis, but could not place eleven men in the field. The St. Louis ‘‘braves” could no- where find the trail of an enemy; practice was becoming monotonous; inamoment of frenzy the chamman of the ex- ecutive committee, Dr. Cyrus Day, published a challenge through the medium of the daily papers, to any outside eleven or to any twenty-two of St. Louis. St. Georges’ day was near at hand and on it according to their custom the St. Georges’ Society were to enjoy a pic- nic; their manager conceived the idea of adding to the at- tactions of the pic-nic, an exhibition of old Hngland’s noble game. With Anglo-Saxon pluck and pride they dared St. Louis to even combat, and were defeated by only fourteen runs. Elated by their unlooked for success (they expected to be beaten in one inning,) the St. Georges’ men set to work there and then to collect games and donations for “The Saint Georges’ Cricket Club.” $500 and a score of names was the result of half an hour’s work, assured the organization of another club and delighted the hearts of the St. Louismen. A match was at the same time arranged to be played within a month, which resulted in another defeat o St. George, this time by twenty-four runs. A third match was played in August, when the St. George won in one inning with many runs to spare, their success being attri-_ butable to the magnificent batting of Temple, Dale, and Richardson, the two latter being new men. This last match demonstrated the fact that St. Louis contained cricket talent, good enough, if united, to show a bold front The St. Louis Club at their next meeting sent a message to the St. Georges’ Club, suggesting the formation of a united club, to be composed of members of both clubs, with a view to sending an eleven on a tour through Canada, and East, and generally to promote the interest of cricket in the West. The suggestion met with | a hearty response; delegates from the two clubs met and elected as officers of the united club; president, Joseph Branch, also president of the St. Georges’ Society, and pres- ident of The St. Georges’ Cricket Club, an English gentle- man, (well known in St. Louis for his liberality in every good cause, and as a John Bull,) every inch of him; vice president, Harry E. Sharpe; secretary, Ben Williams; treas- urer, Cyrus Day, M. D.; councilmen, W. B. Davenport, T. M. Caddick, Hy. Temple, and A. C. Bagshaye. The doings of the united club belong to another place; this little record treats only of the modest St. Louis Club, and little more remains to be said. The St. Louis challenged the Dragons tofanother encounter on the 7th of October, to finish up the season, but being unable to bring out an eleven that could win, they chose not to risk defeat. To the St. Louis Club rightfully belongs the credit of the revival of cricket in the West. Clubs have now been formed at Chicago and Cincinnati; Racine and Detroit are anxious to bear a hand in the fray, so that next season promises to be a lively one. H. E. 8. —The Heosac tunnel in Massachusetts, which at last has been bored completely through the mountam, though not yet completed for use, is five miles long. It was begun in 1857, sixteen years ago. Its estimated cost was $3,350,000, and a contract was made to excavate the tunnel and builda double track railroad through it for that sum. In reality it has already cost $12,300,000, and it will require the expen- diture of about $300,000 more to prepare it for traffic. FOREST AND STREAM. 267 Sea and River Hishing. FISH IN SEASON IN DECEMBER. SOUTHERN WATERS. Pompano. Trout, (Black Bass.) Sheepshead. Snapper. Drum, (two species.) Tailorfish. Grouper. Kingfish, Sea Bass. Rockfish. Striped Bass, Rockfish. aba RE as —We attach much value to the information printed on the first page of this day’s issue, and trust it will be appre- -ciated by all our readers and prove of essential service to anglers who contemplate a journey to Florida this winter. We think, with the writer, that the edible and game qualities of our southern coast fish are not sufficiently es- teemed, doubtless because they are so little known. Printed information on this subject is most meagre, and the investigations thade by naturalists in this department and locality are very limited. We have always been surprised to discover, from personal inquiry of southern gentlemen who are considered proficient anglers, their ignorance of the habits and modes of capture of the numerous varieties of fish within their own waters. The pastime or business of fish-catching seems to be abandoned to the negroes, yet there is a spacious field for the enjoyment of scientific ex- perts, and we shall very much wonder if those eentlemen whose experience has been confined to our northern waters, do not find in the rivers and estuaries of Florida and other southern States a new sensation whenever they enter the lists to test the strength and cunning of the finny inhabit- ants that abound there. The character and disposition of the forces with which they will have to deal arewery nicely indicated in the article we publish. It is no child’s play to handle one of those monster fish, and we can fully appre- ‘ciate the anxiety and pity the perspiration of the angler who is hooked to afifteen pound grouper or pompano, pulling straight for his lair in the mangrove roots, when it comes to the desperate alternative of break tackle or lose fish. The writer gives sufficient data as to the selection of tackle and bait and choice of ground and tide, to enable the intel- lizent and experienced angler to practise his rudimentary lessons with prospect of success. In angling for the bass (misnamed trout) of the St. John River and favorite localities, we will give one hint from our own experience which, if followed, will render success in- fallible. The angler is supposed to be in a skiff easily handled by a practised oarsman. If the water be smooth and unrufiled, the experienced eye will easily detect, at frequent intervals, little jets of spray shoot up from the surface to the height of a foot or so. This means fish, In- stantly the angler must cast his fly or draw his trolling spoon over the spot, just as he would naturally do when a speckled trout breaks in our northern waters. He will seldom fail to hook his fish, if the plash of oars does not frighten the game. A quarter of a mile below Palatka is a sand-bar which is a favorite locality in December and Jan- uary for ‘‘ those who know,” and the best fisherman and boatsman there is George Lucas, whom we are pleased to recommend. Speaking of Palatka, it is one of the very best headquar- ters for the sportsman, being centrally located, with fine shooting and fishing in the vicinity, and accessible by steamboat from above and below, with daily mails from Jacksonville. There are two excellent hotels here and sundry boarding houses. The ‘St. John’s Hotel,” kept by the Peterman brothers, is as comfortable as could be desired, with niost excellent table, and many ‘‘ modern improvements” not often found in Florida. We are free to designate this hotel, because we wish to advise so as to ensure the fullest satisfaction of sportsmen who place con- fidence in our recommendation. If the hotel-proprietors can profit thereby, they certainly deserve todoso. Palatka is healthy, and the ground absolutely hally for flat Florida, three-fourths of which, we believe, is actually under water. Steamboats run to* Enterprise, and thence to Salt Lake, from which there is short transit to Indian River; also to Tokoi, from which St. Augustine is reached by a sixteen mile railroad of the worst possible description and most tedious rate of progress. One cannot be too careful in selecting his abiding place in this Land of Flowers, especially if he be an invalid, The four healthiest localities, and affording the greatest abundance of game and facilities for sport are St. Augus- tine, Palatka, Lake Monroe, and Indian River. At Enter- prise, on Lake Monroe, which comprises merely a very good hotel and outbuildings, and a court house located in a swamp and wholly isolated, is most excellent deer, quail, turkey, and snipe shooting; but from Mellenville, on the opposite side of the lake, one can go back thirty miles over a, settled and cultivated country, abounding in large orange eroves and banana patches, traversed by good roads, and interspersed with beautiful lakes. Game is plentiful, but nét so abundant as in the vicinity of Enterprise. We shall give a brief sketch of the St. John River route in our next number. —The half-dozen attentive friends who have kindly sent us printed accounts, clipped from Hartford papers, of the fish-way at Holyoke Dam over the Connecticut River, will find a full description of the same in our issue of Noy. 18th, page 218, three weeks ago. We fully appreciate the im- portance of this great and useful work, and have anxious- ‘ly noted the laborious efforts of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Fish Commissioners, from the first inception of the enterprise, through all the phases of opposition and litigation with which it has struggled, up to the final con- sumation last October. When the fish-way became a finality, we were immediately advised thereof, and waited only for our regular pubHeation*day to anneunce the faet: and encouraging. / appearance. We trust that our readers will not only examine our columns carefully hereafter, but ‘learn to look to us for latest information in matters cof this sort; for we claim to be a live paper, and our business relations with Govern- ment and State Fishery officers enable us to obtain early possession of facts of interest and value. We hope for ereat results from the construction of this fish-way to man- ifest themselves at an early day. The Connecticut is the best adapted river on the Atlantic coast for the propagation and preservation of salmon and shad; it is the longest, the most broken by rapids, the coldest at its sources, and con- tains the clearest and purest water. It was long ago the natural spawning ground and birth place of salmon, and only became depleted by those causes inseparable from in- creasing population and ignorant and insufficient legislation. Now for five years past the fishery officers have been assi- duously employed in restocking its waters, and the results, so far as investigated, have proved eminently satisfactory Hereafter, with an unobstructed pas- sage from the ocean to its mountain sources, the salmon and shad will have full range. They can plant their seed ad libitum on chosen spots, returning periodically to their native spawning grounds—and with both fish and ova pro- tected by judicious laws and watchful wardens, they must continue to increase and multiply until the heart of every angler is made glad, and the poor leap for joy at the abun- dance. —Seth Green, who is at present in charge of the New York State Hatching House at Rochester, begs us to inform our readers, who may desire to experiment in the business of hatching out eggs of the salmon trout or white fish, that he will, on application, send afew hundred eggs on the re- ceipt of fifty cents to prepay the costof mailing them. His object is to teach the American people the art of fish-breed- -ing and to have them learn how easily this may be accom. plished, so that every river, lake or pond may be made to abound with fish, as in former times. These will soon be ‘ready for transportation, and all that is necessary to watch the process of their growth is to place them in a shallow wooden box with gravel on the bottom and allow a stream \ from spring or even hydrant water to flow gently over them from one end of the box to the other. During the season of 1872 and 1873, he made an extensive distribution of eggs, and wishes any person who received them at that time, to report the result to him or to the columns of some newspaper near at hand. ~»* —Down at Smithfield, Long Island, not far from Hemp- stead, is the trout farm of Mr. Thomas Jeffrey, who in- formed the writer that he was one of the very first to handle and strip a trout on Long Island. His place lies a ‘little off the main road, about a mile and ahalf from Smithville. Hehas aseriés of ponds for fingerlings, year- lings, and two year olds, also amixture pond with all sizes and ages. As we saw it, no doubt during the worst part of the year, it struck us as having a decidedly antiquated The ponds were full of dead leaves, and other decayed vegetable and fish matter, including large dead shiners, evidently in a decomposed state, which he had forgotten to cut into pieces so that the fish could eat ‘them. It was a marvel to us how the fish could live at all. as it was, the yearling fish did not weigh two ounces, and the two year olds not more than a quarter of a pound; all of them were dwarf fish, Mr. Jeffery, who is now getting infirm and quite old and afflicted with rheumatism, evi- dently cannot pay that proper attention to the water and ‘fish which is essentially necessary to success; but with all these drawbacks he has not only built his house, purchased all necessary tools, cut dams and sluices, gravelled and sanded ponds, but also derives a considerable income from fish culture. We asked Mr. Jeffery the reason why heal- lowed allthe debris of vegetation, uneaten and rotten fish tosink to the bottom and poison the water. He replied: “Oh, the first rain will clean it all, andI am getting old and sick.” Webadehim good day, thanking him for his attention, and at the same time repectfully suggested ‘that if the preserve was worked on half shares it would relieve him of the burden of labor, and he might still derive the same increase.” —The fishermen on the south side and at the east end of Long Island are having remarkable success this season. A great many codfish are being taken off Fire Island and at other points on the Great South Bay, and on Thursday morning one thousand bass, estimated to weigh at least four thousand pounds, were taken at one haul at the Poose off Southampton. —Ralph Keele, in Harper's Magazine, says of Lake Le- man, Switzerland: ‘‘There are said to be twenty-one speci ish j lake; but of its thirty-six eee ee of ih res aioe my authority, thirty leagues areso rocky as to give hardly any plants or insects for their food. Leman, therefore, is not so well stocked with fish as many of the Swiss lakes. The professional fishermen go out in their boats at dark, and are generally gone all night. The unprofessionals of the Swiss shore are, I think, the most patient people on earth. I have seen hundreds of them in the course of the summer holding their lines from bridges and quays at all hours of the day and night, and havé never yet seen them catch a fish. The hotels of Geneva, at least in the “orand season,” are mostly supplied from the sea. The Ferra which is nearest to the grayling, but, I believe, a species peculiar to this and one or two other of the Swiss lakes’ is the fish oftenest met on the table. There is a magnificent kind of salmon-trout, called trwzte du lac, weighine often twenty or thirty pounds, which sometimes graces the din- ners of the Beau-Rivage or De la Paix at Geneva. On days when this fish is served he is paraded in all his superb proportions around the dining-room by a white-gloved waiter, in a sort of glorified triumph of sauce and silver in the genteel lull between the soup and the first wine, ’ WILL BLACK BASS TAKE A FLY. i Rocuester, N. Y. : ae Sore Epitor Fornsr anp StREAM:— I HAVE read with increasing interest each article on this aA subject. I was astonished that such a question should ever suggest itself to a follower of Father Isaac. I have taken black bass from Canandaigua outlet and Genesee river for years with a fly, and I find that I have better suo- cess every year. Not by trolling as is the custom, in the St. Lawrence from a boat, but by casting from a boat or wading as the water will permit. Either I have become more experienced or as I have heard said in regard to trout, they have become educated and will take a fly better from year to year if the waters are humanly fished, I have made it apractice to return to the water all small fish and I believe _that Ihave been amply rewarded this year. I never had better fishing in these waters. The hint that I have aided in the increase of this splendid fish seems insignificant; but if you will think for just a mo- ment and see what the increase would be by returning fifty or one hundred of these fish to the water, you will not be surprised or wonder at my insinuation. If all anglers would just keep this in mind, return all small fish tothe water, there would be no danger of our lakes and rivers being depopulated. A little care, anda little humanity on the part of the true angler would in a great degree make up for the whole- sale slaughter of the pot-fisher. But never mind that, I have thrown aside my bass rod and tackle as a whole, with the exception of dressing my flies especially for bass. I tie my own flies as every angler should who wishes to drink in the whole enjoyment of angling. In its place I have adopted my Conroy trout rod and trout tackle as a whole, and find that it gives me infinitely more pleasure than the heavier one. ~ Now inregard to flies; I have tried the scarlet ibis, grizzly king, and many others with some success, but none with the success that I have had with a brown one which I have made and named king fly. In. this locality I have taken them from the first of June to the first of October, with this same fly, I think it superior to any other for the reason that I have put others on the same cast and would in nine cases out of ten find them fast to this fly. Also I have taken off the other flies and put on just two of these and would take time after time two bass of a pound and a half or two pounds each ata single cast. That is whatl . call genuine sport. This fly might not do for other locali- ties, but for these two that I have mentioned, I am certain it has no equal. . These magnificent fish seem to be very gamey here, giving almost as much play asa trout. It is seldom that I let my flies sink below the surface of the water. It is not necessary to with this fly, but the instant that it touches the water, if they are atall inclined, it is greedily taken, in fact I have seen them jump clear out of the water to seize the supposed prize. It looks tov much like bait fishing to let them sink below the surface precisely as though it was really bait. When I bait fish I want to bait fish, and when I fly fish I want to fly fish. Let it then be the aim of every trueangler to exert all his influence to keep our lakes and rivers from being depopu- lated of this magnificent fish. If every angler will catch his fish artistically there need be no fear. If there can be no better laws, let what we have be enforced, and it will greatly aid us in our work. F. L. Kine. War s FrencuMaAn Kwows asout Soorrnc IN Ammrica.—In the May number of the Bulletin of the French Société D’ Acclimatation, we find a report by the Count de Montebello, First Secretary of the French Lega- tion at Washington of what he knows about game in America, and we present some of the principal points of this communication for the edification of our readers! | Speaking of the wild turkey, which he Says is found in considerable numbers in Virginia and Maryland, he states that it is an animal which is likely to disappear, asit is very easily taken, especially in the snow. He remarks that he has never hunted the wild turkey, although he has been in- formed of a flock in the vicinity of Washington because its pursuit has not the least charms for him, as this simpl involves lying in wait and shooting from a covert. ’ The venison found in the W ashington market, he tells us, generally comes from Vermont, the deer being ‘found in large numbers around Lakes George and Champlain, as also in the woods that border the Hudson. Hehas hearda good deal of the caribou, the moose and the elk, but has not seen any of these even in skins. He apologises for not bein: able to tell more about the birds and beasts of America z he is closely tied down in Washington by his official duties and it is very difficult to learn anything of the animals in “ country where all the birds with red plumage are called red birds, and all with yellow feathers, yellow birds; and as far as game is concerned there are ag many names for each kind as there are States or even Counties! He regrets his inability to visit Philadelphia, for the pur- pose of there meeting Prof. Agassiz, who was not in the city when he had visited it some time previously, Ifh could dhly see the Professor he has no doubt of being ble to obtain some useful information! ah —The Palatka (Florida) Herald sa ys that never since t early settlement of this country has the fruit muneiie eae more flattering. From all sections of the St. John’s ? Indian and Halifax rivers, and from the interior portions of east Florida, it has most glowing accounts of the bountiful yield of the orange, lime, lemon, guava and shaddock, / ~— he 268 Shai Gun and Rifle. GAME IN SEASON FOR DECEMBER. Moose, Alces Maichis.) Caribou, Turandus Rangifer.) Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis.) Red Deer, Caricus Virginianus.) Rabbits. common Brown and Grey.) Squirrels, Red Black and Gray.) Wild Turkey, J/eleagris gallopavo.) Quail, Ortyx Virginianus.) Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa wmbellus,; Pinnated Grouse, Oupidoria Cupido.) All kinds of Wild Fowl. on +g ee | Under the head of “Game, and Fash in Season’ we ean oniy specify m general terms the several varieies, because the (ars of States vary so much that were we to atiempt to particularize we cold do no less than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of yame in question. This would require a great ainount of owr space. In desiqnating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and our readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their re- spective States for constant reference. Otherwise, our attempts to assist them will only create confusion. | toe ee —At Shokan, Ulster County, a party of three went out shooting forces in what is called the Park Swamp, accom- panied by Mr. Sheppard and his hounds, killing 3 dog foxes and 2 vixens in three days. —Three guns and two dogs, at Deckertown, New Jersey, on the Midland Railwoad, last week, counted out a bag of 25 pheasants, 3 quail, 2 woodcock, and 21 rabbits. —At Montauk Point, L. I., three well known wild fowl shots, shot besides black duck and geese, seven mud geese. We think this must be the goose known by the name of Hutchin’s goose. —At Toronto on Thanksgiving Day, in the pigeon shoot- ing match for the Foresters’ challenge tea service, between James Glen, Jr., of Toronto, and Gilbert, of St. Thomas, the latter won, killing eighteen out of twenty-one birds, to Glen fifteen. —At Miller’s Island near Baltimore, there were over 1,200 canvas back ducks shot last week, principally by gunners for the market. Sportsmen have but fair shooting, all the best points and grounds being leased. The Swamp Angels, used by the gunners, are generally of four to six bore and load ad lbituin. —At Turkey Point on the Eastern Shore near the mouth of the Susquehanna, there are two points about 100 yards a part and excellent ground to get to before the birds come. Mr. Benton and a friend from Baltimore, killed on Friday and Saturday last 82 red heads, 7 black ducks and 24 canvas backs. —At Watson Hollow, last week, C. 8. Rockwell and party, a well known bear hunter, killed 2 wild cats and shot at a panther, wounding him, but could not follow him. up on account of snow drift. The party went out next morn- ing on home-made snow-shoes, but failed to find the track. Snow 18 inches on the level. Very few beech-nuts this year, so that the bears have moved into the Neversink Mountains, —Judge C. E. P., of Prooklyn, returned last week from a shooting excursion in the southern part of Ohio, where he and three other gentlemen, with two setters, bagged 48 dozen quail and 13 grouse in the course of nine days’ bush- beating. This is pretty good work. . The Judge will stand a pretty close cross-examination as to the exact locality in Ohio where this was done, but we doubt if he can be in- duced to commit himself. Gunning in Ohio 1s apt to be dangerous business unless the sportsman is aquainted with ‘the mar who owns the place.” —Gunnery is not taught, it appears, in Dartmouth Col- lee. Several students of that venerable institution being out shooting lately, found a coon in a tree. They shot at the animal 24 times without hitting him, while he sneered at their clumsiness from his perch. At last, coming down, having lost all patience at being killed so clumsily, he went for those literary young men. Long the battleraged. The stock of a $250 gun was shivered. Coonie dicd at last, for the odds against him were fearful. He was one of the heaviest characters of his class, and weighed 30 pounds and six ounces over, We take this trom the Zribune. Whether the word ‘‘alass” in the last sentence refers to coons, or to the under- eraduates of Dartmouth, we are not prepared to say. PIGEON SHOOTING. —A large party of gentlemen met on November 29th at Port Morris to witness a pigeon match between the two erack amateurs, Mr. Ernest Staples and Mr. Louis Living- ston, of Columbia county, New York, at 25 single birds, Ira Paine’s best, for $400, 1} shot, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary. THE SCORE. Senne, t,t, 1,2, hd, 1,4, 1 t,t, Lod, 2,0, Oy b, {—Total, 20. Killed, 17; missed, 38. favincston—o, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,4, 1, 1,14, 1, 0, 0, 0O—Total, 18. Killed, 9; missed, 9% Staples won the choice and went to the front first. Livingston, having no chance, gave up the match when Staples had shot at 20 birds. —The simultancous rifle match between Captain Davis’ Highland Company, Dundee, Scotland, aud No. 2 Com- pany, 18th Battlion, Hamilton, Ont., twelve men on each side, which took place in October, has, according to scores just received, resulted in a victory for the Highlanders by two pots. This company has the reputation of never having been beaten in any match, and is one of the best in Scotland. The firing took place at ranges*of 200, 0@), and 600 yards, five shots at eachrange. The total score made by the Highlanders was 911, while that of the Hamilton Volunteers was 509. The highest score made by-any indi- vidual member was by Private Thomas Mitchell, of Ham- ilton, who made 50 points, three more than the highest score made by anyone in the Highland Company. The ‘Jowest score made was 35, recorded for one of the High- landers. At the 200 yards range Hamilton scored five more FOREST AND STREAM. than the Scotchmen, and at 500 yards cight more. The Canadians have no reason to feel ashamed of their score.— Toronto Globe, —Our frequent correspondent, Isaac McClellan, who has been shooting recently in Northeastern Virginia, on the peninsula between the Chesapeake and Atlantic, made his headquarters at the little hamlet of Hastville, which he speaks well of as affording good accommodation for sports- men. Among other experiences with the numerous varieties of wild fowl, he mentions the swan, which he claims is by long odds the-noblest fowl to be found on the coast of North Carolina and the Chesapeake. ‘* It is some- thing like sport,” he says, ‘to dropabird weighing some eighteen pounds, with a six feet extent of pinions, ‘These great fowl, especially the cygnets, are esteemed very deliciuos for the table, and far superior to the goose. They collect there in great numbers, and we have seen a line of them extending for more than the space of a mile, and looking like a long reef of breakers, or a ridge of snow-drifi. They are hard to kill, and require to be hit with very coarse shot, mould or T shot, before they yield up life. But once drop them in the water and they are easily got, as they do not dive, but reach their food with their long necks in shallow water, The swans, early in September, leave the shores of the Polar Sea and resort to lakes and rivers in and about Hud- son’s Bay, where they remain until October. They then collect in flocks of fifteen or twenty, and mounting high in air, in a wedge shape, depart with loud screams for a more genial southern climate. They fly with great rapidity, at the estimated rate of one hundred miles in the hour, which is about double that of the goose. They do not, like the geese, follow the line of sea coast, but fly far inland, usually reaching their feeding-prounds at night; and the first signal of their arrival is given the next morning by a universal clamor. They seem to be greeting each other with their musical notes after their completed journey. When settled on their feeding grounds, they do not forsake them, unless driven away by very severe weather. In the Chesapeake the wild swan collect in large flocks of hundreds feeding over extensive flats on the duck-grass, worms, insects and shell-fish. They are found from the mouth of the Chesapeake to the capes of Virginia, but do not pass southward of Hatteras inlet. We have seen a few flocks of them in the bays of Jersey, but have never met with them in the waters of Long Island. They feed with the geese, but do not fly with them. When crippled and caught they are easily tamed, and we have had them, atthe south, in our door-yards stalking majestically among the tame wild-geese and other domestic fowl.” Manaea, Gloucester Co., New Jersey, Nov. 12th, °7. Eprror or Forest AND STREAM :— Mr. Miller, our secretary, forwarded me your letter of the 7th, making inquiries as to our Game Protective Society. I forward a copy of Acts of incorporstion, constitution and by-laws, which will fully explain its object. Our society is yet in its infancy, having been organized only abont six months. We have now about 224 non-resident members. Of course, our non-resident membership will largely exceed the resident members, since the residents of other States cannot shoot in the counties coming within the provision of our Act unless they connect themselves with our association. The funds received can be used for no other purpose than restocking. At a meeting of the Directors, held in the city of Camdem, Saturday, November 22d, the President was authorized to purchase 1,000 pairs of live quail, to be put’out in March next, in the counties of Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Cumberland, and Cape May. Game, (quail and deer), are quite plenty in this section. Deer in Atlantic, and quail in all the lower counties, with quite a number of partridges. Over 100 deer have been killed in Atlantic County since November 1st within a radius of twenty miles from this place. Season for deer hunting closes December ist. The writer killed a fine buck in Atlantic county on Saturday last, twelve miles east from these works. —‘The melancholy days are come” when defunct pork- ers, With ‘‘the ends of their nose and the tips of their toes turned up to the roots of the daises” (where they will never more root hog nor die) are carried through the streets, cob in mouth, to be tucked away with buckwheat cakes. a te __— —Bunches of autumn leaves are said to be very beauti- ful evening decorations, if a lighted candle be’ set behind them. If the flame of the candle be allowed to touch one of them the brilliancy of the display is greatly increased. FOREST AND STREAM, _ Machting and Baating. All communications from Seeretarces and friends should be mailed not later than Monday in each week. ———_+—_— HIGH WATER. FOR THH WEEK. DATE BOSTON. | NEW YORE. | CHARL’ST’N ————— a —EEE sa) = h. m, h. m. | h. m. DGG Aanirea his clase It. “BF & 13 7 30 Wechartisss =o es 20 19 9 05 | 8 19 MCC (GaMh cy ue es 1 09 | 9 55 9 09 SOC I ae se as eae i 168 | 10 40 9 58 WCE Bie, 2 Sgr Ss 2 AD | il aed, 10 45 PGi aOs Ae pete | 3 29 | ev. 15 11 «29 ier (EL weed Paiva 4 i4 2 ev. 14 —Oyster Bay harbor is to be the winter rendezvous of quite a number of the yachts belonging to the New York and Brooklyn clubs. ; New Orueans, November 29, 1878. Epiror FoREST AND STREAM:— I will send you a little history of our club. The Orleans Rowing Club was projected in June, 1878, to unite the young men of the Cotton Press interest and their friends, for the purpose of fostering good feeling, to encourage boating, and to promote physical culture. The idea was such ahappy one that the club was organized the next month, and in August we were established in our boat- 7 house, and had two practice boats in the water, built by Mahoney, of Algeirs, and judges say that our native boat builders’ work is equal to that of any of the imported boats. Our course is a very oretty one, on the broad bosom of the Mississippi, up the river from our boat-house, of one mile, oneand a half, and two miles, so that we may have one, two, three, or four mile races. We have had some friendly trials among ourselves, and the time made was very fair, upon which we shall endeavor to improve. In addition to our practice boats, our worthy President has had construct- ' ed for us a four-oared, outrigged gig, with sliding seats, also by Mahoney, of which the boys are, very proud, and justly so, as I think she is a lively boat. We have now on our roll ninety-three active members ‘The oificers are:— Samuel Boyd, President; John P. Casey, Vice President; ‘A. M. Summers, 2d Vice President; Patrick McGrath, Sec- retary; W. Lynd, Treasurer; W. H. Manning, Lieutenant and acting Captain. Boating has become very popular here of late. We have now the St. John Rowing Club, the Pelican Rowing Club, the Riverside Rowing Club, and the Orleans Rowing Club, organized in the order named, and in our next amateur re- gatta, in May or September, there will be a grand struggle for the front. These are all the items of interest, and I hope they will please you. ‘“T RICK.” BuFraLo, November 29, 1878. Epirror ForEsT AND STREAM:— The rowing season of 1878 has been altogether a remark- able one. Buffalo has not been behind; three of our crews, viz,, the Banshees, Buffalos, and Eries taking part in the Toronto regatta, which came off in June, the Banshees and Buffalos entering in the first class race against some well known oarsmen, amongst them the famous McKee crew, of Pittsburg. The regatta was in every way a grand success, five four-oared boats starting off at the report of a cannon, the McKee crew taking the lead and winning the first prize, viz., $300 in gold, closely followed bythe Buftalos, who took the second prize. The first prize in the second class race was easily taken by the Eries. Our home regatta came off on the 4th of July, and was one of the most important features of the day. ‘Thousands gathered to witness the race, demonstrating the interest the people of our city take in aquatic sports. The prizes offered amounted to $880, of which $800 was for the four- oared, aad the remainder for the single scull race. For the former ten crews entered, and five oarsmen in the latter. The regatta took place on the Hrie canal, and owing to the narrowness of the space but two boats started at a time, consequently the races were pulled on time. The first start was made by the Banshees and Buffalos, the former pull- ing the old tub used by them at the Toronto race, built by Kingston & Bro., of Buffalo, and the Buffalos using a fine paper boat, built by Waters & Son, of Troy, New York. Their appearance showed good training, as they displayed splendid muscular development. Both crews started off nicely, pulling forty strokes to the minute. The Banshees had pulled but a short distance when they got afoul of a canal boat, and met with two other mishaps before com- pleting the course, the Buffalos coming in ahead; time, 20m. 12 sec.; Banshee’s time, 20m. 21 sec. The next was between the Q. Q. Q.’s boat ‘Finale, made of Spanish cedar, and built by Elliott, of Greenpoint, New York, and the Black Rock’s boat ‘‘P. P. Pratt,” built by Waters & Son, of Troy. Both crews started off very well with thirty-eight strokes to a minute. However, they were not alongside of each other a great while, the Pratts pass- ing their competitors and steadily increasing their adyan- tage until the race was won; time, 20m. 15 see.; the time of the Q. Q. Q.’s being 21m. 224 sec. The Live Oak’s boat ‘‘Zephyr” and the Celtie’s boat ‘Tommy Walsh” were next called. From the start the race was a foregone conclusion, the Celtics taking the lead with thirty-eight strokes to a minute, pulling rapidly away from their antagonists, who only pulled thirty-six, and came in a considerable distance ahead; Celtic’s time, 23m. ; Live Oaks, 24m. 58 sec. This was doing well for a crew that had never practiced but seven times previous to the race, the oldest of the four being but nineteen years of age, the crew that had practiced refusing to pull. Next came the Niagara River’s boat ‘‘Bill Farmer” and the Erie’s boat ‘“Wm. Cosgrove,” the former starting off with thirty-five strokes to a minute, the Eries pulling thirty- eight and easily winning the race, making the three miles in 22m. and 15 see.; the Niagara’s time being 28m. and 3 sec. The four-oared races were concluded by the second crew of the Black Rowing Club, which, having no crew to row against, rowed over the course alone in 23m. 214 sec. The two mile single scull race was then called. The fol- lowing were the entries:—‘'Tura,” J. B. Green; “Vixen,” Wm. Hingston; ‘‘Maud,” J. EH. Gibbons; ‘‘Minnie,” C. EK. Dunbar; ‘“‘Ettie,’ John Dorr. The ‘‘Tura” and the “Vix- en” opened the race. It was a one-sided affair, the ‘“Tura” coming in about half a mile ahead; time, 17m., against 20m. and 30 sec. made by the ‘‘ Vixen.” The last upon the list were the ‘‘Maud,” ‘‘Minnie,” and ‘“Ettie.” The ‘‘Minnie” withdrew, leaving but two to start. The ‘‘Ettie’ came in first; time, 16m,; ‘‘Maud’s time, 18m. 45 sec. About two weeks after the 4th a single scull match was rowed between Hingston, who considered that he was not fairly beaten on the 4th, and Green, both uging the same. boats, pulled by them in the previous race. Hingston was again beaten, worse than before. The Buffalos took a hand in the fall regatta of the River- sides, of Rochester. This race was the cause of much ex- citement in aquatic circles, as the Riversides were consid- ered a ‘‘crack crew,” and our Rochester neighbors being sure they would defeat the Buffalos. It was rowed on the Genesee River—distance two miles. The Riversides pulled a fine shell built by Roahr. The Buffalos pulled the poat used by them on the 4th, and won the race, coming in about eight lengths ahead; time, 12m. 17% sec., the River- sides being 17 sec. behind. The season closed with the much talked of four mile ‘race between the Black Rocks and Hibernia Rowing Clubs for $200 a side. The Black Rock Club used their paper shell ‘‘P. P. Pratt,” and the Hibernias a cedar boat, *‘Wm. Weston,” built by Blakey, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was a splendid contest, the Pratts getting away first, but were soon overtaken by the Hibernias, who had things their own way to the stake boat, but there met with an ac- cident, from which they were unable to recover, and the victory fell to the Black Rocks, who came in about two boat.lengths ahead; time, 26m. 86% sec.4 Hibernia’s time, 26m. 44 sec. J. OC. Smwnran. The Harse and the Course. —It is stated that the horse disease which was so preva- lent last year has reappeared in this city, and that the car and stage stables have together some ninety cases are so of sickness. Some alarm has been felt thereat, which we be- lieve is without foundation. On careful inquiry on our part, we have been assured by a distinguished veterinary surgeon that this alarm was groundless. It is true that in some cases where horses were not perfectly cured of the epizootic which attacked them this spring, that these horses have succumbed from lung diseases. At the beginning of the really cold weather, horses are prone to feel the sudden climatic change, and it behooves all owners of these noble animals, whether they be used for profit or pleasure, to be more than careful with them. The car and stage horses are more exposed to take cold than any others, and, as four or five cases only are reported among other classes, we as- sume that the supposed disease in question is merely cold resulting from standing too long after excessive labor and perspiration. No fatal cases are reported. .In England some peculiar cases of horse disease, and of a fatal character have occurred, the animals dying of suffocation in a few hours. Fortunately the cases are quite isolated and no serious consequences are anticipated. —Mr. Robert Bonner has added to his stable a son of the celebrated Flora Temple, sired by the trotting stallion Mambrino. This four-year-old colt is a striking likeness of his famous dam. His disposition is perfect. He can step at a 2:30 gait. —At Prospect Park, near Brooklyn, L. I., three races took place on November 27th, and attracted a good deal of interest among the local and general public. The first race was a match of $200, between Grey Charley and Jersey John, mile heats, best three in five in harness, catch weights, owners to drive. Jersey John won. The second race was for a sweepstake of $300, mile and repeat in harness, four horses entered, Arnold’sFrancaiswon. Time—38:18, 3:11. The third race was for a purse of $100, mile heats, best three in five, five horses entered. L. 8. Sammis’ John, Jr., won in three straight heats. —At Fleetwood Park there were three races on Novem- ber 27th, which created considerable interest among the friends and owners of the horses engaged. The first race was amatch of $500, mile heats, best three in five under saddle, between Tanner Boy and Joe Clark. Tanner won after an exciting struggle in three straight heats. Time— 2:422, 2:36%, 2:364. The second race was a sweepstake of $300, mile heats, best three in five in harness. There were three horses started. J. Lyons’ Skinner won. The third race was for $300, mile heats, best three in five, for teams, This was the most exciting race of the day. B. Wilson’s Willie Lane and mate won. —At Deerfoot Park there were three races on November 27th. The first race was a match for $500, mile heats, best ‘three in five, to wagons, between Eastern Boy and Plumber Boy. Eastern Boy won the three last heats andrace. The second race was a match for $400, best three in five in har- ness, between North Star and Rufus. North Star won. Rufus was distanced in the fourth heat. The third race was a match for $200, mile heats, best three in five in harness, between Nellie anci Captain George, to wagon. The latter won the three last heats and match. —The stallion Wild American has trotted in 1:65, mane measures 84 fect. -—The following letter to the London 7mes from the Earl of Coventry, a breeder and racer of thoroughbred horses, will be found interesting to our gentlemen who keep breeding and racing stables:— SHORT RACES. To the Editor of the London Times:— Smr—The short races which now-a-days prevail have a far greater influence for evil, in my opinion, on the breed of horses than the mischievous practice of running two-year- olds early in the year. I brought forward a motion at a recent meeting of the Jockey Club to the effect that there should be no more races for three-year-olds and upwards of shorter distance than one mile, but it was negatived by a large majority. Ihave reason to believe that many” mem- bers of the Jockey Club agree with my views; but New market is a difficult place to get at, and I venture to enter- tain the hope that in future, measures of importance may be discussed in London. The number of short races is increasing, for I find that in 1871, out of 1,253 races, 646 were under the distance of a mile; in 1872, out of 1,260 races, 741 were under a mile. I have not included two-year-old races in this calculation, which I believe to be a correct one. We all agree that soundness of wind and limb is the most important element in the constitution of a horse. It is generally admitted that coaring is an hereditary disease, and it is an equally well-known fact that roarers can win over short courses; therefore the Scurry Races, of which I complain, may be regarded as a premium forunsound horses. Admiral Rous, in a letter which he: published a short time ago in the Times, says ‘‘ the breed of horses of which we are so proud will eventually be beaten by the French,” and states as his reason for thinking so, ‘‘ that Frenchmen reject roarers and infirm legs.” Can that be a matter of surprise, when it is recollected that in France there are no races under a mile, and in consequence no occupation for roarers and cripples? I think it a great national misfortune that Lord Rosebery’s Committee abstained from considering the case of race-horses, because the Turf is the fountain head whence most breeders derive their supply in the shape of thorough- bred stallions. At many of the horse shows I am in the habit of seeing stallions that I know to be roarers, but they have acquired—thanks to the short races—a reputation on the Turt, and their services at the Stud are sought by breed- ers. Lord Stradbroke, in his evidence before the Commit- tee of the House of Lords, ascribes the deterioration in our breed of horses to “ the large sums of money which are to be won by two-year-olds and three-year-olds in short races, and consequently gentlemen have been breeding for speed, and not for endurance.” Mr. John Mannington and Mr. W. MWGrane agree with him. There is plenty of evidence to show that the disease of roaring has been more frequently met with of late years, and we find that the number of short races is increasing. Layers of odds and owners of bad horses are fond of short races; the general racing public dislike them, and I believe that if they were done away with altogether there would be a very perceptible decrease in the number of roarers bred in years to come. IT am, Sir, your obedient servant, Croome, Nov. 5. COVENTRY. Horse Crrpping.—There has been considerable discus- susion among the practical horsemen, as {0 the benefit or injury experienced by a horse from the process of clipping. A reference to the authorities on this matter will show that the horse in his native plains has always a short coat of hair, and that the winds and rains, which cause him hereto throw out an extra protection are not natural to him. If the animal is left to follow his own impulses, even when turned out in this country, he will be all the better for his long coat, for while it has the great advantage of protecting him from the cold, it is not wetted by sweat, because he does not voluntarily gallop long and fast enough to produce that secretion. This natural protection is therefore a de- cided benefit to the horse when left in a state of nature— but when man steps in and requires his use for such work as will sweat him severely, a long coat is found to produce great exhaustionyboth during and after haying been per- forming hard work. Now during our cold winters, so long as the winter coat of the horse can he kept dry, he is pro- tected by it—and the slow-going horse, or one only required to perform easy work will be all the better for it—but the moment the pace is sufliciently accelerated to warm the skin the sweat pours forth when at work, and after work is kept up by the matted mass of hair with which the horse is covered. ‘he clipped horse drys off quickly; and it is asserted with a good show of reason, that a short, dry cout of hair is better for the horse than a long, thick wet one. The clipping no doubt removes the tendency to sweat; or if the horse sweats when at work, the secretion ceases when the exercise which produced it stops. Now while we main- tain that in such cases clipping may be practiced without injury, we still believe the indiscriminate clipping of horses for the fancy or fashion of the thing, to be wholly unneces- sary. At any rate if horses are clipped, their grooms must remember that they need extra attention; a warm stable and plenty of artificial covering; we speak now of fancy horses not used as workers,—Maine Farmer. His —When spring comes round, the croquet sets, which may be had by subscribing to the Forms, anp SrrEam, will come into use most opportunely. See advertisement of prizes in to-day’s issue. tlt 0 A shopkeeper who recently took it into his head to have a holiday, shut shop and wrote on the shutters:— All flesh is grass, and grass is hay; We're here to-morrow, but we're gone to-day—fishing, —A Volcano has broken out in the Pinto Mountains, ten miles from Hureka, Nevada. i Nervous persone are not apt toreceive a.deal of sympathy, except those who havesuffered from a like disorder. 270 t FOREST AND STREAM. at and @Mrama. GOSSIP OF THE WEEK. BY T. B. THORPE. HE opera under the management of Mr. Strakosch has, forthe last week, been a continued surprise anda sort of apparent success. The glamor, however, does not conceal the fact that, while we have had more good artists of fair ability at one time on the stage, and consequently smoothe and more complete performances than heretofore, there stands out the usual and melancholy rumor that financially the entire season, so far, and to the end, will be a decided failure. It is difficult for lay mem- bers to understand the charm of running in debt for the ben- efit of these foreign singers, but still more difficult to get at the way money is obtained finally and easily to settle the bills, for we are not aware that any operatic season ever closed in any other’ way than in disaster. But the mana- gers keep on the uneven tenor of their ways, and go to Europe in the summer to ransack every important capital for ‘‘distinguished artists,” which, when found, are im- ported in the fall to this city to fill up the hotels and small boarding-houses in the vicinity of the Academy of Music with colonies of persons, the majority of whom look like organ-grinders enjoying a holiday in not unclean but juanty clothing. The professional ‘‘critics” meanwhile sharpen up their pens and commence, and continue indefinitely, long articles for the press that have, as arule, the same amount of real information as a string of onions without its continuity, yet like the onions, capable of bringing tears to the eyes of any experienced opera-goer or any good musician. And so goes on this struggle, the really interesting part being the opportunity it gives to “‘wicked men” of seeing congregated hundreds of New York ladies in full dress, presenting a combination of rare taste, rich costumes, splendid surroundings, and surpassing personal beauty excelling any similar gathering in the wide world. Speaking of the sex, we propose for a moment to allude to the two most interesting that have appeared this season —not among the audience—but before the footlights. We allude, of course, to Mme. Nilsson and Miss Cary. We have no desire to detract from the artistic reputation of Nilsson, when we say, that from the day she was an- nounced as engaged for our market, she has been the best managed operatic recipient that ever honored us with a visit. A great many superficial-thinking people go into ecstacies over the wonderful sagacity of Barnum as a man- ager, but the business man of Mme. Nilsson has far sur- passed ‘‘the Phoenix” in all legitimate and allowable prac- tices. On Nilsson’s arrival here all the resources of our ‘‘hest society” were brought into requisition,and an attempt was made, with some success, to liken her to the immortal Jenny Lind. Gradually the scales are beginning to fall from the eyes of the multitudes, and the suspicign is grow- ing apace, that Nilsson is not the greatest artist that ever lived, and beside not quite equal to Lind in those graces of the heart that induced the Swedish songstress to contrib- ute much of her public life to deeds of Christian charity. Whatever our public may lack in critical knowledge of music, it is always alive and affected by high personal and moral attributes, and once let it be understood that a pro- fessional, claiming the highest position, has no other inspi- ration than dollars and cents, this selfishness soon obscures even great merit, for talents, however brilliant, will never take the place of high moral qualities. Our people can un- derstand perfectly liberality, generosity and sympathy, and through these charming mediums professional talents can only have the best and most appreciative admiration. As a rule, persons of true genius and genuine art are not mer- cenary; they are spontaneous and most. often improvident. Miss Cary, who has sustained herself so nobly under the trying comparison suggested by membership with Stra- kosch’s troupe, is an American, and if we can get clear of the prejudice which presumes that our native throat cannot equal any in musical accomplishment, then we have in her a person equal to Nilsson in the capacity of reaching a standard of superior excellence, and it rests with our fashionables who profess tomake opera aspecialty, to take up this young lady and pay her the social respect which seems necessary to place her where she belongs. What reason have these people to wait upon Mme. Nilsson and neglect Miss Cary, socially and morally her equal, and in professional capacity will possibly prospectively be her superior? Miss Cary, from a quarter where we look for but little spontaneous criticism, nas been unequivocally and properly pronounced ‘tone of the few great contralti of the world.” This judg- ment is in accordance with the change which is taking place in musical sentiment, that the contralto notes of either voice or instrument have the power of moving the passions that the altisimo(Nilsson’s forte) and bass are en- tirely destitute of. In other words, those actors who have produced the greatest effect before the Lyceum, Congress or Parliament, have been masters of the lower notes. It was the voice of Burke and Henry, of Clay and Sheridan, even more than their eloquence, that threw women into ecstacies and robbed men of their judgment. The contralto isa gift as valuable asit is rare; where there is one rich voice like that. of Miss Cary, there are to be found twenty or more soprani. We bespeak then for Miss Cary because she has won such a great success by sustaining herselfso splendidly this season, that fair consideration to which she is en- titled: The best European musical judge stated recently that the Americans have the more promising pup ils in Europe of any other nationality. Our airs, as they blow from heaven, are not necessarily pernicious to the voice, as we have been made to believe, and we must get clear of that tradition. Adelina Patti swas born and brought up in what is now one of the obscurest streets in this city—she is unrivalled. Let these foreign song-birds have just a fairshow and no more. We are getting a little bit tired of their assumptions and manners, quibbling and growling of everything that does not please them. Driving ambitious managers into bank- ruptcy, disappointing audiences, breaking engagements with impunity, and treating us as if we were un- der any especial obligations to them, and all this, while they are the needy recipients of a much enduring public. —The presentation of ‘‘Aida,” Verdi’s last composition, before its performance in any European capital, marks an era inthis city of luxurious refinement, or desperate ex- travagance. Novelty, for the time being, has taken pos- session of admiration, and we regret the operatic season is not long enough to thoroughly test the genuine popularity of what is claimed to be Verdi’s best opera. This much is certain, that an event which in Paris or Vienna, would at once have set the musical world of those great capitals in an excitement, has not created a ripplein New York. The press has given the event less space and less enthusiasm than it usually expends on the most common place sensa- tional play, and the amount of type and fine writing that hails the revival of the *‘Ticket of Leave Man” leaves the greetings of ‘‘Aida” in the shade. —Edwin Booth ended on Saturday an engagement of four weeks, in which time he performed in fourteen plays, including the sublimest tragedies of Shakspeare and the best plays of the modern school. His success was almost unvarying. If any unforseen accident compelled Edwin Booth to retire from our stage, tragedy would cease to have a. genuine presentation. This monopoly makes the miser- able support he alweys has. from the stock company at his theatre an endured evil. Suppose it was possible to an- nounce the coujunction, once so familiar in New York, of Junius Brutus Booth as Othello, and Edwin Forrest as Jago, and the next night Junius Brutus Booth as Jago, and Edwin Forrest as Othello. ‘‘How would stand the record of the time?” Echo would answer, ‘‘Edwin’s presentation of the play of ‘Othello’ was rather weak.” By comparisons, we sometimes can get at the real poverty of the stage. The greatest scene in the combination we have alluded to was when the physically little Othello seized the physically greft Tago by the throat, and by his mental power and sublime genius for denunciation seemed to be a giant compared with Forrest. —Wallack’s is nightly crowded by a delighted audience, the attraction being the most offensively named play, the “Tjiar.” It is admirably performed. The passages which brought together Mr. Wallack, Mr. Gilbert, and Miss Lewis were given with charming effect. Miss Lewis must be- come a great favorite; she commands sympathy and admi- ration at once. —The ‘‘Wicked World,” at the Union Square Theatre, surprises its warmest friends with its constantly increasing popularity. The reason must be the beautiful scenery, the charming faces, and the emotional acting of Miss Morris, for the play is apparently without a plot, without a moral, without anything except fascinating scenes, which pass and repass like the brilliant combinations of the kaleidoscope. If the two “‘roughs” (Thorne, Jr., and Rankin) and the idiot, that represent the male characters, were left out, we see no reason why the ‘‘Wicked World,” with a little change, as arefined spectacular piece could not run the whole winter. —Daly’s new Fifth Avenue Theatre, Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway, opened on Wednesday night. Its pre- sumptive popularity was so great, that the majority of the seats appear to have been sold before the ticket oftice was opened. The theatre will be a success. CINCINNATI, November 29, 1873. WOOD'S THEATRE. —The promise made to the public by Manager Macauley, that the play of ‘‘Divorce,” at present at Wood’s, would be given in an entire new dress, was fully redeemed. It was handsomely mounted, and in the last scene the stage was gorgeous. ‘‘Divorce” was given by the Furbish Fifth Avenue Theatre Company. The fact that they have tray- elled for two entire seasons, playing this one piece, shows that the people appreciate their rendition of it. It will be followed by ‘‘Article 47.” —At Robinson’s Opera House we have been enjoying a week of light comedy—‘‘Dundreary.” It was presented by E. A. Sothern, assisted by his son Lytton, Mr. Vining Bowers and Miss Minnie Wolton. ‘‘Dundreary” will be followed next week by *‘Sam” and ‘‘David Garrick.” The largest houses are expected next week to witness the latter iece. a —Harry Robinson’s Minstrels were here and gave three performances to rather large houses Monday and Tuesday evenings and Tuesday afternoon. —QOn Monday evening Mr. Charles Bradlaugh gavea lecture on ‘‘The Republican Movement in England,” at Pike’s Opera House. It is rumored that he will return soon and deliver a lecture on Ireland. —Mr. Charles Drew, recently connected with the com- pany at Robinson’s, has returned to the Mrs. Oates Opera Company, of which he was the leading tenor for several seasons, W. —TueE long evenings are now coming, and the children should have good eames to help pass them pleasantly. ‘‘Avilude,” with its birds and their descriptions, is the hest ever published. Sold by all booksellers and toy dealers, or sent post-paid on receipt of seventy-five cents, by West & Lee, Worcester, Mass. 4 ; “From its meritorious character deserves the wideat circulation.”’"— Banner of Light. at eee glew gublications. oe [Publications sent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all books delivered at our Editorial Rooms will be promptly acknowledged in the next issue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advising us of any omission in this resnect. Prices of books inserted when ’ desired.|* BOOKS. —_+—— THREE THOUSAND Worps. A Pronouncing Handbook of words often mispronounced. By Richard Soule and Loomis J. Camp- bell. Boston: Lee & Shepard. When we took up this little mulium in parvo, and carefully examined it, we found our memory rapped many times, and we were made quite sensible of the value of this little four-by-six manual of ninety-nine pages, corrections of some three thousand words very frequeutly mispro- nounced; also notes upon allowable cases, in which the reader or writer has an optional choice in the selection of words or phrases. We have much larger, more elaborate, more costly works upon similar subjects, but we do not call to mind one of more real value than this little pocket companion. Lee & Shepard arein the habit of publishing a great va- riety of good books, ‘‘great books,” for the people, but this little correc- tor of mispronunciations should lie side by side with Webster’s and Wor- cester’s big dictionaries. Tue Porrrarr. A romance of the Cuyahoga, author of ‘‘Bart Ridgeley,” 16mo. Boston: Nichols & Hall. The author of this book opens with alife picture which will be long re- membered. The lessonsof death, come when they may, and under what- ever garb they appear, should teach us our own mortality; for it isin vain to try to escape the trials, temptations and vicissitudes of life. The hero of this work enters life under the shade of a bitter experience, the death of his beloved mother. The hero ata very early age finds him- self motherless, homeless, and his young life burdened with a preat doubt, that grows stronger and stronger as he grows older. He enters the service of John Green, a tavern keeper, as his bound boy. His mas- ter joins the Mormons, taking our ‘‘Fred’’ with him. Here he, after a short time, runs away from the former tavern keeper, Green, and finds a home with a kind-hearted farmer. His first trial takes place here, in hearing the farmer’s wife say he ‘‘was nobody’s son.’”’. He then leaves his employer, and seeks a home with friends m a neighboring town; here he a few years after establishes himself a ‘‘counsellor at law.’’ Here he makes the acquaintance of a young widow, who has visited Kurope and traveled much, and had seen the portrait of an American gentleman whose lineaments were almost precisely like those of Freddy. She knew the whole history of that portrait, and from that knowledge a most charming romance is formed. ‘This plot, original in itself, is not'so well wrought as it might have been from the many materials at hand to make it a more perfectly finished work. By the The history of Mormonism years ago will be found quite intersting. - The historical Joe Smith, Rigdon, and other old Mormon saints and ras- cals step out of their frames, and these old dusty portraits become as lifelike as in days of oid. We think the character of Fred suffers from the mystery that surrounds his birth, Yet this seems to be the necessity of the author. Belle Morris, a finely written character, is just what we would call ‘‘a very fine specimen of trne womanhood,” frank, sincere, noble, and we do not wonder atthe excited state of Fred’s feelings at the thought of losing her. We like this hook better than ‘Bart Ridgely;” it possess more life, interest, and although not a perfect work, it would be called at least a ‘‘good romance.” ADVENTURES BY SEA AND LAND; Or, Perils by Sea and ' Land, and Hair-breath Escapes in all Parts of the World. Illustrated. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, This is a beautiful quarto, elegantly bound, and finely embellished. It is one of the books that will find many Christmas and New Year pur- chasers. It is just the book for the boys, as exciting as ‘‘Robinson Oru- soe,’ and very diversified in its contents. We shall only give the out- lines referring to the book itself for its illustrated contents. First, the Island of Ceylon is spoken of, and its beautiful forests and sweet clime, amply enjoyed by Templin and his confreres, and their first en counter with the elephant, is finely told; a good surprise, some genuine fun, and the final retreat of the *‘Big Elephant,’ is graphically given; and finally, the encounter with the terrific serpent closes the tarry in Ceylon. Then we have the ‘‘fire at sea,” with its exciting incidents, its perils. and escapes. Thirdly, in the desert, making the acquaintance of the Indians; incidents; not particularly pleased with the savages, who steal their wine, and get drunk on the same; escape; shipwreck snd star- vation; with other thrilling incidents. The little Africans’ wonderful adventures; the Circassian, war; the Tschuttski; the Fair of Wishure; Norogoiad, &c. His Marriace Vow. By Mrs. Caroline Fairfield Corwin; Author of ‘Rebecca,’ &c. 16mo. Boston: Lee and Shepard. Open this book without a determination to read it carefully and with- out any other view than to be amused, and you may as well lay it aside at.once. It will do you no good whatever. How is this book to be read, and how understood? is the great question in the mind of the reader at the outset. ‘How far can aman pursue his pleasures, how far cana husband go in his attempts to win the affections, or make love to another woman, while he hag an estimable wife at home?” This is about the form, the idea, and as a palliation for this free love, this departure from true marital obligations, a poor*sick, bed-ridden wife is deemed to be all suf- ficient. Well, this is one view of the case. but it does not answer the question, ‘Is it asin, a wrong or not so todo?” Although we like some portions of this work, we do not think the public would be benefitted by adopting as a code of morals such sentiments as are set forth on pages 81 and 838. Atleast weshould hope not. We should like to give a thorough analysis of the “Marriage Vow;” and speak at length of that mythical free love philosophy that pervades the whole. We believe in the religion of love, pure, chaste, soul elevating, but we are dis- appointed in this work, and to be true to ourselves and the public, we must say that while it is amusing and interesting, morally it is not to be placed before ‘“‘Baxter’s Saints Rest,” and many other books of that char- — acter. (yp ag eee ANNOUNCEMENTS. eee SILVER AND Gotp. An Account of the Mining and Metal- lurigal Industry of the United States, with reference chiefly to the precious metals. By R. H. Raymond, Ph. D, 8yo. Illustrated. New York: J. B. Ford & Co. Cloth, $8,50. A Goop Matcu. A Novel. By Amelia Perrier, author of ‘Mea Culpat’’ 12mo. New York: J.B. Ford & Co. Extra Cloth, stamped cover, $1,50. : Recent Music AND Musrcrans, as described in the diaries and correspondence of Ignatz Mocheles. 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Forest and Streant ISA WEEKLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO Kieid and Aquatic Sports, Practical Natural History, Fish Culture, THE PROTECTION OF GAME, THE PRESERVA- TION OF FORESTS. AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY IN» TEREST IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. PUBLISHED BY Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 103 Fulton Street, New York. TERMS, FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE The FOREST AND STREAM is a paper which can be read in the family. It can be read by the ladies and children. We count many principals of schools as among our contributors. It will inculeate aloye of manly sports with natur alistic study, and has for correspondents and contrib- utors some of the most distinguished naturalists in the United States. 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JOHN. pod ee At eS ROM the far, untrodden fastness Of the moss-hung everelade, Pron the distant springs that; bubble In the cypress darkened shade; From pools and rippling lakelets, Human eye ne’er gazed upon, Flowing into golden sunlight, ~ Rolls the beautiful St. Jonn. . Winding far thro’ virgin forests, Where drink unfrightened deer, By broad and reedy marshes, Where the heron knows no fear: Mid groves of tropic richness, ‘Lneir verdure never gone, Flashing as a royal river, Rolls the beautiful St- John. Tir’ a land of endless summer, Where flowers grace each day, And bright-hued birds are singing An unceasing roundelay; Whose waves are never fettered , By mail of ice laid on, Reflecting only summer skies, Flows the beautiful St. John. Lingering like a truant schoolboy, idling on by vine and flower, Caressed by light and shadow; Caring not for day or hour. Seeming loath togave its birthplace, Turning back, then flowing on, Tracing lines of grace and beauty, Dallies softly the St. John. Growing broader, flowing bolder, — Wave tossed as an inland sea, ‘The stréamlets of the woodland In a mighty union free; Then 4 noble path for commerce. - ‘That ships float proudly on, The welcome of the ocean surf Receives the great St. John. But for plaguery chills and fever, And such agitating shakes; Bat for scorpions, ef cetera, Aud wily rattlesnakes; But for the bold mosquito, And the pizin mozcason ! Td sadly learn to leave thee, Thou miasmous St. John. $$ $—__$______ Winter Sports in Canada. Eprror Forest AND STREAM:— {send youa short account of moose hunting and trout fishing, as pursued in Lower Canada in winter, and my personal experience of camping out during the severe month of February, when the thermometer marked twenty and thirty degrees below zero, and the snow lay deep on the lakes and mountains. At Malcartier, some fifteen miles from Quebec, we reach the farthest settlement north of the St. Lawrence. Here commence those vast forests and mountain ranges that extend themselves to the Hudson’s Bay. Throughout its entire length it is intersected with numberless lakes and rapid shallow ?ivers. In this primeval wilderness abound the lordly moose and caribou of our northern climate, while every lake and stream is filled with that fish so dear to ang- lers—the trout. The smaller fur-bearing animals are also numerous. L. W. L. The few remaining Indians in autumn strike far into the interior, to return in the spring laden with the proceeds of their rifles and traps. Occasional parties from Quebec, under the guidance of some Indian, make short excursions to the lakes, and return with glowing accounts of the abun- dance of game and the wild and beautiful scenery every- Where met with. These trips are usually made in summer or early autumn. Few have the courage to face the cold or the imaginary hardships to be endured in winter. I call them imaginary, for without a few of them wherein would eousist the pleasures of wild camp life? at dr ‘The stars are still shining brightly, though a faint ¢lim- mer of dawn appears on the horizon. We are up, and has- tily completing our preparations for an early start The big ‘mare stands ready at the door harnessed to the berline which is to covey us and our traps to Roche Platte, some ten miles, before we assume in place our snow shoes and packs. Welay ina good break*ast as foundation for the long journey before us, and then, lighting our pipes and bidding all good-bye, bundle into the sleigh. We wrap the buffaloes well around us, for the cold is intense this early morn, and giving the old mare’a touch with the whip we commence to glide over the hard frozen road at a good rapid pace. Our traineau, heavily loaded, follows behind. Phew, how the sharp wind pinches this morning; but we are prepared for it, and only draw our capuchon closer over our heads, and defy it to do its best. We are a merry party. Mr. Neilson, my kindest of hosts, Pat Cassin, our guide and hunter, as genial a fellow as ever drew breath, with an inexhaustible fund of dry humor, and your humble servant. of St. Michel Mountain, whose summit we are destined to reach before many hours. The rising stun just tips it, and reflects back from its white coverlet of snow a glittering as of a huge diamond set in a dark green ground of spruce. Our road is well defined over the plain by balises, con- sisting of small evergreens set out on each side at regular intervals; otherwise, the severe storms that sweep over it would completely obliterate all traces of it, and thereby destroy all communication between the few settlers at Roche Platte and the settlements. The snow at this season is five to six feet deep on a level, and where it drifts it is fifteen and twenty feet. The drive at last comes to an end, and we draw rein be- fore Ned’s. We are met with a noisy but cordial welcome, and with the assistance of himself and sons we are soon ready to take up our packs and march. Here ona river point our host has built himself a log house, and cleared the few acres that are adapted for cultivation. Our snow shoes are buckled on, our’ packs adjusted, and we take up our line of march towards the clouds above. Now comes the tug of war. Mountain climbing, at no time an easy matter, now rendered doubly arduous on snow shoes, which admit of little foothold, or, I should perhaps say, too much foothold.. We tug and pull and perspire, but advance slowly. The point of my snow shoes catches, and I make a dive headforemost into a depth of ten feet of snow, and am extricated with some difficulty by my com- panions after being almost suffocated. After three hours’ hard labor, and a few more mishaps, we reach the top, and call a halt to rest and admire the panorama spread out be- low us. Far to the south we see the tall tin spires of the churches in Quebec glistening in the sun. The ice-bound St. Lawrence, the Isle of Orleans, and the numerous habi- tants’ hamlets dotting its shores, while at our feet winds the Jacque Cartier in its tortuous course along till Icst be hind some mountain that rears its snow-capped head high above the others, Pat now warns us to be moving, so lighting our pipes we reluctantly follow on. Our road now is only marked by an occasional blaze on a tree, which Pat keeps unerringly in view. High mountains encirele us on all sides. We meet with a great many fresh tracks at Lake Michel, which our coming have doubtless disturbed and started off. We skirt the lake to its discharge, and crossing it strike upward again. Another halt is called at Lake Tontari, near our last summer’s camp, to prepare the noonday meal. We scrape the upper snow off the lake, and secure enough water to boil our kettle. A fire is kindled on some logs from an old chicot, and we are soon enjoying a hearty meal. The poles only of our old camp project themselves above the snow, which must be here some seven feet in depth. This lake is some four miles in length, and in sum- mer affords the finest fly fishing I have yet found. I have taken in one evening from three to four dozen trout, aver We make rapid headway, and soon come in sight aging a pound in weight, some few running as high as two pounds. The lake is surrounded by mountains which rise abruptly on two sides from the water’s edge. The echo here is perfect. A person speaking slightly above an ordi- nary tone of voice will have his words distinctly repeated once from the opposite side. At night, in camp, it was a great source of amusement. As darkness set in we reached Etienne’s cabin, far up in the mountains, beside a noisy, turbulent stream, the outlet of a small Jake which.we haye just passed. We find every- thing prepared for our arrival—wood cut, w fresh bed of balsam boughs laid, and the snow cleared Arom inside the stockade. Weare atone of the winter hunting camps of Etienne Groslouis, a Lorette! Indian, with whom we had made arrangements for our visit early in the season. He is now far up the Tuilerie River hunting moose, ) The cabin is constructed of birch bark, stretched over poles, with sides and back of split balsam. It is open in front before the fireplace, which in turn is surrounded by a paling. This serves to keep the snow from caving in. The site is badly selected; it is in a gorge of the mountains, through which the winds whistle, sending the sparks from our fire high into the heavens. How it crackles and blazes, sending out such cheery warmth this cold night and diffus- ing a pleasant glow that lights up all the surroundings. We settle ourselves down before it, and former trips and adventures are once more rehearsed, and our prospect for the morrow’s sport discussed at length. This morning it is commencing to snow, and the sighing winds through the spruce, and the distant roaring of the mountains, foretell a heavy storm. WN othing daunted, we make things snug about camp, and prepare ourselves for a day’s fishing on the Jake. Phew, how the storm sw eeps over its open surface. I cut.a couple of holes through five feet of slush and ice, dropped in my lines, and then con- structed myself a shelter from my buffalo, which I tied be- tween two stakes fastened in the snow, and put myself to leeward. We succeeded in taking some dozen before the rapidly increasing storm drove us to seck refuge in camp. We spent the balance of the day smoking, eating, and lis- tening to the howling storm without. Two whisky jacks are driven into camp, and now sit on the palisades over the fire watching our every motion with curious eyes. What cunning, thieving rascals they are; leave anything eatable out of your sight for a moment, and they pounce upon it, but are off the moment they are observed. Clear and intensely cold this morning—thermometer down to about twenty degrees below zero. You require to handle rifles very gingerly with bare hands, [I am off toa lake below us to look for moose, Can I succeed in finding a yard we may anticipate sport. The moose at this season travels but little, The deep snow, with that fearful crust, confines them to their feeding ground, and soon bring them to bay when pursued, when they fall an easy victim to the rifle of the hunter. What a death-like stillness pervades everything after the storm of yesterday. The only sound that disturbs it is the tap ofan occasional woodpecker; otherwise, apparently devoid of all animal life. I travelled over a considerable extent of country to-day, but no sign of moose. The Indians hunting caribou in the early part of the winter has, I think, driven them further to the north of our present position, Mr. N, and Pat devoted themselves to fishing, but with poor success. To-morrow we are going to try a lake below us, formed years ago by a beaver dam, on the dis- charge of the lake near us. It is growing colder, and we are compelled to cut more wood for the night. tired to work, and reluctantly follow Pat with the traineau, to draw it in as fast as he cuts it. He selects an old birch, and his lusty blows soon lay it low, and cutting it into lengths of four feet I roll them on the train, and straddling the logs reach camp safely, my dragging feet preventing it obtaining too great momentum. I am too FOREST AND STREAM. Pat sets fire to 2 rough birch near camp, and we watch the flames in their serpentine course rushing upwards. It is too cold to sleep; we sit huddled together before the fire, and are entertained by droll songs and stories by Pat. He has just been telling us of an adventure he had when a young man while hunting caribou, which might have ended seriously. He had started out in the morning with only his rifle, knife, and a mouthfulof provisions. About noon he struck a fresh caribou track, and started in pursuit. Twice in crossing alake did he catch a glimpse of him, but out of shooting distance? He still resolutely followed until the lengthening shadows warned him to retrace his way back to camp, and defer the further pursuit until the mor- row. Darkness set in, and with it a gathering snow storm, and he soon found it impossible to follow his track. He now became seriously alarmed, and began devising with himself what he had best do. After some time a happy thought struck him. He was surrounded by balsam trees, and cutting from these sufficient branches he dug a hole in the snow and lining it top sides and bottom he crawled in, and sheltered from the storm anxiously awaited daylight to liberate him from his uncomfortable position. Morning came at last, and crawling out more dead than alive he took up his track, and had not gone far when he met his anxious companions, who had come to search for him. We look sorry for want of sleep this morning, but make an early start for the lake. We have just returned, and with good success—twenty dozen trout, averaging some half a pound apiece. Out of one hole I took some five dozen, andina depth of only three feet of water. I at- tribute our success to the fact that the lake is shallow, and the ice, with the heavy accumulation of snow, has been forced to the bottom, driving the fish into the channel. I caught one—a curiosity. It was about a foot in length, and, as I supposed, had a protuberance growing from each side of its mouth. I seized it, and giving ita slight pull was horrified when out came afrog of good proportions. It had swallowed it headforemost, but had been unable to get the hind legs/ully in. Wehad arare meal—trout in allforms. The meat is firm and good. We give up all idea of moose or caribou, and prepare for one more day’s fishing. At noon we have taken twenty dozen more, when Mr, N., complaining of not feeling well, we return tocamp. What an enthusiastic sportsman he is; fast approaching his seventieth year, he still retains the vigor to enjoy it. He often puts me, his junior by many years, to the test to equal himin agility. It is growing very mild, and we have reason to fear a rain storm, which will place us in an ugly predicament, as it renders snow shoeing almost impossible. We pack up everything pre- paratory to a start. At daybreak we are off, and by forced marches we reach Michel Lake. The snow shoeing is horrible, the snow ac- cumulating on the shoes to such a degree that we are obliged to carry sticks to beat it off. We descend the mountain safely in a series of slides, and are at Ned’s just as it commences to rain. We hastily har- ness up, and at eleven o’clock arrive home worn out with the day’s tramp. 6 G—_— —A Western paper tells the story of a country-woman who made her first attempt to get in the,Court house yard through the patent back-action gate. She opened the gate went through, as she supposed, and shut herself out on the same side seven times; then, ejaculatating ‘mereiful sakes,” climbed over the fence. E —— i —Leativer, chemically considered, is tha ox-hide of hea? 292 FOREST AND STREAM. THE “2ANGLER. — THE gallant fisher’s life, It is the best of any, *Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And ’tis beloved by many: Other joys Are but toys, Only this Lawful is, For our skill Breeds no ill, But content and pleasure. Ina morning up we rise, Ere Aurora’s peeping, Drink a cup to wash our eyea— Leave the sluggard sleeping; Then we go To and fro, With our knacks At our backs, To such streams As the Thames, If we have the leisure. When we please to walk abroad For our recreation, In the field is our abode, Full of delectation; When in a brook, With a hook, Or a lake, Fish we take; There we sit, For a bit, Till we fish entangle . We have gentles in a horn, We have paste and worms, too, We can watch both night and morn, Suffer rain aud storms, too; None do here Use to swear, Oaths do fray Fish away; We sit still, Watch our quill, Fishers must not wrangle. _ If the sun’s excessive heat Makes our bodies swelter. To an osier hedge we get, For a friendly shelter; Where in adike, Perch or pike, Roach or dace, We do chase,- Bleak or gudgeon, Without grudging; We are still contented. Or we sometimes pass an hour Under a green willow, That defends us from a shower, Making earth our pillow; Where we may Think and pray, Before death Stops our breath; Other joys Are but toys, and to be lamented. in Library of Poetry and Song.” JoHN CHURCHILL. A CANADIAN ON RIFLE SHOOTING. \ K fx take great pleasure in producing a most interest- ing letter, which will be fully appreciated by our riflemen. It’s author is a distinguished member of a lead- ing Canadian Rifle Club:— HamittTon, ONTARIO, Dec. 12, 1873. Eprtor FoREST AND STREAM :— Having attended the first meeting of your National Rifle Association, I take a very great interest in reading your re- ports of Creedmoor and of the different matches held there, and I am pleased to notice the great improvement your marksmen have made in a short time in the use of the rifle. I have attended since I have lived in Canada numerous opening matches of Rifle Associations, but J must say that the matches at Creedmoor, N. Y., were better conducted, and the shooting at least equal to any that I have seen in the Dominion. Great credit is certainly due to the several gentlemen who had the organizing of the Association, and who have carried out their arrangements so well. I do not mean to say that.all was perfection, for that is not to be at- tained at a first rifle meeting; but it was all that could be expected. There were a few mistakes made which you will no doubt obviate on acquiring experience. I will men- tion one or two. I noticed on several occasions men firing at targets when markers were painting the adjoining ones -with dantwer flags up, which is very dangerous, for the bul-’ lets after striking the target fly in pieces on each side, and it was a wonder to me that the matches terminated without an accident. Another mistake I think was committed in the small bore matches, (or, a8 you term them, sporting rifles), and that error was in shooting them from the shoulder. We did the same thing at the opening matches of our Dominion Rifle Association, but have now given it up. Long range rifles are not made for shoulder shooting, and although in Englandjand Scotland they have matcltes at the short distance of 200 yards with them, they, on all occasions, shoot in any position. In Canada we seldom have matches with small bore rifles at any range under 500 yards. In your paper of November 6th, in your comments on the match of the Amateur Rifle Club, you make some mistakes which you will pardon me for correcting. You say, ‘‘Mr. Omand having been a member of the Victoria Rifles of Montreal, and one of the winners in the match for the Rajah of Kolapore Cup in 1870,” and so forth. Now, Mr. Omand was never a member of the Victoria Rifles of Montreal, but was a member of the Victoria Rifle Club of Hamilton, and the Kolapore Cup was first competed for by Canadians at Wimbledon in 1871, twenty men on each side, at 200, 500 and 600 yards. On that occasion we were beaten by somewhere about fifty points, but, in 1872, we picked our eight best men and shot eight men a side and beat the united team of England, Ireland and Scotland by eight points. You also make a comparison of the shooting in your matches and the shooting for the Kolapore Cup, but you must recollect that they shot with the Snider Military Rifle, with open sights, whereas the Amateur Club shot with sporting rifles, finely sighted with aperture front and back sights. Now, that makes a great difference indeed. From what I saw I feel perfectly satisfied that the Remington Sporting Rifle is at least equal to the Rigby or Metford Small Bore Rifles, which are the best long range rifles that we know of. I think it is a mistake to exclude muzzle-loading rifles from shooting in your badge matches, or any other. It is the best way to test the merits of both kinds of rifles by shooting them along side each other. You must not think by my above remarks that I have any intention of | trying to diminish the credit due to your marksmen. Far from it; they certainly have improved in a most wonderful way in the short time they have been practising, and deserve great credit. I see by some remarks in your paper that you do not approve of giving money prizes at your competitions, for the purpose of keeping out a spirit of gambling, which is perfectly correct, if it would have that tendency; but experience proves, both in England and Canada, that such is not the case; for where there is no chance of cheating there is no danger of gamblers’ com- peting. If you do not offer money prizes your competitions . will be confined to men who have the means and time at their disposal. Now, I presume the gentlemen who have su magnanimously worked and organized the National Rifle Association had some nobler object in view than getting it up for mere pastime. I have no doubt their intentions are that it shall be an institution for teaching your young men, whom you would expect to fight your battles, the practical use of the rifle. It is necessary for me to tell-you that there are thousands of such men, who, for want of means, would | not be able to give the necessary time for practice, and con- sequently would not attend your competitions at all; whereas, if there were any chance of their being able to pay their expenses by what they might win in money, they would be far more likely to take an interest in rifle practice, | and in a military point of view, your country would be all the stronger. J also see some remarks about spirit levels, plumb balls, &c., &c., for the very necessary purpose of keeping the rifle perpendicular when shooting. In Canada we have gotten over experimenting on those things. I see by your columns that one gentleman suggests a pendulum | hanging loosely from the back sight with an aperture in it, which is a good idea, but for the one objection of its being impracticable on a windy day. It would keep shaking back and forward and would disturb the eye of the marks- man. We have tried a great many plans to keep the rifle plumb, but all methods have failed, save by using the spirit level, which suits the purpose better than any thing we have tried. So far as the danger of the spirit levels getting broken is concerned, that depends very much on the way they are fitted on. I have made mine to slip on the fore- sight and move along with it, when I shift for wird, so that it is always in a direct line with the sight, and does not dis- turb the eye when sighting. It can be taken off and put on in a moment without any trouble. I have used it for over five years, and it is not broken yet. The same amount of care which is necessary to protect the sight will also protect the level. Yours, very truly, SHOOTER. or N\THE MULE DEER—OR (@. MACROTUS. eae Se ee Toe species of deer is better known among hunters as the black tail, or red deer. It ranges from Western Missouri to the snow ranges of the Rocky Mountains, and is a very numerous species. During a five month’s hunt in Colorado, I did not observe a black tail, or Virginian deer, although the C. Macrotws were seen in considerable num- bers. The does of the Mule Deer are found throughout the foothills the whole years, but the bucks retire to the highest mountains in the spring, where they remain until about the first of October. While on the mountain tops they col- lect generally in small bands of four or five, though I have seen seventeen bucksin a herd. While in the vicinity of Taylor’s Fork, Colorado, I hac afine opportunity of watch- ing them in their natural haunts. They are generally found near timber line, in the heat of the day, but in the morning and evening they leave the shade of the forest and go further up the mountains to the grassy tops, to feed on the young rich growth which is nourished and fed by the water from the snow banks on the mountain peaks. When thus feeding, it requires the utmost skill of the hun- ter to approach them within shooting distance. I have watched a band of bucks feeding far above timber line until they gradually approached the forest, where I could find sufficient cover to crawl near them unseen and obtain a shot. When one deer is killed in a band and is seen to fall by the others, they often run ina body a short distance from the slain buck, and halt, looking back at the point of danger, standing as still asa statue, with their large ears brought forward to catch the slightest sound. If nothing is seen in a few moments they wheel about and gallop away to the nearest timber, when they are soon lost to view. When shot at in the forest, they retreat at a furious rate, often falling over fallen tim | bers, and crashing through thickets, making the dead sticks crack and fly in every direction. They sometimes charge directly toward the hunter, and on one occasion I ‘‘drop- ped” a buck within twenty feet of me with a second shot, which was passing with several others. The scent of the ~ Mule Deer is very keen, and it is useless to hunt them to ‘Jeeward” as they will smell the approaching hunter, and bound away, long before he is near enough to sight them. They are remarkably sharp sighted, and are constantly on the lookout for danger, particularly the does when they have their young with them. When a band is resting, they lie down within a few feet of each other, doubling their fore legs under the body, and in wet weather they dry their coat by licking it with the tongue, in the same manner asadog. I once observed a band of seven bucks, during a shower, which were lying under a large spruce tree, within fifty yards of my conceal- ment. They were lying so close together, as nearly to touch each other. After watching them about five minutes I shot one of the largest. When receiving the ball, it jumped up, and immediately fell down again, and in so doing, tripped one of the passing “herd, that went tumbling down a steep hillside, but soon caught its footing and bounded away after the rest of the band, with the speed of the wind. The bucks often return to their ‘‘beds,” sleeping in the same place several nights in succession. JI have surprised three bucks several times in their favorite resting place, which was on the decayed remains of a large log that had crum- bled to pieces, thus making a soft and dry bed. The Mule Deer has generally one: fawn, though some- times two. The fawns are prettily spotted with white and become quite strong and active a few days after their birth. When a doe first has her fawns, she remains in the thick swamps and under-bush for several weeks until her off- spring are able to keep up with her when running from danger. The flesh of the Mule Deer is superior, as meat, to that of the Virginian deer. The C. Macrotus is larger than the white tailed deer (C. Virgenianus) and it requires consider- able strength on the part of the hunter; when on level | ground, to lift a full grown Mule Deer up on to his riding animal, behind his saddle, when it has just been killed and in a limsy state. Jos. H. Barty, U. 8. G. Survey. Pror. F. V. HaypEn, in charge. ———— eo SKETCHES IN FLORIDA. —E——— THE ENVIRONS OF TALLAHASSEE. Pe HE City of Tallahassee, the Capital of the State of Florida, is situated in Leon County, about thirty miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, and half-way between the eastern and western limits of the State. Tallahassee is an Indian word, and signifies ‘‘old fields.” The present site of the city was perhaps long ago the cornfields of the savages. It is situated upon the broad, flat top of a hill, and is about a mile in length, by three-eighths in breadth. Its people are hospitable, refined, polite, and very sociable; and the stranger visiting there will receive more attention than at any other city in the south. It is a very paradise for bachelors, on account of the number, the beauty and the charming manners of the ladies. The climate is very pleasant, and the number of soft, warm ‘‘ Indian summer” days during the winter, is very great—and, though a fire is necessary in the evenings, yet, during the day the visitor can remain almost entirely in the open air with comfort and pleasure. To the sportsman, the prospect is admirable. In every direction, for miles from the town, are wide fields, which swarm with quail. Advertising Kates. In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12lines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisements on outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices, 50 cents per line. Advertisements in double column 25 per cent. extra, Where advertisements are inserted over 1 month, a discount of 10 per cent. will be made; over three months, 20 per cent; over six months, 30 per cent. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1873. To Correspondents. ——~>—_—_—. All communications whatever, whether relating to business or literary correspondence, must be addressed to Tur Fornust AND STREAM PUB- LISHING COMPANY. Personal letters only, to the Manager. All communications intended for publication must be accompanied with real name, as a guaranty of good faith, Names will not be published if objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded. _ @ Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper are solicited. We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. Ladies are especially invited to use our columns, which will be pre- pared with careful reference to their perusal and instruction. Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of their movements and transactions, as it is the aim of this paper become a medium of useful and reliable information between gentle- men sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will find our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements. The Publishers of Forest anp STREAM aim to merit and secure the patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that is beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always vend to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise- ment or business notice of an immoral character will be received on any terms; and nothing will be admitted to any department o the paper that may not be read with propriety in the home circle. We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if money remitted to us is lost. Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. CHARLES HALLOCK, Managing Hditor. . ENGLAND VS. AMERICA—CHALLENGE TO OWNERS OF POINTERS AND SET- TERS. E take especial interest in publishing the following letter from Mr. Price, of Bala, North Wales, the owner of the famous pointer ‘‘Belle,” with the sanction of the Rev. Cumming Macdona. Asyet we have had no prac- tical trials or field tests of pointers and setters in the United States. Yet there are many gentlemen sportsmen, who own first class American bred dogs, who would be willing 40 enter their animals for these tests in the field. Prize dogs are very handsome to look at and expatiate upon, but the only true criterion is public performance on the ground, We must here call the attention again of English sports- men and boating men to this fact, Why have we invariably to cross the Atlantic to enter into trials of speed, endur- ance, and breed? But in this particular instance the liber- ality of the challenge is characteristic of the gentle- men concerned. We would suggest to Mr. Price and Mr. Macdona that they should pay us a visit. We will promise birds such as the pinnated grouse and quail ad liitum. As to the ground, the open prairie would be the most desir- able location :— we Great WesTERN Horet, Birmingham, Eng., ) November 29th, 1873. § Eprror ForEsT AND STREAM :— We are pleased to heur that our respected cousins on the other side of the Atlantic are beginning to take an interest in field trials on game for pointers and setters, the newest, and by many thought the most interesting of all our British sports, and in order to give these sportsmen in America, who have taken up shooting dogs, an opportunity of seeing the best animals perform that England can produce, Mr. . Macdona and myself will be glad to make a friendly match against any pointers or setters now in America; not Eng- lish dogs, imported for the purpose—these we can run at home—but dona fide American animals. If the owners of the American team consent to run in England, we will gladly pay expenses, and in this‘case a well known sports- man and master of fox hounds, Sir Watkin William Wynn, of Wynnstay, will lend the requisite ground and game. I should propose that a double match, brace against brace, should first be run off, then two single matches to follow. I would suggest as the English judge the name of Viscount Combermere, a well known arbitrator at field trials, and a renowned sportsman. Also, the 13th and 14th of August next a3 the date for running off the match, and, if pre- ferred, two brace from each country can take part in it, Your obedient servant, R. L. Pricu. - Belle, the champion pointer of England, is a liver and white bitch, pupped June 28th, 1870, by Lurd Henry Ben tick’s Ranger out of his dog Grouse, and is the champion field trial dog of his day. She was first in the Rhiwlas Stakes for all aged pointers and setters, beating Mr. Macdona’s Ranger, Mr. Llewellen’s Countess and Flax, Mr. Statter’s Rob Roy, &c. Appended are the points she made in the Rhiwlas Stakes :— VALLE OF POINTS WHEN PERFECT. | 30 20 20 16": | 10 | 5 100 Name ‘A | Pace and ee aan td | Drawing = of 2 | style of @ | (style an | § on game Sg Dog. © | Hunting. = | steadiness) | x or EB oe in ; 92° | Roading. Belle. lena | 20 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 lova We call the attention of the following gentlemen to the above challenge:—Colonel Trigg, of Glasgow, Kentucky, Mr. George Taylor, of Virginia; Dr. Myers, of Savannah; Mr. Stephen Whitney, of Morristown, New Jersey; Mr. R. Robinson, of Brooklyn; Mr. Eyrich, of Mississippi; Mr. Raymond, of New Jersey; Mr. Scott Rodman, of New Jersey, and Colonel Knight, of Wisconsin. The portrait of ‘‘Belle” can be seen at this oftice. a OPEN AIR STIMULANTS. ica as le i N earnest and sympathetic friend, whose contributions frequently delight and instruct the readers of Forrst AND STREAM, addresses us privately in these truthful and outspoken words :— ' “‘T look to manly and womanly sports, and to the culti- vation of natural tastes, for the only corrective to the pre- sent dissipated manner in which the self-indulgent of both sexes seek, in lavish and extravagant customs and ways that enervate mind and body, the interest and occupation that fail always, and leave days of pleasure-seeking to come up in memory as disappointments only. Horatio Seymour once said tome: ‘Nature never disappoints us; her mys- teries when unravelled are always pleasant, and as one grows old, natural tastes grow more and more congenial, as artificial life is seen to be unsatisfying.’ Your paper, as now conducted, is leading in this recoil from the whirl and press of city hfe, and the first to enjoy it will be the men who are most mentally driven. The shade and rest of the wild wood, the quiet impressions given by all that appeals to eye and ear, are as grateful after care and haste as a snug harbor is in a tempest; and many human wrecks would be saved did more men cool their brains in forest springs, who now cool their ‘coppers’ with drinks in a line at Delmonico’s. I think, as life driven by steam, electri- city, and stimulants, becomes more complex, the reaction — to quiet life will gain power; and fortunate are those men who turn in time to the rest Mother Earth still gives—for- tunate those, when they go to the quiet whence none re- turn, who do not hold on to folly to the end.” Although these thoughts were written for private ear alone, they explain so charmingly and so concisely the phi- losophy of life, that we fain would print them. And when we speak of life, we do not mean existence—for that is something too hard to bear at times—but that quickening of those higher impulses, passions and intelligencies, inborn in men, which alone makes true enjoyment here and happi- ness hereafter. And what is the fulness of this enjoyment but healthful vigor of body and mind? Such condition neither needs nor craves artificial stimulants. No super- heated steam is required to run.the physical machine. Out-door exercise supplies all the nerve-power necessary. It kills the morbid craving of debauched stomachs, and changes the desire for alcoholic stimulants to a repugnance which revolts at taste, sight and smell thereof. It eradi- cates disease and throws it off with the natural foul secre- tions of the body. The system, surcharged with health, with all its functions in vigorous play, may well exult over and despise that casual factitious force which “rum” be- gets. There is something noble and grand in the fibrous, sinewy structure of the brawny backwoodsman who swings his axe, or the voyageur who poles his batteau, hour after hour from one week’s end to another. Grog won’t hurt them. They may take their gill at hourly intervals, but exercise, perspiration and fresh air will counteract its deleterious effects. Perhaps, and doubtless, if they con- tinued its use, evil results would follow; but the fact is, the disposition to drink decreases with each succeeding day of labor; the intervals of desire and indulgence become less frequent until it is lost altogether. Most woodsmen will use liquor if they have it with them; but if they have it not, they cease to feel its loss after a short, period of abstinence. In the winter-camps of the hardy lumbermen no strong drink is permitted; yet no one feels or complains of the deprivation. There is a glow of health and hardi- hood pervading all these lusty men to that degree, that when they gaze with full unflinching eye into each other’s ruddy faces, they feel the mettle of their manhood and rejoice in mutual and self-respect. Thisis the triumph and exultation of ‘‘minds conscious of rectitude.” Vileness and depravity can scarcely exist in the free atmosphere of the wild wood. The associations are all purifying and ennobling. Give us public parks, beautiful flowers and wide-extending lawns, and wickedness will skulk away from the light into its darksome reeking recesses. Give the people exercise. In- struct them all, rich and poor, and give them facilities for the practice of those pastimes which compel out-door ex- ercise. ‘Teach the intemperate to flee to the woods for es- cape from the power that enthrals. Tell them to seek new fields of recreation and change from the pestiferous atmos- phere of debauching indulgence, and when they have thrown off the weight that deadens the intellect, depraves the taste, vitiates the blood, and shrinks the muscles, fully restored, they will rise up and call you blessed. This remedy is more certain and effective than inebriate asylums. AGASSIZ, ee ee Sd Pi cae died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sunday last, the 18th of December, Louis John Rudolph Agassiz, who was born at Motftrs, near Neufchatel, Swit; erland, May 28th, 1807. His life and history, the various strides he made, until he stcod the toremost in the world ' for ichthyological and almost cosmical knowledge, may hg thus briefly mentioned: At eleven, Agassiz commenced his studies at the Gymnrsium of Bicnne, and four years afterwards entered the College of Lausanne. In 1824 he went to Zurich, and applied himself to medical instruction for two years. Then he moved to Heidelberg, combining his anatomical physiological pursuits with that of zoology, In 1827 he was matriculated in the Munich University, Here he studied under such illustrious men as §¢hijj. ling, Déllinger, Martius, Oken, and Fuchs. While a sty. dent, Spix, a distinguished zodlogist, who had in charge under Professor Martius, the publication of the ichthyo- logical portion of a work on Brazil, suddenly died, and the work was confided to Agassiz, and almost instantly the young scientist assumed a marked position. Here he abandoned all idea of making a profession of medicine, and from that time devoted himself to the study of icthyology and kindred topics, though graduating with the highest distinction as Doctor of Medicine. He now commenced studying the fish of the Danube and the fossil forms in the fresh water deposits of Europe, continuing without inter- mission during a period of ten years the most laborious researches, frequenting all the European museums in quest of specimens for study and comparison. In Paris he was fortunate in becoming*acquainted with Cuvier and Hum. boldt, the former having expressed his admiration for the accurate and artistic sketches of fish and fossils furnishe by Agassiz. In 1833, Agassiz commenced the publication of his wonderful folio in five volumes on fossil fish. This work was met by the applause of the world, and the title L.L.D. by the Universities of Dublin and Edinburgh, was conferred on him. Numerous monographs followed, and from 1833 to 1840 he published many exhaustive works on the fish and shells of the present and past eras. During the summers of most of these years, amid the Alps, Agassiz studied the glacial phenomena, embodying the results of researches in two works. In 1846, Agassiz, in order to fa- miliarize himself with the natural history and zoology of this country, visited the United States, completing a rapid survey in-about a year, and lectured before the Lowell In- stitute, repeating his lectures in many of the principal cities. In 1847 the Scientific School in Cambridge was committed to his charge, starting with but a few pupils. His health suffering, in 1852 he accepted a position at the Medical College in Charleston, S. C., remaining there for two years, when he returned to Boston. Sometime in 1850 he commenced the preparation of his ‘‘Contributions to the Natural History of the United States,” this work being published principally by the aid given by citizens of New York. The opening of Agassiz’s Natural History School at Penikese, due to the munificence of Mr. Anderson, was an occurrence of but a few monthsago. What brilliant discoveries, what bright promises of future wonders to the world, might not have been expected trom this source? But it was not to be. Perhaps an over-tasked brain helped to carry away this great man, in the midst of his most use- ful years. There are but few men in this world who can take Agassiz’s place. He will rank with Owen, with Wag- ner, with Muller, with Liebig, Cuvier, and Humboldt, as having exercised the greatest influences on the progress of modern science, and America may be proud to have in- duced such aman as Agassiz to have dwelt in her midst, so that her people might listen to him as to a great teacher. Unlike the conquests of the material world, which leave no traces a few years hence, what Agassiz has achieved in science must remain forever. Mr. Disraeli’s words lately spoken at Glasgow are pertinent on the occasion of this brief notice of Apassiz. The ex-Premier of England said: ‘How much has happened in these fifty years—a period more re- markable than any, I will venture to say, in the annals of mankind? Jam not thinking of the rise and fall of em- pires, thechange of dynasties, the establishment of Gov- ernments. Iam thinking of those revolutions of science which have had much more effect than any political causes, Which have changed the position and prospects of mankind more than all the conquests and all the codes and all the legislators that ever lived.” ee THE ENGLISH SALMON HARVEST. ee ees T is most gratifying to learn, from no less an authority than the London Times, of the marked improvement in the yield of salmon caught in the English, Scotch, Welsh, and Irish waters. If in an economic sense alone, the in- creased supply of food had added immensely to the welfare of the English pecple, this augmentation deserves additional notice from the fact that it is to the English fishermen, the gentlemen who fish for pleasure and not for profit, that ihis development of the fish is due. The London Zimes dis- tinctly states that it is to the individual exertions of anglers, that the laws in regard to preserving the salmon have not only been originated in England but have been enforced, and from being some few years ago a fishery of no great importance, it promises to-day to be a source of great wealth to the country at large. The Scotch yield of salmon was wonderfully productive. The number of boxes, each box containing 112 Ibs. of Scotch salmon received in London last year, was-30,181; the year before it was 24,464 boxes. The largest salmon taken north of the Cheviot Hills weighed 64 pounds. FOREST AND STREAM. 297 Salmon of from 80 to 40 pounds were numerous. The salmon fisheries in England and Wales have been more than ordinarily remunerative. Thé Severn River claims the heaviest fish, one of 78 pounds, but this is not quite authenticated, though several of 60, and many of 50 pounds were captured. In the Usk, called the Premier angling water of England, one angler in a single day caught 26 fish weighing 2801bs. Inthe Hampshire Avon, fish of 87 pounds have been taken. In the Eden and Derwent, the runs of fish have been quite large, some weighing over 40 pounds. In Ireland the take of salmon in the estuaries and lower waters have been unusually productive, and Billingsgate Fish Market has been bountifully supplied from this source. The largest Irish salmon weighing 58 pounds was caught in the Shannon, a fish in the Suir was second, being only a pound less in weight. The Ballyshannon fisheries yielded many more tons of fish than on any preceeding year. These fine results as we have before stated, are dueto the exertions of the anglers. In proof of this, as early as 1860, the Royal Commissioners fairly and fully acknowledged angler’s rights, and stated the obligations they were under to the private salmon fishermen, for advice as to how the sal- mon should be best protected, and their number increased. Such results as recorded are most pleasant for us to pub- lish. The ForEst AND STREAM endeavors to inculeate this idea, ‘‘ that a practical knowledge of natural history must of necessity underlie all talents which combine to make the perfect sportsman,” Whether a man has a rod or a gun in his hand, if he is a true sportsman, he looks to the protection of the birds, beasts or fish, which afford him amusement. It isno longer pardoxical to state that the destroyer of the game is its true preserver. i arr CUBA, ORNITHOLIGICALLY. ITH war and war’s alarums the FormEsT AND SrreAM has little to do. Our province is a more peaceful one. - Now that the chances are many that a set- tlement with Spain in regard to Cuba will be managed by protocols, memoranda and notes, more or less windy, in- stead of by shot shell, and bayonets, we rejoice in the fact. Nevertheless, should we have come to blows, what a gal- lant regiment could have been furnished from our own sun-browned and weather-stained subscribers, whose ex- perience in arms and in the field would make a formidable reinforcement for those who strike for human rights and liberty. Some time ago, when writing about the English conflict with the Ashantees, we remarked that now-a-days the natu- ralist and the soldier walked together with martial stride, and that often the man of war and the devotee of science were found in one and the same individual. Some of our own people might have perhaps gloated over the possible possession of fields studded thick with the golden sugar- cane, or revel in the idea of owning the Vuelta Abajo dis- trict, with its plantations of fragrant tobacco. however, a more placid, less ambitious view, and only thought of the birds, fishes and beasts, of all those rich treasures to be acquired by the sportsman and the natural- ist. Quien sabe? Perhaps it was the more philosophical way of looking atthe question. Strange it is, how men ex- -amine things from diverse and yarious standpoints. During the midst of the excitement a distinguished natu- ralst said to us, ‘‘It is very terrible to think of war and its consequences, but honestly I shall be delighted if we get Cuba. There are at least some half dozen birds in that beautiful island 1 have been wanting to study for years. Now Ramon de la Sagra is good authority, and his book in its way is quite exhaustive in regard to the birds, fishes and animals of the Pearl of the Antilles, but as Cuba seems likely some day or other to be ours, it is only a question of | time. I trust to spend a winter theré and to indulge in my ornithological tastes, and I hope even to add another page to the book of American birds.” Cuba possesses innumerable birds of varied plumage and character. Situated in the tropics, the island contains many birds common to both North and South America. Gosse’s admirable book onthe Birds of Jamaica will about cover the whole ornithological ground, though there are several special birds native to Cuba not found in Gosse’s work. Of reptiles Cuba has many, but no poisonous snakes. Alligators abound, Iguanas are found, and on her coast are numerous fish and all varieties of turtles, Of animals, save those introduccd by foreigners, there are hardly any. What says the old chronicler of Colum- bus: ‘‘The Admiral disembarked and approached two houses; in one he found a dog who never barked, (gae nun- ea ladro.”) Oveida says Columbus found no four-footed animal, save dogs, and they gave out no sound. The same authority tells however of the peculiar rabbits which abounded at the period of its discovery, and mentions that the natives called them Quemi-Mohuy-Cori-Ayre, and Quabonquinares. These ruminants were varieties of the Agouti, which species has been almost exterminated in the West Indies. are found in wonderful variety. Ramon de la Sagra gives over 128 varietics. Of course do not wish to anticipate matters, but we be- lieve the time is not far “distant when some adventurous sportsman with naturalistic tendencies will give to a nu- merous public through the medium of Forzgst anp STREAM a glowing description of what is the game in our new ac- quisition, Cuba, and where such are to found, with inter- esting data as to their habits. There is no doubt but that _many a gap in the ornithological museum will some day be filled. We took, | If the mammifers are wanting, the birds | FLOGGING HUNTING DOGS. _—————————— ' HERE are many sportsmen who own hunting dogs (we don’t refer to hounds) who ought by all means to break them themselves. The system of halloing, speak- ing coarsely, and whipping for the slightest offence is muth to be regretted. Sportsmen must recollect that when teaching a thoroughbred pointer or setter, they are dealing with an animal gentleman. No sportsman should attempt to break a yearling dog unless he is possessed of a fair even temperament, and has absolute control over himself. To castigate a puppy two minutes after he has committed a gross error in the field would be absurd, as his latent nat- ural instinct is almost instantly lost for the time being; but if heis whipped at the time the fault is committed, the puppy will at once know for what. he has been chastised On no account whip him more than once a day, and then severely, as if youcontinue to lash him for every mistake he commits his dumb instinct gets mixed, and the puppy remains the same as when you started his schooling, only that you have cowed him and injured his temper. What is the first. principle of dog-breaking ? It can be answered in a few words—simply to bring out the dormant instinct of the animal. How is it to be accomplished? By teach- ing him his A B C first. Accustom the puppy to the sound of your voice; throw him a gloye, etc., and tell him quietly, always in a low tone, to fetch it; make him your companion, but never be familiar—the familiarity should always be on the puppy’s side; treat him with decision and promptness, not harshness, as his delicate organization will not admit of it. A clever writer on this subject, Mr. St. John, says: ‘‘Every dog with an average share of good sense and temper is so eager for his master’s approbation that he will exert himself to the utmost to obtain it; andif this fact were constantly kept in mind, the breaker-in of dogs need seldom have recourse to flogging. Indeed, I have no hesitancy in saying that five dogs out of six may be completely broken in without a blow, and that, generally speaking, quiet, patient reasoning with a dog is all that is requisite to secure his obedience and attention. I know that this is quite contrary to the opinion of most dog-breakers, who think that nothing can be done without a heavy whip and loud rating. But one thing at least is certain, that when you do punish a dog you should do it soundly, and only when you catch him ‘red hand’—in fla- grante delicto. He cannot then mistake why you flog him.” | Dogs have also a great deal of jealousy in their disposi- tions, and even this may be made to assist in their educa- tion, as it makes them strive to outdo each other. Every clever dog is especially unwilling that any of his compan- | ions should possess a greater share of his master’s favor than himself. One of my dogs could not be induced to hunt in company with another, of whose advances in my good graces he was peculiarly jealous. There was no other quarrel between them. When Rover saw that a cer- tain young doz was to accompany me, he invariably re- fused to go out; and although at other times one of the most eager dogs for sport that I ever possessed, nothing would induce him to go out with his young rival. He also showed his jealousy by flying at him and biting him on every possible occasion, where he could do so unobserved. At. last, however, when the young dog had grown older and discovered that his own strength was superior to that of his tyrant, he flew upon poor Rover and amply re- venged ali the ill treatment which he had received at his hands, Although dogs form such strong attachments to man, they seldom appear to feel any great degree of friend- ship for each other. Occasionally, however, a couple of dogs will enter intoa kind of compact to assist each other in hunting. For instance, I have known an old terrier who formed an alliance of this sort with a grevhound, and they used constantly to go out poaching together. The terrier would hunt the bushes, whilst the greyhound sta- tioned himself quietly outside, ready to spring on any rab- bit or hare that was started, and she always took the side of the bush opposite to that by which the terrier had en- tered it. On losing his companion, the terrier, who was becoming old in years and cunning, entered into a conspir- acy with a younger terrier. In alltheir hunting excursions the old dog laid himself down at some likely looking run, and sending his younger companion to hunt the bushes, he waited patiently and silently for any rabbit that might come in his way. Their proceedings showed a degree of instinct almost amounting to reason. é a” Ar ae —It has been calculated that in England, the loss of cat- tle from diseases propagated by the introducing foreign animals, has been fully £5,000,000 for each of the last thirty years. It seems to be the opinion there that the quantity of beef derived from imported cattle taking the losses in the home stocks into account, has not been actually increased. What they seem then to want in England is a stock of dead meat, as no practical means could be found to exercise a proper scrutiny in the importation of, live stock. There is no reason why slaughtered meat from Texas or the West- ern Pacific plans should not be sent 10,000 miles.* As has before stated in the Forest Aanp STREAM, the method of preserving meat must not depend on ice alone. There are many mechanical ways with chemical adjuncts, by which the temperature of aship’s hold, or tanks full of meat placed in ships, could be refrigerated. It would be worth while if some of our ingenious experimentalists would give this subject their fullest attention. We believe this method of preserving meat by reducing the temperature, by making ice and keeping the meat at some point in the neighborhood of 32% Farenheit, is quite feasible, and really presents no more trouble, than to bring: up the temperature to summer heat. This problem is one which must sooner or later be solved. When this method is made perfectly practical, it would add immensely to the wealth of the United States. Sporting Slews fram Abroad. HE curious question commented on by us in our last review in regard to the tiger hunting in India, and the remarkable complaint made that the Civil Service in her British Majesty’s Eastern dominions, monopolized all the tiger killing, has been further continued, and the corres- pondence in the Meld is quite singular in regardtoit. One authority intimates that the killing of the tigers would by no means be desirable, and writes: ‘‘ wliere there are large extents of jungle full of game of ail-kinds, hurtful to crops, I think that the tigers are certainly useful in killing these animals, and I am not sure that they do not in such a country do nearly as much good asharm.” This same writer is quite indignant too that all tigers should have a bad name, and he intimates that although some individual tigers ought possibly to be exterminated, there may be other tigers who are quite nice animals, and ought to have protection. Altogether it is a strange topic, and treated in an eccentric way. We are inclined to think the charges made against the Civil Service are absurd. —What we wrote in regard to Her Majesty’s Stag Hounds seems to find an echo in Land and Water. We stated that the idea of cooping up a stag in a cart, and then letting him loose to dogs and men, was both absurd and cruel, and not sport. A correspondent in our excelient English contem- porary mentions that at the last hunt two stags were unken- nelled, that they ran twenty minutes, were blown and died, and that both animals were out of condition. He proposes, and quite rationally, that the stags ought to be exercised first, say with harriers before putting the regular hounds on them, and he suggests that the Society for Preservation of Cruelty to animals should interfere, and concludes thus pithily ‘‘these scandals and cruelties must end.” Of course we would be the first to regret the extinction of this hunt, and of course the disappearance of these noble hounds, but times, manners and ways of amusements have changed, Look at it as we may, with due respect for old established customs, and the gallant gentlemen and ladies who follow her Majesty’s chase, between the bull fight of beni ghted Spain with the torreadors, and the stag hunt with the best bred men in enlightened England, the line of distinction to our eyes is quite imperceptible. —There died lately in Nottingham, the Mecca of cricket- ers, a brave cricketer, not unknown to us in this country, James Grundy by name. Many of us who pore over Eng- lish cricketing annals, have seen his name associated with the distinguished ones of Lillywhite, Alfred Shaw and Hillyer. As a batter, though good, the younger school of the Grace character far surpassed him; but as a steady bowler of the oid-fashioned kind, few were equal to him. In a match at Lord’sin 1865, it is on record that Grundy bowled twenty-one successive overs without allowing a single run to be scored. ‘‘ What he did,” says one who writes a few kind lines in regard to him, ‘was to do his work honorably and efficiently, and he leaves an example to a rising sener- ation of professional cricketers which they will do well to study and initiate. —Those poor pheasants! Think how thick they must be at Marham House, Norfolk, thicker than mosquitoes on the Lake Superior Region. On Tuesday, Nov. 18, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with numerous Earls, Lords, Viscounts, and Equerries, some ten guns in all, killed only 1,018 pheasants, 53 hares and 14 rabbits. That makes over 100 birds per gun, or man or Prince, we don’t know which; not counting the additional hares’ and ‘superfluous rabbits. The days are short in November in England; presupposing aristocratic habits, a late dejewner, and ample time to get back to dinner, in order to dress and to appear en grand tenue. Say these noble sportsmen shot four or five hours, the pheasants must have risen en masse, and have been so plentiful that whether to shoot or to knock the birds down with the but of their guns, must have been pretty much the same thing to this distinguished party. While on the pheasant question, this poor bird really has but few chances for life. The French garrison, near the good town of St. Germain, it seems have found out that an occasional bird when added to their daily rations, was quite acceptable. If an English Prince bagged pheasants by the thousands, why should not the French private cabbage a few? Your French soldier with an intuitive instinct for subsisting on the enemy, studying the character of the pheasant, found out that he was fond of worms, and though a bird would take a well baited hook like a fish. Even a worm was not absolutely necessary, ,a fragment of cloth from his own pantalon garance would do the business. So he dressed his hook with a scarlet rag. Officers going into the men’s quarters had their olfactory nerves delighted: with the Jumet of roasted pheasants. _ OF course such food, though succulent and wholesome, was not according to the dietetic instructions issued by the French Minister of War. French officers are, however, kind to their men, and though no court martials a la Bazaine ensued, gentlemen. preserving pheasants in the neighborhood of St. Germain were at once put on their guard. —Cuampion EnciisH Porter, ‘“BELLE.”—The portrait of this remarkable dog, the champion of England, the win- ner of the great Rhiwlas Balla Field trials, elegantly en- graved by the Photo-lithographic Co., with pedigree ard points, will be for sale at the Forest anp Srream office on and after Wednesday next, December 24th, Price, $1,00, sent by mail, — : 298 Saas FOREST AND STREAM. — The grandest of the dog shows, the 14th annual exhibi tion of dogs, held at Birmingham, opened on December the ist, and closed on Thursday the 4th. It was an exhibition of more than usual excellence, the animals being of the élite, numbering 944 in all, The champion classes were confined to prior winners of a first prize at the National Dog Show of Birmingham. For bloodhounds, Mr. Ray’s Roswell took the first prize. In greyhounds, Mr. Schackleton’s Lord Derby was first. For large pointers, Mr. Francis’ famous dog Chang was awarded the prize. For setters, Mr. R. P. Llewellin’s dogs Prince and Countess, were first. For Irish setters, Dr. Stones’ dog Dash, was winner, Among the re- trievers (curly coated), Mr. J. W. Morris’ True and XL, were’ the champions. For deerhounds, Mr. Fisher’s dog Field- man, was declared the best of dogs not adapted to field sports. The prizes for mastiffs, St. Bernard dogs, New- foundland and Sheepdogs were numerous. It seems as if more attention was given and greater pride taken in fine dogs in England to-day than ever. —An extraordinary run of salmon took place up the river Nith in Scotland, the last week of November. A slight fresh in the water appears to have set the upward-bound fish on the move, and they were seen pushing up the river literally in shoals. The sight was witnessed by a large crowd of persons on cither bank of the river, and from the description given in the Dumfries Courier it wes doubtless well worth seeing. ‘‘ At one time no fewer than fifty fine fish could be seen lying at the foot of the slope between the ladder and the Dumfries side of the river, ‘ taking breath’ before attempting the run up; on a broad ledge or platform of rock on the farther side of the ladder they were seen in scores, likewise apparently preparing for the ascent, while below on both sides the ladder and water were almost black with fish. Great numbers succeeded by leaping in clearing the caul; others tried the ladder with a similar satisfactory result; and the weaker fish failed for the time in both. We trust that the improvement to the increased stock of fish, which under ordinary circumstances must accrue from the abundant supply of spawning salmon in the river, will not be altogether counterbalanced by the depredations of poach- ers who we learn have been carrying ona ruinous but lucra- tive trade since this great run of salmon setin. It is re- ported, for instance, that on one day last week no fewer than forty-four ‘“‘gravid” salmon were taken out of the “Gullet” Pool, where they were waiting for sufficient water to take them over the Dumfries Caul. These fish, which are bought for ‘‘kippering” purposes find a reacy sale, and although they fetch but a few pence.a pound are captured in such quantities as to make this illegal traffic a profitable trade, and affords, moreover, a great temptation to many who would never think of engaging in it were there no means of reaping pecuniary profits from their ill-gotten gains.” Rational glastimes. Le Secretaries of University and College Athletic Chibs will please mail heir reports not later than Monday in each week. —<$<$< + —— YALE VS. OLD ETONIANS. 5 Our correspondent’s letter arrived too late for our last issue. As there are some fresh facts connected with the International Foot Ball Match which have not appeared in print, we take especial pleasure in publishirtg his letter :— Last Saturday week a foot ball match was played at Hamilton Park, New Haven, between eleven players select- ed from the ‘‘Yale twenty” and eleven graduates of the famous Eton College of England. Among the ‘‘Etonians” were Mr. C. W. Benson, celebrated as the stroke oar of last year’s victorious Cambridge crew, and the champion scull of his college; also Mr. R. M. McKerrell, champion swimmer of England,and Mr. R. Russell, finest amateur Eng- lish boxer. Eton scattered over the country, one coming from Canada, one from Philadelphia, but most from this city, (New York.) The game was called at half past two, ¥ ae having won the toss and taken the wind. The first Inning was a long and finely contested orte, resulting after an hour’s hard work in a victory for Yale. The second goal was won by Eton in fifteen minutes, and the third by Yale in twenty. After playing a short time longer, the fourth inning was declared a ‘‘draw,”,to enable the Etonians to take the 4.45 train home, the Yale eleven being declared winners of the First International Foot Ball Match. The Eton game is very different from the American adopted at the convention, October 18. The chief points of difference are in the absence in the English game of any use of the hands, and the privilege of ‘‘lurking.” The Yale eleven gave up lurking, but in other respects fame as aye Tr Beast kick” and batting. The playing on both sides was unusually fine, spectators asserting that Yale had never before played so well, and that the game was the ‘most thoroughly satisfactory one ever played in New Haven. These are the corrected names of the players: YALE. W. 5S. Halstead, Captain, E. V. Baker, ‘{orD BTONIANS.” q. Cc. Allen, Captain, P. Allen, Y J. W. Balfour, H. D. Bristol, ©. W. Benson, C. Deming, F. L. Grinnell, W. O. Henderson, A. Hotehkiss, H. T. McBirney, P, A. Porter, T. T. Sherman, J. L. Scudder. B. Chaplin, B. S. Handbury, R. M. McKerrell, H. Romilly, Vicount Talbet, R. Russel, . Thompson, H, M. T i 3 OB. This eleven was selected from graduates of own game, while Eton for the first time tried , CRICKET. The Manhattan club of New York, during the season of 1878, played about a dozen matches, and had some very lively games at their Saturday practice gatherings. Among their most noteworthy triumphs was their victory over the St. George, on July 30th, and their success witht Wal- tham club, which afterwards won a game from the 5t. George on the Hoboken grounds, . Out of the eleven regu- lar contests the Manhattan were engaged in in 1873, they were successful in six, thus winning a majority of the sea- son’s games. The club record for the past season is as fol- lows: Date Clubs. Place. Score. June 4,....... Manhattan vs. St. George, at Hoboken.,........ 62 to 118 dune. 267.0. 7.. a vs. Jersey City, at Prospect Park.... 69 to 109 dune 28......, =f ys. Knickerbocker,at Hoboken -.... 48 to 44 Ui td hier: Genrer ee “ Ys. Frospecl Park,at Prospect Park. 88 to 53 July 16 * ys. Waltham,at Hoboken...,........ 117 to 58 July 2 ae ys. Staten Island,at Hoboken....-...114 to 115 July 30 te Mi vs. St. George, at Hoboken.......... 80 to 71 August 6,..... f vs. St. George,at Hoboken .......... 107 to 131 September 5.. * vs. Staten Island,at StatehIsland....111 to 98 October 11.... eS vs. Prospeet Park, at Hoboken....... 141 to. 92 October 16.... rt vs. Knickerbocker,at Hoboken....... 50 to 77 SL OUHES) oe inys juni inns Hal ae tone tia tease es meee ele eee Gere 978 to 961 The majority of these games were decided by the first in- ning’s score. In the July game with the Staten Island club the latter defeated the Manhattans with ten wickets to fall. On the return the Manhattans won in one inning and thir- teen runs. The most enjoyable games the club had were those with the journalists of the Prospect Park club, and the base ball players of the Knickerbockerclub, During the season the club met with asevere loss, by drowning, of their most highly esteemed member, Mr. George Keller, who be- sides being one of the finest fielders in the country, was -in every respect a tho.ough gentleman and a model cricketer. The club suspended play fora month after his death, and deferred their Boston tour to next year in consequence. Below will be found the analysis of the club play at the bat for 1878, given in the form of runs made each inning: Players. Innings. Runs. Average. Not Out. Highest Score. FLGSTOTUs ree S87 oe 8 116 14-4 0 35 ISBUSIOY Afscts cate sate es 6 86 14-2 0 22 OCommells) ac 6 1) 12-1 1 28 HODAIGSON, serveur. 9 86 9-5 0 26 Kelelia rests Sh fis tous 4 23 5-3 0 8 ISTE OR ES Mets hae ee 5 27 5-2 1 10 AT OVAL oe om? pees ~o 42 5-2 0 27 RE QEON mere. fate Fe F 4 21 5-1 0 9 Lannergan............ 9 46 5-1 1 24 1S ald io) ECS ep ee SEE 11- 55 5-0 1 14 SUULD Vehscisls & te nteavaelerecs az 8 38 4-6 0 15 McDougall..........:. 6 29 4-5 0 20 TOL ATR a hele a 4 18 4-2 0 9 VOTE RA Ge tase ee 3 12 4-0 9 5 TRACK SOILS. edge pire 4 15 3-3 0 12 Jetafela tas 5 Leqeiy. kt 5. lesatatact! 4 12 3-0 0 9 CRISTO g soci dt tn: % 6 13 2-0 1 7 ULE bila Pee Ree AEE 5 9 1-4 1 5 Gre yas c.: pte ee ae 2 3 1-1 0 3 In addition to the above players Messrs. Marsh, Donaldson, J. Tucker, Neeves, Chippendale, Glover, Tyler, Perryman, Lewis, Mears, and Evans played in single games, Marsh taking the lead with ascore of 51 in two innings play. Of the general play of the principal cricketers of the club, the following comments suffice to indicate the cricket strength of the Manhattan club. | Hosford is a steady bat, strong in defence, and just the man to keep his end up against good bowling; besides which he is a very active and efficient fielder. Kersley is a fine batsman, a good fielder, and a very effective round-arm bowler, always good for ascore and for his share of the wickets. Cammell is avery sharp fielder and a good bat. Ronaldson is a good batter, a fair round-arm bowler, and effective in the field. McDougall is a good wicket keeper, a very active fielder, and a good bat. Greig is a free hitter, a good bowler, and a fair fielder. Marsh isa strong bat and a good fielder. Byron is a good batter, a sharp fielder, and a fair bowler. Jackson is a steady batsman, and an excellent fielder, and Hayward and H. Tucker are useful men both in the field and at the bat or in the bowler’s position. Next season the Jersey City Club will amalgamate with the Manhattans and a strong team will be the result. + —The consolidation of the N, Y. Athletic Club and the N. Y. Rowing Club is only arumor. No definite action has been taken by either club as yet; in fact, all that has been said is that some members thought it would be an ad- vantage to all concerned. R. W. Hi. —There will be a large gathering of gentlemen interested in athletic pastimes at Wood’s Museum on Dec. 29. — Edward Mullen, of Boston, has challenged W. E. Har- ding, of this city, to walk from one to ten miles for 1,000 and the championship of America. Harding has accepted this challenge, andthe match will most likely take place on New Year's eve in this city. ? —The Jersey City Curling Club have elected the following named gentlemen officers for the ensuing year: President, “Robert ‘A. McKnight; Wm. H. Bradt, Vice President; James ©. Clark, Secretary, and William W. Edwards, Treasurer. - —Leon Leotard, the French gymnast, was seriously, if not fatally, hurt by a fall from a tight-rope, at Sait Lake. City, on the 13th inst. | | —James Smith ,walked one hundred miles in 22 hours and 88 minutes at Racine, Wisconsin, Novemher 28th‘ | which was a remarkable feat after a hearty Thanksgiving dinner. p UNIVERSITY OF Vrrernis, Decr. 15, 1878. Eprror FOREST AND STREAM :-— We havejust organized a foot ball club, and practice regularly every evening. As yet we have adopted no special rules, but have those of the Foot Ball Association under consideration. We shall play a game with some Englishmen who have settled round here some time this Lewis isa good fielder and batsman. . month, with fifteen men to a side, they not being able to raise a larger number. I will send you the account in my next letter. J. C. McK, —At the race track of the Cape Fear Agricultural Asso. ciation, at Wilmington, North Carolina last week a pedes. trian named O’Hara walked five miles in 49 min, 264 SEC,, a half mile and six yards of this distance being walked backwards. —CHAMPION ENGLISH POINTER, ‘“‘BELLE.”—The portrait of this remarkable dog, the champion of England, the win- ner of the great Rhiwlas Balla Field trials, elegantly en- eraved by the Photo-lithographic Co., with pedigree and points, will be for sale at the Forest AND STREAM office, on and after Wednesday next, December 24th. Price $1,00, sent by mail. Sea and River Sishing. FISH IN SEASON IN DECEMBER. ——— SOUTHERN WATERS. Pompano. Trout, (Black Bass.) Sheepshead. Snapper. Drum, (two species.) Tailorfish, Grouper. Kingfish. Sea Bass. Rockfish. Striped Bass, Rockfish. ‘ —__—_4__—_—_ —It has now been decided by the Chief Fish Commis. sioner, Professor Baird, to place the Sacramento salmon fry, that have been assigned for the Hudson River, into waters in the vicinity of Fort Edward. There are numer. ous cold feeders of the Hudson at that point very well adapted to the-purposes required; besides, an association is being organized under the auspices of Messrs. C. E. and 8. 8. Bennett, of Fort Edward, for the express purpose of nursing and protecting these fish, and preventing their be- ing hooked out by anglers, for they bite voraciously, and can hardly be distinguished from brook trout by the novice. We think that under the fostering care of the association this effort at propagation will prove successful. ——_———__ HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. DATE | BOSTON. | NEW YORK, | CHARL'ST'N ,—— eS EO ee | ee h,m h. m. h, m, DCertBiset.ce cee a 10 43 Y 27 | 6 43 Dace 10. y Peedeen 11 381 8 13 | 7 31 Dec. 20 morn. | ee fs) 8 21 ih Cet ae mints 0 21 10 0 9 14 BSCR LO tyes 1 44 | 10 48 10 6 Mieonesea. keep | 2 6 | 11 40 | 10 Decwed! el. ees 2 56 morn. 11 4 YACHTING REMINISCENCES. —__>—__—_- THE YACHT META AND HER RACH WITH THE VISION. ooo SIMPLE description of the race between’ these two celebrated yachts for the cup valued at $500 might hardly be called a yachting reminiscence, but rather a de- scription offa sporting event. I propose to review some of the main points of the event, and to give some of the ex- periences of her crew during those five trying days when her sea-going qualities, the bravery and pluck of her gallant crew, and the persistence of her owner to do or sink in the . effort, were so welltried. The race has been run, although the owners of the Vision seem unwilling to admit the fact: but I propose to give my humble opinion why I assume that it has been not only run but won by the Meta. The decision of the referee, Commodore Whitney, has not yet been received, (13th,) but will probably be given this week; as soon as it is known it will be handed to you. I may say this, however, that with the points submitted to him and the claim in writing made by the Meta party, I cannot see how he can failto decide but one way, and that in favor of the Meta, and I say this with full and yachtmanlike deference to the owner of the Vision, his splendid yacht, and his gallant struggles for victory. Let us look at some of the main points in the race. In full accordance with the terms of the agreement, the yachts were started by the judges for the struggle. The articles of agreement made no time limitation binding, and there were no restrictions as to anehoring. They simply, when once started, had to sail a certain distance and back to the starting point. Let us follow them a little, or rather one of them, for after going a short distance the Vision turned back. Being started by the judges at 11,52, Monday, October 6, they had fair weather to Long Branch. Ati P. M. the judges hailed them and bid them go-back—the wind being SSE., it was a beat to windward down the coast. After a few tacks, the Vision put about and went back. Commo- dore Beling said to the judges that the race had commenced and that he was going on over the course. The judges’ boat then turned and went on and turned back and came alongside the Meta. Mr. Krebs, the judge for the Vision, said that she would go back to New York on account of bad weather, and that he would claim no race. Mr. Dil- lon, the Meta’s judge, said goon. As an evidence of the stiffness of the Meta, an occurrence during that interview may be cited. While those on the judges’ steamer were hanging on to the rails for dear life, being the only means of standing up in that heavy sea, Commodore Beling and some friends stood up, aft the traveler, hanging on to noth- ing except a good cup of coffee, (nothing stronger, ’pon hon- or,) and stood as easily and securely as possible, the Meta gently and gracefully rising and falling with each succes- . sive wave, riding like a duck. The judges’ boat then started off in the direction of the race; and the Meta party supposing there had been an agreement, kept on. After going about four miles, the steamer again turned and put back for New York. On passing the Meta, Mr. Diilon waved his hand forthem to goon, At3P. M. the Meta arrived at the point for turning, and now things began to get lively; just at this point a heavy squall struck them frcm SE., as if they had not enough already, and they had to shorten sail;{with a heavy sea running, they got in the j:D; in trying to get down the sail, the topping lift caught the peak-halliard block. The only resource now was to wear ship, a dangerous experiment in such a sea and wind, but they tried it, watching the result, we can well imagine, with great anxiety. There she goes like lightning on the other side, and, whack, goes the boom, broken off like 4 pipe stem. Now it was neck or nothing, and they set about to save themselves. ‘They could not go back now if forty i * judges’said go back. Clear the wreck was the order, and FOREST AND STREAM. 301 under the greatest difficulties they managed to get the boom clear, and rigged a lug sail upon her, which would hang too low, the block banging the wheel, and also unpleasantly whizzing past their heads. We can now imagine their really dangerous position. On consultation it was decided to scud for Barnegat, where they arrived at 2 P. M. and anchored. Here they repaired damages. Wind hauling NNE, they had to get away from that place or go ashore; they then determined to put for Egg Harbor, This was Tuesday. The Vision’s judgeon the Meta said he wished to get to New York. Com. Beling told him that ‘‘he con- sidered him in the race,” and that if he went ashore he s#bandoned the Vision’sinterest. He, however, went home. On Wednesday, the 8th October, they left Egg Harbor for New York at5 P. M., made Barnegat Light, bearing west and south at 9 P. M., going on they encountered in- creasing N. E.éwinds and very high sea. I imagine that staunch skipper ‘‘Joe” Ellsworth, made some such remark as: “‘‘ Well, boys, this is the wors’t I ever see !” when he found that the combined forces compelled him to lay to till day-break; and then, when he found that, do his best, he could make no headway, and had to return to Egg Harbor. How think you, Joe, some of your old friends, and often competitors, would have stood that trip? say the Addie, Gracie, Captain and others? Gone to Davy Jones, eh? Yes, and some of the two-masters, too. ~ On Thursday and Friday the wid continued so high and kicked up such a surf on the bar, they had to stay inside whiling away the time in repairing, perhaps imitating the wind in “‘blowing off;” perhaps ‘‘Johnnie” sang the ‘‘Maid from Kent.” However, Saturday morning came, and they resolved to put out, leaving at 8 A. M., and beating up, reached Sandy Hook at 12 that night. Some good sailing on that beat up, you bet. If they had taken many eggs from the Harbor they left, the beating up would have made a respectable nogg by the time they reached Sandy Hook. Now the points the Meta party make to the referee are these:—1st. They were started by the judges. 2d. There was no limitation of time, nor prohibition against anchor- ing in the articles of agreement. 8d. The Meta sailed over the course fully. (Should think she did.) The stakeboat did not furnish a turning point, true—the Meta did not know the causes, and this cannot bar the Meta, even technically, for the reasons that one yacht hay- ing abandoned the race, the principal object of the stake- boat, viz—to form a common turning point for both, was done away with, and further, the Vision having a judge on the Meta, he could see the distance sailed. These are the points submitted to the referee, and they are awaiting his decision. But they are points which, in my estimation, entitle her at least to the fullest consider- ation. ; Still, her owner, the worthy Commodore, is confident, plucky,and has the fullest veneration for his Metayand does not want to win unless he sails for it. I think no one will question the fact that he ‘‘sailed for it,” and it is due to the ‘Jittle cherub aloft” that the Ellsworth family have not a cast away ‘“‘Enoch Arden” from their number, barring the ‘Annie Lee” part of that beautiful poem. I think it may be a fitting ‘‘Yachting Reminiscence” if I refer to the launch and christening of the Meta. A goodly company of yachting men were assembled at Pat. Mc- Giehan’s ship yard on a certain Saturday afternoon. There lay the Meta on the stocks, the pride of her builder, Mr. McGiehan; the joy of her owner, Com. G. A. Beling. Gracious, how busy! ‘‘Ike” McGiehan, a ‘‘chip,” certain, was putting a touch here and there, greasing the ways, till a fly would slip. All Pamrapo was out. Then with noises and cheers she slid gracefully to the water and Commodore Beling’s daughter, Miss Meta, broke the traditional bottle over the bow, and in a gracious and graceful manner gave her own name to the beautiful little ship. A tug-boat im- mediately took her in tow and a line was formed, a nautical procession as it were. The Meta first, in tow of the tug; then by a connecting hawser came the ‘‘Addie,” Com. W. H. Langley, and then the ‘‘Nettie B,” Allan C. Bush, each yacht covered with flags and signals. So westeamed up the Kills with music and cannon and songs into Newark Bay. The engine of a train at the drawbridge joining in the gen- eral excitement, screamed away at us; arriving at 5 P. M. at Commodore Beling’s beautiful place, on Newark Bay, we all weht ashore to find a bounteous repast under the trees, and kess of lager opening at the word; with this and dancing and champagne in the evening, the day and even- ing was passed. Surely agood and auspicious start. Many were the toasts drunk to the success of the Meta, her owner and her namesake. That she has fully come up to the expectations of her friends and well-wishers, I think will be acknowledged; may she do as well in the future as in the past, whether as sloop or schooner. E. M. —The following criticism from Land and Water is worthy of the attention of our University and college crews. It will be seen how the individual exertions of every member of a crew is judged and their faults told of in plain lan- guage :— ‘ CamBripgE.— ‘All change here,” is an expression one fre- quently hears at railway junctions and termini. I think it might well be applied to ’Varsity trials. Since last week we have had great and important changes in the two boats. -Shafto has been removed from Stroke, and sent three, and Wood (ist Ecipity) has taken his place; ‘Goulden has had his dismissal, and Campbell has taken his place; Peabody has come from three to four, and Rhodes has changed boats; so that the boats are now made up as follows:— Ehodes’. Wood's. Bow, E. A. Saunders, 2d |Bow, 8. T. Briscoe, St. Cath- Trinity. erine’s, 2, C. Etherington, Sidney. 3, C. D. Shafto, Jesus. 4, J. E. Peabody, 1st Trinity. 2, G, F. Armytage, Jesus. 3, W. Sparling, 1st Trinity. 4, A. S. Estcourt. 5, T. 8. Turnbull, Trinity 5. Bayley, Caius. Hall. 6, — Campbell, Trinity 6, Aylmer, Ist aera Hall. | 7, P. H. Hibbert, Lady 7, Coode, 8rd Trinity. Margeret. Str., H. G. Rhodes, Jesus. Str., Wood, 1st Trinity. Cox., Wilson, Corpus. Cox., C. F. Hunt, Jesus. The rowing in the two boats as a whole, is decidedly worse than it has been for the last three years. ‘The nu- merous changes that have been made have, no doubt, a good deal to do with it. With regard to individual rowing I will first take Rhodes’ boat. ow, Saunders, is rowing well, but is inclined to get late; (2) Etherington is not up to much; he gets very short and keeps bad times, makes no attempt at getting any beginning, and is inclined to pull himself up to his oar; (8) Shafto is improving, and was rowing much better to-day; he is rather inclined to row out of the boat, however, is frequently out of time, and wants to raise his hands over the stretcher. (4) Peabody is rowing fairly, but should row his hands in higher, as in- deed allthe stroke side ought to—his time, too, is rather casual. (5) Bailey is rowing very badly, he weighs 13st 9lb., gets less beginning than anybody in the boat; his time is not of the best, nor would his rowing be any the worse if he would learn to swing. (6) Campbell rows hard, but does not seem to know how to get any begin- ning on. (7) Coode, although it ean't be said that he is rowing well, still I think that, considering his weight and size, he manages his place very fairly; he wants to be rather more careful about the time and to sit up more and to row his stroke wellout. (Stroke) Rhodes is row- ing fairly well, but he wants to get his shoulders further back, and to hold it well through with them, and also to get his hands out sharper. With regard to the other boat, their general fault, and especially on the stroke side, is bad time. Bow, Briscoe, rows rather well, his chief fault seems to be that he is inclined to get late; his swing is, asI said last week, perfect. (2) Armytage still has his old faults, viz., bucketing, not getting his hands out, and not marking the beginning, though they are ina somewhat modified form. (8) Sparling is improving; his finish is still awkward, but not quite so bad as it ought to be. (4) Estcourt has also improved slightly, but is still very rough; he buckets very much; gets his shouiders up and feathers under water a good deal, in which peculiarity he is followed by both Sparling and Turnbull. (5) Turnbull wants to row his hands straighter into him, and not to raise his outside one, and screw his outside shoulder up at the finish, which at present he does rather after the manner of some of the ‘‘mariners.” (6) Aylmer wants to take more pains; one of his great faults is hurrying on stroke. (7) Hibbert is rowing pretty much as he always did; he is not a pretty oar, but he works hard and honestly, and is in all a good waterman, which is more than can be said of any- body else who is rowing in the Trials, except Rhodes and Saunders. (Stroke) Wood is avery pretty oar, and that is really all that can be said for him ‘ Art and Mrama. GOSSIP OF THE WEEK. BY T. B. THORPE, ———— HE Union Square Theatre is reaping a rich harvest from its play of ‘‘Led Astray.” The universal judg- ment appears to be that it is very attractive and very unex- ceptionable in its moral tendency. The consequence was, that on Saturday night there was announced ona large poster ‘‘nothing but standing room.” Miss Ettynge, for the first time since she has been at the Union Square, has a character that entirely suits her, and consequently her triumphs are complete, —At Wallack’s we have genteel comedy in its best estate. On Monday ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer” was played to a de- lighted audience, and on Tuesday ‘‘Ours.” The patrons of this unvaryingly popular establishment include the best and most cultivated classes of our permanent population. —The Fifth Avenue is vibrating between one attraction and then another, evidently not yet settled in a ‘‘favorite rut.” The failure of ‘‘Fortune” has thrown some unoccu- pied time on the manager’s hands, which he fills up with specialties. A new play, adopted from the French by Mr. Daly, was announced for Wednesday. The stringency in the money market makes it difficult to establish a settled patronage for a newly erected place of amusement. The popularity of the original Fifth Avenue was owing a great deal to its location. ‘‘Just around the corner” from the most fashionable and crowded thoroughfare in the city, and yet almost as isolated as if in the suburbs, it was especially favorable for ladies and families. This happy location was most pleasantly observable on matinee afternoons, when the ladies, after the performance, gathered unmolested in groups onthe sidewalks and talked pleasant gossip, and then took up their carriages or their pedal conveyances at their leisure and went home. This made the theatre soci- able, which desirable quality added to charming nothings in the way of plays and noveities, and the Fifth Avenue. was a success. But the reasons of thls popularity, intel- lectually, do not now exist, and the atmosphere and asso- ciations that made the name so cherished cannot be trans- ferred to other places. The fire whchconsumed the first Fifth Avenue Theatre, consumed the scenery, the good will, and the pleasant associations. Mr. Daly’s new theatre has yet to make its reputation, and the adoption of a favorite name for it is A misnomer, and unfortunate for suggesting odious comparisons. —Salvini has added new lustre to his reputation by start- ling his audiences with novelties. His genius is as varied us possible. No living tragedian approaches him in this or inan dwuerrespect. If he could present’ himself in the vernacular of our country, there would be no precedence for his popularity. On Frjday Signora Piamonti has a ben- efit. On this occasion she-will assume the 7ol/é made s’) popular by Ristori, of Elizabeth, Queen of England, Sal- vini as Essex. We bespeak for the fair beneficiatre what she deserves, an enthusiastic welcome and a crowded house. —Mr. Fechter, who was vnee pronounced by a “‘leadihg theatrical critic” of this city to be far superior to Garrick, aman, indeed, who made Garrick an absurd tradition by comparisons, is performing at the Lyceum, supported by an extemporized company, the inembers of which are en- deavoring to eke out a support these hard times. In recall- ing our reminiscences of the ‘‘immortal David,” we do not remember that he ever fell on such evil times. One of the wonderful things in this world that we cannot understand is the theatrical popularity of Mr. Fechter. —Mr. Gilmore’s musical and promenade concerts are crowded on each night of performance with the represent- ative families of the city. We are encouraged with the prospect that Mr. Gilmore will complete arrangements for opening a large and complete concert hall for popular mu- sic in the central part of the city. THE LOTOS CLUB. —On.Saturday evening the members of the Lotos Club gave one of their informal but charming receptions to Pro- fessor R. A. Proctor, the celebrated English astronomer. The occasion brought out a large attendance of the mem- bers of the club, and a number of distinguished guests. The President, in some pleasant and appropriate remarks, introduced Professor Proctor, who in turn made an inter- esting reply. He paid a just tribute to the industry and correctness of American astronomers, incidentally alluding in complimentary terms to Miss Mitchell. The novelty of our country, as exhibited in its enterprise and indifference to established forms and precedence, seemed to strike him with force and with pleasure. These club receptions to lit- erary and scientific gentlemen from abroad are pleasant ad- ditions to our metropolitan society, and they have been so well and sensibly managed by the Lotos Club that its mem- bers naturally stand high abroad, and naturally the fact of such membership, especially in London, commands recog- nition in the most distinguished quarters. ——_—_4_—__—__. Tue Brooxtyn ART Exuiprrion.—The Art exhibition now open at the elegant rooms of the Brooklyn Art Asso- ciation in Montague street, comprises nearly four hundred pictures from foreign and native artists. Of theformer, one most noticeable is ‘‘Ophelia,” by J. Bertrand, a broad, strik- ing example of French art. The gaze centres upon the face of the drowned girl as she floats in the water among the reeds clasping the wild flowers to her breast, far too real, A fine transparent piece of color, cattle and figures by Bridgeman. A winter scene by J. C, Thorn, and among the gems rank foremost the Winetaster by Grutzner, a most charming effect of expression, contented and benign, upon the face of the rotund personage, ‘‘Dinner is ready,” by Piltz, a most artistic effect of light and shade, a masterly work. A fresh sparkling piece, a girl reaching for some flowers in the sunshine, by Adam, A cabinet of an old man mending a quill, by Siecert: A madonna and child. by Ittenbach exquisitely finished. An old lady with a devout look in her upturned wrinkled face by Miss Conant. While amongst the local artists are prominent examples by Leutze, of Washington at Monmouth; the effect of drawing and grouping, expression and massing is a fine example of that lamented artist. A most masterly head by Hunting- don, painted evidently in his palmiest days, grand and speaking. One of a child by Geo. A. Baker, in his inima- table style, fresh and pure, pearly grays and liquid carna- tions. A most beautiful marine by Bricher, ‘‘Manchester Cliffs,” full of sparkling play of brilliant colors; also ‘one of Sylva’s best marines, showing much improvement, paint- ed in his broad effective manner; also two by Arthur Parton with all his bright transparent color so rich and yet harmonizing so well in that silver sheen-like atmos- phere, peculiarto him. An interior, with figures, by J. Beaufain Irving, most exquisitely worked up, rival- ing Messonier in the minuteness of detail and finish, it shows what can be done in New York as- well as in Paris. A couple of figures—a girl with a child in her arms, crossing a brook on the stones; treated in that bright sunny manner by New York’s well known artist, J. G. Brown, A grand example by another New York artist, unrivalled in his glowing delineations, golden and dreamy, 8. R. Gifford. A charming effect of color is a snow scene by_T. W. Marshall, most artistically «cated. The snow clumps upon the trees, the russet of the branches, the attitude of the plodding figure,all are well rendered. C. C. Markham, whose pictures are well known in Brook: lyn, sends an interior ‘‘How-cold!” ——_—— : HE publication in the columns of the Forrest AND STREAM of the challenge thrown out to all American sportsmen by Mr, Price, of Bala; Wales, who is desirous of testing the comparative merits of English and American pointers and setters, has excited considerable attention, ' having been copied by all the leading journalsin the United States. The straightforward tone of the challenge and its liber- ality, are characteristic of the gentlemen sportsmen of England. As was stated in our last issue, itis all very well to expatiate on color, form, appearance and fineness of breeding, but the real crucial test, the positiye action, hearing and manner of the dog in the field, when in pres- ence of the game, is the only thing worth caring for. Dog shows are of course admirable in their way, as far as the judgment of experts can go as determining those ideal pro- portions which should always accompany certain marked breed of dogs. But from some quite extensive experience in dog shows, and bowing to the opinions of the best judges, it has often come to our notice that the handsonest dogs were not the best. The field trials at Bala, North Wales, have inaugurated a most novel, interesting method of test- ing the actual hunting qualities of the pointer and setter, and the only one which is practical. At Bala, the intui- tive instinct of the dog is tested, and to it is added the edu- cation, the training he has received from man, his master. Mr. Price, in offering this friendly match, proposes to adhere to the rules which governed the Bala contest, and offers as arbitrators of the trial such distinguished names as Sir Watkin William Wynn, Bart., and Viscount Com- bermere. A certain fixed standard of excellence of perform- ance is decided on. The nose, as allowing fine shading of scent, is placed at 30. Pace and style of hunting at 20; breaking at 20; pointing (style and steadiness) at 15; back- ing, 10; drawing on game or roading, (not attended to as much as it should be by our sportsmen with their dogs in the United States,) at 15. It will be seen by the perform- ance of Belle that with a possible 100 points, she was within 24 points of being perfection, her total excellence being 974. We have already received numerous letters asking for in- formation as to the rules and regulations which govern field trials, which rules, &c., we will shortly publish. In order to give our own sportsmen who own pointers and setters some insight as regards field trials, we publish an account from the London Field of the trial of Belle, the winner: ‘‘ Belleand Grouse” were expected to do a great thing, but their attention was first riveted to some snipe on boggy wet ground. The bitch made a false point or two, which the judges did not lay much stress on, as birds had probably been there, and she cleverly puzzled out the scent, and waded up toa brace of close-lying young grouse in high heather. The dog was never init, and let the other do all the work. He possesses some style in pointing, but is slow and clumsy in ranging, wanting more go and finish. As to the bitch, she is almost our beau ideal of a broken pointer—a pleasure to shoot over and a treat to see, making sport delightful, and walking up birds murder. ‘‘ Belle” dropped to shot when a drawn bird was knocked down, and then got two consecutive points. They didn’t put any birds up, though it was thought probable that they would. For one hour and a quarter chance held the scales, and it required great discrimination and knowledge of sport to pick the winner, which knowledge the judges fortunately possessed. ‘The flag was run up in honor of ‘‘ Belle ;” and to’avoid disputes, and to settle bets, Countess and Rob Roy fought it out for the third place, and the bitch having improved a little, won it. ee 0 THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS AND THE TELEGRAPH. a N La Chasse Illustrée, we find not only a most ingenious but interesting article on. the subject of the migration of birds, where the idea is developed of bringing into use the telegraph, in order that we may better study their move- ments. With the prime instinct of the birds to move their quarters from North to South, and vice versa, we have nothing to do, but it may not be impossible to study the direction of their flight, and give the reasons for their alighting on certain favored localities and not on others. Two causes very probably induce migrating birds to settle. First, the necessity of food, in order to replace forces exhausted by a long travel, or to gain strength for re- newed flight. This would induce birds to stop on their journey at points were food was most abundant, and the best adapted to their tastes. Secondly, birds of passage fly with the wind, that is when they can; but when the wind is adverse, they sometimes, but not always,alight. In fact, the advent of birds, even their residence in certain quarters, and the duration if they stay, seems to -depend very frequently on meteorological causes. Now, all that is wanted, as proposed by our French contemporary, is to have some central office, and by means of telegraphic com- munications to study the movements of the birds and the nae Cra ee ee ~e a conditions of the atmosphere. For instance, the wind off the coast of British America, on the 10th of September, might be blowing from South to North, the probability then would be that the ducks, geese and wild fowl would be slow in coming to our shores. winds on the whole coast had been blowing from North to South, the advent of ducks, brant and geese might be earlier than usual. The migrations of inland birds might also be studied in Now, if on the contrary, the- this way, not only to the profit of the sportsman but of the - naturalist. Questions in regard to the capricious move- ments of that most uncertain bird, the woodcock, taking into account both its opportunity of procuring food in cer tain localities, and the effects of wind and temperature, might help us better to understand their coming and going, In an early number of the ForEsStT AND STREAM we wrote in regard to the influences of temperature on fish, as direct- ing their movements, and that fishermen studied the meteo- logical reports with advantage. The benefits we already derive from Maury’s system of weather reports may still have further development, and it is not at all impossible that the ideas of our French contemporary may be quite practical. As was remarked before by us, the advantages to be derived from the solution of any scientific fact areim- mense, and practical benefits derived from it extend in directions which were at first unthought of. 5 th ote THE FORESTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON MAN. wo an HAT the effects of moisture have a marked ‘influence on the physical condition of man, is we believe pretty clearly established. If we contrast the stature of the Englishman living in a country surcharged with moisture, with the Arab living in the arid plain where rain but rarely falls, we have the two extremes of man, considered in an animal sense. Questions of moral or mental power, do not enter into this question, though that some effects, of an incorporeal nature, are clogely allied to a corporeal con- dition, seems quite evident. If some of the careful obser- vers, of the meterological conditions of the United States in reference to the physical condition of its inhabitants have already advanced the somewhat bold idea that the drying up of the face of the country caused by the destruc- tion of the forests has already had an effect upon the health and longevity of the people, and that there is a tendency towards increasing degeneracy, we are not prepared ex- actly to agree with them. The anthropological studies of the American race have not yet commenced. There can be no comparison made yet of our own people, for the reason that we are too young, and that we have no standard of our own to go by. The inhabitants of the United States are composed of such mixed elements that for centuries to come there can be no types: We differ, too, in another im- portant respect, from all other nations. If it was possible to imagine a peculiar race of beings,as for instance the Basque people, who having a certain definite physical form and language, men and women who have preserved their type by isolation for 1000 years, such an accident is utterly impossible in the United States, where men wander to and fro every day, and where that novel factor, locomotion, or the ease with which a man can move, has undoubtedly everything to do in preventing the creation of any fixed rules of size or corporeal proportion. Yet the effects of the ruthless destruction of the forest, and the consequent — depriving of the soil of the requisite degree of moistire, may certainly have even at the present, minor local effects. The quality of food a man eats may have more to do than we think for with his physical.and mental qualities. The humidity of the atmosphere, as was remarked by Dr. T. C. Duncan, of Chicago, has a marked influence upon the vigor and fruitfulness of both animals and plants, and therefore the effects of this great and growing change on the face of the country, and its climatic and metrological condition upon our people, is worthy of the attention and study of men of science. If the effects of this denudation of the soil, this absolute stripping the ground of all its natural covering, by cutting away ruthlessly, inconsiderately, all the forests, does not to- day make itself felt but in a minor degree, it has within it- self a latent and accumulative power for working ill, not only to man, but to his works, which may be developed in a few years hence. The absence of rain fall in any section of country, is sufficient to deter civilization. Whole broad areas of this good country of ours, will very probably be in the condition of barren wastes some years hence, re- gions which years ago, when they were covered with the forests, rejoiced in the falling showers. ‘‘The Govern- ment, land owners, private individuals, should encourage the growth of timber in barren regions,” writes Dr. Dun- can,” and prevent the clearing off of whole belts of timber where the face of the country would be materially affected thereby. te Tur Forest AND STREAM SPORTSMEN’S CLUB.—We fully appreciate the high compliment paid to the Forest AND STREAM, by the fact that aclub has been formed with the title of the ‘‘Forest and Stream Sportsmen’s Club,” at Brainerd, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota. As we have the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with several members of the club, and know them to be thorough sportsmen, we feel certain that the name.these gentlemen have given to their club wili be upheld. with all honor. We trust to hear frequently from the club, and it will give us pleasure to record their prowess. . —_———| x 'Z Names, _# Bo] Average. Rifle. DRlsto P| 2 ep J. J. P.1 M, MI, Richards. . ; 10u| 28 3.57 a Robert Omand.........-. sie Roy 3.57 \ Sharpe. John Bodine*s 2 ss. 97| 28 3.46 M. & Rem. Sportg. George W. Wingate........ 72) 24 3.42 Rem. Sporting. Tn aly abteppuraecrs ean | | 23% 3.28 Rem. Sporting. pAni ch Sy Howie Sir je eceeitcs air ser 68| 21 3.23 Rem. Sporting. Tees AO OUT seer ele eae 45| 14 2.21 eee and M. 1. George W. Hamilton...... 41| 14 3.1 Sharpe. Bethel Burton............ t| 5} 21 3.09 ) Ward-Burton. CE IWaoealeon nachna eit a4 § | 65] 21 3.09 Sharpe. S. J. Kellogg, Jr... hen. 48} 14 3.07 Rem. Sporting. A.V. Canfield, TS ee were ae | 42) 14 3. Rem. Sperting, And. Anderson..........-- fe 2.858 Sharpe. AC Revel Or Pe ate sags no deme ots 80| 28 2.857 Rem. Sporting. William Robertson......... 97| 385 2.7 Rem. Sporting. Hen Shiota ten eee veel 75! 28 PA Sharpe. H. A. Gildersleeve....... L| 86] d4 2.57 Rem. Sporting. W. H, Richards.......... Fal ESI, Ose 2.57 Rem. Sporting. 1G) Cs BIWiGee ye aa ere 53) 21 2.52 Sharpe. Oe ROSS ¢ fav bag ts, 0) ote ety i abe See 2.4 Sharpe. AWG altars eee eee ee 6 ig) gs 2.4 Rem. Sporting. een wher GULL Someeye meee eaete 28| 14 2. Rem. Sporting, *First match Metford; 2d and 3d matches Rem. Sporting. “TURE, FIELD AND FARM’? MATCHES FOR THE SEASON OF 1873. Distance, 200 yards; any rifle; position, standing. FIRST MATCH—Aneg. 2, SECOND MATCH—Ang. 29. Niemi Melua LB] eco IS Nine. | = core SI Naine. | = core S dy HooiInd eae ize §184344/1¢|G@. W. Wingate....|Bal. [4444 2/18 W. F. Robertson.../R $/28344/16|L. Backer......... R M|33 484/17 J.T. B.Collins,.... Bal.!3 3324/16/W. Robertson,...|R S '433 43/17 J. Eddington....... R §/8 43 23/15/B. Burton......... W B43 33 3/16 Rewer Gort, Ae May/23343/15/H. Fulton....... .|May./3 333 4/16 J. H. MeEwen.....!R $/883 3 2|14!E. Brower......... Shr. |333838 3/15 Ey SBE GONE yn. e oe W B/3 423 2/14/H. Meday........ . 83833 3/15 vs. alD aightpet ae pee RM/22334/14/A. Anderson...... Win.|3 33 3 3}15 W.G. Burton...... W B/8 33 23/14/asa Farr.......... Bal. |423 3 3/15 Leon Backer... ...|RM/23333/14/A. J. Roux RM/843 23/15 Jee Bahia ee ee R$ /22343/14/T. Henderson..... 2233 4\14 A. §.Fowle........ M 1./28323:13'J. P. M. Riehards.|Shr. |33 3 3 2/14 G. A. Strube....... W Bl2 3 23 3]13| Alex Pyle......... RS (23833 3/14 Major Constable. ..)Win|2 33 23/18/A. Fowle.......... M 1 (24382 3)/14 = TVG sac dante ie R §$/38 23 3 2/13\C. F. Robbins..... Bal. |}42323)14 W. J. Harding -|R M/2328 2/12) W. J. Carmichael. /R M)23 43 2/14 T. H. Banchle.. ..|R M/23 23 2/12\J, Kdington....... R 8/4832 214 Hey Shed HEAT ine hy See AE od 'Bal.|23 22 3)12'P. Klein:.......... R §$/2422 4/14 5.5. Kellogg, Jr...|May|3 222 3/12)|A. Alford......... R 8/8422 2/13 W. Hellier.-....... R$122242/12\G, W. Yale........ Shr. }2233 3/13 LG. Brice... . Bal. |3 3 22 2/12|A. Robertson...... RS |82382/13 AP ENILOTORG. We as RS123043/12/J. Bodine......... R S$ (2322 4/18 G. W. Wingate....|/R 8/3 2 2 2 3)12|J. Campbell. . 8223 3/18 UE TCG ee, 2. 23223/12|J. Buchanan....... 232.4213” J. B. Dewson...... 22223\/11|D Cameron...,... RS |32323/18 C. F. Robbins..... Bal. )2 22 2 2)10|/W. G. Burton..... W BiB 2422/18 HieDayiseeses aie; 03223/10/E. H. Madison..../R 8 |33303/12 FINS SGV ONG cee = sleeves Bal, |2 2020] 6G. Crouch........ May.|2 223 3/12 T. Lloyd veaeseeese| Bal 223 2 3/12 T. H. Banckle..... R M/23223)12 General Dakin..... IR M/223 2 2/11 pee Murphy...... RM 13 2222/11 EH. McEwen..... RS (2222 3/11 1 B. PASH Sa ees Allen 20 2 3 3/10 |J. T. B, Collins....|Bal. 13.023 2\10 ee Schermerhorn...it M |2 02 32)| 9 HOP MCAB osu tech ae, |Bal. |20222,8 THIRD MATCH—Sept. 27. FOURTH MATCH—Oct. 24 § | 3 S Name. <= | Score Score. | - = 5 L, M. Ballard..... RS |83424 8342 4)16 F. M. McMillan...|)R. M,22444 2443 3/16 BSE MELODS pee ee W Bi244383 2244 4/16 J. V. Meserole.... 33333 38244 215 ACwinvl Gwe: san eae 33234 J 3323 4/15 J. H. McHwen....|R 5S |82442 38324 3/15 K. H. Sanford..... SS |88333)15! N. Engel... .... .. RM/[3 348 2\15 A. Anderson...... W 8/3343 2(15| A. Anderson... .... Win|2 343 2/15 H. Browe.......... S |83243/15| E. N. Sanford..... jShr r./3383383]15 Dee 04 CS ea a eat RS |83 43 2/15) Gen. J. V.Meserole ‘May 3333 3/15 JL eee Ie TCe evens Shr |83323)/14 Soo Collins. Ss zg 18223 4/14 ie Fe JOGULKONR Wh 4e May |82324!/14| H. Fulton... ..... ay 182382 4/14 Sergt. Collins..... Spg (8223 4/14 L. Packer....... RM |3323 3/14 L. Backer......... R M/\83 233/14) J. L. Price........ Shr. (83382 3/14 J.T. B. Collins...|R 8 (8332 3/14) J. T. B. Collins..../R §$ 133323114 G. W. Wingate....|R S !33404/14| G. W. Wingate.>..JR S 13340 414 W. Robertson..... R M/3 22 2 4/13) W. Robertson..... R M/3 222 4/13 pet Henderson..|R 23323)13) A. Alford... ... .|RS$/2332 3/13 C. F. Robbins...... B 8323 2|13| Sergt.Henderson. . fy M /233 23/13 A. Alford......... R S |23 323/13] C. F. Robbins..... Bal. 33233115 J. Bodine......... iBA Sip eapte wis} epu rile mee). Ay: RS (83232113 R. Hickman....... Spg |23 23 2)12| H. A. Gildersleeve.|R S |2 223 3/19 PEPTONCE oes S M|2223 3/12 T., Lloyd ne Pus Tr. 1222 3 3/12 A. R.Warner...... RS (2323 2|12] A. V. Canfield..... R M/\223 8 2/12 S.J. Kellogg, Jr,..|M |23223/12| 8. J. Kellogg..... May |23 22 3/12 E. W. Price....... KR $123.2:3'2)12) HW. ‘Price: 7 *. R $/2328 2112 A. Y. Canfield, Jr.|R M|22 33 2/12) R. Hickman....... Spg.!2 3 23 2/12 W.G. Burton..... W Bi4 2024/12) 8. R. Warner...... R 8/2823 2/12 Col. Gildcrsleeve..|R S /22283 3/12) W. G. Burton...... W Bi42024112 Robert Kelley..... Ss ae 2\12 J. R. Hitchcoek....|R M|23 222/11 Captain Ross..... RS (03242)11| T. D. Mather. ._... RM(|2 222 3}11 Col. Hitchcock... |'R M|28222/11| T.B. Fish......... May|2 223 2/11 T. D. Mather..... R M|22223.11| C.S. Fincke.,..... R §/22223/11 oe SUR Eh I ee M |222382'11| Captain Ross...... R S\03 242/11 Lieut. Heizman....|R M/2 2322/11] R. Kelly........... Spg.|38 222 2)11 C, L. Fincke,..... R M|22223/11) Lieut. Herzman.../R Mj2232 2/11" F. W. Linton...... R M/3 2302/10) F. W. Linton...... RM/823 9 2/10 Sergt. Phelan..... R M|2 222 2/10] Sergt. Turner,..... Spe. 2 222 2/10 Sergt. Yumer..... SPS 2222 2/10] Sergt. Phelan...... R NM 2 2222/10 D. Cameron...... IR 23220) 9|D. Cameren...... be ashe 9 1, Gs Bruce. lar. IM 122220] 8| lL. C. Bruce....... nelecn 8 Capt. Cavanaugh.. -|Spg is 2200] 6| Corp’ 1 Cayanangh.. M3 2200] 6 Lieut. Story...... iR Mj3000 2} 5) Lieut. J. G. Story.. M/30002 5 WINNERS. August 2..,.Captain John Bodine..... Remington Sporting....Score, 18 August 29....Captain G. W. Wingate..Ballard.................. Score, 18 Sept. 27...... J.T. B: Collins........5. Remington Sporting....Score, 16 Wet 2faio 2. LS Me Ballard S05 Remington Sporting....Score, 16 ———$ i —The Sultan is about to send to the Emperor of Rus- sia a present of several fine Arab horses of the present breed. —‘T am perfectly satisfied with the rod you sent me. It is much more elegant than-I expected. I shall put it aside for the coming season. Jam working for a shot gun now, and will have it before two weeks are over,” writes a gen- tleman in New Jersey. See our Prize List. 314 FOREST AND STREAM. = Sparting Glews from Abyoad. UESTIONS of human longevity are always most in- O teresting, and public curiosity in regard to this sub- ject is rarely stated. If those who make a study of vital statistics, carefully catalogue all professions in the interest of science and of life assurances, determining that needle sharpeners and white-lead manufacturers live the shortest periods, while agriculturalists have the longer leases on life, we should hardly think that they, the statistical people, would readily declare that a horse-breaker’s life offered any very fair chances of a long existence. It is, then worth while to record the extreme duration of life vouchsafed to one Daniel Callaghan, familiarly known as ‘‘Old Dan,” now residing at Clonmult, County Cork, Ireland, who first drew the breath of life, (if the chronicler is to be believed), in the year of' our Lord 1763 at Ballyclough. The London field, who mentions the fact, says he entered life as a kennel boy to Lord Lisle at fourteen, and then rode steeplechases for some time afterwards. One wonders how the boy could have even arrived at manhood’s years, as rider of an Irish steeplechase, according to the break-neck practices of the Irish turf, eighty-five years ago. But Dan stood it ali and was then huntsman for no less than seventy- two years, serving under various masters, being a daring and reckless rider, until tired of this somewhat tame profes- gion, there being not risk enough about it, in his eighty-fifth year, he took up horse-breaking as a recreation in his older days, keeping at the work until he was ninety-nine. Think of a man alive to-day who can tell about the Irish Rebellion and the battle of Vinegar Hill, and who has ridden to hounds eighty years, and trained horses when he was one hundred, and who can to-day, when he is one hundred and eleven years old, walk erect, and give information on mat- ters that passed a century ago. Broken bones, he must have had, and many of them, but he laughed at such slight mishaps. Such a brave oldman, and tough withal, should not want, and a newer generation should carefor him. Will any one on this side of the Atlantic lend a helping hand to this grand old huntsman, who rode to horse and hound in Irelar.d long years before, perhaps, any one of our readers in this new country was born? —Gallant Rob Roy! How we have all followed you, Mr. Macgregor, and your brave little canoe, as she threaded placid rivers or thrashed in the surging seas. We have to thank you for having almost created a most delightful and health-giving recreation. It behooved a good Anglo-Saxon to take the canoe from the Indian, and to teach us all that it was not the Chippewa or the Ogibbeway plying the paddle on the Saskatchewan or the Winnipeg, or shooting the rapids of the Chute a Jacquot or Slave Falls, who could alone manage the daintiest of water crafts. .And now you have been married, and the Royal Canoe Club. of which you are the worthy Captain, have in recognition of your services presented you with a silver claret jug and goblets, executed in Flemish style and parcel, gilt, with the follow- ing inscription en graved thereon: ‘‘ Presented to John Maegregor, Esq., Captain of the Royal Canoe Club, on the oceasion of his marriage, by his friends in the Club, as a mark of esteem, and in recognition of his efforts to improve canoes, promote canoeing and unite canoeists, Dec., 1873.” Our own American Clubs send you kind greeting, Mr. Mac- gregor, and would like to have filled your famous silver jug with the rarest claret, and do wish you and yours all health aud happiness; and may the time come when other Mac- gregors will paddle, too, their own canoes and write as pleasantly as did their sire. _There is one peculiar style of athletic amusement un- known in the United States such as has just been largely attended in London. With us, hand to hand contests with “sword and sabre, are almost unknown. We have, too, un- fortunately but little knowledge of that queen of all weapons the foil; even perhaps in old England the jlweret is rather an exotic. What we principally refer to are those peculiar Bnewlish feats just accomplished before the London Athletic Club with swords, such as Professor Waites’ feat, (we thought we had the monopoly of the Professor in the United States), of cutting a sheep In twain with a vigorous sword cut, and slicing an apple quite as nicely as would a Yankee apple pairing machine, only that the forbidden fruit in this instance is held gingerly in a friend’s hands, the Provwssor ending by forging through bars of lead with his blade as if they were boiled carrots, repeating old Richard Uwur de Leons’ performances. They had, too, at this same Assault of Arms, the quarter-staff, when a Mr. Rogers and a Mr. Bently cracked each other's sconces mer- rily, and both heroes smiled as showers of blows like Nas- myth’s hammers—heavy enough to fell an ox—rattled on their devoted heads. A ae _The bicycle has a solid footing in England, though an almost forgotten toy with us. ‘The latest match was one between John Keen, the champion bicycle rider, and Polly, a pony, for a race of twenty miles. The velocepede beat the quadruped, Polly being so badly distanced at the six- teenth mile as to give it up. 8 min. 25 sec. was about the i ‘ the best mile. ee last stag pursued by Her Majesty's stag hounds was caught in the midst of clothes-lines, where a family wash was goillg on. Sound trumpets, yelp dogs, shout huntsmen, and clap your hands, ladies and gentlemen, who where present at the jinale, and may some poet sing of the noble stag who cume to his death in a laundry, mayhap drowned in the dirty suds. —If they are horse-eaters in Paris, through choice, not necessity, they probably have acquired a taste for strange games We see in La Chasse Iilustréee that they have a new kind of bird for sale in the markets, namely, pelicans, which were killed at. Crau d’Arles, and that two pelicans brought 110 franes. Let some of our Florida friends pre- pare. instantly a consignment of pelicans to Chevet, the famous Parisian purveyor of good things. Patté de Pelican may be good, but like the man who eat crow, we,do not hanker after it. Che Horse and ) the Dauyse. —_¢———— —The Louisiana Jockey Club held the third day of the annual fall meeting on December 18th. The attendance was large and the track in excellent condition. First race —Handicap; two-mile dash. Six horses started, and the race was won by Fred. Bonnabel, beating Port Leonard, Meta H., Donnybrook, Mary L., and Vidal, in the same order. Time—3:43. Second race—three miles; all ages; club purse, $800. Six horses started and the race was won by Cape Race, beating Fannie M., Tom Arken, Fred. Bon- nabel, Wanderer, and Carrington, in the sameorder. Time —5:344. Third race—selling race; all ages; mile heats; purse $500. Edwin Adams won in two straight heats with greatease. Time—1:474. ; —The Louisiana Jockey Club held the last day of the fall meeting on December 20th. The weather was clear and cold, the track good, and the attendance fair. First race— Hopfin Stakes for two-year olds; one mile; $25 entrance; $700 added. Ten horses started, and the race was won by Ballankeel, who took the lead at the start, and kept it throughout. Bay Run was the favorite. Second race—Consolation Purse; $400; one mile; Falmouth took the lead and kept it, winning by two lengths. ern Star second, and I. O. U. third. Western Star was the favorite. Time—1:444. Third race—four-mile heats ; Club Purse, $1,200. Silent Friend won in two straight heats. se ______ SHETLAND PontEs.—Mr. J. G. Casey, of Suisine City, California, has but recently imported a fine head of thirty- one Shetland ponies, He intends to stock a breeding es-. tablishment in California. These diminutive animals may possibly come into practical use. They are docile, cun-: ning, and willing. In their native home they are employed. in many useful ways. The experiment we trust will prove. a success. rr eg es THe PrERstAN CHAsH.—_——. ARTICLE FIRST, ——_+____— T has been wisely said that ‘‘those exercises which in their nature and operation have a direct tendency to draw the bands of society clcser together by friendly inter- course; which substitute the feats of man for the freaks of the fop, hardihood for effeminancy, dexterity tor luxurious indolence; and which, being free from the the taint of crnelty, oppression and selfishness, may be pursued without shame or reproach, are entitled to special encouragement in a matter so important as that of selecting a sportive ex- ercise for the people.” Now there is no field exercise in vogue which so fully answers to the above description of a sport for the people as the English national game of crick- et, for not only is it eminently social in its operation and surroundings, and especially promotive of friendly inter course, but the pluck, nerve and courage of true manhood, the activity and endurance of a healthy physique, and the absence of anything of a cruel or oppressive nature, are es- sential characteristics of the best exemplars of the game. Moreover, the faculties of a well trained, muscular system find ample employment in the game; it is equally important that the individual desiring to excel in cricket should be possessed of his full share of mental ability in order to be- come a thorough proficient in all the departments of the game. Cricket besides occupying a large space in current litera- ture has shown its vitality by creating a language of its own. In cricket ‘‘lingo” the ballis not the ball but the “leather” or ‘‘circle;” the bat figures as the ‘“‘willow:” the stumps are the ‘‘timber.” A ball hit into the air is a “spoon,” unless it goes a long way, when it becomes a: “skyer” ora “slog.” A player who scores a blank gets a “duck egg,” and if he fails to score in either innings he gets a “‘pair of spectacles.” If however he should make a hundred runs, he issaid to “complete a century,” and if less he ‘‘puts on forty,” or fifty, as the case may be; sentence like the following is frequently seen in Bell’s Life cricket reports? ‘‘The new trundler then put down a tice almost a Yorker, which the Surrey colt snicked through the slips fora single.” This is decidedly in language of its own, and one which none but a regular frequenter of “Lord” could correctly interpret. The earliest mention of the game of cricket in English records occurs in the “Constitution Book of Guilford,” wherein it is recorded that in some legal proceedings ahicn took place in 1598 as to the ownership of a garden a wit- ness aged fifty-nine years gave evidence that ‘““when ie was a scholar in the free school at Guildeford he and sey- eral of his fellowes did runne and plaice there at crickette and other plaies.” In the beginning of the eighteenth cen- tury we first hear of the game being played which may be strictly termed cricket. Previously the game of ball chief- ly In vogue was the simple “rounders” of our school boy days, now changed to the American game of base: ball In 1780 three stumps appeared in the then “new game of ball,” and in 1814 the regular game of cricket as now played was introduced. Cricket has no “National Association” under whose au- thority a correct and intelligent code of playing rules can be enacted. By tacit consent the government of the game hes been left since 1787 in hands of the Marylebone Club of London, and it is this club which at present gives laws to the entire cricketing world. Our American ball playing community could no more play their game under such a badly worded and incomplete code of rules as at present governs the game of cricket, than they could be governed as a people by an unwritten constitution. Every cricketer knows that in an ordinary match at cricket eleven players figure on each side, and the eleven who obtain the greater number of runs in two innings play, are the victors, and yet there is not a written law of the game that requires this stated number or innings. Again, when arun is made through the failure of the long stop to siop the ball, a ‘‘bye’ is scored, and yet not a rulein the code Jegalizes the scoring of such arun. In several other respects, too, is the existing code remarkably deficient. During the winter season a study of the laws of the game, their true intent and mean- ing, will be advantageous to our cricketing readers, and we therefore shall give aseries of articles on the laws of cricket during the ensuing three months which we trust will be found alike instructive and interesting. —William Allison, of Attleboro’, Mass., ran a foot race at_ Washington Park, Providence, R.I., against George Forbes, of Woodstock, Canada, and came in an easy win- ner. James Harris, of Woodstock, ran against John Allison, of Fall River. Distance, 65 yards, for a prize of $000. Harris won easily by 7 feet. —At New Haven, on December 20th, George Farren suc- ceeded in accomplishing a most extraordinary feat in pedes- trianism. He had to walk to win the wager, 100 miles in 22 hours, making the circuit of the large room onthe Exchange Hall 3,100 times. Mr. Farren is slightly built, weighs about 125 pounds. is exceedingly muscular and wiry, and about 25 years of age. . Farren has walked against W eston’s fastest time, also against that of Smith, the English cham- pion. i BILLIARDS. —It is more than probable that a match will take place between Garnier and Ubassy, before the latter leaves for New Orleans. It is a mooted question who is the best player. Success tells. the tale. —At Chris O’Conner’s billiard room, Union Square, the other night, a gentleman amateur made 163 consecutive caroms at the four-ball game. At noone time were the balls within four inches of each other. This is billiards. —H. W. Collender, 788 Broadway, and a friend is pre- paring an article for this journal on Billiard Tables; where the slate or marble comes from, where the cloth is made, and the great scarcity of ivory with such facts as we have on hand and the information from Mr. Collender, we trust to be able to prepare an interesting paper. —Francois Ubassy and Maurice Daly commenced play- ing a series of six games fora purse of money at Chris. O’Conner’s billiard room on the 22d of Dec. The entire match will consist of two thousand points, French game, Ubassy appeared to be in good trim, and made several shots which elicited loud applause. At one time he was 120 points ahead of his opponent. After upward of 100 points had been played Daly made the remarkable run of 99. He was very successful after this, and his next large run of 29 gave him 815 points. Ubassy then ran 7 points and made a bad miss. Daly ran 27, and won the game of 350 by 47 points. The remaining five games of the series are to be played at the rooms of Maurice Daly and Chris. O'Conner, alternately. The next occurs this evening at the saloon of the former. —We are so crowded this week that we are obliged to leave out a report of the gymnastic entertainment at Burnhan’s, Brooklyn. University, Va., December 20th, 1873. - Eprror ForEsT AND STREAM:— We have adopted the association rules as being the best rough of those mentioned in Chas. W. Alcock’s book of foot ball rules. The fifteen played against thirty-five on yesterday evening-—the game lasted for over an hour, both sides played well, neither gaining any decided advantage over the other—it was finally decided a drawn game, as it was too dark to continue it any longer. Our game with the Englishmen will come off on the 6th of January, 1874. J. C. McK. el CHALLRNGE TO THE AMERICANS. With the above heading, the London Meld takes notice of the challenge sent to the Forest AND STREAM by Mr. Price, offering to run English pointers and setters against the same number of American dogs. ‘‘ In consequence of some remarks that appeared in an article on English set- ters, recently published in an American paper, a challenge has been forwarded by Mr. Lloyd Price to New York, of- fering to run four English pointers and setters against the same number of American dogs. Sir Watkyn Wynn has consented to find the ground on his fine Welsh moors, and the challengers engage to pay the expenses incurred in sen- ding the dogs to this country. We have never heard of any American dogs broken highly enough to compete with our English celebrities except in the article alluded to; but possibly there may be some such as are there described. In any case they will have their work cut out, as just now a very superior English team might be selected. Mr. Price had previously announced his intention never to allow Belle to run again; but, for the honor of his country, he would no doubt rescind his resolution. Mr. Macdona had a very fine young pointer at Birmingham (not for competition, being the property of a judge), which is said to be almost as good as Ranger; and if so, these two, with Belle and Ginx’s Baby from the Bala kennels, or possibly a still better representative, these two kennels might fairly be considered as cqual to anything in the three kingdoms. We hope the match may be made, and that we may be there to see the best team win.” FOREST AND STREAM, art and rama. GOSSIP OF THE WEEK, BY T, B, THORPE. — HE week just passed has been without any especial incident. ‘‘The Parricide” at the Fifth Avenue, which was not a parricide, the murder haying been com- mitted by another man, was evidently put upon the stage as a make-shift until Mr. Daly could get something better. Itisa curious play, and causes a great deal of speculation, among those who witness it, what it is all about. A series of interesting scenes and tableaux, all within easy reach of the manager, seems to have been adopted, and adopted without regard to their relations to each other; and then a dialogue is invented to make the scenes and tableaux hang together, something like onions on a string, but not without the onions’ harmony of pur- pose or legitimate connection. It is a great waste of theat- rical resources to put such a ‘‘erude conglomeration” on the stage. Are the playwrights to blame, o° the controlling spirit of this handsome little theatre? As we are disposed to be critical, we desire to say a word regarding that expensive ‘‘drop curtain.”” Red damask, however rich, is out of place on this particular occasion. The moment it descends it seems to cut the audience off from ail sympathy with the stage; in fact, it acts on the mind as if a solid wall was intervened, cutting the theatre in two parts, and making the auditorium appear small and contracted; a most unpleasant sensation, and greatly inter- fering with the intellectual comfort of the spectators. The other evening, as the damask descended and finally rested heavily on the stage, a lady in our hearing restlessly re- marked to her friend, ‘‘How smothering hot this theatre will be in summer.” As for drop curtains, no improve- ment can be suggested over the old style of a charming landscape, made up of avenues of rich buildings,’ and deeply retreating valleys and mountains. -If well done, _the cool colors help to relieve the eye after the gas-lit scenes of the play. Then the long lines of perspective open up the stage and impress the observer with ‘‘roominess,” which is a pleasant idea when one is crowded in narrow seats and compelled to look over high reaching and plume capped bonnets: People who remember the drop curtain at Bur- ton’s Chambers street theatre will recall the pleasure it af- forded when for the moment it shut out the actors and scenery. It was agreat piece of scenic painting, repre- senting a Greek poet reciting his verses toa classic group of Athenians—soldiers and maids. Running back was the sweep of a harbor, the shores of which were indented with bays and enlivened with craft; hish mountains reaching heavenward, their tops here and there charmingly lost in fleecy clouds. One could study and reflect, and find food for pleasant conversation while looking upon this most fas- cinating dream; but a damask curtain instead, suggests nothing but heat, glare, and expense without taste. In August next, if that fiery red cloud maintains itself, when it descends on a hot, summer roasted, gas-lit tormented au- dience, its members will be made to feel that the fiery fur- nace of Nebuchadnezzar, built for the roasting of Shad- rach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, was, by comparison, a kind of Arctic freezer. —Wallack’s Theatre has made itself memorable by the presentation of several of the old Englisly comedies, which give way fora new play, “adopted from the French” by Mr. Boucicault, entitled ‘‘A Man of Honor.” We dislike to part with really legitimate plays, which are given at this theatre better than they can be elsewhere presented, for imitations of any kind; but we suppose managers know their business, and they are right to present what the peo- ple apparently want. —The Union Square is crowded nightly to witness ‘‘Led Astray.” Itis useless for the press to be moral beyond public demand. So far, ail newspaper censure cast upon theatrical representations, the ultimate effect of which is to familiarize the popular mind with amorous intrigue, has had no other effect than to ‘‘fill the houses.” —The Olympic, after several weeks’ preparation, has produced an entertainment especially for the holidays, founded upon one of Mr. Dicken’s most popular Christmas stories, entitled ‘‘Gabriel Grub.” We have every reason to believe that it will be popular, and receive a liberal patron- age, especially from the young folks. In this piece the fa- mous Majiltons perform their startling antics, supposed to be peculiar to goblins, and they certainly make a feature of unusual excellence. —On Saturday night the Charity Amateur Dramatic As- sociation, under the management of Mrs. Sheridan Shook, gave “The Hunchback” and an entertaining farce entitled ‘““A Quiet Family,” at the Academy of Music, for the ben- efit of the Virginius sufferers. ‘The idea of an amateur dramatic performance, or any other dramatic performance being a success at the great building known as jhe Acad- emy of Music, is almost preposterous. The great genius of Salvini never was able to warm up the stage, entirely fill the house, nor command an enthusiastic audience. The actors are so far from the spectators that they cannot be heard with any pleasure, if heard at all. With all these disadvantages, the Amateurs had really full seats, and proved themselves competent to command attention. The principle parts were admirably sustained by Messrs. Bird Cordova, and Harry Leslie, and Mrs. Shook, Mrs. Good- year, and Mrs. King. These amateur performances this winter appear tobe most frequent dwell sustained. gle Cincinnati, Décember 20, 1878. ROBINSON'S OPERA HOUSE. —The second week of Miss Leclercq, notwithstanding the change of prices, has been unsuccessful. ‘‘Fate’’ does not take very well here. Aside from Miss Leclercq, ne particuiar merit was noticed on the part of any of the com pany. She will be succeeded by Robert McWade next week as Rip Van Winkle. WOOD'S THEATRE. —Mr. John Collins, the comedian, has been at this place all the week, playing to paying houses. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, ‘‘Colleen Bawn.” The rest of the week was taken up by ‘‘Rory O’More.” MOZART HALL. _—The Sheridan and Mack Combination, in connection with Sharpley’s Minstrels, have made a success of the va- riety business. PIKE’S OPERA HOUSE. —The old San Francisco Minstrels, with Backus at their head, have drawn the largest houses of the week. W.L. MERCENARY TROOPS. ‘ SS Sa - lies system of hiring foreigners to defend a country reached iis climax in Italy. Every petty prince, every sovereign count, every marquis holding under the emperor, had his mercenaries. The free republics made a bargain with some well known captain of Condottieri to do their fighting tor them fora certain annual sum. ‘The profes- sional soldiers thus enlisted had no desire to kill or be killed, and grew to look on bloodshed as an unfortunate ac- cident which now and then attended an encounter of two bodies of heavy-armed cavalry. It was not until the French and their Swiss auxiliaries were confronted by the Span- iards and German spearmen, who disputed with them the spoils of Italy, that Cisalpine warfare became a gory real- ity. Even after the decay of feudalism, compulsory mili- tary service, in Teutonic countries, at any rate, remained the rule, but only for the defence of the realm. In Eng- land, for instance, that ‘‘king’s press,” which Sir John Fal- staff so abused for his private profit, was a mere muster of militia against rebels or foreign raiders. * The disorderly rabble that the queen’s proclamation called into the field when the Spanish Armada coasted our shores was a sample of the militia of the period, and was divided, on paper at least, into two armies of great numerical strength. Lord Macaulay’s speculations as to the probable result of a con- test between this unwieldy mob, without discipline, provi- sions or officers, and the trained veterans under the skilful guidance of Parma, are moderate enough, and we can hardly wonder that no prince of the sixteenth and seven- teenth century was fond of relying ona force which the necessities of the age had outgrown. The palmy days of professional soldiering may be said, roughly speaking, to have been contemporaneous with the reigns of Tudor and Stuart. For then, abroad and at home, the fighting man was regarded as a skilled artisan, whose value in the labor market ruled high. Cromwell’s splendid army was maintained on the same footing, as to pay, which James the First had fixed for the remuneration of his small force engaged in the reconquest of Ulster. Ata time when the daily wages of a cloth weaver, or of a ploughman, sel- dom exceeded sixpence, it is evident that the soldier’s eight- pence, with the contingent advantages incidental to mili- tary arrangements, raised its recipient to a higher level of comfort than the average. Louvois, the thriftily disposed minister of sordid, splendid Louis the Fourteenth, first es- tablished the custom of relying on armies that were, in- deed, of great numerical strength, but systematically ill paid and ill fed. Hogarth’s grim caricature, in which the starvelling French sentinel guards the gates of Calais, was not such avery great exaggeration of the truth.-—All the Year Round. ' GENUINE ScotoH HotcH-Potcu.—An English pape gives the recipe of an ‘‘unsurpassable hotch-potch,” ob- tained from a cook in Oban, Scotland. It is as follows:— Take the best part of a neck of mutton, cut it small, bones and all, and boil it until thoroughly well done, or until the meat separates from the bones. Then remove the bones and put in # quantity of green peas and broad beans at dis- cretion, not to make the hotch-potch too thick; add a flavor of onions and parsley, torvether with a fair proportion of carrots, turnips, and kale or other cabbage, taking care to -make the combination thick enough, but not so thick as to deprive it of the character of a soup and convert it into a pottage and boil the whole for eight or nine hours. If you boil it for twelve, or even twenty hours, it will be none the worse, but all the better. If there be any left, boil i*up again on the next day and it will be better than or the first. The writer adds that there is a winter as we! asa summer hotch-potch, the absence of peas and p#ns and the substitution of such other vegetables, po*0es alone excepted, as may be got, forming the diffe*2ce between the two. Z ooo Tux Losr Dog.—Did the reader ever" a lost dog.in a great city? Not adog recently lost, of wild anxiety and restless pain and bewilderment, *! 0¢ Who had given up the search for a master in despa” 224 had become con- sciously a vagabond? If so, he #5 ee an animal that has lost his self-respect, travel}? in the. gutters, slinking along by fences, making acq ee aunty boys, be- coming a thorough coward, ike iat every admirable characteristic of a dog. ys TS De ASS EY ee Ae ON : belong to somebody is as hope- age; but a dog that does; ation ‘as d ORE less a specimen of dem; 4,, § can be found in the ich he has sought in vain for his ger We enon at first sight, and he knows thet ae ae "_ ne no’ loss of his place in the world, and um. —__—_—_— Terms, Five Dollars a Year, Strictly in Advance, i A discount of twenty percent. for five copies andupwards. Any person sending us one subscription and Five Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s ‘‘ Fisning Tourist,’ postage free. es, Advertising Rates. In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12lines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisements on outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices, 50 cents per line. Advertisements in double column 25 per cent. extra. Where advertisements are inserted over 1 month, a discount of 10 per cent. will be made; over three months, 20 per cent; over six months, 30 per cent. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1874. eS ES ee + SA le RR rs To Correspondents. ——__+——_——. All communications whatever, whether relating to business or literary correspondence, must be addressed to Tur Forrst AnD STREAM PUB- LISHING ComPpANY. Personal letters only, to the Manager. All communications intended for publication must be accompanied with real name, as a guaranty of good faith. Names will not be published if objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded. fi Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper are solicited. We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. Ladies are especially invited to use our columns, which will be pre- pared with vateful reference to their perusal and instruction. Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of their movements and transactions, as itis the aim of this paper become a medium of useful and reliable information between gentle- men sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will find our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements. The Publishers of Formst AND STREAM aim to merit and secure the patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that is beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always ,end to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise- ment or business notice of an immoral character will be received on any terms; and nothing will be admitted to any department o the paper that may not be read with propriety in the home circle. We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if money remitted to us is lost. ; Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. CHARLES HALLOCKH, Managing Editor. HAPPY NEW YEAR! ring out a merry peal! Let all the rubbish of the O.p—its sorrows, panics, perils, and distresses, go out with the departed dead. Dig deeply the grave, if need be, and bury all in oblivion. Set the old veteran’s face toward the East, Indian fashion, pitch him his hour-glass and scythe, pull his cow] over his head, and bid him good speed on wings of time to join the hosts of years that have gone before to make up the cycles. Hopes and promises are ever wound like wreaths of flowers around the chain of the future, and past distresses bring no discouragement to re- peated efforts. And yet, after all, not much of serzeus dis- aster or peril has marked the year just past. Clouds that threatened have either lapsed away, or actual calamities have been tempered by the purification that resulted. As for us of the Forest AND STREAM, whom financial troubles overtook with others, we can hang green garlands upon the milestone that marks the year departed. Our journal is already a success, both pecuniarily and in the estimation in which it is held by its patrons at home and abroad. We presume no newspaper has ever started in this country which so soon established its position; and old journalists pronounce its success a marvel. We have re- ceived the recognition in Europe and here of leading scicn- tific men and institutions, and their actual support, in large measure. We promise much for the future, but not more than we can perform. Improvements in quantity and quality of our material will keep pace with the patronage vouchsafed to us. Our friends are both earnest and stead- fast, and we feel with kindly sympathy the warmth of the grip which the true brotherhood of sportsmen give us. Gentlemen: The protection given to our streams and forests, is a guaranty of abundant bags in future. What can we say with more earnest purpose or courteous expres- sion, than to wish you all A HAPPY New Y2#AR, and to express the hope that with the recurring seasons your bags may be always full, and your hearts overflow with kindness to all men, and especially to the beautiful dumb creatures who claim your protection and are entitled toit. Brethren, we salute you ! Ne let the joy-bells that usher in the Nnrw YEAR ————$——_—— CHAMPION PomnTER Doa “Briun,”—The portrait of this remarkable dog, the champion of England for 1878, the winner of the great Bala Field . trials, for all aged pointers and setters, beating Mr. Macdona’s Ranger, Mr. Llewellen’s Countess and Flax, Mr. Slatter’s Rob Roy, &c., &c., with pedigree, and points made in the trial appended, sent by mail. Price, $1. Discount to the trade. FOREST anp STREAM Publishing Co., 103 Fulton street, NY: THE FOREST AND STREAM GREETING. a N the advent of the New Year the Formst AND STREAM offers its congratulations to its numerous readers and thinks the occasion a most fitting one for its editor to re- turn his sincere thanks to the public who have so gene- ‘rously given the paper their patronage and support. Perhaps there is no feeling in the human heart so pleas ant, or which impels one to more vigorous action than a retrospective survey taken of obstacles successfully sur- mounted, and of work accomplished amidst checks and hin- drances. If impediments have been placed in our way, they have arisen solely from accidental causes, such as of the monetary crises, which affected all business, and not from any inherent fault within the paper itself. The projector of the Forrest anp SrRHAM, had carefully surveyed the ground many years in advance, and was thoroughly imbued with the idea that the gentlemen of the United States, those who hunted and fished, who rowed and sailed, who played cricket or base ball, who loved horses and dogs, who were fond of rational sports, who discountenanced what was coarse and low, would take most kindly to just such a paper as he proposed to edit, and his aspirations cf success have been more than verified in the paper of his creation, the FoREST AND STREAM. From the very first number, issued August the 14th, 1878, the appreciation we have met with has been even a matter of surprise tous. To-day, with our twenty-first number, though in a newspaper sense we may be but,a bantling as to years; we have been warmly taken in hand not only by the public, but by our older confréres of the press, and have been treated with a respect beyond our years (or months) or merits. Of course there must be always certain amount of indivi- ality about a paper which gives it its peculiar stamp, but the ForEst AND STREAM owes its success and«credit per- haps more to the effarts of of its contributors than to any- thing else. With us the task has been often a most diffi- cult and delicate one, to select from the varied richness which has been showered upon us. From North, South, East and West there has come to us matter of rare excel- lence, written with freshness and elegance, describing lo- calities, giving notes on birds and fishes, which have not only been of use to sportsmen, but have called the atten- jion of naturalists both at home and abroad. One, two or three men, no matter how thorough may be their journalistic training, from the peculiar character of their task, cannot, even at their best, always furnish that vigorous and natural matter which often emanates from fresher and younger pens, outside of the profession. We repeat, then, that our sincere thanks are due to our con- tributors, believing that the success of the Forrest AND STREAM belongs more to them than to ourselves. But it is for us rather to think of the time to come, and the advance the Forrest AND STREAM must make in this year, than to expatiate on past performances. Now that the first course has been eaten, the appetite whetted, not satiated, what is coming by and by? It takes time, a long time, to arrange thoroughly all those various lines, which, like telegraph wires diverge from one common newspaper centre. The ForEST AND STREAM has arranged to have correspondence of interest furnished it from England, the Continent, and from the East. There is a homely adage ‘‘that the proof of the pudding is in the eating of it.” When at this season the old year is lost sight of, and the new year, strong and lusty at his birth, is greeted with shouts and toasts and merry mak- ‘ings, as the plum pudding is placed on the board, think of us, kind reader. As we are with all of you this year in your rejoicings, (if not in person at least in spirit,) let us hope that we may be even better acquainted, and that a perma- nent frienpship may be made between you and the Forust AND STREAM, not only for this year of 1874, but for many a long year to come. re WHAT THEY THINK OF OUR RIFLE MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND. ——— NDER date of December 19th, the Volunteer Service Gazette, the official organ of the English Volunteer Force, copies in full from the columns of the Forrst anp SrreamM our extended reports of Creedmoor, and thus editorially comments upon the rifle movement in the United States :— ‘“We have great pleasure in publishing, from a New York contemporary, a full report of the meeting of the United States Rifle Association in October last. We see that our American cousins are already contemplating the probability of International Rifle matches. May we once more repeat that a team from the United States would be, we are sure, most heartily welcomed at Wimbledon, and that the objections we have so often urged against Kuropean International competitions do not apply at all to the inter- change of visits of ‘eights’ or ‘twenties’ between Wimbledon and Creedmoor.” We perfectly agree with our contemporary in regard to the stupidity of bringing together on the rifle range in an International match, whole companies of men unaccustom- ed to the more delicate use of the rifle, who fire away mo- notously for hours, making ricochets and scoring nothing. Of course practice is necessary for all hands, and while we may watch with interest the exercises of even an awkward squad at the rifle range, when it comesto amatch one feels tired and disappointed at having to witness the efforts of tyros.” The reference the Volunteer Service Gazertemakes to ‘‘the objections urged against European International matches,” is directed towards the visits paid by foreign Volunteer troops to England, when contests took place at Wimbledon. Socially, these visits were of the greatest benefit, and with their well-known hospitality, the English Volunteers gaye to their foreign guests a most cordial greeting. But when it came to shooting for rifle contests, whole foreign brigades not knowing anything about their weapons, save their drill manual, the exhibition of their shooting must have been as wearisome as it was without practical results. A vifle range is the place of course for both the muffs and experts. But when at some future time our Internationa] match takes place and we send our men abroad, of course it will be only a most carefully selected team, which must represent the elite of our rifle shots, and should the Irish team, whose challenge was reeorded by us some time ago, pay us a visit, we may feel pretty sure that the best rifle men in Ireland will he selected. We sincerely trust that the challenge thrown out by Mr. Leech in behalf of the Irish Rifle Association, will be taken up by the members of our own National Rifle Association, and that the Amateur Rifle Club, will make all due arrange- ments for their reception, and will have the authority to select such American marksmen as they may think the most fitting to enter in the contest. Whether it would be wise to accept the challenge for the coming season of 1874 or to postpone it until our own men have had more practice at long ranges, we suppose the Amateur Rifle Club will best be able to determine. We feel, though, very certain that when we are honored by a visit from the English or Irish Rifle Teams, the same courtesy on the range, which welcomed our Provincial’ rifle friends, and which they have most pleasantly acknowl- edged, -vill be extended to all the members of the English Volunteer Service, The Volunteer Service Gazette concludes the review of Creedmoor as follows in regard to the Irish challenge victory :-— | ‘‘The conditions of the challenge are liberal, and do not impose any seriously objectionable restrictions. The want of experier ce and need of a reliable long-range rifle of American mazufacture may cause some mistrust, but should the American National Rifle Association accept and invite the English and Scotch teams to participate, Wimbledon could scarcely create more interest or a greater furore than Creedmoor.” Just as we were writing this, we have the intelligence of the ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHALLENGE. In pursuance of the resolution of the Amateur Rifle Club, published in the FoREst anp StrEAM of November 27th, a letter has been addressed to their President, Captain Geo. W. Wingate, to A. Blenerhasset Leech, the Captain of the Irish Team, stating the willingness of that Club to accept the challenge on behalf of themselves and the riflemen of America, and asking Mr. Leech to specify the nature of the deposit referred to in his letter. No objection is made to the terms of the challenge, except, that as the range at Creedmoor is limited to one thousand yards, the firing must not exceed that distance. The letter closes with the remark, that while the Amateur Club, from their recent organization, are not very sanguine of surpassing marksmen of such renown as Mr. Leech’s Irish Team, yet, they have no hesitation of assuring them of a cordial welcome to this country. PRIZE AND FIELD DOGS. ; Se a M* of the pointers and setters imported from abroad of late years, have gained a high reputation at prize dogs, animals that have taken medals and cups as some well advertised prize dog-show. For weeks previous to the show, these dogs have been carefully fed, combed, brushed and medically treated, in order that they may appear on the day of competition, with all their points standing out in symmetrical array before the sensitive eye of the judges. Not satisfied with all this overwrought preparation, the ex- hibitors even go further; the cages and kennelsare allnicely _ painted, so that the color of the dog may harmonize with the exact shade of the kennel, and so show the dog to the ever critical eye to the best advantage. Again these animals are clothed in an elaborately worked coat, covering the shoulders, ribs and hind-quarters, leaving only the head, legs and part of the neck of the dog to be distinctly seen by the o# polloi; so that the general public have no op- portunity of judging of some of the most important parts of the animal—that is the chest, ribs and hind- quarters. We, of course, admit that the head of any animal, like the head of man, is or ought to be the promi- nent characteristic feature of the entire body; but we do consider as ranking next in importance, the hind-quarters or _ propelling part ofthedog. Many sportsmen have remarked to the writer about prize dogs in language like the follow- ing: ‘* What a splendid dog he is to look at! How beauti- fully his head is shaped! Quite the correct color for shoot- ing over! Observe his fine feathered tail and silky coat!” Just take him out in the field, however, and he will be found for shooting over game not worth the powder to kill him. Now take the case of field dogs. They must perform well or they are worthless for any and every purpose. As a general thing those field dogs are not the beau-ideal of perfection of beauty, nor are they the marvels of symmetry that most persons outside the shooting fraternity imagine them to be, but take them into the scrub oak and brush, which is the only test of a dog for the purchaser and sports man, it is there these animals show thcir wonderful breed- ing, training and extraordinary bringing out of the dorman; FOREST AND STREAM. 329 instinct. When such animals get accustomed to the sound of the voice, it is indeed a great pleasure and instructive recreation to shoot over them. The case of the English Champion Pointer ‘‘Belle,” is an exception to the above rules of excellence and beauty combined, as she is acknow- ledged even by her opponents, who differ with Mr. Price as to strain, breeding and training, to be the handsomest and best working dog they ever saw, having a chest and neck like a Flanders mare. We know of one pointer more especially, who is extremely ungainly looking; his color is like dirty brick dust and yellow; his head is poorly put on, with a fairly well-shaped and strong-scenting nose; but his hind quarters show form of action, and working powers in the field, especially when drawing on game, which is un- surpassed by any animal that has come under our notice. Weare firmly impressed that this dog would give ‘‘Belle” a very severe trial if the points for “‘Drawing” in the lave fleld trials in England were raised to 10 points and ‘‘Break- ing” reduced to 15 points. We feel assured that this homely looking dog would beat with ease on these particular points the justly celebrated English pointer. The great desideratum in the purchasing of these animals, which is devoutly to be wished by all true sportsmen, is the grand combination of form, beauty and symmetry; and above all,a staunch, steady, energetic animal. Give us the imported Red Irish setter, crossed with many American bred dogs we could mention, the puppies of which, when well trained on the silent system, we believe would excel in fair open field trial any dogs that the world could produce. eee THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND RIFLE PRACTICE. ee I’. is most especially to be hoped that the rifle movement so successfully inaugurated by the National Rifle Asso- ciation will have the widest development. Now that the winter prevents rifle practice, it behooves the numerous National Guard organizations throughout the country to talk over and discuss their plans for having ranges of their own, or to affiliate with the National Rifle Association. There is no reason why, with the excellent material they have in the west, at Chicago or St. Louis, that one or both of these cities should not have ranges constructed after the model of Creedmoor for the use of their soldiers and sportsmen. We can assure them that the managers of the National Rifle Association would give them all the help and advice in their power. We even entertain the hope that the inauguration of a range in the west will not be far dis- tant. This question has been on our minds for some time, Why are not some steps taken to make the National Rifle Association a national institution? The rank and file of the United States army want instruction in rifle practice quite as much as the National Guard, if not even more. Why cannot Congress authorize the offering of prizes, on behalf of the United States, to be given to each regiment in the regular army, with a certain amount of prizes to be distributed annually to the best regiments or their teams in the militia of the different States, together with a valu- able prize to be shot for at Creedmoor once every year, the contestants being the best shots, taken from among the regulars and the militia of the United States? This would be simply following an example which has been found abroad to be of the utmost value. The Queen’s prize at. Wimbledon places the regulars and the volunteers together on the rifle range, and brings together two thou- sand of the best marksmen that can be found in England or the colonies. What good reason can there be why a similar prize cannot be offered by the War Department of the United States? Although we may be in a period when people are clamorous that all Government expenses must be retrenched, the expenses for such an undertaking would amount to little or nothing. Of the use of such practice it is hardly necessary for us to state the great advantages to be derived from it. Let us take our late trouble with Cuba as an example. . Had there been war with Spain, an immediate call would have been on the militia for the defense of our coast. How much more secure we would have felt had we been assured that all our volunteers were skilful with their weapons. As to regulars, the Modoc campaign might never have occurred, or would certainly have have had a more rapid and less sanguine termination, had our regular troops been better acquainted with their rifles. It was a contest between say- ages who knew how to use their guns and regulars who had no practice with their rifles. We believe that most of the officers of the United States army think with us as to the necessity of their men apply- ing themselves more thoroughly with the use of their wea- pons, and at least for the present we can hardly imagine a better method, or one better calculated to engender brisk rivalry than to pit the National Guard against the regulars on the rifle range. General Ord, who seems to most fully appreciate the value of the rifle practice, and who has always given every encouragement to Creedmoor, in one of his orders to his troops instructed them ‘‘to use the Government timber in making targets,” and added this most pithy sentence, “that it was cheaper by far to use up the wood in this way than in making coffins.” If the use of a rifle range has already worked wonders among our own National Guard, developing an esprit de corps and stimulating the men to excel—rifle practice re- lieving them somewhat from the monotony of the drill— what might not intelligent rifle practice, fostered by Gov- ernment aid, do for the privates in the regular service? It would while away the tedium of many a soldier’s irksome hour, and inculcate a love for their profession, and thus do away with that indifference and consequent desertion which seems now to be the bane of the regular service. more, the self-reliance acquired by the soldier in the reg- ular service on the rifle range might often save his own life and allow him to triumph over his foe. Nay, 0 THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL. ——————+—— S 1873 passes away, and ’74 commences its career, but two years anda half intervene between to-day and the great American Industrial Exhibition to be held on July the 4th, 1876, at Philadelphia. preparation of this enterprise of untold granduer and mag- nitude will be but short. The time then for the If the ways and means to be found, some $10,000,000, require a certain period of time, the huge extent of buildings to be erected, to cover some thirty-five to forty acres of ground, even if they were to be commenced to-day must take fully two years to complete. The permanent building is to cost alone somewhere be- tween two and three millions of dollars, and the machinery, horticultural and agricultural halls, $500,000 each. The Cen- tennial Board of Finance who have heretofore confined their operations to Pennsylvania, have had already $3,500,- 000 subscribed. “The event to be commemorated,” as was stated by Mr. McKean, one of the Philadelphia Board of Finance, ‘‘is the grandest in the political history of the world.” The expo- sition will show the progress made in art, agriculture and manufacture during the first one hundred years of our national life. If Pennsylvania is supposed to be the manu- facturing State, New York has more manufactories than the Keystone State. It is then not impossible to sup- pose, that from her proximity to Philadelphia, New York alone will require more space than was occupied by all France and England at the late Viennese exhibition. We sincerely trust that the expression of sympathy, not given by words but by action on the part of the City and State of New York, and from all other sections of the ‘country will be the best disavowal of all ideas of local rivalry, and that there will be a recognition of this most noble endeavor to perpetuate the memory of our Independ- ence in its fullest and broadest sense. From abroad, the prospects are of the most encouraging character. The great German, Prince Bismarck, has recommended the ac- ceptance of the invitation and has advised the-appointment of a commissioner for each state of the German Empire, and that aresident Plenipotentiary be sent to. Philadel- phia to reside there until the close of the exhibition. France and Belgium have shown, too, a friendly alacrity in decid- ing to participate in the exhibition. Even far off China and Japan will send their wonderful goods, and a grand Turkish Bazaar rivalling that of Constantinople is promised. Amid this forthcoming avalanche of goods and chat- tels, the work of all the brains and genius of a civiliz- ed world, though we may be driven to madness amid this chaos of wonderful things, we too of the ForEST AND SrrEAM, must takealargeinterest. Where will we find but in this coming Centennial a collection of all the sporting attributes, the guns and fishing implements of the world? A large and spacious quarter of the exhibition devoted to this purpose alone would excite untold curiosity, and afford a wonderful amount of instruction. The whole scheme is a colossal one, and the Centennial no doubt will be made worthy of the great event it cele- brates. —_—— $5 > + Tur United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries has lately received through the agency of Messrs. Middle- ton, Carman & Oo., the well known fish dealers of Fulton market, very fine specimens, in perfect condition, of the English turbot, brill, and sole, which have been carefully cast in plaster and added to the collection of casts of food fishes and deposited by the commissioners in the National Museum at Washington. This collection, which we had the pleasure of examining a short time ago, while visiting Washington, is one of ex- treme interest and importance, and is altogether unique in its character, embracing already some three hundred speci- mens, of various sizes, from the smallest up to fish that weighed originally 750 pounds, The fish are cast on slabs and framed. They are painted in oil by an accomplished artist, so as to seem an almost exact reproduction of the original fish as just taken from the water. Among the specimens shown to us are the California and Maine salmon of both sexes and of various stages of growth and condition, numerous sharks, skates, rays, flat fish, herring, shad, mackerel, etc. We would advise any of our readers who may happen to be in Washington not to omit calling at the Smithsonian Institution to inspect this beautiful collection, or such por- tion of it as is on exhibition. +e —The veteran angler and author, Thaddeus Norris, Esq., of Philadelphia, well known to every lover of the ‘‘gentle art” through his ‘‘American Angler’s Book,” has been spending a few daysin Washington as the guest of Mr. Wilkinson,-of K street, who gave him on the 28d inst. a little complimentary dinner, at which were present the fol- lowing friends of the rod and the fish, viz.: Prof. Gill, of the Smithsonian Institution, Mr. Miller, Deputy U._ 5. Commissioner of Fisheries; Dr. Frank Reilly, of the Bu- reau of Marine Hospitals; Dr. Yarrow, Surgeon Naturalist of the Wheeler expedition, and Judge Thacher, Assistant Commissioner of Patents. Charles Hallock, of New York, editor of the Forest anD STREAM, who was an invited guest, was hurried off to Philadelphia by business a day or two previous, Sporting dlews from Abyoad. \ K JHAT! Has a regular challenge, in all its accepted forms, been absolutely thrown out by the English House of Commons to the august House of Lords, the for- mer to contest with the latter in a steeple chase? Land and Water distinctly states that the challenge (so they un derstand) has been given or will be given by an Honorable member of the House of Commons, who represents one of the midland counties of England. If the English Parlia ment makes the Derby a dies non, why should they not be willing to devote another day toa regular stiff cross-country race, Certainly such an event would attract more atten- tion than even one of their most stirring debates, Lords and Commons as contestants in pigeon matches and rifle shooting, though not distinctly stated as sporting rivalities between the two branches of her Majesty’s government, have been quite common. If sucha steeple chase should take place among the younger members of the House, we are inclined to think the Lords would carry off the honors. If the English nobleman who sits by prerogative of birth in the House of Lords, is passably haw-haw, and makes but poor and indifferent speeches, all the talent of England. being in the lower House, very probably in field sports the | Lords are the superior of the Commons. A hunting and coursing prestige belongs to the Lords, and did we wager on sporting events, we would give. odds in favor of the House of Nobs. Fancy sucha proposition as the above emanating from an American source! Think of it, ye grave members of the Senate, or ye more boisterous ones of the House of Representatives! A. challenge, en regie, between Messrs. Blaine, Dawes and Bingham and Conklin on one side, and Messrs. Butler, Sumner, Schurz and Thurman on the other, to mount horses and to ride five miles out at full speed, over ditches, plowed fields, artifi- cial and natural obstacles. How elegantly Mr. 8. 5. Cox and Mr. Fernando Wood would act as starters, and then for judges we might have Messrs. Edmunds and Morton. Alas, we are afraid that no matter how carefully every pre- liminary of the Washington steeple chase would be ar- ranged, it would after all take a decided political bias, and that the steeple chasers; the flyers, and the representative jocks, instead of each one sporting his respective colors, and trying to win for the fun of the thing, would all be marshalled under two sets, the. Kepublicans and the Demo crats, and that the best rider on the best horse wotild make the winning post the stepping stone tosome Presidency in the future. There is howevera good strong and healthy tendency towards field sports in both our Houses which we trust in time will be better developed, and it is exactly to this element that the ForEsST AND STREAM looks for aid and support in those measures for the preservation of our forests and the founding of public parks which we so strenuously urge. —The question of deer 2s. sheep in Scotland seems to have been most carefully investigated by the recent Game Laws Committee, and the conclusion arrived at was that deer can live and furnish food where sheep cannot even exist. It was shown tothe committee that on a certain grazing farm, 2,000 head of deer could be kept, which might carry 6,000 sheep, but that the former would yield 38,640 pounds of venison every year, while the quantity of mutton furnished would be less, while the expense of keep- ing the deer was nothing, whereas the sheep had to be fed during the winter. Of course all arguments in favor of having deer on Scotch ground would not hold for a mo- mentif the land could be tilled and planted, but it seems to be quite conclusively demonstrated that in most of the cases where land has been given up to the deer that it was soil of the most worthless cha1acter and unfit for cultiva- tion. —The great coming event in England in coursing is the Waterloo cup, andso far no less than sixty-four entries have beenmsde. It may be a long time before such a grey hound as Lord Lurgan’s Master McGrath will be found, and all English coursing devotees regret the retirement of Lord Lurgan from the field in consequence of his ill health. To have bred and owned in a lifetime one such wonderful dog as Master McGrath is honor enough. —The London Meld has a most clever correspondent who writes of chamois stalking in the Tyrol. The huntsman was among the Tyrolese Alps, and pluckily follows a cha- mois down a precipice. The Feld correspondent being be- lated, passes a night in the piercing cold winds, some 9,000 feet above the sca, and barely escapes freezing to death. Of course this is one of the chances of this arduous chase. It is the conclusion which quite interests us. The chamois hunter says: ‘Eight hours afterwards I was safely shel- tered in my country inn at Schwaz. Leaving by the night express, I sat, sixty hours later, beforea comfortable fire in my lodgings in London, and nobody could have imagined that three nights previous I passed twelve hours, which at that time seemed to me an eternity, high up in,the Tyrol- ean Alps.” Most pleasantly written is this, and one can imagine the writer to the Field seated cosily, in slippers and dressing gown, in his own snug quarters, may be meer- chaum in mouth, scarcely able to realize himself, in this rapid locomotive era of ours, how, in so short a time, the transition was made between the dreary Alps and his own comfortable quarters. Of course one may tire of pointing out the wonderful means we have now at our command of running from place to place over the world. Here seated in our editorial rooms we can leave in a train in just twenty minutes and in seven hours’ travel from 103 Fulton street, 330 FOREST AND STREAM. we can have a shot at a bear who is ranging the woods just 120 miles from our desk, (so at least a correspondent informs us whose kind note of invitation we are just in receipt of.) As for that, in sixty-nine to seventy-two hours easy going from New York we can kill a buffalo, and if we wish to have this pleasant diversion with all its accompaniments, could have, by journeying some seven hours more, a neat scrimmage with our brother Lo, and either raise hair or have our own grizzly locks taken as an ornament for some peripetetic lodge pole. Who knows but that some day, after breakfast, our great-grand-children may not go off to the Papuan islands, shoot a brace of birds of paradise for their sisters, and return in time for dinner, which plumes their fair sisters may want to deck their persons with ata soiree to be held the same evening in Kamtschatka, —French sportsmen are in great commotion in regard to a change in the game laws. There is a rumor that hunting permits, or the right to carry a gun, are to be raised from 25.to 50 francs; that a considerable tax is to be imposed on powder and shot, and even that all shooting (game bird shooting?) shall cease fora year, in order that the game may increase. We notice too in the Chasse Illustreé a curi- ous instance of the French red tape system. M. M. La- marche and Lavigne, game and provision merchants, of Paris, expected to have shipped to them from New York on the 29th of last month, a consignment of prairie chick- ens and buffalo meat for the delectation of the Parisian gourmands. Now, according to some very arbitrary rul- ings of the commissioner who has the subject of the Pari- sian markets under his charge, these enterprising provision merchants are not to be allowed, according to the august judgment of the commissioner, to sell buffalo meat, as this bureaucrat cannot understand that buffalo is game, but classes its meat with the beef derived from the tamer bo- vine races. The hitch isthat in the certain markets where Messrs. Lamarche and Lavigne want to sell their buffalo meat, game only is allowed to be sold. M. Chevalier, the excellent editor of the Chasse Iilustrée, of course takes up the cudgels for the bison, which he very properly declares to be a game animal. Should the French bureau- crat be on the prairie with an old buffalo bull, head down, eyes flashing fire, and charging at him, he would very possibly not only learn a lesson in natural history, but acquire the fact that the buffalo is decidedly game. —The question is being agitated by the liberal party in Holland of removing entirely all the game laws. ++ FOOD FISHES OF THE UNITED STATES. \ ’ We are much gratified at the opportunity herewith afforded to aid in the very important and arduous work in whicn Professor Baird is engaged, and trust that his ap- peal will be warmly responded to, Itis the duty of every one and direcily to his own interest, to contribute what he knows of the food fishes in any given section of the coun- try. j Unrrep StarEs Commission, Fish AND FISHERIES, WaAsHiInetTon, Dec. 238, 1873. Eprror ForEsT AND STREAM :— Dar Srr:—One of the duties with which I have charged mvself as U. §S. Commissiorer of Fish and Fisheries is to prepare and furnish to Congress a report upon the food fishes of the United States, to consist of descriptions of the genera and species, together with as copious biogra- phies as may be procurable, the whole. to be illustrated by reliable figures of the species. Although I devote much time every summer to personal research in this direction, it is imposible for me to cover the ground completely, and I am desirous of securing the assistance of all who, have any facts at their disposal towards accomplishing my object in a satisfactory manner. ~ Lenclose to you a series of questions in reference to a number of the subjects of special inquiry, and shall be greatly indebted to any of your correspondents for answers to any, inregard to any particular species. In giving these answers it is not necessary to repeat the question itself | but merely to refer to its number. I am already indebted to many gentlemen for service in this connectlon and I hope through the instrumentality of your widely circulated paper to secure many additional data. Full credit will of course be given in my report to all to-;whom I am under obligations. I can supply pamphlet copies of the questions to those who may desire them. Very truly, yours, ' §prENcER F. Barr, Crarites Harioce, Esq., Commmissioner. Editor of Forest AND STREAM. MEMORANDA OF INQUIRY RELATIVE TO THE FOOD FISHES OF THE UNITED STATES. A. Name of fish in different localities. B. Geographical distribution at present time; change of location with season of year in former times; supposed cause of any permanent change. —s_, C. Abundance; at present time, In different seasons and localities; in former times, in different seasons and locali- ties; supposed cause of variation 1n abundance; probable change in the future. j D. Size; maximum length and weight; average length and weight; rate of growth, length and weight at one, two three, etc., years; difference in sexes in this respect. BE. Migration and movements, arrival and departure; pe- riod of stay; certainty of arrival; route of movement, com- ing and going; number and times of runs or schools in one season, and differences, if any, in the runs; differences in arrival of the sexes and ages; feeding of fish after arrival; summer abode; winter abode; if anadromous, when entering the fresh water aud when leaving; if anadromous, what the movements up and-down fresh waters, of adults or of young; rateof progression of schools in fresh or salt water; relation of movements to tides; depth of water preferred by schools or single fish; temperature and general condition of water preferred; favorite localities in any region, whether bottom be sandy, rocky, muddy, grassy, etc. F. Relationships; to its own species, whether gregarious, solitary, grouped by age or sex at any season, predaceous, etc.; to other animals, whether preyed upon by them, feed- ing upon them, etc.; special enemies, friends or compan- ions. ; G. Food; nature; mode of taking it; time of taking it; quantity consumed. | H. Reproduction; interference with spawning, by lines, nets, etc.; age of male and female, ‘respectively, when ca- pable of reproduction; change in physical.condition, (color, shape, fatness, etc.;) date of spawning, and its duration as relating to the individual as well as to the species; preferred localities for spawning, as to place, temperature, etc.; special habits during spawning season; special habits be- fore or after spawning; ratio of mortality in old fish from spawning; number of successive years of capacity for spawning; nesting places; are nesting places prepared? if so, whether of grass, stones, sand, etc., or cleared areas, and whether made by one sex only, or both; if ridges or furrows are formed, how made; the eggs; mode of fe- cundation; where laid; where and how attached, if at all; covered up, and how, or exposed in water; number laid by one fish at one time, and the number during lifetime; size and color; special enemies; guarding of eggs by cither sex, the embryo and young fish; ratio of fish hatched to num- ber of eggs laid; proportion of young fish attaining maturity; ‘movement after birth, whether remaining on spawning eround and how long; or whether changing from fresh to salt, or salt to fresh water, etc., and when; general ap- pearances, and successive changes; rate of growth; special food; enemies and diseases of eggs and young; relation of parent fish, of either sex, to young; whether protective, predatory, etc. ‘ J. Diseases. K. Parasites. L. Artificial fish-culture. M. Protection by law. N. Capture; methods; by lines; by nets, floating or mov- able, (seines, gill-nets, ete.;) fixed, (traps, pounds, weirs, © dams, etc.;) other methods of capture; bait; influence of modes of capture on abundance; season of capture; by lines; by nets; otherwise; time of tide when taken; statis- tics of capture; by lines; by nets; otherwise; value of fish taken; disposition of fish taken; economical value and uses; for food, (fresh, salted, smoked, dried, etc. ;) for oil; for manure; for otlier purposes; price, in its variations with place, season and year; export and trade, in their variations with place, season and year. P. Remarks relative to foreign or domestic allies. QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE FOOD FISHES OF THE UNITED _ STATES. A, NAME. 1 What is the name by which this fish is known in your neighborhood? If possible, make an outline sketch for better identification. B, DIstRIBUTION. 2. Is it found throughout the year, or only during a cer- tain time; and for what time? 3 If resident, is it more abundant at certain times of the year; and at what times? C. ABUNDANCE. 4. How abundant is it, compared with other fish? 5. Has the abundance of the fish diminished or increesed within the last ten years, or is it about the same? 6. If diminished or increased, what is the supposed cause? j 7%, Whatis the amount, or extent, of the change in the abundance? D. Size. 8. What is the greatest size to which it attains, (both length and weight,) and what the average? 9. State the rate of growth, per annum, if known; and the size at one, two, three, or more years. 10. Do the sexes differ in respect to shape, size, rate of growth, etc. ? “> E. MigRatTion AND MovEMENTS. 11. By whatroute do these fish come in to the shore; and what the subsequent movements? 12, By what route do they. leave the coast? 13. Where do they spend the winter season? 14. When are the fish first known or seen to come near the shore, and when does the main body arrive; are the first the largest; are there more schools or runs than one coming in, and at what intervals? 15. When do the fish leave shore, and is this done by de- grees or in a body? 16. Is the appearance of the fish on the coast regular and certain, or do they ever fail for one or more seasons at a time, and then return in greater or lessabundance? If so, to what cause is this assigned? 17. How do the runs differ from each in number and size? 18. Which sex comes in first; and how far advanced is the spawn in the female on first arriving? 19. Will either sex, or both, take the hook on first arriv- ing; and if so, is there any period of the stay of the fish when they refuse it? 20. If they refuse the hook at first, how soon do they be- gin to take it after arriving? 21. Do the schools of fish swimi high or low; and is their arrival known otherwise than by their capture; that is, do they make a ripple on the water, do they attract birds, etc. ? 22. What is the relation of their movements to the ebb and flow of the tide? ; 93. Does spawn ever run out of these fish taken with a hook?. 24, Answer same question in regard to fish taken in nets or pounds; is the spawn ever seen in any quantity floating about inside of nets? 25. Are these fish anadromous; that is, do they run up from the sea into fresh water for any, and for what pur- ose? ’ 26. Il anadromous, when are they first seen off the coast; when do they enter the mouths of the rivers, and what is the rate of progression up stream? ~ 27. If anadromous, what the length of their stay in fresh water, and when do they return to the sea? 98, Do the different sexes or ages vary in this respect? 99. Do these fish come on to the breeding grounds before they are mature; or do you find the one and two year old fish with the oldest? 30. Whatare the favorite localities of these fish; say whether in still water or currents; shallow or deep water; on the sand; in grass; about rocks, etc. ? 81. What depth of water is preferred by these fish? 32. What the favorite temperature and general character of water? ; F. RELATIONSHIP. 83. Do these fish go in schools after they have done spawning, or throughout the year; or are they scattered and . solitary ? 34. Have they any special friends or enemies? . 35. To what extent do they prey on other fish; and on what species? 36. To what extent do they suffer from the attacks of other fish, or other animals? G. Foon. 87. What is the nature of their food? 38. Are there any special peculiarities in the manner of feeding of these fish? 39. What amount of food do they consume? H. REPRODUCTION. 40. Is there any marked change in the shape or color of either sex during the breeding season; or any peculiar de- volopement of or on any portion of the body, asthe mouth, fins, scales, etc. ? 41. Are there any special or unusual habits during the spawning season? 42. Is spawning interfered with by lines or nets, or other- wise? . 43. At what age does the male begin to breed; and at what age the female? 44, For how many years can these fish spawn? | 45. Does the act of spawning exert an injurious effect? 46. Where do these fish spawn, and when? 47, Can you give any account of the process; whether males and females go in pairs, or one female and two males; whether the sexes are mixed indiscriminately, ete? 48. Is the water ever whitened or colored by the milt of the male? 49. What temperature of water is most favorable for hatching. 50. At what depth of water are the eggs laid, if on or near the bottom? 51. What is the size and color of the spawn? 52. What is the estimated number for each fish; and ho ascertained? 538. Answer the question for one season, and for the life- time. 54. Do the eggs, when spawned, sink to the bottom and become attached to stones, grass, etc., or do they float in the water until hatched? 55. Do the fish heap up or construct any kind ot nest, whether of sand, gravel, grass, or otherwise; and if so, is the mouth, the snout, or the tail used for the purpose, or what; andif so, how is the material transported; or do they make any excavation in the sand or gravel? 56. Do they watch over their nest, if made, either singly or 1n pairs? . 57. When are the eggs hatched, and in what period of time after being laid? ; 58. What percentage of eggs laid is usually hatched? 59. What percentage of young attains to maturity? 60. What is the rate of growth? 61. Do the parents, either or both, watch over the young after they are hatched? 62. Do they carry them in the mouth, or otherwise? 63. What enemies interfere with or destroy the spawn or the young fish? Do the parext fish devour them? 64. Are the young of this fish found in abundance, and in what localities? 65. On what do they appear to feed? I. ARTIFICIAL CULTURE. 66. Have any steps been taken to increase the abundance of this fish by artificial breeding? - 2 K. PROTECTION. 67. Are these fish protected by law or otherwise? L. DISHASES, 68. Has any epidemic or other disease ever been noticed among them, such as*to cause their sickness or death in greater or less number? 69. When have these epidemics taken place, and to what causes have they been assigned? M. PARASITES. 70. Are crabs, worms, lampreys, or other living animals found attached to the outside or.on the gills of these fish? N. CAPTURE. 71. How is this fish caught; if with a hook, what are the different kinds of bait used, and which are preferred? 72. If in nets, in what kind? 73. At what season and for what period is it taken in nets, and when with the line? . 74. What would be the average daily catch of one person with the hook, and what the total for the season? 75. Answer the same question for one seine or pound of specified length. 76. Is the time of catching with nets or pounds different from that with lines? 77. Is it caught more on one time of the tide than on another? ; O. EconoMICAL VALUE AND APPLICATION. 78. What disposition is made of the fish caught, whether used on the spot or sent elsewhere, and if so, where? 79. What is its excellence as food, fresh or salted? 80. How long does it retain its excellence as a fresh fish? 81. To what extent is it eaten? 82. Is it salted, and to what extent? 83. Is it used, and to what extent, as manue, for oil, or for other purposes, and what? 84. What were the highest and lowest prices of the fish per lb. during the past season, wholesale and retail, and what the average, and how do these compare with former rices? 3 85. Are these fish exported, and if so, to what extent? 86. Where is the principal market of these fish? 87. Name and address of observer. 88. Date of statement. pe ee et ee eS —Two fine horses, bitten by a mad dogin Baltimore county, Maryland, have been seized with hydrophobia, and killed. Sea and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON IN JANUARY. ——— SOUTHERN WATERS. Pompane. Trout, (Black Bass.) Sheepshead. Snapper. Drum, (two species.) Tailorfish. Grouper. Kingfish. Sea Bass. Rockfish. Striped Bass, Rockfish. ee ee ee, —We have received the fourth annual report of the Fish- ery Commissioners of New Jersey, but too late for review in this issue of our paper. —Perch fishing at Quogue has been remarkably prosper- ous this season. The profils may be judged by the fact that one fisherman cleared $400 in one week. : —A meeting of the Anglers’ Association of Boston, for the protection of fish, was held at Pythian Hall last Satur- day evening, Dr. John P. Ordway, presiding. After the reading of the records a partial report on the subject of the preservation and better protection of lobsters was made by Capt. Charles Stanwood from a committee appointed at the last meeting to consult with- dealers relative to the best method of restriction in catching and exposing for sale lobsters during the spawning season. The committee de- sired an extension of time to continue their investigations, which was granted them. A number of members were elected, and the meeting adjourned. —Some question having arisen in regard to the edible qualities of the Sacramento salmon (which we are now in- troducing so largely into the waters of the Middle States), as compared with those found in Maine and New Bruns- wick, we herewith print a note just received from Living- ston Stone, which bears upon the subject: “In the quality of its flesh, I think the Sacramento sal- mon compares very favorably with the salmon of the At- lantic rivers. The reputation of the Sacramento fish has undoubtedly suffered from the fact that it is or has been till quite recently, offered for salein the markets at all sea- sons of the year, including several months when it is out of condition. Had this fish been caught and marketed only when it is inits best condition, as is the case with our east- ern salmon, it is more than probable that its excellence would have remained unimpeached, and that it would have ranked universally or very nearon an equality with the Maineand Canadian fish. Many persons eating Sacramento salmon in Sau Francisco in August, when it is a coarse, in- ferior fish, have pronouneed the salmon of this river nearly worthless, while if they had eaten the same fish in the winter months, they would have thought no name too good for it. My own experience has been that the Sacra- mento salmon, when in season, is a very rich, firm, and de- licious fish, and lam wholly unable to say that I can de- tect init, when in its best condition, any inferiority to the galmon of the Atlantic rivers. I feel quite safe to say, however, that if it is not equal to the Hastern salmon in quality, it approaches them so nearly that no reasonable objection can be made to its general introduction on this- score. ™_Our corespondent whose letter follows herewith makes = 2 Fy L some very serious complaints, which ‘we know to be well founded, of the insufficiency afforded by the existing laws | forthe protection of game in New Brunswick. As to fish, the legal restrictions are ample and operative in general, though some localities evidently suffer from the inefficiency or delinquency of the fishery officers. All dams should be provided with fish-passes, as the law directs. St. Joan, N. B., Dec. 22d, 1873. Eprtor FoREST AND STREAM :— I have long been tempted to send you a few facts con- cerning fishing and shooting in the vicinity of St. John. Having spent a great part of my time about its lakes, streams, and forests I fancy that I have a pretty good idea of what might be done if things were properly handled. We would have an abundance of game, if they were al- lowed to breed and grow to maturity, which I am sorry to say they are not. Our woodcock are shot out of season— principally in August—when the middle of September is quite soon enough to begin shooting. Then we have plenty of time and lots of good birds. Our partridges are shot in thousands before they are half fledged. Our trout are murdered the whole year.round and at all seasons, some- times by gentlemen who call themselves fishermen and sportsmen. Moose, caribou and deer are slaughtered late in winter, and left in the woods to rot, merely for the sake of their skins. We have a law in the Dominion, but I am sorry to say it is badly looked after. I spent a fortnight with a friend of mine, Mr. Climo, photographer, of St. John, taking views in the vicinity of St. Martins, also of Salmon river and its tributaries, a few miles further up the | Bay’ of Fundy. It is a fine river and would be well stocked with salmon, were they allowed to get in it, but they are stopped by a saw-mill and dam at its entrance; they are there in thousands every year trying to get up but cannot for the want of proper fish way. W. H. Boyer. Epiror FoREsT AND STREAM:— I am pleased to see by your paper, of December 18th, that a beginning is to be made in stocking our streams with salmon; but, as an angler, I must enter aprotest against the streams selected. Professor Baird says:—‘‘ Mr. Green isto place 50,000 young fish near Fort Edward, and a quantity in the Conhocton River, an upper tributary of the Chem- ung, which empties into a northern branch of the Susque- hanna. He will place some also in Oswego and Salmon Rivers, and possibly in the Genesee.” The Conhocton, though not by any means the most suitable tributary of the Susquehanna, will do very well if salmon ladders are con- FOREST AND STREAM. structed on the hundred dams of the Chemung and Susque- hannah, which I doubt. Salmon River, though small, is a fine, clear, rapid stream, admirably suited to the fish. But why select the Oswego and Genesee? The one is a dull, muddy stream, as little like a salmon river as a Jersey Salt Creek; and the other is obstructed by no less than four falls from twenty to ninety feet high, besides which it flows for a long distance through a flat country, unbroken by aripple or even a sand bar, and both ot these streams run through busy manufacturing cities. It seems to me that it would be best to stock our rivers that are most adapted to salmon first, and then, if desirable, we could attend to these. Has Mr. Baird calculated the cost of building salmon ladders over the falls of the Genesee? or does he suppose the fish would not need to ascend from Rochester? If it is desired to stock some streams flowing into Lake Ontario, why not select the Black River, which rises amid the Adirondacks and receives the waters of the Moose, Beam, Independence, and a dozen other streams, all admirably suited to salmon? Or would not the Oswegatchie or the Raquette make noble salmon rivers? I hope Mr. Green will hesitate before wasting valuable fish upon such streams as the Oswego and the Genesee. FERN F Ly. [The exceptions of our correspondent are well taken, and will receive proper consideration, we doubt not.—Ep. | —We have received from Dr. D. C.. Estey, of Minnesota, several articles upon the game and fish of that State, which we shall publish in due time; also some unique patterns of black bass flies, which are unlike anything we have before seen, and which show by what ingenious contrivances of feather and tinsel the credulity of some fish may be imposed - upon. Experts here, who have examined them, express the opinion that they ought to prove a very killing fly. Shot Gun and Rifle. GAME IN SEASON FOR JANUARY. Moose, Alces Mailchis.) Caribou, Tarandus Rangifer.) Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis.) Squirrels, Red Black and Gray.) Rabbits, common Brown and Grey.} All kinds of Wild Fowl. ES | Under the head of *‘Game, and Fishin Season’ we can onty specify in general terms the several varieties, because the laws of States vary so much that were we to attempt to particularize we could do no less than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in question, This would require a great amount of our space. In designating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and our readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their re- spective States for constant reference. Otherwise, our attempts to assist them will only create confusion. | ey ae With the advent of January the close season for nearly all kinds of upland game commences in the higher lati- tudes, though wild (water) fowl are in season until their spring migration. In Florida the shooting season for deer, woodcock, quail, turkeys, snipe, etc., continues until March. Themoose and caribou in those Canadian Provin- ces where any law exists, are in season until February, though only the flesh of the females are fit to eat. ‘To us of the Eastern and Middle States all the game that is left for shooting between this and the advent of the August woodcock, are the squirrels and hares, which latter are generally called rabbits. —C. T. L., of Brooklyn, writes that a few weeks since ‘there was a hunt got up by the sportsmen of Oxford, New York, which was quite successful. At evening the men came in, when the count was found to be as follows:—Cap- tain Bradley’s side, 23,690; Captain Miller’s side, 17,185. The animals killed and brought in were as follows:—One fox, two racoons, two woodchucks, eight rabbits, seventeen skunks, 888 black and grey squirrels, 206 red squirrels, 3,420 chipmucks, four hawks, ten owls, thirty-five crows, 244 partridges, seventeen pigeons, eight woodcock, two wild ducks, and one crane. The best of good feeling reigned, and it was resolved to have another hunt next year and challenge an equal number from any part of the State. i: —J. L. Hersey, a frequent correspondent, writes from New Hampshire of some shooting which he deems worthy of mention, Hesays: ‘‘Jas. A. Doe went out recently and bagged fifteen partridges at sixteen shots, shooting seven of them in fifteen minutes; who will say that there are no sharpshooters in New Hampshire, and no game? Foxes are very abundant, and hunters are having rare sport now, although Reynard don’t seem to see it in that light. He don’t enjoy the fun of racing through the light snow, with a pack of hounds at his heels, and a chance of being peppered if he comes anywhere near the hunters.”’ —We have to thank Mr. B. L. Sammis, of the Spcrtsman House, at Smithville, Long Island, for his basket of fine grown quail; the birds arrived fresh and in good condition. —The following letter refers to a region whose quality as a superb hunting ground we can vouch for from personal knowledge. There are few districts which surpass those of Elk and Potter Counties, Pa., either for game or fish. Coudersport can be most readily reached from New York city by way of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad;— BuFFauo, Dec. 238d. Eprror FoREST AND STREAM :— The forest districts of. Pennsylvania are seldom mention- ed as good hunting grounds, but in reality, they possess quite as great attractions for the tourist and sportsman as others more frequently spoken and written of. There are to this day woods in Pennsylvania wherein the axe of the destroyer has never sounded, and which stand as they ever stood in all their majestic beauty. Some short time ago the writer, with two friends, Thos. Cavanaugh and Wm. Powers, (the latter being a well-known hunter in this locality), started out for afew days’ hunting - ished. 331 in the forests. We took the 7:20 train from the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway Depot for Port Alleghany, Pa., situated on the road of that name. Arriv- ing at Port Alleghany we immediately took the stage for Caudersport, Pa., and remained there for the night, as we were now in a country alive with deer and game of every description, and were anxious to be at work, Rising early next morning and partaking of a hearty breakfast, we started off and had a long day’s travel, meetiug with abun- dance of game such as quail, ruffed grouse, etc., and get- ting sight of a few deer. We were hungry and tired when we came upon a good camping ground, and here we decided to remain for the night. After seeing our horses well fed and providing ourselves with a good fire, and a nice bed of leaves and pine boughs, we prepared our supper of boiled rabbits and squirrels, with good bread and coffee. A very comfortable night was spent, considering our situation. At day-break, breakfast over, we were once more on our way. Twelve o’clock arrived and no deer as yet. We now de- cided upon each taking different routes to meet at a certain point. My route was the middle one, but I determined to keep as close to Powers as possible,(le having the most ex- perience), and after proceeding a short distance we were actually together. Presently he motioned me to his side The sight that met my eyes was indeed more than I had bargained for; there, directly in front us, within 350 yards, was a large bear rooting in the leaves and grass, entirely unaware of the approach of an enemy, At this moment, however, a distant repor* of a rifle warned our bear of danger, and he immediately began to move off. My companion wishing that I should have the first shot, directed me to fire. Steadying my nerves, I raised my rifle, and after a careful aim, fired; when the smoke cleared Mr. Bear was to be seenrunning briskly off, having been nowise injured by my shot. Powers lost no time in send- ing a leaden messenger after him, which brought him to the ground, another shot from me, winding up his career. Our friend Cavanaugh now appeared upon the scene, he having also met with very good luck, having brought down two deer, besides quite a number of the feathered tribe. This being more good fortune than we had anticipated, having now secured a bear, two deers and quite a number of partridges, we concluded to camp for the night and re- trace our steps in the morning, arriving home on the after- noon of the fourth day. The entire trip cost us about twelve dollars. By the way, the streams and brooks of this region swarm with fish, especially trout; as for game, woodcock and duck abound. The trip to this region can be made in less time, and with much less expense, than to any other hun-. ting districts. ) The nearest and shortest route to this region is via the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway. The fare from Buffalo to Port Alleghany being only $2:98. SHEEHAN, » —Our readers will perceive by the following article taken from the Rochester Union, that quite a treat is in store for them. The Cologne district is one concerning which fre- quent inquiry is made, and of which little is known. It is one of the grandest hunting districts in. America, and will be resorted to next year by a score of our readers, we do not doubt. It is just as accessible as the Adirondacks are :— Our townsman A. B. Lamberton has just returned froma week spent in the wilds of Canada, deer hunting. He brought back with him eleven deer, five of which fell be- fore his ‘‘Adirondack,” one of the finest repeating rifles we ever saw. Mr. Lamberton went to Cologne, back of the Ottawa river, and 150 miles north of the St. Lawrence. His camping ground was near where the Cologne river empties into the Ottawa, in the province of Quebec. He was joined by several Canadian gentlemen, and the method pursued was still hunting. The deer were very plenty, and the party could have shot fifty deer if their object had been to shoot more than they wantcd. . One of their party on his return to camp on the edge of one evening, heard the howling of wolves, and knew they were after him. Heseated himself on the limb of a tree out of their reach, and had the satisfaction of shooting two of the largest which the next morning he took into camp. Another one of the party—a physician by profession—on his return to camp lost his way, and he wandered about all night. In the morning the party went in search of him. They found him about three miles from camp, almost per- He wandered in a circle, the same as all persons do who lose their way either in forest or field. Mr. Lamberton is a great admirer of the Adirondacks, but now prefers the region above mentioned for sporting purposes. The conformation of the country does not afford as finc scenes as the Adirondacks, but in other respects is quite similar. Round and Golden Lakes he speaks of in terms of especial admiration. By the way, we notice in Forest AND STREAM for De- cember 4, a very lengthy article by Mr. Lamberton entitled “The Hunter Naturalist in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.” He describes the country he visited last summer and the game to be found there in glowing terms. . Mr. Lamberton intends to write for ForEst anp Stream = ape in full of his late visit to the Cologne district of anada. ‘ Bismarck, D, T., Dec. 14th, 1873. EpeTtor ForEST AND STREAM:— “Rare sport we had, Ed, You should have come along.” Such was the greeting I received from a party of three sportsmen (sic), with two hundred and forty-six pinnated grouse in a wagon, theresult of three hours’ shooting. Thad been inyited the night before to join the party in atrip to the timber which borders the banks of the “Big Muddy,” on a hunt for ‘‘chickens,” but had declined, as I had been on a similar one the week before and I think that one trip will suffice me as long as I remain in the territory. 332 FOREST AND STREAM. I will endeavor to explain tothe readers of the ForEst AND STREAM the manner in which such a number of birds are found and killed in so short a space of time. Thecountry for hundreds of miles on both sides of the Missouri river is entirely devoid of timber of any kind. When the cold weather approaches, birds of every descrip- tion, elk, deer, antelope, and in fact almost every living creature seeks the shelter of the timber which grows in the river bottom. Consequently all you have to do to fill your wagon is to be on the ground early, before the birds leave their roosting places, and you can pick them off like a farmer would his choice fruit. “Got twenty-one off one tree,” said one of the party,and I did not doubt it, for if there is one tree all you have to do is to shoot the lowest ones first, and you can get them all (if your ammunition holds out.) It seemsa pity that these noble birds should be destroyed so ruthlessly by pot hunt- ers, but under the Territorial game laws there is no help for it at present. Elk and deer are very plenty hereabouts, and some antelope, but the latter are suffering from a dis- case similar to the ‘‘rot” in sheep. Large numbers have been found dead en the prairies the past fall, and neither the white hunter or Indians can account for it or tell what the disease is. - The ‘‘wolfing’” season has now commenced, and as it may prove interesting to some of your numerous readers to know how the immense numberof the prairie wolf and coyote pelts are secured, I will “‘rise to explain.” The stock in trade of a party engaged in ‘‘wolfing” consists in flour, bacon and strychnine, the first two articles named for their own consumption, the last for the wolves. The first thing to be done is to procure a bait. Generally a buffalo is used, but if it happens to be out of a buffalo range, then an elk, deer, coon, or other animal is made to answer the purpose. The carcass is then impregnated with the poison and placed where it will do the most good. Sometimes as high as fifty wolves will be found of a morning scattered about at intervals of a few yards from the carcass, that they ate so ravenously of the night before. The ‘‘wolfers” proceed to gather up the animals slain, carry them to camp, fix up anotherbait if necessary, and then commences the labor of skinning and stretching. It isno uncommon thing for a party of three mento come down in the spring with four thousand pelts, and as they will average one dollar anda half a pelt, it is a very profit- able business, if you are only successful in your ‘‘catch,” The men engaged in this business are different from the professional buffalo hunters; the trappers are in fact differ- ent from anyone but ‘‘wolfers.” When they receive their money in the spring they always make great calculations on haying a ‘“‘big time” in town, and they generally have it. When th@ir money is gone (and that is in a very few days), they betake themselves back to their haunts in the woods and on the prairies, and are seen no more within the con- fines of civilization until another spring. EDGAR. —A new plan of pigeon shooting was inaugurated on December 27th, at Babylon, L. I.; Messrs. Livingston and _ Post shot for $100 a side, 20 birds each, 21 yards rise, and " 80 yards boundary, The conditions were that the shooters should sit on the ground, as if shooting from a ‘‘blind,” thus: If the pigeons were driving birds and flew close to the ground, it would be extremely difficult to get the gun onthem. The birds, however, were scarcely up to the average, and the shooting, considering the above difficulty and novelty, was excellent. Both gentlemen having killed 16 birds out of 20,they shot off the tie at five pigeons each, and this time Mr. Post was successful by killing four birds to his opponent’s three. i The second match was between. Messrs. Deforest and Snediker at 10 double birds each, for $100 a side, 100 yards boundary, 1}0z. shot, Mr. Deforest to shoot at 21 yards rise, Mr. Snedicor at 10 yards. After some fine shooting at very slow birds Mr. Deforest won the match by one bird, having killed 15 out of 20, Mr. Snedicor killing 14 and losing six. Then followed a match between Messrs. Griswold and. Jones at 5 pigeons each, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 14 oz. shot. This match was won by Mr. Griswold, who killed all his birds, Mr. Jones missing the fifth. SUMMARY. BaByton, L. I., Dec. 27. Match $200, 20 birds each, both barrels allowed, battery style, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 14 oz. shot, be- tween Messrs Post and Livingston. SCORE. Mr. Post—1, hy 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, if 1, ty ‘ 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, if 1, 1—Total, 20; killed 16; missed 4. Gun used, Westley Richards 10 bore breech-loader. Mr. Livingston—1, 0, ‘age 8 ml gt Re hats HL on a ae eg ly 1, 0, 1, 1, 1—Total, 20; killed 16; missed 4. Gunused, Dou- gall 10 bore breech-loader. , THE TIE. Mr. Post—t1, 1, 1, 1, 0—Total, 5; killed 4; missed 1. Mr. Livingston—1, 1 0, 1, 0-—Total, 5; killed 3; missed 2. SUMMARY. Same DAy.—Match $200, between Messrs. Deforest and Snedicor, at 10 double birds each, 100 yards boundary, 1+ oz. shot, Mr. Deforest at 21 yards rise, Mr. Snedicor at 10. ) SCORE. Mr. Deforest—10, 11, 10, 11, 11, 10, 11, 01, 10, 11—Total, 20; killed 15; missed 5. Mr. Snedicor—10, 11, 10, 11, 11, 11, 01, 00, 01, 11—Total, 20; killed 14; missed 6. SUMMARY, Samm Dayv—$—, 5 birds each, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 1} oz. shot, between Messrs. Griswold and Jones. f SCORE. Mr. Griswold—1, 1, 1, 1, 1—Total, 5; killed 5. Mr. Jones—1, 1, 1, 1, 0O—Total, 5; killed 4; missed 1. —The Staten Island Game and Shooting Association of Port Richmond passed the afternoon of Christmas day at turkey, chicken and pigeon shooting. Below we give the score of the pigeon shooting; sweepstakes at 6 birds each, 21 yards rise, and 80 boundary. Name. Score. GUIS Pa lier Se ne) wees AE, lecig FEW RECO ads Ycanieces Oya sek ale al ULAR CIDECEKCE oo. Reames eae eine aL KEN IEn ee Oe eae hates VO mee Ii Gears IAGEL gs At. oe ee eens ts oe alee eS Poh ak si CPV AS QUITS OL ie a, setae terete feta e te ete oe arene ete els eal SI. Georre- BEyerseweee eo iy dha on ae. pean eet ney (Oh NSO ike a Oth TS ethan stsse eas on A A SL gueettretl ets fe: Scere On el 0 Ee STITT ate terete sine Monee tee eer een weet eastied) Same Sr ees Pele abe i “ale 8) JORTAHLSDECKEL hte fowls ay ate eee ease Re Be Sor ere Hal ak i AS WAM S Crarre Pi a. hts ee sete ea, een EE ae OL 1 0) i tT al SWEEPSTAKES—FIVE BIRDS. uGuissbslin erik sees ern ee eae ee Us ner ieee Staion, ae Nee WLM pry el CAMERON DSO mews reas REL so. 2 Ba SE, eee eee eye (he ak 3h ah al GOTO GRIT ATLUCE take an tae MMR ry RIN eee Bonu LPL eid aes al aa FONTMAS PECK OT yrs Chere tie teeenee ta cine MARIN Sic) ane neg Le OL hat —A pigeon pop took place at Vanderveer’s stores, Flatbush, on Christmas day; 12 chances, $5 each for a $00 fine muzzle loader, 10 guage, usual rules, 21 yardsrise, etc. 5 birds each. Name Score Total Name Score Total Ty Ee Me Be ee ees Diet ileal) Dea Ae |) oa eaane elas dt) el et VV ay LS Oe ae ern nee eliial Pel esl eel — 5] tye Levey ern Ta le rere 1110 0-8 18 RE tn aaa he f Ae 7 ae Caer Ree Sees 10 00=2 2S any DeLee eae eS lt 11h 3 Li Ca eR le eee OW on pe cay 1010 0-2 ta) (reed SR ean fey 1S AO Gl 4 ee ees ee ey ete 1110 0—8 ASE Es oles OS Ache A INO 810302) Se a es eae ta 110 10—3 W. B. winning the gun. There was also a match at Dexter’s on Christmas day between W. B. and Mr. Bay, for $25 a side, 25 birds exch, 21 yardsrise, etc. W. B. killed 22; Mr. Bay 20. Immediately afterwards Mr. W. B. and Mr. C. Svea shot for $25 each, W. B. giving five dead birds in 25. W. B. killed 21; C. Svea 13, leaving W. B. the winner; birds very good and a very gentlemanly affair throughout. — —The Sweepstakes of the Woodside Shooting Club on Wednesday Dec. 24th passed off ina very pleasant and satisfactory manner. The Sweepstakes was for a purse of $50 at ten birds each, Long Island rules, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 14 oz. shot, from H and T traps; 7 mem- bers were present té participate in the contest,accompanied by numerous friends of the club. The day was perfect and no accident occurred to mar the sport. Name. Score, Killed. LP sinay (oul ie, Ae oe Ras TF AOS eA 1 patel Uy 2) em altay s Last nts creer rene Peer ere 6 UR AS pop aye NC is ie A A Ns Ose lOO TOS Ie IDL Seer eves nee name 4 Gs Wellayanw i mht etl. Peel ypeds 20), oO Pen Ee: oy seca maces 5 aia UTIs CLO, etd te) oreate Sheree orsh Gai Fol Gp aL a keyg") Oe FL bt ce an bt 9 Hse Terretins..c-4: «ses bess ETO FROM Dee Te SW POEL SDNS e.g es een 7 William Cameron......... Tb ON Gs Ufges BBL RO Mpa Lee PR SO Cea te eee, fh 6 Hy BISDee Paki eerese oes Lea OOS, ods Whe v0) ool al UD, lode 5 ae! 5 deltas 8 #Judges—Wm. Sursduf and J. A. F. Kelly. Referee—C. T, Howell, Jr. 4 Mauaea, N. J., Dec. 26th, 1873, Eprror Forrest AND STREAM:— Will some of your numerous correspondents explain the relative merits of ‘‘Central,” and ‘‘pin fire” breech-loaders? The writer, who has used a ‘‘Scott pin fire” for the past four years, finds, upon inquiry, at quite a number of “‘gun stores,” both in New York and Philadelphia, that but com- paratively few ‘‘pin fires” are now made. From what little we have seen of ‘‘Central fire” guns, it strikes us that the ‘‘pin” is a safer and preferable gun for general use. First, one can more readily see whether the shell is exploded— the projection of the pin being at once a guide, without un- hinging the gun. Second, the construction of the ‘‘pin gun” is more simple. No spiral springs or plungers con- nected with it, as on the ‘‘Central fire,”-and consequently, less liable to get out of order. Third, when out of order, more readily repaired at any shop. Will some advocate of the ‘‘Central fire” explain through your columns w/y it is that the use of the ‘‘Central” has become so fashionable as to render the purchase of (at times) a large quantity of pin shells very difficult. Yours, “Pin Free.” —An error occurred in the repetition of certain scores in our last number, which was so evidently a mistake of the types as to be manifest to all readers. We shall correct the same in a future issue. Rational qlastimes. LE Secretaries of University and College Athletic Clubs will please mail heir reports not later than Monday in each week. Ss The remarkable weather of the early part of this win- ter is shown in the fact that the Boston base ball club played a game of ball on their grounds on Christmas day in the presence of about five hundred spectators. The contest was rendered unusually interesting, from its being played under the new rule of ten men and ten innings. The score is as follows:—Spalding’s side, 16; H. Wright’s side, 18. Time of game, one hour and fifty minutes. —Skating was inaugurated forthe season of 1873 and 1874 on December 29th, when the ball was run up at the Union and Capitoline skating lakes, Brooklyn. There will be good skating there all this week. All the public ponds are now giving an opportunity for recreation for these holi- day times which young and old of both sexes eagerly avail themselves of. In Brooklyn a few sleighs have ventured out, but sleighing is indifferent in these parts, even in the suburbs. Only six inches fell last Saturday night, and the warm sun of the succeeding day greatly reduced its quan- tity and rendered it little available for runners. —Our correspondents from the several Universities and Colleges have written us that owing to the deep snow they were obliged to postpone the foot ball matches and other athletic pastimes. —The grand billiard tournament between Maurice Daly and Francois Ubassy was finished on December 27th, Daly being the victor. The fifth of the series of matches. was played in the afternoon of December 27th, in Chris. O’Connor’s billiard saloon, in Union square, being a game of 500 points up. It was won by Daly in fifty-seven inn- ings, Ubassy only scoring 860 points. The sixth and last of the series of games came off in the evening of the same day, at the Spingler House billiard room, and resulted in another victory for Daly, who ran the game out on the thirty-seventh inning, Ubassy making only 286 points. Hachting and Boating. All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mastled not later than Monday in each week. HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. . DATE, | BOSTON. | NEW YORK. | CHARL’ST’'N ——_—$<$<$<$<——S fe | ——_ i} SS | h. m, Jaks gupk, h. m. Atlee eae oe. EN 10 24 tf Bed | 6 24 Pech oh rach ge et fe es { 11 15 7 56 | 7 15 Jan. 3.. | eve. 3 | 48 , 8 3 Jit 24h CR. ee 49 | 9 34 | 8 49 Janene heen eee | 1 a2 | 10 47 9 82 eS FUT wnat Bete nee. | 2 14 | 10 56 | 10 14 Par ee See errs 2 52 11 36 10 52 —The Bayonne Yacht Club, held its regular monthly meeting at 72 Beaver street, on the 25th of December. There was a large attendance of members, and several re- presentatives of other clubs present. The occasion was for the distribution of prizes won by the members during the late autumn regatta. The following are the names of the yachts and owners who received prizes :— Ist. class sloops.—Qui Vive, Thomas Chapman, Bay- onne Yacht Club—Club prize, large and elegant music box. 1st. class sloop.— Elizabeth, Commodore Tynon, Staple- ton Yacht Club—Union prize, handsome large French bronze clock. 2d. class sloop.—Jeannette, Commodore Pearson, Bay- onne Yacht Club—Club prize elegant music box. 2d. class slocp.—Eclipse, Captain McKinstry, Pavonia Yacht Club—Union prize, silver tea set, consisting of five pieces and salver, all handsomely engraved. 3d. class sloop.—Idle Hour, Thomas Taylor, Bayonne Yacht Club—Club prize, silver set, consisting of water pitcher, goblets, slop bowl and salver, all handsomely en- graved. 3d. class sloop.—Joe Saunders, Frank Bates, Long Island Yacht Club—Union prize, large silver urn for ice water, elegantly engraved. Bayonne, Mr. P. McGiehan, Bayonne Yacht Club— Prize won at regatta of the club, August, 1869. After the presentation of the prizes the members gat down to an elegant collation. William T. Lee, John M. Sawyer, George Dunning and others responded to appro- priate toasts. During the evening Captain G. A. Beling presented Joseph Elsworth with a handsome oil painting representing the last race of the Meta with the Vision, off Sandy Hook. Mr. C. C. Hough, President of the club, gave the painting to ‘‘Captain Joe,” and the latter feelingly responded. The meeting was a grand success. —General W. W. Sanford, of St. Louis, is building a new schooner yacht at Baltimore under the supervision of his sailing master, who formerly sailed his yacht the ‘‘Eddie.” He is a practical sailor and boat builder, the schooner when finished will measure about 80 tons. A full description of this new schooner will appear in these columns in a future number. —Com. W. H. Langley, of the ‘‘Addie,” will buiid a schooner yacht this winter, providing he can make terms for the sale of his victorious sloop. The ‘‘Addie” is 52 tons new measurement, in complete order and could be made ready for sea in three days. She was built by Kirby, of Rye, N. Y., for John Voorhees and was formerly the ‘“‘Addie V,” and afterwards purchased by Mr. Langley, who won in one season some $2,500 worth of silver plate. CoLLEGE BoaTInG MANAGEMENT.—The Freshman class is the largest that has ever entered Harvard; it by no means lacks good material for a crew, yet it seems in great danger of doing worse even than the last Freshman Class. The Class of ’76 were at least enthusiastic, subscribing liberally to meet the expenses of their crew and having all winter long in the Gymnasium from ten to twelve men working for it; but our new associates seem entirely for- getful of the fact that the rest of the college expect them to send a crew to the next regatta. Yet perhaps I am wrong in this; perhaps the Freshmen are mindful of the fact. but think that all that is essential to success at the next race is to elect a captain, a man almost wholly ignorant of rowing, and to enter a crew in the fall races so good as to show that if proper measures are taken, the class can send out a crew which will retrieve the disgrace of last year. That which is of the first importance, in entering upon the selection of a crew, is the choice of a proper man for captain. It seems incredible that the Freshman Class should, year after year, keep up the childish jealousy be- tween the men fitted in Boston and those fitted elsewhere. It is a fact, I believe, that the election held last fall, so far from being a choice of the man best fitted for the captaincy, was. merely a struggle between the supporters of two gentle- men who rested their claims upon the fact that one was fitted at a certain school and his competitor at another! The spirit that seems to actuate the men, as oneof the members of the class is reported to have said, was this: ‘“We don’t care a straw for the office, but we want to defeat that man from .” If this were not their first year in Cambridge, they would know that just such a spirit among the fellows has already greatly injured one or two Fresh- man crews: and members of the other classes fear that it will succeed in gaining another victim in the ’77 crew. To those who know anything about this class, and who have watched their crew, it is quite evident that there is no one among them fitted by knowledge and experience to train a crew during the winter and coach them in Gymnasi- um; and I think J may venture te say that to most of those men the following seem the best plan that can be followed: There are several fellows, who have been here a year or more and who have pulled during that time, who it is thought would be willing, if asked by the class, to choose a number of men, train them during the winter, and teach them all that can be learned on the rowing weights. When the spring comes, the trainer might take them on the river, going himself as coxswain, and assign to them their posi- tions in the boat as should seem to him best. As soon as the crew are fairly at work, let the members clect one of their number captain, and while he would have full com- mand over the men, the trainer might still go out for the purpose of giving them style. It seems to me to be proved conclusively by the blunders of ’75 and of ’76 that a class as a body knows nothing about the qualities requisite in a captain of a crew; and it is well known to any one who has ever pulled that it is soon evident to the crew which of their number is best fitted for captain.— Cambridge Magenta. —The Detroit Free Press, of recent date, says:—‘‘Sunday morning, two farmers and their families, who were driving to Malden to attend church, noticed, when about eight miles below, or east of the town, a ship’s yawl on the lake, heading toward the beach, and about half a mile away. They could plainly make out a man in the stern sheets steering the boat with an oar, and, although there were no vessels in sight, the morning was so pleasant and the sea so smooth, that it was supposed that the man had put out from shore to pick up something, and but little attention was paid to the yawl. Passing the same spot on their return the men found the yawl hard on the beach, and the man was lifeless and frozen as hard as a rock. He sat bolt up- right on the seat, the oar out behind, and both hands clas- ping the handle, and it required hard work to wrench it from his death-grip. There was about a foot of water in the boat, but the craft did not show rough usage. The man’s legs were almost covered with ice as far up ag his knees, and the spray had dashed over his back and shoul- ders and frozen there. There was no name on the boot, nor anything on the man by which he could be identified,’ At and Drama. GOSSIP OF THE WEEK. BY T. B. THORPE. Pee ee HE holiday week has been signalized by some very stormy weather. Friday and Saturday last was at a premium in this respect. Lectures and ments” suffered intolerably, and afforded little else than empty seats to be addressed by the parties interested in their success. The leading theatres, however, were main- tained with generous patronage, their interiors looking more than ever cozy and attractive from contrast with the sleet and slush outside. —‘‘A Man of Honor,” which is the new feature at Wal- lack’s, is capitally acted, and draws full houses. In this play the unrivalled company attached to this theatre find apparently the very best places for the development of their especial talents. The scenery is most perfect, and contin- ally calls forth demonstrative admiration from the audi- ence; in some scenes the imitations of the ‘‘real thing” amount to an absolutedelusion. The rapid advance in this city within a few years in regard to scenic effect has been very marked and wonderfully successful. In the matter of landscape and architecture there are presented by the ar- tists in their work combinations of colors, scientific draw- ing, knowledge of striking and harmonious contrasts that display an amount of natural ability and severe study we do not meet with in the best efforts from the easel. This is especially true of landscape painting—the forte, as it is understood, of the occupiers of the studios. —‘‘Led Astray” continues to bea great favorite at the Union Square. If it falls off in interest at all it will be owing largely to the fact that the universal press has quit scolding and condemning the questionable insinuations of the plot. ; —On Saturday, one of the most disagreeable days we ever knew that was not devoted to the rehearsal of a ter- rible storm, the matinee of ‘‘Aida,” at the Academy of Music, was attended by one of the largest and best dressed audiences that has appeared before the footlights this sea- son, The opera grows more and more popular on each presentation. ; —Thomas’ Symphony Concerts are liberally patronized. The programme, as usual, is addressed almost entirely to highly cultivated musicians, and certainly very little that the general public care to hear. We congratulate the spir- ited leader upon his pertinacity in sticking to his “‘classics,”’ but for the sake of the million we wish we had musical concerts that would not only give us sweet sounds, but cheer and enliven and interest us without taxing our brain and over-wrought mind. We would mention in this con- nection that Gilmore’s promenade concerts have been an- nounced to continue ‘‘through the season.” They are lib- erally patronized, and by the best people. Surely, there is a strong feeling in our community to hear concords of Sweet sounds from brass and stringed instruments. How soon awe we to have a proper building down town for these entertainments ? —Are blacksmiths who make a living by forging, or carpenters who do a little counter-fitting, any worse than men who sell iron and steel for a living? —Chicago wants to have the ‘‘next world’s fair” held there. But who knows whether the next world will have a fair? —A true Danbury American is too proud to beg and too honest to steal. He gets trusted. ‘small amuse-— dew Publications. —_¢ __ LPubdlications sent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all books delivered at our Editorial Rooms will be promptly acknowledged in the neat wssue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advising us Of any omission in this resnect. Prices of books inserted when desired.| ‘ ——__—__—- SOUNDS FRoM Scorer CHAMBERS. Poems. C. Redden. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. ; This is a nice little present for the- holidays, in green and gold, and is in the form known as the semi-dramatic. It develops the plot of one of those love affairs that ‘never runs smoothly;” it is startling and tumult- uous in all its parts. There is considerable merit in this little unpreten- tious offering, and some fine thoughts are here given. Our fair authoress says: By Laura “T turn the key, I lift the lid, I lay the casket on the sill, And wistful linger at the door, “ To know the tenor of your will,” We think a generous public will lift the casket and bid the bearer a cordial welcome to all the doubts and fears of a successful or unsuccess- ful future, which time alone will determine, ‘Sweet Bells J: ingled’’ have some pleasant verses, as: ‘How tenderly you meet the mute appealing Of eyes that ever seek to read your own; This clinging trust, this wild excegs of feeling, But, dearest, I have been so long alone, Henceforth there is no good beyond my grasping, No splendor that my earth-life may not take; The passionate heart which to your own you're clasping, Is henceforth sacred for your princely sake, Lone one, beloved.” We find a goodly share of this little work devoted to the subject of kissing. We admit there isa poetry in kissing; we have boyish memo- ries within which are garnered some sweet recollections of those days, yet we think some sixteen pages devoted to “‘kissing’’ a little too much. However, the poems give us the promise, with careful reproduction and some judicions pruning, to do good in the end. SAxh Hormus’ Stortes. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. Ourreaders will many of them recognize in this book some of the pleasant stories that pleased them at the time of their first publica- tion in the Seribner Magazine. Like twice told tales they still have a zest and arefreshing forthe memory of pleasant hours. The story of “Draxy Miller’s Dowry,” was an exceedingly quaint story, and if we mistake not, was extensively read and admired. We are happy to know that these stories areplaced in a form more worthy still of the regards of the many friends of the “‘Scribner.’’ These tales are remarkable for clearness and purity of thought, always anticipating our thought, never vitiated, we are happy to say, by either low taste or yulgarism. WoMEN IN SacrepD History. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. New York: - J. B. Ford & Co. The contents of this elegant and rare book are made up of sketches of women mentioned in Sacred History; both historical and legendary sources contribute quite largely to the same. Like all that Mrs. Stowe undertakes to do this work is done well, and adds a new lustre to her al- ready acquired reputation as an authoress of the very first class. We kuow of no one more fitting to write an interesting and elaborate history of women under almost any era, than Mrs. Stowe, particularly of the Jews. Shehas giyenus a glimpse! of women under what is ealled the patriarchal ages. Every Bible reader will be delighted to read her vivid sketches of Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachael. We almost see them again in all their native eostume and character moving before us. | Many will turn to the Sacred Word with a deeper interest than they have ever felt Pefore, as they peruse the history of another class of women under the cognomen of the ‘‘National Period.” How grandly is.the thrilling Hastern story of Queen Esther rehearsed; Miriam’s beau- tiful history; Deborah, Ruth, and many others, whose lives are as types of the most interesting characteristics of women of the past ages, The history of that woman, Delilah, with her many blandishments, her arts of captivating the great, strong nature of Sampson, with all its highly wrought detail, veluti in speculum, pass before us. Then the sweet, lov- ing characters of the women of the Christian era. Mary, the Mother of Christ, the daughter of Herodius, the women of Samaria, Martha and her sister Mary, and last the repentant Magdalen, are all of them most graphically depicted. This work will stand as one of the gems of Mrs. Stowe’s numerous improving educatory works of the times, The high and elevated train of thought pervading this work makesit invaluable as an aid 10 Christian family training. This work is illustrated with six- teen chromo-lithographs, after paintings by Raphael, Koehler, Horace, Vemet, and others. Arare present, not only for the holidays, but for all times, is this great book of ‘‘Women of Sacred History.” Recent Music AND MusIcrans, as described in the diaries and correspondence of Ignatz Moscheles. Hdited by his wife, as adapted from the original German. By A. D. Coleridge. New York: Henry Holt & Co. On the 30th of May, 1794, at Prague, was born Moscheles, even in his early childhood considered a great musical prodigy. His father, a merchant in easy circumstances, was a devoted lover of music and played admirably upon the guitar. His mother was a woman of great kindliness of heart, affectionate and refined; one of those even tempered women who do so much to bless their own homes and make the werld better around them. At the death of his father he was sent to Vienna to continue his musical studies. Here he made great progress and gaye his whole heart to the most ardent pursuits of music in allits variety, The first entry in his diary—April, 1814—speaks with enthusiasm of Beethoven, An acquaintance with this great master results in his being chosen to arrange ‘‘Fidelio”’ for the piano. Of this little incident he thus speaks: ‘‘On going-to see Beethoven early one morning, the great composer was still lying in bed; he happened to be in remarkably good spirits, jumped up immediately and placed himself, just as he was, at the window looking out upon the Schottenbastei with a view of examining the ‘‘Fidelio’”? numbers I had arranged. Naturally, a crowd of street boys had collected under the window, when he roared out, ‘Now what do those confounded boys want?’ I laughea and pointed to his own figure. ‘Yes, yes; you are quite right,’ he said, and hastily put on a dressing- gown.’ Moscheles was eminently social and very genialin his life and intercourse with society. He speaks with rapture of Horace Vemet, and of an evening spent with the great ventriloquist. 1824 we find him nestled asa favorite guest with the Mendelsson family, and ever after these iwo families entertained for each other the most profound friend- ship. About this time he became acquainted and greatly pleased with Maria Garcia. afterwards Malibran. He says in his journal: ‘‘This charming girl, almost a child, acted enchantingly in the ‘“‘Chauyin dé Reims,’’ ‘‘Le Coin de Rue,’ and ‘“‘L’Ormsetla Pacha.”’ In course of his work he speaks of Sontag as ‘‘young, beautiful, fascinating.’ Asa most entertaining and yaluable biography, a diary of agreat man, we recommend this work to all our musical friends as one of great intrinsic yalue. HANS BRINKER; or The Silver Skates. Dodge, Illustrated by Darley, Nast, and others. ner, Armstrong & Co. The mere announcement of such an elegantly illustrated work by such artists; the fact that it is Scribner’s tasty style, would seem to be all that is necessary.to say about this gem of the Christmas morning or New Year’s day. We will only add our appreciation of this elegant book, always new, and just what Santa Claus will delight iu presenting to hundreds of the young ladies and gentlemen of all our cities. Itis overflowing with rich and quaint stories of early life, told with a sweet simplicity and eamestness that makes them really charming. By Mary Mapes New York: Scrib- A Novel. Madame Emile de Girardin, M. M. Theophile Gautier, Jules Saudeau, THE Cross oF BERNY; or Irene’s Lovers. By and Mery. Phila.: Porter & Coates. Literary partnerships have often been tried, but not always with the success attending the execution of such a work as the ‘‘Cross of Berny.” This the reader will find a perfectly simple story, told without elaborate ness, yet is in all its parts a perfect whole, a finished work. The original preface tothe French edition says: ‘The ‘Cross of Berny’ was, it will be remembercd, a brilliant tournay, where Madame de Girardin nee Del- phine Gay), Theophile Gautier, Jules Saudeau, and Mery broke lance like valiant Knights of old... They were then considered as the four most brilliant of our celebrated cotemporary authors. Such a book from such asource may well command the attention of American readers. It is admirably translated,preserving all its peculiarity of structure. We are surprised to take up a work the joint efiort of four writers, and find so complete a unity inthe whole. The correspondence is well sustained from the first page to thelast. By this plan of arrangement the individ ual or personnel of each writer is separate as a part, and the union com plete and interesting as a whole. Tot MARVELLOUS Counrry; or Three Years in Arizona and New Mexico, the Apaches’ Home. By Samuel W. Cozzens. &8vo, Boston: Shepard & Gill. A fruitful and interesting theme for the travellerin the marvellous country spoken of in this work. Itis byno means a dull book; it were impossible for sueh a man to roam through sucha country as that known under the title of the Great Arizona, especially since its acquisition by this country, and not give usa work of merit. We think, however, that our author could haye made a still better work with the materials he had had he dwelt less on incidental topics. The work could well spare ‘‘all about Jimmy,” and not suffer in our estimation. But the excellent char- acter of the hook will at once be recognized by every lover of the travels in Arizona. It was undoubtedly the Cibola, or land of the Montezumas, and is like an enchanted land. This mysterious region long years ago, _ before it was conquered by the adventurous Spaniard, was known for its exceedingly rich silver mines, many of which, it is still believed, have never yet been found and are at thisday rich in untold wealth. Mr. | Cozzena’ ‘‘Arizona”’ is the best work we have seen upon this wonderful country, and we think it deserving a place in the llbrary of every stu- dent. There is life in the work, and camping out and its incidents, breaking camp, and stories by the way, make the book a valuable guide to travellers in that romantic region, PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ARCHIECTS, ENGRAVERS, AND THEIR Worsrs. A Handboox. By Clara Erskine Clement. With illustra- tions andmonograms. In one volume, crown, 8yo, cloth, $3.25. Cam- bridge: Hurd & Houghton. Hyery person who buys the Grammar of Painting and Engraving should possess its companion yolume. It is a well ana copiously interwoven series of facts which every artist will find very useful and very necessary as an aid to his profession. It is like a complete index revwm of the art student, and, like the large dictionary for literary men, should lie upon every art student’s table. It gives one tbe history of the artists who wrought these beautiful pictures; it places their peculiar style; it speaks of the several schools to which they severally belong in a manner alto- gether new to many of our well informed admirers of the works of our old masters. Its numerous illustrations make very easy to understand much of what without them, would be like the unknown tracings of an unknown hand. THE Birps or NortH Amprica. By Theodore Jasper, A.M.,M. D. Drawn from life, one-quarter size of life. Robert Clarke & Co.: Cincinnati, Ohio. We have received from the publishers the four first parts of this large and finely illustrated work upon the birds of North America. Each part will be made more yaluable by the addition of three accurately colored | plates and one tinted scientific plate, 12x15 inches, together with eight pages of magnificent, clear, open type letter-press, on finely tinted paper. In this work, of which the great value may be judged, there will appear illustrations of over six hundred species of birds, comprising all that are known to exist on this continent. To this is added popular descriptions of the well known habits of life on the plain, on the crag, in river, be- side the lakes, and neath the deepening shadows of the dark wood. Everything relating to the bird spoken of is truly told and with all the fidelity of a life study by the author, whose fame as a naturalist and or- nithologist is not surpassed by any living man of the day. This work is the crowning effort of the life of the author, whose entire life has been spent in the study and preparation of this great work. So careful was the author, Dr. Jasper, to give a true picture of the specimeu under his hand, that he was not content with the delineations of an hired artist, but learned the art of engraving in this peculiar style and coloring, so that he might give to his readers and subscribers the handiwork literally of his own pencil, everyspecimen here presented being drawn by him- self. Differing entirely from most works upon this subject this great work comes to us perfect in all its parts, elaborate and highly finished, as an art, true to life as a great advance in the science of Ornithology; in several respects we regard it superior to Audobon’s great work on ‘‘Birds of America,’”’ published some years ago. This may seem quite a strong expression on our part, yet we belieye, upon looking critically at this work of Dr. Jasper’s we shall by no means stand alone in our judgment of the great merits of the book. Of one thing we are convinced; so many desirable points of beauty and fidelity can rarely be found in this country at such a reasonable price. Who will not pay one dollar per part for such a work as the above? , THE LAwRENCES. A Twenty Years’ History. By Char- lotte Turnbull. Boston: American’ News Co. This is one of those books that one is repaid the reading. Its charec- ters all are drawn from stirring events that transpired during the event- ful period of the Mexican war and the War of the Rebellion. Leaving these far off felds of Mexico and the Southern battle fields, with all their stirring memories and strifes, our authoress transports her readers to the quiet of one of New England’s villages—Brookfield. We open this book amid the din and smoke of the battle-field, the clash of arms and exciting events all of which are graphically and many of them historically ¢orrect. This work is morally a good teacher, and may be read with profit by any one. We prefer to place the book, with these remarks only, in the hands of our readers without further analysis. FrencH Home Lirz. New York: D. Appleton & Co. haye just published a series of racy papers, part of which has appeared in Blackwood:s Magazine. They should have been published in this form before. Werecommend these stories earnestly to the readers of Appleton’s best books as every way valuable. They are the jottings of a close observer, the result of the careful observations of an English tourist in France, whose opportunity for seeing all the sights were very favorable for his observations. Any one who reads the book will feel that he has made good use of his eyes as with his pen. Being written in a reliable manner, the pictures of French life are real and not fictitious. The book will be like a new revelation to many, of facts they knew not of before the reading of this work. The work is one that can be read with profit and pleasure, as many topics are fully treated that may be of much use to a future sojourner in France. —Hon. Alex. Keith, President of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia and Grand Master of Masons of that province, died on Sunday, aged 78. ee —The winter trots under the auspices of the Trenton Club, Ontario, Canada, come off at that place on the 8th and 9th of January, when an attractive little programme will be hung up. doe FOREST AND STREAM. | FOREST AND STREAM, A WEEKLY JOURNAL. DEVOTED TO FIELD AND AQUATIC SPORTS, PRACTIOAL Natural History, Fish Cunrurr, THE PROTEC- TION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WoMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST IN OuUT-DooR RECREATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 103 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, Terms, Five Dollars A Year, Strictly in Advance A discount of twenty per cent. for five copies and upwards. Any person sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s ‘ FISHING TOURIST,’’ postage free. Advertising Rates. In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12 lines to the inch, 25 cents per line.- Advertisments on ‘outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Advertisements in double column 25 per cent. extra. Where advertisements are inserted over one month, a discount of 10 per cent. will be made; over three months, 20 per cent.; over six months, 30 per cent. The object of this journal will be to studiously pro- mote a healthful interest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate arefined taste for natural objects. We es- pecially desire to make the Forest anp STREAM the recognised medium of communication between ama- teurs and professional sportsmen. All of us have something to impart, which if made available to each other, willin time render us proficient in all those several branches of physical culture which are absolute- ly essential to our manhood and well-being, both as in- dividual men andasanation. A practical knowledge of natural history must of necessity underlie all at- tainments which combine to make a thorough sports- man. Itis not suflicient that aman should be able to knock over his birds dexterously right and left, or cast an inimitable fly. He must learn by study and experience the haunts and habits of the game or fish he seeks. If he depend altogether upon his dog’s nose, or upon his henchmen, he will some day have to retire from the field in mortification and dis- grace. Therefore it is that we sliall study to give practical instruction in the most attractive depart- ments of natural history. We shall not forget the technicalities of the craft either, but take pleasure in designating the best localities for hunting and fishing, outfits, implements, remedies, routes, distances, breeds of dogs, &c. Each number will contain a paper de- scriptive of a particular animal, bird, or fish, with some instruction as to its habits, haunts and mode of cap- ture, and the period when it isin season, We have arranged to receive regular weekly reports, of the fish- ing and shooting 1n various parts of the country- Yachting and boating will be encouraged, and yacht news be made an especial feature of the paper. A reasonable space will be given to athletic sports and those out-door games in which ladies can participate. In a word, every description of game that is in vogue among respectable people, and of value as a health- giving agent or recreative amusement, will be consid- ered and its practice encouraged. Nothing that de- moralizes or brutalizes, nothing that is regarded as ‘sport’? by that low order of beings who, in their in- stincts are but a grade higher than the creatures they train to amuse them, will find favor in these columns. To horse news we shal: devote some space, giving a record of leading races and meetings and current events, but we shall not make it a feature of this jour- nal. We leave this department to others, much more competent than ourselves, who are recognised through- out the country as exponents of the turf, and as au- thority in stock, pedigree and kind. We yield to no one, however, in our love and appreciation of the horse and his estimable qualities. The noblest of all ani- mals, and the companion alike of men of high and low degree, he has never become contaminated by the moral atmosphere by which he is often surrounded, or degraded below the high rank to which his attributes entitle and assign him. To the forest, lawn and garden we assign full place. For the preservation of our rapidly diminishing for- ests we shall continually do battle. Our great inter- eats are in jeopardy—even our supply of drinking wa- teris threatened, from the depletion of our timber- lands by fire and axe. It is but properto state here that the gentleman 1m charge of this department is the well-known ‘‘ Olipod Quill,” who was connected with the Agriculturist newspaper from the start, and a co-laborer with the lamented Downing for many years. Much valuable jnformation will be found in this de- partment. Our military department is intended to comprise merely a weekly summary of news for officers and soldiers upon the frontier—such news as the casta- ways would enjoy to receive in a ‘letter from home;”’ and we trust that many of them will be inclined to send us in return some account of their hairbreadth experiences among the Indians, the buffaloes, the griz- glies and the antelopes. We of the Hast are not thoroughly familiar with the varied species of game 1n the far Northwest,.and would like to receive full information especially of the numerous Cervus family and of the Rocky Mountain sheep. This department is under the charge of a distinguished army officer. Our dramatic and art column will be prepared by Colonel T. B. Thorpe, and must at once become popu lar with all our readers who are interested in these matters. We shall occupy an independent position and throw our offorts in behalf of competent reform. We shall perhaps even clamor for it. Our columns will always contain the cream of the atest foreign sporting news. In a word, we are prepared to print a ive paper and a useful one. We shall not be parsimonious in secur ing the best material for its columns. We are con vinced that there is a standard of eminence and useful ness not yet. fully attained by any sporting journals in this country. To this we aspire. It will be our am- bition to excel; and we have relinquished a life of ease and semi-indolence to take charge of the enterprise. This not of our own free choice, but at the solicitation of many hundreds of friends and strangers. We are ably assisted in our labors by acorps of valuable as- sociates—men of age and experience, all of whom, with single exception, have been identified with leading ournals for years. se a) Suton: A, ATKINSON, connected with tne Georgia press for over twenty years, has charge of the business affairs of the Company. . Cuartis Hat.io00k, Managing Editor, ‘sense. Publications THE TWO SUCCESSFUL BOOKS OF THE SEASON. I. Hallock’s Fishing Tourist, The Fishing Tourist, Angler’s Guide and Reference Rook. BY CHARLES HALLOCK, Secretary of the ‘‘Blooming-Grove Park Association ILLUSTRATIONS, CROWN 8y0., CLOTH $2.00. Mr. Charles Hallock is one of the few gentlemen who write a book mainly for the reason that they haye some: thing to write about—have something to tell the public which the public desires to know. The shortest routes to pleasure are laid down, and correct information is given.as to the best means of conveyance, the expense The author has ayoided the use of technical terms, and thus made his volume all the more acceptable.— Turf, Wield and Farm. of the trip, the secrets of the commissariat, etc. En. . Prime's I Go A Fishing, I Go A Fishing, by W. C. Prime, author of ‘Boa Life in Egypt,’’ ‘“Tent Life in the Holy Land,” ete, CROWN 8VO, CLOTH, BEVELED EDGES, $2.00 It abounds in pleasant episodes, charming and vig- orous descriptions of scenery and character, is distin guished by a refined wit, a droll humor, a strong loye of the beauties of nature, and an enthusiastic devotion to the piscatorial sport. This book will please all who admire heartiness of style and exuberance of animal spirits in their authors. There are some interesting and well-told stories scattered through the volume, which exhibits on almost every page the handiwork of a man of graceful culture and wide reading,—Boston Daily Globe. i Published by Harper & Bros., N. Y. HARPER & BROTHERS will send either of the above works by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of price. GENTS WANTED, everywhere, for Inside Life in Wall Street. By Wm, W.Fowler, Wall Street Correspondent of Boston Commgrctat BunLetin, and an Sparet of 1G YEARS EXPERI- ENCE. The best selling book published, Gives the Historles,Mysterles and ways ofthe Street, and tells of all the great Rises, Panics, Rings, &c,, including Buack Fripay 1869 and Serremnen 1873, The ONLY COMPLE! BH WALL STREET Book ever written! Beautifally illus- trated, Eyery man ard woman wanting employment should send for oor illustrated circulars; DUSTIN, GILMAN & CO., Hartford, Conn, The Sanitarian. A. N. BELL, M. D., Editor. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. “The Sanitary question is now uppermost in the public mind, and it is gratifying to see that the dis- cussion of it is not going to be kept as a ‘‘mystery”’ in the medical profession. Every human being is con- cerned in this matter; and if sanitary science has any sugsestions to make, they must be made directly to the people themselves. This is what the periodical before us aims to do, and this it is doing well.’’—Pop- ular Science Monthly. “As its name implies, Tum SANITARIAN is devoted entirely to Sanitary Science, in its liberal and proper The field it oceupies is a most important one, and the editor admirably qualified for the work he has undertaken.’’—Medical Hxaminer. “Gonsistent with his announcement, Dr. Bell seems to haye spared no pains to secure for the Journal the continued approbation of the public, by treating, in a clear yet comprehensive manner, of subjects with which the public are directly interested, and the im- portance of which cannot be overestimated,’’—Apple- ton’s Journal. a “This is a Monthly Journal, containing original es- says on various Sanitary topics, by some of our most prominent medical scholars, popular enough to be read with profit by every person who reads, and learned enough to be of great interest to medical men. 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Address Tux Tarsune, New York. Sportsmen’ s Goods. s Ve. re yo wD This Rifle, after being tested m the severest man- ner by the late Board of U. S. Officers, appointed by the Government to select the best arm for the service; and after examining over one hundred different sys- _ tems, includiug the best guns of Europe, say of it, ‘that it is the best rifle they have seen, or of -which they have any knowledge. They therefore recom mend it for trial in the hands of the troops. A seven pound carbine on this plan,with coarse military sights, has made better targets at Creedmoor the past sum- mer, than the best English and Amerlcan target ee weighing 10 pounds and haying peep and globe sights. : We are now making these guns to suppiy the nu- age demands, and will soon haye them in the market. for Creedmoor shooting, 90 grs. of powder. 480 ers. of lead, carrying 8 to 8 charges, weight, 10 Tbs. POT A ee sie g PERT eee ee oe Pa $100 and upwards. MAGAZINE RIFLES for general use. 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For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, quality of workmanship and material, accuracy of range, and penetration, WITHOUT COMPARISON. ‘Tt is a noteworthy fact that though many different kinds of rifles were used in the several matches, includ- ing the converted Springfleld, Remington, Metford, Ballard and Ward Burton Rifle, every prize in all the matches was won by those who fired with the Reming- ton rifle, except the last.”—From 4. ¥. Times, June 22, 1873.—(See full report. ) The Remington Rifle won Twenty-two out of Twenty-three Prizes at the Creedmoor Meeting, June 21, 1878. Also, Revolving, Repeating, Deringer, aad Vest Pocket PISTOLS & RIFLE CANES. —OUR— Double Barrrel Breech Loading Gun IS NOW READY. The best ever offered, containing all the most dcsir- able features of the best imported, together with some valuable improyements peculiar only to this gun. Top Snap action, half-cocked, breech opened and shells ex- tracted by one motion. - E. 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A KEY to the genera and sub- genera will follow in the form of a continuous arti- ficial table, while a SYNOPSIS OF LIVING AND FOSSIL BIRDS will contain concise descriptions of every North American species known to this time, with characters of the igher groups and remarks relating to forms not found in North America, Price $7.00 a Copy in Full Cloth Binding. [Prospectus furnished on application.] NATURALIST’S AGENCY SALEM, MASS. OR SALE.—A NEAT AND CONVENIENT 9 _roomed house, with barn, ice house, and other out buildings, and 18 acres of fair land, in Dennisville, Cape May Co., N. J. On old Turnpike road 4 milea from station on West Jersey R. R. Healthy section, with oysters, fish, game and deer in abundance. fine location for a party wanting a nice home near salt water and sporting grounds. Price $2,600. The buildings alone costing more than double the amount. Premises can be seen at any time. For further infor- mation address SAMUEL WRIGHT, 324 Market street, Philadelphia, HAVANNA LOTTERY. Important Notice. For the come drawings, commencing January 8th, we have reduced the price of tickets as follows: Wholes $20,4 $10,395, 1-5 $4, 1-10 $2, 1-20 $1 ‘We are prepared to fill all orders. Circulars sent upon application. Highest price paid for Spanish .Bank Bills, Governments, Ete, . e TAYLOR & CO., Bankers, ff Wall.Street, N. Y. Terms, Five Dollars a Year. } Volume I, Number 23, Ten Cents a Copy. f 103 Fulton Street. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 1874. SOY as Me UP x : 43 - s x | ashort hasty circuit, and stole up to the place where I last THE FLOWER’S REVENGE. Hunting Meet mn atlinnesata, saw her. She had entered a small patch of brush; ——_+>_—_—. [FROM THB GERMAN. | BY H.C. G. ] ¢couch of downy pillows fies a maiden, sleep beguil@d, On her cheeks the color flushing, Veiling dreams beneath her eyelid. Poised upon its costly salver, Sways a chalice heaped with flowers, Wafting incense, dreams and perfume On the slowly passing hours. Laden with the fragrant message, Heavy hangs the air above her; Hardly stir her cloudy tresses In the summer winds that love her. Through the silence, dim and dreary, Suddenly a quaint voice calleth: Quick from fiow’ret and from leafiet, Soft and lowan answer falleth. From the white and gay corollas See the flower spirits springing, Wrapt in rolls of sheeny splendor Crowus and. spears in order bringing, From the roses’ crimson bosom Shyly smiles a queenly maiden, Lightly float her airy tresses, That with dewy pearls are laden. From the rare old helmet-blossom, With its leaves of sombre blue-green, Leaps a warrior, clad in armor, Face and name doth visor screen. Waves a long plume from his helmet, Rivaling the snow in whiteness; And the lily wafts his fair bride, With a veil of cobweb lightness From the tulip’s rainbow chalice Starts an Arab, garments flowing, And upon his swarthy features Fierce the desert strength is glowing. From the tiger-lily’s petals Steps a hunter of the wild chase; And the deep blue Iris blossom Yields up satyrs of the wood race. From the bed of the narcissus Wakes a youth with raven tresses, Swinging upward to the sleeper, Kisses her and wildly presses. Quickly haste, then, fauns and fairies, Each to kiss or clasp the sleeper. Yet their singing and their sighing Only makes her rest the deeper. “Maiden,” sing they, ‘earthly maiden, Rudely have you nipped our blooming; In this silver fretted prison All our beauty we're entombing! Oh how happy in the brown earth Did we live thro’ early spring time! Then the golden sunlight—starlight, Made the soul of leaf to leaf chime! “All the loving winas and zephyrs Swayed onr blushing petais gladly; And at night in fairy circles Did we dance and warble madl y; Dews and rains withheld no blessing; Now we droop and pine in sorrow; Yet before we fade and perish, Strength for vengeance we will borrow!”’ Silence reigns among the fairies, As they light upon the sleeper: All the air is heavy perfume, Yet the maiden’s dreams grow deeper. What a rustling! what a sighing! How the maiden’s.cheeks are burning! How the spirits keep on breathing, Heedless of her restless turning! When the sun uprose in splendor Spirit and fairy faded slowly, On the couch they left the maiden Deeply sleeping, sleeping wholly! Like a withered blossom lying, With the color paling faintly— Did their vengeance curse or bless her? For her rest is deep and saintly! ONE DAY‘S SPORT. BRAINARD, Min., Dec. 24, 1878. Epiror Forest AND STREAM:— . A few days ago, feeling that the monotony of the office was wearing heavily upon me, I threw my trusty ‘‘Wesson”’ on my shoulder and started for a brushy marsh some three miles south-west of town. The snow lay full ten inches deep, with no crust. The barometer indicated a change in the weather, wind blowing from the south-west, the atmos- phere moderately temperate for a winter day, and clouds obscuring the sun. This being the second day after quite a.storm of snow, with the thermometer above the freezing point, Old Probabilities suggested to me that this was a very favorable day to be in the woods. I moved along against the wind leisurely, stopping every now and then, scanning objects critically, and watching for ‘‘signs.” After about an hour’s walk, just on the edge of a little area of brushy land, I discovered two fresh tracks. A careful ex- amination satisfied me, first, that these tracks were made by fawns; secondly, that they had been feeding on this brush, and thirdly, that the tracks being fresh, the deer could not be far away. I took a careful survey of the whole visible surroundings, but saw nothing. I made motions very slow after this. When I lifted a foot for- ward, backward, right or left, my body was erect, and swayed almost imperceptibly; in fact, getting along ata snail’s pace, ten rods in as many minutes, and leaving no possible depression or elevation of ground unexamined at each yard of advance, eager and still careful, active but slow, I moved along through the brush, and looking across a small marsh, on slightly rising ground, fifty paces away, I saw my game, head down, and as unconscious of danger as the wind itself. Iwas inno hurry. And what a splen- did mark! In a twinkling my rifle pointed at the attractive shoulder of the fawn. I knew it, because I saw that shoulder through the sights;.and, as I saw, my finger, re- sponsive to the sense, bore three pounds on the trigger, a report, and, as the smoke lifted, the fawn raised her flag, leaped twenty feet in a direct line forward, and was off like the wind, wild, free and unhurt. I spent no time, however, in mourning over this result. I ran up to the place where the fawn had stood, throwing in a cartridge as I ran, and looking across another marsh, 150 yards away, saw the one I had missed so handsomely and its mate, with heads erect, ears working back and forth, snuffiing the air for any stray tell-tale scent, looking as only deer can look when realizing impending danger, yet unconscious from whence it may come. With one glance I took in the situa- tion, and at the same instant a thrill of immense satisfac- tion appealed to my consciousness. Fun ahead ! thought I, as the sight played along the barrel, on a direct line with one of them, and the unerring ball sped on its urgent mis- sion. Down went the flag and down dropped the fawn on the feathery snow. ‘‘ Ah, ha! myfinefellow. You dodge another ball at fifty paces, eh?” Then I threw in another cartridge, drawing a straight line, and resting the farthest projection on the shoulder aforesaid, I clattered away and down went fawn No. 2, and I knew by the way he fell, stone dead. At this report, fawn No. 1 jumped to her feet, cast one look at her fallen brother, came over towards me twenty paces; but her wound was a terrific one, and wear- ied with her efforts, she, too, dropped to mother earth, quite dead. Ah, a proud moment is such an occasion to the gen- uine hunter! No statesman, hero or warrier, ever felt a greater degree of the ennobling, exalted ‘‘influence” than I did at that particular time. If it could but abide with me! I continued my hunt for about 200 yards and struck another fresh track, The other deers were hung up safely in trees. Within five minutes I discovered a deer walking leisurely along—some 300 yards in advance. I[ did not like to risk a shot this distance, while the chances were favor. able to my getting nearer. She was moving with the wind, and to avoid permitting her to get the wind of me, I maav and, after examining the ground beyond, I was satisfied my game was lying down in this brush, and not fifty paces dis- tant. My only hope rested now on a shot at her ‘‘on the fly.” Bringing my rifle to my shoulder, and whistling softly, the fawn, instead of raising up quickly to see what was up, had winded me, and with a mighty leap over brush, flag up, and really frightened, promised to distance all pur- suers. As she was in the air on her third leap, I spoke to her through my powder trumpet plainly, ‘‘stop.” She only partially obeyed. I had caught her on the point of a ball just under the right flank, the ball ranging forward, crash- ing through the left. shoulder, entirely disabling it; and yet in this terrible predicament, she led me a race of a mile, dodging behind trees, lying down behind logs and peering over the top, always on her guard, and anticipating my approach before I eould sight her. But bleeding badly, she finally became weak, and at last turned on her course, came back to meet me, and within three paces, lay down nearly at my feet, tame and docile as a cosset lamb that has been wont to take its food from the hand. The destructive ele- ment yielded to one of pity. I walked up, put my hand on its head, patted its neck, and without an expres- sion of fear, it put its nose into the hand that had been raised against its life! Pitying its suffering condition, and as an act of charity, I passed a ball through its head, and she yielded up the life she had” struggled so guardedly to protect. I drew her back, deposited her with her dead mates, and casting a satisfied look over my shoulder as I passed beyond the sight of my treasures, found my way back to town, after an absence of three hours and thirty minutes, a wiser and abler man, I offered to give odds over all competitors as against Old Probabilities. Be kind enough to thank him for me, and assure him that his counsel on the deer question is of paramount consider- ation always. BEDFORD. —_— or DUCK SHOOTING IN NEW BRUNSWICK. Seas, BY J. NEWTON WILSON. ja ee Se Y London friend had been for some days coaxing me to go shooting with him, He wanted to see if our style of bagging game was like that of the old country. I told him I was a poor companion for a person of his gun- ning qualities to go with, but he insisted, and we went. A delightful day in early September found us drawing near the landing, close by which, was located the pretty little village of Jemseg. We were soon on shore with our traps and dogs, yearning to catch sight of a duck or a blackbird, or anything that had feathers and two legs and which no body owned. We were both fully armed and equipped, provided with an ample store of eatables, etc. The house we intended to make our headquarters was situated about three miles from the landing. It was one of those bright -and clear days peculiar to the early fall, and my friend Snobby acknowledged that our scenery was nearly as fine asin some parts of England. The shining waters of the Grand Lake lay before us, its mirror-like surface reflecting the shadows of spruce trees and the snowy sails of wood- boats. Farmers mowed their grass, vhetted their scythés, laughed at us sportsmen, and chewed their soggy tobacco. Snobby and I jogged smartly along, carrying as many of our goods with us as convenient. After some warm walk- ing we were directed to the house we wanted. A tap at the front door brought forth a maiden of say fifty sum- mers, Winters thrown in. of course. Her face indicated that she was one whom Nature had endowed with pleasant smiles, so essential to females of her tender years. I at once bowed low, and produced my letter of credit. She vead it, and handed it back in a regular business-like way, saying, ‘‘We’ve got the scarlet fever here,” and shut the door. Snobby was very indignant, and swore. We were tired, and felt like dining; besides, our traps were heavy. We sat for a while on the roadside and rested our limbs. nobby London declared I was not posted in sporting, or else I would have had things differently arranged. A _ sill bounced by us, and sparkled like ginger ale, ww. pure gurgling stream looked inviting, I felt fatigued, and Snobby and I each took to himself a nip of whiskey and water. Then my English friend went in search of a native to obtain a conveyance of some kind. When he was gone I mused on the monotony of a country life, and after a whiff or so of a fair cigar gently passed into a sleep, with my head resting on some new mown hay. Ihada vision, thought I saw away down into the cerulean ocean, dreamed I was up in a balloon, shooting down at ducks, and scanning the little world beneath me; thought I was killing trout by moonlight with three miller flies and a fire on the bank; imagined I was winging ring-necked snipe at Courtney Bay mud flats, In this blissful mood I awoke, and away before me over a western forest was setting old Sol, casting his scarlet reflections through the thousand ciouds that rested in a world of glory above him. I sprang to my feet, grasped my revolver belt and cast it from my limbs, unwhipped my cap, and thrust my head into the icy brook and came out refreshed. I then beheld Snobby on an Ox cart, coming at a snail’s pace. Our stuff was put on board, and we were hauled to an inn, or rather to a red house built over some tan vats. Here we learned that the host’s good wife was crazy with the toothache. She asked my companion if he was aware of anything that would sive her relief. He told the sufferer to make a huge plate of buckwheat pancakes, and rub her cheek with plenty of tadway’s Ready Relief, but not to put any on the pan- cakes. The poor woman made us comfortable, and I ran up.to a store and purchased for her the article reeommend- ed, and it cured her almost immediately. Jer husband thanked us with tears in his eyes, and declared he would get some sleep that night. We retired early, having made previous preparations for ¢he next morning's shooting. Snobby snored loudly, after a while, and kept the lamp chimney on the dance continually. I elbowed. him in the ribs, and brought him toasense of quietude. Grey day- light broke, and the stars were still glittering in the heay- ens. We were soon up and dressed and away. Our dogs were particularly delighted, and showed their _Villainous training by running after every bird or grasshopper that happened along. ‘They also barked handsomely, so that if any ducks were about they would have known that we wanted them. Snobby considered his dog very valuable, had refused one hundred dollars for her, and he always allowed her to sleep on the foot of his bed. One night I awoke and felt a great pressure on my legs, and I fou d that it was this valuable pup. Notwithstanding this, I gave the beautiful canine creature a rise that caused her to tumble awkwardly into a harrel of wool that formed part of the furniture of our room. We found a canoe, and away we flew past marshes and dykelands. The morning was charming, and the luxuriant grass bowed submissively before a refreshing breeze. We landed a mile or so from the starting point, and crept cau- tiously up to a long sheet of water, on the surface of which we discovered a large flock of black ducks, with their heads nicely tucked under their wings. Our dogs acted quietly enough, for I had made mine fast to my boot, and Snobby’s was under the jinfluence of so sound a kicking that she was calm and motionless. We both rose at a sig- nal and fired. At this Snobby’s dog rushed pell mell into the water, kiyi-ing grandly. My pure breed followed with a fierce spring, pulling off my boot, and away went ducks, dogs, boot, and all, i was filled with rage, and if I had been within a fair range of my brother sportsman’s dog I would have been much tempted to shoot it; but the reader will say the dog would not have risked much, seeing that I killed no ducks. Neither of us stopped a bird. How ad- mirably our dogs hunted the marshes that morning. They must have beat over miles away. They hunted ‘all the ducks off. I put some shot in my dog, which hit him near the tail, but he was not the style of dog to stop at trifles. Snobby anathematized everything. A farmer in the next township found my boot the next day. By very hard work one morning we bagged some fine snipe and a marsh hen ortwo. From this out the Aundred dollar dog acted well enough, because its owner had to keep it tied up at the inn. Mine would beat the hunting grounds thoughtfully, and would good naturedly scratch shot out of his back and wag his tail knowingly. One afternoon we concluded to make a grand circuit, and do the whole marsh, We went. Our intention was to take the ducks as they flew over us, bound for their feed- ing grounds. Evening finally arrived, and threw her sombre shadows over hay cocks, barns, and us. Many flocks whizzed over our heads, and numerous were the times we pulled trigger on them. We got one. Snobby declared he killed it, and I thought I did. It lay before us a case for equity. I resigned it to Snobby London—he had earned it. After this slim sport among the dykelands, we concluded to take the steamer and go down the river and have a day or two atthe Nerepis with our friend B— We landed from the Rothesay quite near his cozy home, which nestled in a green valley, enclosed by an amphithe- atre of hills, from the summits of which a cheering view of our noble river was afforded. It was among these hills the blue-jay flew. The familiar voice of the crow sounded from many a tree, and the partridge’s loud whirr caused the anxious gunner to grasp firm his piece. It was the ‘partridge we wanted. We were up before the sun next morning. Wemust make the best of it, for we were on our last day ; and so we climbed the rugged hills with a will, feeling confident that we would bring honorably to bag fully a dozen brace of partridges before noon, We had become disgusted with duck-shooting, We preferred spects from its European cousin, partridger, Many a weary mile we travelled. Our friend and guide, B-——, had often told us, in town, of his gen- uine partridge dog ; so, of course, we mnst have afine day’s sport with such an animal, the partridge in preference to any other bird. ‘‘If the par- tridge had the woodcock’s thigh it would be the finest bird that ever did fly,” says the poet. We concluded it was the finest anyhow. We imagined this fowl roasted on a spit and served up with sauce, a la Russe. Alas! our hopes werein vain, B-——’s dog had been caught in a bear trap, and consequently had a lame paw. He would strike the scent of a rabbit or porcupine, and off he would dart, with tail erect and nose low, and finally give tongue encourag- ingly. Forward we would press with our guns at half cock and we breathless. ‘‘He’s gota covey,” B would say, and when we found him, instead of barking at game he would be sitting on his haunches, growling at his dilapi- dated paw and gnawing it. A partridge was treed at last—one of the Audubon type, said Snobby, who scrambled towards it and fired at about ten yards distant. The bird looked at him fora few sec- onds, and just as he was about to give it the other harrel, after taking aim for that length of time, with a loud whirr off went the beautiful gallinaceous biped through birch trees and mossy glens. Close in pursuit sprang my dog, gallantly serenading the woods for a league or more. Noon was now upon us, and “‘the merry, merry sunshinc” made joyous the day, which had so far been dull and misty. We turned homeward, fora keen hankering for ‘‘prog” came over us. . At our friend B——'s a savory dinner awaited us. An immense dish of lamb chops formed 1 centre on the ample table, the corners of which were graced with green peas, new potatoes, tomatoes, and. numerous other dainties that tend to make life pleasant. Before partaking of this sump- tuous board, Snobby invited us to come outside to “‘take something.” Fatal moment! While praising the mellow- ness of the whiskey I perceived my dog making his way out of the back door. He was licking his ponderous jaws, and appeared languid. After him flew the cook witha mop handle, which she laid on his broad back with a giant stroke. ‘Oh, heavens,” she screamed, ‘‘your horrible cur has devoured all the dinner!” It was too true; he had gathered it all to himself, leaving oniy the dishes, knives, forks, and other indigestible articles. I felt anything but pleasant, and broke forth to the hostess as follows :—‘‘Mad- am, this act of my dog I most sincerely condemn, and I most solemly assure you he has received well-merited pun- ishment, for his back is rendered so much out of shape that his only use hereafter will be to run around corners.” The fact is, the animal was rendered useless, and his body was sadly bent; but at all events his stomach was all right for that day. Our dinner passed off without the aid of meat, I however thanked my stars it was no worse, and did ample justice to hot potatoes and new butter. But little more is to be told. That afternoon we landed at Indiantown, and the loud strains of the fog horn on Partridge Island reminded us that we were home again. We hired a whole coach to avoid questioning, On theroad home my dog got lost, and I was glad of it. Snobby gave his away and.sold his gun, and forever retired from the field. Your humble servant, however, purchased a water spaniel pup anda breech-loading gun, and as some years have passed since this narrative he is now a fair shot, and often makes a bag that many a good sportsman would be proud of. v $< +—_____— HARES AND RABBITS. —_—_$ $4 —— Epiror Forest AND STREAM: — Why can not sporting men in writing for a sporting paper call things by their right names? Call grouse grouse, not partridge or pheasant. Wehaye no pheasant in this country, and I think no partridge proper either, the quail coming the nearest to it, thongh it differs in size and in other re- Neither have we arabbit of any kind running wild in all our woods, To be sure I can see the advantage of sometimes using the above terms in conversation with a country boy when in astrange part of the country in pursuit of abag. Should you on meeting him ask if there were any ruffed grouse to be found in those parts, it would be a box of caps to a bil- liard ball that he would not know what you meant. But if he should say ‘“‘I never heerd of sech, but I knows where up in the old man’s back brier lot there be lots and slathers of patridges,” you might get the information you wanted, and it in the end prove very gratifying, But again in enquir- ing for woodcock should your rustic assume to be thorough- ly posted, ‘‘knows where there be a heap of them ere,” and you go with him with visions of a big bag of these choicest of birds in your mind's eye, and he takes youto ‘‘dad’s sugar bush,” and points you out ared-headed ‘‘wood-pecker tapping on the hollow beech tree, "your information would not be as satisfactory and you would want to say— a bad word—and retire in disgust. Had you asked him about ‘‘blind-snipe,” he might have taken you down to the lower “pastur” among those willows on that brook, or to that damp place on the road in the woods the way he “druv the keows hum o’ nights,” and you might have found a brood, perhaps more, plump.and well grown, and never having been shot at, easy to bag. All this may be pardonable and even necessary on the principle I suppose of ‘‘when you are among the Romans, do as the Romans do,” or talk their language at least if you want to find out anything, but in writing for our pa- pers—that is in our social talks—intelligent sportsmen one We now most firmly selected with another (for a sporting} paper is that or should be ang nothing else) let us call things by their right names, I was glad to see that 8. L. P. in one of your recent numbers.in his very graphic article on ‘‘Hare Hunting,” uses. the right word for the right animal, but many sports. men us¢ these wrong terms in their sketches, when they know better. Tf I can aid you any in settling this matte; or convey any acceptable information I shall be abund- antly satisfied. I shall at least feel better after relieving my mind on the subject. | a, ‘‘T arise to explain” that we have no rabbits in this country. The little grey fellows so plentiful around our hedges and thickets, more especially in the sonth and west are hares. 5 It is most preposterous nonsense to talk of coursing op running a rabbit with dogs for any sport in thething. Yoy . might with.equal propriety speak of coursing a cat. While the latter with a spit and a phizz, with an arched back and an enormously enlarged narrative would be in a jiffy on the top of the barn or in a tree, the former would dissap- pear in the first hole he could pop into. The rabbit, Lepus evniculus, is « congregationalist, (I speak not orthodoxically, and yet I think Ido too, which to.say the least appears rather parodoxical) is very friendly and sociable in its habits, living in villages or warrens, Tt is polygamously inclined at least in its domesticated state, though I believe not when wild (proving so much for ciyil- ization). It breeds six or seven times during the year, taking great care in arranging its nest in the darkest and safest part of its burrow, lining it with the softest of fur plucked from its own body. It brings forth from five to eight at a litter, sometimes more. ‘The little fellows are ushered into the world without hair and are stone blind, their eyes not opening until the tenth cr twelfth day. They are very tender and weakly, requiring especial care {trem the mother for severdf weeks. The flesh when cooked is whitish in color, somewhat juicy, with not much if any game flavor. It is not anocturnal animal, for the most part lying snugly coiled up in the recesses of its burrow during the dark hours. The hare Lepus syleaticus, is monogamous and a timid hermit-like creature, sits by himself nearly all the day in his form, a mere indenture in the Jeaves often in the open ground or under a bush, and when aroused by the dogs is off like a shot, trusting to the speed of his foot and his cun- ning art in doubling to save his skin. His cars are very acute, always open, and so constructed as to catch the slightest sound in any direction. His eyes too are never closed even when he is asleep, and are so prominently situ- ated as to enable him to take in almost an entire circle ata glance. The hare takes but little pains with its home dom- icile, being satisfied with a mere depression in the ground or under a bush of grass. Sometimes, though, it takes posses- sion of a hole ina wall or decayed tree where it brings forth from three to five youngsters two or three times only during the year. The young leverets come fo:th with their eyes open, and with their clothes on, and ready al- most at their birth for regular hare business. The flesh is dark and dry, with a decided game flavor, but after the first frosts have toned down its somewhat stringy nattire is very good, and were it more difficult to obtain would be highly prized. The hare is emphatically a night animal, feeding mostly then, and ona moonlight night it is an interesting sight when you are well concealed to watch their fantastic gam- bels. They are very destructive to young nurseries, eird- ling the small trees, doing much damage in a single night. The undersigned with one other once in two hours of a moonlight night in Wisconsin shot nineteen in the road as they crossed from an oak thicket to a young nurscry. It was fun for us but ‘‘frogs for them.” We have several different varieties of the species lepus, but the two best known is the one above mentioned and the northern or great hare, LZ. Americanus, This one has an advantage over his smaller brother in possessing two suits of clothes, or at least a change, a brown turning 10 erey for summer, with almost a perfect white for winter use, whereby he is better enabled to escape the lynx-like eyes of his hunters. Ican not better close this article than by an extract from Chambers’ Encyclopedia. It says the species of lepus are abundant in Africa and western Asia, but North America possesses more specie than either. Baird divides the American species into five section pendent on the degree of separation of the post orbital pro cesses from the side of the temporal region. In one extreme they diverge widely from the cranium, in the other they are in close contact with the distinguishing suture oblitera- ture. : To the last belong Z. aquatieus' and L. palustris, large headed species from the swamps of low countries of the southern States. To the first, the Arctic hare (L. glacialis) the changing hare (Z. Americanus) and the Oregon hare (L. Washingtonid) of the higher northern regions. Several species (L. campestiis) L. callotis) (L. inhabit the places:west of the Mississippi river. The L,, calle: tis is well known to pioncers in Texas and New Mexico aA the jackass rabbit. JACOBSTAFF: g de- femesil) + >—____—_——- A, —The following is said to be an extract from the ea of one of the first ministers in the Green Mountain Bai ‘Went this evening to see Miss Susy Smith. On MY ie saw a peculiar animal, When it went into its hole tt oa appeared; when it came out of his hole, it appeared. oF ‘ to Miss Susy about it, and she said it was askunk, 49 pose it was a skunk,” : WHERE TO HIT. A GRIZZLY. Sel Sealed Eprrorn Foresr anp STreAM:— Several hunters are annually killed by grizzly bears in» the United States. The precise location of the most vulner- able spot of Ursus Horribilis, is therefore a matter of great importance. ‘The small powder charges used. in American sporting rifles render a front shot extremely critical. of these tough customers has been known to swim half a mile with two bullets in his heart. If a side shot can: be obtained, most hunters aim at the spinal cord, just behind the ear. Mr. J. H. Batty, Taxidermist to the Hayden Exploring Expedition, informs me that the skull of the grizzly, refer- red to in the Forust aAnpd Srream of Dee. 11, page 288, | was not fractured, but that the first ‘‘cervical vertebra” was shattered by the first shot. Lieutenant Carpenter sends the following interesting ac- cunt of the affair, showing that even an explosive bullet must be judiciously placed to be effective:— 8. H. Map, Jr, “WASHINGTON, Dec, 23, 1873. Mr. Map, Dear Sir.—l cheerfully answer the enquir- ies-contained in your letter of the 22d instant. I claim that I killed the bear with the first shot fired, an explosive one. This shot completely paralyzed the animal, and it was not really necessary to fire another one. I fired four shots, the two first explosive, the two last, solid. The first shot was fired at forty yards, the second shot at eight yards, the third shot at thirty yards, the fourth shot at about fifteen yards. The first shot, explosive, struck the animal behind the ear, badly shattering, but not disconnect- ing the first ‘‘cervical vertebra;” at the crack of the rifle, the bear instantly dropped and remained perfectly quiet for two minutes. He then raised himself in a sitting posture, but could not stand up, the blood was streaming down his head and neck, and the ground where he fell was covered with it. While in this position I fired the second shot at the head. This shot, explosive, struck the bony arch over the eye and flattened out just under the skin, without doing the slightest damage. knocked him clear over, but I regard it as of no effect. (If this had been my first shot, I would have been in a pad fix.) The skull was not penetrated or fractured, The animal was On a very steep mountain side, and when the second shot knocked him down, he rolled over and over for sixty yards, until he brought up against a large log, I then went close to him and saw that he was perfectly helpless, but as he was still breathing, and by no means presented a tame appearance, I finished him with two solid balls in the neck. I think that the resistance offered by two inches of solid bone, backed by about five inches of hard muscle and followed by the skull, which is 24 inches thick on the side, proved too great for the penetrative power of the explosive bullet, and while T regard their effect. when fired into the body, shoulder, ‘‘vertebrae,” and in fact any part of an animal, except its head, as terribly destructive, yet, I beg to be excused from’trying them. again on grizzlies, un- less I can get another chance attheneck. * * ** * Tam going to try your bullets on deer, elk and antelope. I think the charge of powder for the calibre 50 bullet rather light. Yours truly, LinuTeENANT W. L. CARPENTER, U: S. Geological Survey.” Raronal Zlastimes. my SV Sp. Guoren’s Crrcker Cius.—The annual meeting of the St. George’s Cricket Club was held on toe 5th instant, when the following officers and committee were elected for the ensuing season:—President, John G. Dale; Vice Presi- dent, George T. Green; Treasurer, Charles Vinten; Secre- tary, W. R. Bowman. Committee—Messrs. Mostyn, Mum- ford, Talbot, Moeran, and Satterthwaite. Reports from the Secretary and Treasurer were read, showing the club to be in a highly prosperous condition, with a large increase in the number of its members, and a considerable balance in the hands of the Treasurer. poe THE RULES OF CRICKET. No unprejudiced person can read the existing rules gov- erning the game of cricket without being impressed with the fact that they are not only incomplete in not covering all the important points of the game, but also that they are generally so crudely worded as to admit of several interpre- tations; and, moreover, they are not arranged either in proper order or under appropriate heads. In our series cf articles on the rules of the game, while giving explanations of each rule, we shall point out such errors as exist, and give the definition of each rule as it is understood by the Secretary of the Maryleborne Club of London, with whom, while he was in this country, we conversed on the topic of the rules and their authorized interpretation. THE BALL. 1. The ball must weigh not less than five ounces and a half, nor more than five ounces and three-quarters. _ It must measure not less than nine inches, nor more than nine inches and one-quarter in circumference. At the begin- ning of each innings, either party may call for a new ball. It is not customary now to use more than two balls in a match, in fact one suffices in one-day matches except the ground be wet and the ball becomessoggy. Therule, how- ever, if strictly inforced would require the use of four balls to a full match of four innings. In buying balls for club use it is always the cheapest to get.the best, as the low priced balls give way in the seams very quickly, The best ‘balls: made are those which have their seams sewn with cat- gut, One) It tore the skin and flesh some, and. POREST AND STREAM. THE BAT. 2. The bat must not exceed four inches and one quarter: in the widest part; it must not be more than thirty-eight inches in length. This rule is too indefinite in its wording to have full effect, inasmuch as it does not state what the material shall be of which the bat is to be made, and neither does it de- fine the length of the bat itself, but simply states that the bat—including the bat proper as well as the handle—shall not exceed three feet in length. A short man does not re- quire so long a handle to his bat as a tall man, but both re- quire the same amount of width to guard their wickets. The rule, therefore, should designate the exact length of the ‘“‘pod” or bat proper, leaving the handle to be short or long, but not exceeding a certain length. The rule does not state how thick a bat may be or what limit of weight there should be. ~All this is left to custom to govern, when tlie rule should expressly define it. All good bats are now made of straight-grained and well-seasoned willow, with the handles strengthened by strips of cane. Of course it is the umpires’ duty to see that the laws governing the materials of the game, such as size and weight of Dall, size of bat, length of stumps, &e., are all enforced; but there is nothing in the above rules calculated to haye them properly enforced. THE STUMPS. 3. The stumps must be three in number; twenty seven inches out of the ground; the bails cight inches in leneth; the stumps of equal, and of sufficient thickness to prevent the ball from passing through. e This rule is very badly worded. . What is meant, is, that the stumps shall not exceed 27 inches in height when fixed in the ground, and that the width of the ‘‘wicket”—the three stumps and the bails—shall not exceed eight inches in any part of it, while the stumps are to be of such a thickness as not to allow the ball to pass between them without touching the stumps. By the rule, as it now reads, the stumps may be made of iron, and the ba:Js can be eight inches in length, instead of four, as each bail should be. The best material for stumps is hickory, which is tougher than oak or ash. They should also be brass, tipped with iron at their points. The rule ought to state that the stumps shall be of equal thickness and not exceeding an inch or an inch and a half in thickness. THE BOWLER’S POSITION. 4. The bowling crease must be in a line with the stumps; six feet eight inches in length; the stumps in the center; with a rettrn crease at each end towards the bowler at right angles. The term ‘‘bowling crease” is very indefinite. The proper way is to word the rule so as to define the, bowler’s position as being limited by lines of three feet, extending from the outer stump on each side of the wicket. The word ‘‘erease” is a technical term. and scareely suited for the phrasing of alaw. There should be a three-feet line located where the ‘‘return crease” is now laid, and also a limit to the ground the bowler occupies in the preliminary run he makes in delivering the ball. THE BATSMAN’S POSITION. 5. The popping crease must.be four feet from the wicket, and parallel to it; unlimited in length, but not shorter than the bowling crease. The batsman’s position is behind a line unlimited in length, but located four feet distant from the bowler’s line or line of the stumps. Both lines require to be plainly marked with chalk or some white substance so as to be seen by the umpires, the line of the batsman’s position—called the ‘‘popping crease’’—not being less than six feet in length. Every cricket club should have a frame made six feet eight inches in length by four feet in width, and by laying this down in front of the wicket with stumps in the center of one side of it, the two lines or creases could be correctly laid down. PITCHING THE WICKETS. 6. The wickets must be pitched opposite to each other by the umpires at the distance of twenty-two yards. | Lilly white’s Guide for 1873, in its code of rules, has:the word ‘‘caps” in place of wickets. What the rule means by the words ‘‘wickets must be pitched,” is that the distance from the centre stump of one wicket to that of the opposite wicket must be exactly 22 yards. The umpires are-by the above rule alone empowered to place the stumps in position, o1 in other words, ‘‘pitch the wickets.” THE CONDITION OF THE GAME. Y. It shall not be lawful for either party during a match, without the consent of the other, to alter the ground by rolling, watering, covering, mowing, or beating, except at the commencement of each innings, when the ground may be swept and rolled at the request of either party; such re- uest to be made to one of the umpires within one minute ~ after the conclusion of the former innings. This rule is not méant to prevent the striker from beating the ground - with his bat near to the spot where he stands during the in- nings, nor to prevent the bowler from filling up holes with saw-dust, etc., when the ground is wet. In commencing each innings, if the side at the bat desire it, the ground between the wickets can be rolled and swept; put the other side can only do so yntil the batting side ob- ject to it. Of course, by mutual consent, this can be done at any time during the game. Before the delivery of the ball the batsmen can step out of their ground for the purpose of beating down any inequalities of the ground with their bats, as also after the ball has been held by the wicket keeper and thereby rendered temporarily dead, as also, after an over has been called. The rule in this latter respect is, however, too indefinite in its ~wording for so important @ point. | CHANGING THE WICKETS. 8. After rain the wickets may be changed with the con- sent of both parties. “been developed, has oceurred'‘in Brooklyn, L, I. There is no rule providing that the wickets shall not be changed, The above are the rules referring to the ball, bat, ard the wickets. Next.come those governing the delivery of the ball to the bat, to which we shall refer'in full in our next article on the subject. = Ammnrtcea vs, EXNGLAND,—Arrangements haye been made by the Boston and Philadelphia Base-Ball Clubs to send a joint team to England next August, thei same to consist not only of two tens to play base ball together in championship matches in England, but also a twenty-two to play at cricket against the ‘strongest professional and amateur cricket elevensof England, Mr. H. Spalding, of the Boston Club, leaves New York, next Saturday, for England, to make the preliminary arrangements. The American twenty-two will practice ericket together on exhibition games before they leave, playing the St. George Club, in this city, in July. University, Va., Jan. 12, i874. Eprtor Forrest AND STREAM:—— Since my last letter to you, we have had such bad weather, that we could not play foot bail, and of course did not expect the Englishmen to come here, when the eround was soaked by a week’s rain; they disappointed us, for they came, and although it was pouring down rain, they insisted on playing, saying they would claim the game if we did not play, as rain never stopped a game in England Each side won a goal, and when time was called we were playing the third game with the ball within a few fect of the Englishmen’s goal; it was decided a drawn game. We have, so far, had only one freeze in Virginia this winter; very few persons have filled their ice-houses. J. OC. Mck. —Mr. H. W. Collender has published a pamphlet con- taining a full account of the first International Billiard Tournament held at Irving Hall in June last. It is illus- trated with diagrams of the most diffiult shots made by the, celebrities who: participated in this great contest, and is a very useful and interesting publication. Sent, postage free on receipt of twenty-five cents. aoe ee ' CREEDMOOR.—We regret to state that the last heavy rains have done no small amount of harm to the range at Creedmoor. Five hundred and forty feet. nearly of the embarkment on the south side, the side fronting the shooter is down, carried away by a regular Jand slide. The earth was evidently saturated by the rains, and tumbling down has filled up the drain and the road, which had been ecare- fully laid between the targets and the embankment. The fall of earth has covered the-target platform, and the roofs of the butts, and in several places the debris extends past the terrace and into the plain to a distance of sixty feet from the edge of the embankment. The force of the dirt-fall was such as to have moved three of the iron slabs, weighing fully 1,250 pounds and to have torn up the extra heavy weight iron sheeting used to cover the butts. The doors of the butts have been in some cases broken in, but fortunately the butts have held firm. It will cost fully $2,000 to repair damages. Weare pleased to state that the Range Com- mittee, Generals Shaler and Woodward and Captain Win- ' gate, have already made arrangements to repair the damage. The misfortune about the tumbling down of the embank- ment is, that with the open winter, the managers of the N. R. A. were in hopes that rifle practice might have been commenced quite early for 1874; as it is, with the well known energy of the Range Committee, we feel sure the delay in the opening of the range at Creedmoor, should it occur, will be but short. Tue Woops oF THE SieERRA,—Nothing can be more charming than the woods of the Sierra summit iu June, July, and August, especially in the level glades marginine: the open summit valleys, at an elevation of 6,000 to 7,0vU0 fect. The pines and firs, prevailing over spruces and cedars, attain a height ranging from 100 to 200 feet, und even more. Their trunks are perfectly straight, limbless for fifty to a hundred feet, painted above the snow-mark with yellow mosses, and ranged in: open, park-like groups, affording far vistas. The soil may be thin, but it is soft and. springy to the tread, covered with needles of the pine, ereened with tender grasses and vines, and thickly sprinkled with blossoms. Huge boulders of granite relieve the ver- nal coloring with their picturesque masses of gray, starred with lichens. ‘These rocks are often nearly hid in yines or in dwarf oaks and manzanitas, which, under the pres- sure of deep snow, assume a vine-like growth, winding all about a boulder with their clinging and sinuous small branches. Thickets of wild-rose and other flowering shrubs occur at intervals, giving an almost artistic variety to the woodland scene. The crimson snow-plant lifts its stender shaft of curious beauty. Large patches of helian- thus, some species with very breoad leaves, spread their sun-flowers to the air. Sparkling springs, fresh from snowy fountains silver-streak these forest meadows, where birds ‘come to bathe and drink, and tracks of the returning deer ‘are printed. Once more the: quail is heard pi ping to its mates, the heavy whirring flight of the grouse startles the meditative rambler, and the pines give forth again their surf-like roar to the passing breeze, waying ,their piumed tops in slow and graceful curves across a sky wonderfully clear and blue.—Overland Monthly. 5 B - e —What seems to be a perfectly authenticated case of horrible death from the bite of a cat, hydrophobia having Mr. Jas. P. Raymond, a young man of- twenty-two years of age, WAS bitten by a cat some six months ago, and expired on the 29th of December last, with every symptom of this terrible disease. ~The testimony of the physicians leaves no doubt as to the origin and character’ of the fearful malady. m 306 FOREST AND STREAM. For Forest and Stream INGLE-NOOK. —$.-__4___—__ 7 OW all the woodland paths are strewn With autumn’s tawny leaves; The Frost elf hangs his glittering gems Upon the cottage eaves. The dancing brook has lost its glee, And clinks in fetters down, Each mountain monarch of the north Puts on its crystal crown. But circling round our gladsome hearth, With merry chat and song, Still may we tread the forest glade, And errant days prolong. Once more the dainty line wecast, Or track the startled deer, As summer scenes go flitting past, And wildwood sounds we hear. What reck we of the pinching cold, The fetters round us flung? Let hermits in their caves crow old, Good cheer shall keep us young. As memory doth her treasures bring Hope pictures coming days, When lured by balmy breath of spring We seek the woodland ways. Thus will we count our trophies o’er, And plan thenew campaign, Till from the snow-drifts at the door, The crocus peeps again. Then pile the faggots high, my boys, And mid the ruddy light, We'll link our past and future joys. In golden bonds to night. Tyne eA: $+ TO PROFESSOR AGASSIZ. wo ha BY SAMUEL D, ROBBINS. Great prophet of eternal nature, thou To whose pure heart her inmost secrets bow, ‘Tis thine to read, with innocence sublime In archives deep the autograph of time. The rock of ages to thy yision clear, Reveals the annals of the growing sphere, Scriptures in cipher, by the icebergs old, On mount and plain and boulders manifold, Glad to the reverent research, Ocean gave Its choicest treasures from its lowest cave; On shell and fossil thou hast learned to find The earliest signets of creative mind. A grateful world lifts up one prayer for thee! Long as time lasts, dear shall thy memory be. Who lowly bows before the humblest clod, Becomes himself a Temple filled with God. Boston Transcript. Jlatural History. THE GREAT OCTOPUS. Sv. Joun’s, NEWFOUNDLAND, December 24, 1878. Eprror Forest AND STREAM:— Two fishermen were out in a punt on October 26th, 1873, off Portugal Cove, Conception Bay. Observing some object floating on the water at some distance, they rowed towards it, supposing it to bea large sail, or the debris of a wreck. On reaching it one of the men struck it with his ‘‘gaff,” when immediately it showed signs of life, and reared a parrot-like beak, which they de- clare was ‘‘as large as a six gallon keg,” with which it struck the bottom of the boat violently. It then shot out from about its head two huge, livid arms, and began to twine them around the boat. One of the men seized a small axe and severed both arms as they lay over the gun- wale of the boat, whereupon the fish moved off, and ejected an immense quantity of inky fluid, which darkened the water for two or three hundred yards. The men saw it for some short time afterwards, and observed its tailin the vir, which they declare was ten feet across. They estimate the body of the fish to be sixty feet in length, five feet in diameter, of the same shape and color.,as the common squid, and they observed that it moved in the same way as the squid, backwards and forwards. They had ample opportunity of observing its shape and dimensions before they were alarmed by its movements, so that their statements are quite reliable, especially when corroborated by the arms, which they brought ashore. One of these arms was, un- fortunately, destroyed, but the clergyman of the village assured me that it was ten inches in diameter and six feet in length. The other arm was brought to St. John’s, but not before six feet of it were destroyed. Fortunately, I heard of its arrival, and had it preserved. Mr. Murray, our Geological Surveyor, and I examined it carefully, had it photographed and immersed in aleohol, and it is now in our museum. It measured nineteen feet, is of a pale pink color, and entirely cartilaginous, tough and pliant as leather, and very strong. It is but three inches and a half in circumference, except towards the extremity, where it broadens like an oar to six inches in circumference, and then tapers to a pretty fine point. The under surface of the extremity is covered with suckers to the very point. First there is a cluster of small suckers, with fine sharp teeth round their edges, and with a membrane stretched across each. Of thesethere areabout seventy. Thencome two rows of very large suckers, the movable disk of each an inch and a quarter in diameter, the cartilaginous ring not being denticulated. These are twenty-four in number. After these there is another group of suckers with denticu- lated edges, similar to the first, about fifty in number. Along the under surface about fifty more small suckers are distinguished at intervals, making in all about 180 suckers. The men estimate that they left at least ten feet of the arm attached to the body of the fish, so that its original length must have been thirty-five feet. I am assured by a clergyman here that during the winter of 1870 two cuttles were cast ashore at Lamaline, the bodies of which measured respectively forty and forty-seven feet. More than once we have had accounts of gigantic cuttles being seen in some of our bays, but not till now was any portion of them secured. oO ie CIIOK wS> Hey ‘Ee, ag 86 OO 28 49 = THE OCTOPUS. Since the foregoing occurrence took place a perfect specimen has been captured by some fishermen in Logie Bay, a few miles north of St. Johns, and IJ have been for- tunate enough to obtain possession of it. After carefully measuring it. | had it photographed and then immersed in the strongest brine. Its dimensions are small compared with those of the giant seen in Conception Bay, but still it possesses great interest for naturalists. The body of this cuttle is eight feet in length and five feet in circumference. The tail is two feet in breadth at the widest: part, and has a fin like expansion. The fish, on examination, proved to be a decapod, having ten arms, radiating from the central part, or head, in the centre of which isa strong, horny beak, shaped like that of a parrot, and about the size of a man’s fist. The eyes are behind the central nucleus, and are each four inches in diameter, very prominent and dark, with a white circle around. Two of the arms are much longer than the others, being each twenty-four feet in length, not more than two inches and a half in circumfer- ence, and arranged at the extremities with sucking disks, arranged in the same way as in the amputated arm I have already described. All of these suckers have sharp dentic- ulated edges, and twenty-four of them are large, and ar- ranged in two rows, each being an inch in diameter. The others vary and decrease in size towards the extremity, where they are not larger than a split pea. In all there are about 150 suckers on each of the long arms. The eight shorter arms are each ten inches in circumference at the point of junction with the head, and taper to a fine point. Their under surface is completely covered with large suck- ers, arranged in a double row, and each arm carries about one hundred. The total number of suckers is thus about 1,100. The eight shorter arms are each six feet in length. Connected with the body is a funnel, through which the water is ejected after the extraction of its oxygen by the breathing organs. This funnel runs the entire length of the body. It serves another purpose—when the water is forcibly ejected by the reaction of the surrounding me- dium the fish moves backwards with great swiftness, while the forward motion is accomplished by the movements of its tail. ‘There is a second funnel, through which the inky fluid which it secretes is ejected when the creature wishes to escape from its pursuers. It is believed here, by those familiar with these cuttle- fish, that my specimen is a young one—perhaps two or three years old—and which, if not captured, would prob- ably have grown to the length of forty or fifty feet in the body, as their growth is wonderfully rapid. At all events, the existence of cuttle-fish in the waters around this island is beyond all question. I am informed by an intelligent person here, whose veracity I could not question, that he measured the body of a cuttle fish cast ashore in a storm in Green Bay, about two years ago, and found it eighty feet. The Rev. A. E. Gabriel, of Portugal Cove, assured me that in the winter of 1870, when he lived at Lamaline, on the southern coast, two cuttles were cast ashore whose bodies measured forty and férty-seven feet respectively. -Many persons have informed me of having seen them from twelve to twenty feet in length of body, and arms between thirty and forty feet. Our fishermen universally believe in them, and call them “big squids.” They have a saying that ‘‘the squid is the biggest fish in the sea.” A fisherman here—a simple-minded, honest fellow—told me that his small coaster was once anchored in one of the northern harbors, when suddenly, though making no water, she began to sink. Those on board took to their boats in alarm, but after go- ing down till the water was nearly on a level with the deck she suddenly rose again, and took no harm Soon after they observed a ‘‘big squid” disporting in the water, and concluded that it had grappled their craft with its arms and dragged it down as far as it was able, and then sud- denly relaxed its hold from some cause. Our fishermen say that these cuttles anchor themselves to a rock or to the bottom by their long arms, and thus ob- tain a ‘‘purchase” when grasping anything with the shorter arms. ————- —the celebrated trotting horse Ripon Boy, died lately of hydrophobia, at Horicon, Wisconsin, THE GoopenovuanH Horst Srors.—Ol course there are rational and irrational methods of horse shocing; men, as aurule, keep forever in ruts, and why should farriers be supposed to differ from the general rules governing man- kind? Expert as horse shoers may be in the art of secure- ly fastening the iron shoe to the soft and elastic pad called a horse’s hoof, the grand error, the oversight, the ignorance dispiayed, is in the construction of the shoe itself, We may build a house of a peculiar stone, and employ the cleverest masons to place and point the stone, but if the Stone be poor in quality, all the skill of the masons goes for nothing, for the house will, in time, crumble and go to pleces. _ Now-a days, fortunately, the construction of the shoe, itself, has been taken out of the hands of the blacksmith, und no end of careful study has been directed towards the construction of an iron shoe, which shall. not only be last- Ing, but at the same time, preserve the nature and quality of the hcrses foot, and we have no hesitation from actual experience in recommending the Goodenough horse shoe. In the first place, it is a light shoe, being scarcely half the weight of the old-fashioned shoe. The foot surface has the marked advantage of having a true bevel, making that por- tton of the web which receives the bearing of the hoof, the Widch of the thickness of the wall or crust. Especially how, In winter, the calking on the shoe is excellent to pre Vent slipping, In the ordinary method of calking, the shoe rests on three points, straining the foot so that the frog, which is unsupported, takes an unnatural proportion of the Pressure. In the Goodenough shoe the calks are wisely Supplied in such a way as to give a natural bearing all ttound. There is no possible doubt but that the Good- enough shoe not only keeps a horse more squarely on his legs, saving the rider or driver from danger, but necessarily adds to the comfort of the horse, and one immense advan- tage. in the Goodenough shoe is, that when well put on, it 's by far the most economical shoe in uses FOREST AND STREAM. Che Glagazines. THE BEARS OF THE PYRENEES. HE bear is a serious beast, a thorough mountaineer, curious to behold in his great-coat of felted hair, yel- lowish or xrayish in color. It seems formed for its domi- cile and its domicile for it. Its heavy fur is an excellent mantle against the snow. The mountaineers think it so good that they borrow it from him as often as they can, and he thinks it so good that he defends it against them to the best of his ability. He likes to live alone, and the gor- ges of the heights are as solitary as he wishes. The hollow trees afford him a ready-made house; as these are for the most part beeches and oaks, he finds in them at once food and shelter. For the rest, brave, prudent, and robust, he is an estimabie animal; his only faults are that he eats his little ones, when he runs across them, and that he is a poor dancer. _ In hunting him, they go into ambush and fire on him as he passes. Lately, in a battue, a superb female was track- ed. When the foremost hunters, who were novices, saw the glitter of the little fierce eyes, and perceived the black mass descending with great strides, beating the underbrush, they forgot all of a sudden that they had guns,and kept whist behind their oak. A hundred paces further on, a brave fellow fired. The bear, which was not hit, came up on a gallop. The man, dropping his gun, slipped into a pit. Reaching the bottom, he felt. of his limbs, and by some miracle found himself whole, when he saw the animal hesi-_ tating above his head, busy In examining the slope, and pressing her foot upon the stones to see if they were firm. She sniffed here and there, andlooked at the man with the evident intention of paying him a visit. The pit was a well; if she reached the bottom, he must resign himself to a téte-i-téte. While the man reflected on this, and thought of the animal’s teeth, the bear began to descend with infi- nite precaution and address, managing her precious person with ereat care, hanging on to the roots, slowly, but with- out over stumbling. She was drawing near, when the hun- ters came up and shot her dead.—A Tour through the Pyrenees’ Taine. ‘i | ch i ee SNAIL PRESERVES. iere dealers are not content with collecting the cork- sere individuals wherever they may happen to see them; they proceed more systematically, and keep up snail gardens or snail preserves; it is really snail culture, analog- ous in some degree to the oyster culture of England and France. like a wedge between Bavaria and Switzerland, there are regular snail gardens, intended to subserve the twofold pur- pose of ridding the farmers of a nuisance, and providing an article of food for such human beings as can relish it. In various parts of the canton or distinct, during two or three summer months, the gardens, hedges, coppices, woods, and damp places are thoroughly examined by boys and girls, who collect the snails, and deposit them in small plots of ground set, apart for the purpose. Each of these plots forms a dry garden an acre or two in extent, free from trees and shrubs, and having a moat or running water all round it. The plot is covered with little heaps of twigs of the mountain pine, mixed lightly with moss; these heaps are placed at regular distances apart. The snails creep into them for shelter alike against the cold of night and the heat of mid-day sun, When this shelter is lessened by the decay of the small leaves on the twigs, the heaps are fur- bished up with a new supply, Every day the snails are fed with cabbage leaves and grass, receiving an extra allowance in damp weather. When harvest is over, and winter shows signs of approaching, they regularly burrow themselves: in the heaps, and (figuratively speaking) tuck in snugly for the winter. The water, after flowing all round the margin of the plot, escapes by one outlet only; and af this outlet the moat is guarded by a grating. The snails often tumble in- to the water while crawling about their domain, or get into it somehow or otber, and are carried by the stream towards the grating; this is examined every morning, and all the wanderers taken back to their garden. When the snails have sealed themselves up, they are collected for the arket, packed in perforated boxes lined with straw. §- _____—_— ANNOUNCEMENTS. —_——+> Ti Days or My Yourm. By Amelia B, Edwards. wu- thor of the “Yagabond Heroine,’ &c. Phila.; Porter & Coates. Book or StranDARD Farry TAnes. Tlustrated with ten full pages of engravings after designs by Dore and Cruikstanks. 12 mo. $150. Phila,; Porter & Coates. THe Intusrrarep Book or Domestrc Poutrry. With twenty chromo illustrations, etc. By Martin Doyle. Brown, 8vo. $4 50. Phila.: Porter & Coates. j Tren Nicuts in A Bar-Room. trated edition. Cloth, extra, $1 25. Phila.: Porter & Coates. Tirsrory or Porrsmourn, N. H. In two series, each a complete work in itself. By Chas. W. Brewster, a pleasant, reliable, correct historian. Portsmouth, N. H.: Louis W. Brewster. Tne HovuskkEEPer’s Manuva. By Catharine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Illustrated. N. Y.: Pub. By J. B, Ford & Co. | , Liprary or Porrry anp Sone. Being selections from the best poets. Tllustrated. With an introduction. By W. C. Bry~ ant. New York: J. B. Ford & Co, Tar Monty Maker; or The Mysteries of the Basalisk. Ilustrated. Price $1 50. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Also Prof. J. De Mille’s new book, ‘The Winged Lion.” $150. Lee & Shepard. From Scribner, Armstrong & Co. we have three bcoks differing very materially in character, yet cach may be called a pro- nounced book. Eachisa good book injits own peculiar department. First, we have from the protific pen of Jules Verne,a favorite ‘‘Trip from the Earth to the Moon;”’ then we have ‘‘Diamonds and Precious Stones”’ a translation from the French of Louis Dienlafait, telling us all about gems and their wonderful interesting history; worth twice the price named for it. Thirdly, the remarkable history of Stanley’s, called ‘My Kalluber.” ‘his is the famons traveller, who says he ‘found Living. stone,”? and Kallube was to him asthe man Friday was to Robinson Cruse. At first we thought it a book for mature reading, but we think it better designed for a younger class of ourreaders. We shall notice in their appropriate places all the above books. These notes will be con- tinued, giying short outlines of new publications from time to time as books are received from the publishers for notice. —— By T. 8. Arthur. Ilus- answers Ga Correspondents. | ——_—_>——_—_——_- [Ive shall endeavor in. this department to impart and hope to receive such information as may be of service to wmateur and professional spor'ts- men, We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, fish- ‘ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im plements, routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species governing rules, etc. All branches of the sportsman’s craft will receive attention, Anonymous Communications not Noticed, ——_>———— F. B., Broad street.—Have sent to Nebraska for information. O. Hi, Hamepron.—You must shoot off ties at 23 yards. ‘Dr. G. F. H., Hartford.—You can have the guarantee of Mr. Price, the owner of the champion pointer of England. Do you require an imported dog or bitch? ' Aquarium. - Two fish are enough for one gallon of water, particularly in warm weather. During the winter one,or two moremay be added to the number; afew aquatic plants should be kept in an aquarium at all times, and receive plénty of light. When plants are first put in, it should remain a few days before the fish are put in so the water will have time to purify and clear itself. n ALLEGHANY, Pittsburgh.—Order one of the best grade 28-inch, 10 bore, Try it every way, especially for penetration and pattern and report. If you are satisfied with the one they send yon; then order the proper crook in the stock for your friends and suggest any alterations you may see fit. ,ExcusNnce,—One of our most valuable correspondents wishes to ex- change a complete set. of the Medical and Strgical History of the War, got up by the Government at great expense. These volumes aré scarce and very valuable. Any physician having a setter dog to dispose of can- make an exchange on terms. -Mastirr, baltimore,—I have a valuable mastiff; he is looking quite _ thin and sick; see the cause in my letter. Ans. Mix the following and give two tablespoontuls every time: Prepared chalk, 2 to 3 drachms; ar- omati¢ confection, 1 drachm; landannm, 3 to 8 drachins; powder of gum arabic, 2 drachms; water, 7 ounces. a Unpbrer Lever, New York.—ist, What barrels are best for breech- loaders, Damascus or laminated steel? Ans. Damascus iron of the very best quality; but there is some made by unprincipled persons which on the surface presents the Damascus pattern without extending any deeper. 2d. Do yon consider Hazard’s No. 2 duck shooting {powder coarse enough for a fine 7 1b., 12 bore. 28 in, laminated steel barrel breech-loader? Ans. We don’t understand the question; coarse enough todo what? 3d. Why does not a pin fire gun shoot as good and as strong as 4 central fire? Ans, Each system has its advocates, but the almost universal use of the central fire by sportsmen has never given a practical solution to the question of preference. By reason of the cen-_ tral ignition better shooting is done. J. N, W., St. John, N. B.—I have often] shot birds in the Bahamas, called by the negroes, Gauldings. Can you please inform me cf what species they are? Their habits are something as follows: It flies about lagoons and mangroye bushes towards evening; I never fonnd them about in day time; of grayish color and about the size of a partridge; head like a hen’s; I found them always alone; will send a sketch about them ‘sometime; they give fair sport, and I have often knoczsd them. ° over on the wing; I often used to shoot wading from one littleisland to. - another, with water from six inches to three feet deep and: a broiling sun overhead; have gone shooting in Jamaica with the thermometer at 100. Ans. Probably the Mangrove Hen, Rallus lengi-ostris, resembling a pullet, which is mentioned by Gosse, Naturalist’s Sojourn in Jamaica, ' 1851, p. 247, FOREST AND STREAM SEN 2 LA i Eg A pe DEVOTED TO FIELD AND Aquatic Sports, PRACTICAL NATURAL HIStTorY, Fish CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF GAME, PRESRVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION INMEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTRR*ST IN Ovuv-£D0R RECREATION AND StupyY: ' PUBLISHED BY Forest and Strean Publishing Company, ——AT—— 103 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. —_+-—— Terms, Five Dollars a Year, Strictly in Advance. ——_4—_,—- A discount of twenty percent. for five copies andupwards. Any person sending us two subscriptions and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s ‘‘ Fisnrne Tourist,’ postage free. ; ae as Advertising Hates. In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12lines to the inch, 25 eents per line. Advertisements on outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices, 50 cents per line. Advertisements in doublecolumn 25 per cent. extra. Where advertisements are inserted over 1 month, a discount of 10 per cent. will-be made; over three months, 20 per cent; over six months, 30 per cent, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 1874. To Correspondents. —_~+>___—_—_ All communications whatever, whether relating to business or literary correspondence, must be addressed to THE FoREST AND STREAM PUB- LISHING ComPANY. Personal letters only, to the Manager. All communications intended for publication must be accompanied with real name, as a guaranty of good faith. Names will not be published if objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded. Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper are solicited. We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. Ladies are especially invited to use our columns, which will be pre- pared with :areful reference to their perusal and instruction. Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of their movements and transactions, as it is the aim of this paper become a medium of useful and reliable information between gentle- men sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will find our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements. The Publishers of Forest AND STRBHAM aim to merit and secure the patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that 1s beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always ,end to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise- ment or business notice of an immoral character will be received on any terms; and nothing will’be admitted to any department o the paper that may not be read with propriety in the home circle. We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if money remitted to us is lost. Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. CHARLES HALLOCK, Managing Editor. 4 OUR FLORIDA EXPEDITION. eee . JUST as we had began to bewail the probable loss of our J Forrest AND STREAM Commissioner at the bottom of the deep blue sea, we were gladdened by the announcement of his safe arrival at Mosquito Inlet, Indian River, and two days subsequently at New Smyrna, Florida, after a tedious passage of twenty-five days from Barnstable, Mass., in a coasting vessel. We give a brief extract fron: his hurriedly written note :— ‘¢ Will not trouble you with details of my cruise, of the beating about in the gulf stream for nearly two weeks, while my soul was sickening at the thought of the precious days going, gone forever! Iam filled with wrath ard dis- gust unutterable, but shall try and make up for lost time. Shall commence to gather and hoard away all information upon the various species of birds, quadrupeds, fishes, &c., for your use in special columns another season. The Florida papers are making very favorable mention of our expedition, and the ‘‘Floridian” speaks of it as a great un- dertaking. Expect to reach St. Lucie in ten days.” St. Lucie will be the headquarters of our correspondent. Thence he will penetrate to and explore regions almost in- | accessible, including Lake Ochechobee, of which latter he has already written extensively and minutely in these columns. These investigations will continue until April, and be aided by all necessary attendants and apparatus. He has two boats, tents, two men, the complete ordinary outfit of a sportsman, photographic apparatus, with 100 negatives, and a stock of artist's materials—all of which were taken with him from New England—and also an In- dian and native Florida guide, with swamp ponies, etc. His labors include commissions to collect specimens of Natural History and Indian relics for the Smithsonian and other scientific institutions. Altogether, the ex pedition is fitted out at considerable expense, and for the object sought to be accomplished, will prove itself eventually of consider- able importance, and attach some credit to the enterprise of Forrest AND STREAM, under whose auspices alone it hag been instituted. Both government and private enterprise have essayed explorations from time to time into the in- terior of Florida, but the information gained has been so far of little practical value or benefit, even when most need- ed, as it was during the seven years’ Seminole War. How frequently we shall be able to hear from our correspondent, we cannot say, as there will be intervals of time when ac- cess to mail facilities will be impossible. However, the material furnished will be voluminous in the aggregate. He will write over the signature of ‘‘Fred. Beverly.” THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHALLENGE— THE COMING POINTER AND SETTER FIELD TRIALS. HE interest taken by our gentlemen sportsmen, owners of pointers and setters, in regard to the challenge published exclusively in the Formsr AND STREAM and ad- dressed to ourselves and to no one else, by Mr. R. L. Price and the Rev. J, Cumming Macdona, is unabated. We are as- sured that the challenge will be accepted by some of our most distinguished sportsmen who are pleased with the lib- eral and fair manner in which the challenge is worded. These gentlemen having been convinced by us that it would be better for all parties concerned to withhold their names from publication until the precise rules and regulations governing such field trials are published, sportsmen will kindly wait patiently until we shall receive the information, by which they may be governed as to the nature of the con- test. It would be perfectly within our capabilities to print sundry laws on English field trials, but as we have every reason to know that they are not those which will be en- forced for 1874, by producing them in our columns we might only confuse our readers. Wetrust in our next issue to be able to publish the revised code, as some slight changes have been made since the last field trials. It may be well for us to state at once that we can enter into no discussion in regard to the character of the field trial matches on the other side of the water, not having been present on the ground. One thing is certain, however, that once engaged in the contest, according to the English rules, we must abide by their laws. We feel very certain, from the high character of the gentlemen who will engage in this interesting contest, that everything will be arranged in the most pleasant manner, no matter which country wins. One point especially worth mentioaing in regard to Mr. Price’s challenge and which may have escaped the notice of those not familiar with English cover shooting is, that Mr. Price purposes the use of ground in one of the wildest parts of Wales. This shows not only great courtesy, but liberality on the part of the challengers, because the Eng- lishman with his dogs, especially trained and broken for open shooting in the ‘‘stubble” and turnep fields, would undoubtedly beat any American bred dogs, not accustomed to this kind of shooting. Balaisin the county of Merioneth, North Wales, where is situated the beautiful lake named Bala; it is some four miles long by one in breadth, the prop- erty of Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart, and it is this gentleman who has kindly consented to lend his grounds and game for the Anglo-American field trial matches. The face of the country closely resembles the northern portions of the State of Pennsylvania, as parts of Wynnstay are sterile, barren and rocky with a low undergrowth, not unlike that found in the counties of Elk and McKean. When these interesting trials which have been placed exclusively in our hands by Mr, R. L. Price and the Rev. J. Cumming Macdona are fully arranged, and everything known in regard to them by the gentlemen who on our side are now desirous of taking up the challenge, we shall pub- | lish the same in the fullest details. As acting for our Ame- rican friends and English sportsmen, we intend to be most careful and circumspect in regard to it, and will take no step that will militate for or against either party, we think this proper caution will be applauded in the end. We might, if we pleased, say a great deal of the preliminary business of this challenge, the same having been already arranged by us in oui office, but we refrain from doing so, for the reasons before distinctly stated. oo THE GLOUCESTER FISHERMEN. i ae ENNYSON’S In Memoriam, the most mournful poem of the century, devoted as it is to recording the loss of a cherished friend, is hardly more elegiac in character, nor causes greater sadness than the reading of the plain prose which, in The Fishermen’s Memorial or Record Book, tells of those brave men who inthe pursuit of their dangerous calling, have been engulfed in the seas which surge along our northern coast. The little bark leaves the port, glides on the quiet seas, just ruffled by the breeze, and no one scarce heeds the de- parture. She is absent fora week or month, then away across the headland she appears again. The watchful eye of the wife, the mother, the daughter knows the vessel, though to you she seems but as a mere speck on the ocean. The vessel nears the shore. ‘“Thank God,” cry the poor women folk; ‘they, our husbands, our fathers, our broth- ers, have escaped the perils of the Georges or the Banks.” Now the craft is better discerned,but her flag, that poor little bit of ragged bunting, where is it? It droops at half mast! Someone who trod that deck, who sprang once as lithe as lithe could be up the rattlines, who threw the hook, or worked the dorey, or the trawl, is no more, and has been lost at sea, “Who shall the mourners be, That soon must weep sad tears for him They never more must see?” Mr. George H. Proctor’s book, the Fishermen’s Memorial and Record Book, written in Gloucester, the headquarters of the Massachusetts fishermen, gives to us matter of the most injeresting character. People read habitually of the dangers of the fisherman’s life, and hardly appreciate it until the sad facts are brought before their eyes. From 1880 to 1873 sailing from this single port of Gloucester, 1,437 men have lost their lives in their vocation of fish- ing, and 286 vessels have foundered. Every winter month has its vicissitudes, but of all of them the February gale of On Monday evening, Febrnu- } 1862 was the most. terrible. ary 24th, says Mr. Proctor, ‘‘a-terrible gale from the north- west suddenly burst upon the fishing fleet on Georges, when there were about seventy sail at anchor very near each other. In this gale one hundred and sixty-two men and ninteen vessels were lost.” The storm of 1871 was almost equally disastrous, 140 souls having perished with nine- teen vessels. This past year has not been without its vicis- situdes; from January to July 1, forty-one lives and twelve vessels have been lost from Gloucester alone. The great danger arises from causes which may be ex- plained as follows: The vessels following closely one another, all flock to one place, and if the fishing is good they anchor there. The wind howls, the snow comes down like a pall, and the sea rises. The vessels try to ride out the storm at anchor, a craft loses her anchor or her cable parts, and away she goes with fearful speed. If she then strike another fishing vessel, the doom of both is sealed, there is not the slightest hope; there is a crash heard for an instant amid the mutterings of the storm, and the two vessels with their crews find a watery grave. One who was in the fearful storm of 1862, tells the story of the danger: ‘“‘The darkness was impenetrable, and a more dis- mal night I never passed. Once in a while the storm would lull; then we could see the lights of the fleet, but this was not often, The hours passed heavily along; they are indel- ibly impressed’ on my memory, and will not be effaced until death claims me. During the night, a large vessel passed quite near us. We could see her lights, her spars and sails, as she sped swiftly along on the wings of the storm. Glad enough were we to have her pass us, and [| trembled at the thought of our fate had she struck our little craft. The morning at last breaks, when the skipper cried out, ‘There is a vessel adrift right ahead of us! On shecame. The drifting vessel was coming directly for us; a moment more and the signal to cut our own hawser must be given. With the swiftness of « guil she passed us, so near that I could have leaped aboard, just clearing us, and we were saved from canger, We watched the doomed craft as she sped on her cruise. She struck one of the fleet a short distance astern, and we saw the waters close over both vessels. Almost as we gazed, they both disappeared. Then we knew that two vessels of the fleet would never return to port.” Another great danger is that which the dorymen under- go. In visiting their trawls, launching their frail boats, the fishermen are often lost during the fogs which enshroud them. ‘‘The chances of a man thus adrift on the seas are small,” Mr. Proctor states, ‘‘and that the majority of those who get estrayed from their vessel pay the penalty with their lives.” Our authority advises, in order to lessen dan- gers of this character, that each dory should be provided with sufficient food and water to sustain life for several days. Leaving these sadder incidents of the fishermen’s life, from the Memorial Book one can gather a great deal of in- formation in regard to the various fish sought for, and thelr methods of capture. Mrckerel were first caught about 1812 with a bare hook, when in 1816 one Abraham Lurrey dis- covered a method of running lead around the hook, and invented the jig. Small lines and fly lines only came into use in 1828. Bait mills were not used until 1820; before that time the fishermen’s heels ground up the bait. From the dozen jiggers of 1812, small and poor craft, sprang the fleet of two hundred clipper schooners used by Gloucester in the mackerel fisheries of to-day. Cod fishing was first practically tested in 1821 in the Bay of St. Lawrence by our Gloucester folk, At first to anchor on the Banks to fish was thought to be fraught with dan- ger. Brave old salts thought the current would drag their vessels under water, and it was only in ’21 that they found out how to fish when at anchor on the Georges. But this important branch of fishery only became a permanent busi- ness in 1835 or 736, when halibut was added to cod. In 1846 more halibut were caught than codfish; now it is the reverse. Itis not only on our own coasts that our hardy fishermen gain their bread. Sometime ago the Forres? anp STREAM recorded the fishing adventures of some of our en- terprising Gloucester fishermen on the coasts of Greenland and Iceland. In 1872 six vessels were engaged in the business, and made successful trips to Iceland. But last year arriving at a bad season of the year, our fishermen had poor luck. ~The profits derived from these fishing enterprises are ‘quite remarkable. A Grand Banker averages nine trips in a year, and the trips vary from $8,000 to $17,000, $12,000 being about the average. All depends upon hitting the right market, (see our article in last number on the German sea fishing.) Some of the exceptional trips and money re- sults are worthy of mention. In 1866 with a season’s fish- ing on the Banks a schooner made $22,000. In 1871a schooner on a single trip sold her catch of cod and halibut for $5,361, each of her crew making $213, Time occupied in making the trip, five weeks. In mackerel fishing the money made is sometimes even larger. In 1865 a schooner absent about ‘ive months madea net stock amounting to $13,728. The cook’s share. was $582. The gross receipts from fish sold are called the stock. The men who sail the vessels, who reap the harvests of the sea to day, are quite different from those of only twenty-five yearsago. Then the fishermen were mostly native born. To-day there is a large admixture of hands coming from the Provincial waters. Between the two styles of vesse!, those from the United States and from the Provinces, there was a marked differ- ence. The former sailed a clipper-built and well appointed craft, the later had only clumsy vessels, and were far be- FOREST AND STREAM. 361 hind the American vessels in improvements and fittings. The provisionment of the men was also much better on the Yankee crafts. All this led the Nova Scotia men to seek employment on board of our vessels, and a great propor- tion of these men number to-day among the most thriving and energetic of our Gloucester citizens. The Portuguese too form no small percentage of our northern fishermen. They are natives of the Western Islands, are quite clannish, devout catholics, and are prudent and industrious. Then, too, comes a sprinkling of those rovers of the sea, the Swedes and Norwegians, and the Danes and Finns, who soon merge their nationality into that of the universal Yankee fishermen, and when sailing into our harbors, for- vet their fiords and estuaries. The enterprise of a single fishing town of Massachusetts, Gloucester, which represented in 1872 no less than $3,414. - 325 as the result of its fishing industry, is worth recording, and evidence of material success is shown, when last year the increase of tonnage was 16,982 tons over that of the previous year. For these and many other interesting facts recorded by us, we are indebted to Mr. Proctor’s Book of Gloucester fishermen. yy i 0 THE PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. HERE is every reason to suppose that under later energetic management, this most commendable enterprise, the Zodlogical Society, of Philadelphia, will shortly be put in thorough working order, and that before six months are over, the elegant grounds, especially planned for the exhibition and study of wild animals and rare birds will be thrown open to the public, Zodlogical collections are from the nature of things, among the most difficult to manage, and any idea of arriv- ing at even a moderate degree of perfection, before a long series of years have elapsed, is almost impossible. Such institutions are necessarily of very slow growth, and re- quire at the outset a large capital and constant care. It may be positively asserted that prior to the organiza- tion of this Zodlogical Society in our sister city, there never has been conceived in the United States a plan for the col- lection or exhibition of animals in any respect equal to those originated abroad. Our own Zodlogical department at the Park, though quite good of its kind, and reflecting great credit on its most intelligent director Mr. Conklin, occupies but a second or third position in the Park itself. Instead of being the prominent feature, an institution by itself, it is simply subsidiary, an adjunct to the Park; and in one of the late reports of the Park Commissioners, the Commis- sioners themselves stated, substantially, the impossibility of giving the Menagerie greater prominence without inter- fering with some of the main features of the Park itself. In fact, as was fully appreciated by Messrs. Vaux and ' Olmstead, to construct and carry out a Park, such as our Central Park, is one thing, and to manage and develop a Zoélogical collection quite another, and that, to build up and manage one alone well, was sufficient occupation for any single board of officers. Zoological collections and the results to be derived from them, are very much more complex than they were thirty years ago, If public curiosity alone was to be gratified, a circus show might suffice. Opportunities for study in all the branches of comparative Natural History must be afforded, and in addition, certain utilitarian claims must be attended to. Acclimatization, how to take animals com- ing from other countries, and to adapt them fo our own purposes and uses, must be thought of. We are only too pleased to state that it is exactly with such ideas, to advance science and to utilize nature’s resources, that the Philadel- phia Society has been founded. From the Commissioners of the Fairmount Park, the Philadelphia Society have obtained thirty-five acres of ground at the Thirty-Fifth Street entrance of the Philadel- phia Park, and they are now improving ten acres of this Space by eae it out and constructing walks, buildings, cages, houses, and preparing for the proposed collection of the Society. Of course the expense of an undertaking of this character is great; but it is believed that the necessary means to ac- complish the opject proposed, can readily be obtained. With one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the Society will be enabled to place the Garden upon a solid and per- manent basis, and permitit to be opened to the public in the spring of this year. We think that little anxiety should be felt by the management as to its success, as there has never been a Zodlogical Society of any merit founded in a large city, where the receipts did not exceed the expenditures. Such has been the example furnished in London, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Vienna, and Amsterdam. In London, alone, 600,000 persons visited the ‘‘ Zoo” last year. When the Centennial Exhibition draws to Philadelphia the whole people of the United States, few will fail to visit the Zoélogical collection. To show that a commencement has been made, the Super- intendent of the Garden is now in the Cape of Good Hope, and will return by the way of Calcutta with a ship Toad of curiosities for the Society, and to-day the donations of animals of our own country destined for the Philade!phia Zodlogical Society are largely in excess of the present ac- commodations. One excellent feature of the Society, and which we trust will be carried out, will be to inaugurate a course of lectures, with publications by the Society, which will make the Garden not only a source of amusement but of education. To start such an enterprise, and keep the collecting % grounds in a thoroughly perfect order, the Society, though not soliciting pecuniary donations, would be happy to re- ceive them. What they ask is that persons interested in such subjects should subscribe to the stock, which with every prospect of success, would seem to be able to earn readily a dividend of six per cent, in cash, per annum, besides giving to the holder of such stock a certain number of free admis- sions, For each fifty dollars of stock a subscriber is to re- ceive five single admission tickets worth twenty-five cents each, in addition to six per cen!., or in place of these tickets an annual ticket for every two hundred dollars subscribed, admitting at all times during the year, any person the stock- holder may name, The plan of the Garden submitted to our notice, seems to be clearly conceived in every way, and with ample room and accommodation for all the birds and beasts, and with aquaria for the fish. We trust that some of our citizens will aid our Philadel- phia friends in their efforts, in a work which must reflect credit on the whole country. That a commencement has been made, is very certain; for, but yesterday, we saw the following from an ex- change :-— ‘“ A car load of wild animals from the Rocky Mountains, for the Zoélogical Gardens of Philadelphia, arrived at Oma- ha Saturday.’ The management is composed of Dr. W. Camac, Presi- dent; James C. Hand, Esq., and J. G. Fell, Esq., Vice- Presidents; F. H. Clark, Esq., Treasurer; John J. Ridg way, Esq., and Dr. J. L. Leconte, are the Secretaries; and among the managers we see the names of such well-known Philadelphians, of Messrs. Graff. Vaux, Wistar, Childs, and Drexel. ee A NEW WAY TO COLLECT DEBTS. HAT our American Indian is endowed with a peculiar originality, even his most bitter enemies must allow. Civilized man when he sheds blood, does it in an approved manner, undoubtedly owing to that superior culture ac- quired by years of patient practice. If the Spanish Volun- teer, naturally excited by the contest, after wounding the Cuban rebel, jabs his bayonet through and through his ‘fallen foe, there are precedents for such things; but for the Comanchee to plunge an ugly butcher knife into one’s vitals, and then to end the performance by a thorough yet curious tonsorial process, shows in the Indian « fine perception of jthe bizarre, which is unique in character. It is by no means the aboriginal male alone who has these idiosyncracies. The squaw has quite as much originality as the brave. A number of bonnets having been sent out to the female portion of a tribe, and the Ottoe ladies, not knowing how to wear them, is not to be judged as showing any peculiarities of the kind we would describe, nor the fact of their having had the bonnets put on their heads properly by their more intelligent white sister, and when the bonnet got displaced, the perfect inability on the part of the Ottoe squaws to determine which was the front or which was the back of it. There comes to us from California a most curious and original method of collecting debts, practiced by the red- skin there, which is wonderfully suggestive. To dun is brutal. Everybody knows. that, and has felt the humilia- tion of dunning or being dunned. The Indian, desirous of collecting his small bill, has too much dignity, is too high toned a gentleman, with his native nobility, to bother the debtor for his small balance of account. Oh tailors and bootmakers ! what an example there is for you to be taken from the much despised savage ! Pey-yoh-gash or the ‘‘Lone Hand,” is indebted to Hey- ya-mush or ‘‘Nimble Fingers,” to the amount of seven beaver skins and a deer hide. The Lone Hand is slow of payment. What does Hey-ya-mush do? He simply pre- pares a stick—not to wail his debtor with—but a little stick. He decorates this stick in a peculiar way, paints a ring or so of gaudy color round it at each end, then he carries it, and tosses it without uttering a syllable into his debtor’s wigwam, simply as a gentle reminder. The delinquent Indian sees it, is struck with remorse, takes the hint, and getting together the peltries, liquidates his debt on the spot. Strange people! It is a terrible stigma on any Indian to have these sticks cast up before him, and it is rarely ever resorted to. Fancy such a method employed for the collection of debts with us. Why it seems to us that it would be almost an incentive to get over head and ears in debt. The weather, say,is cold, and a man owes money pretty generally all around. His creditors might commence by pitching in- to his house logs of wood, as reminders, until he had acquired a measured cord of sound hickory logs for his drawing-room fire, with no end of kindling material for the kitchen; enough fuel in fact to keep himself warm with for the rigors of the whole winter season, and still leave his debts unpaid. Certainly we have not the nobility of the Indian. Nor would we advise at least in New York, that parties about the first of the year, who are owed money, should imitate the savage. Very certainly, if they did, the debt to the wood yards would be very heavy and the price of coal would rapidly decline, NS FN —A pack of wolves in Sherbourne County, Minnesota: chased a couple of lawyers five miles, and the New Orleans Republican thnks it showed a lack of professional courtesy. OUR LADY SPORTSMEN. T is gratifying to note the growing interest taken in out- door recreation by our ladies. Fornmst AND STREAM has no less than six upon its list of contributors, and two of these write as intelligibly of the art of fly-fishing as do the gentlemen experts themselves. We count among our female acquaintances many who handle a pair of sculls most deftly, and there is the wife of a certain clergyman, himself famous as a student of Nature, who is equally handy with rod, gun, and oar, besides being a masterly whip. Another lady who is now dead, the wife of an ac- complished author and journalist, spent several years upon the Nile in company with her husband, and became noted among the boatmen all along the river as an extraordinary pistol shot. She used to hit birds on the wing with her ivory-handled revolver. One summer’s day, a year ago, a gentleman of our acquaintance bantered a married lady to shoot a pistol, and put up his felt hat at twenty paces, ex- pecting a little shriek when the report followed. The next day he was looking over a hatter’s collection, and mourn- fully exhibiting his own tile with seven bullet holes in it. Equestrianism is a more common accomplishment, while archery is indulged in by ladies in many localities. Of accomplished lady skaters there is no end. Nothing is more charming than a lady suitably attired for the proper and untrammelled enjoyment of these out-door pastimes, her cheeks rosy with the exercise, and her movements as lithe and agile as a fawn’s. Many ladies of the Blooming Grove Park Association two years ago adopted the practice of wearing what they call “‘mountain suits,” which are made of bloomer trowsers, a blouse belted at the waist, high boots, and felt hat or jaunty velvet cap with plume. We have seen certain ladies among the Adirondacks that wore very becoming plaids, with leathern waist belt. In dresses of this description the Jimbs have full play. Briars and brambles get little hold; flowing skirts do not impede locomotion. Some weeks since some of our lady friends wrote for this paper some designs for out-door costumes, and when summer ccmes again we shall urge their adop- tion by our fair readers. Herewith we publish a very fresh and breezy letter from _a lady in Indiana, which ought to make our languid city belles sick with envy, or at least prompt their aspirations and emulation. We wish our lady readers would oblige us with their fishing, boating, and shooting experiences, what- ever they may be. The records of some, we feel, would put those of what are termed “‘lords of creation” to blush :— Epiror Forrest AND STREAM:— You extend a kind invitation to ladies to write for For- EST AND STREAM. But what can we say that will do for the pages of a paper that seems almost entirely devoted to sports pertaining to stream, field, and woodland? Gener- ally speaking, we are not ‘‘much” as huntresses, and no ereat adepts in the art piscatorial. JT had not thought I could care at all for a publication so essentially belonging to the “lords of creation,” yet I find myself strangely interested in almost every article, There is so much fresh, out-door breeziness about them as to make even us domestic goddesses long to desert our pedestals in the kitchen and roam over the hills and down the dales, free as the wild winds around us. How delightful the ‘‘Autumn in Nova Scotia!’ and I trudged around after Fred Beverly through the swamps and glades of Florida with a deal of enjoyment. Then the boating, shooting, and fishing—especially the black bass fishing in the Maumee—for haven't I waded the ‘‘rif- fles” of that dear old stream many a time in the days of my childhood, when the water rippled low over its rocky bed! And when it got higher have coasted along the shore on “‘slabs” (got more than one ducking, too,) and rowed a light skiff from shore to shore times without number. I remember how jubilant I was, and how I cruwed over win- nine a race, fairly and squarely, against a ‘‘chunk” of a boy who bantered me for a row across the river. We each had a skiff, light as a feather almost. The ‘Bald Eagle” was the name of mine, and really it wag worthy of the name, for it skimmed over the sparkling waters like a bird, and J experienced a thrill of delight as the prow touched the grassy bank and I sprang lightly out, while my rival was still a full boat’s length behind. It is needless to say “‘he wer’ mad,” and hurried off home to hide his head in his mother’s apron, I guess, “Pretty business” (do I hear you say), ‘‘Miss Prim, for a twelve-year-old girl to be engaged in! Better be in the house learning to knit and- sew than being such a romp!” Yes’m, I have no doubt, and I feel awful sorry I was such a Tom-boy. Isuppose it was only because we were born to be hung that whole swarms of us little Miltonvillains were not drowned outright. But I often wonder if I do not, in a great measure, owe the grand good health J have enjoyed all my life to the boating exercise of those long days ago. ‘“EMILY JANE, Weaihe coanty, Indiana, January, 1874, . eg aA —Porrrair oF “‘BELLE.”—The pair of portraits of “Belle,” champior pointer of England, will positively be ready for mailing on January 20th. We have to apologize to our subscribers and friends for the delay. There has been considerable difficulty in obtaining an artist who is accustomed to draw highly bred pointers, and the rainy weather has been much against us. —Can the Grangers be politically honest if they haye oats to sell? ~* 362 FOREST AND STREAM. CREEDMOOR. MATCH OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION —OCTOBER 1873. COMPETITION III AND IV. COMPETITION ITI—FIRST DIVISION MATCH, Open to ‘‘teams” of twelve from each regiment and bat- talion in the First Division of the Natlonal Guard, 8. N. Y. All competitors to appear in uniform (full dress or fa- tigue), and to be certified by their Regimental Commander to be regularly enlisted members in good standing of the regiment they represert, and to have been such on August I, 1878, as required for the State Prize. Weapon, Reming- ton Rifle, State model; distance, 200 and 500 yards; five shots each distance; position, standing at 200 yards; any position at 500 yards. FIRST DIVISION MATCH, I | i : . : 3/2 : | 8 | Score | S Score | 21s Naine. | < at |S] ad jR (8 : | 200 yards S | 500 yards. | ‘ | “| Louies Pvt, COOKS: 0.00.00... dN. ¥.) 8382°8 | 14134832 | 15 129 Sergt. Maj. Roux........ e 33333 | 15 | 22333 | 13 |28 Serpt. Freeman.......... ot 838234 1:15)38232/] 13 28 Co uAse SEraNEs feces sc “ 33223 | 13142044 | 14 27 Pvt. L. Backer.......... s 23232 | 12/2238 2 | 12 [24 Serg'. Murphy........ Ri ee 22423 | 13120034] 9 22 Lt. Horsfall. 0.0... |“ | 22842 1138133008) 8 jt | e\\hrigsl Oh BW eee ene ea | ® 22022 8-|.0-8.36' 4 2) 127120 Sergt. Magmer.......... . 32322 |12,;/02008)] 5 7 Capt. Harding........... | + 323842 |14/00030)] 3 17 iS E NUTTER Shs ae etcay. | ry 32°35 2:2 12/00004 4 |16 Pvt. Lockwood.......,.. | 4 84322 |14/;00000] O |l4 263 Sereu. WOode te yt jizth Nad.) 22238 | Rl 3 248 16 |28 Lt. Col. Gildersleeye.... | “i 28223 | 12) 438432] 16 (28 Bye esetbive. eo. 5 esc 20s | i | 022238 12);223843 ) 14 [26 Pyt. Waterbury.... .... af 23222 |) 11/3302 2 | 10 |21 Pvt. Beattie. 0... cays 22332 |12/02223) 9 let Pvt. Gudlippe 8 pi. mite 2222 O 8/3233 0 | 11 |19 Adj t scviunpbiyel oe Sis s | Bb Biswone 18 |/80300 6 419 Sergt. Bateman...... .. iH 22222 |10);008238) 8 118 Sergt Reddy...:-....... | zt 23232 | 11 /00020) 4 16 Serst. Harte ...:....... 22223 |11/02002) 415 Sergt. Brown............ | ie } 02482 | 11 )}07080) 8 |14 Pvt. Doerl¢ AL ces a 2 Mao 3 10;00000 | O {10 ae or ee car ate Oth oN. yp 2 Baee8 14 120288 | 10 |e4 Jorp, onglé.......2.5.... we "| 48432 | i6 | 820-02 |2 7 [28 Blatt 2 pane FATE. AS | ne ea Das 11/':00423 9 20 MOUTON MILD Seles ost a | oh 238023 10; 20024 8 {18 yada raves De coke “2 . 3 z 2 2 0 4 230) 7-8 r RS Tae ave. bles sear ote wale A 243 3:2 ¢ 2 y é Corp. Mansei......-....-- } & 1 929980 | 9)08 0 3 : 4 res Sergt. Phelan........... ~ | 20422 |10)/02202]| 6 |16 Corp. 4Hiller........-.. ; .* | 32232 |12/02020) 4 |16 Sergt. Watkius.......,. ee 284382 |14);00000! O }14 Serpt, deilery..:05.5.... | 22222 10;04000)] 4 /14 pergisBelsem.. ... 4... 1) 25.8 BED 11 );00000 Q 11 209 Pvt. Robertsou......... (th N.Y.| 842483 (16) 20403] 9 [25 7a 8 Ae, a ee oe ik 24232 13)};00824 Galen Vad i Di AES eas Ue - a2 £2 10; 042382) 11 123 Pvt, Stephenson... .... er 20822 91022 a4 | 11 120 G. Eddington........... ' « | 329223 |12/22200] 6 118 Pvt. OlAWOVs 215.5 sees | 7 £2820 }11)40200) 6 A? Pre Weelery... eee: HN res a 14)/00200)j 2 16 Canty Gigtios.. a8)... ‘ os aes, | 20) S25 0R2—290- | 16a 176 Capt. Ross....... deine a | 038320 8;000338 6 |14 PV NT OOTEAL. Wites + rue} : 30243 12:'00002 2 |14 PPC HMERONY own cae ass x | 20282 9/20002) 4 /13 Wyte Tolste, eons. ce i ow 32222 '11/00000] 0]11 207 a Eto yl peony ee Ra eee hth N.Y.| 40320 9|/00333) 9 118 D2 Ts UC pale se ee ee | mt 83240 |12\/83 006 | 6 |18 Sergt. Harkins.......... Pe me 22228 | 11) 00023 | 5 |16 BRUNSON fies = « stip 3 AAOEs eo iL eo SOOO rOet me bie Seroq Daniels. 2... -.... | *t 22202 5/00220 4 |12 Corpebeddy:..-5+.¢.5-.- 4 B2222 |10)/00002 | 2 )12 Corp Colinse ss 1206S ls i Rer2rze 11;00000] O fil Serpt. Clerson........... a 22202 8/00002) 2 |10 Czy RENIN ATAPI S08. oo & ‘ 2 2292. 2 10|00000 Q |10 John Mulhern...,........) D | 022380 a 7 Lt. Col. Dempsey........ fe | 00°22 Gahaa lh. * 6 M. Hennesy....... ..... As 302 0°0 Boye | 5 141 A Ta apd a Sl AS Bt N. Y.! 2€@3:2:2 | 72,423 00)/ 9 [21 (Corpebmck Dee so. s,s.) ne 04222 10.) 22 22.0 8 \18 Sergt. Gee.. 22.26... ee lw tk 838823 |13/02000| 8 |15 Pvt. Murphy........... |} “ | 92228 |11!13R000) 8 14 Sergt. Hanestell....... Ey att 02222 | 8/02008; 5 18 Corp. Campbell. ........- | ut 1 8229382 111/20000) 2/18 Sergt. Mumroe........... | y | £2323 | 13) 00000) 0 18 Virose EAR le. eos oe et el ie B10 2. Zaz 9/00000); 0] 9 Pvt. Lohman........ or4l + 22220 8/000090 6 BGCEE Lada Beara Rie ays, 5 cas E 20.0 0:2 i teats eae : it Bony, ARON Lae eee a Oe St 4 Sergt. Brodigkn......... | ER 02200 Bull rae dee 4 138 Serzt. McNight..........84nN.Y. 30084 Rl Oo a se) 5 17 Capt. Fullerton... ..... ye 28043 |12);20002) 4 116 argt. Douglass......... | th | 02483 |12/0002.0| 2 |l4 oa ae eh LE ihe 024 3 ‘ : (00040) 4 bi Abita tite Pye, SSR A ae x 22.2 ah ee ee | 6 Gol, Conkling.....7 1); peter: 02082 | 61...” 6 Join, Lange d. 1. eae ee's + | 40000 4a, | 4 Neret. McNeily,......... a OROe2 ORO) ool Fc inde | 2 Sergt. Andersor,........ He ON ere os 2 Tot. Col, Mitghell.... ie oll Fisehastso-n| Suk Oeil 0 79 Sergt. Waring........... Wist N.Y.| 23228. | 12) 20023 7 19 PP MOLLE inermens ties soe, s *é | 223803 10;00000); 90 )10 Pvt. Humphrys........-.. D 2230 00 £6 ieee 7 Pvt. Doolittle .......... yo 02202 ear 6 Se‘gt. Laycruft.......... is 00022 1 RN Pe | 4 Corp. Steele......-...... 00200 TE aboot ole | | 2 L. Montgomery... ..... , 00020 2 | 2 a eel ‘ee Up araaaes, " : : 4 f 5 2 err reeticke | 2 PEL SPOUOCE, fer cas pe : rns | ed, Cate hen as yy Vi DAGON Weert cme are ca Os LSS Usd hall eile Jee | 0 54 E. Labiteky.....,......+. Sth N.¥-1 -QeOeseOss-.)° G4) ...8 2, 6 J. Winter........ cehicen! “ 02202 6 | 6 eergt Lipman’....... Aree: EF 00032 Sl ae eal 5 Capene 1 Dy RS Caen | ve acta 2 Bi hy ; he ns ENA be 2 er | oe er Ue Oe d aan | Serre ae at pat ae Oe eo. | ff | : 2 2 i tee nA : PERC ALG lade oncls oh «)at 6 % 4 {Ses CE Se a Pvt. Meahau....... ce} “s 02000 oleh ett ras py ape Corp. Deitricht... ..... | a’ 00200 720 enter ns HE Ser cone ale Sac Wer s : 0 : ; 4 Taner a Cry | = _ | papell Oi ascent te 41 Pvt. Renter.............. 96th N.Y.| 00228 Soils cag, we Are ores | 7 Cerner Teetst Dares ne te | ‘ 20020 4 | : WEiPASUt... seeresnes ns z Oe e el) CAM teeny : Corp. Kanfman....*..... t | 80000 Saleh eer 3 Sergt. Albes..........-., st | 204900 alent onthad 2 Cord, ewes wet APA, A) : ¢ Be 2 ' ‘ SAM UDIAS Lee larccesserels estes i C Quel Sei ence ae Serzt. Jacobyis.-s..-+-. | ie 00000 | 0 oy Pot ele egy 22 WINNERS. At 200 At 500 Lrize Name yards yards Total State Diyis’n Prize...22d Regt. N. Y....-.... ..-.++- —155 .......-108 268 Silver Medal 9, -.- .: Pyt. Cocks, dN. Y.. 7-031: — 14......-15 29 NUlvenGuiG ee sAe sso: BUD IRE Sta ING eigen ceee ery y aie —134 2.2.04. —101 285 Silver Gi. t.s.. ... 9th Reet. N. Y....... eae airs —142 ....... — 68 209 Silver Medal......... Sergt. Wood,12th N. Y. 2223 8— 1232434 16 28 Life Mem. N. R. A...Lt.Col. Gildersleeve,... 282 23— 124843 2-16 28 Rronze Medal........ Seret! Maj. Roux, 22d.. 338388—1522333- 13 28 Bronze Medal........ Seret. Freeman, 22d... 3838 234— 158382382-138 28 Bronze Medal........ Dr Maj. Strube, 22d....38228—1842044-14 27 Bronze Medal... ... Pvt. Smith, 12th N. Y..82223--1222343-14 26 Bronze Medal........ Pvt. 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J The Secretary gives in full detail the whole history of the organization, and speaks of the rapid advance made by American riflemen, especially the National Guards, at Creedmoor. In order to show the benefits that the Associ- ation seeks to develop, it makes the comparison between the shooting of the various regiments at the fall and spring competitions. [See Forresr AND SrreaAmw of October 16th and of to-day.|] Inthe 79th regiment, from an average of 7.9 at the first opening match, the shooting was increased to 21, an increase of 13.3 There has been no retrogade movement, all the regiments, in the short space of a few months, having improved. Of eight regiments who made an average of 9.6 at the opening match, the average at the October contest was 15.4, showing an increase or improve- ment of 5.8. The following brief table, compiled from the Secretary’s report, is interesting, showing the improvement in rifle practice of the various regiments at Creedmoor :— June—First Matcr. OcCTOBER—SECOND MAtTcH. No Average \Averare Average Regiment. of per per improyement, : | Men. | Man, Man. pointes. } POH PONRE Ger Cy gape ae! | 42 | w9 21. 13.3 TOG wee Sy a teen ale 8. 16.1 a1 GEHMINY Cons Meee toe a ot | 42 3.7 17.9 5.9 DREHUNA Ae rae ase 12 5.9 10.2 a2 CHAT DB EE TOS nel ele fame 12 9.2 12 a SRI ON WG pak ae lias 12 13,2 | 15.1 19 Sea atee Vom eS A aaa y aes 12 es 8.5 15 TG bX Oo aly ia aie gt 12 21.9 23.3 14 | 15.4 £03 9.6 AV GTNEC 5 ctl nese tey The financial condition of the National Rifle Assoeiation — is quite good, though their expenses at the outset have been heavy. The Secretary hopes that the Association will re- ceive during the coming year such financial aid from the State and local authorities as will enable them to carry for- ward to completion the erection of a suitable building and the other improvements mentioned in his report. They also hope to obtain the sanction of Congress in such a man- ner as to make the Association a national institution. Captain Wingate states that one of the greatest needs upon the range is a building which can be used as a head- quarters not only for the Association, but by the different organizations using the range. Several regiments, includ- ing the Seventh, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third, have applied for leave to erect a building for the accommoda- tion of their members upon the range, and the Assgciation has under consideration a general plan upon which permis- sion will be granted to such regiments as are desirous of availing themselves of this privilege during the coming year. The whole business of the Association seems to us to haye been well and carefully managed, and to the efficient officers of the National Rifle Association, who have devoted an enormous amount of time and laber to furthering the interests of Creedmoor, sre due the thanks of all citizen soldiers and sportsmen in the United States. etl 8 —Lur us Loox to our Murron.—There is an excellent article and a suggestive one in the January number of the American Agriculturist in vegard to our native races of sheep in which it is stated ‘‘that as a general rule the sheep we have imported hitherfrom England have not been found to thrive.’ The same authority asserts, ‘that it would pay farmers to devote their attention to producing a class of sheep which would give a carcass of one hundred pounds without being overloaded with fat, instead of the wretched mutton which now mostly comes to market weighing about ten to twelve pounds or less per quarter.” We fancy one of the great reasons why our mutton is poor and flavorless is that we are not mutton feeders, and that if the taste for the best and most wholesome food in the world does exist at all it is as yet but in a nascent condi- tion, Wecan remember the time, and probably the same thing exists to-day, when though the farmer raised sheep which he butchered for market, he would not taste mutton himself. If asked the reason why, the agriculturist would reply, “Oh, because a sheep has wool on it.” Oh, taste, prejudiced. depraved, ignorant of what is the rarest, and the juiciest, the best flavored meat! What visions we have of lordly saddles of mutton wheeled in in a dish which stood on a platform which went on rollers; and of the won- derful slices all ready and crisp which were cut for us at the ‘‘Londo..” onthe Strand; or of the delicate Pres Sallee, a sheep that crops, innorthern Gaul, the delicate salt marsh eruss, and makes minute mutton cutlets, which are delec- tations and joys to eat! Asagriculturists, we areas nothing and bow to the the judgment of authority we have cited, but as mutton gastronomists we wield a discriminating knife and fork. Inregard to such matters, we always recall the expres- sion of that intelligent Frenchman who restored the drooping spirits of an accomplished American gourmand by saying, ‘Ne desespérez pas, mon amt, do not despair, there is a glo- rious future in store yet for your country.” 5-6 > Tur Toronro Sportrne Tores.—We thank our friend and brother editor of this ‘‘Canadian Gentleman’s Journal” for his repeated kindly notices of the ForEsT AND STRHAM, and his efforts to circulate our paper among Canadians. Weare glad that our sportsmen across the border have so able a representative as the Sporting Times, and appreciate the value of such a paper to us of the United States. We attach much importance to a free and unrestricted inter- change of opinions, experience, and records, between the sportsmen of both sections, for thereby we can profit much. Though our interests are mutual, and_should be reciprocal, we are by no means homogeneous: in our qualities, charac- teristics, methods, and practices. The Canadians are of a hardier race than we, and wrought in a sterner and heavier mould. The greater severity of their climate and the size of the game they follow, compels the endurance of greater hardships by them than by us. The axe and the heavy setting pole, both wielded with a skill made perfect by continual ueccessity and practice, are as much a sine gua non in their outfit as are the rifle and hunting knife. Ours is a field for finesse, nice points, quick manceuvre, and dexterous play; theigs for hard knocksand deliberate daring. When we can learn to assimilate, or rather, to combine these qualities, we shall all be able to graduate with honorfas sportsmen, and not before. To encourage a study of these correlative traits, we urge the fraternity on both sides of the line to avail themselves of the medium of interchange which our respective journals that are devoted to their interests afford. Gentlemen of the United States will do well to place the Sporting. Times upon their files; and of course all Canadians will take the Forusr AnD STREAM. = ee —There is a valley in Montana 5,000 fect above sea-level, and north of the forty-sixth parallel of latitude, where snow never falls, Indians, trappers, and old settlers say snow was never yet seen on the ground in ‘Valley Eden.” While snow falls to the depth of seven inches on the sur- rounding mountains and valleys, never an inch falls in this _favored spot. St Troe Mercuanr Prices.—The ForResr AND STREAM has had occasion to notice from time to time the individual efforts of the mercantile house of Cesar Godeffroy & Co., of FOREST AND STREAM. 363° Hamburg, in regard to their naturalistic studies and re- searches. Emulating the Medici, who were not only the greatest of merchant princes, but learned in all thmgs, and judicious collectors, the Messrs. Godeffroy, an extensive mercantile and shipping house, divide their attention be- tween business and natural history. These merchants have for some years employed scientific men in various parts of the Pacific who have collected and prepared for them many unique specimens for their well known scien- tific institution, the ‘‘Museum Godeffroy.” In this museum may be found that wonderful collection of birds which fur- nished the material for Doctors Finsch’s and Hartlaub’s “Birds of Central Polynesia,” published some years ago. A work on the Polynesian fishes has just been issued, due to the same Godeffroy collection. The work is described to be one of the most perfect ichthyological monographs ever issued. pee Cae OxsriTuARY. —Died at Long Lake, Hamilton county, New York, on Wednesday, 17th ult., John D. Sabattis, for many years one of the most favorably known of the Adirondack euides. A correspon lent, who knew Sabattis better than we, although we knew him well, writes:— “Sabattis had many friends among your subscribers and men who may have expected to secure his services as a guide in the future. Tle was a young man for whom I had ereat esteem, and with whom [ have loitered many happy days among the mountains and on the lakes of the North Woods. Among the guides of my acquaintance he was the chief, and I cannot express too highly my appreciation of his qualities as a sportsman and guide, or the loss to his friends. He wasa true sportsman, a conserva’or of the fish and game, and I fear that his influence and example will be greatly needed among the men who are killing off the game and fish along the Racquette for the markets.” a SE? —Future Australian travel will undoubtedly be under- taken with camels. The native Australian seems to have au instinctive dread of the camel, and supposes him to be akangaroo of gigantic size, who is only too ready to make a leap of a hundred yards and to devour him. Indifferent as the Bushmen are to horses and cattle, they take to their heels on seeing a came]. Major Warburton, who has just started on an extended exploration into the interior of the Australian continent, has abandoned horses and taken with him sixteen of the vessels of Sahara. The camel would seem peculiarily adapted for travel in Australia, where | water is scarce, and in many places the only things edible for stock are thorns and prickly shrubs. Kish Culture. —The extraordinary mild weather of the winter, we fear, will Nave caused the ova of trout and salmon to hatch pre- maturely, and the freshets to sweep off the eggs or cover them with silt to an extent that will destroy them. Even the minnows and ‘‘wrigglers,” and all small fry generally, that cannot find refuge in lateral harbors and places of refuge, will be carried down stream and leave the larders of the grown fish empty. So that pisciculturists who, per- chance, may not find their anticipations realized this sea- son must not predicate their want of success upon the sup- position of misapplied theories. In view of the efforts now beinz made by the United States Fish Commission to plant and acclimate Pacific salmon and other varieties of food and game fish in our Eastern waters, we regard the present meteorological conditions of earth, air, and water as ex- tremely unfortunate. By the way, and not exactly in this connection, observant anglers will notice how ravenously great trout rise to feed, just upon the subsidence of a freshet. It is of no use to waste time while the flood is rising, but try their voracity just upon the turn. uke Bae e ANGLERS’ ameeting in Boston Thursday evening, January 8th, in Codman Hall, at which the President, Dr. John P. Ord- way, occupied the chair. The committee on the preservation of lobsters asked, and were granted, further time for their investigations. The committee on spawning beds reported that smelts Were in the market, and that they were of an inferior and sickly quality, and, as supposed, were received from New- buryport. The report of the committee also stated that it Was suspected that the spawning beds had been seriously damaged by persons from Weymouth, and that fish had been sent here from Canada which were of an impure and unhealthy quality. Messrs, Charles Stanwood, 8. W. Hathaway, 8. W. Ho- vey, and. J. H. C. Campbell were appointed a committee to look after the interests of the trout fisheries, it having been reported that some of our fish markets were offering for sale speckled trout which were unfit to eat, and should not have been taken. After the election of several new members, the meeting went into executive session, which would probably result to the sorrow of the violators of the provisions of the smeli law, which reads:—‘‘Whoever takes any smelts with 4 net of any kind, or in any other manner than by naturally or artificially baited hooks and hand lines, shall forfeit for each smelt so taken the sum. of twentytfive cents,” excep- tion being provided for in the act in case:these fish happen to he caught “in instances when scining for herring, ale- Wives, &e., is Inwfully allowed. AssocrATion.—The Anglers’ Association held . AssocraTrion.—The FisH CULTURISTS Third Annual Meeting of this Association will be held in New York, on Tuesday, February 10th, 1874, at the office of Mr. George Shepard Page, No. 10 Warrren street. Hon. Spencer F. Baird, U. 8. Commissioner of Fisheries, has been invited to read a paper on his recent examination into the condition of the Coast Fisheries of New England, THE AMERICAN Charles G. Atkins, Esq., of Bucksport, Maine, special commissioner for the associated States, to read a paper on the collection of salmon ova and salmon hatching at Bucks- . port; Rev. Livingston Stone, of Charlestown, N. H., a pa- per on his recent experiments in the collection of salmon ova in California and the food fishes of the Pacific coast; Seth Green, of Rochester, N. Y., Fish Commissioner for the Siate of New York, on st recent experiments in the collection of the ova and hatching of the useful fishes; E. A. Brackett, Fish Commissioner for the State of Massachu- setts, on fishways and to give an account of the fishway re- cently erected on the Connecticut river, at Holyoke, Mass. ; Chan Laisun, of Springfield, Mass, commissioner on educa- tion from the Chinese government to the United States, to read a paper on fish culture in China; Rev. William Olift® president of the Association, a paper on the ‘‘transmission of qualities in species,” as related to fish. Won, Horatio Sey- mour, Fish Commissioner for the State of New York; R. J. Pike, Fish Commissioner for the State of Connecticut; J. H, Slack, Fish Commissioner for the State of New Jersey, and James Worrall, Fish Commissioner for the State of Pennsylvania, have been invited to read papers on subjects of their own choosing. The read- ing of papers will be followed by a discussion of topics relating to Fish Culture. A full attendance of mem- bers is desired, and all others interested in the object of the meeting are cordially invited to attend. We shall print special reports and abstracts of the papers read. one ghee CHARLESTOWN, N. H., Jan. 6, 1874. Eprror Fores’ AND STREAM :— I beg permission to enclose the accompanying letter to you for publication in your journal. . LIVINGSTON STONE. CuarLEestown, N. H., Jan. 6th, 1874. Hon. Srencer F. Barrp Dear Str.—The California saimon in my possession to the number of 35,000 were shipped from here by the 7 P, M. train on Friday, December 26th, 1878, in charge of Mr. Myron Green. | am now in receipt of a letter from Mr, Green saying that he arrived at Swanton, Vermont, the next morning at eight o’clock with the salmon in first-rate | order. He then took the fish up the river in a wagon and placed them as follows:—The first lot was placed i in the Missisquoi River, two miles above Swanton, where there was a coarse, gravely bottom, with plenty of lave boulders, the current running about tavo miles an hour. The second lot was placed in the Kelly Brook, which empties into the Missisquoi, two and a half miles from Highgate. The third lot was deposited in the main river near Highgate The fourth lot was put into Hunkeford Brook, abouta mile and a half from its mouth, above a cascade,w hich cuts off the ascent of pike and pickerel. This brook enters the Mis- sisquoi River near Highgate. The young salmon received were very lively and quite at home when placed in the water. The temperature of the river was about 38° F. Mr. Green writes that a good deal of interest was manifested in this movement of the salmon by people on the route, and I judge from his report that the expenditure was an entire success. Yours, very truly, LIVINGSTON STONE, 1874. "4 OEWEGD. January th, Eprror Forest AND STREAM:— In your paper of January ist, “Fern Fly” takes excep- tion to the proposed stocking the Oswego River with sal- mon by Seth Green, and adds, ‘‘It is a dull, muddy stream, as little likea salmon river as a Jersey creek.” Of course, “Fern Fly” writes at random, either knowing or caring not for the truthfulness of his statement. If you will look upon the map of our State you will see that the Oswego is the outlet of the waters of Canandaigua, Crooked Cayuga, Seneca, Owasco, Skanneateles, and Oneida lakes, nearly all of the purest water, and were, until the Oswego was dammed for canal purposes, over forty years since, with their tributaries, the resort of shoals of the lordly salmon. With the clearing up of the forests about these lakes, in the mean time, these waters have become clearer, and are now more fit than then ‘or the habitation of that penne fish, that loves not ‘‘dull, muddy streams.” It is not for the fish that [take up the cudgel, as angling with fly or bait for salmon so far run from salt water would be out of the question, but I would not have the clear, rapid waters of our river doubly damned to no purpose by a random shot. The Oswego River falls one hundred and twenty feet in its course within twenty-four miles of its mouth, and is finely stocked with black bass, and its rapids furnish fine fly fishing for that gamesome fish all through the summer months, The black bass of which I write are the black bass of the great north lakes—the Grystes NUGTICARS, AS classified by Ag assiz—and are a very different fish from the so-called black bass of the St. Johns River, which your Florida correspondents write of The bass of the St. Johns Riverare the Grysles megustome, as described in his book on fish culture and. fishing by Dr, Theodatus Garlick, of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the truest and worthiest disciples of Isaac. Walton. I, too, have east my lines in the St. Johns and taken these fish, and heard them called trout by the rat’ves. They exceed double the size of the black lass, the head is much larger in proportion, and the mouth is enormous. This fish is found in many of the small lakes and ponds of the north- ern States, and itis no impediment to his thrift that the waters are warm and muddy, and his flavor, of course, is matred by his bad habits. To return fora moment to the river stocking question. “Fern Fly” asks, ‘Would not the Oswegatchie make a noble salmon river?” If ‘Fern Fly” would.visit that river | he would find it, from Governeur to the St. Lawrence, 2 black, dirty stream, its banks studded with tanneries and saw mills, and its waters fully stocked with pickerel and yellow pike. wt sao Be Sea and River Sishing. serra 3 ne en FISH IN SEASON IN JANUARY. SOUTHERN WATERS. Pompano. Trout, (Black Bass.) Sheepshead. Snapper. Drum, (two species.) Tailorfish. } Grouper. Kingfish. Sea Bass. Rocktish. Striped Bass, Rockfish. ee ST. LAWRENCE SALMON FISHING. SSS Jersey Crry, January 9th, 1874. Eprror Forusr AND STREAM:— DraR Srzs—Enclosed please find the score of the fishing at river Gou- bout during the years 1865. 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, and 1871. Yon will notice that the largest ‘‘catch’? was made by Mr. Allan Gil- mour in 1865, July 5th and July luth, and I believe that this is che largest score ever made in the same number of hours. His heaviest day was July 10th, when he took 46 salmon weighing 426 pounds. He was at the pool alittle after 6 o’clock in the morning and left a little after 7 o’clock in the evening. He told me he rested about an hour at noon for his lunch. This would make about twelve hours of fishing and give an av- erage of a salmon eyery fifteen minutes. Mr. G. isa splendid fisherman, and is one of the few salmon fishermen that I have met that I thought | could perform the work and endure the physical strain of killing such a ereat number of fish. The Godbout is one of the finest rivers on the ‘north shore,” and for scenery is just all you could imagine on a mag- } nificent salmon river. Wishing that every reader of your paper may enjoy it as much as I do, Iam yours respectfully, T. B. Mrtas. We print a recapitulation of these scores; sorry we hav’nt space to print them in detail. We cannot question the ac- curacy of this statement, this catching of a salmon every fifteen minutes for twelve consecutive hours. Indeed, we | have seen time averages just as extraordinary vouched for. But accepting the fact, we must deferentially acknowledge our own experience at fault and ourself willing to take odds against all comers, Statement of Fishing on ie titoer Godbout, Seven 4 Years. 1865—June and July, Lower St. Lawrence, for 24 ate four rods. Rod 1. Capt. Noble. 49 fish. weight 488 Ibs, Rod 2. Mr. Cross. 409 ** 1059 Ibs. Rod 3. a. Gilmour. NGies ** 1567 Ibs. nod 4, James Law. jay Me 1551 Ibs. 478 4665 Average weight of fish over 92 Ibs. 1867—June and July, 33 days, four rods, Kiod 1. A, Gilmour, Jr. 50 fish. weit ght 317 Vhs, Rod 2. A. Gilmour. 165 1778 Ibs. Rod 3. James Law. eRe 1223 lbs. Rod 4. Rev.Dr. Adamson. &9 ‘* ‘* 1089 Ibs, 427 4669 Average weight of fish 11 18. In addition to the above were ¢ u ht a number of kelt, and about 5C0 grilse, 1868--June and July, 18 days, three rods. Rod 1. A. Gilmour. 118 fish. weight 1297 lbs. Rod 2. A. Cross. doa 1084 Ibs, Rod 3. W. M. Ramsay. [yee “735 lbs. 273 3116 Average weight of fish 114 Ibs. 1869—June and Jnly, 31 days, four rods. Rod 1. A. Gilmour. 139 fish. weight 1467 15s. Rod 2. John Gilmour. 164° ** 1806 1b s. Rod 3. John Gilmour, Jr. 125 ‘‘ ** 1838 lbs, Rod 4. 10) yd wie ** 882 Ibs. B15 5493 S'addition to the above, about 85 Kelts (an unusual number) were caught during the first few days fishing—most of which (and when cir- cumstances permitted) were returned to the water. Also, about 250 Sea Trout were taken while fishing for Salmon, of an average weight of 22 to 3lbs;and 7 Grilse, In consequence of frequent and unusual heavy rains, the river, during the whole time, continued too high for good fishing, and in consequence a number of the best pools were so flooded as to prevent the fish from ly- ingtherein, or at least taking the fly as freely as in former seasons, 1870—June and July, 29 days, four rods. Rod 1. Dr. Campbell. 1i1 fish. weight 1214 lbs. Rod 2. Alex Urquart. 81 ee ROA lbs. Rod 3. A. Gilmour. LOG se ** 1140 Ibs. Rod 4. D, Law. aga ** 1190 lbs. BY9 4343 Average about 11 lbs. On arriving at the river if was found to be unusually low and in con- sequence there was no fishing in the lower poois, which in ordinary sea- sons give the best sport at the beginning. During the. whole time of fish~- ing only a few light showers fell, so that the water continued to fall steadily, and by the middle of July it had become lower than ever before © known to those now acquainted with the river. No kelt were caught this season. 1g71—June and July, 30 days, five rods. Rod 1. A. Gilmour. 102 fish. weight 1165 lba. Rod 2. D. Law. 140 ** "1602 lbs. Rod 3. A. Cross. at ‘¢ 620 lbs. Rod 4. D, Gilmour. 120.‘ ‘* 1338 Ibs hod 5. A. 'T. Paterson Gore's ‘* 996 lbs 509 5721 Average weight of fish 114 lbs. Water very high all the time of fishing. Now, if we investigate carefully, we find that these fish were taken in two principal pools; that the pools afforded ample sweep of rod and play of line; that the fish on the year in question, when the largest average was made, (1865,) were small and easily handled; and that very few strikes got into quick water. This will justify the statement and make the feat practicable. We are very nice on these points; we don’t theorize, or conjecture, but always give reasons for our opinions, and facts for‘assertions. The Godbout is a large river flowing with full volume, broken by rapids, and affording two magnificent pools a consider- able distance above its mouth, and other minor pools which are pu’ little threshed. Singular about those Kelts in June. Kelts, every angler ought to know, though few do, are spent fish—fish that have spawned, and ought, by good rights, to make astraight wake at once down stream to salt water, to find food, and recuperate after the fulfilment of nature’s demands. What business had these salmon to spawnin June when the usual season is in August and September? We must observe, too, in this connection, that no Kelts have been taken since the thorough enforcement of the fishery laws of 1868. Now, did these salmon, learn to anticipate the raids of netters and dippers by a month or two and so make their precious de- posits before the fishing season commenced? We are per- fectly aware, and do not need to be reminded, that runs of salmon of the same outcome and generation do not occur always at the same day or month, and that these Kelts may have been in advance of their sisters. But this argument holds no water against the fact of the non-appearance of early Kelt during the past four years. There are perhaps twenty experienced salmon-anglers in the United States and Canada, thoroughly informed but seldom heard from in print, who will condescend to throw some light on this problem. - We wish all our readers, especially those in Great Britain, of whom we have some sco es, to bear in mind that the St. Lawrence (Province of Quebec) fishing is at least three months later than the fishing in western Nova Scotia. In the locality last named, the salmon begin to run in Feb- ruary, or as soon asthe ice breaks up, and fly fishing in Mareh with the line frozen so stiff that it will scarcely render, is not unusual, or the result by any means insignifi- cant. July Kelts in these rivers are not a wonderful phenomenon. —tLa Chasse [llustrée states that in a pend near the Castle of Arras a gardener caught a carp having just behind the fins two rings of gold, joined together, and on them was inscribed ‘‘Isaure de Berville, 1704.” This case of age of of the carp seems well authenticated. Pachting and Boating. A communications from Secretarres and friends should be mated not later than Monday in each week. —— HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. DATE. | BOSTON. | NEW YORK. | CHARL’ST’N ————_— Set | ee a h. m. h, m. | h. m. Jan, 15. 9 25 6 11 5 25 ra 16 Ee) Setaes: 10 24 ee | 6 2 Jan, 17-....- | 11 18 | 8 2 ; 7 18 JESS erin ance | morn, 8 55 | 8 10 Peay ith i Se | 0 0 | ts Ls p F Tat Qe sree y 1 0 3: 9 48 Demin cue | 43 | it 16 | wee —_The New York Yacht Club will hold its annual meet- ing at the Club House, corner of Madison averue and 27th Street, on February 5th, for the election of officers for the ensuing year. - The report of the Committee on the Classifi- eation of Yachts will be read at this meeting. _‘phe Brooklyn Yacht Club will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday the 28th, at their Club Rooms, Court street, Brooklyn. The Secretary, Mr. William F. Lee, has re- ceived from the owners of the following yachts, now build- ine at Rye, N. Y., the dimensions of the yachts that will be added to the fleet of the Club:—Sloop, owned by Mr. Daniel Edgar, Jr., of New Rochelle—length over all, 67 feet; length on water line, 61 feet 6 inches; depth of hold, 6 feet 6 inches; tonnage, 82 tons. Sloop, owned by Mr. William Edgar Morris, of New Rochelle—length on deck, 47 feet; length on water line, 43 feet; breadth of beam, 15 feet; tonnage, 31 tons. . _—The Seawanhaka Yacht Club at a recent meeting elect- ed the following officers for the ensuing year:—Commodore, William L. Swan; Vice Commodore, James W. Beekman, Jr.; Secretary, Frederic D. P. Foster; ‘Treasurer, B. L, Swan; Measurer, F. G. Foster; Chaplain, Rev. William Irvin; Surgeon, James R. Wood. The annexed yachts were added to the fleet of the Club:—Schooners Ariel, Com- modore William L. Swan; Idler, J. 8. Colgate; Peerless, J. R. Maxwell; Triton, G. A. Thayer. Cabin sloops— Alert, Henry Vail; Christine, 8. 3 ‘Blagden; Au Revoir, J. BE. Roosevelt. Open sloops—Cruiser, OC. Lee; Ripple, Q. M. Schefflein; Electra, W. B. Simmonds. _The annual Convention of the ‘‘Rowing Association of American Colleges” will hold its annual session at Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday, January 21st. . The ereat interest taken by all parties in College Aquatics, is shown by the addition of three more entries, Princeton, Rutgers and the Chicago University, making in all sixteen representative college boating men to decide the all-important question, ‘On what water shall we hold the next College Regatta?” Taking every matter into consideration, and the strong and influential inducements held out by the Saratoga Rowing Association, (which were conscientiously carried out last year), such as transporting boats and crews from the rail- road depot to the Lake, a standard price for carriage hire and board, building a grand stand, with free admission for the friends of the students, also hoat houses for the crews; i st the willingness on the part of the Saratoga Associa- Per eee out ‘any suggestions for the safety, comfort and success of the next Great College Regatta, we there- fore hope that the Rowing Association of American Col- leves will decide on Wednesday next, that the ensuing College Regatta will take place on that beautiful and ad- mirably well adapted water for rowing contests, the Lake of Saratoga. ass 3 ee ee ee ee ee Se ee ee a a FOREST AND STREAM. —— ee PHILADELPHIA BOAT CLUBS. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12, 1874. Epiror Forest AND STREAM:— The representative of the ForEst AND STREAM was very courteously received by W. R. Tucker, Vice Commodore of the Schuylkill navy, and escorted through the different boat houses, and kindly invited to take a row in one of their many beautiful pleasure barges. This unexpected kindness was immediately acted upon. The water was smooth as a mill pond, the day (January 8) being unusu- ally mild, and the row was a most pleasant one. The Schuylkill Navy held their annual meeting January 5th, on which occasion the following gentlemen were elect- ed as officers for the present year: Commodore, James M. Ferguson, Quaker City Club. Vice Commodore, John Hockly, Jr., Undine Club. Secretary and Treasurer, Jonathan Gillingham, No. 10 Walnut st., Undine Club. Official Log Keeper, W. R. Tucker, Undine Club. The Schuylkill Navy is composed to-day of the following clubs: ' Undine, 80 members, 14 boats. University, 128 members, 8 boats. Crescent, 66 members, 138 boats. Philadelphia; 53 members, 8 boats. West Philadelphia, 88 members, 12 boats. Pennsylvania, 38 members, 9 boats. Malta, 55 members, 6 boats. Quaker Clty, 42 members, 9 boats. Making in all, on the ist of Jnly, 1873, the handsome ageregate of 550 members, with a fleet of 79 boats. Of this navy 44 are shells, 27 gigs, and 8 barges. Outside of the navy are the following clubs: The Bachelor Club, the oldest club in Philadelphia, or- ganized in 1853, with 58 members and 8 boats. Vesper, 57 members, 10 boats. Pacific, 21 members, 3 boats. College, 27 members, 3 boats. Making in all 150 members and 24 boats, or a orand total in Philadelphia of 709 members and 103 boats. All these clubs have their boat houses, with the exception of the West Philadelphia, situated at the foot of Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park, and their elegance and tasteful style of construction add no little to the beauty of the spot. These boat houses cost about $10,000 each on an average, are built of stone in a most substantial manner, and are generally occupied by two clubs; the exceptions are the Undine and Bachelor Clubs, who each own their own houses. on a par with their outside elegance, every arrangement being found in them for the accommodation of the mem- bers. They have bathing houses attached to them, recep- tion and withdrawing rooms, the boats being housed in the lower part of the building, with floats in front for Jaunching and taking in the boats. The course from the boat houses to the Falls of the Schuylkill river is three and a half miles. From the pecu- liarity of the river, the water is seldom lumpy and rarely is ever unfit for boating exercise. Most of the course, or a great deal of it, being within the Park property, exercise in shells or in the boats can be taken without fear of interrup- tion. There is a very slight current always running down caused by the falls, but its influence on theriver and on the time of the boats is quite insignificant. ] The racing season of 1873 opened with the regatta of the Quaker City Club on May 10th. The next race was be- tween the eight-oared shells of the Crescent Club and the six-oared shells of the Bachelors, won by the Crescents; distance, 2% miles; time, 16:30, The spring regatta of the navy was held June 14th. The single shell race being a foul, was ordered to be rowed over again. The four-oared shell race was won by the Vesper Club, who pulled by invita- tion in the regatta. Distance, 3 miles; time 19:24 minutes. The six oared barge race was won by the Pennsylvania Club. 3 miles, time, 21:15 minutes. Four-oared gig race was won by Pennsylvania; 3 miles; time 20:44. All these races were timing races; average time for winning boats during the regatta: four-oared shell, 6:28; four-oared gigs, 6:414; six- oared barges, 7:05; single shells, 7:36. The single shell race which had been ordered to be pulled over was won by John Lavens, of the Pennsylvania Club; time 22:25. dis- tance, 3 miles. On August 9th a single shell race between four competi- tors was won by Jas. B. Mingus of the Vesper; time, 17:30; distance, 2miles and 1,400 feet. Six oared race took place August 30, between three six-oared barges; won by the Pennsylvania Club; time, 18:25; distance, 2 miles and 2,800 feet. On September 13 the Navy held their full review. Fifteen boats apoeared on the course. Oct. 25th between double scull gig of College Club, and a pair oar shell of the University; won by the former; distance, 14 miles, straight away; time, 9:20. On Monday, 27, the Club boats of the Malta; also the Crescent Club regatta on the same day. The following interesting statistics of the Undine Club for the year 1873 will astonish some of our readers: They rowed 695 times; 3,665 miles; greatest number of miles were rowed by J. Gillingham, being 1,088 miles. The club rowed on 212 days in the year. On account of want ofa crew or bad weather, the club did not row on 89 days; the rowing was closed by ice 62 days; and on Sundays when the club do not row, making it 62 days, comprises the extent of the year’s work. ot Sourn Boston YacuT Cius,—A regular meeting of this Club was held at their Club House at City Point, South Boston, Wednesday evening, the 7th instant, at which the The interior construction of these boat houses is- following named officers were elected for the ensuing year; —Commodore, J. N. Roberts; Vice Commodore, H. J. McKee; Fleet Captain, J. A. Woodward; Measurer, J. Winniatt; Recording Secretary, E. Hatch, Jr.; Financial Secretary, John Monks; Treasurer, Thomas Christian; Trustees, G. G. Morris, W. H. Lafield, J. Stewart. The meeting, which was very large and enthusiastic, adopted a series of resolutions, to be sent to the family of the iate A. P. Holbrook, a deceased member, and a vote of thanks was tendered to the retiring Commodore, F. 8. Wright, and his associate officers. Before vacating his chair, Commodore Wright made a few appropriate remarks, concluding by in- viting the members to partake of one of his superior chow- ders. Songs and stories wound up the pleasures of the evening. The Club is in a very thriving and healthy con- dition. Over twenty new yachts have been added to the list. They propose to celebrate their sixth aniversary at the next meeting, which takes place February 6th. Capt. Roberts, the new Commodore, is well known among yachts- men, and it is believed, will make an efficient and popular officer. —_@—___ —GrEOoRGE Brown’s CHALLENGE.—This challenge was received too late for our last issue: Hauirax, N. §., Jan. 5, 1874. The challenge of John Biglin, of New York, telegraphed here to-day, I accept, aud row at Springfield, Mass., in June; or | will row any oarsmen in America a five mile’ race, with turn, in best-and-best boats, for any sum not less than $2,000, on either the Charles river, Spring- field, or the Kenebecassis. This challenge to remain open for one month from this date, and the race to take place sometime during the month of June, 1874. Any party ac- cepting this challenge will please deposit the sum of 500 with either W. L. Lowell & Co., Exchange Broker, Hali- fax, N. §., or Judge Jackson, American Consul at this place, which will’ be immediately covered. Hach party to pay his own expenses. Yours, respectfully, GEORGE BROWN. a —An ice-tloe would not be ordinarily chosen for lake navigation in preference to a sail-boat, but a recent occur- rence near East Saginaw shows that it may be very much safer. Two young men who went out fishing the last day of the year were carried away on an ice-cake, and after several days’ absence, were given up as lost. A party of six men started out last Monday in search of them. On Tues- day, the two lost fishermen came to shore, worn out with six days’ fasting and suffering, but alive. On Wednesday the boat in which their would-be rescuers hacddeparted was found bottom-up near the shore, and there is no doubt that the six men have been drowned.—Ohicago Tribune, 8th. Shot Gan and Aifle. GAME IN SEASON FOR JANUARY. Moose, Alces Maichis.) Caribou, Tarandus Rangifer.) Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis.. Squirrels, Red Black and Gray.) Rabbits, common Brown and Grey.} All kinds of Wild Fowi. FOR FLORIDA. Red Deer, Caricus Virginianus) Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallonavor) Woodcock, Philohela minor.) Quail, Ortyx Virginianus.) — Snipe, Plover, Curlew, etc., in great variety. oo | Under the head of ‘‘Game, and Fish in Season’ we can onty specyyy we general terms the several varieties, because the laws of States vary so much that were we to attempt to particularize we could dono less than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in question. This would require a great amount of our space. In designating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and our readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their re- spective States for constant reference. Otherwise, our attempts to assist them will only create confusion. | Boe 2 em —On Tuesday evening last, the 13th of January, the an- nual meeting of the New York Association for the Preser- vation of Game was held at the residence of B. L. Swan, Jr., Esq, Royal Phelps presiding. The meeting was a full one, and of the most satisfactory character, and the society may with just pride point to the great advance made, through their instrumentality, in regard to the preservation of game, not only in New York, but throughout the whole country. The Committee on the revision of the game laws, reported in favor of petitioning the Legislature to re- store that portion of the law of 1871, prohibiting the killing of deer on Long Island for the next five years, which im- portant measure has been frequently advocated in the col- umns of the ForEsT AND STREAM. Recorder Hackett urged strongly theimportance of this measuie, and the report of the Committee was unanimously approved. The account of the Treasurer showed the funds of the Association, not- withstanding it has been plaintiff in many cases, to be in good condition, there being some $2,800 on hand. Mr. A. C. Post was elected a member of the Association. Mr. Haggerty spoke very much to the point when calling the attention of the Association to the choking up of the streams in the Adirondaek region by felling timber, and the ruthless waste going on there. The counsel of the - clnb, C. BE. Whitehead, Esq., reported the progress made in different suits brought by the Association. The follow- ing gentlemen were elected as officers for the ensuing year: President, Royal Phelps; Vice President, R. B. Roosevelt; Secretary and Treasurer, W, J. Hays; Counsel, Charles E. Whitehead, Executive Committer, Dr. J. H. Gautier, Clinton Gilbert and D. H. Haight. —There are a great many right and left snap shots and capital statuettes on a runway who don’t know much more of the haunts and habits of their game than they do of crochet work or knitting. They have an intelligent bush- beater who knows the lay of the coveys, a dog with a good nose and well broken, a splendid pair of barrels, and a keen eye and quick trigger. The guide leads up to the hunting ground, then the dog takes the vanand attends to business, and when his tail gets stiff a bird rises, the gun drops him neatly, the attendant marks him down, the dog retrieves, and fhe gunner puts him exultingly to bag. Precisely the FOREST AND STREAM. 365 same on arunway. The guide who has previously tracked the deer or knows his habitat, puts out the hound, which runs the deer to water, or to cover by secluded or well known by-paths, and the sure aim of the practiced marks- man brings the game to grass. Now, so far as the require- ments of this sportsman go, all is well; but his education ts anything but complete. He has actually begun at the finishing school instead of the rudiments. Perhaps these sharp shooters will consent to a few words of instruction from a gentleman who knew Bob White when he was a doy—we mean when the gentleman was a boy. ‘‘Bob White” is the vernacular for quail, you know: In fair weather, his favorite feeding ground is on the - wheat stubble, especially if it be grown up with “rag weeds,” and generally not far from a brook or slough, if there be one in the field. During the middle of the day quail will be found along the fences of the stubble fields, if there be blackberry or other bushes for cover; also on newly cleared land that has never been cultivated. In rainy weather they take to the bushes and remain there all day, and if possible elude pursuit by running. Frequently the sportsman has to follow a covey for a quarter of a mile be- fore he can get nearenough to flushthem. Also, in snowy weather they go to the timber, but in a day or two after the storm come back to the fields again, After there has been sunshine sufficient to melt the snow from the northern banks of the brooks, if the weather turn cold and clear, every covey that rises in that vicinity will be found sunning themselves on the banks which are bare of snow. We re- cently found four large coveys within as many hundred yards along asmall brook, when on ordinary occasions that would be considered a good half day’s find. When a covey has been flushed and gone down, if there be thick weeds or grass they will hide at once and are easily found by the dog. Ifthey come down near piles of brush they are al- most sure to run into them, but a kick or two will generally get them out. Ifthey fly to thick bushes they will prob- ably run together, and get away as fast as they can run, and itis a singular fact that a dog which had no difficulty in trailing them before they were put up will be totally un- able to do it now, and so it is useless to follow them unless there is snow, and even then it is doubtful if you get a shot, for they will travel faster through the brush than you can follow. Possibly it is generally known to sportsmen that quails will double under such circumstances like a hare, but this trait has been noted repeatedly. We have also noticed that a dog can smell but very little when the weather is cold and the ground covered with fine dry snow. In fact a dogis at a disadvantage, if not thoroughly broke. If a covey be flushed, and on coming down one of them gives a call or two, you may look for them to fly again al- most immediately. They occasionally do this when they happen to come down where the cover does not suit them. In the early part of the season one can frequently learn where the scattered ones are by imitating their call, which every one can do with alittle practice. Later in the sea- son this will not succeed till near sundown. In Florida the quail are more frequently found in gardens or clearings along the borders of palmetto scrub. If the garden or field be fenced, let the dog and one gunner take the field, and another gunner work the outside taking the birds as they fly over into the scrub. Once in this cover they are safe, for neither dog, man, nor double-plated packydermata can fol- low them. —The annual meeting of the National Rifle Association was held on Tuesday evening last, the 13th January, at the First Division Rendezvous, West Thirteenth street. An abstract of the report of the Secretary will be found in our columns. As we are going to press, it is too late to give details of election, which we will publish in our next number. —Our attentive Philadelphia correspondent, ‘“‘Homo,” mentions among the ‘“‘signs of the times,” and as an illus- tration of our remarkably open and mild winter, that Leon- ard Wren killed an English snipe on the Repoplar mead- ows on Christmas day—a large, strong tird. Dick Wood and George Morris, two of our Delaware River pushers, put up two rail while hunting for snappers last week on Tinnicum Island, Suckers are running up the Schuylkill, and the net fishermen are ‘‘scooping them” at Fairmount Dam, Jessamines are in blossem in West Philadelphia, and there is no end of wonders. I heard from one of the Philadelphia Sportsman’s Club that a friend of his had gone to our ‘‘neck” meadows to pick up a few snipe, and really expected to find them. —An Iowa correspondent tells of a remarkable feat in quail shooting one Sunday morning, when a Mr, H. Arm- fiell, of Redfield, Iowa, observed four pinnated grouse come down in a grass plot in front of his house. Taking his gun he put them up, killing two with his first and one with the second barrel; the fourth flew directly over his head and was killed by a blow from his gun. The affair was witnessed by more than twenty people who were on their way to church. —The prospect for game in Jowa next year is remarka- bly good, there being an abundance of grouse and quail at the close of the season, and a very mild winter so far. “Chicken” shooting does not commence in that State till the first of September hereafter. Coytin’s RivtE AND Priston TouRNAMENT,—The entries for the different prizes at Conlin’s rifle gallery exceeded by far the expectation of the proprietor. The novelty is the attraction in the shooting. it consists in firing ata bullet three-quarters of an inch in diameter, suspended from the ceiling by a string,. A member of Mr. Conlin’s gallery hit the bullet seven times in succession, and then was politely asked to drop the bullet by cutting the string with his rifle ball. He stood rifle in hand, and at the word ‘‘one” cut the string, the bullet falling on the ground. This is no trick, but simply good nerve, accurate aim, and steady eye. We shall publish a list of winners, with the marks of ac- curacy. —The New Jersey Sportsmen’s Club held a grand pigeon shoot on their grounds, Sea View Track, at New Dorp, 8. I, on January 12th. The wind was very unfavorable for making great scores. The birds were the best of the kind ever sprung from a trap. The members and friends of the Association turned out in goodly numbers, and the sports passed off pleasantly, notwithstanding that a gale of wind prevailed nearly all the afternoon. All matches to be governed by the New Jersey Shooting Club rules. 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A seven pound carbine on this plan,with coarse military sights, has.made better targets at Creedmoor the past sum- mer, than the best English and Amerlcan target Rifles weighing 10 pounds and having peep and globe sights. We are now making these guns to supply the nu- merous demands, and will soon have them in the market, ’ The following is our scale of prices:— SPECIAL MAGAZINE RIFLE for large, game, carrying from 3 to 8 cartridges, 70 to 85 grs. of 4 powder, 350 to 400 gers. of lead, 8 to 10 lbs. a weight $60 and upwards, according to finish. SPECIAL LONG RANGE MAGAZINE RIFLE for Creedmoor shooting, 90 grs. of powder. 480 ers. of lead, carrying 3 to 8 charges, weight, 10 Tegan sae nec secre

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Thomas “parks, Shot & Bar Lead Manutacturer, [| Established 1808 ] Office, No. 121 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ANTED.—A lad to assist inthe mailing depart- ment of the Forest and Stream and tocarry mes- sages. A distinct and rapid penman absolutely re- quired. Wages $4 per week, wtth good opportunity for advancement. Address Office of Forest and Stream, 103 Fulton street. Sportsmen's Goods NAMINGIONS Sporting, Hunting and Target Breech-Loading nies nd Mut, Long Range Match Rifles for ‘“Creedmoor’ Shoot- ing, now ready. The same as won the ‘Turf, Field and Farm” Radge, Aug. 2, and ‘‘Ama- teur Rifle Club” Badge, Aug. 9. See re- ports. Unequalled for accuracy by either Breech or Muzzle-Load- ers of other makers. 7 For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, quality of workmanship and material, accuracy of range, and penetration, WITHOUT COMPARISON. “Tt is a noteworthy fact that though many different kinds of rifles were used in the several matches, includ- ing the converted Springfleld, Remington, Metford, Ballard and Ward Burton Rifle, every prize in all the matches was won by those who fired with the Rering- ton rifle, except the last.”—From 1. Y. Times, June 22, 1873.—(See fnll report. ) The Remington Rifle won Twenty-two out of Twenty-three Prizes at the Creedmoor Meeting, June 21, 1873. Also, Revolwing, Repeating, Deringer, aad Vest Pocket PISTOLS & RIFLE CANES. : —OUR— Double Barrrel Breech Loading Gun [8S NOW READY. The best ever offered, containing all the most dcsir- able features of the best imported, together with some valuable improvements peculiar only to this gun. Top Snap action, half-cocked, breech opened and shells ex- tracted by one motion. E. REMINGTON & SONS. 281 and 283 Broadway, N. Y. OR, ARMORY, ILION, N. Y, CUT THIS OUT AND SEND FORILLUSTRATED PRICH LIST. SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAM. 19 Maiden Lane, 20 & 22 John Street, New York. BREECH LOADING GUNS A SPECIALTY. ee te We would call the attention of the public to our large assortment of Breech-Loading Shot Guns, Manufactured by the following celebrated makers: Messrs. W. & ©. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the In- ternational Gun Trial of 1873); P. WEBLEY & SON, W. W. GREENER, WESTLHY RICHARDS, J. HOL- LIS & SONS, ond other makers. A full line of fine PISTOLS AND RIFLES CONSTANTLY ON HAND. DIXONS & HAWKSLEY’S SHOOTING TACKLE, Toinsure good shooting from Breech-loading Guns, we would recommend the use of the STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS, manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn. 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TAYLOR & CO., Bankers, if f Wall Street, N. Y. THE CANADIAN Gentleman's Journal Sporting Times. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY No. 32 King Street, West, Toronto, Ont. £. KING DODDS, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription—#4 per annum; $2 50 for six months; $1 25 for three months. Address letters P. O. Box 1,580. J. HH. BATTY. DEALER IN ‘ OBJECES OF NATURAL HISTORY. N. A. Birds and eggs for coliec- tions, and Buck's heads, and Game Birds for Sports men a specialty. Taxidermist’s 3 , eyes and =|materials. Also aquaria, cement, gvold-fish, mock- ing- bird food, &C. Taxidermy practiced in all iM its branches. Zs Address, New Utrecht, New York. FOR SA I.E.—One of the handsomest and largest . Dog®in New York. The dog stands 314 inches high, and is 6 feet 6inches in length from tip of nose to end of tail; weight about 140 pounds; color, coal black. The dogis three years old, and is kind, gentle and well broken, and would be invaluable for the pro- tection of a country house. The dogis the property of agentleman who sells hrm only because he is too large fora small house. Address M., P, O. Box 5370 New York. Terms, Five Dollars a Year, | Ten Cents a Copy. . ({ NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JAN. 29,1874. | {fos Fulton Street. for Forest and Stream. ten dozen, though few would exceed a haifa pound in A FORECASTLE YARN. BY MARTINGALE BOBSTAY. T is of the good yacht ‘‘Nonesuch”’ I’m going for to tell, And the peculiar circumstance That unto her befell: ’T was about a dozen years ago, Or mayhap a trifle more, That craft swung to her anchor, Off the Staten Island shore, Her owner was Dick Flasher. Of a social habit stock, One of the old three bottle men, A. “chip of the old block;”’ A good bit willful, in his way, Ah! wouldn't he carry sail! When twas greasy up to windward, And blowing half a gale. The season for the races Had started up the gents, And daily the excitement Was a -getting more intense; For every jaunty skipper Had his touching upto do, To be ship-shape, and a taunto, For the day of rondy-yoo. Well, the Nonesuch was as rakish As a Yankee privateer; A gently swelling water line, Clean run, and easy sheer. Her masts were tall and taper; Her cable had a spring, aind she sat just like a sea-bird, All ready to take wing. *Twas a pleasant summer evening, In the balmy month of June, When all the bay was dancing In the glimmer of the moon; The owner had a jolly crowd Of friends aboard that night, And the champagne corks were poppin’, While the boys were getting tight. ’T was then that Flasher struck his fist Upon the capstan head, Swaying about upon his pins, As “eight bells’’ struck he said: That by the ‘Flying Dutchman,” He was bound the cup to win; Or, once outside of Sandy Hook, He never would come in. Well, sir, if you’ll believe me, When the spurt came cff next day, One schooner was a missing That started down the bay; The wind was from the south‘ard. And the fog rolled in from sea, And everybody wonderea Where the Flasher boat could be. With spy-glass at the Highlands, Dick’s friends did watch for him, Until they all did specify That he had ‘‘doused his glim;”’ And when the wind was piping, Or the weather growing thick, They drank unto his memory, In‘‘Green-seal’’ bought on tick. At last arrived a fishing-smack, One of the down East sort, Whose captain said he met a yacht, That asked him to report; Her name it was the Nonesuch, She was crowding on all sail, Chasing another clipper, That was scudding with the gale. The sails were torn and dingy, That once were white and new, The taper masts were badly sprung, The sheer was not so true; Her gray-haired crew in tattered rig, Looked wistfully ahead, And the champagne corks were poppin’, As the stranger onward sped. You see, the ‘Flying Dutchman” Had chanced to come ashore, And noted in his log-book, The oath that Flasher swore. So ever since, in gale and fog, The race goes round about; But Dick is bound to win it, Uf the liquor don’t give out.” Summer Sports in Canada. Péche a4 Malcolm—on THE NORTH ST, ANNS. N my return from Belle Truite I paid Charlo in full and made arrangements with him by which he was to hold himself in readiness to accompany me to Péche a Maicolm, on the North St. Anns, a trip I had long contem- plated, while I went into Quebec to replenish my sadly de- pleted stock of flies and tackle. On my return I mef Mr. Charlo staggering along the road most gloriously drunk. He had taken advantage of my absence and wended his way to the settlement and there exchanged his earnings for David’s high wines. To all my abuse, he only replied with a drunken laugh, snapping his fingers and attempting to perform a pirouette, which, to my no small delight, Janded him in the ditch beside the road, on his back, where I should have allowed him to re- main had not Charley Wolff, through a sympathetic feeling perhaps, helped him out and bundled him, head foremost, into the cart. These Indians are unreliable dogs when within five miles of whisky, though trustworthy enough in the bush and good guides and camp men. The sportsman visiting this region for the first time, un- jess ambitious of penetrating far into the wilderness, would do well to procure the services, as guides, of some of the old settlers, many of whom are familiar with the good hunting and fishing grounds in the closer proximity of the settlements. George Neil, of Valcartier, is considered by the many Quebec gentlemen who employ him to be the prince of hunters and good fellows, and the fact remains unchallenged. His charges are, I believe, one dollar per diem and board. For distant journeys, an Indian guide is indispensible, owing to their superior knowledge of woodcraft and the in- terior of the country. The sportsman, in the latter instance, must come prepared to do battle with those pests of the wilderness—the black flies, and to suffer some of the priva- tions that the limited amount of baggage which himself and guides can carry over the mountains, will entail. His initiation may prove a severe one, but he will never regret it. The beauties that will be opened up to him at every step, and the sport he will erjoy, either with his rifle or rod, as chance or fancy may dictate, will prove an ample recompense. Iam not an enthusiast myself over hunting, though let me add, I have witnessed, and at times enjoyed good sport with both rifle and shot gun. If little is said in these articles about it, it is not on account of any scarcity of game, but the inclination to pursue it. I am at all times more at home with a fly rod in my hands than with rifle or | gun, though I never go into the bush without one or the other. For the benefit of the hunter I will here give a short resume of the game most to be met with. First in order comes the moose, cariboo, lynx, and bear, and then follows the small fur-bearing animals, such as the fox, beaver, otter, fisher, and mink. Wild fowl and partridges fill up the list. I made up the packs in the evening in the bark corseau, the most convenient for carrying during the warm weather, when a blanket pack would act very much like a blister. It is constructed from a large sheet of balsam bark, doubled in two and sewed up at the sides, a couple of hoops like those of a barrel are then fastened inside to keep it distend- ed, and it is complete on the addition of a pack strap, which, when ready for carrying, is placed across the chest and shoulders, the corseau resting onthe back. If properly made, it is waterproof, and fish are more easily transported in them when salted for keeping. Before dawn I was down at Mr. Neilson’s and found Charlo sober after his night’s rest. We crossed the river on the flat, and at sunrise we halted at the falls on the river Auz Pins, and on a large rock lighted our fire and prepared the morning meal. This little river literally teems with trout, and I have known one rod to take out in a few hours weight. Atits entrance into Lake St. Joseph, good bass fishing can be had by trolling. Near us are the vestiges of asettlement, attempted years ago, though abandoned on the death of the founder and the consequent giving out of the means necessary to carry it to a successful completion. Our road is along the river until we reach the Jakes of the same name, five in number. We skirt the first two and then strike over the mountains to the west. Near the junc- tion of the St. Anns and Tuillerie Rivers, we crossed the latter by wading through its rapid current. The river was high, and when I reached the muddle of the channel the force of the waters almost swept me from my feet, and I deemed it politic to remain quiet until helped out of the predicament by Charlo’s coming to my assistance. Here it was that I met with the first evidence of those fearful hurricanes that sometimes sweep through the gorges of the mountains, levelling everything before them.. They are termed wind-falls. This one was some two acres in width and miles in length. Such had been the force of the storm that not a twig was left standing. Mighty monarchs were lying uprooted and so snarled among the others that a way was witn difficulty forced through it. The Indian takes advantage of it to set his snare for the unsuspecting cariboo or moose that attempts to cross it. At irregular distancesa sort of road is cut or cleared through it, and in the centre, carefully concealed from view, is spread out the fatal noose elevated about a foot above the ground. It is then fully secured to a sapling which is bent over some projecting tree. The deer gets his foot into the noose, and disturbing the spring, it jumps up firmly, fastening the noose about the leg. All its frantic efforts to free itself are unavailing, and the rifle of the Indian puts an end to its existence. Numbers are in this way taken every season. We camped this night on a little hard wood knoll above the river. I shot a number of partridge, and these served up @ la sauvage, area dainty tit bit. With a dog to rise them, a very handsome bag might be made with a gun in a few hours. Sometime after dark I was startled by what I at first thought was a human voicesome distance shouting “he ! he!” ‘“‘Oharlo,” I said, ‘‘there is some one calling.” He smiled, and asked me if I had forgotten our old friends, the loons. i comprehended it all now in a moment. There is scarcely a lake of any size that is not inhabited by a pair of these singular birds. The cry we heard was from a loon on Grande Lac, fully a mile and a half from where we were camped. We journeyed up the river next day, alternately in the water and along the bank, as the exigencies of the case re- quired. In the afternoon we reached the Pcéhé a Maicolm. Long before we arrived I saw the frowning mountain, la Bee de la Perdriz, that stands sentinel over the pool. It rises itself six or seven hundred feet perpendicularly from the river which flows deep and silently at its base; on the east side the river widens and forms a pool several acres in extent. A hard gravelly bottom with numerous cold springs gushing from the banks and the opposite cliff forms the Péché a Malcolm. It derives its name from a Mr. Malcolm, who fished this pool, and in a week’s sport took out several hundred trout, running from one and a half pounds to five. They smoked their fish and constructed themselves a dug out, and awaiting a favorable rise in the river, which takes place rapidly after a rain,floated down to St. Raimond with their booty. One party only has visited it since; my old companion, Mr, Neilson, and Charlo, and the success of that trip told in my old friend’s graphic style, inspired me to the present undertaking. Weconstructed our bark cabin on the site of the old one,and having put together a raft, Ispliced my rod in the evening and selected my most tempting flies to be fully prepared for the struggle with the mighty denizens of the pool. At dawn I shoved off on the raft above the pool, and drift- ing down a short distance, anchored. The first cast is over an old sunken log, the fly hovers over it for an instant and lightly touches the water. A moment more and it is seized ‘and I feel that I have met a worthy foe. He darts down stream, rapidly reeling out fifty yards of line before I give him the but, and turn him back to the pool where he sulks. Gently J bear on him and he turns once more down stream, giving a series of jumps out of water, the pliant rod bending to his waywardness. For the last time I turn him, and I bring him exhausted beside the raft and sue- cessfully land him. Three pounds and a half, fully, and I survey him with much. complacency. My next cast was not so successful. In the excitement of the moment I struck too quickly, and after a short run I lost him.. My next is two pounds, and the next three and over. I must do better than this! In my fly book was a very ancient salmon fly, gorgeous in its colorings, and fully an inch and a half long. I attached it as the tail fly and east far out under a projecting rock that threw its shadow over the pool. A splash follows, and a five pounder rises, and seizing my salmon fly goes down. He remains quict a moment, preparing for the mighty rush that followed. My line is all run out befcre I give him the but. Snap! my salmon fly has parted from the gut close to the shank. So much for using old flies. When the sun peeped over the‘tree tops, warning me to return to breakfast, half dozen more varying from one and a half pounds to three. Trout will seldom rise to a fly during the glare and hea of the day, and even should they, the black flies would render fishing anything but a pleasant pastime. Having the greater part of the day before us, I determine to climb the mountain from the side-above the pool. Our luncheon is put up,gun and ax slung, and crossing the river we commence the ascent. I have never made an accomp- lishment of crawling up side walls, fly like, though I claim to be able to hold my own under most circumstances. A dozen times did I regret having been so foolhardy as to at- tempt it, but I was bound to succeed now. By a series ot hauling, pushing and catching at stray bushes that hold out their assistance, we finally reach the top, and seating my- self on an inviting rock, 1 abandon myself to the charming vista spread out before me. Dozens of lakes peeping from their varied green surroundings, the St. Lawrence, a mere sinuous thread in the far distance, while the little camp at our feet, from which the smoke of the fire curls upwards, is liliputian in its dimensions. The wild glen, through which the St. Anns discharges itself in a series of falls, is plainly visible, Charlo selects a favorable spot near the verge of the cliff, spreads out the luncheon, to which we both do more than ample justice. Pipe follows, and we sit there and discuss the question of the names of the different lakes visible. That evening’s fishing resulted in some handsome fish, the largest three and a half pounds. Next day we visited the falls five miles above our encampment. They are three in number with a fall each of twenty-five feet with deep pools intervening, out of which I took some dozens of good sized fish, This was another day of great enjoyment, and witha sigh, I gave the order for our return on the morrow, for all things must come to an end, and the inventory of our pro- visions show they are fast coming to a similar end, The wind must haye changed during the night, for I awoke with a sense that | was choking, which was not far from the truth, for the smoke was pouring into the camp in a cloud, I beat a hasty retreat, and being now fuily awakened lighted my pipe and seating mysclf on a log be- side the fire, gave utterance to a war whoop to clear my lungs and which brought Charlo to his feet in surprising short time under the impression perhaps that hostile say- ages were making a descent, We packed up, and at dawn are floating down the river cn our raft. The first few miles were uneventuai until we got into the rapids. Half way down the ugliest of these, a huge boulder, rears its head, around which the water seethesand foams. It is too late to avoid it and we can only brace ourselves for the shock that follows. It comes, and we are driven high and dry on its surface. Charlo pitches forward and lands himself in my unwelcome arms. All our efforts to free the raft are unavailing, and we ruefally survey the prospect of a ducking before we can reach the shore. We are not disappointed, and resuming our packs mournfully take up our march. Next day we reached home without further event. J. M. F. JR. —_——$—$$<< eo ——— For Forest and Stream. SNOE-SHOEING IN MAINE. OS eel ee E left Greenville, at the foot of Moosehead Lake, one bright morning in February. The day before we had supplied ourselves with an outfit for moose hunt- ing. Anance, the aged Indian, chief of the Abenakis and St. Regis tribes, a mere handful now, had been engaged to go with us as guide, and from him we obtained snow- ‘shoes, moccasins, a sled, and other things indispensable in a winter camp. We were to travel on the frozen lake to the northwest : ‘carry,” the extreme northern end, forty miles from Green- ville, where our first night’s camp would be. Four feet of solid ice, with water and snow covering the lake, made the going bad. Our conveyance was a two horse, open-box sleigh or pung, in. which everything except the sled was packed. At noon we had reached Mt. Kineo, where we warmed up before the log fire in the hotel, and obtained a nice dinner of caribou venisoz and lake trout. Mt. Kineo is a prominent feature of Moosehead Lake, a miniature mountain, with precipices and frozen cascades projecting from the eastern shore into the lake. It is reached by’steamer in summer, but in'winter few except lumberers and hunters pass this way. | fore it with our blankets held tight over our heads. some aimless attempts to reach the shore, we gathered about the sled, and by the light of a match under a blanket To our sur- | Thad a'| wards the western shore. but to wait. Leaving here a little after noon, we started on the re- maining twenty miles of our journey over thelake. The snow became deep and traekless, although the road had been “‘bushed,’ with small spruces. The stout horses gave signs of failing, and at the end of afew miles our driver declared that to attempt to drive to the carry would kill the beasts. A hurried conversation was held, and we decided to snow-shoe it. Soon our traps were got out and packed on the sled, snow-shoes fastened on, and we set off, drag- ging the sled, while the team slowly made its way back to Kineo. A good crust made travelling easy, and before dusk we had done ten miles or more. Mount Katahdin’s snowy sides were standing boldly out to the northeast over the black shore line Of spruces. We were already in sight of the carry when a snow squall came sweepi g down upon us, and almost without warning we were in darkness, the whirling, driving snow blast obliging us to cower be- took an observation of the pocket compass. prise we had left the course and were heading away to- There was nothing to be done The squall passed off, the shores were in sight again, and our journey resumed. It was now raining, and the softened snow clung to our snow-shoes until the weight became most trying. At nine o’clock we reached northwest carry, and threw ourselves down exhausted on the snow. Anance soon had a fire going, and after a drink of hot tea, and a biscuit, we started on the two miles across the carry, where a wooden tram road had been built by lumbermen, connecting: the lake with the west branch of the Penobscot River. Slowly we dragged ourselves, stopping often to rest before we reached the deserted log cabin, where a roaring fire in the stove made all comfortable, and we stretched our tired limbs on the spruce boughs, content to have shelter, though our feet were chafed and smarting from the unac- customed tramp of twenty miles on snow-shoes. Never, except in an emergency, should a novice in snow-shoeing attempt along tramp at starting. He will find locomotion impossible for some time, and may lose several days in re- cruiting. In consequence of our first day’s shoe tramp we lost the whole of the next day, being laid up with stiff and aching limbs and sore feet, so that lying on the boughs, or putting guns and ammunition in order, was our only occupation. We were to travel up the west branch of the Penobscot on the ice, then, following up the Elm stream, a tributary from the north, to reach the hunting grounds and make camp at night. It was a clear, bright morning when we set off from the “carry,” the erust on the river ice being so firm that snow shoes were not required, except when open water, caused by rapids, obliged us to take a short detour in the woods. Tracks of caribou (Loup cervier, or Lucivee, in hunter’s par- lance) were frequent, and an occasional otter’s slide on the snow banks, near openings in the ice. Anance brought with him several traps for beayer and mink, which are still quite plenty in Maine. Passing Babb & Stricklan’s lumber camp, now deserted, we arrived at the mouth of the Elm stream about noon, and indulged in a tin cup of hot tea and some slices of cold raw salt pork and biscuit, the pork being a new ex- perience to one of our party, a novice in moose hunting, who, being born a true Briton, had all the native pluck and endurance so necessary in this kind of hunting. Young G. did not expect to find luxuries in the woods in winter, | and relied on a glass barrel of whiskey which he carried | wrapped in his buffalo robe and strapped on his back through the whole trip. N., a civil engineer and an experienced moose hunter, who knew the importance of throwing aside every unnec- essary ounce of baggage, had insisted on our travelling as lightly as possible, so that one sled had sufficed for all our trans. Each of us, except the Indian, carried a buffalo robe containing a change of socks and other smaller arti- cles. After leaving the river we found the snow in the “tote road” deep and yielding. Snow-shoes were put on, “and now came additional work in hauling the sled over snow hummocks and through brush, with frequent slew- ings and upsets. Anance drew with the rope across his chest, Indian fashion, following the track beaten down by our snow shoes. However, after several miles of weari- some pulling, the sled was abandoned at the side of the road. After distributing the provisions in our packs we pushed on through spruce and hemlock swamps, open tim- ber, beech, birch, and straggling moose wood, and just at dusk we found theruins of alumber camp, all that remained being a portion of the roof buried in snow, but having a space under it quite dry, and large enough for our party to crawl under and even sit upright. To work we went, using our snow-shoes for shovels, and cleared a space for a fire, which was soon blazing in front of our apology for a camp. T should mention that before leaving New York we had, at the suggestion of N., provided ourselves with buffalo robes sewed up so as to form bags, with the hair inside, into which we crawled feet foremost, drawing the mouths together over our heads. ‘This was a comfortable arrange- ment until the melted snow, dropping from the roof, soaked the hides, and our bags were frozen stiff before morning. There is little romance about a winter camp, Snow scenes are not ‘‘beautiful” to eyes moist and inflamed by /- smoke and snow glare, and when the body is frozen and thawed by turns. True, there is a grandeur in the moonlit forest, or when the branches erash and crack before a gale, After | | followed the tracks’ of the moose. | and a return made in time for a sale, but there is little comfort or luxurious ease in winter } camps. In recalling the hardships and exposure that attend win- ter hunting and sleeping in the snow when overtaken by night, I ean yet affirm that we gained much strength and renewed health by snow-shoeing in Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Our first hunt was a reconnoisance. Anance led off through the spruces loaded with snow, gradually ascending to hard wood ridges, where we looked for signs, or “‘ray- ages,’ as the Canadian French hunters call the work of the moose made by browsing. Towards night, having found no fresh signs, and when nearing camp I wounded a white hare with a ball, and following, intent on hare soup for supper, I became separated from my companions. §ud- } denly I found myself in a moose yard. I heard them crashing through the forest, but could see nothing as they went off. Their tracks were like those of a horse in deep snow. Marking the spot I returned to camp, whereupon I was taken to task for starting the moose so late in the day. We were to move camp next day to another lumber camp, which we hoped to find habitable. While on our way a fresh moose track was found crossing our path, eyi- dently my frightened game of yesterday. Here was a lucky find, as we could follow and “‘still hunt” them as soon as our new camp was established. When found, the lumber camp was literally snowed under, and it required much shovelling before the door was found and we got in. There were the Deacon seat and spruce beds ready for use, A square altar of pure white snow stood in the centre, under the smoke hole in the roof, the accumulations of a winter’s storms, and the rest of the day was speni in clear- ing the snow out, getting firewood, and making things comfortable. The weather, which had been clear and cold, soon changed to clouds, with snow, which fell incessantly for two days, an addition of nearly three feet, and making about eight feet on the ground. The light snow was suit- able for still hunting, but the travelling was more difficult, At every step one raised a small mountain on the toe of each snow-shoe, and our pace was slow as in single file we A bed or hollow in the snow under a large spruce tree showed where the moose had passed the night previous. Thence he went on with many devious turnings, plucking buds and browsing on young spruce trees, breaking off the tops and strewing the snow with branches; ‘‘ravaging,” in fact, the forest. The, signs grew fresher. We were now on a track made within an hour, and if all the rules of still hunting were observed we might have moose meat for supper. Cautiously moy- ing foot by foot, watching the drooping mosses to keep against the wind, we approached. Suddenly a huge black object rose slowly from the bushes; first a long clumsy head and pendulous snout held high in the air, listening. A moment’s delay and away he dashed. I took a quick sight and fired, Now the chase began. Slipping over, and tripping into the deep moose tracks, or cutting off by detours, we followed on. Another shot from N., and we knew the game was ours. Coming up, we stood about the monster, admiring his strong limbs, and wondering at his ugly, uncouth head, small cunning eye, and large asinine ears. The snow was soon trampled and dyed with the ereature’s blood, as with skillful hands Anance removed the hide and prepared the meat, all to be left covered with snow to be hauled to camp when convenient. Moose meat is very good eating, and is highly prized by the Maine backwocdsmen in their winter larder. We car- ried to camp sufficient meat for present use, the result being a series of savory broils, stews, and ‘‘brochettes” made on - spruce sticks instead of silver skewers. Snow continued falling for several days, during which | we could not hunt, but took comfort in our snug camp. Then we repacked buffalo robes and started for home. _ I shall not attempt to describe the march of eleyen miles back.to the ‘‘carry.” At dusk we were still following down the west branch of the Penobscot, almost exhausted. Indeed, we could not climb a few feet of the river bank without resting and draining the few drops of G.’s precious whiskey. Atthe cabin we found a party of lumberers, driven out of the woods. by the deep snow. Down the lake men and oxen went in single file, and at Kineo we began to taste again the sweets of civilized life and the ‘‘bouquet”’ of Chenery’s burgundy. JOHN AVERY, Secretary and Engineer Blooming Grove Park. a eth do LOOSE LEAVES FROM A SURVEYOR’S JOURNAL. _INJUNS AND A HARD TRAMP. ee ee EpItorR FOREST AND STREAM :— HAD been out two or three trips for the company, when I sent for ‘‘Mot,” my old room mate. The com- pany wished some land looked up beyond the Black river It would be a_long, hard journey and return through the unbroken woods, skirting swamps, and over a rough country requiring a party of more than ordinary mettle to get back in time. I knew for pluck and: endurance, combined with great social qualities, Mot was just the boy for the occasion. For he had a heart as large as the circumference *of his compact little body, (for its genial warmth permeated his whole sys- tem,) while physically he was as tough asa pine knot, and give him plenty of fuel, that is, his rations, (I don’t mean fluids) regularly and in sufficient quantity, and his pluck would carry him through almost anything. His sympa- thies, too, were always on the alert; he would have made a splendid knight in those days of chivalry, in relieving dis- tressed maidens and doing battle for the oppressed. We had been but a few days on our trip, and had stopped by the side of a path that wound around the base of the mountain, and were debating whether to take the longer route by the path or with our heavy packs climb over the mountain, when we were startled by the sound ‘of whist- ling and of horses’ feet approaching. There soon appeared a young Indian mounted on his mustang or Indian pony. He sat bolt upright, with his blanket thrown carelessly over one shoulder, while his rifle in his hand was thrown across in front of him. He seemed in a pleasant mood, and as he went by he nodded and gave us the usual ‘‘Bozu,” which I returned. Following at a short distance came his squaw, loaded down (as usual) with all the traps and para- phernalia of a Nitchee ‘‘on a move,” wigwam poles, skins, pots, bundles, &c. Poor thing, she was bent nearly double; and she could hardly stagger along under the load that would have been too much forastrong man. Knowing the character and custom of the IndiansI merely said, turning to Mot, ‘‘rather tough, isn’t it?” and Iwas about toresume the journey, when Mot replied, with flashing eyes, all the spirit of chivalry and honest indignation aroused within him, ‘‘tough? it is outrageous; I won’t stand it; will you stay by me, George?” ‘‘What do you propose todo?” “Do? I mean to right that poor woman and make that red scoundrel treat her like a Christian.” Isaid, ‘‘it won't do, Mot; that is their way, as hard as it appears to us, but it is none of our business; the men never do any labor themselves, the squaws do it all.” But with tears in his eyes the boy begged me not to deny him. Considera- bly perplexed, somewhat curious, and not a little amazed, I said, *‘well, go ahead,” Hetushed up to the Pottawat- tamie, saying, ‘‘here get off that horse,” took the pack from the squaw and commenced dividing it into three par- cels, all the while expostulating in no gentle tones with the Indian, who seemed thunderstruck at the movements, but looked on in dogged silence but with glittering eyes. Once or twice his hand reached down for his knife, but as my double barrel, with both hammers up, was bearing on his breast, a look from my eye caused the hand each time to retreat. Mot says, ‘‘you scoundrel,-to treat your wife so.” “Ugh! my squaw.” ‘‘Yoursquaw,” replied the knight er- rant, ‘‘she is your wife in the sight of God and man, and you ought to be strung up for such dastardly treatment.” The squaw didn’t seem to like the change either, but Mot was inexorable. After dividing the pack, having given one to the squaw, and with considerable difficulty fastened another on the back of the pony, which, not being accus- tomed to such things, danced around pretty lively, he placed the other on the Indian’s shoulders, and then I thought there would be a fight sure; twice le had his knife half out of his sheath, but my threat to shoot him down then and there each time deterred him. Mot said, ‘‘there, you scoundrel, go on; and if I ever know of your treating your wife in that way again. I'll break every bone in your body.” With sullen silence, leading the pony, the Potta- wattamie disappeared around a bend in the path. “‘‘There,” said Mot, drawing a long breath, ‘‘Tve done one good deed.” ‘‘Done a good deed,’ I replied; ‘‘do you know what you have done? You have not only made’ an enemy’ for life, and very foolishly too, but you have caused that poor squaw to get one of the worst whalings she ever had in all her servitude. That arrangement won’t last ten min- utes, and I will prove it to you, but you must promise not tointerfere again, for this is too ticklish business for us here alone in the woods. Am Injun never forgets an in- sult of such a kind, and it will be his consummate cowar- dice that will prevent his following us and knifing us in our very beds.” ‘‘Poh! J’ll risk that; I ain’t afraid.” “Well, I don’t know aslam afraid exactly, but it don’t pay to take such chances.” Now to prove my first assertion, we struck across the mountain and hit the path on the other side before they got there. We had but just arrived at the path and concealed ourselves, when we heard the step of the pony, and as it came up there was Mister Nitchee on its back, (but he was not whistling now,) with only his blanket and rifle, while behind him, bent more double than before, tot- tered the poor squaw with all the load, and we could see by the furrows down her dirty and besmeared cheeks, and red, swollen eyes. that she had been haying a hard cry. I placed my hand on Mot’s shoulder, and it was all I could do to compel him to keep his promise and not again med- dle in a matter that was none of his business. He learned more about Injuns and their customs afterwards. The life of a squaw is a life of the most degrading ser- vitude, from the sugar season in the spring—the only time When they seem to enjoy themselves, and then they give up to wholesale gossip and hilarity— through the corn planting, tending, harvesting, &c., to the trapping season inthe fall, it is one long round of hard work, with kicks and cuffs only as pay. The squaw does all the work, even builds the wigwam, cuts the wood, cooks the food, cures the skins, and when Moving, carries all the loads. They ever object to their husbands doing work, as they say it makes his hand trem- ble, and he can’t kill “heap game,” a cunning dodge, no doubt, of the Indian on Mrs. Nitchee. A group of squaws making sugar is a grotesque and amusing sight. As the time for the running of the sap ap- proaches, a party of perhaps twenty or thirty families or More will gather in the woods where there may be a sufii- cient number of the maple trees. The wigwams will be built around in a large circle, the kettles, all small of course, holding perhaps only three or four quarts, (for in their many moyings they could not carry larger ones,) ttung on poles in a line with a.eontinuous fire the whole FOREST AND STREAM, ~ length. The sap is gathered in small baskets or buckets of birch bark, which are hung on the trees under where a downward gash has been made half girdling the tree, These buckets hold only a pint or more, and have to be gath- ered and emptied often, The boiling sap is kept almost con- tinually on the move from kettle to kettle, until, towards the thirtieth or fortieth kettle or less, it is sugar and ready to be clarifled or grained. To be sure an Indian is not very particular in his tastes or neat in his domestic affairs, and if he comes home hun- gry 1s pretty apt to chuck into the boiling syrup the body of asquirrel or muskrat, or in fact anything else in the eating line, but the squaws have a way peculiar to them- Selves of clarifying it, and when they take pains itisa good article. They doit up in packages of birch barle, which are called mocucks, and when of fine quality it finds a ready market, though I have -seen some Injun sugar that was simply abominably black in appearance and execrable in taste. The Nitchee then takes the mocucks, or rather, compels the squaw to take them to the settlements, where he trades them off for whiskey, amunition, whiskey, nicknacks, and whiskey, and if the squaw gets a string of beads or a red handkerchief and no kicks or cuffs from her drunken lord, she is indeed lucky. ‘ As I said before, the happy time for the squaw is during the ‘“‘sugar making.” Then are they gathered together, and all their woman nature comes out strong, and like their lighter sisters, gossip is the order of the*day. What a per- fect babble of tongues; all are talking and gesticulating to- gether; talk, talk, chat, chat, rattlety bang; with their rippling laughter now and then arising aboveall the clatter. The immediately surrounding trees and bushes are adorned (?) with many a pappoose, silently swinging back and forth, as the little occupant, with its shining bead-like eyes, watches the movements going on; uttering no cry under any circumstances; the rain may beat down upon their unprotected heads, or the hot sun may strike full in their dusky faces, no one ever heard an Indian baby utter a word of complaint. Every now and then a mother would jump up from her stirring kettle, seize one of the boards to which her offspring was strapped, clasp it to her breast a few minutes and then hang it back in its place. The nut- brown child of the forest had received its dinner. During this season the lord of the wigwam, if not off on a hnnt, lies asleep all the day on his bed of skins or boughs. ‘‘Such is life,” at least of the Pottawattamie, as I knew them. ~ We had crossed the Black river, made our examination of the land, and turned back, but alas, the river from a width of a few hundred feet now reached over half a mile, the water from the recent freshet had overflowed its usual bed and extended far into the woods. Our canoes were gone, our stock of provisions were only sufficient to reach the settlement on an ordinary occasion. Now we must take a weary tramp up the river, we knew not how far, until we found a crossing. A long and weary tramp we had, Often went we to our bed of boughs with empty stomachs. The game seemel to have left for parts un- known. Now and then we heard the woodpecker’s gentle tap on the resounding tree, but when we looked for him, he was ‘‘non est;” or we would hear the hoarse croak of a solitary raven, as he stopped for a moment on the top of a tall tree, adding only a greater depth to our sombre feel- ings. No deer, no grouse, no other living creature could we see. We had been two days with only eight small crackers apicce, with our coffee; we were getting very weak. Poor Mot, a young Hercules witha full stomach, wilted like a child; his pluck was magnificent; although with difficulty he could lift his weary limbs over a two foot log, nota murmur escaped him. Being more hardened to such things I felt the matter much less, but oh, how I pitied him. We were crawling through a poplar barren, when some- thing flopped up and was gliding off through the bushes. My gun was at my shoulder in a moment, and as the smoke cleared away I had the satisfaction of seeing something pitch down through the leaves some forty yards distant. Mot’s eyes glistened, and a fervent ‘‘thank God” broke from him. I, though somewhat pleased, did not feel quite so exhilarated, as Lhad rather a faint idea of what I had killed. Upon approaching the vlace, we picked up a large gray bird, a bird of feathered horns and monstrous eyes. J could not restrain my laugh, bad as I felt, at the expres- sion on Mot’s face, as he-said, ‘‘is it an owl?” But we were hungry enough even foran owl. We carried him aiong over the barren until we struck down intoa hollow and found a brook. I picked the bird while Mot made the fire. Icutup the fowl, and with pepper and salt put it into our pail oyer the fire; to be sure there were more bones than meat, and, originally more feathers than both together, but we were very hungry. Now, I am aware that there isa very settled impression abroad in regard to owl as an edible delicacy, but I assure Judge M— and Tom J— that that owl soup was not to be laughed at or treated in a trifling way. I tell you it was a serious business to us- The soup was good, though I fully believe myself that an onlon, with a carrot, a few sliced potatoes, a little celery, a taste of Worcester, or a dash of Cayenne, might have im- proved it some. We had rather a severe muscular tug, too, at the bones, and Mot remarked that, like the man and the cow, under the peculiar circumstances he could eat.owl but that ‘‘he did not hanker arter it.” If it did not exactly save our lives, we at least arose from that attack strengh- ened and rejuvenated. How good our pipes did taste, (per- haps your dainty city sport would think so after such a Biol s delicacy,) as we laid back ona bed of moss, and took an hour’s rest. I think that even Tom under such circum- stances could have enjoyed a cigar, with no fear of'a dele- terious effect on his nervous system, (couidn’t he, Lew?) We found a place at last where by falling a tree we cross- ed the river; we were then by our reckoning twenty-seven miles to a settlement, asaw mill on one of the eastern branches. That morning we had ten crackers apiece left, including the crumbs. We calculated after eating four for breakfast we could reach a deserted shanty we knew of eighteen miles distant, that night, then four more crackers for supper, leaving two again for breakfast, with coffee for one cup apiece each time, The next day we thought we could easily reach the saw mill. We fortunately found an old lumber road, and by follow- ing that we had easier travelling, and arrived at the shanty about two P. M. While getting ready for our supper and bed Mat looking up (and so hollow eyed and woe begone in all his appearance my heart smote me) said, ‘‘I think if I had those six crackers and those two cups of coffee in one, I could reach that mill to-night and get a square meal.” Well, if you think so we'll try it. It was a hard way, but just before dark we reached the place; we found a jolly lot of lambermen, and were made heartily welcome. After a good wash and a rest, we were called to supper. I had explained matters to the good woman and a large sup- ply was placed before us. First I remember there was a large platter of fried venison, not less than ten pounds, to all appearances; roast potatoes, a good sized dish; broiled ditto; a large plate of hot biscuit, and an eight quart pan of fried doughnuts, with some kind of pie, I don’t remember what, and a pot of tea. I ate three or four slices of venison, with some potatoes, two biscuits and a couple of doughnuts, and drank two cups of tea. Mot had not said a word since we sat down, but I saw that he was going in heavy; in fact, was doing a good business. I went out to the mill, smoked a pipe, aud enjeyed a good talk with the proprietor. Nearly a half hour elapsed, when the woman came out, and consternation dire was de- picted in her countenance as she exclaimed— ‘For the Lord’s sake, what kind of a man is that in there ?” ‘“ Why,” said I, ‘‘ what is the matter ?” ‘*’You told me you were very hungry, and I know what appetites men of the woods have, and I cooked for eight, but as sure as you live he has eaten everything on the table and is asking for more venison.”” Well, I replied, give him all he wants and charge accordingly in the bill. ‘‘Oh,” she exclaimed, ‘‘it is not that. Wehave got plenty of it and he shall have all he wants, but where in the world does he put it? Are his legs hollow all the way down’? And Mot got it. Shortly after he came out pricking his teeth, saying he felt considerably better and could beat me clean out of my boots on a tramp the next day. JACOBSTAFF. MOUNTING DEER FEET. —— Epitor ForEstT AND STREAM:— No doubt, during the past shooting season, many of your readers have succeeded in bringing down the magnificently antlered deer, caribou, or moose. Most sportsmen like to preserve a fine pair of antlers, and frequently a hoof is made into some useful or ornamental article. The mount- ing of the hoofs in some form or other is generally expen- sive, and frequently it is yery inconvenient to get either hoofs or-antlers mounted by a skilled person. It is to © those whose distance from skilled labor, or the trouble and expense connected with mounting horns or hoofs, often causes them to cast away many a pair of antlers or set of feet which they would gladly have kept, that I would ad- dress myself. The feet of the deer, so generally thrown away, may be made to serve a variety of useful and ornamental purposes with a very little trouble. They make a pretty and appro- priate gun or fishing rod rack; also, suitable pegs for hats or sporting accoutrements, and in conjunction with a pair of antlers form a very effective hat and coat rack fora hall. Tio make a gun rack take a piece of black walnut, ash, chestnut, or maple, about three inches wide, and one and a half inches thick. Plane it smooth, and if possible plane the edges with a molding plane; bore two holes, one near each end (say six inches distant), and at the same slant you wish your pegs to have; make the holes to fit the legs, which should have been cut off the length required. Im- mediately above the holes made to receive the legs, two small holes should be bored for the screws which fasten the board to the wall. Fasten it up, and you have a neat and handsome support for your gun or rod. A row of hat pegs may be made in this manner, and single ones may be made by using small squares of wood. A coat and hat rack for a hall may be made by crossing two strips of wood diagonally, or arranging as taste may dictate, and inserting a deer leg at each extremity and one at the crossing. A mounted head or pair of antlers should surmount the whole, the antlers being simply mounted by being screwed cr nailed toa piece of wood, either square or oval. In conclusion, I would say that where black walnut oz other ornamental wood is not procurable, a most excellent imitation may be made by using common pine. Buy a few cents worth of permanganate of potash; dissolve it in water, and stain your wood to any shade desired. When dry, varnish, and you will have an imitation of walnut that almost surpasses the original, Hoping the above may prove of use to some of your many readers, I remain, Yours truly, TRANSIT. 388 ae FOREST AND For Forest and Stream. THE MOANING OF THE TIDE. . ——__>__——_ (jee: abeauteoug summer’s night, the moon was shining bright; I was dozing in my Sleepy-Hollow chair. While dozing there I dreamed, and in my dream it seemed To me thatI was young again and fair. Lagain was a young man, a courting Betsy Ann, By the sea shore we were sitting side by side; And though our hearts with love were stirred, we uttered not a word, We were listening to the moaning of the tide. But my dream was rudely broke by Betsy Ann, who spoke:: “T wish that you'd untie that horrid cur!” Just listen to the tune, he’s moaning at the moon, And you’ve tied him up so he can hardly stir.”’ Then I bid my dream adieu, though part of it was true, For Betsy Ann was standing by my side; And though we were not by the shore, to hear the ocean’s roar, We were listening to the moaning of the tied. LuKE TRIPP. OS For Vorest and Stream. TO A CAGED BIRD. ——_>__—_ OOR bird! pine not because debarr’d From drinking of sweet freedom’s joys; Secure from danger, death and noise, Be philosophic-—’tis not hard. Enough to eat, to drink and spare, So trim and neat thy cottage home; Why shoulds’t thou wish afar to roam, Where lurks the spoiler and the snare? Just think how many of thy race To want, cold, sickness, fall a prey, Whilst thou canst ply the livelong day, In thy snug, cosy resting-place. In vain Iplead! You shake your head And try the iron bars once more; You'd barter all your varied store Of sweets—have liberty instead. Birdie, we share an equal fate, I would that freedom’s joys were mine; Like thee I trouble and repine, And rail against my present state. And though enough to eat have we, Yet life is but a dreary waste To us who crave in vain to taste The purer joys of liberty. New ORLEANS, 216 Common street. —— THE FISHERMAN’S SUMMONS. ——— HE sea is calling, calling. Wife, is there a log to spare? Fling it down on the hearth and call them in, The boys and girls with their merry din, I am loth to leave you all just yet, In the light and the noise I might forget, The voiee in the evening air. The sea is calling, calling, Along the hollow shore. I know each nook in the rocky strand, And the crimson weeds on the golden sand, - And the worn old cliff where the sea-pinks cling, And the winding caves where the echoes ring. J shall wake them never more.} Jas. RUNNEGAR. How it keeps calling, calling, It ig never a night to sail. I saw the ‘‘sea-dog” over the height, As I strained through the haze my failing s And the cottage creaks and rocks, well nigh As the old *‘Fox’’ didin the days gone by, In the moan of the rising gale. Yetit is calling, calling, It is hard on a soul I say To go fluttering outin the cold and the dark, Like the bird they tell us of, from the ark; While the foa:n ilies thick on the bitter blast, And the angry waves roll fierce and fast, W here the bluck buoy marks the bay. 4 Do you hear it calling, calling? And yet, Iam none so old. , At the herring fishery, but last year,} No boat beat mine for tackle and gear, And I steered the coble past the reef, When the broad sail shook like a withered leaf, And the rudder chafed my hold. Will it never stop calling, calling? Can’t you sing a song by the hearth? A heartsome stave of a merry glass, Or a gallant fight, or 4 bonnie lass, Don’t you care for your grand-dad just s0 much, Come near then, give me a hand to touch, Still warm with the warmth of earth. Yoy hear it calling, calling? Ask her why she sits and cries. She always did when the sea was up. She would fret, and never take bit on sup When I and the lads were out at night, And she saw the breakers cresting white Beneath the low black skies. But then, inits calling, calling, No summons to soul was sent. Now—well, fetch the parson, find the book, It is up on the shelf there, if you look. The sea has been friend, and fire, and bread; Put me, where it will tell of me, lying dead, How it called. and I rose and went.—AJ// the Year Round. Prrrarncu.—La Nature tells us that in December last the mortal remains of Petrarch were exhumed for certain an- thropological purposes. The great Italian’s bones were found to be of an amber color, moist, and partly moul- dered. The cranium, of medium size, was well preserved, . and the frontal bone fully developed. The clothing was reduced tv powder. From the size and length of the bones the divine poet must have been a man of middle height, and of robust constitution. Petrarch died in July, 1374, »lmost five hundred years ago. STREAM. GUNS—A DIALOGUE. pane eae OME two hundred and fifty years ago, a great deal of information of an amusing or instructive character, was conveyed to the reader by means of the dialogue. We | are not too old to remember when those solemn and pre- ternatural little boys Sanford and Merton piayed a game at cross purposes, and when Julia asked her mamma real stun- ning posers about the moon, while Alfred put in, regarding the erratic motions of the stellar system, all of which prob- lems, themamma, a lady of the Sommervillian type, answer- ed in the most off hand and deliberate manner. In fact it was the chit-chat of no doubt a strictly astronomical, but very tiresome family. Good old Isaac Walton loved the dialogue, and Piscator, Venator, Aucepsand Coridon talk to one another most sen- sibly, and their quaint dialogue is one of the great charms of the most admirable of books, the ‘‘Complete Angler.” Sir Humphrey Davy, not quite half a century ago, in some- what stiffer and more stately style, pits Halieus against Poites, and Physicus against Ornither, and we have given to usin this way all that the great savant knew about Salmonia, interpreted by his various dramutis persona. This dialogue method, perhaps a trifle antiquated, recall- ing the classic Greek chorus, has of course gone out of fashion, but itis by no means improbable that it may not be in vogue again some day. Without being, however, desirous of reproducing this method of instruction, having simply heard our friends, Aries Virga and Papilla, talking about guns and breech-loaders yesterday, we tianscribe their conversation without any comment of our own.’ ARIES VIRGA AND PAPILLA—IN A CLUB ROOM.§ Aries.—It is perfectly useless, you never can convince me that a gun fitted for a gentleman’s use, which is safe or reliable and with any kind of penetration or precision can be produced by the gross. Papilla.—Still it is within the bounds of reason. Egg or Manton or Beckwith or others who lived seventy-five years ago, who made guns for our fathers, certainly never thought so. But neither the inventive nor the mechanical power have remained at a stand still during this half cen- tury. Aries.—In the first place the material in the guns those master artificers made up fifty years ago were better than what we use to-day. In old times they picked up all the horse-shoe nails to make the barrels with. Papilla.—Now let usstopright there. Itis quite probable that could we investigate it by any exact methods of com- parison, we could show that gun-powder fifty years ago, was by no means as well made, nor as strong, nor as effec- tive as itis to-day, and asforthat, [think it has been demon- strated, that with a lighter quality of metal, our guns can stand quite as much rending or bursting power as the old fowling pieces. We have had forcedly to make better bar- rels, for stronger and more powerful powder. As to our capability of selecting soft homogeneous iron for gun bar- rels if we wanted to use it, which we do not, instead of our having to pick it up by the single horse shoe nail we could buy charcoal iron by the bloom, or ship-load, and have in a single bar all those excellent qualities which were only at- tainable seventy-five years ago, by collecting the material bit by bit. The fact is if you wish to make iron barrels, you might select iron from a hundred different grades. Aries. —That is all book learning, the result, my friend Papilla, of your having attended some bothering course of scientific lectures. Wellthen, if they do use steel for barrels to-day it is because the iron was too bad. They cannot finish guns in this country as well as they do in England. No American guns have any finish to them. They may be all right, but 1 donot want to carry a gun which is not perfection—even if guns can be made by the gross. Papilla.—Which shows your very excellent taste—, ‘a thing of beauty is a—.”’ Aries.—Allow me. It is not looks alone. The gun must shoot well, and all that kind of thing, but at the same time, I want to pass my nail all over my gun, and if it catches any where, if it is not as polished and smooth as a statue, why that condemns the gun in my sight, and for my use. Papilla.—I appreciate in every way, your good judgment. Though you may be an exquisite in respect to your dress— your dogs, and horses and your arms, I must confess that you are a thorough master of the sportman’s art, and there are not many men in the field, better shots than my friend Aries Virga. Jl must remark, however, that you are fortu- nate in having at your command means without limit. If I had your wealth, there is no doubt but that I would only be satisfied with a gun which would be a master piece of excellence and elegance. But yor must remember that where you can spend a hundred dollars, I can only spend five. While you. rational amusements cost you a thou- sand or so a year, | am forced to restrict mine to less than a hundred. Now in the United States, I do not suppose I am the singular exception in thi# respect; shooting here is essentially democratic and universal; I have no head game keeper, nor under keeper to see to my arms, and attend to an arsenal of guns. What is wanted herein the United States are serviceable plain and cheap breech-loading guns, without any great elegance about them. Of course I expect to shock you by the comparison, now, a washing ma- chine—.”’ Aries.—A washing machine! Why that is arch treason. What has such a thing as a washing machine to do with a gun? Papilla.—I was only going to state that other countries, and other people, make other wants, and that just as cheap and good guns are required in» the United States, anda demand has set in for them, exactly for the same reasons washing machines were invented and sold. It is only a question of supply and demand. Aries —Of course, I was waiting for that, You always must lug in political economy into subjects under discussion. But it is nonsense in talking of sportsmen to bring in wash- erwomen. There is an art, a mystery about the manufac- ture of afowling piece, especially of a breech-loader. Why, even the names yousee on English guns of the great makers, these people themselves do not know how a gun is made. It is the foreman of the shop who keeps the secrets. It comes down from father to son. Very few can fathom it. I am afraid friend Aries you are rushing in where angels fear to tread Papilla.—Bless me, Aries! Ido declare you are fully imbued with that nonsensicalidea, and speak of the mystery of the gun maker, in a whisper. I do acknowledge to make a good gun, for a modern breech loader, is much more difficult to construct properly than the muzzle-loader, requires no end of mechanical instinct, and inventive power, though men’s hands and brains have advanced in cunning with the work required of them. Since you ob ject to my washing machines, have you any disinclination. to compare a gun with a watch? Aries.—It is according to what you want to prove. on, however. Papilla.—Is a gun a more de'icate piece of mechanism than a watch? a Aries.— Why no! Papilla.—Well then, if we can make good serviceable and cheap watches in the United States, not Frodshams, or Dents, or Jurgensens, precisely, but watches which an- swer every possible service, why can not we do the same thing for guns? Aries.—But I would rather still have a Dent watch. Papilla.—And so would I, but if and you and fifty others men wanted to pay seventy-five guineas for an American watch, I have no doubt but that the watch- makers in the United States could produce watches for those figures, precisely as good as the the best Eng- lish watches, and even as to style a trifle more elegant. In this 19th century, there can be no monopoly of manu- factures. -Aries.—Well, is it just because people generally will not pay as much for an American gun as for an English gun, that English guns are better? Papilla.—Not exactly, but that may have something to do with it. But my friend Aries, as | consider your judg- ment admirable as to guns, do tell me what you think is a good breech-loading gun? Aries.—Well, what I fancy is wanted in a breech-loader, isa gun that will not rattle, and will withstand any amount of wear and tear, in or out of water, and which is safe. An arm nut to be taken out on the back porch, to shoot a passingswood-cock with, but one which can be carried into the forests, or in the blinds or in the boat, and can be knocked about camp, and will bear all kinds of hard usage for months. Papilla.— Will your fine guns do that? Aries.—Certainly they will, and stand the work bettc? than coarser made arms. J may differ from others, but 1 want a breech-loader, a gun where the barrels are fastened to the stock of the piece. Papilla.—No tip ups? Aries‘—No, I dont want hinge pins, nor grips, nor eccen- trics, nor fancy breech actions of any kind. ; Papilla.—Are you describing a Snyder Allen then? Aries.—Not exactly, mine is an ideal gun, for in the Sny- der Allen the pin in the side box breech becomes loosened sometimes when you are not aware of it. Papilla.—You then agree with the ordnance officers, who have all of them in the Jast five years, given the cold shoulder to all tip up or hinged arms? ; Aries.—Lefaucheux made the first hinged breech-loading gun, and he has been I think too servilely copied Ord- nance officers are right about the arms adapted to their use, and I can’t for the life of me see where the distinction can be drawn in regard to the mechanical principles be- tween what makes an efficient military and a sporting-arm. The same system ought to work in both—because—.” Papilla.—Bravo! now thatis just where I have you. 1 thought your good judgment in regard to arms would have brought you to the subject of military arms. Now I put it to you, asa sane reasoning man, in the manufacture of good serviceable guns fer our soldiers in the United States, with the Springfields, the Remingtons, the Sharpes, the Ward Burton's, the Maynards, the Berdans, the whole rest of them, have we not arrived at very great perfection? These guns are all made like buttons, noi by the gross, but by the thousands, one like another, like watches, or wash- ing machines. You must acknowledge that. Well then what reason is there, why some of tlese manufacturers can- not produee honest, strong, safe and cheap breech-loading guns by the same wonderful mechanical reSources which they have invented for turning out military weapons of the utmost precision? : Aries.—You can make an army gun in quantity, I sup. pose, but, nevertheless I must insist that fine guns are like Cremona violins, and are not turned out like buttons. Papilla.—Most of the world is satisfied, and must remaia go, with commoner musical instruments; it is only the grand masters, like Aries Virga, who can pay for their Cremona’s, GG > FOREST AND STREAM. 389 pp Re i i I ne Sn aS and play on them, But you imported a very fine gun the wther day, did it meet your expectations? C Avies.—Perfectly. It ought to have done so, as it cost ‘not quite $625 laid down here. It makes just the pattern J ~wanted. Papilla.—Dv you shoot then toa pattern? Oh! Alcibiades of guns! Aries.—Of course [ do. Men have so many different ideas about things. Of late years our own gun-smiths are paying attention to patterns | am pleased to say, I include all patterns under three categories. There is first the gun which shows ona thirty inch target a concentration of shot in the centre, the bulk of the shot going there, and -vith but few pellets on the outside; another gun makes the cullender pattern, where every square inch of the tar- get has a shot or two in it; there is even a third pattern, where the pellets are thrown at five or six different points in the target in qnantity, those centres having their occa- sional shots around them Papilla.— Which pattern do you prefer? Aries.—It is according to what I want to use my gun for, ‘The first gun I would take for geese, when I wanted to kill one bird certain. The secondtfor snipe and flocks of birds, but the third gun I would like best for ducks. It may be the dilettanteism of sporting as to results, but it is perfectly possible to get guns to shoot in these ways, if you know where to buy your guns, Papilla.— You are indeed worth listening to. Aries.— Now I must confess, that all you have said to me about cheap guns may be true, but to return to your watch question. I suppose a machine can make the various parts, in fact the whole movement of a watch. Papilla.—Certainly. - Aries. —Can a machine regulate a watch, adjust it? Find out the faults, the idiosyncracies of the time keeper? Papilla.—Of course not, some skilled hand work is mostly necessary. Avries.—Hand work has nothing to do with it friend Pa- pilla. It is head work which comesinto play here. When {pay $500 for my English gun, I divide the bill as fol- lows: Material twenty-five dollars, not more. That means cost of iron, steal and wood. Labor $200, that includes all the barrel forging, boring, lock filings, braizing, wood-cut- ting, and more delicate finishing. Now something else comes in; the brains of the foreman of the shop, or of dhe maker of the gun, who has tried the gun may be one hundred times in altering the barrels or the bore a little every time he shoots my gua, until he gets it te throw the shot exactly to suit his fancy or mine—well, that portion of the expense, 1 put down at $275, and I do not think I am paying a penny too much for it. Now when I say that I am perfectly willing to give a good round sum of money for my gun, I expect to pay for the time and skill employed in adjusting the gun, and Laflirm that the best English makers do this work, when they are paid for it, and do it thoroughly and conscientiously. That is what I mean by the secvets of the trade. Papilla.—You pay then for the experience of the gun maker. Well it as richly merits compensaticn as any thing else. In fact, Aries, | must confess thereis a great deal of reason in what you say. Aries.—I am forced too to allow that as to th» feasibility of manufacturing good cheap breech-loaders at home, why what you have mentioned to me, when I think it over, leads me to suppose that it might be done. Papilla.—Might be done? Why it is done to-day. Aries.—Do you shoot with one of your breech-loading guns made by the grossas you said? Papilla.—Of course I do. | Aries. —And it satisfies your requirements? Papilia.—Perfecily. Aries,—And my English gun suits me. We are then both contented, and there can be no differences between us. Papilla,—I suppose Achilles could not have fought as well unless he had had a silver bossed shield, a mirror for the Graces and a glaive of exquisiteworkmanship When Thave time I will look up my Homer. Aries.—And the Spartans, who did wonderful slaughter with their more homely weapons? Papilla.—Chauwin u son gout, That is it, aint it? Aries.—Precisely, only that there was but asingle Achilles who could afford to shoot with a $600 breech-loading, whereas the general herd of Thracians, Lacedemonians, Spartans and Greeks, generally had to use much cheaper suns when they went after their game. Papilla.—I will excuse your classic anachronism. SS THE EAGLE RIVER COUNTRY. ® For Forrst anp STREAM, HE Eagle River probably furnishes the best trout fish- ing of any river in Colorado. It is seldom visited, except by a few straggling miners and the Ute Inaians. There is a trail leading up the valley of the river which runs from Tennessee Pass to one of the U. 8. Ute agencies, but itis seldom used. During the past summer the head waters of the Eagle River was surveyed by Dr. F. V. Hay- den’s U. S. Geological Surveying party. We found it nec- Cessary to eamp afew miles from the Holy Cross Moun- tain, as there was so much fallen timber we could not get. a pack train over it, although repeated trials were made. Each time we were forced to turn our backs to the uncon- querable fallen timber and loose rocks and return to camp With bruised and foot-sore animals. In fact there was for wear. Many of the men also suffered from hard knocks, and to add to our discomforts, it rained steadily for nearly two days. Finally a party was made up to ascend the Holy Cross Mountain at all hazards. Those who intended clim- bing the mountain selected the best animals in our herd, strapped a pair of blankets, poncho, and a few provisions behind their saddles, and set out for the mountain. When leaving camp they thought they could reach the mountain top in a single day, but when they had been out two days one of their party came to camp with a woe-be-gone look, and said, ‘‘Bill! have you got any bread baked?” Said Bill (our cook) soon emptied the mess boxes of their con- tents, and our delighted visitor left us ~yith a full stomach, and some bread, a pail of baked beans, and a smiling coun- tenance. That night he reached his famishing party, and there was a merry making at timber line on the mountain. They reached camp the next night, having completed their work on the mountain top. Our provisions were becom- ing low, so the writer and our hunter concluded to kill some game or catch some fish. JI had heard several buck elks ‘‘whistle” on a mountain side near camp, so we concluded to try them first. We found many fresh trails, but the noise made by the bells of the ‘‘bell mares” and the shout- ing of the packers had scared away all the game. We re- turned to camp with a few grouse, (Zetrao obscurus,) deter- mined to try our luck the next day in another quarter. Early the next morning we saddled our horses, took part of our bedding, some provisions, some dry tea, (we were out of sugar,) a piece of bacon, some bread, two tin cups, and a large stout iron gray pack horse, which we promised to load with meat, fish or fowl. After leaying camp we descended a steep hill, about two miles from our starting pcint, and having made our way through numerous beaver dams, camped in among some huge boulders, which entire- ly concealed ourselves and animals from the outer world. When searching for aplace to camp we started two deer and a bear. We only heard them break cover, but after hun- ting up their trails, found we had frightened away two does and one grizzly bear. When our animals were picket- ed, we made a fire, and then built a shelter tent with our tubber ponchos and a blanket. By the time our tent was completed the fire had ‘‘burned up,” so we poked out some coais and brewed our tea over them in the tincups. Afew pieces of bacon were frizzled over some sharp sticks, which were eaten with bread, and with our tea we had a fine lunch. The sun was then getting low and my ‘‘pardner”’ remarked ‘‘it is time the deer were coming down from the hills to drink, and we may as well get ready to meet them.” We repicketed our horses so that they might have better feeding, and taking our rifles, (a Ballard and Sharpe,) we separated, and set out on a still hunt. My companion fol- lowed up the West Fork of the Eagle River, while I went down the main river to watch alick. It was sometime after dark when we reached camp. When reaching it I re- plied, ‘‘What luck?” ‘‘Didn’t see a hoof.” ‘Neither did I.” “This will never do,” said my companion. ‘‘We must try the trout in the river as soon as the sun brings out the grasshoppers in the morning.” . After supper we turned in. At daybreak, the next morning, we made bedding, &e. in a pack, which was handed over to ‘‘old gray” for trans- portation. In two hours we reached the fishing ground. When our animals were attended to and our ‘“‘traps’” made snug, we armed ourselves with spruce branches from a neighboring tree and commenced a raid on the grasshop- pers. As fast as they were captured we put them in an old rubber coat sleeve, tied up at one end with a string, from the leggings of my companion. We soon had all the bait we wanted, and with our willow poles, landed eighty-five pounds of trout in three hours. The water of the Eagle River is remarkably clear, and the large trout can be easily seen before taking the hook. At the point where we were fishing the river is not over ten yards wide, although it is very deep in many places. I landed thirteen large fish on a small boulder in the river, and could have easily caught others if our hungry men had not been: awaiting us at camp, which was a long way from our fishing ground. The trout caught were large, light-colored, and regularly spotted, but only half way up the body from the tail. They proved to be excellent eating, and the flesh of some of the larger ones was the color of that of the salmon, when cooked. We reached camp in the afternoon, and our artist, Mr. H- , made a fine drawing of a group of our largest fish, which were arranged on a manta. Jk hte (BY UES. Dr. HaypDEN, in charge. G. Survey. For Forest dnd Stream. RIFLE SHOOTING IN THE OLDEN TIME AND IN THE PRESENT DAY—CREED- MOOR—ACCURATE SHOOTING, &ce. HE writer of this can remember very well when per- cussion caps and cartridges were ,anknown and flint locks alone were used on rifles and shot guns, and many a day has he followed his father and his uncle, who were famous shots and mighty hunters in their day, in the,back- woods of Ohio and Virgifiia in quest cf deer, turkey, coon, squirrels, and ruffed grouse. He has been at western shoot- ing matches and hunts, and chased the red fox with old men who can remember the Clarks, Lewis’s, Pae’s, Ken- tons, and Doddridges of the valley of the Ohio. He has sat by the cabin fires and heard the old trappers tell their stories of ‘‘hairbreadth ‘scapes by flood and field,” of bear fights, contests with Indians, and wonderful and fatal shots at long distances; but he is satisfied that if these festive old sports could break the cerements of their humble seareely a horse or mule in our outtit that was not the worse | tombs, and issue forth with their long shooting irons; stockless, and with the obsolete flint locks, they would be as much amazed as was Irving’s renowned héro of the Catskills when he gathered up the remains of his old mus- ket. They never dreamed that rifle shooting could be brought to the perfection it has now attained—hitting a turkey at two hundred yards, or a deer at three hundred, was an event to be talked about fora lifetime. We have known famous old rifles named ‘‘Old Betsy,” ‘‘Honest Lige,” ‘“‘Truthful Reuben,” &c. All of them had a mar- vellous history. In this day, however, they would be worthless except for old iron. If the old rifle shooters could have lived to see a Creedmoor or a Wimbledon, they would feel as far behind the age in which they hunted and shot as the man who had been used only to country wag- ons and came suddenly upon a train of cars at full speed. That rifle shooting is destined to become a great national sport in America there can be but little doubt, and when the desire to excel and improve begins to take hold of the vigorous and sport-loving people of the west and south we will-see a great demand for the best guns and shooting ap- paratus that can be made. Amateur rifle clubs will be formed in every county throughout the forty States and Territories of the Union. Literature concerning marks- manship, the ‘‘butts,” the ForEsT AND STREAM, will be in demand. Grand national and State tournaments will be in- augurated, and thousands of competitors will in time an- nually contest for superiority, and away yonder in the not very distant future we think we see the victorious Ameri- can ‘‘team” issuing forth with the championship of the world on their banners. Without disparaging the great achievem:nts of the rep- resentatives of other nationalities, or making any invidious comparisons, we think we may be allowed to indulge in a little egotism, and possibly ‘‘to brag,” to some extent, about what we have done on this side of the water, considering we have not yet turned the corner of the first century. We have made advances in the sciences, arts, agriculture, and gunnery, and wherever there has been a demand or a need for men, women, children, or things, they have been forthcoming. It would be strange, then, if we could not produce rifle shooters who shall compete with the best on the planet. Steamboats were needed to navigate our vast rivers— Fulton invented them. Lightning communication was called for, and Professor Morse put up the wires. A fast sailing yacht was required, and Steers made the ‘-America.” A trotter was wanted, and Flying Dutchman did three miles in 7:32, and then came Dexter, who brought the time of the Dutchman, which was 2:30 2-3 to the mile, to 2:174, eclipsing the world. A raceliorse of endurance and speed was needed, and that mighty equine hero, the blind stal- lion now at Woodburn, Kentucky, appeared in 1855 and ran four miles in 7:19%, which has never yet been equalled. When the chess world became excited Paul Morphy was brought to the surface. He sailed for Europe, and after singly defeating the champions of the Old World he played five games against twenty-five of the best players that could be produced, on five different boards, blindfolded, and won the majority of the games. He then challenged Staunton, the great Hnglishman, who intimated that he would only play fora stake, and when Morphy was di- rected by his friends in New Orleans to offer to play for £50,000 a side, or any larger amount that might be agree- able, Mr. Staunton declined. We have some very big things here besides men and women. We have extensive rivers: and lakes, mountains and valleys, vast trees and high falls, and now we are called upon to produce eight marksmen who are to com- pete with those vigorous and intelligent sons of Erin who bore off the celebrated Elcho Shicld from the English and Scotch shooters at Wimbledon. We can but try, and while it will be dollars to cents that the gallant Celts will return to the ‘‘ould sod” after their match. here as victors, still we have every confidence that we have the material here to make the champion shots of the world. At short range shooting, deliberate aim or at the word, or at three-quarter inch suspended bullets, the gallery of Mr. Conlin has pro- duced the most remarkable marksmen the world has yet seen. The shooting of Captains Travers and Paul has been surpassed and thrown quite inthe snade. For example, Mr. William Hayes made 174 consecutive bulls eyes at seventy-five feet. Mr. Hamilton, at the same distansze, made 354 bulls eyes out of 359 shots; 155 consecutive. He made also forty-five consecutive bulls eyes at the ‘“‘word one,” which is the best ever made at the ‘‘word.” He also made forty-one bulls eyes out of forty-five shots, the other four shots measuring one and one half inches, string meas- ure; besides this, he hit the one and one half inch bulis eye five consecutive shots at ithe word ‘‘one.” We shall send you an article upon the requisites, as we understand them, fora good rifleman, rifle shooting in its anatomical aspect, and also some hints upon preparation and training for a match. OupD SHov7. —A. New Haven editor spent last Sunday in Slawson, and attended church. When the contribution box came around he was ina doze, but on being nudged, hastily explained “T have a pass.”—Danbury News. Oo —‘‘That dog of yourn flew at me this morning and bit me on the leg, and I notify you that I intend to shoot it the first time I see it.” “The dog is not mad.” “Mad! I know he’s not mad. What has he vot to be mad about? It’s me that’s mad.” = —What is the difference between a loaf o’ bread and 4 loafer horn? Onerises inthe dough; the other dozes in the rye; > 390 AUoodland, Ann and Garden, WINDOW OR PARLOR GARDENING. NUMBER V. .“When the flowers and trees are waving, Birds will sing their sweetest song; Where the purest thought will linger, Confidence and love belong. Such a home makes man the better; Sweet and lasting its control— Home, with pure and bright surroundings Leaves the impress on the soul. N this paper we will attempt to give our readers some more advanced and elaborate plans for the adornment of our parlor recess and bay windows. We will suppose, however, all our readers, and more especially our lady readers, have become quite well acquainted with the fore- going suggestions upon parlor plant growing in their most practical forms. First, they have learned from the single specimen of plant growing in one pot how richly a little care and patience is repaid, as illustrated by a single rose geranium, grown high up amid the damp fog of ‘‘Coiner’s Court,” and the magnificent unfoldings of the rose tree in our humble rural home. Next, we passed in review the first effort of the tyro in growing flowers in a common parlor or, sitting room window of some half dozen common plants ranged upon a common shelf. We endeavored to show in our simple illustrations of plant life how easily apparent difficulties could be overcome, when one readily and resolutely set about doing the same. We endeavored to show our many lady readers, and others interested in this delightful occupation, how easily even the poorest rus- tic home could be made fresh and beautiful, and to literally blossom like the rose, even in the severity of mid-winter. We have taught the wild flowering jessamine of the trop- ics to throw its fragrant sweets, its rich perfume in these, our northern homes. Now we can rejoice in cheerful glad- ness, even at this time, this frosty season of the year, amid all the floral beauties of many climes. And how have we been able to accomplish all this? By attending to a few well known, practical suggestions, that in all cases will give a likerichreward. Wefound that our box in the window, fitted to a shelf of some larger dimen- sions gave us our first idea of a window garden in its most simple form. This box we filled with carefully selected plants, well adapted to the situations in which they were to grow, after having given the necessary soils, their chemical union, and component elements. In our more advanced conversations, after noting the simpler elements, a knowledge of which is always neces- sary to success in any undertaking, we noted the more elaborate, or what might be called the initiative, of com- position element in window gardening, under the forms of the zine pan, and the culture of bulbs. In the progress of our third paper we gave some idea of the management of the different bulbs, the simpler forms of the ferns, the introduction of the cacti, and the mixing of the different kinds of bulbous plants together. We spoke of the fine effects that we had produced by the group- ing of the New Zealand plants with those imported from Australia and California. We gave the simple forms, or what we called foundation rules, for the construction of small crags or miniature rock work within the window. In our fourth and last paper a recapitulation or analysis of all which we deem necessary to a better understanding of our present paper was given. F Tn this article we present to you for consideration the first part of a full window garden of yare and fine plants, intermingled in a more natural and pleasing form, As Shakespeare has truthfully written— “his 1s an art which does mend Nature— Changes it rather, but the art is Nature.’ You can, if you have a large sized bow window, have a box constructed to rest upon short legs, with rollers at- tached, by which means it may be removed back and forth to the window, as may. be desirable. This box may be one and a half feet in height, and of such width as will allow it to just fit in evenly with the outside coverings of the win- dow. Wesuppose the depth of this bow window to be three feet and six inches in width. This will allow us to have a box made say twenty-one inches, or one half the width of our window, and allow sufficient space to place on the sill of the same, another box of like dimensions and measurement, if we choose so to do; but our plan has been to have the upper box on the one which rests upon the shelf upon the sill of the window ten inches in depth in- stead of a greater depth, this size being found upon use as best adapted to the growth of the plants we place within the same. Having filled our smaller sized box, according to previous direction with earth, adapted to the growth of the plants designed to be grown in the same, you will pro- ceed to plant them, varying them in arrangement to suit your own fancy somewhat, being careful always to place all of one specics together, care also being had as to the gods best adapted to this arrangement of plants. If you would like to try as an experiment the cacti, of different species, an arrangement like the following will give you much pleasure (we have succeeded with such an arrange- ment), and we think you will not fail if careful not to overdo your plants. here is such a thing as over-nursing, or taking too good care of a plant, and the cacti of some species are very impatient, and by their appearance say to FOREST AND STREAM. you more plainly, perhaps, than any other plant, ‘‘Let me alone.” hey shrink from too much water, and will live and thrive and send out huge clusters and long plumed blossoms from avery dry base. Being a Mexican plant, haying their origin among hot, arid soils of rocky, silicious formations, their very nature is of course different to many other plants, a fact to be kept always in mind. I have placed a narrow, long box, say four inches wide and five inches in depth, on the top of the upper box, well filled with coarse gravelly sand and pieces of brick of the size of a walnut and less, to within three inches of the top; you will then select your cacti plants from the Dest cata- logue you may deem best. They succeed best in sandy loam, and this, mixed with brick and lime rubbish, a little peat and rotted manure, should fill up your cactus box. The tallest and more rapidly growing plants should be placed nearest the ends of the box, filling up the centre space with the smaller kinds. The drooping kind may be planted at the front side, or sides of the box next the room, and form a pretty appearance hanging over the front of the box, which may be painted of any color, and they add much to the general effect. Of the plants denomina- ted succulent, the aloe and cactus seem, by their very na- ture, adapted to very dry climates, and enter into parlor gardening very naturally, and are easily taken care of. Like many other plants in some respects, they are in others very unlike. There is no plant that we have ever cultiva- ted as an indoor plant that requiress less care than this cu- rious plant. J have, as a general thing, let it take care of itself, after carefully preparing its receptacle of earth for it. It should be kept quite dry, except when growing, when it should be watered freely. These unique plants will repay all your attention. They are designed by nature to’endure a recess from moisture, their organization fits them peculiarly for it, and they are of a flat, fleshy texture, covered with a thick, tough, leather-like coat or bark, which does not respire so freely as other plants. You can procure from the florist all the best known vari- eties of cactus, many of the older varieties being far pref- erable to the newer crosses. Among your selected plants you may place Jackinsonti, Malisonia, and Ackermanit. The Opuntia microdias has beautiful foliage, and, being tufted over with regular rows of yellow spires, is truly worth all the time and patience bestowed upon it. With these few named plants you may fill your narrow box, and leave them to take care of themselves while you next give your attention to your second box, which rests upon the window sill. With the previous suggestions given, you will be pre- pared somewhat to enter upon your work with a good de- gree of confidence, and in arranging the plants in your second box you will be quite particular to observe the fol- lowing rules, which will prevent many incongruities in the crouping of the different plants. Avoid placing rose color next to scarlet, orange, or violet; never place orange next to yellow, or blue next to violet. Orange will harmonize well wi:h blue, and yellow with violet. Rose color and purple may be placed side by side, and the effect is harmo- nious. You now have the white, with which to relieve any color, but it is never to be placed next to yellow. Having brought our lady friends thus far in our attempts to make our parlors and sitting rooms sources of pleasure during the winter months, we would remark that while we could easily designate by name every plant to be used for the filling of our second box (and which we shall do in the course of these papers), we deem it more for the interest of our readers to try these experiments to a certain extent, unaided by more minute directions from us. In our next we will give a continuation of the manner of our own planting—Box No, IJ.—and other and more inter- esting matter relative to the subject of parlor decoration. OLLIPOD QUILL. a6 i a A Bir or NavTuRE IN THE Partor—While in Jackson ville, Fiorida, we saw something so pretty, and in such good taste that we will try to describe it, and perhaps some of our northern ladies may avail themselves of the idea, which may be developed in many ways. Ina shadowy corner of the room a shelf was covered with a large quantity of va- rious kinds of dried native grasses, over which the beauti- ful Spanish moss of Florida was hanging in festoons from short branches until it almost touched the tops or mingled with the grasses. Within it looked as dreamy and as dark as the recesses of the swamps and forests. Just among the grasses, and half concealed by the hanging moss, stood a beautiful, small, snow white heron, nicely and perfectly stuffed, and looking remarkably life-like. He seemed to. be standing in his native marsh, and his attitude was as if he had just spied the observer, and, startled by the intru- sion, was about to take flight. The poise of the head and the wild glance of the eye were perfect. The illusion was complete, and the whole formed one af the most tasteful and beautiful decorations for a parlor we have ever seen. f —_——_—_—oe __The efforts now being made in Colorado for the pres- ervation of the timber are of the most praiseworthy kind. Mining interests are suffering from the wanton destruction of the timber. The Governor attributes this wanton waste either tothe recklessness or maliciousness of parties by whom entire districts of timber are fired and destroyed, and ad- vocates stringent measures more severe than those already existing, and that a standing reward be offered for the ap- prehension all who violate the law in this particular. Slatural History. WH ITE-~TAILED PTARMIGAN.—Lago- pus leucurus. He Epirorn Forrst AND STREAM:— The Lagopus leucurus is the smallest of its genus, and inhabits the highest ranges of the Rocky Mountains. It was first taken by Douglas and presented tothe Zoological Society of London. Since then speci- mens of it have been taken by the U. S. Expeditions, and during the last summer I collected several adults and one young chick while in the Sierfa Madre Mountains with the U. 8, Geological Survey under Dr. F, V. Hayden. The White tailed Ptarmigan is the only one of its family that is fonnd in the Sonthern Rocky Mountains. During the summer months they are found in pairs near the snow banks on the baretops of the mountains. Their nests I have seen on several occasions, all of which had been deserted by the young. They are generally placed in some little cavity among the loose rocks, and are constructed of dried grasses. The nests are small in proportion to those of the different spe- cies of grouse, and scantily built. In fact they select just such placeg for their nest in the rocks of the mountains as the Uria grylle (black guille- mot) would on therocky islands of the Atlantic ocean. I do not think the Lagopus leucurus ever has more than three or four young at a brood, as Ihave seen pairs of old birds with their young on several occasions, and at such times have never observed more than four chicks in a fam- ily. It is barely possible that their numbers may have been lessened by being devoured by hawks or by the cold rains, which may have chilled and killed them. It is a well known fact to most Naturalists that large numbers of the young ruffed grouse often perish from exposure during late springs accompanied by cold rains. I have several times found them dead and in a dying state, caused by exposure in the woods near Spring- field, Mass. I do not think that is the case with the young Ptarmigans. however, as they are hatched late in the season, and last spring was a fa- vorable one for their propagation. Neither do I think they are destroyed by hawks, as there are none where the Ptarmigans breed, with the ex- ception of a few straggling sparrow hawks, which are rarely seen. Therefore I think the Lagopus leucurus has but three or four eggs ata sitting, and but one brood in a season. They have a continued moult which lasts during the summer months and the variation in their plum- age is so great thatit is almost impossible to find two individuals in the same plumage. During the months from April to September their plumage is very scant and ragged; but when in their full winter plum- age their feathers are heavy and compact, which gives them a much larger appearance than when seen in the summer dress, mottled with brown, and grayish white. The tailat all times is pnre white. They are generally known in Colorado as White and Mountain Quails by the hunters, miners and ranchmen. When with their young they will fight the ornithological robber, flying so nearas to hit one with their wings, in their endeavor to protect their chickens. Both male and femule are equally courageous, and will defend their young. In the summer they are very tame, and when approached will ran among the rocks or in the dwarf willows, afew yards from the hunter, and squat and will not con- tinue their retreat until the hunter is upon them, When raised they fly in a straight line for seventy-five or a hundred yards, and alight on some elevated rock, stretching out the neck its full length to see ifihey are followed, and if nothing is seen to excite their suspicion they walk off from the rocks and commence to feed as usual. During deep snows in the winter the Ptarmigan descend from the mountains and feed in the edges of the timber and on the hill sides. Last winter Some were seen as far east as South Park, Colorado, feeding on the foothills. They are gregarious in winter. The White-tailed Ptarmigan is 26.25 inches in extent and 14.50 inches long; eye. hazel; superciliary mem- brane, red; toes, feathered half their length in summer, and are entirely covered with hair-like feathers in the winter; claws, blackish—lighter at their tips, long, broad and strong, rounded aboye, concave beneath, arched, edges sharp, and in some individuals the claws are notched on the sides. Jos. H. Batry, U. 8. G. Survey. (Dr. F. VY. Hayden in charge.) Te 8 “DO QUAIL VOLUNTARILY RETAIN THEIR. SCENT,” es Epitork ForEsT AND STREAM:— It has long been a question of arcument whether the orty# Virginzanus, or quail, can retain its scent or not at its pleasure. Certaiuly every sportsman has noticed, after having finshed a covey, and marked it down and scattered it in some open grass field or tussock meadow, how much more difficult it is torestart the single birds than he expected, in fact how totally at fanlt his dogs appear to be notwithstanding their re- liability and superiority, and only until almost trodden upon willthe. quail whirr from under his feet or the setter’s nose. I am satisfied they give out no scent at this time, but by no means con- vinced they possess the power of retaining it as some argue, for when the frightened covey is started, and having been shot at, in their haste to flee from danger they pitch directly into aspot and alight without run- ning afterwards, into the smallest space possible in order to hide, and their feathers are pressed closely against the body from which the scent proceeds, and none for atime tells the tale to the pointer and setter. Not until the bird has moyed can he be pointed, and the sportsman having shot at the flushed covey, goes directly where he has marked them down, which occupies but little tame, and he wastes much labor in tramping them up; if on the contrary he waits ten or fifteen minutes quietly, and the quail have gotten over their fright, and move a little, he will most certainly have his dog point them singly. , While resting on the side of a field the past November, I noticed a quail under full headway, pursued by a hawk, pitch into a growth of high grass bordering a small pond, and escape, while the hawk disappointed in his first chase began a search in the grass, trusting to his sharp eye to find his prey. Knowing exactly to afoot where the quail alighted, but with the intention of killing the hawk, I crept to the pond and shot the robber down, and then called my dog for the purpose of seeing if he could point the quail. I saw it crouched closely to the ground, and in no direction could get a stand from my dog, noted for his superior nose. I called him off and patiently waited for the bird to move, and could distinctly see its move- ments, if any were made. After a lapse of a few minutes the bird turned over as if to change its position, still hugging the ground inits fright. I then moved towards it with ‘‘Grouse,”’ and he stood staunchly. T would like the opinion of some of your correspondents as to this question. . “Homo.” THE i es x AS TO PORCUPINES. New York, January 19, 1874. Eprror Forrst AND STREAM: An article in your columns of January 8th, 1874, in relation to porcnu- pines, suggests to me this communication, which Ihope will help to cor rect the erroneous idea, but very general one, (even among those who re side in the parts of the country where these animals are plentiful,) tha the porcupine shoots its quills. By experiments I have not only com- pletely satisfied myself that they do not “shoot” or “throw” their quills, bnt also that they can at will strike with their offensive and defensive weapon, the tail, without leaving quills in the objectstruck’ My experi- ments were made with the animal known in New England as the ‘hedge hog,”’ the quills of which yary from one quarter inch to four inches in length. An account of the capture of one alive may be of interest. At Con- way, N. H., in the latter part of a summer afternoon, I wasdriving down the ‘Swift River Road,” on my return to the hospitable care of friend Pastman of the “Conway House,” and when but little more than a mile from the hotel, although not out of the woods, a porcupine crossed the yoad about thirty rods before me. Timmediately quickened the speed of my horse, stopped, and leaped out in time to kick the porcupine fr tree which he was climbing, and he would have been far beyond my bi | had he known of my pursuit a moment sooner. Porky once again on the ground, I succeeded, with the aid of a dead branch which I picked up from among the many lying under the pine trees, in preventing him from starting up another tree, and drove him to the road, when to my dismay he ran under the horse; but the well trained steed gave but one jump and at my command went no further, but was trembling very much, and Mr, Quillbearer haying come to bay underthe wagon, standing erect on his jind legsin the manner of bears, 1 took this opportunity to coax and soothe the horse for a moment; then quietly getting a bit of rope from the wagon, and making a slip-noose, the porcupine still on his hind legs awaiting my next movement, I went to the horse’s head and started him afew paces. The instant the porky was left behind the wagon he started for the trees again, bnt being fat and his legs short, I easily headed him — off, and threw the noose over his head, dragged and lifted him into the rear of the wagon, where IT bound him, and then proceeded to extract about fifty quills from the fetlocks and ankles of my horse, which was an operation I would not wish to attempt on any other horse (standing in the road and trembling with fright) than my own. Porky rested in a barrel for several days. but I succeeded in attaching to him acollarand chain, which gave him comparative freedom. When he was out of the barrel, I attempted to touch his head witha stick but it would be met by a blow from his tail; but when in the barrel he could notturn quick enough to strike; and with a round stick of soft wood, an inch in diameter, I drew many of the longer quills from his back with a touch so slight that I depended upon my eyes and not my sense of feel- ing toknow the moment of contact. The animal being less than two years old, soon’ lost some of his wildness, and I was able to touch him with a stick (I did not try with my hand) without resentment on his part, except when I was too violent, or in the presence of a dog. In such vases he would strike the stick, but instead of it being bristling with quills after a blow, there would be but two or three or none at all in the stick. ’ From the points of the quills, which are as sharp as needles, for a quar- ter of an inch toward the base are minute barbs, which serve not only to retain the quills in the object struck, but when such object be a living creature, if the quills be not immediately extracted, the barbs will serve to draw them deeper into the flesh, where they will travel about, as will neediesunder similar circumstances, but the quills more rapidly. Ihave seen a fine hound which with more courage than prudence had attacked a porcupine, to the severe punishment of the dog, whose head and mouth were badly punctured. Hvery quill which could be discovered in the dog was extracted, but several weeks after the return from the hunt a quill was extracted from the ridge of his nose, about two inches from the fore- head, which had entered the roof of the-mouth and thence worked, through the cartilege above. After explaining to which species of porcu- pine my article refers, [have ignored the local name ‘‘Hedgehog,” and jn this connection wish to urge your readers, most especially sportsmen and correspondents, to apply the natnralists’ names to creatures, and not local names, which vary in different sections of the country and are very often misnomers. Most of the namesin this country are adapted from European ones, and should be applied to the creatures which most re- semble (not in external appearances, but in habits and internal structure) those which bear the same names in Europe. The European hedgehog is of the badger species; and as we have the badger in this country I con- sider the term “‘hedgechog’* a misnomer when applied to the porcupine. Iconclude by urging the general adoption of naturalists’ common names, and dropping local names. If we constantly read of an object by one name, it will soon require no effort to speak of it by that name. -“RoAMER.” ————— NOTES ON THE BUTCHER BIRD—(Collyris borealis. —[We print the subjoined communication with no little pride, for it is the production of a young naturalist only fifteen years old. We print it as sent us, verbatim et litera- tim, and find it but little defective in any particular. Our young correspondent can not only prepare and mount his specimens, but he had quite a large collection destroyed by the Chicago fire. Since that catastrophe he has col- lected over one hundred specimens of the birds of that re- gion, which he shot himself, devotir g all his spare time to the pursuit.—Ep. F. and 8. ] Eprror ForEsT AND STREAM:— There have been a good many Butcher Birds here this winter. Be- fore this I imagined that they were quite rare. They seem to like to sit on the tops of old dead trees about here. They are restless and seldom stay long at one place and are continually jerking their tails like mag- pies and jays, which they much resemble in their ways. They are not sregarions at all (as far as I know), as I have never seen two together. Ionce noticed one stop in its flight, which resembles that of a wood- pecker or jay, and hover over a spot, very much as a kingfisher often does, suddenly dart down with closed wings, seize a mouse and flit to the top of adead weed and devour it. There are a great many mice among the dead weeds, and that is what attracts the Bntcher Birds. There is a malt house near by and they stay around it to catch the mice which live upon the grain. I have seen within the area of one- eighth of a mile no less than a dozen impaled mice. They impale their food not only for future use, but alse to help them to tear it to pieces while eating. They eat their food, bones, skin and all, only leaying a few tufts of hair on the twig or thorn upon which it was impaled. One day T saw one cateh a mouse, impale it, and then commenced tearing 1t to pieces. Tcrawled up near it, but it not liking company while at dinner, flew off, carrying its dinner with it. Another time we heard a great. screaming and scolding and went backto find what was the matter, and founda Butcher Bird very much: excited about a little Mottled Owl which it had discovered hid away in a dwarf oak covered with wild grapevine, and which was staring about in a very stupid manner, When one is wounded it will make a hard fight before it gives up, and will often draw blood with its strong hooked bill, from the incautious hand which attempts to seize it. ~*~ di Bs: Cutcaco, 1873. ————$ —_——_ [We shail endeavor in this department to impart and hope to receive such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports- men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within the scope of this paper, designating loculities for good hunting, fish- ing, and trapping, and giwing advice and instructions as to outfits, im plements, routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species governing rules, ele, All branches of the sportsman’s craft will receive attention. Anonymous Communications not Noticed. LS Quop.—To clean rusty guns usé kerosene oil. ing is better than skunk’s oil. J. B. L.—Don’t recollect. what old ‘‘Gifzzly” Adams* bear weighed. Jim Conlin of the Broadway Shooting Gallery, or Mr. Daymon, Tiffany & Co., might know. Both have been with P. T. Barnum. To keep it clean noth- W. P., Clinton street, Brooklyn.—What treatment would you adyise for a Newfoundland dog with the following symptoms: Loss of appe- tite, very weak legs and bleeding at the nose? Ans. You must state age; mostlikely the dog has canght a severe cold. H. C. S., Ohio.—Is a pigeon sprung from a trap harder or more difii- cult to hit than a quail in field. I am green as to pigeon shooting, haying never shot any except wild ones? Ans. It is more difficult to kill a quail, as it is impossible to tellwhen and which way the bird will get up J. T. E., New York.—I have a setter puppy two months old. Is it time to cut his tail? Ans. Don’t cut his tailat all; leave it as nature provided. Whatisthe best kind of food for my puppy? Ans. His mother’s; also feed him with weak milk and water mixed with meal, but very weak. ; W. L. &., Amherst, Iowa.—Which is the strongest, laminated steel or good twist barrels (same weight)? Ans. Both shot barrels. have their admirers, For all practical purposes laminated steel barrels answer the requirements of the sportsman. Wecan give you the statistical proofs of both kinds if necessary. R. H. &., Parkersburg, Va.—Among your book reviews I notice ‘The Birds of North America,’ by Theo. Jasper. How many parts are there to be, and how many pages to each part? Iseachpart bound separately? Is it quarto or octavo? Ans. Thirty-six parts, twelve pages, each 12x15 inches, one dollar each part, delivered monthly to subscribers only. If you wish a book from which to study the fauna of North America, better buy Couves’ ‘Key to the Birds of North America.” The FOREST AND STREAM Will be indexed each six months, and twenty-six numbers will constitute a volume. 2, Split bamboo forfish- ing rods is the common bamboo sawed into longitudinal strips of requi- site dimensions and the pith removed. When the several parts are pre- pared, they are adjusted together with the utmost mechanical nicety, giving elasticity, strengt’ and durability, which ordinary bamboo does not possess. H. Baw: Ber, Brooklyn'—Rifle practice is¥dangerous business in popu- lous places. It would be difficult to find any part of the suburbs of Brooklyn, no matter how thinly settled, where rifle shooting would not be hable to cause the arrest of the offender, and very justly, too. If you shoot on the beach, seaward, the case is different, and the practice perfectly safe where no boats are in view. CG. L. W., Weston.—tst. What is the calibre of my gun, judging by the enclosed wad? Ans. 14 bore. 2d. What is the method of measur- ing the charge, both of powder and shot? ans. By a guage, which you can purchase at any gunsmiths. 8d. Is the principle of choke boring adopted in the manufacture of breech-loading guns? Ans. Youcan - have a gun barrel bored to suit almost any pattern you fancy. See ar ticle headed ‘‘Guns—a Dialogue.” J.B. W., Newbern.—The Julia mentioned in the article by E. M. was a large sloop of some seventy feet over all and belonged to Capt. Water- bury. She was in her prime from 1858 to 1861, and was so fast as to be oftenruled out of matches when other sloops, such as the Rebecca, Ro- wena, Mallory, Bonita and others were to be competitors. She wasaf - terwards changed to aschooner, and the last time we saw her was in 1871, at which time she was cruising in Narragansett Bay, where she was owned, We know your Julia to bea good one, but she is not the Ju- lia mentioned, W. Evuincwoop AND OTHERS, New York.— 1 Jb. avoirdupois weight 1s 7,000 grains. 1 1b. apothecary ‘** ‘ 5,760 grains. 11b. Troy ¥: ‘* 5,760 grains. 1 oz. avoirdupois * “4374 grains. 1 oz. apothecary 489 grains. 1 oz. Troy 430 grains. 1 drachm avoirdupois is 1-16 of 437} grains,a little less than 27% grains, 1 drachm spothecary is + of 480 grains, or 60 grains. Much obliged. Shall be glad to hear from C. E. again, F\ BE, E., New York.—Can youinform me of the pulsations of the do mestic and wild animals? Ans. After a great deal of trowble and search Vatels Veterinary Pathology: ph 3 ce tc ee ae we found it. The Horse......- etsy ete 82to 38 Pulsations in a minute. The Ox or Cow..........-- 35 to 42 af re The Sheep........ a AB, 70 to “6 * “a THe WQOat aeetncta sews sls od 72 to 79 te eG Wiesner: WE eee ce 110 to 120, = ms indseianen’ 108 5 Soe eek 120 < Cis TC Ht Lb) Ceara ie eee ie ere: 90 to 100 “ “ MMAenO Wace ae saties eeus 136 i te heh aga ee edn wes 136 % ie Figg: RL Gute ee tel ay peas YAN i et Mhd Heron... j--=*, +++: 200 We te F, W..C., Paterson.—ist. Have you got the right to fish and shoot on your own land at any time, in season and outof season? Ans. We be- lieve you have the right to do anything you please. with your own ‘prop- erty. 2d. What is an‘‘'Ely’s Concentrator,” and what is meant by pat- tern, as applied to shot guns, or rather to the way they throw shot? Ans. See to-day’s issue, article headed ‘“‘Guns—a Dialogue.” 8d. What can you import me arabbit beagle for. Ishould want a puppy about two monthsold. How long would it take to get 1t here; what kennel would — it be from? Ans. A rabbit beagle should be at least 6months old, and would cost $20—English. 4th. Is there any breed .of dogs that are good to hunt rabbits and make good house dogs. of; a heund lyimg around 9 months in the year eating his head off is sothewhat ofa bore? Ans. The Dandie Dinmont Terrier: wT Te i= ok HAYMAKER, Clyde, N. Y.—To any one crossing the line into Canada, what isthe arrangement with the Custom House: officers abont guns, boats, and other necessary articles of a sportsman’s outfit?. Ans; We have always found the Custom House officials very obliging and quite ready to pass a sportsman’s baggage without examination, when they were assured of his identity. In one-instance only (it was about the time of the Fenian raid) we knew of a gentleman who had some trouble with a gun, These worthies have little difficulty in detecting suspicious per- sons. 2. Isthere any duty on game or furs brought from either coun— iry or sent? Yes of game; except what you carry on your person, and ~ as to furs the Jaw is very strict. 3. Is it necessary to Jaye “‘hard money’? orcan we pay for whatever we want in our-currency? Ans, Greenbacks pass at market rates in all hotels and stores in cities, but in the rural districts Canadian money is necessary, and among the french people nothing is current but silver. You can supply yourself at any brokers on either side the line. 3. Lam fully aware that it would not pay to transport boats any great distance, but-we are so git- uated that the principal part of the transportation would be on the steamer, for instance from Oswego to Cobourg, and have an idea.that we could take them cheaper than bny them in Canada? Ans. Note our advertisement and writeto Bond, of Cincinnati, for circular as ‘to portable boats. 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We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if money remitted to us is lost. Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. CHARLES HALLOCK, Managing Editor. THE INTER-COLLEGIATE REGATTA— THE QUESTION OF SARATOGA. 8, ae ROM the careful report of the Rowing Convention, sent to us by our own correspondent, the public may gain information in regard to the important subject as to where the next great university race is to be held. We can fully appreciate the motives which actuated gen- tlemen who were earnest in their endeavors to have the contest take place at Saratoga, and those opposed to it. We do not in the least incline to think that the measures urged for or against Saratoga were inspired by any other feelings than those tending to the ultimate advantage of the Univer- sity Rowing Associations of the country; nor are we at all surprised that a notable crew (as may be seen by our later advices) had bolted the Convention, having determined not to row at Saratoga. No one speaks of Saratoga as a boating race ground with- out being of the decided opinion that it is the most perfect piece of water forsuch purposes in the country, and that it is so situated geographically as to be of easy access for eastern and northern University Rowing Clubs. Where, then, is the hitch? The distaste certainly arises from the unfortunate fact that though Saratoga is thronged for months in the gayest season of the year with all the wealth and grace of the country, still there is an unfortunate prestige about Sara- toga which certain men, and certain good, honest, simple fathers and mothers, and the teachers and professors of these rowing men, feel. If this sentiment did not find in the Hartford Convention its fullest expression, it is talked about and commented upon inthe homes and by the fire- sides of the students. It may be squeamishness, it may be a false sentiment, but we are forced to make the positive statement that Saratoga is objected to mainly from the fear that the college men may be led astray, or have thrown on them the imputation of having been conspicuous actors at a place where vice too often lifts its head, and rarely finds a voice which calls things by their proper names. Of the Saratoga Rowing Association, we cannot but speak in the highest terms. No one thinks otherwise than that the association will carry out in every way the arrangements proposed by them, and that they are keenly aware, as fully as we are, how prejudicial all the bad elements which out- crop there are to the rowing interests of the United States One thing we feel certain of, and that is that when the race does take place, the actions of all the men making up the crews, and of their associates, will be carefully watched, and that should the least thing occur, prejudicial to morals, all future courses at Saratoga will be forever tabooed, and other places, with less of a social taint, even having much less rowing advantages, will be selected. Where an University race is to be held, must be at all times a difficult problem to solve. Putting entirely aside the questions of locality or convenience as to racing or training, a contest between University crews—do what c)n- ventions may—imust always take the decided character of a public exhibition. Such boating events will invariably be attended by tens of thousands of spectators, an audience made up of the most incongruous elements, which audience, we fancy, is no better or no worse, as to component parts, than that which would be collected in any other part of the world. a THE ANGLO-AMERICAN MATCH. sel te Se o LETTER FROM MR. PRICE, THE OWNER OF BELLE. eS ae E are pleased to lay before the readers of the Forrest AND STREAM and all American sportsmen the very courteous letter sent to us by Mr. R. T. Lloyd Price, the owner of the famous dog Belle, the winner of the Rhiwlas pcinter and setter trials of 1878. We have te congratulate ourselves that we have not been too premature in stating the rules governing such Field Trials, and that we have been cautious in regard to publish- ing any rules whatsoever without the certainty that such rules were exact. It must be evident to any one acquainted with the pecu- liarities of those entering into contests of any kind, how half the trouble arises, from the fact of matters not being thoroughly understood at the commencement. In event of any disputes, arising from misconception of the rules, after we have given them due publicity, we must therefore be held blameless. We have no reason, however, to suppose that such con- tingencies can arise, but representing as we do the interests of both the United States arid England, and desirous to see these Field Trials amicably and pleasantly concluded, it particularly behooves us to be careful in any detail. The Field Trials, we find from Mr. Price’s*letter, were inaugurated, and are carried out under the supervision of the members of the Kennel Club. This is an organization of gentlemen who are strictly ballotted for, and all men who enjoy the highest social position in England, among them we find the Marquis of Huntly, Marquis of Buchanan, the Earl of Onslow, Lord Lurgan, (the owner of the famous greyhound, the late Master McGrath), The Hon. R. OC. Hal, Major Platt, the Revd. J. C. Macdona, and many other leading representative Englishmen. The Kennel Club lays down the rules for not only the canine exhibi- tions at Sydenham, Birmingham, Nottingham and else- where, but determines how the Field Trials shall be con- tested. In fact the Kennel Club is a body of elite, who actuated by the love of the dog, devote their attention to developing his excellence in every way. It will be seen that Mr. Price believes in the possibility of getting some of the English Sportsmen to visit this country, and to make a trial of their English dogs here on our own stamping ground. We feel sure that we express the sentiment of every American gentleman when we state that any sportsman coming here to try our prairies and our game, would be received with the greatest courtesy, and ali would vie in making him welcome. We must express ourselves more than pleased by the tone of Mr. Price’s communication, when he says that ‘‘ The match is,proposed by us entirely in a friendly spirit,” and can either he run for glory alone or for a good stake. Rarwias, BaLA., MERIONETHSHIRE, N. WALES, January 8th, 1874. Epitor FOREST AND STREAM:— I enclose you the regulations of the two principal Field Trial Meetings that have been held this year, with the names of the winners of the various stakes attached, which may in part afford you the desired information. The Kennel Club consists of a number of gentlemen, leading men in sporting affairs, who are strictly ballotted for, and all men of the highest position. They con-titute in fact ‘‘ The Jockey Club,” in shooting matters and dog shows, and all cases of disputes at “‘ Field Trials” are I believe referred tothem. They organize every June a very large dog show at the Crystal Palace, with that held at Birmingham, which are the most successful and best arranged shows in ex- istence. The Kennel Club organized also the very successful and well attended Field Trials, held last September, and they intend continuing them. They are compiling a book, con- taining the names, pedigrees and histories of all fine winning dogs, both in the field and on the show bench, somewhat similar in fact to the Shorthorn Herd Book. It is the in- tention of Mr. Macdona and myself, should the Anglo- American Match come off, to place the matter entirely in the hands of the Kennel Club, to select the dogs to compete ‘for England, and to make all arrangements in order that there can be no question as to everything being arranged with ability and uprightness. Mr. Macdona and myself have won the principal prizes at Field Trials this year with our representatives, Ranger, (setter) and Belle, (pointer). We consider ourselves therefore fairly entitled to represent the mother country in this matter; but should the committee of the Kennel] Club consider that better dogs can be found _to run in England, we shaJl give way to their opiuion in- would give us greater pleasure. stantly, The match is proposed by us entirely in a friendly spirit, and can be runfor glory alone, or for a good stake, As to the proposition which I see in Forest AND STREAM, that re cross the Atlantic with our dogs, I can only say © ehalf of Mr. Macdona and myself, that nothing Personally there is no- thing I can conceive more enjoyable than to visit your grand country, but family ties might prevent our absence for the lengthy period which would be uecessary. I have little doubt, however, that some aspiring young bachelors might easily be found. I know of two gentlemen owning fine dogs, who might be willing:to show their ani- mals off on your prairies, than which | cannot conceiveany grounds more suitable. I have no doubt but that the Ken- nel Club would welcome with open arms any American gentlemen interested in sporting matters, who might wish to join them. Truly yours, W. T. Luoyp Prics, [Suggestions as to Field Trials to suit American-bred seiters will be published next week. | —_—___—_. REPORT OF THE STATE COMMISSION- ERS OF FISHERIES OF PENNSYLVA- NIA FOR 1878. / HE report of Messrs. H. J. Reeder, B. J. Hewit, and James Duffy, State Commisioners of Fisheries for Pennsylvania, is a most thorough and interesting docu- ment. Pennsylvania, though not enjoying the peculiar la- custrine formations which abound in New York, has many noble rivers. Of these the Delaware River is the most re- markable, and once abounded with fish. In our review of the report of the New Jersey Fishery:Commissioners, we stated how the shad were diminishing inthe Delaware River. As the Jersey fishermen spoil every chance of gain- ing a livelihood on the Delaware by the most reckless and indiscriminate fishing, it is not to be expected that those of the same craft ou the Pennsylvania side are any wiser. Commencing almost with the very first lines of the report, we read ‘“‘that a large number of streams running through our State [Pennsylvania] has become so depopulated of fishes by persistent, wanton slaughter as to render them almost valueless to our people as a source of food.” In re- - gard to shad, which particular fishery occupies the bulk of the report, we find it stated that illegal, indiscriminate, and wasteful fishing has almost depopulated the great streams of the State emptying into the Atlantic, which at one time abounded with this valuable and esculent fish. Nothing can show this fact in a stronger light than that during the last. season, of all the fishing associations on the Delaware only six found ita remunerative business. The commis- sioners attribute this deterioration in quality and quan- tity to three causes. rst. The practice of fishing with drift nets in the lower portions of the river. Second. That the close season, or the time during which fishing is for- bidden in the rivers, is not sufficiently long ;and sufii- ciently observed; and ¢/ird, the destruction of the young shad when returnixg to the sea by fish baskets. The New Jersey commissioners fully described the character of these nets. Like walls, they are made to sweep almost across the entire channel of a river, and differ from nets which are set. These nets fioat up and down with the tide, catch- ing all the fish in the river, or chasing them away. As to the close tine, discussed in full by the commissioners, it is declared to be too short. After every invention that hu- man ingenuity can devise has been brought into play to catch the fish every day in the week save Sunday, the fish are then allowed breathing time from midnight of Satur- day until midnight of Sunday only. The commissioners ask that the fish be given but afew more hours’ respite, and that the time be extended from sunset of a Saturday until miduight of Sunday, only somesix hours more. But of all the wretched methods of killing the small shad the fish baskets are the most to be decried. These instruments of extirpation are placed in mid-channel of the river, with wings of stone, extending on either side toward the shores. Of course it is utterly impossible for any fish to escape the basket. Even if some few fish do get through they are so much bruised as to perish miserably after their escape. Nothing is more delicate than the fish organism in ils ten- der younger stage, and the abrasion of a single scale kills a young fish, most especially a shad. Cases have come under the notice of the commissioners where more than a cart load of young shad have been removed from these wretched fish baskets. Calculate, if you can, the heedless waste of money—of food here. Young fish, useless as a nutritious aliment to man, even too insignificant to be em- ployed as a manure, if they had been allowed to grow, and had then been caught at the proper season, would have fed over five thousand men, and would have represented no inconsiderable amount of money. The commissioners beg the Legislature to make laws for their immediate destruc- tion, To-day the law allows a ten days’ notice given by the sheriff before proceeding to destroy the basket; the com- missioners want the fish baskets to be done away with at once, on sight. How shall the Delaware and the other rivers of the State of Pennsylvania be restocked with fish? It seems as if the interests involved in the drift nets were tvo numerous to be done away with by any summary enactment, but a more strict and somewhat increased period of close time, and the utter stopping of the erection of fish baskets on any stream in the State, may, it is hoped, somewhat improve the condition of things. But the chief reliance of the commissioners Is in artificial propagation. Citing the brib liant examples of Connecticut, where the shad have se in- FOREST AND STREAM. creased by means of propagation that the fishermen com- plain no longer of the paucity of fish, but that the market 1s overstocked with shad, our commissioners have set to work with a will to give the State all the advantages of the most improved methods of pisciculture. Mr. Seth Green’s admirable process, and the peculiar mode of hatching boxes, have again been found the most economical and suc- cessful, and though last season the first attempts, owing to some capricious influences of temperature, did not render the hatching out of the fish as plentifulas to yield as might have been hoped for, a goodly number of young shad have been introduced into the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers. Of course the resulis of these operations will not be appa- rent for some time to come, but of their ultimate success no one can doubt. ; A most interesting portion of the report is that devoted to tish ways. The action of the commissioners in respect to this important point seems to us to have been quite judi- cious. Ins ead of, going to work in an indiscriminate way, it was determined to construct a fish way at the expense of the State, which, after having beén subjected to a thorough test, if it proved satisfactory, would be the model to adopt. Such a one was constructed at Columbia, and was com- pleted in December last at a cost of $11,503, which has some novel features. Of course it 13 too early to determine whether the plan adopted by the commissioners is a good one. The commissioners speak with pride of the State hatching house at Marietta, Lancaster county, which they think is the largest and best constructed fish hatching house in the country. Black bass of the north (Grystes Vigricans), and the bass of the south (G suwimoides) have also occupied the attention of the commissioners. The former is a most prolific fish, is easily raised, and is one of the few fish that cares for its young, guarding the beds where their spawn is placed, and driving away predatory fish. Sixteen years ago some few of these fish were carried in the roughesg way in the tank of a locomotive from Pennsylvania and dropped into the Potomac near Harper’s Ferry, and have become wondcr- iully abundant. ‘This fish requires, fortunately, but little care from the commissioners, but the G. salmotdes, which they think would be useful on smaller lakes, they have at tempted to introduce. Some of these fish were placed in Pennsylvania waters by private gentlemen, and the fish having been taken from the Potémac, hive done remark- ably well. Of salmon, the commissioners hope to introduce the Sulmo sulur and 8. guénnat, the former from Nova Sco- iia, the latter from our Paciiic slopes, into the Delaware and Susquehanna. , As to the allusion made in the report to “‘the great stores of salmon” seen by Hendrick Hudson in our great river, we imust respectfully diifer irom the commissioners believ- ing that Hudson was a better navigator than ichthyologist, and that the same vagueness in regard to salmon in the Delaware is applicable to the noble fish in our own Hud son. But the proof of the pudding is in the eating of it, and as in 1871 some gentlemen of Haston and Philadelphia brought from Canada 10,000 salmon eggs, and some 2,600 were put in the Delaware, and as in 1872 Mr, Thaddeus Norris placed more young salmon in the river, and in ali, from various contributions, some 58,500 specimens of the S. salur have been put in the Delaware, and as ‘‘parr” in several instances have been caught, we may trust yet to sec the salmon Caught in Pennsylvania rivers. Of pike perch (Luceopercu Americuna), a fish once famous in the Susquehanna and Juniata, and only found there, the conimissioners notice that owing to the reckless and indiscriminate slaugiter of these fish uhey have aimost dis- appeared. ‘le cumimissioners intend to make attempts _tor their artificial propagation, and so to restock the waters. Tne Commissioners of Misheries of the good State of Penn- sylvania have a right to look with pride on their exertions, and can sately state that in during eight months they have made considvrable progress in the work of restoring the lisheries, it remains with the Legislature to piace at their command the material aid necessary for the accomplish- ment of their important work. —An Exhibition of a remarkably interesting character las been resolved upon by Her Majesty’s Commissioners, which is to be arranged in the galleries of the Royal Albert Hall. This collection is to embrace life size tigures of the aborigi- nal inhavitunts found in the British dominions, models of their dwellings, samples of their utensils, weapons of War, boats and canoes, ugricultural, musical and manutac- turing instruments and implements—all objects tending to explain their ethnological position and condition of civili- zation. The civil, military and naval officers of the British service throughout the Queen’s dominions will assist in forming this wonderiul collection. Offers of gifts and loans are requested. lt is indeed a grand conceptiun, and will be unique of its kind. ———__—+____— InpriAN Reuics.—A large skeleton, evidently that of an Indian, was recently exhumed upon the estate of Mr. Young, at Bath, L. 1. The jaw bones are very prominent, the forehead low, and retreating. The arm bones are small in proportion, and the leg bones are unusually large. The incisors are worn down to ha!f their natural length, but stillin a good state of preservation. The skeleton is lylng on its right side, with its legs drawn up closely to the body, and the face is turned toward the east. It is prob- ably the relic of a middle aged warrior. Other older re- mans have been found, which are scarcely distinguishable as skeltons. Old metal buttons, spear heads, gun flints, &c., havebeen dug up near the skeletons. The place where they vere found is on the top of a knoll in an open field. CREEDMOOR. MATCH OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION —OCTOBER, 1873. (Continued from No. 23 of January 15th.) COMPETITION Y. ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL MATCH. Open to teams of twelve from all regularly organized military organi- zations in the United States, including the Regular Army, Navy and Ma- rine Corps, Allcompetitors to be regularly enlisted members in good standing of the regiment they represent, and to have been such on Au- gust 1. 1873, and to appear in uniform (full dress or fatigue). _ Weapon, any military rifie. Distance, 500 yards. Rounds, seven. Po- sition, any, Entrance fee, $1 each competitor. Ist Prize—To the regiment whose team makes the highest score, a Sil- ver Trophy, manufactured by the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and presented by Col. Wm. C. Church on behalf of the Army and Navy Journal. This prize is to be won_ three times before becoming the prop- erty of the winner. It will be held for a year by the officer commanding the winning corps, and a large photograph of it presented to each mem- ber of the winning team. 2d Prize—To the regiment whose team makes the second best score, a Silver Cup. 3d Prize—To the regiment whose team makes the third best score, a Silver Cup. / 4th Prize—To the best individual score, a Silver Medal. ate ae To the second best individual score, a Life Membership in 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Prizes—To the five next best individual scores, Bronze Medals. | ah Name. | Regt. | Score. S ‘ = IRV Da Cvrm pce lames Seeten =) e eauene 22d Reet. | 24444383 | 24 Drum-Major Strube.... ......... -. 4: O444344 23 eM COCK Re OOP ey aval pean mg 3332433 | 2i HAV:Le JEOEKWOOd Gs tes: ae Nee Dee, e 8482324 | Qi Teper oye) cy eR ee ee ees BY 384238342 | 21 MCT SNE NSA TED 3 an gee ree ane ane es 80443483 21 Seret. Neajorweuse. io. 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Whitney Lake was first thought of as a convenient place, but at last it has been decided, and the Mill river site on the Fair Haven side of the harbor, near Chapel Street Bridge, has been pitched upon, Something substan- tialis thought of as to the construction of the house, a foundation of stone with a neat wooden superstructure. The Collegiate Professors have taken a proper interest in the matter, and it is hoped that the money necessary for the undertaking will be furnished. It would be most desirable that the boat-house should be finished at am early season, as there is nothing more disagreeable than for a boating crew to get into training without some proper attention being paid to their creature com- forts. There iseyery reason to suppose that the season of 1874 will be a most active boating one. A great many excellent men are anxious to be included in our University crew. As yetitis too early to determine who will be the Iucky ones, but itlooks as if J, Kennedy, G. L. Brown- ell, C. N. Fowler, C. B. Rockwood, M. G. Nixon, and F. Wood would be in the winuiug boat. If Yale should win, of course Capt. Cook is inclu- ded. We have hopes of getting early at work next season. THOLE, ——————~—_—_ —The Yale University crew has been selected, and is practicing daily in the college gymnasium. The crew at well, Wood and Nixon, of the Scientifie School. > —The following doggerel, which we take from the Lon- don Field, is quite good, and might be of use to our yacht- men in preventing a collision :— _ When both side lights you see ahead, Port your helm, and show your red; Green to green, or red to red, Perfect safety, go ahead. . If to your starboard red appear, ’Tis your duty to keep clear; To act as judgment says 1s proper, To port or starboard, back or stop her. But if upon your port is seen A steamer’s starboard light of green, There’s not so much for you to do, For green to port keeps clear of you. Both in safety and in doubt Always keep a good look out; In danger, with no room to turn, Ease her, stop her, go astern, Slew Publications. ——_+—__—— [Publications sent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all books delivered at our Editorial Rooms wiil be promptly acknowledged in the newt issue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advisina us of any omission in this resnect, Prices of books userted when desired. | Fanny Fern. A memorial volume, containing selections from her writings, and a memoir. By James Parton, tions. N. ¥.: G. W- Carleton & Co. Of this gifted authoress itis pleasant for us to speak. It was our good fortune to have personally known ‘‘Fanny Fern,” and in speaking of this memoir by James Parton we do not intend to go into a lengthy lit- erary criticism of a work that will, like others containing her brilliant thought, short, caustic home truths and gems by the way, be like them another household treasure, added to those which have gone before. Jas. Parton has done only simple justice to the great literary ability of Sara Willis. Andthe Carletons have placed this valuable work before the public in an elegant and substantial form. GAZETBHER OF THE STATE OF MAssAcnusnrrs. By Rey. Elias Nason. Boston: B. B. Russell. This work is the last and most concise work published. Her citizens have long felt the want of a correct and reliable gazetteer of the Old Bay State. There is areal freshness about this record of the past and the present that is not lessened by its minuteness of detail, its pictorial illustrations and a general fullness of historical and statistical notices and facts. Our friends will understand when ‘we speak of this work we are not romancing over the pages of a novel. We are talking sober prose over a State gazeteer; yet it is a live book and full of the very po- etry of fact. Procure the book, and see if we do not tell you the truth. shape. It hasbeen prepared, as the author states, with the co-operation of Prof. Marsh of Yale College, our highest authority on this branch of the subject. BuLtweErR’s NoveLs.—Some men’s fame die with them. With their mortal remains are buried all the memories that pertain to them; the memories of others liye ever after them in their thoughts ut- tered and written. Such will ever be the case, we believe, with Lord Lytton. His name and fame lives stillwith a new renewal of intellect- vallife. We are happy to announce, in illustration of this fact, that the well known publishing house of Lippincott & Co. are about to issue an American edition of Bulwer’s novels, that shall meet the wants of the times, This new claimant for the good will of the general public and the admirers of this popular series of novels will be delighted with the first book issued. ‘‘enelm Chillingly” leads the set, of which about twen- ty-five volumes will make complete, is elegant enough to suit the most fastidious; printed in large. fair, round, open type, it can be read with ease by old as well as young, and this fact alone will much enhance the value ond increase the sale of this work, With illustra- Key to Norra AMERICAN Brrps. Containing a concise account of every species of Living and Fossil Bird at present known from the continent north of the United States and Mexican boun- dary. Illustrated by six steel plates and upward of 250 wood cuts. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. 8. 4. Salem: Naturalist’s Agency, Boston. Es- tes & Laureat, New York; Dodd & Mead, Large 8yo. pp. 361. The various highly commendatory notices of the press which this work has reeeived, have induced us to look closely into it, to ascertain whether it is really worthy of the compliments it has received, and whether it is all we could expect from an author of Dr. Coues’ acknowledged position. After mature examination we have no hesitation in endorsing it asa val- uable contribution to Ornithology, and one which, moreoyer, satisfacto- rily fills a place in the literature of the science hitherto entirely unocu- pied, The author's idea in preparing the volume appears to have been the production of a text book on the subject which, while presenting a com- plete exposition of the present state of the science, should be adapted ex- pressly tothe needs of the beginner and the amateur. Not that the work should not taxe a position in the standard literature of the science as recognized and used by professional ornithologists, but that it should also put the matter before the uninitiated in a way to make them under- stand it, even though they have had no previous experience in ornithol- ogy whatever. No one can now be deterred from entering upon this pur- suit by fear of the sesquipeaalian technicalities that hedge it about; for in this work the path is smoothed and made perfectly clear. + The volume is divided into three parts. First we have an Introduction, which is a clear and concise expositien of the leading principles#f the sci- ence, with a minute description of what the author calls the ‘topography’? of a bird, to which is added, incidentally, as it were, a considerable ac- count of anatomy; the whole representing a definition and explanation of allthe terms ordinarily used in descriptive ornithology, familiarity with which is essential to understanding of the subject. A student who masters these few pages can appreciatingly and intelligently understand pretty much anything he may find in the whole range of ornithological- literature. The ‘Key’ proper is a continuous artificial analytical table of some half-dozen pages, similar in plan to those which have been found so use- fulin Botany, by means of which any specimen of North American bird may immediately be referred toits proper species, genus and family. Nothing is required to use this Key with facility and success, but the ‘Tittle learning”? that the Introduction supplies. Although apparently intricate, this Key, entirely original with the author, is as simple as pos- sible, the student being oniy required to decide for himself in each in- stance, whether the specimen he has in his hand shows or does not show a given character. Bythis process of elimination he arrives at length at the name of a genus, which is that to which the specimen be- longs, and is readily found in the body of the work. The main body of the work is what is modestly called merely a Synop- sis of North American Birds; but itis really an extended treatise on the subject. A synopsis might have been prepared fully up to the require- ménts implied in such aname, with only a brief definition of each spe- cies. But wehaye much more than this. Under head of each species a complete and lucid description is given, often including the various plumages depending upon sex, age and season; the scientific and vernac- ular names are presented; the geographical distribution is given in ey- ery instance,as are also references to various standard authors,as Wilson, Nuttall, Audubon and Baird, &c., as well as various late memoirs of im, portance, scattered through the publications of our scientific societies. Although the plan of the work does not include biographies of the birds- many terse and pointed indications of habits and other peculiarities are inserted. The author seems to have been continually strugsling with himself to keep out things that he would giadly haye enlarged upon, but which the limits he had set for himself forbade. _ ~The Synopsis has another and very important feature, the absence of which from a ‘‘synopsis’”’ might havg been deplored, but could not have been charged as a defect to the author. We refer to the excellent char aeterization of the families and higher groups. Each such group is trenchantly defined, in every cas¢in which the present state of the sci- nee admits of such definitlon, and the definitions are based not only upon American forms, but upon exotic as well. The leading character- istics of the groups are sketched with a bold, free hand, giving the stu- dent further insight into the subject, and making him acquainted with the groups at large, as well as with their special American repiesenta- tives. These characterizations have been pronounced by high European authority to be the best that have appeared. especially in so far as they relate to the difficulties and uncertainties of classification. To the profes- sional ornithologist the synopsis is especially valuable, since in it almost for the first time in a general work, critical discrimination is made be- tween ‘species’? and mere geographical “‘varieties’-—a distinction long needed, yet owing partly to the cramping of ideas by the binomial no- menclature, a reform late incoming. We should not omit toadd that the yolume contains an account of the Fossil birds of this country, now for the first time presented in connected ee ANNOUNCEMENTS. | Tur Lire or JoHN WARREN, M. D., Surgeon-General during the War of the Revolution. First Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in Harvard College, By Edward Warren, M. D, Boston: Noyes, Holmes & Co. KINDERGARTEN CounTurEe. By W. N. Hailman. Cin- Cinnati: Wilson, Hinkle & Co. Mrs. MaArInwArine’s JOURNAL. N. ¥.: E. P. Dutton & Co. Tue Pripe or Lexrneton. .A Tale of the Revolution. By William Seaton. N. Y.; P. O'Shea. 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Warranted NOT TO FAIL either winter or snmmer, if directions are followed. 'The process isa trade ‘se- cretin England. The RECEIPT and PROCESS I will sell for $25. Also with it will send the plan of taking off the old bronze, by a quick process. FIN# BARRELS BRONZED FOR THE TRADE. EK. H. MADISON, Gunsmith, 564 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN. TO SPORTSMEN. CHAMPION POINTER BELIEK” The artistic portrait of this REMARKABLE ANIMAL, the champion field dog of England has been enlarged by a celebrated animal painter of this city, and cut on stone, and also Photographed by Frederick, of Broadway, and is now ready for de- livery. The sizeof the dog is 6x4 inches, mounted on superior card board. The Pedigree and points made in the late great field trials for all aged Pointers and Setters is also given. Price One Dollar per pair by Mail. Discount to the Trade. Forest and Stream Publishing Co., "Thomas Sparks, Shot & Bar Lead Manufacturer, [Established 1808 ] Office, No. 121 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. oe : Rt OF ¥ Cures Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Neuralgia, . Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, Rheu- matism, Ohilblains, Strains, ée. A SPECIFIC FOR BITES OF INSECTS. The Deobstruent allays Inflammation, removes the obstructions, reopens and stimulates the circulation, cleanses, soothes and heals more rapidly than any other known preparation. Forsale by all Druggists. Samples Free! Askforit! Test it! Ward, Russell & Co., 28 anp 30 Futon St., N. Y CHAS. REICHE & BRO., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF ADS, ANIMALS And owls, Mocking Bird Food, &c., 55 Chatham Street, 3d door from N. William, NEW YORK. 0 WE GIVE THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LIVE SPECIMENS OF THE 4 BEAVER, OTTER, BEAR, WILD CAT, MOOSE, ELK, ANTELOPE, AND ALL KINDS OF WILD AMERICAN ANT MALS AND BIRDS. CHAS. REICHE. HENRY REICHH, 11-63 H. W. COLLENDER, Successor to PHELAN & COLLENDER, ——= —— i —— : 0 il ) mT ei RAN = ey , TTS a Sea ea Ni ae 4, Lili dias a Mi == ry i AS SSS MANUFACTURERS OF THE STANDARD AMERICAN LLIARD TABLAS OFFICE AND WAREROOMS No. 738 BROADWAY, ANDREW CLERK & CO. 48 Maiden Lane N.Y., Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in MUNG TAGK LE: On hand the largest ana best assortment ever ex- hibited in the United States. They particularly call attention to their TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS. Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES, And eyery Variety and Style of FisH Hooks. Parties fitted gut with appropriate Tackle for the Rocky Mountains and Pacitic Coast, Canada, Maine, the Adirondacks, &c., &c. ——:0:—— Split Bamboo, Trout and Salmon Rods and Reels a Specialty. Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im- porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled 4-29 Eyed Needles. One of the “Forest anp Srruam” staff bought a Hat for $5.00 in a Broadway hatter’s and found ont he could get the sume hat, by the same maker for, $3.50 at TURNBULL’S The Great Hatter, EULTON STREET, BROOKLYN. 13-26 KELLOGG & DECKER, MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS. Fine Military, Masonic Society, and Presentation Badges and Medals. 28 Bond Street, New York. Se WALLACE, Naturalist & Taxidermist IMPORTER OF FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI- CIAL EYES i! * N. William Street,” New York, $1 Sliscellaneaus Advertisements. A455 SIXTH AVENUE, Between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth streets. WINE, CHOP ROOM & RESTAURANT, Supplied with the Choicest English Delicacies. JUGGED HARE. Ce iyeraamet TRIPE SUP ORS, Everything served in BEST LONDON STYLE. Un- rivalled accommodations for Supper Parties, Open all night. GEORGH PARKINS, Proprietor. TnUUT SPAWN Weare prepared to furnish TROUT SPAWN in any yuantity, TAKEN FROM 3 YEAR OLD TROUT. WARRANTED ALIVE AND SOUND. Parties about to engage in the Culture of "Lrowt, will find it to their advantage to correspond with us. Address ‘ Chureh’s Spring Piscicultural Co. 19—tf FALL RIVER, MASS, NO COMMISSION CHARGED and Guns, Fishing TackleysBase Ball Cricket Goods Standard Sporting Books forwarded at Manufacturer's and Publisher’s lowest rates. Address for particulars UNITED STATES AND CANADA PURCHASING AGENCY wy, JU Chatham St., New York. F. GROTE, A. JOS. KAPP, A, H. GROTE F.CROTE & CO. 1 Turners & Dealers Py _ in lvory, =siee = 114 Hast 14th St., N.Y Billiard Balls, Cloth, Cues, &c. Ten Pin Balls and Pins. Ivory and Bone Checks, and all other kinda of Tvory Goods. , 4-56 Clothing and Suynishing Goods. FRANCIS PROBST, Merchant Tailor _No. 51 LIBERTY STREET, Opposite Post Office, NEW YORK, ——0 ey with J. WEIDENFELD, 743 Broadway. ITHMAR DU BOIS, {CELEBRATED SHIRT MAKER 328 Fulton St., Brooklyn. ; FINE SHIRTS, COLLARS AND CUFFS TO ORDER, —AT POPULAR PRICES,— Fashionable Furnishing Goots in yn eat vaviety te) EDWARD SK ARS? WOOD ENGRAVING ESTABLISHMENT. Designing, Photographic and Engraving; No. 48 Beekman Street, NEW YORK. WILBUR & HASTINGS, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, Printers, Lithographers, * 40 FULTON STREET, Corner of Pearl Street. NEV YORK. 10-62 102 — ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT,* ATTENTION, 400 Apliscellancaus. Advertizements, SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAM, i9 Maiden Lane, 20 & 22 John Street, New York. BREECH LOADING GUNS A SPECIALTY. large assortment of , Breech-Loading Shot. Guns, Manufactured by the following, celebrated makers: Messrs. W. & O. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the In- ternational Gun Trial of 1873); P. WEBLEY & SON, W. W. GREENER, WHSTLEY RICHARDS, J. HOL- LIS & SONS, snd other makers. A fullline of fine ‘ PISTOLS AND RIFLES CONSTANTLY ON HAND. DIXONS & HAWHSLEY’S SHOOTING TACKLE. To insure good shooting from Breech-loading Guns, we would recommend the use of the STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS, manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn. These shells are the cheapest and best in the market, can be easily re-capped with ordi- nary caps, without the use of the implements neces- sary in priming all other styles of shells. BUSSERY’S PATENT GYRO PIGHON AND TRAP, WITH CASE, AND 100 BIRDS. AGENTS FOR THE Union Metallic Cartridge Com- pany’s Ammunition, WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKRT. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. THOS. OTIS LEROY & Co., Patent Shot & Lead Works, NEW YORK CITY. MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED American Standard, Patent Sifted EFAGLE BRAND DROP SHOT. ALSO Compressed Shot AND BAR LHA DPD. Jan. 23- -50 DR. FOWLER'S PATENT HARD RUBBER REEL. eRhe Gem.” eS Imperisnable, Light as a Feather, and not Liable to Get Out of Order. Numerous letters of recommendation have been re- ceived from the most experienced anglers in America, highly approving of this Reel, prominent among —) which are Mr. Seth Green and the Hon. Robt. Roose- velt. This Reel, the latest contribution to the angler’s outfit has now been before the public for one year, and we have yet to hear of the first complaint from the many hundreds who have used it. ANDREW CLERK & CO., Sole Agents for the United States, 25-61 48 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. SALMON SPAWN FOR SALE. For the purpose of accommodating private parties who may wish to engage in SALMON BREEDING, I an authorized by the U. 8. Commission of Fish and Fisheries to offer for sale a limited quantity of SAL- MON SPAWN at $5 PER THOUSAND EGGS. Warranted to be in good condition. The time for Mstrivution is rapidly approaching, and parties wish- ing to order should doso immediately. Address CHAS. G. ATKINS, Bueksport, Maine. 25-26 pl [1 Mead’s Patent Safety EXPLOSIVE BULLET CARTRIDGE. For Sharpe’s, Remington, Government, Winchester, Spencer, Ballard and all vther rifles. Smith & "= Wesson’s No. 3 Revolver, &c., &c., SUPPLIED TO THE TRADE. All sizes constantly on hand and for sale by JOHN P. MOORE’S SONS, 204 Broadway, New York, Ee Send for Cireuar. ha eas Rifle, after being tested m the severest man- i by Luc late Board of U. 8. Officers, appointed by the Government to select the best atm for the service; and after exainining oyer one-hundred different SYS tems, includiug the best guns of Europe, say of it, thatit is the best rifle they have seen, or of which they have any knowledge. ‘They therefore recom: mend it for trial in the hands of the troops. A seven pound carbine on this plan,with coarse military sights, has made better targets at Creedmoor the past sum- mer, than the besi Hnglish and Amerlecan tamget aie weighing 10 pounds and haying peep and globe 8. . We are nowmaking these guns to supply thenu- | merous demands, and will soon have them in the market. The following is our scale of prices:— SPECIAL MAGAZINE RIFLE for large game, carrying from 3 to 8 cartridges,.70 to 85 grs. of powder, 350 to 400 grs. of lead, 8to 10 lbs. » Weight $60.00 and u pwards, according to finish. SPECIAL LONG RANGE MAGAZINE RIFLE , (or Creedmoor shooting, 90 grs. of powder. 480, B gs. of lead, carrying 3 to 8 charges, weight, 10 , lbs. from and upwards. MAGAZINE RIFLES for generaluse. Carry 4 to9 cartridges. 60 grs. powder, 350 grs. lead MLLOU en 2 oe MNES Op teld act ge tute bitin eevee $40.00 and upwards. SINGLE BREECH LOADERS for long range Creedmoor shooting, 90 grs. powder; lead, 480 fox Poem pay 0 eee RR) eg Ge Br BO ee ~ .§60.00 and upwards. SINGLE BREECH LOADERS for general use, 6 « to 7 lbs., 60 grs, powder, 850 grs. lead, from, . $30.0) and upwards. ; The calibre of all our rifles, unless otherwise or- dered, will be 45-100. All communications shonld be addressed to BETHEL BURTON, Care Ward & Co., 84 WallSt., N. Y. Paper Shell Creaser. NEW, SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE. It fastens the shot wad firmly, lessens recoil, and improves the pat- tern. Can also be used as a loader, aud is easily car- ried in the pocket. FOR SALE BY ALL GUN DEALERS, Sent by mail for $2.50, in ordering give size of shell. Address ; ) W. B. HALL, Lancaster, Penn. see eee She hela elo, > we Tae $100 25-5t ANTED—A second-hand brass Yacht Gun, mech to inch and a half bore, on carriage. Also Cork Binnacle. Address H. M., this oflice, stating price, Htc. Jan. 25-26 NO QUININE. NO QUININE. r 94 \ B WOODWARD’S CHARM, or Feverand Ague Specific. Om: thing is positive, that a certain, permanent cure can be relied upon in all miasmatic or billious disor- ders, The proprietor has given it to many hundreds in the last fifteen years, and has. yet to hear ofa single case where if has failed to do good with its ex- traordinary virtues. Sent by mail anywhere on re- ceipt of one dollar. Address WOODWARD’s CHARM, P. O. BOX 2832 NEW YORK CITY. 25-28 A BRILLIANT NOVEL J. W. DE FOREST, Author of “‘Overland’’ and ‘‘Kate Beaumont.” NOW READY, THE WETHEREL |AFFAIR. One Volume, 8vo. Cloth - - $1.75 Paper Covers - - - - - - 1.00 “Tt will be a hardened novel reader who shall not find this story bright and fresh.’’—WVation, New York. “A most natural,humorous and piquant love story.” —WN. ¥. Tribune. . “He is to-day perhaps the ablest American novel- ist.’"—Galaxy Magazine, New York. “Overland,’’ by J. W. De Forest, places the author in the front rank of American writers of ticfion.’”’— Saturday Honeing Gazette, Boston. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. OVERLAND... By J. W. De Forest. Sl: A FAIR SAXON. By Justin McCarthy. - - —. $1 THE ROSE OF DISENTIS. From the German offZsehokices — = SS = LADY JUDITH. By Justin McCarthy. - — - $1 Tae AB aN ATT EY a9 MRS. ANNIE EDWARD RECENT NOVELS. OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER - - THE ORDEAL FOR WIVES - - ARCHIE LOVELL = - - - - = STEPHEN LAWRENCE, YEOMAN SUSAN FIELDING = AP PHILIP EARNSCLIPPR - — -.- A VAGABOND HEROINE - -—.- MISS FORRESTER -.—- - - a ae eras Sacre: * PRAPRBEA a ieee Suseesss Simei ley) aire al lone ett oa bh) 0 ese aL a Hither of the above sent by mail, post-paid, om re- ceipt of the price. » SHELDON & COMPANY, No. 677 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsmen's Gaads. REMINGTON: Sporting, Hunting and Target Breech-Loading . 0 HS all ———0 Long Range Match Rifles for ‘‘Creedmoor” Shoot- ing, now ready. The same,as won the ‘Turf, Field and Farm” Radge,; Aug. 2, and ‘‘Ama- teur Rifle Club” Badge, Aug. 9. See re- ports. Unequalled for accuracy by either Breech or Muzzle-Load- ers of other makers. For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, quality of workmanship and’ material, accuracy of range, and penetration, WITHOUT COMPARISON. ‘ “Tt is a noteworthy fact that though many different kinds of zitles were used in the several matches, includ- ing the converted Springfield, Remington, Metford, Ballard and Ward Burton Rifle, every prize in all the matches was won by those who fired with the Reming- ton rifle, except the last.”—From 1. Y. Times, June 22, 1873.—(See fnll report. ) The Remington Rifle won Twenty-two out. of Twenty-three Prizes at the Creedmoor Meeting, June YZ1, 1873. Also, Revolving, Repeating, Deringer, aad Vest Pocket os PISTOLS & RIFLE CANES. —OUR— Double Barrrel Breech Loading Gun IS NOW READY. The best ever oifered, containing all the most dcsir- able features of the best imported, together with some valuable improvements peculiar only to this gun. Top Snap action, half-cocked, breech opened and shells ex- tracted by one motion. E. REMINGTON & SONS. 281 and 283 Broadway, N. Y. OR, ARMORY, ILION, N. Y. - CUT THIS OUT AND SEND FOR ILLUSTRA TED PRICE LIST. OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS. Fishing Tackle --AND— SPORTSMEN’S GOODs. IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER, 101 & 108 DUANE ST.. NEW YORK. 9) Agents for he United States Arms Corapany’s Repeating Pistols. OR SALE.—That really desirable house, 289 Gates avenue, adjoining the residence of the sub- scriber, beautifully frescoed and finished; lot 283x100. Price $9,000. Cash $3,750, balance can remain. Ap- ply to CHAS. HALLOCK, Office of Forest and Stream. “Quite eclipses the more conser- vative periodicals of the day.”— Boston Journal, Mass. THE GALAXY ‘Meets the Wants of Every Mem- ber of the Family. Ithas always something fresh and new to offer. Each number is a pleasant surprise to its readers. Our ablest statesmen write forthe ''Galaxy.” {ts monthly Scientifie Miscellany is the best pub- shed, It has charming sketches of Life and Adventure, by such popular writers as General CusTER. It has Serial Stories by brilliant novelists, such as Mrs. ANNIE EDWARDS, DE FOREST, and Mc- CARTHY. . It has charming short stories. itis a blessine toany family. Now is the Time to Subscribe. PRICE 85 CENTS PER NUMBER. Subscription price, $4 per year. .. SEND FOR PROSPECTUS. SHELDON & COMPANY, Q5-1t New York. wt ns, Stliscellaneous Advertisements, 1 ( A W. & C. SCOTT & SONS GENUINE oe, Breech Loaders. WINNERS OF THE GUN TRIAL OF 1873. Scott's Illustrated Book on Breech-loaders. 25 cents by mail. Report of Gun Trial sent on application, WM. READ & SONS, 13 aneuil Mall Sq... Also all other makes. Greener, Westley Richards Webley, Remington, Wesson, &c. : A genuine laminated Steel Breech-loader, with im- plements, at $60. ; : Bussey’s Gyro Pigeon Trap, with 100 birds’ for shooting practice. Fine Bronze Yacht uns on mahogany carriages Complete. as furnished ther New ¥ork and Bosion Yacht Squadrons. SHND FOR CIRCULARS. ' ~~“ Sélnc= Silver Ware, Our Own Manufacture Exclusively. Cups for Races, Regattas, Pig- eon Matches, Rifle Shooting, &c. Also Presentation Servi= ces for public or private use, in stock or made to order. Draw: ings and Estimates furnished when desired. Horan Mane Co, Bond t., WN. W. Manufactory, Providence, R. [. NO FROG No voor NO HORSE. How to shoe Horses IN THE BEST AND CHEAPEST MANNER. How to Cure ali Foot Ailments. RATIONAL HORSE-SHOEING, Price One Dollar. GooDHNOUGH | ons" SHOR, 41 Dey Street, New York. HAZARD POWDER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Sporting, Rifle and Target ; GUNPOWDER. “HLECTRIC,” in 1 lb. canisters. . ‘ AMERICAN SPORTING,” in 1 Ib. cans and 6} 1b. ceo, “DUCK SHOOTING,” No. 1, 2, 8, 4.and 4 vrain, in 1 and 5 1b. cans and 6} Ib. kegs, “KENTUCKY RIFLE,” in 11b, and 5 1b. canisters. “KENTUCKY RIFLE,” FFRFG and FFG and “SHA SHOOTING” FG in kegs of 25, 124, and 6 3 lbs. and canisters of 5 lbs. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. The above well-known Gunpowders are supplied by the company’s agents in every prominent city, and. in the various mining districts of the United States and by all dealers in Guns and Sporting materials, or wholesale at the office of the Company, S$ Wall Street, New York. A. G. HAZARD, President. Tos..S. Popz, Secretary. Established- 1847. LEATHER GOODS. KID, BUCK, DOGSKIN AND FUR GLOVES AND GAUNTLETS. RIDING AND SHOOTING LEGGINS, LEATHER UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS. BUCKSKIN RIDING AND HUNTING SUITS. BOXING GLOVES. MOCCASINS, LEATHER® LIV- ERY BREECHES, &c., &., &c. Skins dressed and made up as may be desired. ©. Field & Co. {MPORTERS and MANUFACTURERS. Tas Broadway, N. ¥- _ / i au a> TF Nee CE A Terms, Five Dollars a Year. |} Figs Dotiars a Year. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1874. _ ! BNA PGE! IA NSderdson HO? aonene! 5) Volume I, Number 26, 103 Fulton Sirett. for Forest and Stream. ENOCH ARDEN. —————— or HIS LETTER. O you've ‘‘found I’m alive,” and you tell me You've doubled up avin? Thought the old man had petered? Which allow me to say is thin. You say how I never writ you, Asis true enough L allow, Being busy one way or another; No matter—'m writing now. Thadn’t no sort of notion, When I started fust out here That Ishouldn’t a seed you sooner Than four and twenty year. But the cards they was stocked agin me, And the best of Iuck will fail; Was down of aguey and typus. and part of a-year in jail. Which was simple parsecution, For the corpse wan't robbed or stript! Then I lost an eye at a party, But his widder allowed I whipped. Yes, Lhev had a gay experience. But I allus sighed for hum, Allus did pine for the fireside, And the old New England rum, You kin sort out the cubs of the siranger And gin a good fair start; I might be called weak to spare ’em, If I hadn’t a parent's heart. I’m glad he’s made over his plunder, And done the square thing by you; I could almost forgive the critter Tf his name warn’t Number Two. Tell him I'm coming easy, Me and asmooth-bore gun: Tell him to pack his coffin, And look out for Number One. J.J. Rocus. For Horest and Stream. \ dlotes Sram Cape Breton. SALMON FISHING ON THE MARGAREE. ACH succeeding number of your most welcome paper reminds me of my unfulfilled promise ta give your readers some notes of a trip made last summer to the island of Cape Breton which may be of interest to some who may be already laying out their plans as to how and where they will spend their next summer vacation, Last July I would have eagerly welcomed a plain, unvarnished tale, such as I now propose tc give, as a great assistance in en- abling me to decide the question, ‘Shall my vacation he Spent at Cape Breton or not?” I left Toronto in company with two friends o* the morning of Monday, July 8, reaching Portland on Tuesday afternoon, a few hours before the departure of the steamer Falmouth for Halifax. We ought to have made Halifax the next night about 11 o’clock, but in consequence of a heavy for which came on during the afternoon, we had to lay to outside until the morning, and therefore did not get into Halifax before the departure of. the morning train for Pictou, and this lack of connection caused us to miss the Thursday’s steamer from Pictou to Hawksberry, and threw Ns over until the next Tuesday. This was a serious disap- pointment, but we made the best of the situation by taking & carriage next morning from Pictou to the west branch of the St. John river, about eighteen miles distant, where we camped out beside the little rippling brook until the fol lowing Monday afternoon. Here we had a most enjoyable time. Our fent was pitched on a knoll about two hundred yards from a farm house, whose occupants furnished us most kindly with daily supplies of bread, delicious butter, milk and porridge, with occasional feasts of wild straw- berries, ‘‘smothered in cream.” In this little retreat we took somewhere about 400 or 500 brook trout with the fly, surprising the natives there by our success, for until then they had noidea that the fish were in such abnnd- ance. On Monday afternoon we returned to Pictou, and at noon on the following day took the steamer Princess of Wales for Hawksberry on the Gut of Canso, which we reached about 6 o’clock that same afternoon. We had ar- ranged that one of our party should undertake to secure our seats in the stage, but we needed not to have been so anxious as on our arrival we found fifteen or sixteen stages and a host of vociferous drivers soliciting fares. One John McIntosh, a Highland Scotchman, secured our party of three, and two others filling up his old-fashioned coach, which like all the others was built with the body swinging upon leather straps, as experience proves these to be better adapted to mountain travel than any other form. Away then we started about 7 P. M., the second of a long procession of stages, our route lying over the moun- | tains of the west side of Cape Breton Island for thirteen miles to the west bay of Lake Bras d’Or. John McIntosh was determined to keep his advanced post, and rattled us up hill and down over the narrow bridges and around short curves of the gloomy road which appeared like a long avenue between the green firs, at apace which kept my hair on end until we at last reached the tavern at West Bay. Here we found there was no accommodation, and therefore made for the little steamer Neptune and took possession of the main cabin, (size, 15x8 feet,) which was soon filled up, table, seats and floor, by the tired travelers, until 5 A, M., when we started to traverse Bras d’Or Lake. We arrived at Baddeck on the north shore of Bras d’Or Lake about noon. Here we took dinner at the comfort- able inn kept by Mr. Cowdis, «nd soon after started in his stage for the northeast Margaree. Our route lay across the mountains in a northeast direction, crossing over first the Baddeck river, which affords excellent tronting, but up which salmon do not run until September; then over Middle river, where gold has been found in limited quan- tities; then skirting the western side of a little stream, and of along, narrow lake called “Tug-a-low,” or Lake of Law, (which name, if either, was correct, 1 could not determine,) which lay between us and the magnificent mountains on the other side of the valley, until by an almost imperceptible ascent we reached the height of land, after traversing which about a mile we descended a steep hill, and found our- selves at our destination in the Margaree settlement, about thirty miles from Baddeck, The evening shades had com- menced to close around us, and right glad were we to find shelter from the pouring rain and the drenching mists which had enveloped us during our whole journey, drench- ing us to the skin, and much impairing the enjoyment of the wondrously beautiful scenery, although the clouds of mist rolling over the mountain tops and down the lovely vaileys, invested them with a grandeur and sublimity which fair weather and sunny skies would have failed to produce. The next two days, Thursday and Friday, con- tinued so gloomy and wet that we were unable to perceive the beauty of the valley, and although in our eagerness we several times vainly attempted to entice a salmon out of the swollen and muddy river, we were glad to take refuge from the storm, and beside the cosy fire await the subsi- dence of the torrent and the return of bright weather. On Saturday it cleared up, but the river was still too swollen for sport, so that we had ample time to take note of our surroundings. The Margaree settlement occupies a level valley about seven miles long and three broad, which’ is surrounded by mountains covered with evergreens, searcely, if at all, marred by the ruthless hand of civiliza- tion. ‘To the south this valley is closed in by a rounded ‘sypar loaf?’ mountain, separating it from a settlement called “The Big Interval,” while to the north it curves eastward, and is bounded by anarrow gorge, through which -the river runs to join, about three miles below, with the western Margaree, descending from Lake Ainslee. This valley is dotted over with farm houses, small but comfort- able, inhabited by a simple, hospitable people, mainly of Scotch and American descent, whose forefathers settled here nearly one hundred years ago, and who, shut out until quite recently from all intercourse with the civilized world, have been content with mere existence, and have allowed their fertile plain to run to decay, until now their farms consist merely of broad fields of stunted grass, smothered with daisies and “‘rattle grass.”” Here and there may be seen small patches of oats, but besides these not another crop—no orchards, nor gardens, nor roots. Numerous shade trees, principally elms and evergreens, stud the plain, and through these winds the Margarce River, the perfection of a salmon river, inasmuch as it presents a suc- cession of deep pools and shallow rapids, with pebble hot- tom as clear as crystal, sheltered by trees, but without any impediment anywhere to the casting of a line orto the landing of a fish, and above all, totally free from the Lete notr of the angler, the black fly or the mosquito. The importance of this latter recommendation will be appreciated by any salmon fisherman whose enjoyment has been marred or nearly annihilated by the persistent attacks of these ferocious insects. I know of no other river on ‘this continent where a gentleman can find the shelter of a comfortable farm house, within half a mile from a salmon pool, on the banks of which his wife or daughter may re- pose and join in the intense excitement of hooking and landing a twelve or twenty pounder without any alloy from black fly ormosquito. This is as it might be, but 1 am sorry to be obliged to add that so little do the inhabitants appre- ciate the advantages which they might derive from protec- tion of the salmon that they all, with few exceptions, are in the habit of regularly spearing and netting the pools, to the unutterable disgust of sportsmen who have jeur- neyed many hundreds of miles in search of health and recreation, and who would spend in the valley ten fold more than is realized by the unlawful spearing. Four times did these stupid people, with blackened faces, launch their boats miles up the river and spear every pool down to the very end of the valley, even in the pool at which I was located with a gentleman who for three or four years had been accustomed to spend the salmon season there. I tried to impress upon the inhabitants that they were ‘‘kill- ing the goose that laid the golden egg,” and that if they would stop their unlawful practice, advertise the advant- ages of the locality and routes of travel, and extend a wel- come to sportsmen, every house in the valley might be filled with gentlemen whose expenditures would amply re- pay them for the value of the fish they so unworthily killed, and whose presence would stimulate them to im- provement in every respect. Some allowance must be made for the poor people, how- ever, for when the patents for their lands were issued fish- ing rights were secured to them, and _ as hitherto the large majority of sportsmen have located in tents around the forks of the river, three or four miles below the settlement spending little or nothing among the settlers, these nahi rally feel that protection of the salmon in no way interests them, but merely protects the sport of those transient pleasure seekers. 1 urged upon them, also, to try and ob- tain from the government, by purchase if necessary, con- trol of the river, so that they might (which I think every sportsman must admit to be reasonable) issue licenses for rod. fishing, and so they would have an incentive for the pro- tection of the fish. With these exceptions, I am elad to bear my evidence to the hospitality which I réteived, while I lament the supineness which has allowed their beautiful valley to run into such deplorable decay. It is to be hoped that the opening up of the Sidney coal fields, and increas- ing facilities of market with the influx of pleasure and health seekers, will stimulate the Margaree people to make this valley as it ought to be—a little paradise. . It was too late in the season for good fishing when I ar- rived there; nevertheless, on the Monday after the river subsided, so that the water reached its proper condition, I a comparative novice with salmon, secured three fish of th respective weights of twelve, fifteen, and. twenty pounds, I took afterwards three more, and lost several from unskill- ful handling, so that I had no reason to eomplain when many inexperienced fishermen are not ever so successiyh ’ C + - 402 If spearing had not been so unremittingly practiced, I am ~ confident T-would have taken three times the number, but so disgusted was Ethat for days I never wetted my line. As to flies suited to the river, I found that at. that season | small dull flies succeeded best. —Cfmy collection, made by | | me, I determined to initiate him into the mysteries of robin | snipe shooting, when the sun was pouring down his rays | to be reflected from the meadow, and making it anything but pleasant for a man of florid complexion. | gaged Joel Conover as our baymen, by letter, and reaching | Atlantic City, stopped at Shaufler’s hotel, the headquarters | for sportsmen, and found two parties of gentlemen bent on | tho same amusement as ourselyes, and from them received very flattering accounts of what we might expect on thie | morrow. Forest & Sons, Kelso, Scotland, who, [ think, make the perfection of salmon flies, the fairy, fiery brown, and dun wing were the most taking, although the last salmon caught on the morning I left for home was allured by a __JockSeott-_ T fear Lhave spun ont this prosy letter to a. tiresome length, but before concluding I must correct an error which I findin your most readable book “The Fishing Tourist.”’* branch of the Margaree, that which descends from Lake Ainslie, is the important fishing ground, and this idea is confirmed by the maps, which represent the northeast branch as an insignificant tributary. northeast Margareee is the main river, running dewn near- ly the whole extent of the northeast angle of tho Island | from near Cape North, and is a clear stony stream, while the west Margarce is small and muddy, and comparatively unfrequented by salmon. The best fishing ground is at the forks. WhenTI arrived there were no less than ten tents within a radius of ten miles at the forks, one of whose occupants took no less than sixty-six salmon with hits single rod, another thirty-six, and another thirty-three. These sportsmen locate thernselves there in the beginning of June, and await the run of the fish, and it is the under- up my tent then. LGefore I left, however, the forks were completely deserted, and I tried my hand there on my way back from a trip to the mouth of the river. Within a quarter of an hour I had hooked a fish of fourteen pounds in what is Known as Biseoc’s pool, and which had been recularly fished most successfully for the whole season. I was unfortunate in breaking the cnd of my rod as I was fishing with a long line in mid-stream, and, never expect- ing that a fish would lie near the shore, I drew up too quickly to make a fresh cast, when just then my fish struck and away went my tip. Iwas bothered, but succeeded in landing my fish, and as it was late I went up to the house to mend my rod, I expected rare sport the next morning, as the salmon were jumping in all directions in the pool, but could not | getarise. When I went up to the house one of the men remarked that he feared I would not have much sport, as the pool had been speared during the night. On enquiry, it turned out that between fifty and sixty salmon had been speared dred yards long, so I packed up my rod in disgust and drove back forthwith to Eldridge’s, where I was lodging, and would not put, my rod together until the morning I left for home, when, as I stated before, I took a fifteen pound fish with a Jock Scott. Inearly lost this fine fellow, for being anxious to start, with my mind preoccupied by thoughts of home and dear ones there, I was mechanically casting away in a splendid pool where a small brook joins the main stream, when I was startled by the sudden spring of my rod und the scolding of my friend as the fish made his run. I almost Jost him, but recovered my presence of mind in time, and after a short but vigorous fight for aS my beauty was gaffed for me by my friend. Thus ended my season’s sport, and within an hour ioe wards I was en route for home You are quite correct in stating that the Margaree is one | Bay shooting, let hlm take May by all means. of the best stocked salmon rivers in the world. Notwith- | — ’ standin the immense number taken in nets at the mouth, and used by the canning establishment there, the large numbers taken by rod fishermen during the season, and the almost fabulous numbers that are speared and netted higher up as they are spawning, still they are apparently undimin- ished, and this year were more abundant than for many | years previously. One word as to cost of transit. fax and return, $10; to Pictou and return, $6; to Hawks- berry and return, $6; to West Bay and return, $2; to Bad- deck and return, $2; to Margaree and return, $6. To these iteras add staterooms, meals, and incidental expenses, and an estimate can be formed of the cost of travel. Once there the cost-of living is very moderate. Yours truly, J. H. R. *The ‘Wishing Tourist’’ has selected the route via Ainslie Lake as the ' most practicable and avoiding tedious journeys by stage, and not because the flehing of the West Branch is the est, Hood route.—Ep. We prefer to take the Port eT MAY SHOOTING AT ATLANTIC CITY, N, J i c — Epitor Forrest anp STREAM:— There isa period of the year when the sportsman has nothing to occupy him until July when woodcock are | sought for, (unless he be a lover of the “‘gentle art,”) and | this period'is May and June. There is nothing now in season excepting ‘‘baybirds,” and under this head are in- cluded the curlews, godwits, tattlers, and rovers, the only true snipe in the region being the scolopas: noveboracensts, or guail snipe, grayback and dowitcher, as it is calledin differ- ent localities. When the greater portion of these species which visit our coast in the spring have passed north to their breeding grounds, last of all comes the red-breasted sand piper, or | robin snipe,as I will call hin for familiarity’s sake. After I have ‘‘wet my line” in my favorite trout stream to abate the fever which May always brings to me, I pre- pare for a short shooting trip either to Atlantic City, West Your statement would imply that the west | awaiting us, and Joel fully prepared. a short distance from the hotel, we were soon under way with a good breeze, and shortly found ourselves at the shooting ground. ofthe rink. But he is far from being unconscious, and counts the seconds after the door closes behind her until he thinks a sufficient time has elapsed to prevent the gossips connecting his departure with that of the young lady. He darts down the rink at lightning speed, not slackening his speed in the least as he nears the platform, but clearing it at a bound lands at the door of the dressing room. Ina twinkling his skates are wostrapped, and he is out at the door. A well known fig- ure is just disappearing around a corner. He walks rapid- ly on with a nervous, eager tread, the crisp snow crushing beneath his feet in the frosty atmosphere. He draws nearer and nearer, but the one of whom he is in pursuit never turns her head, though she well knows whose are the footsteps behind her. Soon he comes up with her, and receives a shy greeting. He takes the skates from her arm, and so they walk homeward together, saying little perhaps, but thinking much. But the Cupid of high latitude does not confine himself solely to rinks during the season of ice and snow. He algo spreads his wings and shoots his arrows, on bright, sunshiny winter days, on the glossy surface of crystal lakes, lying in meadows or embedded among fir-clad hills. Such a lake I see before me now. Itis some three miles in length, by one in breadth. Save at one cleared spot the dark fir trees come down the hillsides to the very edge of the iee. Itisa clear, bright, bracing winter’s day, and the ice ighard and smooth as glass, reflecting, as in a mirror, the surrounding woods and the skaters gliding over it. Rose is well provided with chaperones to-day. She is accompanied by her two brothers, an uncle and a cousin, the latter a wordly-wise young lady, with a horror of flir- tations, to which, owing to her plain features and not over agreeable manners, she is never a party. She has a holy horror of admirers who are not eligible, and Will is as poor as a church mouse. He was just behind the party on the road to the lake, but made a short cut through the woods and was on the ice before them, With such a body-guard he does not despair. old gentleman does not skate, but stands upon the bank and draws such comfort as he may from his cigar. He at least is out of the way. But the cousin and the two broth- ers do skate, and move off together. Will is never far away, and does not lose sight of them fora moment. Fi- ually the party encounters one of Fitz Poodles’ brother officers, whom rumor reports to be looking for a rich wife. He has been deucedly unlucky in horseflesh of late, and the “aged” has refused to pony up anything beyond his usual allowance. Miss Palaver has money and is not in- sensible to the blandishments of the ‘‘tall military gent,” as the small boys describe Captain Nocash, and she ac- cepts his proffered escort, leaving Rose to her brothers and—her fate. Rose turns towards the head of the lake and skates quickly on, with her brothers on either side, and but a few rods away. Soon the ring of skate-irons is heard behind them, and ere many minutes elapse Will is beside the girl he loves. They skate steadily on without exchanging a word, leaving all the other skaters behind them. Finally one of the brothers halts and motions to the other. He hes- itates a moment, then wheels to the right about. Consid- erate brothers! The lovers are now left to the enjoyment of their own society. Will eatends his hand and Rose rests in it the tips of her gloved fingers. They shoot on until the head of the lake is reached. No one is near, and we are fain to believe that Will seized the opportunity for ‘‘breaking the ice.” At all events the faces of both were unusually rosy as they rejoined the other skaters near the landing: and Will car- ing nothing for the cold looks of the party he had invaded, accompanied Rose to her own door. They are not married yet, but they will be some day I am sure, for they are as true as steel to each other, and cold as ice to the rest of the world. CHARLES A. PILSBURY. —Nothing is more sad thaz. a landscape without birds. The well known forest of Fontainebleau, so varied in its aspect, so majestic in its wooded glades, is always melan- choly; not the song of a single bird breaks the silence. Destitute of water, for the sandy soil drinks up all the rain, having no spring nor stream, it is deadly for the bird, which flies away as froma land under acurse. Under the first impression you admire it, but by degrees the feeling of sadness oppresses you, and at last renders you insensible to its beauties, . FOREST AND STREAM. For Forest and Stream. COAXING A DRUMFISH. Se \ A CRUISE OFF THE AFRICAN COAST, en : CRUISE on the west coast of Africa in the olden time, when the ‘‘ebony trade” was brisk, was almost Without incident to relieve its dull monotony, and, looked back to in after days, the three long years seem almost a blank. Cruising, we but stood up and down, backward and forward, under easy sail or low steam, and while from aloft the lookout scanned the horizon, and wearied his eyes in watching the strip of white that to the eastward marked the sandy beach of a desert coast, to us on deck invisible, we killed our time as best we might with pipes and books, with chess and chat, taught our docile parrots new tricks and phrases, or lazily dozed away the hours—the weary hours of mid-day calm, Exercise seemed impossible, The great red sun drove his ardent rays through and through our well worn awn- ings, the white decks steamed, the paint work blistered, and the black lines of pitch lost their tape-like symmetry and oozed meltingly into little tacky puddles, the brass rails glowed with the fervent heat, and even the great shark, lying perchance deep under our counter, seemed to pant and gasp, and turned loathingly from the chunk of pork, which inseeming innocence dangled listlessly by his very nose. Rolling gently to an fro on the ever breathing sea, sails flapping, ropes rattling, yards creaking, ladders squeaking, we exist and wait for air. Presently alittle puff from the northwest, again another, then a gentle breeze; the tired mercury sinks in its tube and life again comes to us, for the sea breeze has made. Now we look for a prize. There is a river breaks the contour of that strip of sand to the east- ward—the noble Congo—and somewhere up in its myste- rious fastnesses are trim vessels, laden with human flesh and blood for freight, watching the chance to slip out. This late strong sea breeze is what they need, and taking the chances of the distant cruiser’s failing to discover her in time, out one slips. Pressing along with the northwest wind, keeping from going to the northward—the speck to leeward, which her captain’s trained eye sees at once is an enemy, keeps him from running off—and so, with all can- vass spread, he hugs the wind and trusts to his heels. Sail ho! from aloft, and we crowd on all sail in pursuit. No sleepiness now. Wemust- bring her within gun shot ere she crusses our bow, or we lose her. Rapidly we near each other on converging lines, but night, too, is approach- ing fast, and in that latitude there is little twilight. It was in her captain’s calculations, and for this moonless night, so near at hand, he has patiently awaited. Onward comes the slaver, seemingly rushing to certain destruction; but the breeze grows fainter, our heavy can- vass flaps to the mast, while the swift-heeled clipper, with her light cotton topsails swelling against the buntlines, plump and full like a Breton ‘‘swell front” house, darts out from our very grasp, and driving off with the trade wind disappears in the darkness, a fading pyramid of spectral : | white, and until she reaches the shores of Cuba with her around his ladylove his chances look poorly enough;-but op», ” : Bie Ratio OU> SDOWS Ee she is safe;-and then, with an honored fiag at her peak, she | claims the immunity which that flag, rightfully carried, starving, sick, tortured, and festering mass of humanity, should always give. Such was our general fortune. At long intervals better luck awaited us, and a captured cargo involved upon us a trip to Monrovia, where we were welcome visitors to the lazy darkies, who, in white jackets and indolence, are civilizing Africa by teaching the natives how not to do it. Distributed among them as field hands, and taught to raise manioc and prepare cassava enough for their own needs and their master’s, our poor Africans are not perceptibly better off than in slavery. But Iam wandering from my intentions, and will en- deavor to make amends by changing the topic te one more in consonance with the columns of Forrest anpD STREAM. I propose to tell you of the capture of a ‘‘drum fish,” and to show you how we worked it so that the fate of the other ‘‘drum fisherman,” poetically recorded in one of your late numbers, did not befall me. We were lying in the harbor of Benguela, a little white- washed, dirty Portuguese city in the sand, to the south- ward of St. Paul de Loando. It was a hot and sultry night, following a hotter day, during which we had drifted into port. Stretched about the decks, in light and airy cos: tumes, aud in uneasy postures, we rolled and shifted to the full extent of our Loando mats in vain search of a softer plank or cooler spot, Save for the occasional sound of a well beaten ‘‘tom tom,” or the higher screech of some na- tive songster, perhaps serenading some dusky inamorata, or more likely working off the effects of New England rum, all was silent both on shore and sea, when suddenly, from the depths beneath us, an unearthly groan startled us from repose. Beginning low, it gradually rose in volume and cadence till the whole ship seemed to vibrate; then it died away, and we speculated. Again it boomed upon our ears, and with a ventriloquial effect, for the sailor on the forecastle and officer on the poop were each equally sure that the sound was just beneath him. And so thfough the long night we were entertained with this subaqueous con- cert, than which a forty horse power steam frog could not have done better. The breakfast hour brought its usual assemblage of wisdom, and many were the oracular opin- jons and Bunsbian explanations of the night’s phenomena. ' 403 Bumboat Tom was brought into our councils, and eluci- dated the mystery. ‘‘Oh, sar, dat was larshe feesh, sar; he very larshe, very bono for eat him, sar; malo for catch him; we call him drum fish, sar.” Tom said that they were plentiful, that they fed only at night, and that the proper bait for them was sardines. I mate up my mind that on another night I should make closer acquaintance with this musical genius, and to that end cultivated the armorer and captain of the fore top. The former forged mea fine, large hook, well tempered, and big enough fora halibut, and the latter, with a little wrench he had, laid me up a long strong line from a dozen of the best that I could procure—wire laid in for a fathom from the hook, guarded against sharp teeth. At supper time Tom brought me a pail of live ‘‘sardines.” He called them so, but they were a foot long, and more like chubs. Night came, and I could hardly wait for the sound that was to signalize the approaching fray. Presently it began, and slipping over the port gangway I took possession of the dinghy which lay moored at the booms, and in company, with Johnny Shea, a tight little foretop boy, who was al- ways my right hand in my shooting and fishing trips, I prepared for action. Seeing everything clear, I lowered away over the boat’s quarter, and way down below the dancing sparks that the ripples produced in the phospho- rescent sea my line became a beam of light, flashing as car- ried to and fro by the struggles of my lively bait. I had not long to wait, Suddenly a mass of light appeared from under the ship, turned into fire as it surrounded and encompassed my hook, and then came a pull, not a tug or jerk, but as though my hook had caught firmly in the coral reefs, the bottom slowly settling away from me. Quickly I hove out a bight of the line, that he might gorgé the bait, then trembling with anxiety I struck. ‘Have you got him, sir?” screamed Johnny, Got him! I might as well have got alocomotive. Joln- ny’s cry brought a row of heads above the hammock rail, and the officer of the deck forgot dignity and gave me an encouraging word; but I hardly heeded them. Twenty fathoms of that line flew through my cut and bleeding fin- gers before I realized that I was in for it. Then, the first mad rush over, he pointed seaward, and struck out more slowly but irresistibly, and fathom after fathom he took my line; half gone—two thirds—and noletup. Ihovea turn around the shank of the brass row lock, and while I eased away as slowly as possible Jobnny bent the end of his line to mine, and J had another hundred feet. I didn’t play that fish—it was all business, and he had the manag- ing of it. Would he never stop? At last! Irisked check- ing him, and, heaving a second turn around the row lock, held on. As I did so the pull nearly at right angles started the boat, and slowly her stern slewed into the direction of the strain. This suggested a plan, and quickly as possible I jumped forward. Johnny cast off the painter, and assist- ing with an oar pointed the boat, and then, with the boy at the helm, and I with a turn around the stem head, easing off as required, we started on a grand old ride, and surely old Neptune, with his dolphin team, was no better off. His steeds were tame; ours was not. But weight tells, and our heavy boat soon tired him; the line slackened, and then a swishing curve showed that he had taken a new depar- ture, and for a time, freed from our weight, with increased speed he dashed across our bows. But astroke of the oar, as the line tautened, brought him in line ahead again, and he had another straight forward puli before him. He did not seem to fancy this, but turned and came slowly toward the boat, as though willing to risk the future to avoid the present pain. I rounded in my line, and still he came till alongside, but too deep for us to strike him, and at the up- ward pull he again shot off, and so for a good half hour more we worked. Once we had him alongside, and Johnny struck him with the gaff, but, as might have been expected, this only startled him, and with spasmodic-vigor he made one more grand struggle for life. But it was not to be, The great hook was buried deep in his vitals, and his strength was going fast. Finally the end came, and he lay exhausted and quiet by our side, while we each slid our gaffs beneath him; then a quick upward stroke together and the trouble began again. Only for a moment, though, for with gaffs and line, and, when we could reach, our hands and arms and legs, we somehow twisted him into the boat, which, by our united weights, was careened near- ly to the water’s edge. And then, used up, we sat and gazed at our conquest, for the silvery sheen of his side, and the phosphorescent drops which clung to his scales, marked even in the darkness his grand proportions, and we were two proud and happy boys. Our united weights would perhaps reach two hundred pounds, and there, gasp- ing and g'oaning on the thwarts, lay a magnificent fish greater than we two together. Six feet five inches from tip to tip, and broad in fair proportion, a shapely gamey fish of at least three hundred pounds, gave fair promise, which he well fulfilled, of glorious chowders, broils, and fries; and two hundred men can testify to the delicious quality of his flesh. As we rowed back to the ship—for, whether towed or drifted I cannot say—we found ourselves a good half mile away, I cetainly felt more pride in my achievement than any event had ever before caused me. Once since, though, when I brought a noble three pound brook trout to my basket, I have felt the same sensation, and for this last pleasure I am indebted to PIsEco. 404 Fer Forest and Stream. AN OPEN SECRET. —_—_>__—_ (FROM THE GERMAN.) He GG HE stood among the roses red, AsI came through the waving field; “A happy day!”’ was all I said; She looked to earth, her face to shield, In silence safest welcome-Hez, For wood has ears and field has eyes! —————~She plucked a rosebud from off the tree, The sweetest in the sunny land, And as she blushing gave it me, I kissed it from her lovely haud. The rose I kissed, no harm there lies, For wood has ears and field has eyes. alas, that I have grown so white! My cheek all pale does love reveal! Who sees me now will guess at sight What all my secret heart does feel, And where my love and longing lies, For wood has ears and field has eyes. << 0 <——_—______——_ Lor Forest and Stream. OTHER DAYS. BY MRS. EUNICE Gb. LAMBERTON. OME sing to meof the sad sea waves fat sigh on a pebbly shore, That foam and surge with a solemn wail For days that will come no more. Bring to mine ear asthe mght shades fall Echoes from caverns so deep, Under the sea, the beautiful sea, Green dells where the mermaids sleep. Twine me a wreath of the coral rare, Branching like spray ’mid the waye,} ‘ Pure aserystals that gleam on the shores, hores that the wide waters lave. Yell of the ships that go sailing on, With canvass spread to the breeze, The lonely wife and tue suilor’s bairns, Ah! whisper me not of these. For winds will howl and the breakers roar, And sea gullsscream in alfright; God pities them when tlie fire barns low, Anéi the storm fiend walks the night. Linger in dreams sweet airs of my youth, Fragrant of sc2093 that are fled, Wafting sweet incense over the graves, Low graves of the early dead, Vision return of asandy cliff. A ligit-house towering high, Of tanzled moss and the tiny shells, And boats that are stranded nigh. Come chant again to the weary so Nature’s melodious lays, A silvery sound, an ogean’s breath, Sweet anthem of other days. Rocnastur, N. ¥., January 21, 1874. OS OE OUR WINTER BIRDS. Tis generally taken for granted that we have none of I ow feathered friends left uswhen the wild winds of win- ter have sent the last of our songsters hurrying from our presence in town and city. The majority of city folk, aye and of the country too, seem to think that our forests and fields are annually depopulated with the falling of leaves and the appearance of snow. That such is not the case only those who havestudied the habits of birds in open air can testify. Our woods and fields are alive with a vast host, busily searching trees and shrubs, weeds and grass, for insects and seeds. Along our coast, however, are birds the most abundant, principally- visitors from the north, to whom our winter winds are as balmy zepiyrs, and our storms andice but small inconvenience, lrom that vast ‘“Viquid magazine of nature,” the Atlantic, they draw their food, and upon its surface assemble in noisy flocks. March is a good month in which to take a review of the winter, that is, for us who are interested 1n birds, asin that month most of our winter birds depart for the north, and the first harbingers of spring put in appearance from the south. Ofthe three hundred species known to have been found in New England, about one hundred remain through the winter, some of them residing here throughout the year, but the majority coming from the north in autumn, de- parting in the spring. ‘That the readers of the Formst anD Sprmam may have a general acquaintanee with them, I purpose to mention briefly the species, speaking chiefly from my own observation. The robin is the best known of our early arrivals; the last of February brings a few from the south, but March sends a hundred for every one of February, and the air is vocal with their music by the last of that month. Though gen- erally supposed to pass the winter in warmer climes, it can be found nearly every month inthe year by a close ob- server. Thelast week of January I saw a flock of thirty- five flying high in the air. They frequent the woods in cold weather, subsisting upon such berries and grubs as they can find. The blue bird, in his cerulean coat, and with his pleas. ing warble, is a welcome arrival about the same time as the robin. If there is any one bird that brings a blessing with sit, tis the blue bird. There is a little fellow who stays with us the year round, and who does a vast amount of good in his silent, unobtru- sive way. I mean the chickadee, black cap. Titmouse is his proper name, but his well known name of chickadee is more simple and appropriate, as it is so ealled from his cheerful song. Almost any day in winter you may see him FOREST pee gleaming among your apple trees, now hanging head down, now flying by the window with a glad chirp and a glance of his bright black eye. He is a merry fellow, this little downy chickadee, and winter would be dreary enough without him. Another member of his family is here, the creeper, but not very often seen, though he and the nuthatches are _busily at work upon the bark of the trees, dodging around them in their queer way, not letting a single obtainable grub escape. " If the month be very mild the white-bellied swallow sometimes, though erroneously called martin, will gladden us with his presence. He is the one with whom the blue birds have such comical squabbles over the possession of the martin houses. . It is rarely that the cedar bird leaves with us asingle representative during winter, but he has been known to do so. Of course you know the bird, with its cinnamon-col- ored coat and yellow tipped tail, its wings with tips of red, like sealing wax. Perhaps, if everything be favorable, his cousin, the wax- wing, may be seen, but it is hardly possible, as he is a rare bird and prefers the air of Greenland and Hudson’s Bay to ours. If you are an observer of birds, you may have noticed one about the size of the robin, though with a longer tail, of a gray color, and having a sharp, hooked bill, following the flocks of small birds and preying upon them. It is the shrike, or ‘‘butcher bird,” sometimes called the ‘‘nire-kil- ler,” from an idea that he always kills just ni>~ birds, beetles, etc., before eating any. Whether he does kill that exact number or not, I would not like to say; but he has one peculiarity that renders him especially noticeable; after killing anything he hangs it up to dry upon a thorn or whatever is convenient, leaving it until he feels like eating it. I know of one kept in a cage who retained this habit, always hanging up the raw meat given him on some part of the cage. : The pine grosbeak is sometimes found in spruce and fir thickets, some winters being of quite common occurrence, and others not arriving from the ice fields of the north at all. It subsists upon the seeds of the pine and other cones, and has a thick strong beak for the purpose of tearing them apart. The crossbills, however, beat the grosbeak in the manner of beaks, their mandibles crossing one another, and having a peculiar twist that enables them to extract the seeds in an admirable manner. There are two species of the latter, the red and the white winged, and they both stay when they come all winter. The red crossbill has been known to breed in Maine as early as February. Some of the goldfinches remain with us, and the fields are often visited by great flocks of red poll linnets, who doa great deal of good, eating the seeds of the many noxious weeds. Along the shore and in old fields are immense flocks of snow buntings, their plumage of blended white, black and eray, admirably suited to their haunts, the brown weed- stalks and the gravel of the beach. That very rare bird, the Lapland longspur, is sometimes found in these flocks. The shorelarks, or skylarks may be found upon the islands in our bays and upon the shores of our mainland. If T only had space here, [ would like to give you Audu- bon’s description of its nest, built in barren Labrador, but this article is not intended for description but enumeration of species. With the pen of even that great naturalist, Audubon, I could not give a sufficiently accurate descrip- tion; the best way to obtain a gond idea of any bird is to see. it alive, or well preserved. The museum at Central Park is easily accessible, where will be found most of our birds with their names attached. . The little blue snow bird isa winter resident, and comes to us in Oetober. Rareinstances are known of their breed ing south of Maine. I found a young bird unfledged on the Hoosac mountain, Mass., in July, 1873. There are four species of sparrow here in winter, the song, tree, swamp and fox sparrow. The one we sce oftenest is the song sparrow. Who can forget its melodious song when the fields are dead and bare? a ' Of course everybody knows that audacious corn thief the red wing blackbird; he has a bad name in some localities, but in New England he can’t muster in sufficient force to do the damage he does in some places. Look for him the first of March, it is his time of arrival. . The purple -grakle, or crow blackbird, and his near cousin, the rusty grakle, arrive somewhere from the first to the twentieth of Mareh. The latter is rarely seen, but the former is well known, making his presence felt by his harsh notes and sailing throngh the air in large flocks Of all noisy birds, the blue jay is the noisiest at certain seasons. He lives with us the whole year, and we may suppose he has sore need—when the fields are covered with snow—of the hoards of nuts, acorns and corn which he secretes during the autumn months, neighbor the crow, are equally hated by the farmer, though, T think, without cause. Weighed in the balance, the good and evil they perform, I am confident the latter would kick the beam. The crows that winter here are probably from the north, our summer crow moving south as winter comes on, giving roomto these. It’s a hard living they get, when even the traditional ‘‘old horse” is frozen solid. The last-of March we hear the pewee or phebe, “‘phebe! phebe!* rigorous cold when these sweet simple notes are borne to He and his hated . The wintry winds seem to lose some of their our ears. It is among the first of our birds to set up house- keeping in spring. . The rattle of the kingfisher is heard along our shore the last of the month. There are two species of woodpeckers resident here, called the downy and hairy woodpeckers from the texture of their feathers. They are both black and white, the males with a scarlet crescent adorning the backs of their heads. The downy is the smaller species, being the small- est woodpecker we have. The three-toed woodpeckers sometimes occur, though rarely. The golden wing wood- pecker is the most common as well as the handsomest of the family; he is best known by his local names, such as, “flicker,” ‘“‘yellow hammer,” etc. Though a very few may winter here, March is as early as any are generally seen. Of the eight or nine species of owls found in New Eng land, probably the most common are the mottled and great horned* The former is the ‘‘screech owl,” so dreaded by the children who have heard it cry. The latter visits the farm and barn yards during the night, and takes as lawful prey such hens and chickensas he may find. The Acadian, or ‘‘saw-whet owl,” is the smallest species we have, and in some localities the most plentiful. His cry resembles the filing of asaw. Along the coast, among the sand hills, may be found the snowy or arctic owl, the largest of the family and a rare prize. If you live long enough and search diligently you may possibly find the golden eagle, for he sometimes comes down from his mountain fastnesses during winter. The white headed eagle, however, is not so rare and may be frequently seen on the coast during winter. He is a mean bird, with not half the noble qualities of the fish-hawk he so often robs. Now that his purveyor, the fish-hawk, is absent, he lives on dead fish and carrion; he may be easily induced to show himself for a dead horse left on the beach or in the pastures. There are six species of hawks, any one of which is worth looking for. The most common are the red-tailed and red-shouldered, generally known as ‘‘hen hawks,” from the havoc they commit in the poultry yards. They some- times lay their eggs by the last of this month. Though rarely seen, the smallest of the family, the sparrow, and the next in size, the pigeon hawks, ere residents in winter. The gos-hawk is abundant in some places, while the noble jer-falcon is so rare as to be considered an accidental visitor. Who has not heard the whirr and drumming of she grouse or ‘‘prairie chickens.” It is a resident here all the year, and subsists in winter upon berries and leaves. : The little quail is becoming more plentiful every year, and if protected will -soon be as abundant as twenty years ago, before the great snow storm buried o inany of them. Towards the last of March the wild goose .s seen steering northward; high over head, in wedge-like columns, they cleave the air, speeding towards their summer homes in breed in Massachusetts. “Black duck,” sprig-tail,” ‘‘old wife,” ‘‘golden eye,” “dipper,” ‘‘harlequin,” and half a dozen others of the duck family, including the famous eider, pass the winter in our waters. The ‘‘gannet” and cormorant are sometimes seen off the capes. | : purple sandpiper, remains. Six species of gulls, the vulture of the ecean, may be marshes, and about our rocky headlands. ‘Mother Carey’s chickens,” or petrel, two species, play about our coast all winter. a The great northern diver, or loon, is an inhabitant of our waters throughout the year, but his startling, quavering cry is not heard at this season. Two kinds of grebes; or ‘‘devil divers,” exercise their arts to the discomfiture of guoners. They join the throng that hies to the north at the opening of spring. I wish I could in- clude in the list that prince of divers, the great auk, but as he is supposed to be extinct, ‘twill be best to oiit him, He used to frequent ourwaters though. The puffins, guil- in the art of navigation, and visit our shores annually, when the ice fields north of Scotia get uncomfortably thick. Our list closes with the last and least of the divers, the sea dove, or little auk, who is sometimes blown out of his coast. e This catalogue is necessarily meagre, covering as it does able to present a fuller and more interesting account of the arrival and departure and time of nesting of our birds... aes ie F. B. *This ow] lays his eggs in Massachusetts as early as February. —St. Augustine, Florida, has on exhibition a remarkable fragment of stone, taken from the ruins of an ancient structure on Observation Island, in Lake Okeechobee. markable, unlike apy rock on this continent. granite more nearly than any other, and is of a remarkably beautiful appearance In its structure. of an ancient building on one of the islands of that lake, and this confirms it. in autumn? The ruffed grouse is the only representative left us, excepting a few, very few, of the pinnated grouse ° far off Labrador or Greenland. They have heen known to . Of the plovers but one species, the ‘‘rock plover,” or - found, picturesque elements in a winter scene, upon our | lemots and murres, and divers other divers, are well versed . latitude, and left to the mercy of the inhabitants of the. so much ground; but after this introduction, I hope to be © ° J J It | is of Immense weight and solidity, and, what is most re- It resembles ~ eara It looks like granite ~ granulated with innumerable particles of a glittering sub- stance resembling gold. This fragment may develop some: © thing startling in the history of that part of the’continent. — The Indians have reported frequently that there wére juins © ' DRIVING A BUCK. aS eS BY THE DOMINIB. 66 RIVING deer” is a very common expression in the , Adirondacks, used by almost every body you mect, by some “knowingly,” and by others for the sake of appearing “to be knowing. Many readers of Fornusr anp grrmaM, however, I suppose, do not know, and therefore will not resent it if I say, by way of explanation, that “driving deer” is usually understood to mean putting pounds on their track, and forcing them sooner or later to take to the water, in which they are sometimes killed and ‘sometimes not. There are people who pretend to disclaim against this practice as being very ‘‘cruel,” ‘‘unsportsman- like,” &c.—for example:jthe Rey. Mr. Murray, who, how- ever, does not hesitate in July to allow himself to be pad- dled up amid the thick darkness of night to deer feeding along the shore, and under the strong light of a ‘‘jack,” take deadly aim, and kill and talk about itas quite a great achievement. Ii is, however, ina particular and not general way that Tam writing about “‘driving a buck,” and a sight well worth secing it was. Ona certain morning, in September last, an early breakfast having been dispatched, we started down to the landing place to take our boats and row to the watch-grounds that had been agreed on the night before. There were four of us—the ‘‘Executive,” ‘‘Jeemes,” “Louis,” and the writer. The Doctor, who had been with us, had fled that very morning at earliest dawn to Canada _—forced away by superabundance of ‘‘tin.” Quite an un- usual experience—the scarcity of the article generally being the difficulty in extended tours. But he went, chan- ting, have no doubt, according to Tennyson, ““Tin to the right of me, Tin to the left of me.”’ - I could tell you a good many stories about the Doctor—how he got caught in a gale on “Big Tupper,” and in a dense fo on Saranac—but he fled on! on! never stopping until Montreal was reached; and there, at a hotel, in the middle of the night a commit- tee waited on him, and waked him, worn out as he was, to ask permission to examine into his general health, that the cause of such unusual ‘‘bass” might be known and remedies applied. The Doctor looked at them in disgust, murmured tin, turnéd over and went to snoring again. 1 could tell other stories, but I forbear, for I must be after the buck we started for. The scene ison ‘‘Little Tupper’—the mists are driving away toward the east, before the first breathings of a northwester, that proved to us before night got around what a rumpus it would kick up,! and what an angry fret ‘‘Little Tupper” could work itselfinto! The morning was not a poetic one, so I cannot stop to sigh-and sparkle over it. On the contrary, it was intensely practical —chill and rough; it was a true harbinger of the cold, snowy, rainy, haily winter day that followed. *‘Jeemes” is to go to Stoney Pond, so he and “Ted” are first off. As their boat gets from under the lee of Sand Point, she pitches and jumps about in a way most lively and suggestive of a soak- ing; but ‘‘Jeemes” is a philosopher, and merely smokes the harder, while ‘‘Ted” pulls the harder, andaway they dance like a cork across the Jake. Louis and his solemn story- telling guide start for the foot of thelake. The ‘‘Ex- ecutive’s” man had crossed the lake to put out the dogs, so I invited the ‘“‘Executive” to go with me on my watch ground, which was to be ‘‘Sand Island,” or, as I shall al- ways prefer to call it, ‘Cranberry Island,” for here, when tired of watching, I relieved the tedium by crawling about, and picking cranberries, an abundance of which grew on the island. Cranberry Island lies well out in the lake, but is only a small heap of rock and sand, with a few scrubby bushes, and asingle tree growing upon it. After a tho- rough shaking up on the lake our heavily ladened boat got safely to the island, where after due preparation we pro- ceeded to watch. It was perhaps 8 o’clock, a. m., when we began this interesting vigil. Will. Moodie ‘‘went up a tree,” and looked blue at the angry lake, but the lake did not seem to mindit. The ‘‘Executive”’ and I dug holes in the sand and spreading our rubber blankets watched with all our eyes, and with all the extra one we could muster. “Snarrowgrass” says that a ‘‘man is a good thing to have in the house.” Well, the ‘‘Executive” is a good man to haye with you on a watch. He never sleeps, has plenty of stories to tell and is generally lively. So he talked, and I, as became one. of my profession,. smoked, listened and meditated gravely—now and then crawling after cranber- ties. “Will.” had said to me, as we landed, that.as the lake was so very rough, if a deer came in at any consider. able distance from the island, he would not be able to go after him with either of us in the boat; but he would go alone and try to drive it past the island, within shooting distance, if possible. The boat was pulled up on the sand, emptied of every thing except a rifle and the oars. And then we watched. What an endless number of names I traced on the sand that day! What canals I dug! What ‘elaborate geometric and mathematical figures I marked out, and which the mimic waves washed out! What lines of poetry 1 composed ! all now lost to posterity, for which I have no doubt posterity will be forever grateful. The “Bxecutive” was, I think, in the midst of a discussion con- cerning the proper method of regularly opening a certain street at home, called fourth, in which, for various personal reasons, he was very much interested, when all at once he stopped. “I see a deer swimming,” said he—(this was about-2 o’clock, p. m.,)—I jumped, as one can, under such circumstances, and looked, but thought the ‘‘Executive” hadseen a loon. We were discussing this difference of opinion, and looking first with nature’s eyes, and then with glasses, when we were started by a rush, a jump, anda surge behind us, and turned to see Will, Moodie come down out of his perch ‘like an Indian in the wake of a scalp,” as old Cap. would say. He rushed at the boat, and with a tremendous ‘‘send” pushed it out into the lake, jumping in himself with not a word tous! He quickly got his seat and his oars, and then, that light boat sped over the waves and right before the gale like a thing of life in- deed ! We guessed where the deer must be from the direc: tion in which the boat had gone. But for some moments could see nothing. At length, rising upon a huge wave, i caught sight of a pair of horns more than a mile away. A buck! and a big one evidently, was trying to cross the lake, and had accomplished two-thirds the distance when “Will.” caught sight of him. [ watched the boat through a capital field glass. A hard job “Will.” had to turn that buck so near to shore as he was, and to force him to swim right in the teeth of that gale and those waves to our island! Butatlength I saw the buck ‘‘coming for us,” with the boat two or three lengths behind him, with Moodie taking it leisurely. As they came near enough to enable us to distinguish them clearly, what a sight it was! The buck (a five year old one, as he proved to be,) strong and active, with a magnificent pair of antlers, breasted the wind and sea most gallantly ! He seemed to swim on the top of the crest of the waves as they rolled by him, blowing out the water from his nostrils in little clouds of mist ! Glorious old buck! How he rose on the wave with proud shake of his head, striking out boldly for liberty. Little did he know what eyes on his death intent were watching and ad- miring him from the shore he was struggling so bravely to reach! The boat following him was equally interesting to watch; very light at cither end, the waves as they rushed under the bow would lift it up, and almost stand it on its stern for an instant, and then would let it fall inio a seeth- ing shower of spray! And this continued all the way as deer and man struggled up to us! The ‘‘Hixecutive” had never shot a deer! And we needed the venison very much, for there was next to nothing in camp in the way of meat! I really felt badly that there was a necessity to kill that buck. If ever buck had earned an escape he had ! But there is little time to moralize about the matter, for here he comes within shot, and ’tis settled the ‘‘Executive” is to shoot him. We stepped out from the cover, *‘H.” in advance, and as the buck caught sight of him he stopped and stared at him, and I mentally introduced the strangers — ‘Mr. Executive—Mr. Buck; Mr. Buck—M. Executive.” They eyed each other for a moment; and the deer turning to swim off, up went the gun—a sharp report followed— the proud, defiant head fell, and it was allover. The “Executive” had made a sure shot and killed his deer with- out murdering it. Soon ‘‘Will.” rowed up and then we finished the work. There was no beating that deer to death—no “‘tailing’ him, and then shooting him, as a Brooklyn artist did. We needed the meat, and we used it. TI do not feel ashamed of the work under such circumstances, nor does the “Executive,” who has since decorated his dining room with head and horns of his first buck ! Late in the afternoon we returned to camp. ‘“Jcemes,” as philosophical as ever, had just got in, but had not seen nor heard of deer or dog that day. Louis had seen a buck, and pursued him in his boat, had shot at and wounded him but had failed to get him. But] have no doubt Louis found comfort in paraphrasing to suit himself the couplet— ** Better to have loved and lost Than not to have loved at all!” AVoodland, Zawn and Garden. WINDOW OR PARLOR GARDENING. NumsBer vi.—TsE Finisupp Bay WInpDow. A Med ee “Bring orchis—bring the foxglove spire, The little speedwell’s darling blue, Deep tulips dashed with fairy dew, Laburnums, dropping walls of fire.” £ again take up the subject matter of our last paper—'‘No. 5; or, Box Culture in the Bay Win- dow”—on a more elaborate and varied form, and in this design show how for a small outlay any one may surround himself with plants of varying aud changing foliage, giving the most beautiful contrasts, Our aim in the filling and grouping of this second box is to present a harmo- nious, unique, and somewhat novel and picturesque ar- rangement of quite a number of our common and rare plants—to associate together the broad leaf of the sub- tropical plant with the quieter denizens of the woods and gardens, and by 8 proper adjustment of soils and atmos- phere make our own little family perfectly at home in their several relations. We do not expect you will be able to do so with a first or even 2 second effort, for there is, we frankly tell you, not only considerable knowledge, but much careful pa- tience, necessary to perfect success. Our own attempts to organize and unite a ‘happy family” of plants sueceeded only after numerous trials, attended at first with indif- ferent success; but we in the end produced a pleasing and “quite satisfactory result, You can do the same, and in order to aid you in the cultivation of these plants we give you the best results of our patient study. | In the culture of the parlor plants, and the peculiar ar- rangement of the same, our German. gardeners, in many points, excel in their modus operandé. almost any other na- tion. In conversation with a great lover of flowers, a suc- cessful German cultivator, he said:—‘‘We make in Ger- many a very pretty garden in our deep windows with the very commonest flowers, yet we gain one very grand effect with the different kinds of high colored foliage.” I found upon further conversation wilh my German friend that he placed ‘‘all the good work,” as he called successful plant growing, in a cempetent knowledge of how to prepare the soils. ‘‘Soils,” said he, ‘‘lime, is everything to the flower,” and altheugh he could not speak good English, I found him to be a proficient in German gardening. I had acted in accordance with the plan of German au- thority, although without having had any previous knowl- edge of their style of plant arrangement other than my own self-taught experience. I could therefore go on in re- newed confidence with my own plan of contrasting strong colors with cach other, being only mindful of the harmony of colors as given in paper No. 5. At one end of this second box, near the cactus gallery, I placed a strong, small, fine root of the maurandia climb- ing vine; this should be well trimmed, as should all vines previous to planting. In the other end place a good plant of the Mexican colea, or, if you prefer, a small English ivy. Both these vines you can train over wires, arranged on the sides of the window, with fine effect. The further aim being to still keep up the contrast, you can place pelar- gomiums and heliotropes, and if you would have a erand effect place in the centre of your box of earth a calladium, and at its sides lower sized plants. There can be no grander sight ina parlor window than a choice calladium in the centre, flanked on each side with a vigorous growing calla lily. This accomplished, you can still very much heighten the picturesque effect by adding to your collection a few of the low growing zorale geraniums. Of these I would rec- ommend the Agucena, salmon color; Cylister, bright scar- let; Snowball, pure white; Lady Cullum, and Mrs, Pollock, zone of red. These six flowers I have used as I have named, and blossoming, as they did, at nearly the same time, under the broad, expanded leaves of the calladium and callas, the beautiful effect can scarcely be conceived without being seen. You can add much to the fine effect of your window plants, as they now stand, by procuring and placing in the second background a fine healthy root of the Papavier ort- entalis and the Papavier rhocss, oriental and French pop- pies. The manner of procuring these plants of the poppy for the winter window will be best attained by planting the seeds in small pots in the latter part of summer and grow- ing them until cold weather, occasionally thinning out the plants; they can then, with care, be placed in the pots where they are designed to grow. The oriental poppy makes a very grand show, and with care can be grown in the window to perfection, sending up a goodly sized clean stock, and developing into a magnifl- cent flower, this root can be procured of the florists in the fall, and should be obtained at that time, as it is impatient of transplanting, though a hardy plant. The French poppy, though rather an ‘article cultivated for the opium of commerce, is nevertheless a very showy plant. The whole tribe, of which there are many, and very diversified in color, have the highly narcotic quality of giving sleep in a greater or less degree. It is this pecu- liar quality of the plant to which Shakespeare refers when he says— “Not poppy, nor mandragora, Wor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow’dst yesterday.” You will add the £rimula chinensis to your collection, or it will be incomplete. It is of all colors, and blossoms sev- eral months in the year. You will notice you are to keep the plants, all of them, in subordination to your middle, tall plants, as the calladium and callas. These should stand with their peculiar foliage above, and overtopping the whole of your box. Low plants, as the sedum, and a very pretty plant called “house leek” by the ladies, and all low creeping plants, can be used to good advantage in such positions, being always careful not to mass the plants in too great numbers, or have them all nearly of a height. Your window should allow you to look under the plants as upon their foliage. Here, just in this place, is where you will probably require the most care. If you fail, and the grouping does not suit your taste, try again, and if a sec- ond or third trial does not give you the desired satisfac- tion try again the fourth time, asitisa healthful sign that your taste for the beautiful and true is improving, and at last you must succeed, as you surely will. I could tell you how to produce avery pleasing effect at once, and you would do it undoubtedly, and then forget it immediately. It would not be desirable for me to make you a mere copy- ist when my desire is to make you a self-reliant florist. Having filled to your satisfaction these two upper boxes,’ you can now proceed to place in the lower box, which we will suppose rests upon the floor, or but little raised from the same a larger class of plants, as monthly roses, azalias, and others, always putting the latter ones farthest from the front of the room, and the tallest of these you will in no instance permit to be of more than two feet four inches in height, so as not to cover up your plants from view in the second box. In this arrangement you can use the lautanas and some choice specimens of carnation. Achy- ranthus are, as a window garden decoration, a splendid addition to our green leaved plants. They are easily culti- vated, thriving well at a temperature of from fifty 1o sev- enty-five degrees, and as your glass is always hanging at your window this is easily regulated. The Linden has the most splendid deep red foliage, each leaf being a study of itself, and there are few plants surpassing it in beauty. - You can now turn your attention, if you please, to the Begonia family, and here you may revel in a garden of de- light. rare, curious, and unique flowers. They are of all kinds, shapes, and colors, and you have only to visit the florist to find ready potted for use any variety you may desire to place within your now nearly completed window garden. Begonia rex is the best variety grown in this country, being a very showy and picturesque plant, and is equally well grown in the parlor, conservatory, or greenhouse., Its leaves sometimes attain to a large size, and are beautifully marked with crimson. Some of them have broad, irregu- lar silvery zones and curious spots, rendering them truly a most wonderful plant for the parlor, and worthy of all our care and attention. In arranging this lower box much care must be had in keeping it open, so that you can let the very largest plants have ample room to develop themselves like trees in minia- ture, so that you can look under their leaves. If you wish to add in front some of the smaller plants, as violets and the like, you could probably find no finer study than the violets and mosses would yield you. Try it, and do not forget the rules of harmony of color, room, soils adapted to your plants, and untiring watchfulness. In our next we will tell you something about sub-tropical plants and the aquarium as a study and an amusement. OLLIPOD QuILL. th A Great CANaL.—The Grangers of California have de- vised a grand seheme of irrigation, It is proposed to con- struct a canal, commencing where the San Joaquin de- bouches from the Sierra Nevada, and carry it along the foothills, as high up as practicable, to Stockton. The object primarily to be obtained is the affording of a suffi- ciency of water to irrigate all the land intervening between the canal and the San Joaquin river, and at the same time to furnish a means of cheap transportation for the produce the large area of land will give to the country as aresult of the irrigation. The great canal is proposed to be made 100 feet wile by as much as eight feet deep; large enough to carry boats of 100 tons capacity, and will be supplied with its waters from the following streams, which are situated as follows: 1. San Joaquin; 2. Fresno, about twenty miles; 8. Chowchilli, ten miles; 4. Mariposa, ten miles; 5. Bear Cuéeek, eight miles; 6. Merced, fifteen miles; 7. Toulumne, twenty miles: 8. Stanislaus, nine miles; thence to Stock- ton, twenty miles—making 112 miles in all, though the actual distance is probably about 130 miles. Taking 180 miles as the length and twenty miles as the width, there would be 2,600 sections,‘or 1,644,000 acres, of nominally unproductive land, that would be rendered the most pro- ductive of any body of landin the world. The cost of the canal is estimated at $13,000,000. The State will be asked to issue her bonds for the cost of construction, and the law providing for the canal willlevy an annual tax of $1 per acre on every acre of land within the above limits, also a tonnage duty of say twenty-five cents on every ton of pro- duce passing through the canal, to save the State from ex- pense. Each stream crossed by the canal shall be used as a feeder, and it is suggested that flume-feeders may be used, through which the timber, lumber, and wood bordering on those streams in the mountains can be floated to the canal, and thus reach a market otherwise impossible. As it is now, the crops being uncertain, the land of the entire dis- © trict is probably not worth over $5 per acre, certainly not more than $10, whereas certainty of a crop every year, as irrigation would make it, would enhance it to $30. This would make the actual enhancement of the value of the land $16,440,000, more than the cost of the canal; and in less than ten years the productiveness of the land would enhance the value to $70 or $80 per acre. datural History. NOTES ON THE GAR PIKE. —We are gratified to receive this prompt reply to the queries of Prof. Baird respecting the gar pike. Doctor E. will accept our thanks:— Lake City, Minnesota. Eprror FormESsT AND STREAM:-— For many years I have endeavored to study the fish in Lake Pepin; in many cases have been successful, while in others, have only been able to form theories. Thus with the gar pike, (sox belone), I have never been able to dis- cover for a certainty their spawning mon‘h, but I hare ar- rived at facts satisfactory to myself, but which would not perhaps do to state as scientific truths. For instance, when we first begin our ishing in June, we frequently catch while seining for minnows, very small and young gar pike, say from two to three inches long. These, I have calcu- lated, could not be over two months old. From this fact I am led to believe that they spawn in April, perhaps as carly as March. Their spawning grounds are more difficult to determine. But in this, also, Iam myself satisfied with my observations. It has been generally supposed that they spawned in sloughs or in the worst waters they could find. I do not believe this to be the case. For we get many of our minnows from the sloughs in the fishing season, and never get a single, fingerling of the gar pike, as far as I have ¢bserved. Ihave observed the very young broods of almost all our fish, but I have never,seen as a brood the gar or the shovel-nosed sturgeon. From all these observations Tam persuaded that the gar, also the accipenser spawn on muddy bottoms in deep water. ' I have repeatedly put the young gar into my aquarium, but have as often become disgusted with them, for if say six inches long, they will kill all my minnows. I once had in my aquarium a gar about six incheslong. He was such a curiosity that I desired to keep him, but he soon began to destroy my other fish, and for the bad deeds he had done, I resolved to punish: him, so taking a piece of very small silver wire, I ticd his long jaws together, leaving them just enough apart so that he could breathe well. At this treat- This may be called a wonderful combination of FOREST AND STREAM. ment he was very much enraged, and would dart at every fish in the tank, and would nose and root them in every conceivable way—but they soon found out that their once dreaded enemy was now harmless. Thus I kept him four- teen weeks, when he passed in his checks, and young Mr. Gar was dead. There was now a regular jubilee among the other fish—they seemed to realize that their great enemy was dead, and such playing and frolicking I had never seen before among my finny beauties. D. C. E., M.D. repo Way Axrconon Currs Rarriesnaxr Brres.—The ex- periments of Professor Binz, of Bonn, in regard to the effects of alcohol on animals, are exceedingly interesting, in as much as he seems to have discovered the reasons why alcoholic stimulants were so useful in cases of snake poison- ing. He found that when decomposed blood was intro- duced into the veins of the living animal, all the symptoms of putrid fever were shown, the temperature increasing until death ensued. Alcohol reduced the heat, retarded the putrid process, increasing the action of the heart. This seems to be precisely the effect of alcoholic stimulants when administered in cases of rattlesnake poisoning. x OP A HINT TO ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTORS. Siero eet Eprror Forrest and STREAM:— There are many collectors who work hard in the field and make large collections of animals. yet for mounting purposes many of their skins are worthless. When the skins are given to the taxidermist he has to soak them in a pickle until they are soft and pliable, Ifskins are not properly prepared, when subjected to the pickle the hair becomes loose and falls off when handled in mounting. It is essential that collectors should pay particular attention to preparing the skins of animals, par- ticularly their heads. Many persons leave the whole fleshy parts of the lips on the skins when drying them. The result is the flesh first be- comes putrid and then dries. When a skin is prepared inthis manner it appears to be a good skin, but when it is soaked by the taxidermist the hair immediately falls off around the muzzle, eyes and ears. and it is impossible to replace it. To prevent stich disastrous results, skin an imals as soon as possible after being killed, and clean their pelts thor- oughly. Those which feed on vegetable matter, such as animals belong- ing to the orders Rodentia and Ruminantia, should be dressed as soon as they are taken, and skinned as soon as an opportunity offers. Dur- ing the summer months the coats of all animals are naturally loose, and every means should be employed to prevent the hair from parting with the skin. Animals of the genera Felis, Lynw and Lepus,have thin skins, which are quickiy dried and preserved. But such animals as bears, wolverines, porcupines, large marmots and the Cervus family, need pow- erful preservatives, which will penetrate the skin quickly, thus prevent- ing putrifaction. Small animals should be skinned below the eyes to the teeth, and have the lips split and rnbbed well in pulverized saltpetre and alum, and have the feet and head primed wlth corrosive sublimate dissolved in alcohol or hot water, and the whole skin covered with dry arsenic, Ifthe skinsare to be mounted, allow them to dry in the open air as soon as possible. When turned inside out skins thus prepared look very poor to the collector, but the taxidermist would select them for mounting in preference to skins which had been returned, filled out and brushed up to a nicety. Large animals may be prepared in the same way, but should have the skull and leg bones removed from the skin, and the lean meat should be cut away from the lips, and the dark colored flesh on the margin of the lips be split and preserved. The pre- seryatives should be crowded between the skin and bones, at the base of the hoofs, and should also be applied on the outer or fur side of the skin in similar places. The eats of large animals should be skinned half their length, the superflous meat removed from the base of the gristly parts and be well primed with the preservatives. Pelits may be preserved successfully as above stated, in any climate or at any season; provided they are kept from being fly-blown. J. H. Barry, Collector, Dr. F. VY. HAypEN In charge. U. 8. G@. Survey. pe ate BALTIMoRE, January 27, 1874. Epitor Forest AND STREAM :— , Do quail withhold their scent? Among sportsmen of my acquaint- ance there is the greatest diversity of opinion. If they do, and I incline to that opinion, isit an act of will, or is it involuntary and caused by fright? : Last November, when hunting in Virginia, one of my dogs pointed a bevy of full-grown birds in some brush. I put them up, killing one with my right-hand barrel and missing with my left. However, as I marked them down in a grassy meadow, about three hunnred yards off, the miss did not cause me any special unhappiness. Without any delay I walked to the spot, a solitary bush around which] had seen them drop, and hunted every yard of the ground, both dogs working care- fully, and I walking it over; finally the bitch pointed, and I put up the bird within a yard of her nose. I killed that and four more, the dogs getting almost over them before pointing. At the last shot the rest of the bevy, about twelve birds got up from the ground I had been hunting oyer, It was not more than twenty yards square and covered with thick grass about a foot high. Had the dogs been strangers to meI should have blamed them, but they are both good, and the bitch has a remarkably good nose. Hoping to hear from you, I am truly yours, G. H. M. [After a bevy of quail have been once flushed they will fly say 150 yards or so and alight, huddling together, never moving, and scarcely breathing. The scent that comes from them is not perceptible even to the delicate nose of the finest dog; but. let the same bevy rest awhile, recover their nervousness as it were, and begin to move about ever so carefully and they emit a strong scent. Mark down the bevy, and always wait a few minutes, keeping the dogs ‘‘to heel” before flushing them a second time. The scent is withheld, not from any will power, but because the birds are in a state of quiescence.—Ep. ] et 6 es CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE, eee DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC PARKS, /{ NeEw York, January 31, 1874. j Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending Jan- uary 30: One Toque Monkey, Afacacus pileatus. ab. Ceylon. One Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus. Captured in the park. One Mottled Owl, Scops asio. Presented by Mr. M. I. Hoff. W. A. Conguin. ee § i FISH BREEDING AT BURGHLEY HOUSE. —— OU will be glad to hear that I have just received a good remittance of ova from Mr. Robert Roosevelt, New York, through the kindness of Sir Edward Thornton. The ova have arrived in first-rate order, and are safely de- posited in my breeding-boxes. Four boxes contain the ova of the Coregonus albus (white-fish), four of Salino amethystus (salmon-trout), and four of Salmo fontinal’s. The ova of the white-fish seem to travel the least well of the three kinds, as there are many dead amongst them, while the other two sorts have arrived.in perfect order. Icouldhave some ‘‘Black Bass” sent over, but am afraid of them, as Mr, Roosevelt says that ‘‘the Black Bass (Grystes nigricans) is a fighting American, and will swallow every British fish in your lakes. It is our champion fish, and it can whip all creation of the fish race.” After this description, I think that you will advise me to have nothing to do with such a devil, if I want to get up trout and Salmo fontinalis in my ponds. The fish hatched from eggs sent me by Sir Edward Thornton last year are doing very well, and are growing rapidly. They are principally salmon, white and big lake trout, with a few white-fish. I hatched a good number of the latter, but, unfortunately, lost most of them, through their escaping down the waste-pipe of the lower large tank. Thad a guard of perforated zinc; but the little white-fish seem to work themselves through everything, and they got away, despite all my care and that of my servant, who is a very good hand at fish-hatching. The trout appear to grow rapidly; I have taken out several over one and two pounds weight this summer, while shifting my fish from one pond to another; and one trout was nearly three pounds in weight. These fish had only been hatched a year, ora year and a-half at most. Amongst them, I took out about one dozen very pretty fish, as bright as salmon, but differ. ent in form. They are broader than salmon, flatter in the sides, and the head is of a different form from either the above-mentioned fish or the trout. The scales were like salmon scales, but rather coarser. I am sorry now that I did not take fuller particulars of the fish before turning them into the ponds, and I cannot get at them now. Not having seen a full-grown American white-fish, I am unable to say if these fish are the same; but not having any white- fish spawn sent me the year before last, I do not think that my friends can be the Coregonns albus. Anyhow, they are very handsome fish, and they came in the ova from the oe side of the Atlantic, and were hatched in my boxes here, Enclosed I send you the observations made by my valet (Deane), while attending to the hatching of. the ova sent me from various parts. The ova from Switzerland gen- erally turn out well; but the sender should be more careful about the packing of the ova, which are often sent in too crowded a state. EXETER. —Land & Waiter. Seth Green, Esq., has kindly inclosed to us the above paragraph, remarking that ‘‘the strange fish mentioned in Lord Exeter's letter in the Land & Water, January 10th, as above, is a hybrid between the Great Lake Trout and White Fish. The spawn of the trout was impregnated with white-fish milt. I hope Lord Exeter will take great pains to raise them for scientific ob- servations, and will give us a full description of what they are like through some paper.”’ a —A large number of valuable papers on Natural History accumulated within the past fortnight, are necessarily de- ferred until next week.—Eb. ] Kish Culture. PRACTICAL FISH CULTURE.—No. 4. n4 THE AINSWORTH SCREENS. pea DEE es HIS admirable contrivance for taking spawn, in a natural manner, is the invention of the Hon. Stephen H. Ainsworth, of West Bloomfield, N. Y., who has been called the father of fish culture in. America, as he was the first to engage in it, whose experiments were successful enough to attract attention. The screens were first used by him in the fall of 1868, and by the writer in the following season. They are not patented, neither are any of the other inventions of this gentleman, who has devoted many years to studying the habits of fishes, simply from the love of it, _as becomes a true angler, who, while he delights to kill his game, has an eye to its increase and protection; and it isto be regretted that his limited supply of water, and its dis- tance from his residence, combined with his poor health, should have prevented him from further experiments for the past three years; but as I will have occasion to refer to his place again under the head of ‘‘Ponds and Water Supply,” I will proceed with a description of the screens, their manufacture and mode of working. The race is, of course, at the head of the pond and should have a flat bottom and square sides of either stone or plank; ours, at Honeoye Falls, have stone sides and a bottom of hemlock boards; the depth of water at the upper end is six, and at the lower eighteen inches. Whether this sloping bottom is of any advantage or not, I cannot say, but they were built so because some one recommended it as being the best arrangement for a race where fish of differ- ent sizes resorted to spawn, giving the small ones a chance- in water too shoal to be frequented by the larger fish, which may be good in such a case, but our different sized fish are kept in separate ponds. IJ have noticed, however, that most of the spawn is deposited near the centre of the race. Our races are four feet wide, and the frames for the bot-- tom screens are made of strips of inch pine, two inches wide; the frame is made three feet long and the width of the race, with a strip in the middle dividing it lengthwise into two sections, each 82 inches by 21; these are covered with wire cloth of eight wires to the inch; three strips are then put on over the cloth, on the middle, and side strips, so that they do not interfere with a flow of water under the screens, and will not allow the screen to sag to the bottom of the race. The upper screens are put on boxes made of inch stuff. “six inches wide; they are made so that two of them just cover one bottom screen, resting on the middle strip; they SSS eo are three by two feet, . outside measurement; ay gi le oe require £0 be stronger as they have to sustain the weight of gravel; they are covered with cloth of four wires to the inch. Before putting in the screens for the season the race is swept clean of sediment; then a bottom screen is put down and held in place by one person in the water, who puts his foot on it; the top screen is then lowered with its covering of clean gravel by means of iron hooks, this holds the bottom one down; its mate.is then put beside it. It is well to have spaces cut in the ends of the upper boxes for the fish to pass through at the upper end of the race, where the water is so shallow that the top of the box is out of water, The hooks for raising the top screens are made of an fron rod bent in the middle to form a handle, and the ends apread to hook into two holes in the ends of the box. It will be seen from the above description that this beautiful invention is simply an artificial nest, inyitingly covered with clean gravel to attract the trout to deposit their spawn, as We make a nest for our hens where we wish them to lay by putting some nice straw in a box. The wire cloth being on the bottom side of the over: screen there is only an ain space between the coarse and the fine wire. The trout readily accept this bed, and their spawn passes through the top screen and is caught on the lower one, Where it is protected from all harm. To gather the spawn requires two men, one of whom has on pubber boots that come to the thighs; the board cover- ing is removed from the top of the race and one operator gets into the water below the sereens; the other puts a board across the race to stand upon; they then put the hooks in each end of a box and raise it just out of water and give it a souse back to wash out any eggs that may re- main caught in the gravel; it is then deposited on the top of the race; the man in the water now puts his foot on the lower screen to prevent its bouyancy from lifting it too uddenly, when the other top screen is removed. The bottom screen is now allowed to rise so slowly as not to wash over any spawn that may lie upon it, which is collected by sweeping it with a feather from a turkey’s wing into a cribble made with turned up edges like a dust- pan with a few smail holes in the back to allow some of the water to pass; this cribble need not be over four inches wide and three deep; it must set flat and have ahandle about six inches long at right angles to the bottom; this handle should be of wood, ‘and the iron handle of the hooks should b: wound with cord for comfort on cold days. Sweep up the spawn dirt and all, for it has to be washed afterwards, no matter how particular you gatherit. These screens are then replaced and jhe next set Siete This is a description of the manner that I have always | worked them as learned from my esteemed friend the in- yventor. There has been a device patented to save the labor of lifting the gravel, which I have seen at work, but wish to investigate a little more closely before giving an opinion of its merits. Mr, Stone, in his work, page 36, says: :—'There is some difference of opinion as to the question which yields the most exes, the artificial or the screen method, and the re- sults of some experiments of Mr. F. Mather seem to be ad- verse to the Ainsworth plan.” This is a mistake, either of my meaning, or a slip of the pen, for [have ever advocated the screen system. The only known objection to the screens lies j in the fact that the percentage of impregnated eggs is not so great as by the hand method; but this, in my opinion, is more than compensated for in the amount of fish that can be raised from the same number of eggs when the young are kept in confinement. Ihave taken spawn in both ways, and raised the youne, andcan therefore speak by the card. I do not pretend to say that eggs laid on screens and impregnated in 4 natural manner, are any better than those taken by hand, if the latter are fully ripe; but I know, from experience, that ofa lot of twenty fish caught to-day, and which are ripe enough to allow the spawn to be taken, some would not have deposited it for at least three days, perhaps a longer time might elapse, but it can be taken three days ahead of time; these eggs will hatch, and seem to do well up to the lime of the absorption of the sac; then those who, like Macduff, canie into the world from the womb, ‘‘untimely ripped,” will weaken; their stomachs do not seem to be sufficiently developed to take the food that we offer; per- haps if turned loose they might find food suited to their weak natures and in time become lusty fish; but when we confine a lot of delicate young trout just beginning to feed, and give them strange food, none but the most robust will survive. For my part, J ould prefer 20,000 spawn laidin the natural manner to 50,000 taken in the ordinary way by hand—by the ordinary way, I mean taking all eggs from all fish that will strip. I believe a fish will be stronger if the ege is left until the female lays it, than if taken two, or even one day before. IT am aware that this is an unpopular idea among the practical fish culturists, and one that we have had sharp discussions over in the ‘‘American Fish Culturist’s Associa- tion,” where Ihave defended it alone, but I believe and practice it; and the fact of its being a will not de- ter me from preaching it. The proper food of a trout for the firs t month or two after the absorption of the sac, is small insects and aquatic larva, which we cannot supply in quantity, therefore, we try liver, kidney, blood, egg, &c., and keep them crowded in boxes or troughs and the weak ones must go under, and SOUTHERN WATERS, Pompano, Trout, (Black Bass.) Sheepshead. Snapper. Drum, (two species.) Tailorfish. Grouper. Kingfish. Sea Bass. Rocktish. Striped Bass, Rockfish. ——_4—_——— Tur MaAssacnusetTts ANGLERS’ AssocraTron held an im- ‘portant meeting on the 28th of January, in Boston, Dr. J. P. Ordway, the President, in the chair. Twenty-eight new members were elected. Dr, A. L. Squires, now of New- port, accepted the office of Corresponding Secretary. The committee on trout submitted 4 report in which they stated that they have made a careful examinination of the laws relating to trout fishing, and have also visited many places where trout were exposed for sale. We copy the report almost entire: That the laws of Maine are daily violated, and toa great extent is apparent. Hardly a day that there are not ex- posed in the stalls of Quincy Market light-meated, dark- sided trout, whose spots and general appearance tell too plainly that the waters of the Kennebago and Cupsuptic were once lashed by their tails. Most of such Maine trout brought here for a winter market are in the worst possible condition—very soft and often so long out of water that they are utterly unfit for the table. And yet there is a de- mand for them. Brook trout, also, from Vermont and Maine, are offered in the market in large quantities—poor, little, weak, puny things, not to be compared to the speckled beauties of next May. A blind man, with a copper-fastened stomach, and no reputation, might possibly be induced to admit that he had purchased and swallowed half a dozen such trout, but that a person in his right mind, with eyes, and knowing anything of the laws of health and digestion, could be found toadmit as much is beyond the comprehension of Nature stamps their corruption with plain marks, and theirsickly, unhealthy appearance outside and in would warn anybody except the keeper of a boarding house. But how are we to prevent these sales? Your com- mittee find that the sum of all the periods in the different States during whicl trout are forbidden to be taken orsold amounts to nearly the whole year. The spawning season varies very much in the time of its commencement and ending, varying even in the same State in different local- ities. There would then be an evident injustice in passing a law | to prevent the exposure for sale in Boston of all trout caught outside the Commonwealth within the limits of time which, in this State, it is legal to take them, as such trout may have been caught at a time when, where caught, it was perfectly legal to catch them, and may be in a perfect- ly good condition. -It may be possible to provide by statute that it shall be illegal to sell or have in one’s possession in this State trout caught in another State contrary to the laws of such State or within the prohibited periods; and your Committee en- deavor herewith to lay before you a bill for this purpose. There are also in this State laws relating to the inspection of food, from which the Committee hope to gain some aid for the objects of this Associations We can actively in- fluence the appointment of inspectors—men open to con- viction on the subject—and we can see that they are fully informed as to the quality of the trout coming into thls market within the prohibited times. Under the provisions of 1872, chapter 231, such inspectors have the power to in- spect all fish offered for sale, and when they find any that are unwholesome, from any cause, they may seize the same and have them destroyed. Another provision of the same : statute is to the effect that whoever knowingly offers for sale unwholesome fish is to be punished by imprisonment in jail not exceeding sixty days, or by fine not exceeding $100. AZ FOREST AND STRE ba a TR TT LT Sa yee Ee —- Your committce think that it will be in the power of the Association, availing themselves of this statute by proper publications, to greatly discourage the sale of trout illegally caugnt, The association can do much more in another direction, It is painful to have to admit, as we must, that reputed sportsmen. often leave word with the farmers and guides who live near the ponds and brooks that furnished them their summer sport, that they would like a few large ones during the winter. The bribe is greedily taken, and the boors, only too familiar with the spawning grounds, and eager to please their summer boarder, think nothing of killing the great mother trout with their millions of eggs, and so depopulating the streams. This Association can make it very uncomfortable for such pseudo sportsmen. And it will be easy to start a similar association in, every State in New England, Hach member to become a live de- tective and report to the brotherhood of sportsmen all vio- lators of the law. A few published notices of such char- acters would diminish their numbers. Such associations, corresponding with one another, would soon make their in- fluence felt, and in high places. One of your committee reporis throug: us an experience which shows the necessity of such influence, an expericuce which shows that wicked violations of tie law ia sister States have been duly and earefully brought to the notice of per- sons in authority, and whose official position cnabied them to do something about it, and ne proper notice was taken of it by them. Persons guilty of spearing, grappling and netting trout in the spawning season, contrary to the State law, Were excused on the ground of personal friendship. No trial justice, nor fish commissioner, nor inspector of provisions, would dare be guilty of such conduct in this State now, when he knows that an association of such num- bers and influence as ours would have his name reported tothem, and his conduct discussed, and an effort imme- diately made and persistently kept up to have him dismissed from his office. To sum up then, your committee are of opinion that the Association can do something for the protection of trout in the following ways, 1st. By influencing public opinion, procuring similar as. sociations to be formed in other sister States, and co-operat- ing with them forthe purpose. 2d. By calling the attention of the community to the ex- isting provisions of the fish law and of tue laws for the in- spection of fish as food, and doing ajl we can to secure their enforcement in this State, and for this purpose offering re- wards for detection and conviction of offenders. 3d. By specially teaching that the killing or taking of trout on their spawning beds by any process is not inerely stealing but worse, as it destroys the source of property. 4th. By procuring the enactment of a law which shall make it unlawful to expose for sale in our Massachusetts markets fish illegally taken in other States within the j-erl- ods for which their taking is prohibited in such States. Re- spectiully, Sron W. HATHEWAY, | Sotomon Hovey, JR., Committee. : J. H. C. CAMPBELL, j The draft of a bill for the protection of trout accompan- ied tuis report, of a very stringent nature, which will be presented by the Association through their committee to the Legislative Committee on Fisheries, . .The President in this connection read several letters from Mr. J. H. Kimball, one of the Maine Fish Commis- sioners, endorsing the work of the society, and favoring the- passage of similar laws in allof the New England States, relating to the catching and sale of trout. ——————EEE TABULAR STATEMENT of the Catch of Salmon by Messrs. John W. Nich- olson and R. C. Boxall, during portions of the months of July and August, 1873, on the Nepissiquit River, New Brunswick, leased by John W. Nicholson of St. Johns, N. B., from the Dominion of Can- ada, for the purpose of Angling for Salmon with the Fly. 1873. CATCH BY JOHN W. NICHOLSON. | CATCH BY RICHARD C. BOXALL. Date. sche paca Remarks | Date. eaeniga Remarks. ra «| | Arrvd on July 7| 38 | 4 |Arrived on by re | s river 12.3°ly| —- 8) 2 4 jriver 7th J’ly ee mv ‘ C ¢ Ss ae ck | te rh ‘ , wit +e ae | oe 1! 0 W July 12 9 0 thed2|) el Gh ty eats: Pa .. |Sunday-. | 43 18) ai .. |Sunday. Fle 12 | 0 \ 3 7 : . | etal ao ("4 oi) 7 3 | it 7g ee oi Gk] oO “ 4g) 7 | 8 “ 79} t2 | 1 “191 0 3 ‘ zi) A .. |Sunday a es fe 4 (lame «By 8 | 2 | | 0 * 23| 4 | 6 i R8 3 0 s o4| 17 | 3 | i 24 4 7 BB] 8 ral s [a aed, - jSunday, | ~ 27) «. .. |Sunday. °° 28} 11 2 ss 28) 38 Bt Re) 5 1 20 7 2 ch) Ey oH Bk Aug. J 3 | 3 Aug. 1) 10 | 4 | eo 4 || 1 jbefe river, | 2h 4 2 \Left river. Total | 202 | 45 ah haar Wotal | 110 | 89 er ee aye? | fishing. ——- 8 ; we daily c’tch ba ‘av’e daily c’ tech a 4 om Salmon|Grilse | 10 1-10; 2 ;Salmon| Grilse 42-5 | BF AOE weig’t Salmon | Grilse 44 1b | |Aver’ge welg’t | bape Grilse | 15 lb. | 15 lb. (44 1b. | ded sr, Joun, New Brunswick, 7th January, 1874 —Dr,. Fowler, of Syracuse, has placed anglers under ob- ligations by giving them a newly invented reel, made of hard rubber, which for the simple quality of lightness makes it a great desideratum. It has been difficult to com- bine this requisite with the strength necessary to support the sometimes complicated machinery of the reel, and all anglers who use the finest tackle will appreciate Fowler’s There are other new features in his patent Andrew Clerk, of Maiden See advertisement improvement. which are worthy of attention. Lane, is the sole agent for their sale. elsewhere, ‘—Our correspondent ‘‘Fern Fly” shows how trout can be caught that will not cost ‘ta dollar per pound’—this being the estimated average when travelling expeuses and outfit are taken into account. He writes: “We planned a pedestrian trip frum Rondont to Callicoon on the Del- aware river, a distance of about one hundred miles. Accordingly we left New York one evening by bout for Rondout, and the following morning we went up the Rondout and Oswego Railroad to Big Injun Station, and from there began our tramp up the Big Injun Creek to its head; then over the mountain to the west branch of the Neversink, down this stream to its junction with the east branch at the little tan- nery village of Dewittsville, and from there twelye miles through the woods to Balsam Lake and the headwaters of the far-famed Beaverkill. Then down the latter to Wesitieid Flats, where we took stage for Calli- coon, and from here afew hours’ ride on the Hrie Railway brought us back to New York, after an absence of two weeks, ten times stronger and dirtier than when we left it. The expenses of such a trip will not cost anywhere near the proverbial dollar a pound. Two are enough to make sucha trip as this. It will be necessary for the sportsman to carry blankets, woolen and rubber, cooking utensils, and other appliances for camping, but pork, bread, butter, &c., can be obtained at the logeabins which are scattered all through this region, and if the party are accustomed te camp life they can find an abundance of real solid enjoyment. The Coachman, Beayerkill, Brown Hen, Alder and Grizzly king are some of the best flies for this country. Fern Fiy. These pedestrian excursions are often most enjoyable, and are frequently undertaken by students of New Eng- land colleges with pleasure and profit. = 308 Wusrt LOGAN SQUARE, Philadelphia, Feb. 2, 1874. EpDrIvor Forksr AND STREAM:— . The private letter which states that I am ‘‘presently to start a large fishing tackle and rod factory at Philadelphia,” does so in error. I have for some years been making fine fly rods and tackle and furnishing such outfits, but the rods, from but to top, including ferules, also trout and salmon flies, are all of my handiwork. Consequently the production of my workshop is not very large, although I am kept constantly busy. Ido make fine bait and trolling rods when ordered, but my work is almost exclusively fine fly-fishing tackle. THapDpEUS NorRIs. Hlachting and Boating. Ali communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed not later than Monday in each week. oo HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. DATE, | BOSTON. | NEW YORK, | CHARL’ST’N 23S eS —_ |» ——— | a a a a | — oe | h. m h. m. h. m. Beh. Osea cee 2 14 10 56 | 10 34 Heb. Cee, Ae | 2 49 11 32 | 10 49 Rebs cieantsa | 2 26 | eve. 11 11 26 eA ci gee Ba 4 6 0 53 | eve. 6 We AONG ta nete seas | 4 5b i 1 42 0 55 lon (ime ee ee eet | 5 50 | 2 386 | 1 50 Repnty wom ek 6 5E 3 38 | 2 55 Brookityn Yacut Cruus.—The annual meeting of this well-known Club was held in their rooms, in Court Street, Brooklyn, on the evening of the 28th of January; hereto- fore this mecting has taken place during the month of April, but, considering that month too near the opening of the season, in order to give them more time, they changed it to the above date. The business before the meeting was the discussion of matters of interest to the Club and the annual election of officers. The’ business ‘‘behind the meeting,” (as the Dutchman said,) was the discussion of a most brilliant champagne ‘‘feed,” in honor of the birthday of the Club, and, as yachts are always called ‘‘her” and “‘she,” being gallantly inclined, we won't give the age, (fact is, we don’t know it.) Of the supper more anon. As showing the unanimity and good fellowship existing in the Club, most all of the officers of the past year were unanimously re-elected, with the exceptions of ‘‘Happy,” John Oakey as Judge Advocate, in place of Henry A. Mott, Esq., whom Stuart of Winter Garden fame used to call “Bon. Mott,” and J. A. Brawan, Hsq., in place of J. Varnum Mott, M. D., on the Regatta Committee. The members then, whose appetites had been growing from the ‘‘sound of preparations” and the smell of “‘sundry hot things” from an adjoining room, shaped their course for that room and soon fell too, as yachtsmen only can. After doing ample justice to the Steward’s ‘‘fixtures,” the ‘‘teast of reason” commenced; the following are some of the toasts and responses, not in order, if may be, as this is from memory alone:— “Our past;”’ responded to by Mr. G. L. Haight, of the Genia. Add an “J+? to the name of his yacht, and you have the man, and the same may be said of the speech. “The New York Yacht Club, the parent organization;” responded to by Chris. Gunther, Esq. “Sister Clubs;’’ responded to by the ex-mayor of Detroit, Mr. Smith. “Woman; by John Oakey. -“Our future;”’ by Dr. Hall, “The navigators of the Sound;” responded toina sound manner by Rear-Commodore Dillon, whose yacht, like all ‘‘Kates,’’ is pretty and graceful, “Our officers and ex-officers;”? by ex-Commodore J. 8. Dickerson, of the Pleur-de-Lis. After some charming singing, they rose from the table at eight bells sharp, all satisfied with themselves, the Brooklyn Yacht-Club, and everything and everybody, Among other well-known yachtsmen the following were present:—Commodore Voorhis, Captain; “Joe” Ellsworth, P. McGiehan, John Sawyer, of the ‘‘Mystic;” Commodore Langley, Captain Waterman, of the ‘‘Quickstep;” J. T. Pierson, of the fast beauty, ‘“Jeannette,” carrying the pen- nant of the Bayonne Yacht Club, and many others. The Club contemplate moving from their present quarters to the new buiiding at the corner of Montague and Court Streets, and by another birthday, hope to spread themselves in more roomy and elegant shape. The Measurer, Mr. J. M. Sawyer, reports that there were - ’ schooner. seventeen schooners, forty-four sloops, and five steamers en- rolled on the books, and that there were several more buil- ding, which would be added to the fleet in the spring. The following are the list of officers for the year 1874:— Commodore—Jacob Voorhis, dr. | Vice-Commodore—John S. Dickerson. Rear Commodore—Robert Dillon. President—P. W. Ostrander. Secretary—W. T, Lee. Treasurer—Chauncey M. Felt. Assistant Secretary—George G. Dunning, Measnrer—John M. Sawyer. Fleet Surgeon—Samuel Hall, M.D. Judge Advocate—John Oakey. Trustees—G. L. Haight, J. J. Treadwell, J. H. Dimon, H. 8. Wood Rufus Hatch, W. B. Nicholls, John T. Barnard. Committee on Membership—Charles L. Franklin, W. M. Ringewood, Thomas Fry, M. D. Regatta Committee—H. Baragwanath, J. A. Breman, Ernst Wendt, M. T. Davidson, Dr. Samuel Hall. E. M.. —Mr. A. Hi. Smith, proprietor of the marine railways at Islip, has on the stocks a first-rate yacht of forty-five fect keel for parties in Albany; a twenty-five feet keel cat-boat for Mr. Van Vorst, of New York, to be finished in hard wood; a twenty-two feet keel cat-boat for parties in Islip, and has contracted to build a schooner-yacht of eighty-two feet keel, twenty-two feet beam, and five and a half feet hold, for Wm. H. Langley, of Brooklyn, to be finished in time for the usual June regattas. —The following is a list of the officers of the Bunker Hill Yacht Club, of Charlestown, Mass., for the ensuing year :—J. H. Pitman, Commodore; A. A. Lawrence, Vice- Commodore; P. Lobdeli, Fleet Captain; Warren Ferrin, Sec- retary; George Melvin, Treasurer; P. J. Hencby, Financial Secretary; William R. Cooper, C. H. Hatch, E. Cutter, Trustees; R. B. Brown, J. G. Lovell, Measurers; W. Mc- Laughlin, Steward. Ex-Commodore Daniel R. Beckford, of this club, has purchased a fine residence in Marblehead, and will soon move thither. Hehas negotiated for a new schooner yacht, which will be thirty feet long and about twenty-five tons burden. | —At the annual meeting of the Madison, Wisconsin, Yacht Club, the following officers were elected for the en- suing year:—Commodore, Myron T. Bailey; Vice Commo- dore, S. C. Cabanne; Recording Secretary, N. P. Jones; Corresponding Secretary, Charles G. Mayers; Treasurer, George A. Patterson; Measurer, John Gallagher; Collector, Charles K. Kenney; Steward, John W. Rudd. Regatta Committee, C. G. Mayers, George 8. Case and’ William G. Pitman. The Club is ina flourishing condition. --The ‘‘Yacht Mercury” of the South Boston Yacht Club will carry the Commodores’ Flag the coming season, she having lately beer purchased by Commodore J. N. Roberts, who will put her in first-rate order, and make her worthy of the prominent position she will occupy in the fleet. Boston, January 29, 1874. Eprror ForrEstT AND STREAM :— T seein the last number a question by J. E. W., regarding the where- abouts of the yacht Julia, mentioned by ‘tH. M.,’? which he says he raw in Narragansett Bay in 1871. L think there must be some mistake about the date, as the Julia men- tioned by E. M. was at that time in Eastern waters. She was built by Mr. Waterbury, is 77 feet in length and 20 in breadth; she was sold into Eastern waters in 1861 or 1862, and there changed to a centre-board Afterwards she was sold to New York, and from there to a ventleman living on Narragansett Bay, who changed her toa -keel schooner. She remained there till the fall of 1870 or the early spring of 1871, when she was sold to a member of the Eastern Yacht Club. At any rate she arrived in time to participate in the annual regatta of the B. ¥. C. held at Marblehead July 14th, 1871, and I feel sure did not £0 round the cape afterwards. In 1871 and ’72 she sailed in several regattas of the E. Y. C., being re-changed to a centre-board in the spring of 1872. ‘Last season she flew the Vice Commodore’s flag, and led the fleet on the annual cruise to Mt. Desert; she also sailed in the regattas of the club, barely missing the prize on the 23th of June. I would refer you to the N. Y. Y. C. books of 1863 and 1&70 and the EH. Y. C. books of 1871, 72, and 773. ‘“E.M.” also speaks of other yachts of which I can give him some information. The America is no longer owned by Uncle Sam, as BE. M. would have seen if he had read the Forres? anp Stream for November 13. She was purchased last August by a Boston gentleman and sailed over the course in the HE. Y, C. regatta of the 4th of Septem- ber, where she was badly beaten by the Halcyon: the Silvie also beat her one minute by allowance. It is, however, only fair to state that it was blowing very hard and puffy, and that her rigging was in a fearful condition, as she lost her boat, sprung her jibboom and main-topmast, &c.; but on the other hand, the Halcyon lost her flying-jib and the Silvie her jib-boom. The Rebecca also was mentioned by E. M. She wus changed to a schooner and has been for several years in Eastern waters, being flag- ship of the H. Y. C. for three years. Sheis now owned by a member of the club. The Narragansett also belonged to the EH. Y. C., and is now owned at Boston. The Una is now a pleasure boat at the Boston wharves, while the Has- well raced the Sadie of the E. ¥. C, in 1871. Yours truly, BLUE WITH A GOLD Casrtiz, —That was a good example which Mr. Thomas Brassey, M. P., for the venerable borough of (Hastings, England, lately set our venerable yachtsmen. Not content with mere amateur proficiency in nautical knowledge, Mr. Bras- sey, has passed the Hastings Marine Board, and obtained his certificate of proficiency as a master in the mercantile marine. Mr. Brassey has the honor of being the first amateur sailor who has obtained such certificate, which is only granted upon the candidate displaying a thorough kaow- iedge of practical navigation. —Capt. Dana, of the Harvard crew, anda delegate to the recent convention of rowing associations, has sent a letter to Mayor Waller, of New London, Conn., in which he asserts that Harvard boatmen are strongly opposed to the proposed College regatta at Saratoga, and intimates that another convention will probably be soon called. He thinks New London would be a suitable place for the re- gatta, provided certain conditions can be complied with by the authorities of that city. | FOREST AND STREAM. 413 —With regard to the withdrawal of Amherst College from the Saratoga regatta, the Amberst Student of January 31st says:— “Jtisa great source of regret amongst us that we feel obliged to take the step we have taken. If the Convention had selected New London or any other respectable place we would most gladly have entered. Indeed, we may say that if the evilresults which we anticipate at Saratoga do not follow, and it proves to be all that itis claimed to be, we shall be willing to row there, if ever another regatta should be held there. But until this has been demonstrated by actual experiment we prefer to stand aloof. “We still favor the idea of ‘A New England Association,’ aud we firmly - pelieve there is no safer way to preserve ‘The College Regatta’ from the corrupting and contaminating influences to which it is now recklessly éx- posod than to form an association of our own New England colleges, se- lect the best water in New England, and harmoniously and independent- ly enjoy amongst ourselves the pleasures and the triumphs of the inter- collegiate contest.” Ata mass meeting of the Amherst Boating Association, io take into consideration the action of the Hartford dele- gates, it was argued that ‘‘we have nothing to fear from not being represented in the coming regatta, as the rivalry between the different classes was sufficient to keep boating alive and the men in good training.” The following reso- lutions were adopted without a dissenting voice :— Warreas, By vote of the Rowing Association of Colleges Saratoga has secured the coming regatta; and Wuereas, In the popular judgement Saratoga and its amusements are controlled by professional gentlemen, whose superintendence and assist- ance would be deemed contaminating; and Wuerzas, he College Regatta has owed its past popularity and use- fulness to its houest spirit of emulation and its mdependeuce of such outside manipulations as are supposed to reign supreme at Saratoga, Rerolved, That Amherst is opposed to a College Regatta at Saratoga as hostile to the welfare of the Rowing Association of colleges in general and Amherst in particular. Resolved, That Amherst will not row in Saratoga waters. Resolved, That the officers of this College Boat Club be directed to ar- range for a class regatta at Hatfield commencement week. After the business of the mecting was transacted, Dr. Edward Hitchcock said that he was glad that the students had taken this manly stand, andhe was sure that they would meet with the fullsympathy and support of the Alumni. ORANGE, N. J., January 26, 1874, Epitor Forest AND STREAM :— The decision of the college oarsmen to row in July next on Saratoga Lake, it seems to me, is likely to prove asource of regret to those who, like yourself, are anxious to pro- mote the best interests of athletic sports, and especially of rowing, among American gentlemen. I desire fo call at- tention to some points wherein their action seems prema- ture, ill-advised, and likely to prove prejudicial. To begin with, the disregard of their own rules is omi- nous. According to the constitution, all applications for admission to the Rowing Association, all constitutional amendments, the question of when and where the regatta shall be rowed, could not be finally acted upon until the annual convention on the 25th of next March. The inter- val from then till July would afford ample time for the most elaborate regatta arrangements. The precipitation in forcing a decision, the evident aversion of the Saratoga claimants to a deliberate and full discussion by the college and public press of the different places proposed, and the report that, notwithstanding the association reiterated last week its vote of last spring, not to allow the employment of professional trainers, a crew well to the front in the last race has already engaged a professional, all seem to indi- cate that the constitution is hardly worth the printing. The representations of the Saratogians are most attractive, their promises truly profuse, and their offers are generous and seemingingly disinterested. But even admitting their clam thatthe Saratoga course, per se, is the ‘‘best in the world,” it is by no means certain that it is the best place, in New York even, for the young men of our best and oldest colleges torow their friendly races on. The character, reputation, and associations of the place must be consid- ered. Saratoga bears the reputation, and thrives. under it, of being the “summer capital of the fancy;” it is the stronghold of gamblers and betting men. The landlords and the real estate brokers, and therefore Morrisey, longed for the college revatta as a new sensation. They have got their desire. The Rowing Association is willing ‘‘to defy public opinion,” if need be, to please itself and Saratoga. “In order to satisfy public opinion,” if possible, it will ac- Cept no prizes nor favors from Saratoga, and from such as may be included under the term ‘“‘hospitalities.” The next Tegatta surely bids fair to be most brilliant. Doubtless it will be witnessed by a greater concourse of spectators than ever before. Ibelieye that Saratoga isso far away from the principai colleges, and the expense of getting there and Staying there so ereat, that very many collegians will be prevented from witnessing the races. But the gamblers and blacklegs will flock to the regattta. The boating element in our colleges can iil afford to Please and conciliate sports and the riff raff, for by so doing it will inevitably alienate the better class of undergradu- ates and the alumni. The disapproval and hostility of the professors and the “governors” will follow. If the oars- Men can command neither the sinews of war from their fathers and classmates, nor the moral support of thcir teachers and friends, they may as well give up the battle. In view of the fact that there is still a large and influential class in the community of those who are skeptical, to say the least, as to the benefits of boat racing; that there is a decided feeling against Saratoga as a gathering place for young men; that the Amherst College boat club bas unani- mously voted not to send any crew to row-at Saratoga, and that other clubs are greatly dissatisfied with the decision of the Converition, Ian but feel that, with the Hudson and | the Connecticut rivers at their disposal, the Association made a serious if not fatal mistake in voting to row on Saratoga Lake. i. CoLumMBIA ConuEGE, January 26, 1874. S} EpiTtor Forrst anp STREAM:— The Convention is a thing of the past. The next College Regatta is to be rowed at Saratoga Lake, on July 16th, and Amherst has with- drawn, while Harvard and Bowdoin are said to be contemplating the same sfep, But, if they are not willing to rowa fair race on an honest course, letthem go, There will be enough without them to make the regatta of *74 the greatest event in the history of American colleges. I wonder what objections these irritable gentlemen have to Saratoga. No one denies its advantages in the matters of a fair course, good accommo- dations, aud comparative ecasmess of access. In every particular it is superior to Springfield, which, in the opinion of students, is merely a synonym for extortion and fraud. “But what of John Morrissy and Gin Mills?’ says some pious deacon. I don’tintend to defend Morrissy but he will not hurt you if you leave him alone. And concerning Gin Mills, all I care to say is, that the Saratoga bars will not sell more than was sold in Springfield, and it will be better liquor and cheaper at that. Last summer there was a bar not one hundred yards from the Massasoit Honse, that was crowded day and night,and sold its villanons mixtures sec geds even a pretence of secrecy, and no attempt was made to close it. The action of the Convention in refusing the liberal offers of the Sar- atoga Club has effectually silenced the slanders that they were to be bought by generous oifers of prizes and financial assistance; and to all such proposals we say that we go to Saratoga to row a race for the championship of American colleges, and care for no other prize if we cannot win that, and we intend to senda crew that will make the winners work if they come in ahead of us. B. F. Rees, stroke of our crew last year, is cap- tain and stroke this year, and we can find acrew that is worthy to row behind him, which is saying enough; so if you go to Saratoga next July, as I have no doubt you will, look out for the “dashing white and blne”’ among the first. Our New England friends were on the right track when they proposed to make some limit to the membership of the association, but their pro- posal was slightly too selfish. What we need is to confine this contest to the real universities of the country, and not leave if open to every high school or mushroom college, and we must decide upon some stand- ard by which to measure each applicant, A great university cannot be created in amoment by any one man. The nearest approach to this is Cornell, but then Cornell is sé generis, and we are not likely to see an- other such for some time, and we may almost say that it requires at least a century to clothe a college with that garment of tradition and learning which is the great essential of a true university. But to de- scend from the abstract. Weare having dull times at Columbia; foot- ball is over and forgotten till next fall again revives it, and boating will not engage much attention until spring brings softer breezes and milder weather, A. —We are requested by the Saratoga Rowing Association to print the following card: SARATOGA ROWING ASSOCIATION, It is necessary for the Saratoga Rowing Association to have the ad- dress of every amateurrowing club of good standingin the United States and Canada. ‘The Association propose to issue soon its circulars concerning its annual regatta, which will be given some time in August, Therefore it is to be hoped that all rowing ciubs will send their address, giving name of President and Secretary, so that none may be over- looked, nor fail to receive circulars. Address SARATOGA ROWING ASSOCIATION. Saratoga Springs, New York. tational Pastimes. (8 Will or University correspondents kindly send us their most recent catalogues pea Sees —There was a grand gathering of gentlemen. athletes at, Wood's Gymnasium, Twenty-eighth street, on January 31st to witness a wrestling, fencing, and sparring exhibi- tion. The gymnasium was crowded by the pupils of Pro- fessor Wood, and the members of the athletic clubs of New Jersey. Chicago, and Brooklyn, who believe in the exercising of the various muscles in order to .bring them- selves into aastate of athletic perfection. The sparring match between Fred. J. Engelhardt, of the Turf, Mela, and Farm, and J. E. Russell was particularly effective. Myr. Pennell’s display of what a gentleman may do with judi- cious exercise and careful training was astonishing. He lifted, in fifteen minutes, dumb bells from 45 to 180. pounds, and finally sueceeded in putting up 201 pounds. This was the most successful gathering of indoor sports that we have had this winter. —We are gratified to learn, from personal interview with leading members of the ‘‘Athletic Club” of Philadelphia, that this pioneer of professional Base Ball clubs in the United States, is moving earnestly in the cause of reform, and that it is its earnest purpose to squelch the spirit of gambling out of the fraternity and its pastimes, and to re- move any unpleasant taint that may attach itself to profes- sional coutests in the field This ancient and honorable club have very select quarters in Philadelphia, and their rooms embrace an elegant parlor furnished with piano, paintings, &e., a billiard room and a chess room, showing that the members devote attention to the esthetic, as well as to physical culture in the professional arena. Princeton, N. J., January 26, 1874. Epitork ForREST AND STREAM:— [ have noticed in various sporting papers articles written in direct antagonism to the recent organization of the National Amateur Associa- tion of Base Bail players, and urging the calling of a conyention of col- lege organizations to frame a gonstitution and code of rules, which shall be binding upon all amateur organizations throughout the United States. The only argument which the author has endeayored to adyance, and in our mind we are very much averse to giving it the dignified name of argument, is “that afull representation of all amateur clubs cannot be had, and therefore no set of amateur organizations ought to assume the responsibility of codifying rules binding upon all other clubs without this association.”® If we do not organize a National Amateur Assoication, what are we going todo inthe matter? This writer says ‘Why, calla convention of college clubs, wherein all may be represented, and where the best legislation may be secured.*’ Now, theauthor of this lame sug- gestion is one who, from the experience which he has had in base ball matters certainly ought to know that in the first place no country would issue'a call for aconvention of that nature, and in the second that the amateur clubs throughout the United States would not subject them- selves to the legislation of sucha body. The point made that allamateur clubs cannot be represented in the present association, is equally un- sound, for no restrictions are placed upon membership, and any and every club so desirous has the right to send, and can send delegates who may represent their especial interests. Having shown wherein the author of the article ~eferred to has most egregiously erred in regard to non-representation,and still further, where he has committed a double error of judgment in imagining that either any college would be so disposed to undertake his proposed measures, or that the amateur clubs would willingly submit to any sich unauthor ized convention to legislate for them. However, before long there willbe a convention of college clubs called, when legislation will be entered upon, which shall be binding upon college organizations only, and that for purposcs effecting ana- tional tournament of colleges to beheld at Saratoga this summer on the occasion of the annual college regatta. ; We think that the present Association of Base Ball players is on such a basis that articles of this nature have no deleterious effect upon it, but only go to proye that its opponentsare actuated by anything but the best interests of amateur clubs. CHAMPION. CURLING. —The grand match, North vs. South, which took place at Central Park the’day we went to press, viz., January 20, resulted in the success of the Southern players by a score of 416 to 8317. Seventeen Rinks took part in the match, in- cluding members of the clubs of New York, Brooklyn, Paterson, Jersey City, Yonkers, &c. The Caledonian Club of this city bore off the honors and Mr. Templeton’s Rink lead the seore. SOUTH. NORTH Rink. Skip. Shots.| Rink. Skip. 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L, Ham- ilton, who received it on the part of the Grand National Curling Club. —The grand match in playing ‘‘points,” which took place at the Central Park Curling Lake, on Monday, Fep. 2d., was participated in by the Caledonian, New York and Burns Clubs, of New York; the Thistle, of Brooklyn, and the Paterson Club, and the several prizes won were as fol- lows :— First prize, J. R. Smith, of Paterson Club, eight points. Second prize, James Anderson, of Burns Club, seven points. Third prize, G. T. Addison, of Caledonian Club, six points. Referee, D. Faulis, of Caledonian Club. —The Caledonian Club, of Brooklyn, played a match with the New York Club at Central Park on Feb. 2d., which they won by the score of 37 to 34. Two rinks on each side were played, Andrew Kellock’s rink of Brook- lyn, taking the lead. Mr. G, Everett acted as referee. —The Central Park Lakes were all crowded to excess with skaters of both sexes on Feb. 2d., but at night the heavy snow storm drove all off the Lakes. There was also: erand skating at the Prospect Park and Capitoline Lakes, Brooklyn, on the same day, and at the latter resort on Feb- ruary 3d. : BILLIARDS, —The two great French artistes, Garnicr and Ubassy- played a match game at billiards on January 30th, in Tam- many Hall, for $2,000, the champion cup, and the cham- pionsnip of the world at the three ball carom game. ‘The number of points was 600. The table used was a5 by 10 carom standard American, with Collender’s combination cusnion. Joe Dion acted as umpire for Ubassy, Mr. New- hall, of Boston, for Garnier; C. B. Hubbell, the ex-cham- pion of Connecticut, was selected as referee, and Mr, G. Stone marked the game. The playing on both sides was brilliant in the extreme, but as we have before remarked, Ubassy seems just alittle too sure of his shots, and the astonishment depicted on his countenance when he misses ashot is one of irritability and surprise. Both players have their admirers, and the applause at Garnier’s massés and Ubassy’s inimitable draw shots amounted to amaze- ment. There was certainly an ebullition of fecling on the part of the auditory which must have been very gratifying to the brilliant experls. It was quite noticeable that when the audience became tired of applauding, and in order to show their surprise at the marvellous play the audience, one and all, laughed outright. The following is the score :-— GARNIER—O, 19, 2, 40, 33, 3, 4, 3, 0, 0, 4 iO) Al Le, LOS 10m 05 a: 1d, 0; 1p BP e238 el 05 ta Usassy—2, 7, 0, 2, 7, 0, 30, 3, 0, 0, 7, 5,4, 1, 0, 0, 9, 0, 2, 8, 10, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 4 20, 385, 0, 4, 2, 18—459. Average of winner, 8 48-69. Time of game, three hours and twenty minutes. —Daly & Larry’s Spingler House Billiard Room has just bee improved by having its tables thoroughly repaired, new cloths, cushions, balls, cues, &e. Daly, in conjunc- tion with Dudley Kavanagh and K. E, Willmarth, will sive exhibitions every Tuesday and Thursday evenings, —Cyrille Dion and Maurice Daly have made a match at French caroms, 600 points up for $2,000, to be played with-, in thirty days in this city; the game will probably be played in public. — — cas) si ~~ —David Pulsifer, a Boston expert, who was on here to witness the championship match, offered a purse of $250 as an inducement to Garnier and Ubassy to give an exhibition in that city. —A. W. Merriam, of New Orleans, has lately returned from Europe, and thoroughly refitted his room, besides ad- ding a spacious and elegant club room to his establish- ment. He is one of the most enterprising men in his busi- ness in the South. —A large number of billiard celebrities were here to witness the championship match, among whom was the veteran ‘‘Chris.” Bird, of Philadelphia, his first appearance here for eleven years; Albert Garnier, champion, is anxious to match himself and Maurice Daly against any two players in the world at French billiards, —Peter Tracy, the Stamford billiardist, wasin town Fri- day, and reports business-there flourishing, —Cyrille Dion, Maurice Daly, Joseph Dion, Ubassy, and Garnier, will visit Philadelphia this week to give an exhi- bition for the benefit of E. J. Plunket, who is suffering from a paralytic stroke. —John Deery is still in New York; A. P. Rudolph, at last accounts, in Havana, —Maurice Daly has challenged M. Garnier. The time, date, and place will-be arranged some day this week. —American tourists are familiar with the sturdy moun- taineers who act as guides over the rocky ways which di- vide France from Spain. La Chasse Illustrée tells of one of these guides, Orteig by name, who on December 2ist started on foot from Pau for Paris, and arrived in Paris on the Ist of January. As the distance is 880 kilometres, or 450 miles as the crow flies, it isa good tramp. It must be remembered that for the first sixty miles it was mountain travel, that the days were short, and that by the roads it was fully 550 miles. Orteig’s feat is justly worthy of mention. — Che Horse and the Caurse. —The Agricultural Association of La Salle, Ill., will hold a four day’s race mecting on the Ist. of July, and three following days. The first two days will be trotting and the other two running, Eight thousand dollars will be given in purses for competition—$4,000 for trotters and $4,000 for runners. —Harry Bassett will not be trained this year, but will be placed in the stud at Princeton, N. J., for Colonel Mc- Daniel’s exclusive service, —The Trainers’ and Drivers’ Protective Association passed a set of resolutions at a late meeting as an acknow- ledgment of the kindness and attention shown to members of their association by the members of the different trot- ting associations visited by them as trainers and drivers during the season of 1873. These resolutions were ad- dressed to Buffalo, Hampden, Beacon, Catskill, Point Breeze, Fleetwood, Prospect Park, Goshen, Plainville and Cleveland Club Park associations, The resolutions have been handsomely printed and a copy sent to each of the above trotting parks. —The Savannah Jockey Club have been obliged to post- poue the races until to-day owing to the inclement weather, Savannah is quite full of people, and the races promise to be the most successful held in the South since the war. —The Chestnut colt Tom Aiken, four years old, by John Aiken, dam Likeness, belonging tothe stables of L. A. Hitchcock, died suddenly, in Savannah, on Tuesday last, At the time Tom Aiken had been ridden around the track, when he stopped suddenly, reeled, fell to the ground and expired in less than two minutes, his rider barely alighting on the ground before the colt was down. His death was caused by congestion of the lungs. —It is stated by the Louisville Ledger that R. Ten Broeck, has recently shipped six head of race horses to Europe. —There are at present $60,000 worth of thorough-breds on the Nashville Course under training. In South Durham, Vermont, isto be found one of the oldest horses in the United States. This equine Methusa- lah isin his forty-second year, and is still lusty. Some time, years ago, wesaw an English horse near St. Catharines in Canada, whose age was thirty-eight, he was as neat looking and as full of fire as a two-year-old. Vanity Fair. Cut Cavendish Smoking: = Ask your Dealer, or send: direct 6 Mm worksforasupply of PURE To Vienna, Austria, Noy. 30, 1873. Messrs. Wii. S. Kimball & Coa. Strs—A friend of mine sent me, with transport of Indian Skulls, two pounds “‘ Vanity Fair,’’ which I declare to be the best Tobacco I ever smoked. We haye very good tobacco in Vienna—Turkish and Hungarian, but ‘Vanity Fair’? {othe King ofall, byitsaromatic flavor and the right sortof strongness. My friend in New York got an appointment in California, by that reason I apply immediately to you, begging you to send me forthe englosed ten dollars, a supply of **Vanity ‘air.’ and send with the next steamer to Germany. If there isa German firm De Sil your excellent ‘* Vanity Fair,” I eg you te enclose me the address. iad Dr. Jos, Hyrrn. Professor of Anatomy in the University of Vienna. TO SPORTSMEN. “BHLLE.” The artistic ANIMAL, the champion field dog of England has been enlarged by a celebrated animal painter of | this city, and cut on stone,and also Photographed | by Frederick, of Broadway, and is now ready for de- | is 6x4 inches, mounted | he Pedigree and points | made in the late great field trials for all aged Pointers | livery. The size of the do oh superior card board. and Setters is also given. Pricé Gre Dollar per pair by Mail. Trade. | 1 ‘Thomas Sparks, Shot & Bar Lead Manufacturer, [Betablished 1808 } Office, No. 121 Walnut Stree, Philadelphia, Pa. NEW, SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE. It fastens the shot wad firmly, lessens recoil, and improves the pat- tern,. Can also be used ag a loader, and is easily car- ried in the pocket. FOR SALE BY ALL GUN DEALERS. Bent Uy mail for $%.50, in ordering give size of shell. oe W B. HALL, Laneaster, Penn. 25-5t 1 Discount ta the | Paper Shell Creaser. | Aiscelleneous Advertise Neuralgia, Preumonia, Whooping Cough, Rheu- matism, Chilblains, Strains, be. A SPECIFIC FOR BITES OF INSECTS. Gures Sore Throat, Bronchitis, The Deobstruent allays Inflammation, removes the cleanses, soothes and heals more rapidly than any other known preparation. For sale by all Druggists. Samples Free! Ask forit! Test it! Ward, Fussell & Co., 28 AND 80 Futon St., N. ¥ CHAS. REICHE & BRO., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF NUS, ANIMALS A mck owls, Mocking Bird Food, &c., 565 Chatham Street, 3d door from N. William. NEW YOR K. 0. WE GIVE THE HIGHE stan tee ect SPECIMENS OF nice FOR LIVE BEAVER, OTTER, BEAR, WILD CAT, MOOSE, ELK, ANTELOPE,, | PURCHASING AGENCY AND ALL KINDS OF WILD AMERICAN ANI MALS AND BIRDS. HENRY REICHE, CHAS. REICHE, 11-63 H. W. COLLENDER, Successor Tro PHELAN & COLLENDER, MANUFACTURERS OF THE “STANDARD AMERICAN LLIARD TABLES, OFFICE AND WAREROOMS Wo. 738 BROADWAY, ANDREW CLERK & CO. 43 Maiden Lane N.Y., Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers,in MING TACKLE, On hand the largest ana best assortment ever ex- | They particularly call hibited in the United. States. attention to their TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS. Eyery variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks G Cutty Hunk and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, | | waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of | SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES, | CHAMPION POINTER on Gut, And every Variety and Style of FisH HoOookKs. Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the | | Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, | | the Adirondacks, &c., &c. rai N BLB | ——=1 0 —— | orinal bao iietsiy eine oe Split Bamboo, Trout and Salmon Rods and Reels | a Specialty. Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled 4-29 Eyed Needles. One of the ‘‘Forrest AND STREAM” staff bonght a | | Hat for $5.00 in a Broadway hatter’s and found ont he | | could get the same hat, by the same maker for, $3.50 at TURNBULL’S The Great Hatter, FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN. 13-26 KELLOGG & DECKER, MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS. | Fine Military, Masonic Society, and Presentation Badges and Medals. 28 Bond Street, New York, J. WALLACE, Naturalist & Taxidermist IMPORTER OF FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI- CIAL EYES, 19 N. William Street,” New York, 16-62 Sole Im- | 10-62 ~ Corner of Pearl Street. 415 ments. | Hliscellaneong Advertisements. (f THE LONDON, | Between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-cighth streets. WINE, CHOP ROOM & RESTAURANT, obstructions, reopens and stimulates the circulation, | Supplied with the Choicest English Delicacies. JUGGED HARE. RES Ee Se BSL TRIPE SUP Everything served in BEST LONDON STYLE. Un- rivalled accommodations for Supper Parties. Open all night. GEORGE PARKINS, Proprietor. SALMON SPAWN KOR SALE. For the purpose of accommodating private parties who may wish to engage in SALMON BREED NG, I ath anthorized by the U. S, Commission of Fish and Fisheries to offer for sale a limited quantity of SAL- MON SPAWN at x f $5 PER THOUSAND EGGS. Warranted to be in good condition. The time for distribution is rapidly approaching, and parties wiah- ing to order should doso immediately. Address ee G. ATKINS, Bucksport, Maine. NO COMMISSION CHARGED and Guns, Fishing Tackle, Base~ Ball-Cricket @oodg | Standard Sporting Books forwarded at Manufacturer's aud Publisher’s lowest rates: Address for particulars UNITED STATES AND CANADA veg, JU Chatham St., New York, F. GROTE. A. JOS. KAPP, A, H. GROTE F.CROTE & Co. Turners: & Dealers in Ivory, =114 East 14th St., N.Y Billiard Balls, Cloth, Cues, &e. Ten Pin Balls and Pins. Ivory and Bone Checks, and all other kinds of Tvory Goods. 4-56 Clothing and Sfurnishing Goods. — No. 51 LIBERTY STREET, Opposite Post Office, NEW YORE, ——— 9——__— ee with J. WEIDENFELD, 74 Broadway. ITHMAR DU BOIS. (CELEBRATED SHIRT MAKE 328 Fulton St., Brooklyn. — | FINE SHIRTS, COLLARS AND CUFFS TO ORDER, -AT POPULAR PRICES,— Fashionable Furnishing Goods in Gi eat variety 8-20 EDWARD SEARS: WOOD ENGRAVING ESTABLISHMENT, Designing, Photographic and Engraving, No, 48 Beekman Street, NEW YORK. WILBUR & HASTINGS, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, Printers, Lithographers, 40 FULTON STREET, _NEVW YORK es ORPERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT," ATTENTION, eit 416 FOREST AND STREAM. Atliscellancaus. Advertizements, SCHUYLER. HARTLEY & GRAHAM. 19 Maiden Lane, 20 & 22 John Street, New York. BREECH LOADING A SPECIALTY. GUNS ; Ss = We would call the attention of the publicto our large assortment of ; Bresech-Loading Shot Guns, Manufactured by the following celebrated makers: Messrs. W. & C. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the In- ternational Gun Trial of 1873); P. WEBLEY & SON, W. W. GREENER, WESTLEY RICHARDS, J. HOL- LIS & SONS, snd other makers. A full line of fine PISTOLS AND RIFLES CONSTANTLY ON HAND. DIXONS & HAWHSLEY’S SHOOTING TACKLE. Toinsure good shooting from Breech-loading Guns, we would recommend the nse of the STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS, manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn. These shells are the cheapest and best in the market, can be easily re-capped with ordi- Nary caps, without the use of the implements neces- sary in priming all other styles of shells. BUSSEY’S PATENT GYRO PIGHON AND TRAP, i WITH CASE, AND 10) BIRDS. AGENTS FOR THE Union Metallic Cartridge Com- pany’s Ammunition, WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKRT. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. THOS. OTIS LEROY & Co. Patent Shot & Lead Works, NEW YORK CITY. MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED American Standard, Patent Sifted BAGLE BRAND DROP SHOT, ALSO Compressed Shot AND BAR LEAD. ‘Dit FOWLBRS PATENT HARD RUBBER REEL. "Ihe Gem.” fo Imperisnable, Ligat as a Feather, and not Liable to Get_Out of Order. Nume2rons letters of recommendation have been re- c2ived from the most experienced anglers in America, highly approving of this Reel, prominent among which are Mr. Seth Green and the Hon. Robt. Roose- velt. ‘his Reel, the latest contribution to the angler’s ontfilt has now been before the public for one year, and we have yetto hear of the first complaint from the many hundreds who have used it. ANDREW CLERK & CO., Sole Agents for the United States, 25-61 48 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. NO FROG Noroox. NO HORSE. How to shoe Foerses IN THE BEST AND CHEAPEST MANNER. How to Cure all Foot Ailments. RATIONAL HORSE-SHOEING. Price One Dollar. Gooprnouer Hoxrsz SHor. 41 Dey Street, New York, Mead’s Patent Safety EXPLOSIVE BULLET CARTRIDGE. For Sharpe’s, Remington, Government, Winchester, Spencer, Ballard and all other rifles. Smith & Wesson’s No. 8 Revolver, &c., &c., SUPPLIED TO THE TRADE. All sizes constantly on hand and for sale by JOHN P. MOORE’S SONS, 204 Broadway, New York. fae" Send for Circular. . Sportsmen's Goods. a a we * This Rifle, after being tested in the severest man- ‘her by the late Board of U. §. Officers, appointed by the Government to select the best arm for the service; and after examining over one hundred different syS- hems, includiug the best guns of .Europe, say of 1t, thatit is the best rifle they have seen, or of which they have any knowledge. They therefore recom- mend it for trial in the hands of the troops. A seven pound carbine on this plan,with coarse military sights, has made better targets at Creedmoor the past sum- mer, than the best Enelish and Amerlcan target eee Weighing 10 pounds and haying peep and globe ys Pet a We are now making these guns to suppiy thenu- merous demands, and will soon have them in the market. : $60.00 tor Creedmoor shooting, 90 grs. of powder. 480 m ts. of lead, carrying 3 to 8 charges, weight, 10 Aico: eS. ie a Dames eae 100 and upwards. MAGAZINE RIFLES for general use. Carry3 = to cartridges. 60 grs, powder, 350 grs. lead WRLOUL RD = Oma d eee eet Se a eh and upwards, SINGLE BREECH LOADERS for long range Creedmoor shooting, 90 grs. powder; lead, 480 PUBPRRINITIIE See etd! esos seh glee enw iris Meinl ate $50.00 and upwards. SINGLE BREECH LOADERS for general use, 6 to 7 1bs., 60 grs. powder, 350 grs. lead, from. . $30.09 and upwards. The calibre of all our rifles, unless otherwise or- dered, will be 45-100. _ All communications shonld be addressed to BETHEL BURTON, Care Ward & Co., 54 Wall St., N. Y. Solid _ Silver Ware, Our Own Manufacture Exclusively. ‘Cups for Races, Regattas, Pig- eon Matches, Rifle Shooting, &c. Also Presentation Servi- ces for public or private use, in stock or made to order. Draw- ings and Estimates furnished when desired. Harham Maul’ (0, Bond St., WNW. WY. Manufactory, Providence, fi. {. HAZARD POWDER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Sporting, Rifleand Target GUNPOWDER. ‘WLECTRIC,” in 1 1b. canisters. ‘* AMBRICAN SPORTING,” in 1 1b. cans and 6} lb. kegs, : “DUCK SHOOTING,” No. 1, 2, 3, 4and 5 grain, in {and 5 lb. cans and 61 lb. kegs, “KENTUCKY RIEL,” in 11b, and 5 1b. canisters. “KENTUCKY RIFLE.’ FFFG and FRG and “SHA SHOOTING” FG in kegs of 25, 124, and 6 3 lbs. and canisters of 5 lbs.” Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. The above well-known Gunpowders are supplied by the company’s agents in every prominent city, and in the various mining districts.of the United States and by all dealers in Guns and Sporting materials, or wholesale at the office of the Company, Ss Wall Street, New Work. ‘ A. G. HAZARD, President. Tos. S$. Porn, Secretary... NO QUININE. NO GUININE. WOODWARD’S CHARM, or Feverand Ague Specific. On thing is positive, that a certain, permanent cure can be relied upon in all miasmatie or billious disor- ders, The proprietor has given it to many hundreds in the last fifteen years, and has yet to hear ofa single case where it has failed to do good with its ex- traordinary virtues. Sent by mail anywhere on re- ceipt of one dollar. Address WOODWARD’S CHARM, P. O. BOX 2832 NEW YORK CITY. 25-28 ; Spartsmen’s Gaads. Sporting, Hunting and Target Breech-Loading Hes ant Swot UM, ; ——-0 Long Range Match Rifles for ‘Creedmoor’ Shoot- ing, now ready. Whe same as won the “Turf, Field and Farm” Badge, Aug. 2, and ‘‘Ama- teur Rifle Club” Badge, Aug. 9. See re- ports, Uneqgualled for accuracy by , either Breech or Muzzle-Load- ers of other makers. For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, quality of workmanship and material, accuracy of range, and penetration, WITHOUT COMPARISON. ‘Tt is a noteworthy fact that though many different kinds of rifles were used in the several matches, includ- ing the converted Springfleld, Remington, Metford, Ballard and Ward Burton Rifie, every prize in all the matches was won by those who fired with the Reming- ton rifle, except the last.”—From WV. Y. 7imeés, June 22, 1873.—(See fnll report. ) The Remington Rifle won Twenty-two out of Twenty-three Prizes at the Creedmoor Meeting, June 21, 1873. Also, Revolving, Repeating, Deringer, Vest Pocket PISTOLS & RIFLE CANES. —OUR— Double Barrel Breech Loading Gun IS NOW READY. The best ever offered, containing all the most dcsir- able features of the best imported, together with some valuable improvements peculiar only to this gun. Top Snap action, half-cocked, breech opened and shells ex- tracted by one motion. FE. REMINGTON & SONS, 281 and 283 Broadway, N. Y. OR, ARMORY, ILION, N. Y. CUT THIS OUT AND SEND FOR ILLUSTLA TED PRICH LIST. prover ee Dou, x OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS, Fishing Tackle 1 -AND— SPORTSMEN’S GOODS. IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER, 101 & 108 DUANE ST.., NEW YORK. fo) Agents for he United States Arms Commany’s Repeating Pistols, Established 1847. LEATHER GOODS. KID, BUCK, DOGSKIN AND FUR GLOVES AND GAUNTLETS. RIDING AND SHOOTING LEGGINS, LEATHER UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS. BUCKSKIN RIDING AND HUNTING SUITS. BOXING GLOVES. MOCCASINS, LEATHER LIV- ERY BREECHES, &c., &c., &e. Skins dressed and made up as may be desired. ©. Field & Co. {MPORTERS and MANUFACTURERS, T3235 Broadway, N. ¥. nOR SALE.—That really desirable house, 239 Gates avenue, adjoining the residence of the sub- scriber, beautifully frescoed and finished; lot 238x109. Price $9,000. Cash $3,750, balance canremain. Ap- ply to CHAS. HALLOCK, Office of Forest and Stream. ANTEWD—A second-hand Brass Yacht Gun, inch ’ toinch and ahalf bore, on carriage. Also Cork Binnacle. Address E. M., this - office, stating price, Bite. , hw _ dan. 25-2 Brook rout, ve PAWN AND YOUNG FISH FOR sale. FRED MATHER, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. te Ponds laid out andinstructions given. Itf aad: Stliscellaneous ddvertiscments. GENUINE Breech Loaders. WINNERS OF THE GUN TRIAL OF 1873. - Scott’s llinstrated Book on Breech-loaders. 25 cents | by mail. Report of Gun Trial sent on application. AGENTS: NS, LS Maneuii HaliSq., Boston, Also all other makes, Greener, Westley Richards, Webley, Remington, Wesson, &c. A genuine laminated Steel Breech-loader, with im- plements, at 60. : Bussey’s Gyro Pigeon Trap, with 100 dirds for shooting practice. Fine Lronze Yacht Cuns on mahogany carriages Complete. as furnished the New York and Bosion Yacht Squadrons. SHND FOR CIRCULARS. REMOVAL. Bradont & Anthony, Importers and Dealers in AMERICAN, ENGLISH, GERMAN ARD FRENCH CUTLERY, Fancy Hardware FISHING TACKLE, Sole Agents in the United States for FORBES’ PATENT ACHME CLUB SKATES, AND FOR WINSLOW'S POPULAR SKATES, HAVE 2EMOVED TO THEIR FORMER LOCATION 186 WASHINGTON ST.., my Boston. FEBRUARY 2, 1874. peer SPLENID NEW FIELD GAMH WHICH - created such an excitement at Newport, Long Branch and elsewhere last season. will be brought out this spring, in sets, of seven different styles, at fol- lowing prices: $12 50; $25; $50; $100; $256; $500; $1,000. As this beautiful game cannot be described in a brief space, we will send an illustrated catalogue containing rules. and full description, tree to any one on application. ~ te & LEF GAME CO., Worcester, Mass. I~ a “Itis morein accordance with the spirit and feel ings of the reading public of America than any other magazine that is publishad.”—Daily Graphic, N. Y. “The ‘Galaxy’ is always more a magazine thanany, and more varied in its range than any other.”—Jnde- pendent, New York. : “The ‘Grlaxy’ eminently deserves its name, and wé feeltempted to say that this present number is the best magazine number that we have eyer come across,’’+ St. Lowis Daily Globe. = -O— hy not have the very best Liter- ary Magazine-in the Country? — ————0 THH GALAXY IS THE BEST AND MOST ABLY EDITED AMERICAN MAGAZINE. Spee . Whowould not give $4 for such a Magazine fora year? . a Ay SHELDON & COMPANY, Feb 2-1t New York. 4 OME! HOME! HOME! 5 ~ i At. Flushing, six miles from New York; 108 trains daily from 6 A. M. to 12 at night; a yearly com~- mutation ticket free. — ; (Pare 8c. by package tickets.) eA For sale, a French’ slate roof Honse, filled in with brick: gas, water, marble mantle; good closets; sewer connections, with double plot of ground, guttered an flagtged. =.’ ; i Price $4.000. . 4 The owner intends to sell, and any patty whocan invest ina home, from $500 to $2,500, will address Box - No. 142 Post Office, obtain a free pass to Flushing ane — full particulars. sha Fook i 1 ¥ ' ae aes es ee ee Cee at i i a es ng a el ln le, es Somes 7: Sree ye ie SS aS Ses ene Cayenne ig a aa pe ss i. Cheeta aaah ut ee eh ht Ae da he dibathy A Rano LITA NAM 6 wp ¥-5: c | ; : WN : Snes , = Fs © aonenentt | S : _— : SENS Ses fe} | oS = 2 | | , | ' z cee) 2 | | : — fate ; $<.) nan 3 ) a | } LA ‘ . , rr) iA holed i ones et ls oe — 3 ’ ae peal oy = CPS Nes Ss ee a a ig. ton “s ey “yr _ * eee Sd ae Se ae ss aoe ir <>. See be